Chapter 30 All-Seeing Eyes (2/2)
”What did you say?” Alina's formerly cool expression changed when she heard what Asteria said.
Alina seemed to have ignored decorum as she grabbed the floating Asteria out of the air.
”Hey!” Asteria's complaints were cut off as she saw the primal look on Alina's eyes. It was the eyes of someone who will not accept bull***t anymore.
Asteria's face contorted into anger for a moment before it smoothed out into a calm expression.
”If you help Alex on his Main Mission and Bonus Mission, then your sister will definitely be saved.” Asteria said this sentence as she stared into Alina's eyes deeply.
”.....” Alina stayed still in her place, as she concentrated her gaze on Asteria.
”So, is that statement of mine a Truth or a Lie?” Asteria said in a joking tone, maybe in an attempt to diffuse the tense atmosphere.
”… You are telling the truth.” Alina said as she loosened her grip on Asteria.
Asteria rubbed her sore elbows as she glared at Alina. ”Hmph, that's really rude! Do not just grab someone when they are flying! Accidents can happen, you know!”
”…” Alina chose not to comment the fact that people floating in the air like Asteria are extremely rare to find right now.
”So, what should I do now?” With Asteria's assurance, Alina knew that her chance to save her sister is already within her reach. She only has to follow what Asteria says, and Alina will get her sister back.
”Oh, just join Alex.” Asteria replied confidently. ”As for what you do with him, that already depends on you. Just make sure that he will be alive until the end of this month.”
”…Fine.” Alina replied quickly. ”If I only have to accompany Alex, then that I can do. But can you tell me what his Main and Bonus Missions are? Maybe I can help him if I know…”
”I'm sorry, but I cannot tell you that.” Asteria replied, much to Alina's disappointment. ”If you want to know what Alex's missions are, then you just have to observe his actions. You will have a faint inkling on what his goals are once you talk to him.”
”Ok…”
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Alina followed exactly what Asteria told to her.
She joined Alex on a date the next day, and to Alina's surprise, she actually enjoyed her date with Alex.
The arrival of the lizard was an unpleasant surprise, but she and Alex managed to take the lizard down.
What made Alina worried however was the appearance of Mindbreaker.
”S**t.” Alina rarely cursed, but when she did so, that just means that everything went to s**t already.
”If Mindbreaker is nearby, then that just means that Lord Ergo could be spying on me now!” Alina thought with a panic as she stared at Alex.
With the precautions that Alina did earlier, she was sure that Lord Ergo had no idea about the existence of Asteria.
But the same cannot be said to Alex.
Mindbreaker has seen Alex having his date with Alina. If Mindbreaker saw that, then Lord Ergo must have seen them two together too.
With the kind of attitude that Lord Ergo has, he will surely order one of his minions to kill Alex.
”I cannot let Alex die…” Alina thought to herself as she decided that Alex must stay alive.
Alina knew that Lord Ergo has no intention of letting her sister free. He was only using her sister to force Alina to work for him.
Right now, only Alex is Alina's real hope on saving her sister. There is no way that she will let him die.
With that thought in mind, she decided to act cold against Alex, as she tried to tell him that he should leave her already.
Alina told Alex all about Lord Ergo's intention to kill him, and the dangers that Alex will have if he continues on sticking with Alina.
With Alina saying these words, Alina was sure that maybe Lord Ergo will let Alex off.
Asteria of course was unhappy when she saw what Alina did, but all that changed when Alex blabbed all about him wanting to go near the World Diagram.
”Oh, so your Main Mission is related to the World Diagram huh…” Alina thought to herself as she tried to not show her happiness.
At that point, Alina felt a fire blazing inside her as she realized that now is her chance to save her sister.
That sense of urgency just increased when Asteria discreetly told to Alina that Alex only has 14 days left to live at that time.
If Alina wants to save her sister, then she must do it quickly.
That brought Alex and Alina into their 7-day combat training, followed by their trip to the World Diagram, which now brings Alina to her present state.
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Alina resolutely ignored Asteria, who was talking to Alex about something related to corny jokes.
Alina's entire attention was focused on the afro guy, as she waited on this guy's next set of actions.
Even though the wait was for just a few seconds, each second that passed by was agonizing, and Alina could only stop herself from trembling as she waited for the response of the afro guy.
”Contact Lord Ergo. I want to talk to him about something.” The afro guy said to his secretary standing nearby, much to Alina's relief.
”Tell him that there are two Espers here that wants to see the World Diagram as a whole.” The afro guy said as he scratched his bushy head.
But before Alina could feel happy, the afro guy added some words that made her blood run cold.
”Also, tell to Lord Ergo that we will use Elizabeth as a hostage. If anything bad happens to the completed World Diagram later, then Elizabeth will be killed in return.”
”!!!!!!!!!!!”