Chapter 540 Come With Me

Lucian's answer tormented him. The masterpiece Kyros had been so proud of had been a lie from the start. He had been played for a fool.

"Given your state, why did you refuse to compromise?"

Lucian had been on the verge of dying and was struggling to speak. Coupled with prolonged sleep deprivation, his mental state had teetered on the edge of collapse.

Brice had mentioned that Lucian's mental state at the time was ideal for hypnosis. Resisting would mean enduring pain multiplied by a thousandfold.

An average person wouldn't be able to withstand that. It would be akin to someone taking a chisel to their brain.

So, when Brice told Kyros that Lucian had become an entirely different person, he readily believed the doctor. Even if he were to show cracks, he could rely on himself to patch him back up.

"I didn't want her to cry," Lucian said.

He wasn't certain whether or not Calista would cry upon discovering that he didn't remember her. But, the mere possibility prevented him from for