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."

the letter, he realized

his bed, he

need to stop

paranoid about everything. Just the slightest thing startled

"Ukh!"

him to flinch slightly. Fortunately, the pain only lasted for a brief

that

the side of my

***

Thump—!

the ground, I took a white towel from the side and

probably forgotten about

had passed since the incident.

was probably thinking something along the lines of,

exactly what I wanted

something for my own self-satisfaction. I had

the others, we were able to somewhat create enough alibies and evidence to make it seem

"You're early."

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

Amanda's voice

used

massive, and it was at my disposal, I told the others that they could use it whenever they

offer. Well, everyone expect Melissa who did not want

"You look quite tired."

the dumbbells

mass-changing properties of my sword, I had

Keiki style and increased the mass of the sword halfway through my swing, by the time I was done with my movements, my sword would just drop to the ground and

"How heavy?"

"About 500kg?"

"...That much?"

anything lower would

her hand, she

on her mouth as

should we

"Yeah."

actually not the first time that Amanda and I met up. It was probably the fourth time by now. I was a bit

used to ever since taking over the guild in her father's

very early since her days were usually very busy with

of a habit I developed when

this was good for

lot more efficient than just training alone. Plus, there were a lot of things that I wanted

regarding Nola and my

at me, Amanda's soft voice rang

"Are you ready?"

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

me train

was my agility. Not only that, but long-ranged opponents were especially hard for

was a big

"Ready."

"Okay, I'm starting."

released the string

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

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

them from the distance,

going to be

wasn't allowed to use any

my agility, this was the

Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!

the arrows soon materialized in front

my foot onto the ground, I took a step

Xiu!

brushed past the side of my cheek. Following that arrow, two more arrows arrived in my vicinity. Moving my hands in front of me, twisting my heel, I swiftly grabbed the bodies of the

the ground and did the same

arrows, sweat started to accumulate on my forehead as I found my body progressively getting

thing I was feeling. I could vividly feel myself getting better and

my eyes as I continued to

long before I started to get used to the