Chapter 45 A Reunion should always be this Fun (1/2)

”Umm… so where are we going anyway?” Alex asked with a nervous tinge on his voice.

His conversation with Alina had them feeling slightly embarrassed, and the fact that Ricardo heard all of it just made it worse.

”I actually do not know…” Alina said as she glared at Ricardo. ”After all, my plan depended on waking my sister up. What happens after that depends on her already.”

”I see. So does that mean that the one fetching us now is your sister Elizabeth and not Lord Ergo?” Alex asked as he gave a trepidated look at Lord Ergo. ”Because I would not want to meet Lord Ergo this time around.”

”I am sure that right now, we are talking to my sister.” Alina said as she gave a sad look at Lord Ergo. ”After all, its only my sister who wants to get healed and not Lord Ergo. If the one in front of us is really Lord Ergo, then we should have been dead by now. But we are still alive, so I am sure that it is my sister in front of me.”

”….” Alex chose not to say anything as he saw Elizabeth's condition. Even if what Alina said was the truth, Alex could still see that Alina's sister was still suffering even if she currently has the control of Lord Ergo's body.

However, Alex knew that that should be the least of his worries.

”How long can your sister take control of her body?” Alex asked, immediately disliking the way his question had sounded. ”Will it be…. enough before the crazy Lord Ergo resurfaces?”

”I… actually do not know.” Alina replied as her face looked slightly pale. ”I can only hope that my sister will bring us to a safe place already, and it will be there that you can start helping her…”

”Wait a minute...” Alex narrowed his eyes as he realized that there was something peculiar about their situation. ”If your sister wants to get healed, then why would she spare the effort to bring us to a secluded place? Couldn't she just, you know, bring us to a nearby house? At least that will save us time…”

”Even if my sister wanted to get healed, there is no way that she will make it happen on an unsecured place.” Alina snapped in reply. ”After all, there is someone that will take surely attack us once my sister gets her treatment.”

”Someone will attack us?” Alex's mouth set itself on a thin line as he realized that they are still in dangerous waters.

”Is it Lord Gallius? I never really liked that guy. If he is aiming for you, then maybe he is aiming for you sister too-” Alex's musings were cut off as Alina said,

”No, the one who will surely attack us is the afro guy, more commonly known as the WEO President.” Alina said as she clenched her fists tightly.

”Are you sure about that?” Alex inquired as he remembered his interaction with the afro guy. ”Sure, that guy looks like a creep, but I feel like he will not do something as brazen as this.”

”That is because you cannot detect his lies.” Alina angrily replied as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. ”Whenever I talk to him, I always ask him if he has some nefarious plans against Lord Ergo. His answer is always the same, that he is a friend and an ally of Lord Ergo. But I know for a fact that those are just pure lies! And from the looks of it, my sister and Lord Ergo are both aware of this animosity too. That most probably is the reason that she hastily brought us away from the afro guy.”

”That… is greatly worrying indeed.” Alex replied as rubbed the temples of his head. ”So you think the afro guy is chasing us right now?”

”That is most likely the case.” Ricardo said as he touched Lord Ergo's shoulder. ”I saw the glint in the afro guy's eyes when we were dragged away by Elizabeth. That glint only appears on someone concocting a plan.”

”In my opinion, the afro guy will most likely be riding in an extremely fast airship in order to tail us.” Alina interjected as she looked behind them. ”It may not be near us now, but I am sure that sooner it will be hot on our trails already.”

”So… are we just going to do nothing but stay here?” Alex inquired as he saw the grim looks on Alina and Ricardo. ”Are we just going to let ourselves get followed?”

”Oh, do not worry about that Alex. I can stop that afro guy for you.” Alex jumped up as he heard someone taking behind him.

Alex looked back, and he saw a tattooed person giving him a large grin.

”Master!” Alex exclaimed as he saw Clint in front of him. ”How and why are you here?”

”Well, Ricardo contacted me earlier, just after Elizabeth brought you away.” Clint replied as he used a toothpick to pick of some scraps of food in his teeth. ”He told me the possibility of the afro guy chasing you two, so I decided to help you out.”

”As for how I came here…” Clint let out another savage grin as he said,

”You can say I catapulted my self by redistributing the gravity around me. It's a pretty handy way to travel. Of course my wife is not happy about me doing it…”

”Oh thank goodness.” Alex thought to himself as he started to feel relieved. Alex knew how powerful his master was, and with Alina's statement earlier, his master was most probably the second strongest Esper in the world!

With that kind of power, Alex was confident that his master can stop that afro guy from following them.

”Don't feel that complacent Alex.” Clint said as he saw the relieved look on Alex's face. ”Even though the afro guy is not in the top 10 ranks of strongest Espers, I am sure that he will be a difficult foe to face.”

”How can that be?” Alex asked as he tilted his head. ”If the afro guy is not in the top 10 rankings, then how could he be dangerous to you?”

”We suspect that just like my sister, the afro guy must have attempted to fuse himself with the other half of the World Diagram too.” Alina said with a grimace on her face. ”And it our suspicions were right, then that just means that the afro guy chasing us now has the power of half of the World Diagram.”

”But that's… impossible.” Alex said as he gave a hasty glance at Lord Ergo. ”If your sister, who is the strongest Esper, tried to fuse with the World Diagram and failed, how could someone like the afro guy even succeed?”

”I don't know too.” Alina replied as she let out a sigh. ”But I have a feeling that the afro guy really succeeded on where my sister failed. And mind you, all my feelings are always spot on.”

”Just like your romantic feelings for Alex, hmm?” Of course this will be the time that Asteria will wake up, and the first sentence that she said were always typical of her. ”It seems like your love for Alex trumps over your obligation as my hooman.”

Asteria then flew towards Alina's lap, curling herself like a cat there as she said,

”Come hooman, pet me now.”

”…” Of course Alina did not do anything, as Ricardo and Clint were nearby. They cannot just see Alina petting some invisible fairy.

”Hmph!” Asteria sourly said as she saw Alina not budging at all. ”Later then!”

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”You two just left hours earlier, and yet you already got yourself in this situation? You two really are meant for each other.” Clint said as he looked at the blushing Alina and Alex. ”Hehehe, when can I see your little kids?”