Chapter 56 Law-Ability Interaction (1/2)

”You told my sister to sacrifice herself, right?” This is the first sentence that Alina said as she and Alex woke up free from their paralysis. ”Don't try lying to me… I can detect if you falsify your answer.”

”….” Alex, who was about to open his mouth to answer back, closed it as he realized excuses won't work against Alina anymore.

Seeing the cold look on Alina's face, Alex realized that he had no way out now.

”I do not know if you can forgive me, but I have no choice at that time.” Alex said as he kowtowed in front of Alina. ”I know that what I did at that time will hurt you, but that is the best choice that I can make at that time….”

Alex kept his head bowed, as he did not dare to say anything after that.

What Alina will do to Alex now will all depend on her.

”I can forgive you, because I know that what you did is the best thing to do at that time.” Alina said after a minute of silence. ”However, I am still angry at you, and you kowtowing in front of me will not remove my anger.”

”I understand if you are still angry at me.” Alex replied as he kowtowed his head lower. ”After all, what I did is something that is morally gray and ambiguous.”

”Hmph, don't think that you are lucky right now.” Alina said as she removed the mask from her face. ”You still have to pay for making me cry earlier.”

”Of course, of course.” Alex hastily replied as he kept his head down. ”I'll do anything to satisfy you, Alina.”

”...…..”

”I am lucky that she is with me...” Alex thought to himself with bliss as he thanked his lucky stars that Alina was a kind and gentle person.

However, that thinking of his was gone at the next moment as Alina said,

”Since I am angry at you, then you should be punished, a lot.”

”Punished?” Alex started to unknowingly tremble as he looked at Alina with panic.

”What?” Alina's face was replaced with a cold look, as if she was looking at dirt.

”Hehehehe, Alex will be punished by his hooman girl!”

Perched at Alina's shoulders was Asteria, who was laughing at Alex with glee.

It did not take Alex that long to realize what happened.

”You set me up!” Alex shouted as he pointed his fingers at Asteria. ”You dumb fairy, what corrupting words did you say to Alina huh?”

”Corrupting words? I think enlightening words is the better term.” Alina interjected as she petted Asteria's head. ”Asteria just told me that sometimes, naughty boys must be punished to make them behave. You, you are one of them now.”

Alex shuddered as he envisioned Alina and Asteria wearing skimpy clothes while holding a whip in their hands.

That vision was both terrifying and enchanting, that Alex was not sure if being punished was really that bad.

”Hey, it's not that kind of punishment!” Asteria's face suddenly turned red, as if she was able to read what Alex had imagined. ”You… you actually are a pervert!”

”He's always a pervert.” Asterias said as she flopped down on Asteria's shoulder. ”You just managed to notice it now.”

”Oh great…..”

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Alex's first punishment was just simple.

He has to gather food for Alina and honey for Asteria inside the forest around them.

When Alex heard that this was his punishment, he scoffed a little as he realized that it will be just easy for him to find food.

After all, he was not paralyzed anymore, and he can use his Esper Ability to hunt food.

But when Alex tried testing out his Esper Ability, he found out something that made him go livid.

”What the hell?” Alex tried manipulating the light waves around him, but to his chagrin, he found out that his pull against them was weak!

Before, Alex can gather 1,000 streams of light waves around him in just a second.

But right now, Alex can only gather 1 stream of light wave in the same amount of time!

Alex tried to do the same manipulation with other EM Waves, and he found out that they were all weakened too!

At that point Alex started to panic, so he tried to see if his Mental Power was damaged too.

To Alex's relief and confusion, he saw that his Range was still 150 meters.

”What is happening here?” Alex muttered to himself as he realized something is wrong with his Esper Ability.

He looked at Alina as he told her what happened to him.