Chapter 352 - Copycat
Aiden's mind was in turmoil as he couldn't help doubting himself and for good reasons at that. He knew his chances of succeeding in the trial were extremely slim.
'Well, the safe decision would be to use my [Return Stone] but then I would get bad rewards… And if I stay, well… they'll be much better right?'
Aiden wasn't sure of what he needed to do. He knew that accepting the offer from the system would be extremely dangerous.
Aiden knew that he needed somewhat of a plan before accepting, or else, he would be condemning himself in this world. He would either be stuck in this world until he became strong enough to rival the director or he would die in it.
Both options were really bad looking at them from an exterior and Aiden knew that very well. If he was to accept then he would make sure that it wouldn't take him a long time to act and kill the director.
He didn't want to spend another week here, after all. He wanted to see what had happened in Nova with the Nightshade Family, and he knew that by being here, he wouldn't be able to get any information.
The fact that he was here away from Emma and Olivia was putting some pressure on his decision if only he knew the situation in which they were.
It would help him to know that everything in Nova was going well. However, the chances of that happening were extremely slim, it wasn't like the system would help him every time that he requested it.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
The Lumithars were nice to Aiden, but not to that point.
'Could I change my identity and enter the Magic Academy under a new name?' Aiden thought as he knew that he would need to replace a student if he were to do that.
'Wait, actually maybe going to Evelynn right now isn't the best option? Why don't I go to my dorm room and kill my roommate?' Aiden thought as if he just had a genius idea.
He would gain a little bit of time by going to his dorm.
[You need to answer before entering the dorms.]
The system thought that Aiden might use this loophole, so it made sure that it wouldn't be possible to use it at all.
'Whatever, I accept. I need to get stronger and I think I can pull it off, well… maybe, actually I'm not sure at all.'
The system seemed confused by that answer as it wanted to make sure of the answer that Aiden had given.
[Do you accept or refuse?]
"I accept, wasn't it clear?" Aiden said to himself as he thought that he had been quite clear with his other answer.
However, it seemed that the system wasn't of the same opinion and it made sure to let Aiden know.
[No, it wasn't… like at all.]
Aiden sighed as he didn't understand why that was a thing, however, he couldn't spend too much time thinking about such things as he needed to find his dorm and quickly change his identity.
[Updating the Trial Objective: The use of [Return Stone] isn't possible anymore.]
'Well, I guess it's for real now. It's literally do or die,' Aiden thought as he knew that if he failed he would die once again for a second time. 'Let's just hope that the director isn't that strong.'
However, that was a stupid thought as Aiden knew how strong the director was, but Aiden had something that could make him win, the potion in his hands.
If he were to find a way to use it without getting close to the director, then it would be game over. Aiden would be able to kill him without any problem.
Still, those thoughts had to be delayed as he was currently in search of his dorm, escaping the director who still hadn't sounded the alarm by the looks of it.
'Now, where was my dorm?' Aiden thought as he knew that it was facing the Coliseum that he had fought against Garestsa.
He quickly went in that direction and looked through all the windows, trying to find a room in terrible condition because it would most likely be his.
However, as he was about to do that, Aiden realized that he was complicating this whole thing by trying to find another room. He could just enter a random room and take over that person's identity.
"Ah, let's pick this one as Aiden noticed that the physical frame of that guy was quite similar to his. Aiden barged into the window, breaking it in the process.
He knew that by breaking it, he had made things more complicated for him, however, he knew that time was of the essence… from his estimate the director should be teleporting back to the wooden cabin with Anna… right now.
As he thought that, a huge alarm resounded in the building which made Aiden panic somewhat.
"Who are you? What are you doing in my room?" The person who Aiden would be replacing said.
Aiden didn't have time to waste as he immediately brought his dagger close to that person's neck.
"Tell me your name and your affinity!" Aiden shouted putting pressure on the person in front of him. He knew that he needed to scare him for him to say everything that he wanted.
"A-Alek Hayes, fire…"
Right as Aiden heard those words, he slashed the dagger without losing a single second, killing the man in front of him.
'Shit, now where do I hide him?' Aiden thought as he now had a corpse to get rid of. 'If only that little monster was here…'
Aiden remembered the effect that the Lumithar's monster had on the monster that they had found in the forest. He knew that he could make this body disappear into particles. However, before such a thing were to happen, Aiden needed to copy that face perfectly, that was the next thing on his agenda.