Experiment

Auriel removed his sweaty shirt and put it into the basket Daisy was holding, then he took a towel and wiped the sweat from his fat body thoroughly for a while enough to make Daisy bored while waiting. 

Auriel didn't like his currently fat body, that is the reason he was working hard even though he was lazy, but what he hated most was the sweat. 

But he was enduring it pretty well, making himself believe that when he lost all of his extra weight, he wouldn't have to worry about the disgusting sweat that normal humans or fat people experience. 

He was Awakened, this path of power was going to make him something more than just human, so he thought that he wouldn't sweat like mundane people if he rose in power.

Though, this needed to wait for a good time as he just did become Awakened which meant that he had a long way to go. 

He still needed to lose all of his weight and learn to use his ability. 

Hence, he sent Daisy away to continue her servant work, and went back to his room, passing through the dark and empty corridors of the Weaver mansion under the curious or scared gazes of a few servants. 

He saw a black, lusterless wooden chest on his bed. He cautiously opened the chest while not looking at the inside of the chest, just to be safe in case a poisonous arrow would fly straight to his head from the chest. 

After confirming that, there wasn't something like an arrow or a bomb in this chest. 

He lifted his face to the level of the chest and looked inside. There he saw metal strings, handcuffs, daggers, and many more different metal items. 

Auriel ordered only metal things from a blacksmith because the original Auriel used something metallic, so he thought that metal would work with his ability. 

He grabbed one of the many strings from the chest and concentrated on the ethereal strings inside him. 

Then he pulled one of the many malicious threads and held it with his thumb and index finger, inspecting closely like he did for the last few days. 

The string was ethereal black, radiating an evil intent to its near area, giving goosebumps to every person who saw these strings. 

But all Auriel felt was comfort whenever he played around with these strings, these ethereal strings gave him the feeling of home and lessened his loneliness somewhat. 

He didn't know the reason for this but didn't care too much. He thought that these strings were in his body, so it was pretty normal for him to feel comfortable with them.  

He held this ethereal thread and guided it to the mundane metal string he was holding. 

Ethereal string shook slightly after Auriel tried to mix with them, but he didn't stop as he felt that something different was going on from the usual ethereal string breaking down. 

But before the ethereal string mixed with the metallic one, it shattered with a sharp noise. 

However, Auriel wasn't discouraged by this outcome because he learned something from this experiment at the cost of a measly string. 

He quickly took another string from the black chest. This string was thinner and longer than before but Auriel was almost sure that this time it would work. 

He pulled another ethereal string, same as the before as he couldn't change its size or toughness. 

Then he put the metallic string on a flat surface and slowly pressed the ethereal string through the metal string. 

And a wide smile appeared on the face of Auriel after seeing that, the strings merged beautifully. 

The metallic string was now a lusterless black that absorbs the light, giving a little bit of an evil aura. It was looking like a cursed item but Auriel didn't care as he thought that it was pretty cool looking. 

But these thoughts could wait, as Auriel wanted to try quickly to find whatever he could do with this ominous string of his. 

He willed the black string to move around in linear shape without breaking its shape, and it moved like he wanted. 

Lips of Auriel stretched more, almost reaching to his ears after seeing this progress. 

After that he tried different things such as moving the string and making it take various shapes. 

Almost all of them worked without problem, except the most complicated ones. 

Right now he could make this black thread slither like a snake, fly like an arrow, use like a sharp object, stretch its length considerably, and tie 2 knots. 

Then he tried to mix his ability with the other metal items, though none of them worked like the thin string. 

He understood that his ability was working on thin metal items, making them obey his command instantly, and making them magically strong and sharp. 

And he hoped that his ability would work on something other than just metal strings in the future when he learns more. 

Hence, he wasn't satisfied with this result but wasn't unsatisfied either. There was still 1 more thing to test for to come to a conclusion. 

That was to use his ethereal black string on a human. He didn't try this before as there was no suitable material to experiment on it. 

Fortunately, one of the materials he ordered was a random criminal that was on death row. 

He didn't mind killing an innocent person if that was for his own good but there was no need for him to do so while there were many criminals who were still living for nothing. 

This was an easy choice for Auriel because he would gladly kill a criminal instead of an innocent to preserve some of his humanity and sanity. 

He took the black string on his hand and concentrated for a minute. Then, a black light shined in his hand and the string vanished from his hand as if it was just a mirage. 

This was one of the benefits of being Awakened. Every Awakened could store an item in their souls without knowing how this was working and Auriel wasn't an exception to this.

With that, Auriel was ready for his next and maybe the most important experiment.