Wish Parasite

Christina fell silent for a few seconds, then looked at Megose and said:

"You have to make a decision. I think keeping this child will make the rest of your life difficult, full of thorns. Are you going to tell him that his father was a con man who deceived many people, including his own mother?"

"It's time to go to a clinic or hospital, and that can also help us find Lanevus and recover what was lost."

Was she going to forcibly take it out directly?

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"Ha."

Morien's mocking laugh came from behind Klein.

Klein was in no position to interfere in someone else's family affairs, so he could only wait patiently at the side.

He was not in a position to turn around, either.

There was no helping it. He was only a lone Sequence 9 Seer now.

He kept emptying his mind, sketching one ball of light after another within it and using meditation to suppress his constantly surging thoughts.

Judging from Morien's ability to directly place his voice inside Klein's mind, Klein was somewhat worried that Morien possessed the ability to read minds.

Then his plan to report him to the captain after returning might be discovered.

Listening to Christina, Megose lowered her head and cast down her eyes, remaining silent for a long time.

After a while, she touched her lower abdomen and revealed a gentle smile.

"He's different from his father. He's a very considerate and lovable child."

"Every day, he gently kicks me to tell me how he feels. He hums songs, whistles, and helps me fall asleep with music."

Klein was currently emptying his mind and did not react to Megose's words. Under normal circumstances, he would have noticed something wrong with what she had said.

In most cases, embryos did not hum songs, whistle, or help their mothers fall asleep with music.

However, two of the five people present were exceptions.

Looking at it that way, the odds did not seem all that low.

Just then, Megose suddenly turned around and quickly walked toward the door, leaving behind only one sentence:

"Perhaps his father will secretly return because of his birth and leave some of his wealth for him."

After saying that, she intended to push open the club's front door.

"Wait." Morien's voice rang out once again.

His call stopped Megose, pulled Klein out of his meditative state, and drew an extremely dissatisfied look from Christina.

Megose paused and turned back toward Morien, asking politely in a soft voice:

"Sir, is there anything else?"

Although Morien had just criticized her family not long ago, before she was completely corrupted by the baby in her womb, she was still, at least for now, a person of normal intelligence.

Therefore, she could tell who was truly considering matters from her perspective.

Morien lightly touched the mask hanging at the side of his face, his smile unchanged.

"I have several children as well, so I can understand how you feel."

"So, do you want to protect the child in your womb? Do you want him to live safely and smoothly?"

He had used the word "offspring" when describing his children, but no one present paid much attention to that detail, taking it as either a slip of the tongue or simply his personal choice of words.

Megose gently stroked her lower abdomen, her smile brimming with maternal tenderness.

"Of course," she said softly. "What mother wouldn't want her child to be well?"

Morien slowly nodded. Under Christina's displeased gaze, he set down the newspaper, rose from the sofa, and walked over to Megose.

As Megose watched him with some confusion, Morien shifted the mask to the front and put it on properly.

"You're quite a good mother," Morien said.

As he spoke, he reached out and grasped at the top of her head, catching a strand of Wish Power invisible to everyone else.

This Wish Power was very pure—so pure that, just as Megose herself had said, it wished only for her child to be born safely and grow up healthy.

He grasped the Wish Power and drew back his arm.

When Morien's outstretched hand returned, it held a lightly fluttering butterfly in pale colors.

He held the butterfly out before Megose.

"Take it. Perhaps it can grant your wish."

Megose instinctively reached out and watched as the butterfly flew from Morien's hand and landed on hers.

"I've never raised a butterfly," she said subconsciously.

"It's all right. It's very easy to raise," Morien reassured her. "You don't need to feed it, care for it, or even worry about its safety."

"Its food is your wishes. So you only need to keep your wishes pure."

He was... just openly using this kind of Beyonder Ability right in front of ordinary people?

Klein sucked in a cold breath behind them.

This was a serious violation of the confidentiality rules.

Though wild Beyonders had no such rules at all.

Megose lowered her head and looked at the butterfly in her hand.

It was very small, with beautiful colors and patterns on its wings.

She did not know why, but she simply believed that this butterfly truly could protect her and her child.

"What's her name?" Megose asked.

"Her?" Morien chuckled when he heard that pronoun. "She has no name. You can give her one."

"However, if you're asking for the name of this kind of butterfly..."

Morien thought for a moment.

"They are Wish Parasites. You can also call them Wish Butterflies, whichever you prefer."

Megose seemed to understand what that meant. She pursed her lips and bowed to Morien.

"Thank you."

The Wish Butterfly in her palm flapped its wings, flew up from her hand, and settled on her shoulder.

Megose felt that she had formed some indescribable connection with the butterfly.

She straightened up, lowered her head, and pushed open the door without looking back. She went down the stairs and disappeared from sight, never looking at her aunt again.

Christina frowned, took a breath, and waited a few seconds before saying to Klein:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Moretti. We disturbed you."

"We'll do our best to find Lanevus's personal belongings."

After saying that, she glared angrily at Morien.

Morien smiled and gave her the middle finger.

What are you looking at? Keep staring, and I'll sink you in the Tussock River.

Morien was still smiling, but when Christina met his gaze, she suddenly shuddered. She could not even be bothered to remain angry and turned to hurry toward the stairs.

Klein gave an almost imperceptible nod, watched her go downstairs, and sighed as he shook his head.

"Now then, it's time for the two of us to talk." Morien's smiling voice sounded in Klein's mind, making Klein's body suddenly stiffen.

He slowly turned to look at Morien and saw that Morien had moved the mask back to the side of his face. On that face patterned with fluorescent markings, a pair of black eyes looked at him with a smiling gaze.