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."

letter, he realized that it was just a long list of rules

his bed, he let out

to stop

waking up, he felt paranoid about everything. Just the slightest thing

"Ukh!"

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

the area that hurt, he

side of my head

***

Thump—!

onto the ground, I took a white towel from the side and wiped the sweat from my

probably forgotten about everything that

since the incident. The one

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

was exactly what I

my own self-satisfaction. I had

able to somewhat create enough alibies and evidence to make it seem that he really had been drunk, and everything was just

"You're early."

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

voice rang out. Looking at her,

I'm used

was at my disposal, I told the others

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

"You look quite tired."

the dumbbells are

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

this, even if I used the Keiki style and increased the mass of the sword halfway through my swing, by the time I was done with my movements, my

"How heavy?"

"About 500kg?"

"...That much?"

anything lower

nodded her head. Extending her hand, she took out her

her training gear, Amanda had a small hairband on her mouth as she gathered her

we do

"Yeah."

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

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

her days were usually very busy with

it was more of a habit I developed when

this was good for

more efficient than just training alone. Plus, there were a lot of

regarding Nola and my

and aiming it at

"Are you ready?"

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

helping me

was that one of my lacking aspects was my agility. Not only that,

a big help

"Ready."

"Okay, I'm starting."

released the string

bow. Following the first shot, Amanda extended her hand again and pulled the string again

her first arrow, two more arrows shot out and following this more and more quickly headed in my direction. It wasn't long before a wall made of blue streaks appeared in front

from the distance, my face

going to

this training. I wasn't allowed to use

training my agility, this was the most

Xiu! Xiu! Xiu!

the air like missiles, the

the ground, I took

Xiu!

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,

the

started to accumulate on my forehead as

I could vividly feel myself getting better and better

as I continued to dodge the

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