Aiden was currently wondering whether or not to tell her about his meeting with Melinda as they still hadn't talked about it yet.
There were many reasons for that from the fact that she hadn't even asked anything about it and also the fact that he had to find Emma when being teleported back.
Those things made him lose valuable time and he hadn't even gotten the chance to talk about his meeting with Melinda at all.
'But if I tell her, she might tell her mom, and then who knows what might happen?' thought Aiden as he finally decided against it.
He would wait until the end of the tournament as it would be easier for him. It would be able to tell the two of them at the same time and see both of their reactions.
He would also be able to see their reactions at the same time and explain to them how he was going to proceed.
Aiden knew that the two of them wouldn't be especially pleased by his departure, but he still needed to do it as it would be beneficial for him.
Even if he liked the fact that Maelis had helped him ever since coming in this world, Aiden didn't care that much anymore as he would rather enter a powerful family which would be able to protect him.
Because as of right now, if the Nightshade found him, they would be taking him right away without any questions as no one would be able to protect him. But, when joining the Emberbane family, he would finally have a moment for himself where he will be safe.
A moment where he will be able to do as many Trials as he wished which would as a result get stronger.
There was his body potential which Melinda had described briefly that interested him a lot.
Transcending this world?
In Aiden's mind, it sounded like a lot of fun.
"Huh, I didn't think that you would want to come," answered Aiden as he couldn't think of another answer in the short time that he had.
"Well, if you're going of course I'm going," she exclaimed instantly, she seemed really excited to be accompanying Aiden.
'I wonder if she'll still do it when I announce the news to her,' thought Aiden, already expecting a headache from the shouting that he will have to go through.
"Then, I guess we'll come, however, who knows when we'll get there," added Aiden at the end knowing that he might not come right away being in a new family and all that.
However, Olivia didn't seem to mind it at all as she simply smiled.
"Just come when you can, and there's really no need for you to come, Emma," teased Olivia, still making fun of Emma.
Emma once again got mad because of all that.
However, she didn't speak up as she knew that she was about to kill her.
Well, it was going to be a fake death, but it would still feel pretty good at the end of the day.
'Oh that's going to feel great,' thought Emma, knowing that putting an arrow in Olivia's head would feel pretty good.
Aiden not knowing how to end this conversation, awkwardly said, "Then, I guess, we'll kill you. See you later," said Aiden as he slashed Olivia's head without losing a single minute.
He didn't want to spend all day here, after all.
He, also, didn't know if the other fights were finished as they had taken quite a long time to discuss with each other.
However, not having to fight right now was great as they were going to be full of energy for the fights which were going to happen later.
The others who would have fought will probably be a lot more tired than both Aiden and Emma.
It was also going to be a duel from now on, Aiden was kind of excited as he was clearly one of the greatest in terms of duel ability being an assassin.
"Aiden, I wanted to kill her," said Emma as she pouted a little as she shot an arrow directly into Logan's head.
Logan became lifeless instantly and simply disappeared from both Aiden's and Emma's eyes.
Then, the usual beeping sound resounded inside of him.
*BEEP*
[You have won the second fight of the Inter Family Tournament.]
Then, as Aiden read this message, his surroundings changed as he was back in the middle of the arena.
However, he didn't hear cheers this time, but a lot of booing and it seemed to be directed at both him and Emma which was kind of logical considering what they had just done.
They had, after all, kind of cheating by finding an agreement with each other.
As boos continued, the voice resounded throughout the Arena once again. However, this time it wasn't for any important information, but to simply mock Aiden and Emma.
"Wow, a Reaper who likes to talk rather than fight, interesting," said Thorin, laughing as he said that.
Aiden who ignored who was on the other side of this voice, was mad at that person because the booing amplified which made it completely impossible for both him and Emma to talk to each other.
***
While Thorin was mocking both Emma and Aiden for cheating, in the stands two people were cheering as loud as they could.
It was obviously Maelis and Gerald who kept shouting as loudly as they could, however those around simply made too much noise for Aiden and Emma to hear them.
Nonetheless, they were feeling one single emotion at the moment and it was a simple one. They were proud of the two people they were seeing right now.
Sure, they hadn't fought in the second fight, but who cares?
There's not a single who is against such a thing, Maelis, contrary to the crowd, found their "fight" refreshing as it was completely different from the rest of them.
She hadn't heard what had been said as they don't have access to sound, but she found it nice to see Aiden talk to others and not simply go toward them with the intent of killing them.
'Let's just hope that you reach the final,' thought Maelis, clearly thinking about Aiden.
She hadn't thought of Emma as she didn't think that she had what was needed to get to the final.
She knew that Aiden had put in a lot of effort and she had seen the beginning of the modified Everheart Technique, and when she had seen that, she had understood many things.
The first thing she understood was that Aiden wasn't like the rest, he was one of the most talented beings that ever existed as the people of had created or modified techniques recently can be counted on one hand.
She also knew that he had been able to do so in less than a month which was, objectively, insane.
It had simply never been done before, everyone would take years and potentially decades to develop even one functioning technique and Aiden had done it in less than a month.
She couldn't help but find it weird that someone from the Slums had such incredible talent.
"Gerald, who do you think will win the competition?" asked Maelis, wondering if he was of the same opinion.
However, as expected, it varied completely from what she personally thought.
"Well, isn't it obvious? It's going to be one of the founding families like always," he said, exasperated a little when saying so.
"And this year more than ever with the participation of the son of the Nightshade's Patriarch, I don't think it's possible for anyone other than him to win this tournament, but why are you asking me that, who do you think will win?" asked back Gerald.
"Um, I don't know why, but I feel like maybe Aiden will do this whole thing," she said in a low tone, making sure that no one could hear his name as he was still under the alias The Reaper.
Gerald had a surprised expression on his face at first, but then it became one of understanding. He had also noticed what he had done in the first fight and he must say that he had been pleasantly surprised.
"I can see why, but I still don't think there's a way for him to win against Lucius," responded Gerald, talking about the son of the Nightshade Patriarch.
Maelis only nodded, as she knew that he was right, if Aiden reached the final then he would have to win against an opponent much stronger than him who had resources from the very first moment that he was born.
However, there was another thing that she didn't know, it was that Aiden was also from the Nightshade family. Sure, he was kicked out from at young age because of how talentless he was.
But, at the end of the day, he still held the name Nightshade. A name which Aiden hated deeply.
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