Chapter 71 Abyss Runes (2/2)
”What?” Alina muttered as she saw Alex's incomprehensible look. ”If you want to get some quiet, go do your stuff somewhere else that is far from us.”
”Fine…” Alex mumbled as he shook his head. ”You really love those kids now, right?”
”Well, they deserved to be loved.”
”...”
Because of Alina's bonding with the little monsters, they became more and more closer together, managing to make even someone like Alex jealous.
Of course Alex did not show this jealousy, but it was becoming increasingly hard to hide this, with him seeing Alina blatantly siding with the little monsters, just like what happened now.
”I get it that Alina misses her sister, but isn't her way of making the little monsters her new family seems to be too much?” Alex mumbled as he slithered away from Alina, No. 4, and No. 5.
”You are just jealous that she is not getting lovey-dovey with you… ”Someone replied to what Alex said, although the voice that Alex heard from the reply made him frown in annoyance.
”Go away Asteria, I do not need your help in this.” Alex said as he tried to swat away Asteria, who was seating on the top of his head.
Just like usual, Asteria was still the insufferable tattlemouth of the group.
”Oooh… it seems like what I said has struck home.” Asteria said as she basically gave Alex a sad look. ”Are you scared that Alina gets stolen by the kids?”
”Hey! Are you even in your right mind?” Alex almost bellowed as he felt scandalized by what Alina said. ”Me, getting scared by those kids? Those honey that you ate must be some kind of drugs that makes you always high!”
”Well, I can tolerate the highs that I get from my honey.” Asteria replied off-handedly, as if she already treated Alex' s dilemma earlier as solved. ”As long as I eat the right amount, the hallucinations that I get are tolerable.”
”What?” At this point, Alex forgot his breakthrough dilemma, or even his slight jealousy of the little monsters. Right now, there is something more important that Alex must tackle.
”Are you telling me that honey is like a drug to you?” Alex said, feeling somewhat disconnected from what he heard. ”You are joking, right?'
”Hehehe, got you there.” Asteria replied as she stuck out her tongue to the somewhat petrified Alex. ”You really think that I, an Honorable Fairy Queen, will get high from something like honey? Of course not!”
”F**k, good thing you are just pranking me!” Alex muttered as he rubbed his chest. ”I almost had a heart attack from what you said.”
”Eh, really?”
”It's just a figure of speech, okay? Tsk you should learn some common sense sometimes dumb fairy.”
”Bleeh!!!”
”....”
Aside from Alina and the little monsters, Alex's another dilemma in his training was Asteria herself.
After all, having someone as lackadaisical and obscene as Asteria whispering in your ear was something that was enough to piss of anyone, much less someone like Alex.
If not for the fact that Asteria hides behind Alina whenever Alex wanted to catch Asteria, then all of Alex's sufferings from Asteria could have ended already.
”You will see, I will really punish you someday.” Alex swore to himself as he reached his destination.
In front of Alex was a 50-meter tall tree, with its base hollowed out.
One look at the hollowed part and it was enough to see that this place is a good resting spot.
Multitude of tiny chairs and tables littered around the area, somewhat giving Alex a sense of peace.
Alex entered the hollowed area, with him showing no trepidations at all.
This place was something that Alex made a week ago, in order to find himself a way unwind, away from the chattering little monsters and irritating fairies.
Asteria could have entered along with Alex, but she did not do so as there was something in the tree that was always bothering her.
”Hmph, I really hate this tree!” This is the first thing that Asteria said as Alex entered the tree. ”For some reason, I do not want to enter this tree! Urgh! I hate it when this happens! Alex, you are just exploiting my weakness right now!”
”Well, its too bad for you.” Alex said as he gave Asteria a smirk. ”I do not know why this tree makes you feel bad, but I am using it on full advantage on you.”
”Hmph, I really hate you!” This is the parting words that Asteria said as she flew back to where Alina was.
Alex shook his head upon seeing this, knowing that Asteria will be pranking some of the little monsters again.
”Well, with Alina there, I am sure that she can tone Alina down.” Alex muttered as he began sitting on one of the chairs. ”Oh, and there is that Teresa too. Too bad she still refuses to talk to us.”
During their 3-week break, Alex and Alina tried to talk to Teresa, but the only thing that they got from her were her basic info like names and family.
Any more question after that was just met with a glare or with a nonstop shout.
One look at her face, and it was quite obvious that Teresa was unhappy with the both of them.
Alex was highly sure that Teresa heard on what happened with his deal with the golden guy, especially the part where the golden guy had no choice but to leave Teresa behind.
But instead of making Teresa compliant right now, this info just served to make Teresa's mood worse up to the point that only Alina can talk to her.
”Well, we still have time to talk to her later.” Alex muttered to himself as he looked down on his body. ”For now, it's time for me to engrave some runes!”
Just one look at Alex's face and it is not hard to see that he is ready to go all-out already.