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."

sigh of relief. Reading through the contents of the letter, he realized that it was just a long list of

his bed, he let out another

to stop

up, he felt paranoid about everything. Just

"Ukh!"

pain coursed through the right side of Aaron's head prompting him to flinch slightly. Fortunately, the pain only lasted for a brief

that

side

***

Thump—!

dumbbell onto the ground, I took a white towel from

forgotten about everything

passed since the incident. The one where I tortured

the moment, Aaron was probably thinking something along the lines of, 'Everything I went through is a dream.' or some bullshit like

was exactly what I

torture was merely something for my own

able to somewhat create enough alibies and evidence to make it seem that he really had

"You're early."

residence. This was a small perk I got thanks to the

away, Amanda's voice rang

I'm used

was at my disposal, I told

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

"You look quite tired."

the dumbbells are pretty

my sword, I had to resort

the sword halfway through my swing, by the time I was done with my movements, my

"How heavy?"

"About 500kg?"

"...That much?"

lower would not

nodded her head. Extending her hand, she

Amanda had a small hairband on her mouth as she gathered her hair behind her in

see, should we

"Yeah."

the first time that Amanda and I met up. It was probably the fourth time by now. I was a bit

to ever since taking over the

to train very early since her days were usually very busy with guild-related

was more of a habit I developed when training in the wilderness back

way, this was

someone else was a lot more efficient than just training alone. Plus, there

Nola and

and aiming it at

"Are you ready?"

channeled the wind

Amanda was helping me train

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

big help

"Ready."

"Okay, I'm starting."

the string of

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

arrow, two more arrows shot out and following this more and more quickly headed in my direction.

them from the distance, my

going to

handicaps on myself for this training. I wasn't allowed to use any skill or any manuals apart from the

my goal was training my agility, this was

Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!

through the air like missiles, the arrows

my foot onto the

Xiu!

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 arrows, disrupting

after the arrows lost their momentum, I dropped them to the ground and

as I found

feeling. I could vividly feel myself getting

across my eyes as I continued

I started to get used to the rhythm and I started to feel at ease dodging