Fegan's brows twitched at her request, he didn't want his daughter interacting with anyone who could distract her from living the peaceful life he had built for her.

"No!" He flatly responded and got up from his chair, pacing about so he could think.

Lotus' face fell at that point, she had expected him to be more open, be glad at the resolve, but she realized that it was all but a wishful thought.

"I know you don't trust me and I had sided with the one group you hated the most," she paused and began to cough.

Her breathing hitched and she opened her mouth so she could take in air manually.

Fegan turned to her bedside and stared in shock as a vine wrapped itself around Lotus' neck.

'What the hell?!' He exclaimed and lurched forward to grab a hold of her pendant.

From what he could vaguely remember, this was a curse from the pendant he had created–using the user's gift or magic against them.

He had immediately deduced that the leader of the organization must be trying to kill her since she had disappeared after the incident.

There was no more time to lose, he had to act swiftly. Creating an orange aura around his palm, at first he was hesitant about going through with it, but on seeing Lotus convulse in pain, he had no other choice.

He clenched the golden lotus in his hand and closed his eyes.

In it, he made a mental connection with the pendant and transferred his consciousness into it.

The place was dimly lit by torches and the ground was filled with exotic plants. 'What the hell is going on in here?'

He whipped his head to the side when he heard the scream of a lady at an undisclosed location. It didn't sound too far so he immediately dashed to his right.

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Screeching to a stop, he was temporarily stunned by the sight of a teenage version of Lotus, clothed in a white dress that had been ripped on several areas on her body as she struggled to get free from the numerous vines latching onto her.

"Please, no! Let me go!" She cried as she held onto the grass to prevent the vines from pulling her into the spiraling vines like a tornado.

Unable to watch anymore, Fegan kneeled and pulled on the grass, ripping a bit out, and to his delight, the vines hissed like a snake.

He had known this would work, in this dimension, the user's ability was treated as a living embodiment that would attack its user.

What he didn't know was the age difference of the user, from what he could tell, he deduced his curse, searched through the thoughts, and brought the one terrible memory with their ability and capitalized on that.

He suddenly felt guilty for causing Lotus to experience the worst possible way to die from his curse.

His head rose as he realized a shadow was cast from behind, jumping out of the way, he turned to see a venus fly trap pull out its sharp teeth that had been lodged into the ground.

It let out a screech as it looked like it bit on itself with that move. The vines all wriggle and let go of Lotus.

Lotus immediately crawled away and cried as she wished to be rid of the nightmare. She had just wanted to experiment on her ability and could not understand why she was being attacked by the one thing that she cherished.

Fegan stared at her for a moment and realized that she couldn't recognize him, not in the state she was in. If he needed to rid her of the curse before it starts to attack once more, he would need to do more than just play smart.

"Lotus, can you turn off your ability?" He requested.

Lotus' eyes widened in shock wondering how this stranger had known her name. That wasn't the only issue at hand as she feared if she did deactivate her ability, they would fall to their doom.

"I... I can't." She stammered and hid behind a tree. "The floors are also created from my ability, we would fall into a black void if I do."

Fegan looked mad when she said this, he wondered if she preferred being treated like a plaything by the vines and worse still killed in here and out.

"Do you choose death by your creation or a chance to change the tides?!" He barked, unable to curtail his rage.

He could as easily leave the subconscious and let her die or she could end this once and for all.

Lotus was skeptical as well as reluctant as she was scared of the unknown.

Feeling that his approach to the situation wasn't exactly the right one, he exhaled and started with another, "if you end this, I promise you would be okay, just trust me."

He offered his arms to her, wishing she would take his gesture and come to her senses.

The environment was starting to evolve as the vines were already mutating, it was only a matter of time before they attacked with a much more dangerous approach.

"You are alive!" A menacing voice cackled all around them.

Lotus looked around her, shaking in fear of the strange voice.

Fegan narrowed his eyes at the voice, this was the voice he could never forget, the very one who had never shown his face while he gave him the orders to build Agatha.

"You think I'm scared of you?! Ha! You couldn't even track me even with your silly gadgets!" Fegan mocked and pointed upwards as if the person was speaking to him through that medium.

The vine wrapped around one another as they began to form a humanoid structure.

Lotus let out a gasp and covered her mouth as she witnessed its increasing height.

Even with its incomplete transformation, its mouth spoke up first. "I will hunt and kill you someday for what you did to me, you ungrateful sculptor!"

This only confirmed what he had thought, it was the leader and he was the one who had activated the pendant to kill Lotus.

"I'm glad I was able to make an impact in your miserable life! If you make it out alive, you have my permission to chase after me." Fegan laughed.

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