Caught?

Noah let out a sigh with sweat slightly dripping down his skin.

He was slightly scared that he was going to get caught.

Noah knew that he had to get as powerful as possible really quickly.

Most of the first few months are just introductions with the characters and he becomes noticed among his peers.

Then, there were a bunch of arcs that came alongside the road.

Noah knew he needed to move fast before they started. He opened his status screen once again.

[Status]

[Name: Noah Von Drake]

[HP: 55/60]

[MP: 30/30]

[Age: 16]

[Race: Human]

[Bloodline: Drake Bloodline]

[Skills: None]

[Love Points: 0]

[Attributes: Strength - 52, Speed - 67, Constitution - 39, Stamina: 60, Charm - 70]

[Magic Core Level: Silver Tier 1]

[Magic Type: Darkness ( + Fire)]

[Titles: Cold Duke]

Noah looked closer at his stats. He knew what he needed in all was a higher Magic Core level, better attributes, and better skills.

He decided to focus on better attributes since that's what mattered the most since he didn't have any skills as of yet.

The original Noah probably had a couple in his memory, but he knew he'd have to master them all the way from scratch.

'Hey Pixel! Do I get points if I kill Magic Beasts?'

[Sorry Master. Master doesn't receive any points since this is a Harem System]

'I see'

Noah scratched his head. Pixel made sense. That meant that his primary purpose should be to increase his harem.

He decided to scout his class first before making any love interest targets.

He already had a few potential candidates.

However, that was when Noah noticed something wrong.

As he looked at his Magic Type, it said Darkness + Fire.

Didn't Noah only have the Darkness type in the game?

'Pixel! Where did the fire attribute come from?'

[Master, I hypothesize that the fire attribute came from the merging of souls]

Noah nodded his head. He was thinking along the lines of Noah hiding his magic type or something along the lines of what Pixel stated.

Knock! Knock!

"Master, may I come in? I brought your usual breakfast."

It hadn't even been five minutes. How did he come so fast?

"Come in" Noah said. The door opened with his butler coming in.

The food smelled great. He couldn't wait to eat it. He was salivating slightly.

The butler put down the breakfast, eggs and bacon, on the table.

Suddenly, time froze.

1. [*Pretend to eat the food*]

2. ["What is the meaning of this, Raven?"]

3. [*Eat food normally*]

Three dialogue options appeared on the screen in front of Noah, and he had no clue what was going on.

'What is this Pixel?'

[I don't know, Master. It appears to be part of the Harem System features that I wasn't aware of]

'How come you aren't aware of this?'

[Master, I was only born yesterday]

'Oh'

Noah thought and that made sense.

Noah turned back to the options in front of him and wondered why they appeared in front of him now.

That was when Noah paused and thought.

As he searched through his usual memories, Noah remembered that the original Noah wasn't fond of eggs and bacon.

In fact, he disliked them.

And, he didn't eat it as "usual" as Raven suggested.

But, why did his butler give him food that he didn't like?

What was the difference between previously and today?

Noah paused, his body frozen, his heart suddenly thumping, and drops of sweat flowing down his cheek.

Time froze.

Fear started to spread inside him.

"He" was the only difference.

He slightly glanced at his frozen butler, Raven, in the corner of his eyes.

'Think Noah!'

Noah didn't know what to do.

He thought of a possible scenario, his butler found out about him.

How?

His mannerism, style, aura, and tone were still the original Noah.

He even tried talking like the original Noah.

There was no way he could've heard Noah's conversation with Pixel since it was in his head.

Then how?

He then recalled a line said by Noah's sister in the game.

"Even I'm terrified of my brother's butler. He's a demon disguised in the skin of a human. His instinct was unparalleled. There's a reason they call him the Hound of the Drake Family. For him to die so easily, even I'm confused."

Noah paused, thinking along those lines.

'Instinct'

Noah chose option two.

"What is the meaning of this, Raven?" Noah said in his typical cold voice.

"What? What do you mean, Master?" Raven said as though he was innocent, his constant smile not leaving his face.

Noah rolled his eyes inwardly. Even in the game, Raven had a small reputation similar to that of a bloodhound in the game. How could he play innocent so easily?

He was glad to choose the correct answer.

"My food"

"Ah! It seems that I brought Master Noah the wrong breakfast. Please forgive me. I'll bring your food right away" Raven quickly left the room in a hurry.

Noah let out a breath of relaxation. He survived. He couldn't imagine what would've happened if he'd gotten caught, especially by a ruthless guy like his butler.

Although he only appeared in one or two scenes, he had quite the reputation in the game if he recalled correctly.

Raven closed the door behind him, his smile vanishing from his face as though it never existed, replaced with a cold death-like expression.

"There was something different today"

Raven pondered. Raven had full confidence in his instincts. They never betrayed him. Ever.

"Hmm... He appears to have Master's memories. Could he really be Master, a clone of Master, maybe a different version of Master from the future, or maybe even a ghost who possessed Master and stole his memories?"

He shook his head for the last option. His Master's mannerisms didn't change. Maybe a dual-like ghost possession? Raven continued to theorize unlimited possibilities.

If Noah could hear Raven's thoughts, he'd be scared to death. He didn't really think he'd be caught so soon.

If it is any of the options, then either way his "original" Master would likely be dead.

Even then, his test today was only supposed to test whether the being in front of him had Master's memories.

And to show that he "suspected" that the being wasn't his Master to the being.

'Should I kill him?' Raven pondered. He shook his head. Although his instincts were never wrong, he couldn't kill his Master.

And despite this, it was highly likely that his "original" Master was still alive as part or whole of the being in front of him as his memories still remained as part of the being.

'Since he is mostly 'Master', then there is no need to kill him'

Raven amusingly smiled before rushing to get breakfast.

'It looks like things will be interesting'