Chapter 63 An exposed wound will always hurt, no matter wha (1/2)
Alex had already detected Teresa's presenceearlier as he talked with the giant boar.
He was able to do it as his FED Manipulation allows him to detect emotions of sentient beings nearby.
But he did not call her out at that time, as he was busy talking with the giant boar.
It was only after he killed the giant boar that he decided to confront Teresa.
He caught Teresa's left ankle deftly with one of his tentacles, hoisting her upside-down in the air so that he can see her face.
”...…”
Irritation. That was the first thing that Alex felt when he saw Teresa's actual appearance.
”The heck, she's also blonde like that dumb fairy…”
Teresa's beautiful face, perfect body, and her golden blonde hair managed to remind Alex about that irritating Guide of his.
”Tsk, I just feel pissed when I looked at this woman. She just reminds me of a large version of Asteria…” Alex thought to himself as he tried to erase Asteria's smug laughter out of his mind.
”Tsk.” With this newfound irritation forming inside him, Alex decided to scare Teresa a little, just to reduce some of his frustrations.
”You think you can hide from me?” Alex tried to make his voice as creepy as possible, making sure that he sounded very scary. ”You are practically oozing with fear… there is no way that I cannot sense that.”
Alex then used his FED Manipulation toblast the poor woman with a large dose of fear.
”No!!!” Alex however, did not expect that the woman would actually piss herself as she dangled upside-down.
”Alina, I think I made this girl piss herself.” Alex said to Alina as he watched Teresa lose her consciousness.
”Why did you even have to scare her that much?” Alina sighed as she gave Teresa a wary look.
”Well, seeing her face reminds me of Asteria's irritating laughter.” Alex replied as he continued on dangling the unconscious Teresa with his tentacles.
”You and your antics…” Alina only shook her head in exasperation as she glanced once more at Teresa. ”Well, since she was here already, then we better bring her along with us.”
”That's what I am thinking too.” Alex replied as he continued on walking. ”Maybe we can ask this woman about some important information about the Human Faction…”
”Just make sure that she won't faint later.” Alina teasingly said as she kept up with Alex.
”…”
”Big Sis, who is Asteria?” No. 4, who was still hugging Alina, tilted her head as she heard what Alex and Alina were talking about. ”Is also a pretty Big Sis like you?”
”Well, she is pretty, but she is usually unreliable and always likes to benefit out of the miseries of other people.” It was Alex who replied back, much to Alina's amusement and irritation. ”So, don't make that Asteria your Big Sis.”
”Ok…” No. 4 lost the cheerfulness in her voice as she averted her gaze away from Alex. Clearly, she was still scared of him.
”Well, you just made a woman piss herself. The kids will naturally get scared of you more.” Alina said as she saw the forlorn look on Alex's face. ”That's what you get for being naughty!”
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”Hurry, where is my honey!” Of course, the first thing that Asteria will ask for is the jars of honey that she is craving to eat already.
She did not ask for Alex's and Alina's safety first.
She did not even comment on the appearance of the little monsters, or Teresa who was still dangling upside down.
No, Asteria just went straight to ask for her food.
”You did not even say a thank you.” Alex snarled as she deposited 20+ jars of honey in front of Asteria. ”There, have your fill, freeloader.”
”Yum yum!” Asteria seems to be unperturbed with what Alex said she went straight on gorging on her honey.
Alina, who saw what Asteria was doing, could not help but smile as she imagined how Alex was pissed off right now.
But if Alina was happy and Alex was pissed, the little monsters with them were slightly panicking.
”Sis, why can't we enter the clearing?” No. 1 asked as he and the other little monsters found themselves unable to enter the clearing with Alex and Alina.
More specifically, they could not get past the statues surrounding the clearing.
Upon seeing what was happening, Alina gave the little monsters an apologetic smile as she said,
”Well you see, these statues around us prevents weak monsters from entering. Only strong monsters like us or humans can enter.”
”Is that so…” The little monsters all looked down, as they all looked like they have been kicked away.
Alina started to panic as she realized what the little monsters were thinking about.
”Hey, don't cry everyone, ok?” Alina said as she started to soothe the teary-eyed little monsters. ”We just want to test that power of the statues. Now that we have tested it, it will be our time to leave this place and find a new dwelling.”
”Really Sis? You will not leave us?” Even if some of the little monsters had no eyes at all, it was quite obvious that they were giving pleading looks at Alina.
”I promise. I will always bring you all along with me.” Alina declared as she glanced at Alex, who was still busy glaring at the feasting Asteria. ”You promise that too, right Alex?”
”Yes, I promise too.” Alex replied truthfully, as he really had the plans to already leave their starting point.
”Well, before we leave, I think we should cook some good dishes first.” Alex declared as he lowered the food luggage that he was carrying earlier.
”With all this food with us, we can have a feast before we leave!” Alex said with a glint in his eyes as he unceremoniously dumped Teresa on a nearby tree. ”Now everyone, watch my cooking prowess!”
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”Nom nom nom.” The most prominent sound was the sound of Alina chomping on her food at blazing speeds.
It was hard to believe that someone as slim as her was able to eat this much food in just a short amount of time. Truly a miracle.
”Yummy!” The little monsters shouted in glee as they also ravenously consumed the banquet in front of them.
It's quite obvious on their body language that they enjoyed Alex's cooking.
”I could not believe that my cooking skills actually improved after I gained tentacles…” This is the thought that was inside Alex's head as he watched his companions enjoy his creations. ”Whata way to start this mission…”
Even Asteria, who usually enjoyed honey, could not help but drool as she inhaled the enticing scent of Alex' s dishes.
”Wuwuwu, if I am not only on an all-honey die right now, then I would have already eaten them all!” Asteria complained as she gave Alex a blaming look. ”It's all your fault!”
”Sigh…” At this point, Alex just ignored Asteria again.
His focus was more concentrated on Teresa, who was still out cold, even after Alex's cooking period.
Alex continued staring at Teresa for a second before his gaze went towards No. 1, who was busy separating the naughty No.3 and No. 5
Alex knew that No. 1 was the defacto leader of the little monsters before their meeting.