The Author's POV

"Ghua!"

Aaron's eyes shot wide open. Clenching onto his heart, Aaron started hyperventilating. He kept breathing, but with each breath he took, he felt this overwhelming sense of death wash over him.

"Haa...haaa..."

Only after taking a couple more breaths did Aaron finally calm down a little.

'What happened to me?'

He looked beneath him, his bedsheets were soaked in his own sweat. Touching his forehead, Aaron wiped his forehead which was dripping with sweat.

Faint memories started to surface inside of his mind as his face paled considerably.

"Ukh..."

Clenching onto his head and letting out a groan, Arron lifted his head and looked around him.

Wooden floor, white walls, and a white ceiling. He was in his own residence.

"Haa...haaa..."

His hyperventilation did not stop as he bit his lips till his lips bled. his body shook all over. Hugging his body, he repeatedly muttered.

"Spar..e..me...spare...me."

He could feel this vivid sense of pain course through his whole body. He just wanted it to stop.

'What is this smell?'

Sniffing around, Aaron suddenly smelled a strong and pungent smell, reminiscent of that of alcohol. Lowering his head, he pulled his shirt and smelled it.

"It's coming from me."

He mumbled underneath his breath. When he realized this, he pulled himself off his bed and moved straight to the mirror.

He stumbled a couple of times, but it wasn't long before he stood face to face with the mirror.

"...I'm still okay?"

Aaron muttered, touching his face and body all over. Though faint, images of different scenarios propped up inside of his mind. Recalling them his body trembled all over.

The pain.

It felt so vivid. As though he had truly experienced it.

Even now, he couldn't quite get rid of the sense he had experienced.

"It was just a dream, just a dream...I must've drank too much...he's dead for sure."

Aaron repeatedly muttered as he stared at himself in the mirror. It had to be that.

The smell of alcohol in the room and the fact that he was still alright were testaments to that. Also, the fact that the person responsible for torturing him was someone who was supposed to be dead, Aaron realized that there were simply too many holes in his dreams to make it seem that what had happened had truly happened.

He laughed.

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"Hahah, it must've been a bad dream."

His laugh was forced, but he was merely trying his best to remain composed.

Although he had no idea about what happened at the party, he was planning on checking later to make sure it really was a dream.

"Fuuuu..."

But just as Aaron had calmed down, and he had managed to convince himself that everything that had happened last night was merely a dream that came as a result of him getting too drunk, from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a small letter by the side of his desk.

"What's this?"

An ominous feeling washed over him as he laid eyes on the letter.

"Huuuu..."

Taking another deep breath to calm his nerves down, Aaron slowly walked toward the letter. Extending his hand which was trembling, he slowly unfurled the letter.

"...Whew."

he realized that it was just a long list of rules regarding

on his bed,

to stop

since waking up, he felt paranoid about everything. Just

"Ukh!"

Aaron's head prompting him to flinch slightly. Fortunately, the

that hurt, he

the side of my head

***

Thump—!

I took a white towel from the side and wiped the

about everything

days had passed since the incident. The one where I

lines of, 'Everything I went through is a dream.'

was exactly what I wanted him

for my own self-satisfaction. I had other plans for

we were able to somewhat create enough alibies and evidence

"You're early."

training room, near my residence. This was a small perk I got thanks

100 meters away, Amanda's voice rang out. Looking at her, I

used

room was massive, and it was at my disposal, I told

everyone took me on my offer. Well, everyone expect Melissa who did not want to have anything

"You look quite tired."

the dumbbells

mass-changing properties of my sword, I had to resort

the Keiki style and increased the mass of the sword halfway through my swing, by the time I was done with

"How heavy?"

"About 500kg?"

"...That much?"

lower

her

mouth as

see, should we do the

"Yeah."

the fourth time by now.

was used to

early since her days were usually very busy

habit I developed when training in the

way, this was good

than just training alone. Plus, there were a

Nola and

aiming it at

"Are you ready?"

I channeled the wind psyons inside of my body until a green hue shrouded my

me train my reflexes

that one of my lacking aspects was my agility. Not only that, but long-ranged opponents were

was a big help to

"Ready."

"Okay, I'm starting."

the string

streak of light shot out from her bow. Following the first shot, Amanda

this more and more quickly headed in my direction. It wasn't long before a wall made of blue

them from the distance, my face

going to be

on myself for this training. I wasn't allowed to use any skill

my goal was training my agility, this was the

Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!

like missiles, the arrows soon materialized in front of

my foot onto the ground, I

Xiu!

arrows arrived in my vicinity. Moving my hands in

their momentum, I dropped them to the ground and did the

as I found my body progressively getting more and more tired with each passing

only thing I was feeling. I could vividly feel

eyes as I continued to dodge

started to get used to the rhythm