Chapter 499: The Genoforge Center for Genetic Research and Treatment
Before becoming an awakened one, Arabel had lived in the Federation capital, so she knew the location of most areas of the city well.
When Arabel found out from Arslan where the Center for Genetic Research and Treatment was located, she did not even look at the map — she was already sure in which part of the city this institution was located.
Although the capital has undergone significant changes in almost two years of its absence, the location of the districts has remained the same.
Arabel quickly covered the distance on her four black wings, hiding from the eyes of all creatures, and reached the right part of the city.
As Idan suggested, Arabel decided not to wait for him and to complete this task on her own.
She wanted to contribute to the common cause by taking on some of the responsibility.
Another reason was that the current task received from the System was partly related to Arslan, her younger brother. Namely, with the bride chosen for him by the Morgan family.
Looking at Milena's current condition, Arabel was somehow sure that soon this next engagement would most likely be canceled. As Arslan said, Milena's condition remained unknown and severe. So far, no one has been able to find a solution to help her, and it seems that Milena's family has already begun to abandon her, since no one is watching or worrying about her, the direct heir to the family.
Arabel had a lot of guesses about this, but before she saw it for herself, she decided not to jump to conclusions.
However, Arabel couldn't leave Milena in this state.
It wasn't just because of the System's quest, but also because of her brother.
Her brother Arslan already had a fiancee before the disaster, a girl who loved him very much and whom Arabel herself approved of. But everything changed after the disaster: the family terminated the marriage contract, and the girl committed suicide under pressure from her family.
Although Arslan was not against this marriage and did not love her as much as she loved him, he blamed himself for her death. If he had somehow supported her instead of ignoring her, perhaps she would still be alive.
And now that his next bride was in such a difficult situation, Arslan didn't want to just dismiss it. Despite the fact that he already loved another girl and already had a son, he couldn't leave Milena alone.
Partly it was not so much because of his love for Milena, but because of Arslan's desire to redeem himself, which he felt after the suicide of his ex-fiancee.
As the older sister who knew her brother best, Arabel understood this. Therefore, when Arslan told her about Milena, she decided to try to help this girl herself.
After a short search, Arabel found what she was looking for — the Genoforge Center for Genetic Research and Treatment. It was a large modern building with a bright logo.
Knowing the floor and the direction of Milena's room, Arabel quickly found the room she needed.
Arabel did not immediately enter Milena's room when she found it. To her surprise, she discovered that not only Milena was in the room, but also three other people. Two of them were dressed in formal clothes, and one was wearing a strange outfit.
"Awakened?" she thought as she looked at a young man with short blond hair but black eyes. Unlike him, the other two, a man and a woman, were middle—aged.
After studying them, Arabel turned her gaze to Milena.
"Ehh..." she sighed sadly when she saw what the long—legged beauty who had attracted the attention of Idan and the other guys in Rumbus City had once become. Her condition was even worse than the last time Arabel had seen her.
Milena had no hair, her whole body was covered with black scars, and she had lost so much weight that it was a little scary to look at her.
Wanting to find out what they were talking about, Arabel used her Soul Force and sent a piece of it to Milena's room.
"Miss Milena, think again and give your answer in the coming days," the woman said.
"If you join us, we will help you recover and even regain your position in the family that was taken away from you," she added.
"Oh, is there someone who can help her?" wondered Arabel. "Wait a minute, Milena was stripped of her position as the direct heir?"
Milena herself did not even react to these words. She lay motionless, staring at the ceiling.
The man sighed. At this time, a young guy standing a little apart from them was smiling strangely.
The man and the woman looked at him, the guy nodded to them, and then the three of them left Milena's room.
Arabel didn't know what kind of strange trio they were. Without a doubt, the young man was an awakened one or a being from another world.
In order not to put herself at risk, Arabel decided not to use her "Eye of Identification" ability. There was a risk that a higher-ranked, detection-sensitive creature might notice the use of the "Eye of Identification" ability.
Arabel made a mental note to be careful and remember these three.
Arabel stood outside the window, taking her time to enter. She studied Milena carefully, and then decided to use her "Eye Identification" ability.
Standing outside the window, she was in no hurry to enter. Arabel studied Milena carefully, and then decided to use her "Eye of Identification" ability.
**Identification:**
Name: Milena Orlean
Race: Human-34% @+*_& - 66% (G@Ld_n R@nK)
Age: -
Random information: A System host that is on the verge of losing link with its System.
"How? Is she on the verge of losing her System?" Arabel exclaimed when she saw this unexpected data, obtained thanks to her identification ability.
"Besides, the information about her race contains a lot of errors," Arabel said.
"So it was a race-changing ritual that Idan interrupted, preventing Milena from becoming one of the Womskinners."
Arabel, looking at the percentage of human bloodline left in Milena, realized that perhaps they had rushed to the rescue and intervened in the ritual too late.