Reincarnated into a New World As a Vampire
Chapter 50: A Lurking Shadow 2

Aldritch thought about the aspect of obtaining more blood and decided to act rather than play passive and calculative.

From what he had gathered so far, this world's magic system wasn't as ground breaking as he had thought, that would mean they wouldn't have such readily available detective and probing skills, and even if they are, he could bet on the fact that they weren't so accurate as to pinpoint his exact location or identity. After thinking about it for a while, Aldritch decided to do just that.

"Fearing death is simply cowardice at this point." He had such a good system, there was no way he wouldn't use it to its fullest potential.

He prepared his other set of clothes for the morning so he would head into the inner walls and pay the magic academy a visit. He was quite sure that he would be admitted, after all, his strength was quite sufficient for someone "without practice", he would be considered a pure natural.

Seeing as he would have to work during the day, Aldritch tried his best to get a few hours of sleep before the day started in full. The travel to the inner wall was quite the journey, so he still had to leave early if he wanted to get there on time.

"Olgud." Aldritch called.

Olgud entered the room and gave a simple bow. "Master, you summoned."

"I want to get some sleep for some time. Wake me in three hours. Get Ingrid to show you when that would be on the clock."

"Yes, master." Olgud answered before Aldritch climbed onto the bed and dosed off soon enough. Olgud went to Ingrid, who was about to sleep as she was feeling quite tired already to ask for instructions just as Aldritch ordered.

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Some hours later, Olgud woke Aldritch from his sleep. As it was time, three hours had gone by already. Aldritch didn't really feel all that rested, but it was something, at least.

Before dismissing Olgud so he could get some rest, Aldritch passed the information that he may not return that night, so they were not to be worried about it.

Once Olgud left into the other room to rest, Aldritch wore the set of clothes he had prepared. A dark brown trouser, a white long-sleeved shirt which he topped with a dark brown sleeveless jacket made from similar material to the trouser, then he wore a pair of sandals. It was fairly simple dressing, but it did a good job and look good.

Thinking about the dressing now, Aldritch regretted not purchasing a hat to go with it, that would have at least blocked off the sun from hitting his face directly.

'Heh, can't be helped.' He thought to himself.

Once Aldritch left the house, he didn't walk in any particular direction, as he wouldn't even know which place to start from and which train station led to which part. Of course, he could go about asking for direction like a normal person would, but why go through such troubles?

'I just need to replace someone who looks like they know their way around.' He thought to himself.

Aldritch began his search for his guide. He targeted mostly those who looked more matured, but even after going through at least fifty people, he couldn't replace anyone who knew much of the innermost wall where the magic academy was. Being a commoner, he doubted it would be a good idea to ask around for directions in such a place after he got there.

Seeing as he was in a fruitless venture, Aldritch enacted his second plan, to lurk around the train station that brought people into the outer wall, the same one he arrived in. Luckily, that train didn't advance deeper into the other walls, so travelers would often have to come down at the final stop and replace their way to where ever they wanted to go.

There was no need to look for random people anymore. Now, Aldritch watched to replace people who looked either like merchants or like mercenaries.

Aldritch had already spent 40 minutes without any success in his plans since he left Ingrid's house. The time was already around 10 in the morning; he was losing time. 'Didn't Ingrid mention that the academy's administrative activities ended around 5 in the evening? I can't be wasting time like this…' Then again, the situation was out of his control.

Just as Aldritch was thinking of how much time he had wasted, he noticed the perfect candidate for his plan, or more accurately, candidates.

From the train, a group of peculiar people stepped off. From their attire, it was clear that they were mercenaries, and their temperament gave the same energy. Normally, Aldritch would be quite cautious since these people could hold skills or strength that could pose a problem to him, but once he remembered the fact that he was able to win against a rank 5 assassin easily, that thought dissipated.

'They don't seem to have a magician amongst them either.' He noticed from the way they were dressed and the weapons they had on them.

Even though they fit the desired category of people Aldritch was looking for, compared to the other option, who also came down from the train, these guys were not qualified.

'From the dressing, he is most definitely a merchant, and a proud one at that,' Aldritch said in his mind while observing the short chubby man.

The chubby man had several jewelries adored on him, meaning he wasn't just any regular merchant, but a rich one at that, if Aldritch was lucky, he could even be a noble… well, that was unlikely, since they wouldn't be riding in a public train like a commoner.

Aldritch kept watching the man for some time, seeing as he was guarded by four people, he didn't want to be rash.

It wasn't up to 2 minutes after he dropped from the train that a fancy looking coach came by, tailed by another that appeared to be larger; Aldritch could already tell it was for him.

Once the coach came to a stop, a lady wearing a luxurious sleeveless dress with light fabric that extended from her back to her forearms came out of it and rushed to the chubby man, who held a warm smile on his face.

"Darling!" the woman called out as she approached him with open arms.