The Mech Lord

"Don\'t you remember how you got your reputation?" Harry looked at Leo in surprise.

\'What the hell is he talking about?\' Leo asked inwardly.

[Well..those are not some pleasant memories to talk about-nya.] Aiden replied in a heavy voice.

"Don\'t you even try to remember or search for things that happened in the past?" Harry asked Leo in confusion. If he was the one to have lost his memory, he sure would have tried to learn as much as he could about his own past.

Leo could only force a smile in the past. Earlier, he was indeed trying to learn a bit from all places, but now that Aiden was always by his side, he had eased his research on that front. After all, if he wanted to know anything, he could just ask this guy about it.

Looking at Leo\'s face, Harry shook his head, "A year ago, a conflict broke out between your previous section and Noah\'s section."

"Who is Noah?" Leo asked in confusion.

Harry\'s face twitched a bit.

"Princess\'s Fiance," Harry replied with an odd look on his face.

Leo\'s eyes immediately went wide on hearing that.

[Tsk..it isn\'t the truth-nya.] Aiden immediately retorted.

"At least that\'s what the rumors say," Harry further added with a smile, supporting Aiden\'s statement.

"Then why do you call him the Princess\'s Fiance?" Leo asked in confusion.

"Well, Noah is actually the Prince of Eternia."

Leo sure was taken back on that. Eternia was another Superpower in the Interstellar Era. It\'s Empire was almost comparable to Gloria. Most of all, the Emperor of Eternia was another renowned Hero known throughout the Universe.

"The rumors say that Emperor Ragen after getting drunk had made a promise with the Emperor of Eternia to marry his daughter to his son." Harry calmly explained, "Of course, there is no evidence or explanation about this matter from anywhere.."

"But, Noah had come to Gloria for his studies. You could understand that he at least would have some kind of interest towards the Princess. And, this would again fuel the rumors.."

"Well, enough about that jerk\'s introduction. Let\'s get back to the main topic." Harry sure didn\'t seem to like this person At least it was clear from the way that he wasn\'t giving him any respect. Well, it was true for most of the Glorians in the Academy. After all, this guy was trying to woo their Princess.

If this didn\'t deserve a death sentence, then no one knew what did…

"Why did a fight break out between the two classes?" Leo asked Harry, continuing the topic.

"Shouldn\'t I be the one asking that?" Harry was speechless for a second, "It all started with your fight with Noah."

"Me?" Leo was left speechless. He realized that it was better if he just allowed the guy to explain instead of questioning.

"Yup, you. I don\'t know what happened. But, in short, you were beaten. And, from that time onwards, you were constantly targeted by Noah\'s class. Your points practically hit zero for the next few months from that point. There wouldn\'t be a day when you left without an injury."

"But, I have to give it to you. You didn\'t say a word or complained to anyone and accepted every fight. That is how you got your reputation."

"Eventually, someone seemed to have enough of it." Harry paused, and then continued, "It was Duke."

Leo\'s eyes dilated.

What the hell?!

What was going on?

\'Didn\'t you hate that guy? Why would he help you?\' Leo couldn\'t help, but asked Aiden internally.

[He pitied me-nya.] Aiden replied in an angry voice.

Leo was sure that Aiden hated Duke. After all, in his monologue, Duke was the only person that he had cursed by taking his name.

And, if Leo thought about it, Noah should be the one who had treated him the worse. So, it would only be fair if Noah was cursed as well. But, that wasn\'t the case. It seemed there was more to the enmity between Duke and Aiden.

"Duke intervened. And, when he did, two more classes did it together with him. Believe me, it wasn\'t a scene you would see in the Academy. It was practically a war. Normally, the Academy would have allowed such situations. But, this time, it quickly got out of hand. And, in the end, the Academy intervened to stop the mess."

"Noah later transferred back to his place to study in Eterny Academy. And…" Harry paused as his face turned weird all of a sudden.

"What?" Leo looked at him.

"Umn.. I think something happened between you and Duke. After that, he began to target you, and the situation for you was not much different even while entering the second year."

Leo went silent on that.

It seemed there was definitely something that happened between Aiden and Duke that he wasn\'t aware of.

\'Are you going to give me some explanations, Sir?\' Leo asked internally.

[It\'s all in the past. That Noah was a jerk, but Duke is worse than him. That\'s all you need to know-nya.]

\'You are going to hide things from me as well?" Leo couldn\'t help, but ask.

[The past is not relevant. Those things have nothing to do with my current self. I have already walked down a new path. Looking back would only make me waver now-nya.]

It seemed that Aiden still hadn\'t gotten over a few things.

After Leo had watched his monologue, he had indeed realized that Aiden was not fine. He was very stressed out. And, his mental state was not the best as well.

And, the problem still didn\'t seemed to be solved entirely.

After all, the only relief that Aiden had right now was the fact that he didn\'t have to live that troublesome life anymore. For now, Leo had taken that burden off of his shoulders.

But, would he go back to his old ways if he recovered his body?

Leo couldn\'t say for sure, but the chances were high.

He knew that he had to find out about Aiden. Only, then could he possibly help him with his problems.

….

In another section..

Duke had just returned back to his class. He had been recently missing classes due to that ridiculous punishment that Leo had made him face. Hence, he had missed a lot of things that happened these few days.

"Yo…"

A voice sounded from behind, and Duke turned his head to look at Ronnie standing behind him with a smile on his face.

"What do you want?" Duke frowned while looking at him.

"Do you really need to be so cold?" Ronnie asked with a dramatic look on his face. It was as if his feelings had been hurt by that comment.

"Just get on with it. What do you want?" Duke gave him a glare.

"Fine, I am just here to give you your money." Ronnie smiled as he transferred the amount to Duke.

"Money for what?" Duke frowned.

"Look at you acting so innocent.." Ronnie shook his head.

"Didn\'t you ask Neil to bet on your behalf? I hear you bet a Million on Aiden winning.." Ronnie\'s lips curled up into a smile as he casually took a step back and sat on the desk. "Since, you were absent, I took the money from him on your behalf."

Duke\'s face had slowly turned dark.

"Scary.." Ronnie laughed looking at his face, "You know right, I just need to snap my fingers to get anything out from a person."

"Mind your own business." Duke had a serious look on his face.

"Why are you two people so stubborn?" Ronnie asked as Duke turned around to leave.

"That guy doesn\'t belong here. He is pathetic…" Duke said as he stopped for a second.

"Then why did you bet on him?" Ronnie asked him.

"Who knows.." Duke answered after a long silence, and then went ahead.

"These people.." Ronnie sighed.

….

The day soon came to an end..

Leo got out of his club. They had stayed a bit late to discuss a few things. Later, Nora and Yuji headed towards the Dorms to talk with Runeko, while the rest went their own way.

"Well, see you later.." Leo parted with Harry outside the gates, and then began to move towards his location.

[Where are we going-nya?] Aiden asked in confusion. They sure weren\'t headed towards their home.

\'The matter with the Pet Beast had gone for a while. Let\'s get over with it..\' Leo replied. This morning Edgar had asked him if he had visited the shop or not.

Many things had happened recently, and he honestly had forgotten about it.

So, he wanted to finish this thing first.

…

After taking a public vehicle, Leo finally arrived at the location..

\'This really brought me to the outskirts of the city…\' Leo looked around, and he could see the borders. He could even see the forest areas in the distance over the giant walls. Behind those places was the wild where the Aora Beasts lived.

He walked for a few minutes, and the place that he had been looking for finally came into his view.

An old and worn down sign hung loosely on the entrance of the place.

Old Town Farm.