Xenon was still thinking about the words spoken by Melos. Xenon instantly felt a sense of guilt towards Maxus. He knew that Maxus had often trained together with his friends, but even though Maxus' fighting skills had been so honed, Maxus had never once left Planet M78, not after Zero told Xenon about the attack from Frost when he was training Z. And unluckily, Z accidentally mentioned Frost's name which immediately triggered Max' mental trauma, even though Maxus was almost as good as his friends. And unluckily, Z accidentally mentioned Frost's name which instantly triggered Max's mental trauma, even though Max had almost completely recovered from his mental trauma since he was sexually assaulted by Frost years ago.
Xenon then recalled Maxus' recent behavior. 80 had always told him that Maxus would often stare dreamily at the scenery outside through the window. In addition, Maxus also often got angry with his friends for no apparent reason in addition to feeling jealous of his friends who could freely leave Planet M78. Even Cosmos constantly told Xenon and Max about Maxus having fought with Max's former seniors, even though they never sought trouble with him and Max had forgiven his former seniors.
Not to forget Maxus who always had problems sleeping because he had nightmares that made him immediately run to Xenon and Max's room, just to check Max's body condition, and the part that was always checked was the part that had experienced physical injuries caused by Frost's abusive treatment of Max.
And Maxus continued to have these nightmares from the time he was a child until he grew into an ultra-teenager. The dreams Maxus had were always the same. Every night, he dreamed of a blue ultraman with horns on his head that resembled an ice stalactic, and in his dreams, Maxus also heard Max's voice pleading in pain.
From Maxus' dreams, Xenon suspected that his son's dreams were actually related to Max's past memories, but how could they be?
In the past, Maxus had been babysitted by Ultraseven 21 when he was a child, and when Xenon and Max picked him up, Seven 21 then showed Xenon the drawings Maxus made and Seven 21 told Xenon that the drawings Maxus made were similar to the drawings Max made as an escapade after he was treated harshly by his seniors and also to describe the abusive treatment Frost had done to Max.
Of course, this confused Xenon because Max himself never told Maxus about his past experiences, let alone about the abusive treatment he received in the past because Max had tried to forget his painful past.
Taro also said the same thing when Maxus was babysat by him and Taiga also accompanied Maxus. However, among the drawings made by Maxus, there was a picture of Max and Taro talking, with Max having wounds and bruises all over his body, and on another sheet which was a continuation of the previous drawing, there was a picture of Taro panicking after Max fainted. Taro himself admitted that he had never told Maxus about the incident when Max suddenly fainted in front of Taro.
Maxus had also drawn other things similar to Max's experience, such as a picture of Tiga and Gaia helping Max with Dyna being angry at Frost, and Astra watching Max being dragged away by Frost while saying "I'll be fine".
Xenon felt that there was something wrong with Maxus, because neither Xenon, Max, nor the other ultras who knew Frost's abusive treatment, never said anything about what had happened to Max, even all the ultras had also been forbidden to mention Frost's name. Although Maxus once accidentally found an archive that mentioned Frost's name, Xenon and Ribut had tried to make sure that Maxus immediately forgot that name.
The question was, how could Maxus know about everything that happened to Max in the past through his dreams, when there was no one to tell him about it? Even Hikari still didn't know the reason behind Maxus' dream, even though Hikari himself had done the experiment behind Maxus' birth by combining Xenon and Max's DNA.
Xenon now began to think, was Maxus' current behavior caused by the dreams he was having? What if Maxus really saw Max's past memories because of the effects of the experiment? Maxus has Max's DNA, so he has Max's genetic traits, so it does make sense.
But having Max's past memories?
Xenon held his forehead. He had tried to keep Maxus from leaving Planet M78 after Frost's attack on Zero and Z, but if it was true that Maxus could see Max's past, he didn't know what to do or what to say if Maxus also saw the events that had made Max feel scared and 'dirty', the events that had caused Max mental trauma, through his dreams.
Right at that moment, Max could sense something bothering Xenon's mind. Max then walked over to Xenon.
"Xenon, is there something bothering you?" Max asked as he placed one of his hands on Xenon's shoulder. Xenon, who felt the touch of Max's hand on his shoulder, immediately turned to Max.
"It's okay, Max. It's just about Maxus," Xenon replied. Xenon actually wanted to talk about the odd things about Maxus, but he didn't want to bring up Max's past since Max was still recovering from his trauma.
"Why don't you try talking to Maxus? I mean, a father-son conversation, that way maybe you can understand what Maxus is really feeling," Max suggested. Despite Max's suggestion, Xenon was still hesitant to do so, especially since just a while before, Xenon had scolded Maxus for skipping the academy again.
"Hey, don't hesitate, Xenon. After all, you are his father. Maxus will definitely listen to you. It won't hurt if you spend a little time with him, even if it's only three minutes," Max said, and then he kissed Xenon's cheek. "Let's talk about it to your son, Xenon."
Xenon finally accepted Max's suggestion.
"Sure. I'll talk to Maxus about it. Thank you, baby," Xenon said as he gave Max a smile, which Max returned.
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