Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 322 You have a date? Let me join in too!

"They’re already awake."

"Huh?"

"Alina, I just said that Queen Mother and Professor Frances already woke up." Alex said as he finished up the steak on his plate. "I am not sure when they really woke up, but I just received the news of their awakening right now."

"Professor Frances and Queen Mother are both awake already? That’s good news." Alina replied as she finished gobbling her 15th plate of steak. Alina then waved her hand to the waiter as she asked for more steak. "Wait, how did you know that they are already awake?"

"Asteria left me a strand of her hair which she can control to glow." Alex replied as he pulled out a strand of golden hair form his pocket.

Right now, this strand was glowing faintly, making it look lustrous within Alex’s hand.

"I told Asteria to make this strand glow when Queen Mother and Professor Frances wakes up." Alex continued saying as he hid the hair in his pocket again. "Since we are seeing this strand glow now, then that just means that those two are really awake."

"Nom nom nom." Alina did not say anything after hearing Alex’s words, as she assaulted her 16th plate of steak.

"..."

It was a good thing that Alex used his power to isolate the sound from him and Alina, which saved them from the embarrassment of other people hearing AIina’s loud chewing sounds.

Of course this sound isolation also ensured that nobody can her the conversation between Alex and Alina right now.

"...So now that those two are awake, then our plans on the Trash Prefecture and the exiled members of the Covenant will start already." Alex said as he pushed his plate away.

"Oh that’s good. So what are we supposed to do next?" Alina said as she pushed the now empty plate away from her. "Do we proceed with our own plan too?"

"Hmm... that will depend on how fast Professor Frances can raise her army." Alex replied as he tilted his head. "If Professor Frances can raise her army in say... 6 hours, then we can proceed on starting our attack later."

"But Alex, raising an army in 6 hours is impossible." Alina replied as she shook her head. "There’s no way that she can do that."

"I know that too." Alex replied as he nodded his head. "That is why we cannot implement our plan yet."

This reply of Alex garnered a frown from Alina, who fortunately, did not ask for more food.

"So what should we do now, Alex?"

"First, we have to make sure that our meeting with the Great TimeMaster 6 hours from now will go well." Alex replied as he cupped his chin. "As long as we get to gather the information that we need while making sure that the Great TimeMaster will still treat us properly, then I can consider that meeting to be successful."

"And then what should we do next?"

"After the meeting, all that we have to do is wait." Alex said as his eyes let out a glint. "We will wait until the time that the army made by Professor Frances will make their move. Once they start, we will start our move too."

"And after that?"

"Nothing will happen after that, Alina." Alex said as he leaned back on his chair. "Once we make our move, its either we succeed or we fail. That’s just it."

"..."

Alina’s mood, which was a little down earlier, turned more unsettled after she heard Alex’s answer.

Her appetite seemed to have disappeared as she stopped ordering more steak.

"...Alex, even when you told me about this plan of yours before, I still could not help but feel uneasy." Alina replied as she bit her lip. "Are you sure that we will not be screwed up while we wait for our allies? And even if Professor Frances succeeds on raising her army, there is no certainty that our own attack plan will succeed..."

"Hehehe, I know the risks, but it’s all worth it in the end." Alex replied confidently as he brushed off Alina’s worries. "All that we have to do right now is act properly and not stir any trouble. As long as we do those things right, our chance to complete our Main Mission will be in our perfect grasp!"

"..."

"Don’t you worry Alina. With me here, there is nothing that we should worry about!" Alex said as he raised his fists. "After all, I never screwed up before!"

"Oh really? So you’re telling me that your near-death experience with Emperor Litch was not you screwing up?" Alina said with a cold tone as she glared at Alex. "If that was not you screwing up, then what was it? An accident?"

"Ah yeah, hahaha... there’s that one too." Alex awkwardly said as he scratched the back of his head. "Yeah... I really screwed up on that one..."

"..."

"However, that won’t happen again!" Alex said as the conviction in his voice seemed to have doubled. "I already learned my lesson at that time, so you should not be worried for me!"

"Really?"

"Believe in me, Alina." Alex said as he placated his date. "I always learn from my mistakes... So expect nothing but perfection from now on!"

"You don’t need to be perfect Alex. Just... make sure that you will always stay alive." Alina muttered in a low tone as she looked down. Her hands, which was placed on the table, started to clench themselves as Alina gritted her teeth. "You get that Alex? Just be alive! If you can’t even do that, then you are not suited to be our leader!"

"...Alina..."

Alex, who was feeling somewhat contented earlier, now felt awkward as he realized that he had triggered Alina for the nth time already.

"Alina, I promise that this time I will not really mess up..."

As he was the one who was at fault here, Alex was left with no choice but to start consoling Alina.

But before Alex could start patting her back, he suddenly felt a surge of power approaching their location.

"!!!" Alex and Alina both stiffened as they felt petrified by this surge of power.

"This..." As Alex and Alina both stayed on their places, they realized that what they felt was not just a surge of power.

Instead, what they felt was actually an aura being emitted by an extremely powerful person!

As they realized this, Alex’s face paled as he realized what their current situation meant.

"Someone that is extremely powerful is approaching us right now." Alex thought to himself as he felt the powerful presence get nearer to his location. "This kind of power.... Even I am not sure if I can defeat it in my current state... F**k, why does it have to happen now, when we are still unprepared! This person... he must have planned to do this since earlier!"

Alina, who seemed to be sharing the same thoughts as Alex, gave Alex a wide-eyed look as she said,

"Alex, this powerful presence that is approaching us right now, does it belong to..."

"Yeah, there’s no doubt about it. This powerful presence must be the Great TimeMaster." Alex replied as he started to sweat. "This kind of power can only belong to the Great TimeMaster. Of course, it could be one of the Great TimeMaster’s subordinates, but that still does not make our situation easier!"

Both Alex and Alina winced after this realization, as they knew that there is no way out for them now.

"Alex, we have been played..." Alina said as she sagged on her chair. "Like a fiddle."

"..."

With their current capabilities, both Alex and Alina knew that they can still stand up and leave this restaurant quickly. However, none of them made any move to leave their current spot.

She and Alex had no more plans to run away, as the proximity of their visitor was just too great, that escaping would not be of any help at all.

"And here I thought that those TimeMasters will always listen to our request." Alex said as he shook his head. "Sigh... with the way that we are in right now, we have no choice but to go with the flow."

"F**k those TimeMasters. I swear I will beat them up when I have a chance!" Alina grumbled as Alex dispelled the sound isolation.

"Alina, you can think more about beating them up later. For now, we have a visitor to entertain." Alex said as he watched the restaurant door open gently. "I just hope our guest will be someone fun to talk to..."