Chapter 94: Alex Sander, the fairy tale reader

The hot wind began to wander through one of the rooms with its windows left open, while the scorching sunlight helped illuminate the room that lacked light.

A sigh escaped from calista who was sitting on a chair at the end of the glass table, her body facing the wide open door of the room.

Calista closed her eyes, she once again remembered the incident that had just happened to her, a simple incident that changed the entire atmosphere of sunkiss fortress in an instant.

Calista swallowed hard ’what exactly was I thinking...?’ Calista opened her eyes, she looked at the patient shirt she was wearing, she also looked at the patient sandals that now swayed following the movement of her feet ’....I was already helped, but why am I angry?’

Calista scratched her forehead, the wind blew against her back and her dark gray hair ’why do I keep feeling annoyed....is it because I flew nonstop? Or because of the desert heat?’

Calista bit her index finger, her brows furrowed ’he won’t die right? Just being chased by thousands of beastmen and humans shouldn’t be a problem right?’

Calista swayed her body left and right, regret was clearly visible on her face ’what will mother say if I create chaos after not leaving home for so long...?’

She tried to calm herself down but she remembered saint azara’s words before she sat inside the room, calista swallowed bitterly ’he’s also the second user of holy energy....I won’t accidentally kill him right?’

Calista kept fighting with her own thoughts, she realized too late that no matter how small the thing she said was, it would bring a huge change around her.

Calista repeatedly hit her forehead, she was standing at the crossroads between regret and fear of the consequences from what she had caused.

Fortunately, her head that almost exploded because of the war inside her mind was saved by a sound.

Her bright purple eyes widened, she saw katarina bringing alex inside, she saw alex getting kicked in the waist by katarina.

And after that their eyes met, calista who wanted to speak was preceded by alex who wanted to leave the room, he even banged on the closed door repeatedly, he even cursed katarina because he had been trapped by her.

Calista’s eyelids blinked several times like a cute cat, but unfortunately her facial expression did not show anything cute, she was slightly confused by alex who looked desperate.

’What’s wrong with him? Am I that scary?’

Calista tried to look at her own face from the camera on her smart bracelet, she stroked her cheeks that were as soft as silk, she touched her pink lips.

Both of calista’s brows furrowed ’I think I’m normal...’ calista turned off the camera on her smart bracelet, the last thing visible there was her cold expression.

She slowly rose from her seat and tried to approach alex, but when she got closer, alex instead fell to the floor, he then turned his body around, now they could see each other more clearly.

One of calista’s brows lifted, she clearly saw alex’s condition, his white shirt could no longer be called white, his skin looked burned and sticky, his lips looked pale and cracked, calista looked at both of alex’s dirty and blistered feet.

Words of regret and curses appeared inside calista’s head, but unfortunately her cold expression looked like she was enjoying all of alex’s suffering. At least, that was what alex saw.

Alex raised both his hands, his voice sounded shaky, he smiled awkwardly "peace! How about peace?"

Calista stayed silent, she only answered inside her mind where only she herself knew ’peace?’

Silence enveloped the two of them, a silence that made alex feel like his death was getting closer, alex then smiled awkwardly, he slowly stood up with his weak body.

"You know?" Alex swallowed with difficulty, he then slightly approached and whispered to calista which shocked calista "if you’re close with your father and mother, they definitely told stories about alex sander the second user of holy energy!"

Calista’s expression did not change, she only looked at alex with a face as cold as ice, she wanted to speak but alex beat her to it.

Alex raised both his hands, his sweat still poured down as if under the scorching sun "I know you’ll think I’m a liar!" One of calista’s brows lifted, she tilted her head slightly.

Meanwhile a smile was carved on alex’s face, he offered his palm "I’ll show it directly okay?"

Calista did not answer alex, she had not spoken a single word to him which made alex continue becoming nervous, alex finally started doing the thing he usually did, he asked krystal to flow holy energy but unfortunately after several minutes of silence, nothing happened.

Alex laughed awkwardly, he scratched the back of his head while slapping his palm "haha it seems broken right now, but seriously! I’m the second user of holy energy!"

Calista let out a tired sigh, she looked at alex who kept talking without giving her a chance to reply ’he’s so noisy....how can I speak?’

Alex kept talking and moving his body around, while calista became more and more unable to understand what alex was saying, in the end she sat on top of the glass table while paying attention to alex who kept talking.

They were only like that for several moments, calista only looked at alex in silence, she did not interrupt alex, she had not even spoken a single word, but alex looked like he had already told the entire world he had ever seen.

Slowly, calista’s blinking became more frequent, her purple eyes gradually became rarer to see, her thoughts that were previously at war now seemed empty, they were chased away by alex’s stories that calista could not understand.

Calista’s eyelids finally closed completely, her expression still looked cold but now looked more relaxed, she did not lean on anything but she felt comfortable, finally after thousands of kilometers of flying distance that she traveled, she could finally rest.

Calista did not sleep on a soft bed, she only sat upright on top of the glass table, she did not wear comfortable clothes, she only wore alex’s patient clothes, she also did not listen to beautiful songs to accompany her sleep, she only listened to stories she could not understand from alex.

Calista did not understand, and so did alex who now fell silent.

He tilted his head while staring at calista who closed her eyes and did not move, his mouth was now open and looked difficult to close.

Alex’s breathing was ragged, his chest rose and fell together with his sweat that still dripped down.

Alex tried waving his hand in front of calista’s face, of course he did that with full preparation, but in the end nothing happened, calista did not bite alex’s hand off, she did not even realize it.

Alex swallowed hard, he looked at calista with disbelief, he slightly whispered to himself "did she fall asleep...?"

Alex slowly stood up straight, the soles of his feet felt numb and painful "did I just become someone reading fairy tales to a dragon...?"

Alex combed his oily and stiff black hair "shit...! Isn’t this an achievement? Who in this world can make a dragon fall asleep? Is it only me? Should I ask katarina?"

A relieved sigh escaped from alex, he slowly punched the air enthusiastically, a wide smile was carved on his face, he whispered so he would not wake calista up "finally I won’t get eaten by a dragon!!" Alex laughed soundlessly "finally I can take a bath!!"

Alex smiled brightly, he took out a small paper with his symbol on it, the paper glowed and a thin white blanket came out from there.

Alex made a movement as if he was going to place a tablecloth, but he did it to cover calista’s entire body, he left calista sleeping while sitting down and covered by a thin blanket from the top of her head down to her feet, calista looked like an unused item and the blanket covered her so she would not get dirty.

Alex started walking out of the room while hopping around happily, unfortunately he could not find katarina who had kicked him into the dragon’s mouth, but he did not care about it for now, he only wanted to return to his room and bathe.

He did the thing he longed for so much after half a day passed, he soaked for hours, he ate and drank to his heart’s content, until finally the orange sky illuminated sunkiss fortress.

Alex now looked at himself in front of the mirror, this time he wore a light khaki jacket, he also wore loose dark olive pants, a slight smile was carved on his face, he nodded several times ’now...this is suitable if a sudden war happens...’

Alex immediately sat on one of the chairs, this time he wore dark brown boots, he tied his shoelaces while humming a song, he also took out several symbol papers and put them inside his jacket pockets and tucked them into his socks.

A voice echoed inside alex’s mind, it was krystal’s voice ’what are you doing putting those papers there....?’

Alex stopped putting papers into his socks, veins bulged on his forehead ’hey! Where have you been?! I needed your help earlier! I almost got caught like a fraud...’

Krystal’s yawning voice sounded inside alex’s mind as a reply to alex’s question ’what happened?! Did we suddenly get attacked?! Relax, this mystical creature will protect you!’

Alex gritted his teeth, he leaned his back against the soft sofa he sat on ’protect my ass damn it?! I got chased by thousands of beastmen and humans all day! You know? My head was valued at five trillion credits!’

Krystal fell silent for several moments, a sigh came from her ’what did you do?’ alex sighed, he scratched the skin on his throat ’ahh it’s a long story, the point is I met malakar’s great granddaughter...she carried out a hunt for my head, but all of that has already passed...’

Krystal exclaimed in amazement ’is she as big as mountains?! You know, even malakar alone, I think just malakar’s tail is as long as the silent mountains!’

Alex clicked his tongue, he closed his eyes and once again imagined malakar descending from the sky ’that’s too exaggerated... but, compared to malakar, his great granddaughter is like a lizard with wings.’

Alex raised both his shoulders ’but even so, I think she can still swallow me in one bite?’

Alex opened his eyes, he looked around the dressing room he occupied, the room felt too luxurious for alex to occupy alone ’yeah, you know? I’m a little traumatized by that experience...’ alex slowly stood up, he looked at the clothes he wore once again from the mirror’s reflection ’...so it’s better to prepare, I don’t want to overheat again...’

Alex slowly walked out of his dressing room, his clothes that were more prepared to face anything suited him very well, but his steps were slightly hindered because of the blisters on the soles of his feet, but he still walked with a smile.

He slowly exited the building he occupied with saint azara, the green field immediately welcomed him, the orange light now illuminated the entire sunkiss fortress, cool wind blew against him, his black eyes sparkled because of what he saw now.

The beastman servants were currently preparing many things for the party, they started installing lights above the green field, tables were slowly arranged neatly, food started being arranged carefully, several musical instruments were visible, several tools for roasting meat were also visible.

Alex smiled widely, he and krystal exclaimed in amazement together, krystal’s noisy voice that continuously echoed inside his head made him walk around to see every corner, krystal kept pointing here and there, while alex followed her directions and occasionally helped the servants.

Alex who was helping the servants was being watched by kong from the edge of the field, his eyes remained fixed on alex, this time he only wore a casual shirt with a white robe hanging on his shoulders.

A voice made kong shift his attention away from alex, he turned to the right, there saint azara appeared, this time she wore a golden dress matching her golden hair that was still loosely hanging, saint azara also wore a red robe.

"He’s kind of strange huh...?"

Kong smiled slightly, laughter almost escaped from his lips "yeah...wasn’t he just chased by thousands of beastmen and humans a few hours ago? But now he’s helping the servants..."

Kong glanced toward saint azara, he slightly raised his head "by the way, why isn’t he wearing a suit? Is he going to change later?"

Saint azara clicked her tongue, she massaged her aching forehead "I already gave him all the best suits....but do you know what he did?" Saint azara crossed both her arms "he rejected all of them, instead he chose the clothes he’s wearing now. I think he’s traumatized after being chased around barefoot without proper clothes"

Kong nodded in understanding, he scratched his throat "I thought for someone noisy and as active as him, he’d wear something flashy...."

Saint azara combed her rough loose golden hair "he is noisy, even calista fell asleep listening to that brat’s stories..."

Kong exclaimed in amazement "woah....I bet he’s definitely proud of that?" saint azara chuckled "of course....he really is unique."

Saint azara and kong continued watching alex who kept walking around the various areas that would become the party venue, the servants sometimes felt awkward with alex constantly helping them while alex only smiled like an idiot. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Kong suddenly remembered something, he looked at saint azara "but, behind that stupid smile he’s a tough fighter..." saint azara looked at kong while kong continued, he pointed at alex with his chin "he defeated gordon and kentaro’s son instantly, he also made his pursuers kiss the walls, and most impressive of all, he defeated julian easily..."

Saint azara listened to kong’s words, while kong’s eyes slightly narrowed "of course those were only fights without mana or talent, but if even with that alone their levels are so far apart, I think he has more potential than julian who was previously glorified as the second max...."

Saint azara nodded in understanding, she wanted to speak but a gust of wind blew against them both. From the orange sky, an eagle beastman from the natural class descended, he had both hands and feet with wings on his back, he landed and stood beside kong.

Kong glanced at the natural class eagle beastman "what is it, tia?"

Tia looked at the servants who were preparing the party, she fell silent for several moments "nothing much, I just want to report, everything is almost ready...."

Saint azara also turned toward tia which made tia face her body toward saint azara and slightly bow "is the dosage correct...?"

Tia nodded once again, she answered politely "very correct, saint azara. Bull and the bald elephant were even affected by it, meanwhile the academy seniors are also already prepared"

Saint azara smiled brightly, while kong clicked his tongue, he smacked tia’s head until it made a sound "you bastard! I’m your direct boss! Why are you more polite to this golden cat!"

Tia rubbed her aching head, she stuck out her tongue to mock kong, she then flew away to escape, but kong immediately held her back which made tia unable to fly.