The Strongest Assassin Reincarnates in Another World

Lucius looked at Aiden with a smile as if he had known all along that he was coming for him.

However, the craziest thing about all this was that Lucius could see through [Camouflage]. It hadn't happened before, and Aiden had no idea how that was even possible since the skill would make you invisible to everything surrounding you.

However, he stopped asking himself questions about those things since he needed to focus on his fight. He had planned on killing him while he slept like any good assassin. But that wouldn't be possible. Still, there was one good thing about this situation…

The fact that Lucius hadn't called for help. He was even quite calm, looking at Aiden in the eyes, which were hidden behind his mask.

"You know…I always wondered who was behind that mask back then. The one who defeated me while I was at the top. The one who made my father hate me so much that I have scars all over my body now."

He raised his shirt, showing Aiden all the scars his father had given him.

"But to think it would be you, little brother. That was the last thing I had expected."

Hearing the words "little brother" coming out of Lucius's mouth, Aiden could feel anger rising within him. It was just like before when something was related to this family, his body would get emotional over anything…and the worst thing about it was that he couldn't do anything against it.

The anger didn't come from him. It came from the previous person who occupied this body.

"I'm not your little brother," Aiden declared as he took a step forward inside his room and closed the door right behind him. "Not after everything you have done to me when I was younger. I was kicked out, remember?"

"Honestly, I think I would have preferred living your life. Living in this family is more of a curse than anything. Father freed you back then…you just didn't realize it."

Aiden gritted his teeth. "Bullshit. He never did shit to me."

Aiden made sure to keep his voice as calm as possible. But having this conversation with Lucius was making those things extremely hard. Still, it was just the tone in his voice…it sounded condescending. As if he knew everything that he had gone through, but Lucius didn't know shit.

"You have no idea what it's like living in the slums with no one to help you when you're not even 18 years old."

"And you have no idea what it's like getting beaten up every day until you can't feel anything in your body because you're not good enough."

Aiden giggled. "I do. As I said, you don't know anything about me."

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Lucius didn't know that he was talking to someone who had been raised away from the real world. Trained to kill everyone in sight, even his friends, if it required him to do so.

Images flashed inside Aiden's head as he uttered those words. Bad memories that he had always wanted to forget. But they still haunted him to this day.

He still remembered that stupid tournament with all those kids…

Aiden shook his head, pushing those thoughts right where they came from…in the back of his mind.

"Whatever. Are you here to kill me?" Lucius asked. "Is it because I hurt your girlfriend?"

He laughed, uttering those words. "Where were you anyway? You've been gone for years. Ever since you disappeared from the Emberbane Territory. Did you give up on everyone close to you? I mean, I get it.

You're weak. You're not strong enough to win against father."

Aiden shook his head even more. "He's not my father. I don't have anyone. I don't have a family. I never had one."

Aiden walked closer to Lucius, who still hadn't moved a muscle, and grabbed him by the throat.

It was strange, but Lucius didn't fight back even once. He let Aiden do everything that he wanted to.

"And yes. I'm here to fucking kill you. How dare you lay a finger on her…did you even see her back?"

"I-I didn't have a choice…" Lucius muttered as he tried his best to grasp for air.

He could himself get suffocated as Aiden's grasp on his neck tightened.

"S-She didn't tell you the full story. How do you think she even escaped?"

A smile appeared on Lucius's face when he uttered those words as Aiden hesitated for a second.

"I don't know what she told you. But those friends of hers weren't the real reason she escaped." Blood came out of his mouth as he stared into Aiden's soul. "I was the one who saved her from death. Her scar was a small price to pay."

Aiden loosened his hold over his throat and let Lucius fall onto the ground as Aiden went and sat on the cold hard floor.

There was no point in killing someone who wouldn't fight back. He could see it in Lucius's eyes that he had lost the will to fight.

Aiden decided that he would listen to him and kill him after. He wouldn't let him live. Not after everything he had done in his entire life…he might have been forced, but you can always make a choice in life.

"Tell me about what really happened," Aiden asked with a sigh.

He could feel it deep inside that he was telling the truth right now. There was no reason to lie. So, Aiden just listened to the words that came out of his mouth.

"It's simple. Father forced me to torture her for days, and that's what I did. However, you might not know it since you don't know me very well…but I don't like hurting others."

"Right. As if I'll believe that."

"I'm telling the truth…" Lucius said. "You just don't understand how I lived my life. There's a reason why you don't see a bed inside this room. There's a reason why I look so uninterested in everything."

Lucius took a deep breath. "Everything that I experienced ever since I awakened was training. I never even knew that killing others was a bad thing at one point in my life."

As hard as it was to admit it, those words made Aiden realize that he might not be that different from Lucius.

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