Modification and Doubt

"Roland, Siegfried, the reason I called you both here today is that there's another matter I want to discuss. It concerns both of you." Both of us?

Siegfried and Roland exchanged puzzled glances, but neither asked. They sat up straighter and waited for John to continue. He took a thick file from a drawer, set it on the table, and addressed Siegfried gravely. "The research team has reached a preliminary conclusion about your Wild Hunt Power. The details are in this report. You and Roland can both take a look." "Yes, Governor!"

Siegfried's brow twitched. He felt uneasy.

John had arranged for the research team to analyze his Wild Hunt Spell when he and the rest of the unit returned to Faoken. He had said that several scholars newly transferred from the Imperial Research Institute specialized in Mutant Formula structures and the Lake of Magic Power. An examination could help rule out the possibility of his magic power going out of control. It was for his own safety.

So, for his own sake and because he trusted John, Siegfried had agreed.

He had followed the scholars' instructions, providing blood samples and undergoing a physical assessment with a large testing device. Then he had left the laboratory. He had not gone back for a second examination in all the days since.

Honestly, if John had not brought it up today, he would almost have forgotten.

Ever since John promoted him to major, he had been busy learning his administrative duties. Apart from having a drink with Doran, who had sought him out, and properly apologizing for helping Laiya deceive him back then, Siegfried had had little time for anything else.

For the past few days, he had done little more than travel between his office, the camp, and his quarters.

He