Chapter 43 Thank You (1/2)
Both Alex and Alina stayed still as they flew across the air.
Of course it was not them doing the flying, but Lord Ergo who was bringing them with him/her.
The winds that should have blown off Alex and Alina away were all blocked personally by Lord Ergo.
As for Lord Ergo, he/she did not say anything as they flew across the sky.
”…” Alex looked at his surroundings in vigilance, as if he was expecting something that will jump out at him.
Seeing that they seem to be safe, Alex tried to see if he can speak.
As it turns out, the area of 1 meter around Lord Ergo seems to be normal. It was unaffected even if Lord Ergo was currently flying at speeds faster than the speed of sound.
This just means that Alex was free to speak, which Alex decided to do.
”So, are you going to tell me your real problems already?” Alex inquired as he looked at Alina.
”When you gave me the plan earlier, I could not believe that Lord Ergo will need my help. But from the looks of it, he really needed my help….”
”Well, you really can help Lord Ergo...” Alina replied as she let out a sigh. She looked somewhat sullen, as if her confession made her remember some bad memories.
”Well, first things first…” Alex replied as he looked at the woman beside Lord Ergo. ”This woman beside Lord Ergo, she's not really your sister, right?”
”No, she is not.” Alina replied quickly as she looked at the woman who looked like her sister. ”Brother, you can undo your transformation now.”
”Ugh, at least I can undo this form now!” The woman exclaimed as her skin started to warp in front of Alex.
After just 5 seconds of waiting, the woman changed appearance, as she became a man of hulking proportions.
The sheer contrast between their imagery managed to throw Alex of the loop.
”Thank you for always transforming in my sister's image…” Alina said as she sent the hulking guy a grateful look. ”I always appreciate what you did.”
”Well, I am your sister's husband, so I guess I should do my job to protect her too.” The hulking guy said as he rubbed the back of his head. ”We all have it hard, right?”
”Exactly…”
Before Alina could say something more, the hulking guy that she was talking with suddenly looked at Alex's direction.
”Oh, so you are the guy that captured my sister-in-law's heart huh.” The hulking guy seemed to be not hostile as he shook Alex's hand. ”I'm Ricardo. It's nice to meet you.”
”… What did I just see?” Alex mumbled to himself as he gave Ricardo an unbelieving look.
The woman, who looked like Alina's sister, suddenly changed appearance to become this muscular guy named Ricardo.
Even if Alex had suspected that the woman earlier was not the real version of Alina's sister, Alex certainly did not expect that this woman was actually a man!
”Let me introduce you to him.” Alina said as she pointed her fingers at Ricardo's direction.
”This guy right here is Ricardo, who is my sister's husband. He also has the Esper Ability to perfectly manipulate his whole body all the way to the quantum level. That was what allowed him to change his appearance, just like what you saw earlier.”
”Ok…” Alex's words trailed as he tried to understand what was happening. ”So this guy, who is your sister's husband, has been using his ability to pretend that he was your sister. But… why is he doing it?”
After hearing Alex's question, Alina let out a sigh as she slowly said,
”It is because my sister is not really captured by Lord Ergo. Rather, the truth was that Lord Ergo was someone created by my sister's actions, and now, both Lord Ergo and my sister occupy the same body.”
”…Wow, that is something that I find hard to fathom.” Alex said after a few minutes of silence. He glanced at the direction of Lord Ergo, who was surprisingly still quiet.
”Pardon me, but I need more explanation.” Alex apologetically said as he tilted his head. ”What you said earlier just lacks the right context.”
”Fine.” Alina replied as she removed her mask.
Her beautiful and enchanting face were once revealed to Alex, and Alex tried to not get dazed as he listened to what Alina was about to say.
”My sister was once the Strongest Esper in the world.” Alina said as she let out a sigh. ”Her Strong Space Manipulation was already enough to defeat any of her opponent. One can even say that she is unstoppable in this world already.”
”Except for the fact that the World Diagram is restricting every Star Esper that there is.” Alex interjected as he stared above him.
”Yes, the World Diagram.” Alina's face started to seethe as she clenched her fists tightly. ”Because of my feeble strength before, I had no idea about the truth of the World Diagram. But even if I am ignorant of the truth, there is something that my sister did that made me realize that the World Diagram is not the saint that it was purported to be.”
”This thing that your sister did with the World Diagram… was it the reason that your sister accidentally created Lord Ergo?” Alex asked as he started to feel that Alina's story was reaching its climax. ”Did your sister try to destroy it?”
”No.” Alina's voice was cold as she gave a grim reply. ”What she did was worse than that.”
”...…”
”Alex, do you know what happened to the first Star Esper after he took control of the World Diagram?” Alina said after a few seconds of silence.
”I know, Lord Gallius told it to me.” Alex replied quickly.
”After taking control of the World Diagram, the first Star Esper transcended to the Real World, leaving the World Diagram here on auto-pilot mode.” Alex said as he felt some bitter taste in his mouth.
”The World Diagram was left here in order to prevent anyone else from transcending. Not only that, but the World Diagram was also split into two for some reason that is unknown. These two halves were then traditionally passed down to the current WEO President and the current strongest Esper.”
Alina nodded as she heard what Alex said. She then stayed silent, as if she was trying to gauge what to say next.