Henry wanted to "give Carl an opportunity"? What did that even mean? Everyone exchanged confused glances.
Melissa frowned slightly because she thought that Henry was trying to be funny. "Henry, can you please be a little more serious?" she said in a displeased voice.
The man immediately defended himself. "I'm being very serious here! Carl, you awakened mental strength, didn't you?"
"That's right." Carl nodded. There was no way to keep this a secret anyway. He had taken the secret drug but he neither died nor obtained supernatural strength, so the only possibility was that he had awakened mental strength.
"I guessed it right then," said Henry with a tinge of envy on his face. "Esteemed future great wizard, I, Henry Bernard, respectfully greet you."
Carl felt a little embarrassed and sa
