Nana’s Origin

'What…' Nana, whose eyes were glowing, kept staring at Zen.

However, what made her confused was the fact that no matter how she stared at this new person who just arrived, she couldn't "see" anything.

Soon enough, this confusion turned to uncertainty.

The glow on her eyes started to brighten, almost like a light bulb.

There was only one thing inside everyone's mind right now; 'What's happening?'

Whenever she looked at people, Nana would always see an image. Image that describes them and their personality.

Through this, she could see the essence of people. Who they truly were, what truly was on their minds, and what kind of people they truly were.

It was as if she could see through the person themselves, peeking at their very souls.

However, when she looked at Zen, she only saw chaos. Sometimes it was empty, sometimes she couldn't see because it was too dark, while other times she couldn't see through because of the fog.

No matter how hard she tried, her sight couldn't get through these disturbances. It made her feel uncomfortable. It made her feel the fear of the unknown.

Tap.

Sniff~ Sniff~

Wahhhh!

After a while, as if she couldn't take it anymore, Nana took a step back and hugged Sera again, bawling her eyes out.

Ren, Rina, Sera and Margareth all glared at him, thinking that he bullied Nana.

Zen spread out his arms in defeat and said, "I can explain…"

***

An hour later…

Zen had just finished explaining things to everyone.

Of course, he didn't say anything about his new heart on the right side of his chest. He just talked about things such as when he felt the mana fluctuations while in the toilet.

He left out any details about himself.

"But why did Nana cry?" Ren asked curiously.

Zen thought for a moment before replying, "You said earlier that she said some strange things after staring for a while, right?"

Ren, Rina and Sera nodded one after the other.

"I think she has very special eyes… something that can see a person's nature… Though this made me curious. Aunt Margareth, since when did Nana have this ability? Also, where did she come from?" He looked at his aunt.

"This… it's a very long story…" Margareth sighed and looked at Ren, "Commander Garren, do you remember the mission we had? The mission that caused World War III?"

Hearing this, Ren's eyes constricted while Rina looked at her husband with worried eyes.

Zen and Sera, who had a sleeping Nana on her lap, curiously looked at Ren, Rina and Margareth.

'Are we finally able to know about Mom and Dad's past?'

Margareth didn't speak any further and instead looked at Ren, as if asking for permission to continue.

Ren closed his eyes for a while before opening them again and saying, "Ugh, I guess it's time…" Then, he gave a nod to Margareth.

Margareth took a deep breath before continuing, "Your father and I had been working on the U.S. government since way back then. Commander Garren was incharge of a very special task force while I was his secretary and second in command." As she was saying the last part, Margareth seemed proud, earning her a glare from Rina.

Just this information alone already shook Zen and Sera.

Margareth ignored this and continued, "There was a crisis back then known as the 'Magical Meteorite Incident'. It all started when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA, detected a meteor about 10 meters in diameter that was heading for the Earth."

"At first, they didn't pay any attention to this since meteors of this size coming to Earth were common, but they would burn up before they could even get through the Earth's atmosphere and cause any damage."

"However, what alarmed them was the fact that they detected the very same meteor just 5,000 meters in the air. NASA tried to break the meteor by launching missiles, but to no avail. It was reported that the meteor is protected by a barrier of unidentified energy. An energy no one had ever seen before on Earth."

"This meteor landed on an island a few kilometers away from the continent of Antarctica. The meteoriticists and other professionals in NASA were stupefied when the expected explosion didn't occur. In fact, the meteorite didn't cause any damage at all at the site where it landed."

"Our team was the first to arrive in the area where the meteorite landed. However, we saw that it landed on a village. This village is unknown to the outside world because they live in seclusion, away from civilization. They had ordinary igloos as their home, their way of living was really primitive."

"When we entered the village, we saw that every person there had died. We were confused since the meteorite didn't cause any damage, much less an explosion."

"When a doctor in our team tried to find out the cause of their death, she described it as something similar to those people who die in high climates because their body isn't able to adapt to it."

"Then, through the reports of the barrier made from the unidentified energy from the meteorite, it didn't take long for us to conclude that the energy in the meteorite scattered at the moment of its landing, causing it to invade the bodies of the people there."

"We searched through the entire village and found a baby being cradled by the unmoving corpse of her mother. Miraculously, the baby survived. She was the only one who survived in the entire village."

"Knowing the heartlessness of the people we serve, Commander Garren ordered for the child's existence to be kept secret. A member of our team, who we reported as dead because of the meteorite's energy, fled secretly with the child."

Ren, who had been listening since earlier, looked as if he realized something.

Margareth looked at him and said, "Yes, Commander. The child you saved from the treacherous hands of the heartless government back then was Nana."

At this moment, Zen asked, "When did World War III happen? And why is information about it unavailable everywhere?"

Margareth sighed and replied, "It happened in 2097, just before the end of the 21st century. The Magical Meteorite Incident happened a year prior to it."

"But it's 2121 right now… it means that it has been 24 years since the war and 25 years since Nana was saved!" Sera asked in shock.