Chapter 55 The Last General



"Where are you going like that?" said a voice from behind Aiden.

Aiden not thinking that the man was talking to him continued leaving the pub, after all, he had just seen that the last general was inside of it.

That meant that he needed to be careful with how he acted if he didn't want to get caught.

"Don't ignore me," said the voice from behind Aiden as he started raising his voice.

Aiden hearing this turned around trying to understand if the voice was talking to him.

Seeing that the person was indeed talking to him, Aiden was getting confused about why did the general started talking to him.

The only thing that Aiden had done was look at him in the eyes. Maybe he looked at him longer than a normal person would but it wasn't anything worth noting.

Then the general continued, "Didn't you hear the alarm why are you still trying to leave this building?"

Hearing this, Aiden was really confused as he had no idea what he was doing was wrong. 

'Can't I just leave this place? What does the alarm have to do with anything?'

"Can't I leave?" asked Aiden in a cautious manner.

"Is it not common knowledge that when the alarm is set on no one can go in the streets?" asked the general to everyone present in the bar

All sorts of people started agreeing with him in the pub.

"Yes, of course."

"Who would be stupid enough not to know that."

'Fuck. What can I say as an excuse?' thought Aiden, as he was trying to think as fast as possible for an excuse.

The only one that he had found at the moment was that he had forgotten about that rule which wasn't necessarily a lie as he had no idea about this rule in the first place.

"Oh, I'm so so sorry about that, I completely forgot about it."

"You forgot?" said the general with a tone of mockery in his voice. "How can someone forget about such a simple rule?"

"Well, you know I drank alcohol, it probably played a role," said Aiden as he had seen in movies people lose their memory because of alcohol.

"You don't know who I am right?" asked the general totally ignoring his question.

'Why is he asking me such a thing? Does he not believe me?'

Using the information from the system, he simply responded that he was a general of the Upsilon Empire.

"Oh, and what's my name?" 

When he heard that question come out of his mouth, the general thought that he had tricked Aiden but there was something that he didn't know.

When Aiden had checked all the rooms in the castle, he found a single room that had absolutely nobody inside and he remembered the name on that door.

"Matthew Davis, you're a general of our army how couldn't I know about it," said Aiden, truly happy that he had remembered this name.

Because, if he hadn't known about his name which was probably famous around the empire then the general would have started doubting his true identity.

"Mmh, I guess you do know who I am. But I don't believe that excuse about the alcohol, I saw you vomit on the ground after trying to drink that beer in one go. Why were you trying to leave this place?" said Matthew continuing the sort of interrogation between the two of them.

"I don't know I told you, I just forgot."

"We'll see about that, come with me. I need to get you back to the castle," said Matthew as he stood up unsure if Aiden was really telling the truth as many elements pointed against it.

·ƈθm Aiden didn't panic and simply accepted going back there, well on the surface.

Because as Matthew was getting closer to him, his mind was already trying to find a way out of this situation.

'I can probably eliminate him on the way to the castle,' thought Aiden as if that was going to be simple.

Well, from his previous encounters, he shouldn't have any problem killing the general.

Also, if he killed this man then the system would reveal to him the identity of the boss and then he would be able to finish this trial.

There was also the fact that if he didn't get back in a week to his house in the slums, then Beatrix his maid would probably tell the Nightshade about his disappearance which would bring a lot of problems to Aiden since he didn't want to go back to that place ever again.

"Alright, let's go," said Matthew as he simply held the hands of Aiden not putting anything on him as if he was sure that he was stronger than the frail man in front of him.

Aiden didn't resist one bit as he let him get restrained by Matthew as he knew that if he wanted to, he could get out of his clutches as easily as he could breathe.

'He's not even putting force does he think that I'm that weak?'

Aiden didn't mind if he looked like someone who was weak as he could use that to his advantage later.

Then they left the pub and the roads were full of soldiers and guards from the Upsilon Empire.

But it was clear that there weren't any civilians.

It seemed that the rule was quite common as Aiden couldn't perceive a single on the street.

"So, do you want to tell me why you lied to me?" 

Hearing him ask about why he lied Aiden was kind of relieved as he was now sure that he had no idea about him infiltrating the castle.

It seemed like his plan had worked, no one had seen him come in and come out. 

They were all in the dark about who murdered the two generals.

Also, if Matthew was in the pub when he killed the two others, he had no idea of what happened yet and that he was simply bringing him because of the alarm.

"I simply forgot, I'm telling you."