The Author's POV

Chapter 547

[[S] Memory manipulation]

That was the name of the ranked skill I picked. As implied by the skill's name, the skill enabled me to alter the memories of the people whom I activated the skill against.

In the future, this skill would prove to be extremely useful as the possibilities were endless.

That being said, it wasn't without faults.

There were a couple of drawbacks to the skill. One such drawback was the large amount of mana consumption required to activate the skill.

It wasn't an ranked skill for nothing.

The deeper the memories that I altered, the greater the mana consumption. In the same way, the more I changed, the more mana I consumed.

If it wasn't hard enough already, I could only alter the memories of those who were incapacitated or had their minds unguarded like Kevin not too long ago.

Still.

This was the perfect skill for me at the moment.

'If possible, I might be able to alter some of my memories from the time that I was back in the Monolith.'

In choosing this skill, my main goal was to solve all the mental issues I had been experiencing ever since I returned from the Monolith.

They had never stopped and had only gotten worse.

It was about time I finally did something to solve this issue, and this skill was probably the key.

That said, I did see a problem in this method.

'What if in the process of changing my memories, my personality also ends up changing?'

This was a very real problem since my experiences at the Monolith were the things that made me who I was today. Thankfull, I had a way to restore my memories, and therefore, could experiment a couple of times.

"That aside, I should probably call Melissa."

In memory of my earlier conversation with Douglas, I skimmed through my contacts until they paused on a particular profile.

[Melissa Hall]

"She might be able to help me make an arrangement with Octavious."

My chances of getting in touch with him by myself were rather slim considering our situation.

Thus, I had no other choice but to call her.

"Haaa..."

Letting out a long sigh, I pressed on the contact and called Melissa.

'I might regret this.'

***

'So bright...'

With her eyes squinting, Melissa had trouble keeping her eyes open while camera lights flashed before her and shutters clicked all around her.

Click. Click. Click.

'So annoying.'

Waving in front of her, Melissa forced herself to smile.

—We would like to once again congratulate Melissa Hall for her exemplary research on [Mana dissemination amongst beasts]. Thanks to her research, humanity has once again advanced several steps! As expected of her!

In the meantime, a loud voice echoed throughout the large auditorium as a man dressed in a black suit handed her a certificate. He was the president of the National Group of Science.

The largest scientific community in the human domain.

"Thank you."

With a bright smile, Melissa thanked the president, and reached out for the certificate.

'How much longer do I have to do this for?'

After taking the paper, Melissa glanced at it casually.

is with great pleasure that I congratulate Melissa Hall for her outstanding capabilities in the field of research and development. Her

'How useless...'

a bright smile, Melissa hugged the certificate to her chest and bowed

clapping sounds of the audience who stood

ten minutes, before it was finally time for Melissa to finally leave the

time and thanked the President of the NGS. A bright smile adorned her

'Finally...'

vanished from her face. Waiting for her at the end of the stage was Rosie who immediately jumped at the opportunity to congratulate her. In her hands was a large

"Congratulation—"

"Take it."

to Rosie, Melissa moodily stormed off the

"Wahh!"

her balance, Rosie quickly hooked her hand over the papers

"Wait up!"

of the stack of papers, Rosie

I

"Not interested."

Melissa snapply replied.

to participate in a party filled with

great chance to make

them. I have plenty

gazed around, her eyes soon landed

car waiting outside and she started walking

"Welcome young miss."

exiting the building, a man dressed in black stepped out of the vehicle and opened the door for her. Melissa glanced

Clank—!

for me, young

the other side was Rosie. She looked rather

Melissa nudged

I don't have

"O..okay."

putting the papers beside her, Rosie put on her

Knock. Knock.

knock on the glass door signaled the driver to start the car. Within a few seconds, the car had disappeared into

minutes were spent in uncomfortable silence as Melissa stared

on a sharp turn, one of the papers

was the certificate

[NGS National Award Certificate]

of her teeth, Melissa crumbled the paper in her hand before

'Useless.'

she stared at the reward. Rather than feeling any sense of accomplishment

you should

her body, Rosie carefully picked

that would be very

have it for

outside. A low

not like anyone else

been their greatest accomplishments in their life, but to Melissa, it was just

of many, and one that nobody else

had won the award,

was ruled by strength. In her family, science

Melissa would've probably

then, it wasn't as though her own

it's a waste

paper, she carefully placed it on top of the stack of

your family doesn't accept the fact that you are a scientist, doesn't mean that there are people out there that don't accept you

"Shut up."

glared at Rosie from the corner of

will only end up souring my already

Rosie stared at Melissa for a good couple

"As you wish."

silence following her words, a tense atmosphere permeated

Riiing—! Riiing—!

of Melissa's phone ringing. Furrowing her

[Ren Dover.]

"Oh fuck."

face twisted as she stared at the user ID. This was probably the last

she realized that ignoring Ren would only lead to

as persistent as

"Ugh."

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