Chapter 457: Getting ready to leave (1/2)

After Naybeah's request has been resolved in a satisfactory manner to all but the amazon herself, the rest of the lunch ended peacefully.

Everyone has been given a spare room to settle for the rest of the day. They had no other tasks to do, the Mistress made sure so her little champions would be able to recover to their best states for the upcoming event the next day.

As each was escorted to their room and said their goodbyes, Aiden could finally sigh with relief as the door closed behind him.

He was hoping that he wouldn't have to speak up and offend any of the girls, but he found it increasingly more and more worrisome to traverse the waters between the girls. Each one of them, -shockingly even her sister and the gentle and shy Galina also-, have joined, banded together for the single goal to go after him.

He wasn't as dense as he portrayed to them, he clearly understood their folly, their desire. Still, he wasn't like the others. Though physically he was but a 17-year-old young healthy man, he was actually much, much older than that.

He lived after all a full 21 years as a member of the modern, Urban Society, grew to adulthood, studied in an accredited university, and also found the love of his life in the sister of his best friend.

Sadly, that love could never truly blossom, as that life was rudely taken from him, and he was thrown back to an old-new world, which as it later turned out, was his origin place of birth, Eora.

So, despite looking like a young teen, he had the experience of two lives, and whilst he never had the chance to truly enjoy each other, he still held Kat fondly in his heart. Despite this second chance, he still couldn't fully process that loss, and move on. Maybe it was because she could still be out there living her life, and hopefully still holding him fondly in her heart.

After all, time seemed to flow differently in the two realities. What was 21 years for him in that life, it was thousands of years in the other. If going by that logic, his time here would barely be half a day there.

From what Aiden knew, maybe it was just dawning the next morning after the incident and his abrupt demise. She may still be held in the hospital, just waking up and realizing that her boyfriend was taken from him forever.

Because of these thoughts, he couldn't just give up on her, he couldn't just simply move on. If there was a chance, no matter how minuscule, Aiden would definitely take it, if it meant they could be reunited.

Unless all avenues were closed, and hope was definitely lost, he wouldn't be able to let go of this chance. Though he cared for everyone in his party, before resolving the matters of his other life, he couldn't be truly happy.

Then again, the matter wasn't as simple as just gathering enough strength and power and traverse dimensions, universes. No, he couldn't just turn to his friends and allies and say 'Hey, I need to visit my past world where I actually came from and reunite with my true love! Hope you understand and can help!'

No, this was a matter Aiden knew he had to resolve by himself.

Shaking his head, Aiden sighed, forcefully clearing and calming his mind from these clouding thoughts. There was yet another issue that needed his immediate attention, and this day is his last chance in peace for a while, he wanted to do everything in his power to complete the System Quest.

Sitting down cross-legged at the center of the room, Aiden slowly exhaled, closed his eyes, and willed his system interface to appear in front of him.

He quickly brought up his latest, and most pressing quest reading it through one more time, making sure he wouldn't miss any detail hiding between the lines.

[New System Quest: Path to Divinity - Part 1: Beyond the Mortal Limits

Difficulty: S+

Objective: Learn more about the Primordial Laws of the Universe, Create the skill 'Basic Divinity' and reach a basic understanding of it (Level 1 - Progress: 25.00% required)

Reward: Unlock Spirit Power Level 3, ????]