Neil's appearance made Luna and Joshua pause.
After a moment, Luna walked over to Neil's side and squatted in front of him. She stared at the boy in the wheelchair, whose legs were still not fully recovered yet, and said, "Are you sure you want to help us find the antidote?"
Luna knew that after all the time Neil spent with Aura, he would definitely know where Aura’s hideouts were, but according to the psychiatrist that counseled Neil previously, he had suffered too much psychological trauma from Aura.
If Neil wanted to heal from the trauma, he would have t o stay away from Aura, including anything to do with her. The only way for him to leave all those traumatic memories behind would be to withdraw himself from anything related to Aura.
Only after leaving all those memories behind would Neil be able to maintain a healthy headspace and find the lost memories of his past.
Because of this, Luna had tried to steer him away during this time and not let him get involved with anything to do with Aura.
However, at a critical moment like this, he decided to step up and take this responsibility.
"Yes, I'm sure." Neil nodded as he stared earnestly at
Luna. "Even though I've lost the memories of my past, Nigel and Nellie both told me that Great-Granny treated me well in the past. Besides, they’re both so fond of Great-Granny; I wouldn't want them to be sad over her passing."
With that, he summoned all the strength in his body and forced out a grin on his pale face. "I've been helping Aura cause trouble to this family for such a long time now, and it's about time I step up and do something to help. Please let me do this, Mommy."
A surge of warmth spread through Luna’s heart when she heard this. She let out a sigh, stood up, and told Joshua to take Neil away.
To track down Aura's hideout would not be an easy task, so neither Luna nor Joshua was willing to let Neil follow the bodyguards on his own.
Luna was a woman and therefore did not have much physical stamina for this exhausting task. On top of that, she had recently suffered an injury, so she could not go along with Neil.
Therefore, after some discussion with Joshua, they both decided that Joshua would bring Neil with him t o search for the antidote while Luna remained at the hospital with Nigel and Nellie, staying with Granny Lynch.
After arriving at this conclusion, Joshua left with Neil and Lucas.
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