Bulk

IN UNDERGROUND STADIUM

From Aiden's POV

Today was the first day of my training.

Aria told me some bullsh!t about magic or something.

Honestly, I understood absolutely nothing, and now she told me to suck the sword off???

I didn't quite understand, so I started licking the sword.

"I TOLD YOU SUCK THE MANA FROM THE SWORD. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?"

Said the Blizaria.

I clicked my tongue in annoyance.

"I don't know who is this "man A" or "man B", but I ain't sucking anyone off."

I told her straight away. I ain't swinging this way.

Aria got a little angry and came towards me and snatched the sword.

"This is Aetherian Radiance It is a sword that was able to seal me in a stasis for thousands of years."

Said Aria as she tried to do something to the swords.

"This is an ego sword. The moment you touched the sword and absorbed the runes of the sword, you become the owner of its ego. The ego has chosen you to become my new master. Me and the sword are now yours."

Said Aria as she got closer to me.

"Turn around."

I did just as she said. After a few seconds, my body became warm, and I felt a jiggling sensation on my back as if two huge water balloons had been squished into it.

'No way is this Aria's!!!'

I thought with extreme happiness. I finally became a harem protagonist; now I can finally live my...

Wait, why is Aria in front of—AHHHHHHHHH!

I exclaimed as I turned to see my back being sucked by a gigantic slug.

"GET OFF MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"It's fine master this is Snugglebug."

Said Aria as she gave a cute smile.

"THIS DISGUSTING CREATURE IS NAMED SNUGGLEBUG?"

"This "ugly creature" is your training partner and my pet. I started taking care of this good boy when I was just a small fairy."

Said Aria, remembering the probably only good memories from her childhood.

"Now Master tell me, do you feel something different?"

Said Aria.

!!!

I really did feel something different.

A warm wave surged through my veins. A warm and tingling sensation that felt akin to the gentle embrace of sunlight.

Is this?

"MANA?"

I exclaimed with excitement.

"This is what Snugglebug can do. I made him eat the Aetherian Radiance and create a bridge from the sword to you. This way, it will be easier for you to get used to using magic,"

Said Aria with a playful chuckle.

"Why don't you have some fun."

That's right—mana, this is just another word for power.

I took a closer look at my hands, now coated in a strange luminescence of blue.

I made a small smile and got into a low-start running position.

My feet twitched from excitement. It felt as if I could cross the whole world in less than a second.

An intense sense of power surged on my feet, then...

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

From Narator's POV:

A deafening explosion echoed through the stadium, shrouding the entire arena in a colossal cloud of smoke.

"Such power???"

Aria exclaimed, her astonishment evident as she had only expected her master to become slightly faster than usual.

". . . "

"Why is nothing happening?"

Aria anxiously waited for a moment, but nothing emerged from the lingering smoke.

After a tense minute, the smoke gradually dissipated, unveiling Aiden unconsciously lying face-first in the grass.

"]Named Technique: Strong Suck["

Whispered Snugglebug in Aiden's ear as he voraciously absorbed his blood.

The surge of power Aiden felt was from his life leaving his body.

"MASTER!!!"

IN THE SANTA FAMILY HOSPITAL

Aiden lay on a hospital bed, connected to a sophisticated system that delivered blood to him with precision.

The hygienic atmosphere of the Santa Family Hospital surrounded him, a stark contrast to the explosive scene in the stadium.

The rhythmic hum of medical machinery served as a somber backdrop, emphasizing the gravity of the situation as Aria anxiously stood by his side.

"Master, you finally woke up."

Said Aria, tears streaming down her face, with Snugglebug in her sight.

'DISGUSTING CREATURE.'

Aiden exclaimed in his mind, a vein popping out of his head as he vividly recalled the reason he found himself confined to this hospital bed.

"Master please forgive Snugglebug. He was just hungry. He didn't eat anything for a very long time. He couldn't help it."

Said Aria as she cryingly showed Snugglebug in her hands, which was making a puppy expression.

Snugglebug looked extremely cute for a smug

"*sigh* I gues it couldn't be helped."

If someone were to see Aiden, they would think that he had forgiven Snugglebug without carrying ill emotions.

'When I get out of this bed, I will kill you and your whole family you ret&rded insect. I swear to god that I will have my revenge.'

They would be wrong.

IN THE NEXT DAY

"*huff**huff*"

Aiden breathed heavily as he was limping into the stadium with Snugglebug on his back.

Aiden finally fell to his knees of exhaustion.

"This *huff* doesn't look like an mage training at all*huff*."

Said Aiden as he still breathed heavily.

"Your stamina is terrible. The best path for you will be a swordsman with the help of Aetherian Radiance. But you will need plenty of stamina even to start projecting a domain."

Said Aria.

"Then we will have to think of ano-"

The time froze.

Aiden sensed a familiar presence, one that sent shivers down his spine. The sheer terror of it halted his breath as a tall man materialized from the shadows, instantly paralyzing Aiden with fear.

"HE HE HE We cross roads again ( •̀ᴗ•́ )و ̑̑virgin boy."

Said Victor with his ever-so-terrifying face.

"You? Didn't you die?"

Said Aiden with fear in his eyes.

"HAA? You shouldn't think so much, you will hurt your cute head. . ."

Said Victor with a perverted smile on his face as he pulled out a soap from the nothingness.

He threw the soap towards Aiden's feet.

"Now be a good boy and pick up the soap."

Aiden started crying as he jumped from his place and ran away from Victor.

"This was more effected than I had imagined."

Said Aria in a white plastic chair.

Aria created and made an image projection of Victor so that he could make Aiden train his stamina better.

"The only way for a human to become stronger is if you bring your body to the absolute limits, then let it recover with the help of mana. This way you will super condition your body by gaining power at a accelerated speed."

Aria made a little smirk.

"Then what is the best Time/Repetition range? It's obvious and same for everyone. . . its until failure-"

Said Aria as she saw Aiden, who fell face-first on his head from exhaustion. 

Aria got in front of him as she picked Snugglebug from Aiden.

"Good job, master. The next time you wake up, you will be stronger."

IN A GIGANTIC BANQUET TABLE

Aiden was lying on a chair, unconscious.

"Master, wake up."

Coaxed Aria, her gentle breath brushing against Aiden's ear with a sweet and soothing tone.

Aiden finally woke up as he saw the angel in front of him.

Aria was wearing a pajama given to her by the maids, complemented by a cute pink apron featuring an image of Snugglebug on the apron.

"Ahh Blizzaria."

Said Aiden in a sleepy tone.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT. Anyway, Master, I have prepared dinner for you."

Declared Aria, swiftly transitioning from her manly tone to a soft and endearing voice.

"Say ahhhh"

Asked Aria as she picked a fork.

"Ahhhh."

Aiden said as he opened his mouth with a slight blush on his cheek, expecting a cute bento made by the beautiful girl.

"Ahhhhh- *Throwing up*"

Aiden almost threw up from what Aria put in his mouth.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU EVE- AHHHHH"

 Aiden screamed, his eyes widening as he beheld a towering five-meter structure of boiled chicken on the table.

Aria attempted to force 600 grams of chicken down Aiden's throat.

"Oh, you mean the 0g carbs/ 3.6g fat/ 31g protein?"

Rattled off Aria, reciting the macros of the boiled chicken breasts per 100 grams.

"What are you, a macro calculator?"

Snapped Aiden in irritation.

"Master, your body needs tons of protein so that it can become stronger,"

Explained Aria.

"Wait!"

Aiden's face lit up with a small smile.

"I looked online for this. If you exceed the limit of protein your body could consume, then the remaining protein will be transformed into fat."

Said Aiden as he thought that he would escape the tower of chicken.

"You are right master."

Said Aria as she made a big and scary smile.

"You would be right master. . . if you were a regular person."

"!!!"

Aiden's face twisted with horror.

"As a person who has already awakened an alter ego, you can consume as many macronutrients as you want and use them all for faster recovery,"

Aria explained, her smile taking on a more sinister edge.

"Then this will mean..."

Aiden's expression turned to one of absolute horror.

"Open wide, master."

Aria's demeanor shifted into that of a bloodthirsty demon.