"Yes, that's how it was back then, a very difficult situation. We had never encountered such a case, but according to estimates, the child in her womb had not fully matured in mind and was very likely to be eroded and transformed into a Demon," Merlin continued, "We seemed to have only one choice at the time, to kill the child in the womb."
"But Eve survived."
"Yes, Arthur vehemently opposed everything. After experiencing all this, his mental state had already become somewhat strange. In this stalemate, the then head of the Perpetual Motion Pump, my predecessor, made a decision. He planned to experiment on Arthur's wife, using the last legacy before the Ranger project was sealed away."
Merlin spoke, his flat voice tinged with slight waver, not knowing whether from fear or shock.
"Arthur had no choice but to accept; otherwise, Eve would be forcibly killed, or even worse, become one of our specimens. After all, Arthur didn't have as much power as he does now.
