Endless Journey: Infinite Realms Chapter 549 A Dumb Woman, a Shy Woman, and a New Woman?

Chapter 549 A Dumb Woman, a Shy Woman, and a New Woman?

10 MIINUTES LATER.
"Hooman… you just went out for a few hours, and you became this strong already? How the f**k did you do this?" A red-faced Asteria, who was currently hovering behind Alina, seemed to look somewhat angered while asking Alex this reproachful question. "You said that you will be training, but this is not just training! This… this is blatant level jumping!"
"Who cares if this is level jumping. As long as it benefits us, then there is no problem with this." Alex replied while waving his notes in front of Asteria's face. "Why are you even angry? Shouldn't you be happy that I got stronger?"
"Of course I am happy hooman! But if you continue to improve like this, then how will I get to make you buy items?" Asteria's face continued to flush red at this point, as if what she just said was enough to make her angrier. "Huhuhu, you may not know it hooman, but I need you to buy stuff from me…"
"Hmph, you want me to buy items? I might consider that later once we have settled down here." Alex then shook his head as he began shooing Asteria. "Speaking of buying Items, how much lifespan did I get again?"
"199 Years, 11 Months, 29 Days, and 7 Hours. That's all the lifespan that you still have left." Asteria replied. "Wait, do you want to buy something right now? Come on, tell me what you want to buy!"
"Uh, I don't plan on buying anything yet." Alex replied hastily while he continued to shoo Asteria away. "I still haven't turned the Rookie into my follower yet, so piss off to the sidelines first! I will call you once I am ready."
"Bohoo! You're bullying me again! I will remember this hooman!" With Alex's fervent rejection, the tiny Asteria could only dejectedly leave Alex alone. "I was planning to haggle a discount for you, but now you've really pissed me off!"
"What did you just say, Asteria? You want to cut my discount off? Try that, and let's see who will be crying the end…"
"Hey!"
"Alex, just ignore Asteria. She's moody because she forgot her daily dose of honey." Before the conversation between Alex and Asteria could escalate into a full-blown shouting match, the nearby Alina placed herself between the two, effectively shutting them up. "As for you Asteria, go and play somewhere else. We will call you once we need you."
"Hmph! Hooman, you're lucky that Alina is supporting you! If she weren't, then you could have been under my strict rule already!" Asteria exclaimed with irritation as she went through a wooden door, which was the nearest exit location for her. "You're fortunate that Alina is still putting up with you, so you better treat her properly!"
"Bang!" The door closed with a bang as she left, making Alex shake his head as he began to look pissed again.
"Hey, did you hear what that dumb fairy just said? She said that she plans on making me her worker! How absurd!" Alex complained, with his words obvious pertaining to Asteria's last words. "So she's actually thinking of that all this time? That dumb b***h! I should have really be-"
"I know, I know, Alex. Asteria really has a rotten mouth and personality. But can you just let Asteria off for now? She's just… having a really bad day." In face of Alex's reasonable anger, Alina did not back down or support him. Instead, she began to placate him, with her arms rubbing his shoulders in a slightly affectionate manner. "Let Asteria cool down, and she will be back to her normal mood later. For now, why don't we go on with our tasks?"
"Yeah, that's what we should really do. Yes, yes, I agree." With the way that Alina's fingers draped themselves all over his shoulders, Alex began to feel that he was receiving a pleasant massage, something that his pleased face had clearly shown. "Okay, I will ignore that little s**t for now…"
"Good." Alina squeezed Alex's shoulder as she smiled, which made her look more dazzling compared to earlier. "Now that you have calmed down, we can continue the allegiance pledge with the Rookie. Just follow me and you will see hi-"
"Hehehe Alina, I did not know that you are this good at massaging. How about you 'massage' me right now in our room?" Alex blurted out, with his mind only focused on the way that Alina's slender fingers were touching his shoulders.
He seemed to be enticed by this sensation, which then began to make him feel hot and bothered. "Alina, if you 'massage' me well later, I will make sure to 'massage' you well too…."
With the lecherous smile on his face and the way that he stared at Alina right now, it was pretty obvious what Alex meant by 'massage'. Such message was certainly not missed by Alina, whose face began to flush red.
"H-hey Alex! Now is not the time for that kind of talk!" Alina shouted out as she pulled back her fingers hastily. Her red face continued to blush like crazy at this point, as Alex did not stop on giving her his enticed' look. "Come on Alex, there's a lot that we have to do here, so we cannot have that 'massage' of yours! I-if we do that now, we might lose precious time! You wouldn't want that happening right?"
"Eh? But-"
"Besides, I just ate a lot of food, so I am not that 'hungry' for anything else." Alina added as she gave Alex a warning glare. "So I really cannot have any 'massage' with you right now! If you want to have one, we can do it once we have free time!"
With Alina's clear logic and iron-clad rejection, the 'excited' Alex felt like his body was doused with cold water, which made the hot feeling inside him disappear.
This in turn left him with no choice but to accept Alina's demands, who looked like she was about to whack Alex if he tries to continue asking for the massage.
"…Yeah, you have a point. F-fine, let's forget about the massage for now." Alex replied while averting his gaze away from Alina, who was still blushing at this point. "S-so, you said that you will lead me to the Rookie? Fine then, let's go already."
"…Just follow me, and you will see him." Alina did not look back at Alex as she began walking away, a gesture which made Alex feel more awkward to himself.
"Sigh..." Alex can only let out this sigh as he began to follow the departing Alina, with none of them making any sound as they walked.
They only walked in silence, with the awkwardness between them not dissipating even by just one bit.
"Okay, so we're in an awkward state now. Yay…." Alex thought to himself sadly as he focused on staring at Alina's slim legs. "Tsk, this really sucks…"
Even if Alina's legs were enough to make him feel better again, Alex still could not help but feel all sorts of emotions inside him, with the majority being embarrassment and self-blame.
"Argh, why did you try asking for the 'massage' at this time, Alex? You know that we're still busy! Now look at what happened! Now, all that Asteria's thinking is that I am a horny guy! Tsk, what a way to start this day!"
"…."
"…."
As the time continued to tick by, Alex and Alina did not stop on their silent march. They went on walking, with nothing on their path able to delay them.
Even when they saw the destroyed landscape that was caused by the Returners earlier, these two did not pause to take in the scenery. They continued to walk, as if they want to reach their destination already.
With this kind of determination to avoid any distraction, it looked like as if Alina and Alex can easily reach their destination without any delay.
Alex must have thought so too, as his body began relax.
But before Alex could fully enjoy this pleasant sensation, a new distraction made its way towards him and Alina.
"Hey Daddy! Is that you? Great, so you're out again!" A teenaged girl, one who appeared to be at the same age as Alina, gave this raucous greeting to Alex. "Hehehe, now you can play a lot of new games with me!"
This teen's gorgeous face, which was paired with her white skin and silky hair, seemed to be full of happiness as she began approaching Alex. It was as if she was extremely pleased upon seeing him, a reaction which had Alex greatly surprised.
"Daddy, why are you looking at me like that? Is there any problem?" As the teenager got nearer to Alex, the latter could not help but back away from her, as if he was confused of her actions. "Hey daddy, why do you look like you don't know me? Come on, this is me!"
After saying these words, the teenaged girl suddenly leapt towards Alex, with her fingers mimicking a grabbing motion. It was obvious to anyone that this teen is trying to grab Alex right now, an action that naturally had sent Alex into a flurry.
"O-oi, teenaged girl! I don't know who you are, so please stop calling me daddy! We don't have any kind of relationship that warrants that kind of endearment!" Alex replied hastily as he did his best to avoid the teenaged girl's attempt to grab him. "So don't try grabbing me! I don't know you, so don't get nearer!"
"…."
"…"
"…"
Alex only meant to say his latest words as a means to shoo the teenaged girl away. After all, he cannot just let a stranger bother him. Since she wants to bother him, then Alex has no choice but to shoo her away.
Even Alina will understand this action, since she should be feeling bothered by this teen girl too.
But to his horror, Alex realized that his latest words did not succeed on their intended purpose.
Instead of removing the bother in front of him, what Alex got was something way worse than that….
"…Alex, how dare you say those words in my face! Don't tell me that you haven't recognized this teenaged girl?" Alina, who had been quiet since earlier, has miraculously began talking to Alex again. "Alex… are you actually blind?"
This time however, Alina did not look like the shy girl who was embarrassed by Alex's offer for 'massage'.
Instead, Alina's face was full of fury, to the point that Alex has begun to fell suffocated.
"A-Alina, what do you mean by that? Am I supposed to recognize this girl?" Alex, who has now realized that he had f**ked up, could only ask this question meekly to the now furious Alina. "Alina, I… really don't know this girl. Are you sure that we know her?"
"D-daddy, this is me, Sierra! Your lovely daughter! How the f**k could you not recognize me!" The teenaged girl, who now looked like she had been gut-punched by Alex's reply, shouted these words as tears began to pool from her eyes. "Huhuhu, did you forget me after all this time daddy? How could that happen?"
Sierra appeared to be close to crying at this point, a scenario which made Alex feel worse.
"Daddy…. I tried to make myself look as pretty as possible, but you actually don't recognize me? Huhuhu, does that mean that you don't love me anymore?" Sierra rasped out as her teenaged body began to shake with sadness. "Daddy please don't leave! If you do, then mommy will be sad! Once that happens, she might f**king beat you up!"