Chapter 188 - Assassin (1/2)

”Alexander, what's the great piece of news that you had for me? Why don't you share it with everyone now?” Right when Selena was about to step out eagerly, Nightin suddenly threw a question which left Alexander speechless, rooted to the spot and unsure of what to say.

”Sect master, can I tell you about this privately?” Alexander asked with a brittle smile, though he knows that it was too late from the moment he tried to show his leadership and dominance.

”I'm sure that you know of the punishment that has surprisingly yet to occur.” Nightin replied as hundreds of feather arrows formed behind his back.

Seeing those feathers, Alexander took a deep gulp of saliva and stepped back subconsciously, they didn't possess any sharp edge or offensive power, they were custom made for tickling one to the point of beyond death while alive.

”Sect master, the good news has to do with me!” Right when Alexander was stuck in a pinch and unable to decide on what's the best choice he should make, the voice of a woman called out from behind.

Before even turning around, Nightin already knew who it was. ”Abby, to think that you would have grown from a little girl into a woman this quickly before things even settled down.”

”That's for sure, I'm going to have another identity from today onwards after all.” Abby said with a smile, walking towards Alexander slowly, her delicate arm then hooking around his arm.

”Oh, what identity?” Nightin asked, knowing that jumping to conclusions is the foolishest decision one can make.

”Seven months down the road from now, will be the day that I assume the identity of a mother, which also falls on the thousand year anniversary of the Inferno realm which has been renamed, now known as the Nirvana realm with all the other forces agreeing.” Abby said with a smile, her hand already caressing her own stomach without realising.

”Alexander, how old are you this year?” Nightin asked while approaching them slowly.

”I'm twenty two years old this year.” Unsure as to why Nightin was asking this question, Alexander answered truthfully only to result in everyone staring at him.

Nightin asked under the tense atmosphere ”How old is Abby this year?”

”I'm nineteen this year.” Abby answered in place of Alexander upon seeing the beads of sweat dripping down his forehead, maybe it's from the awkwardness? She thought.

”How old do people usually get married in the mundane world?”

What? That was Alexander's only reaction as he answered truthfully ”The age of fourteen for ladies and sixteen for male, but even they would only settle down after eighteen to mature and find their source of income first.”

”So while others are only at the age to get married even in the mundane world, you're already going to be a father soon?”

Alexander was anxious when he first heard this, but when he calmed down and thought about it again, he realised that it's a good piece of news for him to have a son now right when he has the full support of the sect.

”Sect master, can I kindly ask for my son to undergo the rebirth right after he first is born and nourishment tonics for Abby before the child is born?” Alexander asked politely, though he had always been restraining himself whenever speaking to his friends and sect master.