Her Final Experiment Their Regret novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1

"Luna, do you realize your mistake?"

Russell Fisher's voice snapped Luna Hayes out of her thoughts, and her gaze slowly focused on the face in front of her.

Wasn't she dead? She'd died in the second year after her mentor sent her to prison. There, depression prompted her to crash into the wall and end her life.

How was she now opening her eyes again and seeing Russell, her senior in school?

Luna blinked with her sore and uncomfortable eyes.

Was she seeing things again? Was she imagining that Russell was here to take her out of prison?

"We understand that you want to join Professor Hanley's research team, but that doesn't justify you slandering Mia.

"Do you know that because of you accusing her of plagiarizing your thesis, she got depressed and hasn't been to school for days? If this continues, you'll just end up driving her to her death. Since when were you this cruel?"

Upon seeing that Luna remained unmoved, Russell grew irritated and slammed the cup in his hand onto the table.

The crash of the cup against the table finally made Luna react.

It seemed like this wasn't just her hallucination. She was indeed seeing the same Russell from ten years ago.

So, she'd been reborn to a decade earlier.

Currently, she was in her senior year at Velmora Medical School. She'd just taken the entrance exam for Wilson Hanley's medical research team too. She'd entered the final selection stage by achieving the highest score in the written exam.

Coincidentally, Mia Monroe's thesis for the final assessment had almost the same approach as hers. Their research methods and ideas aligned perfectly.

Luna didn't believe that there was such a coincidence. But just as she began investigating, whispers of Mia's plagiarizing somehow began circulating in the circle.

Wilson's research topic was a domestic first, and the research team was the top in the country.

Among the previous team members were Luna's five seniors. They'd been working with her since her sophomore year. The group of six not only helped each other in studies but also took care of Luna in her daily life.

She'd long considered them family, but ever since Mia joined, everything changed. Luna didn't know when, but all the care and help soon shifted toward Mia. Even Wilson, who'd always praised Luna for being diligent, began treating Mia differently.

After the plagiarism rumors spread, her five seniors believed that Luna was the one who'd started them. Even the team's professors had angrily accused Luna of it.

Luna admitted that she hadn't been able to like Mia after what'd happened. In fact, she'd always tried to outdo Mia and hoped to win back everyone's attention. But she'd never slandered Mia nor spread such rumors!

Russell softened his tone and said, "You've made a grave mistake. Professor Hanley said that as long as you apologize to Mia in front of the entire school, he won't press charges. He'll also explain to the school and have your punishment lifted.

"But if you remain stubborn and continue to slander Mia, the punishment will be the least of your worries. You might even be expelled."

"Fine. I'll apologize." Luna indifferently looked up at Russell.

Russell was one year older than her and had grown up in the countryside like her. He was the first senior she'd met out of the five of them. They'd known each other for four years now.

Luna had assumed that given their mutual understanding, Russell would trust her and not think she was fabricating things out of thin air. But she never expected him to be the first to persuade her into apologizing!