Chapter 44: Alex's Replica

"It's your fault!" Aisyl pounded the pillow he held against Luke and pouted his lips.

"How come it's my fault? You're acting unreasonably. It's clearly you who assault me first." Luke reasoned as his hands kept blocking the incoming pillow attack.

After battling like a little kid for a minute, the couple finally ended their argument. With a slight panting, Luke complained, "Why are you beating me? I'm the patient here."

"I never saw a single patient that acting cockily like you." Aisyl quipped before broke into laughter, "The first time I saw you, I never imagined that there will be a day where we chatted casually like now."

"Yeah, fate is surely a mysterious thing. I never thought the day where we befriended each other will come. In fact, I already started to forget the incident that happened a month ago. Though I'm not sure why you kept accused me of a pervert, it was also my fault at first for grabbing random people's hands." Luke spoke with a tone of reminiscing.

"I-I have mistaken you for someone else," Aisyl said guiltily before changed the topic, "By the way, are you truly didn't succeed in entering the top 64?"

After mulling for a few seconds, Luke answered doubtfully, "I'm not sure either. I was fighting bitterly against Alex when my body couldn't take it anymore, and I finally fainted."

"Alex? So you're that darkhorse, Alex's replica!" Aisyl said in a surprised tone.

"Alex's replica? What do you mean?" Luke inquired. Are LSA students taste in naming something really that bad? That title is so lame!

Shifting his body on the side of the bed, Aisyl explained, "Because your power is similar to Alex, they called you Alex's replica."

Luke corner of mouth twitched uncontrollably upon knowing the mean behind the title.

Witnessing the changes in Luke expression, Aisyl couldn't control his laughter, "Ahaha, you know, when I heard such a cheap title, I almost laughed out loud. I even pity the man that would receive such a lousy title. And guess what, that man turned out to be you!" Finishing his sentence, Aisyl immediately laughed out loud.

Watching an amused laugh from Aisyl, Luke became embarrassed as he gritted his teeth silently, 'Damn you whoever creates this nickname!'

Amon who was lazily sun-bathing suddenly sneezed, "Who's talking behind my back?'

In a moment, came a young man with a piece of paper on his right hand, "Sorry to interrupt, Senior Amon. We already succeeded in retrieving the personal information you requested."

Amon removed his sun-glasses and replied, "Oh, that quick?"

The young man said with a proud smile, "Yes. Although the footage seems blurry due to smokes and dust, our team managed to identify the man's identity." Afterward, he handed Amon the piece of paper he held.

Amon accepted it and read it attentively. Studying the paper, Amon expression turned from curious into shock. The young man who realized this couldn't help but asked, "How is it, senior Amon? I'm sorry to ask this, but I'm curious why you seem interested in knowing this guy identity? I mean, in the next tournament session, each participant who succeeds in achieving the top 64 would be introduced by the academy. Next, they would be required to compete with each other. From it you can distinguish the man ability, so what's the point of this investigation?"

Amon recovered from his stupor and calmly replied, "Because there's another guy that impatient like me."

-Back in the LSA Infirmary-

"So, I'm eventually winning in the end?" Luke inquired Aisyl with hopeful eyes.

"Yep, you were fortunate that the competition ended before Alex managed to rip your badge off," Aisyl stated with a smile before adding, "Thus, you fulfil our promise in essence."

"Lucky! Let's go somewhere then. I'll treat you." Luke said in a cheerful manner.

"I would love to, but are you not remembering your current condition?" Aisyl smirked before poked Luke's chest hardly.

"Ouch! What are you doing?" Luke flinched and backed up into the nearest wall while covering his chest like a girl afraid of being molested.

"Nothing, I'm just trying to tell you that you are in no condition for going anywhere right now." Aisyl retracted his finger and began twirling his hair with it.

"Hmph! How else could we call ourselves tough guys? These little injuries wouldn't stop me from having a snack outside." Luke tried to stand up but get stopped in an instant by Aisyl, "No you won't. Let me just ask the nurse to bring us some foods."

Luke pouted his lip in displeasure but Aisyl wasn't that soft-hearted to let him go. So, Luke could only unwillingly nodded his head at Aisyl idea by asking the nurse to bring the foods.

-5 Minutes Later-

Carrying a trolley with many plates of foods, a nurse entered the room. She gave the couple two plates of food tightly wrapped in plastic. Done with her business, the nurse immediately excused herself and exited the room.

Glancing at the plates that mostly consist of vegetables, Luke hunger went into nothingness. While chewing the food, Aisyl noticed that Luke yet touched his food. Gulping his food, Aisyl concernedly asked, "What happen? You can't eat by yourself?"

Luke shook his head and replied, "No, it's full of vegetables. And I dislike it a lot."

Shrugged his shoulders, Aisyl continued his eating and answered, "Bear with it for a while. You could eat whatever you want upon leaving the hospital."

Forcing himself to eat the disgusting yet healthy food, Luke chewed it with almost closed eyes and couldn't help but voiced out, "Bland. So freaking bland!"

To distract his mind, Luke asked the question he been curious about the whole time, "Aisyl, so you basically are Rank 8 Transcender?"

"Yes." Aisyl nodded his head without hesitation.

"But you look much younger than me. Did you consume a potion immediately after you were born?"

"Is that even possible? I guess I'm way too talented after all." Aisyl replied arrogantly with his chin slightly lifted up.

They both chatted until night came. Glancing at the window that shows a night sky, Aisyl packed up his thing and said, "Whoops, I didn't realize that we've chatted for a long time. It looks like I need to head to my dorm now."

Though Luke found it reluctant to part with him, he couldn't find an excuse to refute his intention. Thus, with a downcast mood, Luke spoke, "Yeah, be careful on the road."

Noticing his downcast mood, Aisyl teased, "Have you missed me already? Don't worry, we will meet again tomorrow."

Turned his head sideways, Luke stubbornly replied, "Who's missing you! Go go! Stop acting like an elder sister when you only a boy that younger than me!"

"Even so, I managed to make you flustered." Aisyl chuckled then waved his hand, "Bye-bye!"

Luke turned to Aisyl and waved back, "Good night!"

The room once again regains its quietness. Without someone to accompany, Luke grew bored and eventually closed his eyes trying to sleep.

CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Billy_Castellanos

I'm still not done with revising the story. But I wanted to tell you that Amon rank is not seventh but eight. There'll be plenty of new updates, and I'll tell you about it on the author thought immediately. When the novel colls reached 1K, I'd also make a discord server so that I could give information easily.

Thank you!

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