Chapter 22 Now, whos the dominant one, huh? (2/2)

”Well, you can say that Battle Espers are the kind of Espers that grow stronger through fighting.” Clint said as he sat down on his chair.

”Unlike normal Espers, who can only get stronger by absorbing Mental Power and strengthening their Esper Ability, Battle Espers can get stronger too by fighting!”

”The more a Battle Esper fights, the faster their Mental Power will grow, and the easier it will be for them to use their Esper Abilities.”

”Oh, so that is why I am like that yesterday…” Alex muttered to himself as he remembered about his fight last night.

Alex managed to think of extremely creative ways to defeat and kill his opponents last night.

At first, Alex attributed that from his increased Mental Power. But from the looks of it, him being a Battle Esper was the reason for that.

And with the noticeable increase of his Mental Power last night, Alex was highly sure that he really is a Battle Esper.

He slightly glared at Asteria's direction, as if he was asking for her explanation.

After seeing his glare, Asteria could only let out an awkward laugh as she said,

”Hahaha, your Esper Cultivation Body obviously turns you into a Battle Esper… I should have told you that earlier, but well, you did not ask me…”

Alex resisted a facepalm as he decided to give this naughty fairy some fake honey later.

”Are Battle Espers rare?” Alex asked as he noticed the awed… and nervous looks of everyone in the house.

”They are extremely rare.” Clint said with a knowing nod. ”However, it's not only their scarce birth rate that is making them extremely rare. There is also the fact that all Battle Espers are battle junkies who are addicted with fighting!”

”Wait, so are you telling me that most of the Battle Espers die because of their addiction to fighting?” Alex inquired as he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

”Exactly.” Clint gravely replied as he gave a level stare at Alex. ”Most Battle Espers get drunk with their own power that they start to recklessly fight anyone that they want to fight with. This resulted in most of the Battle Espers dying in battle. Those who survived are the truly powerful ones, or those who are sane enough to avoid fighting too much.

”....” Now, Alex could understand why Clint seemed to be worried that Alex was a Battle Esper.

”Will I… be like that too? Will I be addicted to fighting too?” Alex muttered as he looked at his palms.

”Huh? Are you still asking about that? Do you even remember what happened yesterday?” Clint said as he massaged his temple.

”You and Alina could have just thought of some ways to delay the lizard. But instead, what you did was to goad Alina to fight that thing.”

”….” No matter which way Alex tried to rationalize his actions yesterday, he knew that something happened to him that night that made him want to fight that lizard.

”It was a good thing that you have that dagger and Alina with you.” Clint gruffly said as he stood up from his chair. ”If not, then you could have been my second student that diedthat way.”

”Your first student…” Alex talked hesitantly, as if he was trying to find the right words to say. ”Was he a Battle Esper too?”

”Yes he is, and he is a fine one at that.” Clint said as he closed his eyes. ”He is one of the sane ones that can stop their impulse to fight. But one day when he went back to his hometown, something happened there that made him so consumed with so much rage… You should already know what happened after that.”

”...…”

”Before I could rescue him, he already died from countless injuries.”Clint said as he opened his eyes, which looked a little watery now.

The tiny Natalia trotted towards her daddy, hugging his large frame in order to comfort him.

Clint then looked at Alex as he placed his daughter on top of his head.

”I will not fight you, since that will just feed your raging impulse to fight. If you want to fight someone, you can choose her.” Clint said as he pointed his finger towards Alina.

”Alina, are you fine with helping Alex out?”

”Yes.” Alina said, much to Alex's surprise.

”Wait, I thought that you will leave this place since the Class S Esper that you are chasing is not here…” Alex suddenly blurted out.

”Do you really want me to leave that much?” Even though it sounded faint, Alex could hear that Alina was hurt by what Alex said.

”No, not at all!” Alex waved his hands in panic as he tried to pacify Alina. ”I just think that your job is more important than you babysitting me…”

”And who are you to think about the importance of things?” Alina shot back as she stood up from her seat.

”It will be up to me, Alina, to decide what I want to do. And right now, what I want to do is to train with you. Do you have any complaints about that?”

”No mam.” Alex replied quickly as he straightened himself. ”No problem at all.”

”Good.” Alina's silky black hair swished as she gracefully headed towards the basement.

”I will wait for you here in the training room 30 minutes from now. Make sure that you are prepared.”

The whole living room was placed into stunned silence, as if everyone just saw the sun rising out of the west.

”...…”

”So Alina is the dominant one huh. I did not expect that you, Alex, is the sub.”

Of course only Asteria has the audacity to say these things.