Chapter 42: Aiden's Monologue

"That girl…" Aaron's face twitched in anger.

"Leave her be. I am sure she had some stuff going on," Leo tried to calm Aaron down not wanting any family drama.

In the end, Aaron explained the situation to Leo.

The Lynchfield were Royal Family who ruled Gloria and then under them came the Aristocratic Families who had swore loyalty to the crown. These Families had their own role assigned by the Crown in Gloria and they could be divided into two major categories based on their tasks.

Military and Bureaucracy.

It turned out that Silver were an Aristocratic family with Military responsibility which showed that they were greatly trusted by the Royal Family. And aside from them, there were two other families who shared the same rank as Slivers. They were the Lionel and Lancaster Family.

All three of these families actually didn't have long history behind them and had only recently came in power. It was obvious that they had replace someone else to earn that position and you can probably understand how many people would be upset because of it.

Then there were the Aristocratic Family with Bureaucratic power which helped the Crown in governance. Even though they didn't have military control, one couldn't underestimate their influence on the masses. There were too many of Aristocratic Families involved in this system but only a few of these had true power and were at the top.

They were the Graylock, Moonridge and Starwalker Family. The three heads of the Families served as the Right Minister, Central Minister and Left Minister respectively. And held significant powers in their hand.

The Military Families and the Bureaucratic Families actually didn't see eye to eye for some reason. Each treated another as a threat to their own power. You could technically say that they were divided into two sides.

So, it was very likely that the guy who Leo got into trouble with was deliberately set up by any of the youngster of these Bureaucratic families.

"Leave that be and tell me what I can do get out of this mess," Leo asked Aaron with a heavy sigh. This was all just too much. He understood what Aaron explained but that wasn't helping him here. He needed immediate solution.

"Just refuse his invitation to fight. The most he can do is complain about you for hitting him outside of the fighting ground but if he hits you as well, he will be dragged in the punishment too. I bet he doesn't want that considering he told you that he needed a few more points to get above the next person in the ranking."

Leo's eyes finally lit up on hearing that. Finally there was a hope of his survival here.

"Really? I can just do that?" Leo asked as a smile bloomed on his face. He really seemed happy about it.

"Of course, you really don't need to fight if you don't want to. No one can force you after all," Aaron shook his head with a helpless smile on his face.

He wanted to say that it was not a good idea as people will find a way to find a fault in them and will make fun of them for Leo being weak when Edgar was such a huge figure in the world. But seeing how Leo seemed very relieved, Aaron could only shut his mouth up. Even though it wasn't something his family cared about, both Aaron and real Aiden cared about it heavily.

"By the way I watched your fight earlier, you were really awesome," Leo gave him a thumbs up after remembering the mock battle earlier.

Aaron smiled lightly but that smile suddenly turned into a frown when he realized that Leo should have been in his classroom during that time. "You didn't have your classes in the morning?"

"Umn.." Leo forced a smile on his face as he told him how he was first kicked out of the class and then lost the track of time and ended up missing further classes before ending up here.

"You kidding me?" Aaron couldn't believe his ears. This guy technically hadn't fully attended a single class from the morning.

"Can I just go home for today?" Leo really was in no mood to stay in this place anymore. Even though Aaron said that the guy who Leo kicked wouldn't do anything, he was probably raging right now. It was better to let him calm down and not appear in front of him.

Aaron looked at Leo and sighed, "Fine, go ahead. I will inform Professor Vellsing about your condition. You can expect this things to be easy from tomorrow onward."

Leo really wanted to cry. This guy was the best really.

…

Leo soon got out of the place and waited for the driver whom Aiden had called earlier to pick him up.

"Should we leave, Master Aiden?" The driver asked once Leo got inside and he immediately nodded.

When Leo saw the Academy shrinking behind, he was finally at ease.

'I really want to go back to earth..' He muttered inwardly and sighed.

[How could you run away like this?] Arthur didn't seem happy with Leo's behavior.

'I am not running. Its called tactical retreat." Leo retorted in protest.

At this moment, his smart link flashed with a notification and Leo finally saw the message which informed him that his verification had been done and now he could retrieve his account.

This immediately send happiness coursing through his body. Finally something which could be of some help of him.

After following a small procedure, he retrieved the account. Leo then immediately began to search through Aiden's data in hopes of finding something. But obviously, it wasn't like he was going to find some daily monologue in it or was he….

Leo's expression changed when he saw a folder which contained several video footage of Aiden talking to himself. This guy was really talking to himself about his daily life and there was literally footage for the past two year.

This had to be a joke! Did this guy knew that a situation like this was going to happen and left all of this for Leo? Because from what he had heard until now, Aiden didn't seem to be a guy who would write a diary or keep a daily monologue of his life like this?

He could relate it to a cheerful girl like Amelia but definitely not Aiden.

Anyway, it was a good thing for him though.

'Let's watch the first one and see how this person really was..' He muttered inwardly before putting in his ear buds and playing the footage.

It immediately showed Aiden sitting on the railing of the terrace of their mansion. He really seemed tired for some reason and a gloomy aura hung around him.

"I really can't bear it anymore.." He finally spoked while grabbing his head in frustration. "I want this to end.."

His words took Leo back in surprise and he could tell at a first glance that the guy was really stressed out and mentally unstable for some reason.