Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 455 Look at me. I“m the Captain now.

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In face of this revelation by Sierra, Alina only let out a sigh as she flicked a stray hair out of her forehead.

She appeared to be slightly desolate, as if what Sierra had said triggered some kind of melancholy inside her.

"Sierra... I know the risks that are associated with this. But even with that, I still want to ensure that you will possess this world." Alina gradually said, with her voice sounding fainter than Queen Mother’s unmoving leaves. "Compared to waiting for you to reach Stage 7, letting the Esper World materialize is a far better choice."

"But mommy-"

"Sierra, in your opinion, how long would it take you to reach Stage 7? Tell me your estimates." Alina sharply said, retorting Sierra’s attempt to explain herself.

"....Um, I think at least 1,000 years, if nothing goes wrong." Sierra replied meekly as she tried to avod Alina’s sharp gaze. "And it could be faster if you or daddy reaches Transcendence..."

"See? That’s a very long time for you to evolve. What do you think would have happened to the Esper World at that point? Do you think that with its current state, it can last for 1,000 years?" Alina uttered as she continued to glare at the baby.

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"Sierra, with the way that the Esper World is in right now, it is bound to be destroyed in around a decade. You know that Alex and I tried to keep it safe, but with the way that it is constructed, fiddling with it right now will just makes things worse." Alina said as her voice continued to drop. "So if we just wait for you to reach Stage 7, the Esper World will already be destroyed at that point, and when that happens, you will die too."

"...I know that mommy, but-"

"But if you possess the Four Moons World, not only will you get to have a new body, you will also be able to materialize the Esper World in the material realm! That alone will be enough to save the Esper World from its impending calamity." Alina said as she interrupted Sierra once more.

"Sierra, once that happens, you will be safe no matter what happens to the Esper World, since you will have the Four Moons World as your extra body." Alina continued to say as she tilted her head. "Since that’s the case, then you don’t have to fear anymore, since your life is already guaranteed..."

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"Of course just like what you said earlier, materializing the Esper World will expose it to the dangers here in the material realm. But I think that this will be better rather than the first method. Why wait for the Esper World to be healed, when we can do the healing by ourselves right now?" Alina said as her stern gaze at Sierra changed into a gentle one.

There was no shred of shrewdness in Alina’s eyes at this point, making her look at Sierra appear genuine and heartfelt.

"Sierra, don’t worry about what happens to the Esper World after this. You know that your daddy and I will do everything to keep it safe. So please... please do this for me." Alina said in almost a begging tone as she slowly approached Sierra. "Please Sierra, my home is important to me."

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"....If that’s what you f**king want mommy, then I shall do it. But don’t blame me when the Esper World gets attacked later!" With Alina’s emotional attack, the previously obstinate Sierra was left with no choice but to relent against her.

This answer of hers drew a relieved smile from Alina, who proceeded to hug and squish the little baby inside her arms.

Even without Alex’s emotion manipulation, everyone nearby could feel and see Alina’s happiness radiating out of her body.

"Hey mommy! Please stop hugging me! I don’t want to be distracted once I start this! Do you want me to f**king fail?" Sierra complained as she continued to be smothered by Alina. "I get it mommy, you’re happy. But just let me f**king go! I need to focus, ok?"

"Oh, right." Allina meekly replied as she released Sierra with a sheepish grimace on her face. She appeared to be embraced by what she just did, although fortunately for her, none of her companions pointed this out.

"Okay... so now that the little runt had agreed, we can proceed with our plan." Seeing that Sierra was now in line with them, the previously quiet Professor Frances took strides to continue the conversation.

Before the others could say anything, Professor Frances pointed her fingers at Queen Mother and Alina, with the latter two looking back at her solemnly.

"So this is how this will go. Once Sierra starts to possess the Four Moons World, Queen Mother and Alina will serve as Sierra’s guards. They will protect Sierra from anyone who tries to disrupt the possession." Professor Frances said as he began tapping her chin. "Aside from that, I will also let you use my monster army. Hmph, with their powers combined with you two, I doubt that there will be anyone that can stop the possession from happening..."

"That could be the case earlier. But now, I think things could get difficult." Queen Mother replied as she used her leaves to point above her, right towards the sky.

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There, all these four women saw the silhouettes of spaceships blotting the sky, with one of them looking like a massive planet from their current place.

Just looking at these silhouettes alone was enough to make Professor Frances sweat inwardly, as she knew how dangerous these things could be.

"So... that’s the Cosmic Guards that Alex had been telling us earlier." Professor Frances slowly said as she tried to hide the nervous smile on her face. "I thought they will just have weak-ass flying vehicles, since their names sound so soft... But dayum! That ship right there is not a vehicle anymore! That’s a f**king planet! How the hell did they even manage to bring that here! F**k, and now we are going to deal with that?"

With her perfect body control, Professor Frances could just easily hide her agitation. But she didn’t do this, as she knew that doing so will just be a waste of her time. So she just let it all flow out, knowing that Queen Mother and Alina were feeling the same things too.

"These people were only here because they thought they were arresting a criminal. That means that as long as we don’t do anything to offend these Cosmic Guards, they will not attack us." Alina said confidently, although some traces of unsureness can be heard from her tone.

"You don’t sound like you believe that, Alina."

"Well, the notion of a World Soul possessing a planet is something that is unknown, so we don’t know how the Cosmic Guards will react to it." Alina replied as she let out a sigh. "Even though they were restricted by protocols here, there might still be a chance that they will do something once the possession starts..."

"And then there’s the generals of Emperor Litch, who might act in desparate ways in order to stop he possession. That will make all of these worse." Queen Mother added as her branches drooped down.

"Yeah.... That’s the real problem here. But you don’t need to fight that long. As long as you manage to hold the fort until Sierra succeeds on the possession, then we win!" Professor Frances said optimistically, although her upbeat voice faded away when she saw Sierra’s awkward face.

"Hey little baby, you said that you can succeed on your possession. But how long would it take for you to do the possession?" Professor Frances asked, which resulted on Sierra looking more and more awkward.

This reaction by Sierra made Professor Frances feel both dread and exasperation, as the latter realized what her face meant.

"If things go in a f**king good direction, then I think it will take me 10 minutes to complete the possession. But that’s the ideal state, so the real timespan could be longer..." Sierra replied as she scratched the back of her head. "That’s not too long, right?"

"Too long? Well, that will depend on the enemies that will attack us later. Heh, 10 minutes? If things are good, then maybe 1 or 2 generals will come here to stop us. But I doubt that something as easy as that will happen..." This was Professor France’s reply to Sierra’s query, and surely enough this made the little baby look slightly paler compared to before.

"Mommy.... Will I really be safe once I start the possession? Wil nothing bad happen to me?" Sierra asked as she gave Alina an awkward grimace. "You... and the other aunties will protect me, right?"

"Yes, we will protect you, so have faith in us." Queen Mother said as she did not let Alina give her answer. "Besides, Alex is also here. Once he knows what you are doing, he will also come here to protect you. So don’t be scared anymore, ok?"

"...Ok. I trust you all. But how about Auntie Frances? Why will she not stay here? Is she scared of protecting me?" Sierra queried as she glanced back at Professor Frances.

The professor jumped back a little as she received Sierra’s accusing stare, with the latter squinting her eyes more as the former tried to laugh it off.

"H-hey, I will not be here since I have another important thing to do." Professor Frances replied quickly as she began backing away from Sierra and the others. "You know that my power is more on biology and life creation, so my expertise lies on organic bodies and living creatures... So instead of defending you here, I will be doing a different, organic-related stuff."

"Oh really? Then what is this organic stuff, auntie?" Sierra asked as she placed her hands on her hips. There was plain confusion and disappointment on her face, as if Professor Frances’ actions were something that she did not like.

Professor Frances of course noticed this reaction, although she did not do anything to make her stand clear.

"It’s a secret for now, Sierra. Knowing it will just distract you, so don’t ask anymore." Professor Frances replied as she sped up her retreating motion. "Why don’t you just focus on your possession instead of asking me? You’re just wasting time here acting like a detective!"

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