Endless Journey: Infinite Realms 195 Conference

After she heard Alex saying ok, Eris started to perk up as an excited expression appeared on her face.

But before she could start to attack, Alex gave Eris a smile which forced her to stop on her tracks.

"But even if I agree to fight you, would your master even allow you to fight?" Alex suddenly said as he looked at Anya.

"…"

Anya, who was watching the conversation between Alex and Eris, only had a light smile on her face, as if she was not angry at what her butler did.

But for Alex, the smile that Anya had right now was comparable to those of the psychopaths that he met before.

Alex could not help but feel some chills, as he realized that there's something fundamentally wrong with Anya herself.

That realization of his was further reinforced when Anya started to talk.

"Eris, are you really intent on ruining my date?" Anya asked her butler as her smile remained on her face. "I thought we already talked about this earlier? Don't tell me that you already forgot about it?"

"Miss Anya…" Even though Eris tried to answer to her master, she was unable to complete her sentence as a cold aura sprung out of Anya.

"Hong~" This cold aura, which turns out to be Anya's Stellar Essence, was something so forceful and massive that even Alex felt somewhat wary of it.

"Eris… I am so angry right now, and you don't know how much I want to just shout at you…" Anya said as she began to emanate a suffocating pressure around her body. "Are you really intent on ruining my fun?"

Yeah, Anya's definitely pissed right now. Even a blind person can feel her anger perfectly.

"Miss Anya…. Please forgive me!" In the end, it looked like Eris was unable to keep her cool anymore as she kneeled and bowed in front of Anya. "Your servant… has indeed made a mistake right now! Allow me to cut of my left pinky to appease you!"

"Say what?" As Alex heard what Eris said, he could not help but shout in surprise, as he could not believe what he just heard. "Did she just say that she will cut off her left pinky? Ugh, it seems like I chose the wrong girls to approach…"

As Alex was starting to regret talking to these two clearly weird females, Anya spoke up while she shook her head.

"Eris, you may have made a major mistake now, but I don't need your left pinky as a punishment." Anya said as the dangerous expression on her face disappeared. "Since you captured Duke GoldRiver's men already, I can accept that as your token of forgiveness. So Eris, you can stand up now. I already forgive you."

"Thank you, Miss Anya! I will always cherish your kindness!" Eris shouted out as she stood up, giving her master a fawning look that made Alex feel a little creeped out.

Anya, who was the target of this fawning look, seemed to be unfazed by it as she started to talk to Alex.

"Mister Sigmund, I apologize for the ruckus caused by one of my family's enemies." Anya said as she gave Alex a regretful look. "I thought that with the solemnity of the topic of the conference tomorrow, my father's rival will be decent enough to not make a move on me. It seems like I was mistaken…"

Before Alex could give a reply, Anya interrupted him as she continued talking. "And I am sorry to say this, but I have to go back to my room now. It's a rule by our family to go back to our dwellings when one of us experiences an assassination attempt. Whether that assassination attempt fails or succeeds, I will have to occupy my dwellings until I'm sure that there will be no more assassins that will try to take my life…"

"Oh. Oh. That's too bad, but if it is for your safety, for you to stay on your dwellings is indeed the best thing to do here." Alex replied as genuine disappointment could be heard from his voice.

How could Alex not be disappointed?

Tonight was his chance to obtain come Celestial Blood, but because of the circumstances that happened earlier, it was now all ruined!

The fight that Alex was supposed to have with Eris earlier?

That was one of Alex's ways to get Celestial blood!

Alex purposefully enraged Eris earlier so that she could challenge him to a fight, and once that fight starts, Alex can easily use his abilities to wound her, and once she was wounded, Alex will just use his 'secret' abilities to discreetly harvest blood from Eris!

If everything just went smoothly then Alex could have obtained some Celestial blood already.

But who would have thought that Anya will be actually so pissed that she used her authority on Eris to make her stop challenging Alex!

Of course Alex still had some more plans to get Celestial blood from either Anya or Eris.

But because of the stupid assassination attempt, his date with Anya is now officially cancelled, which means that all of his plans are now all useless!

"Tsk… Sometimes I get lucky, sometimes I don't." Alex thought to himself as he let out a sigh. "Tonight really is just my unlucky day…"

While Alex was trying to console himself, he saw Anya giving him a pondering look, as if she was trying to say something to him.

As Alex started to think that Anya was about to do something weird again, Anya opened her mouth as she uttered some words that were obviously intended for Alex alone.

"Mister Sigmund… you know that the Three Faction Conference will start tomorrow. Since our date was interrupted this time, are you perhaps interested on joining me to the Conference tomorrow?" Anya said as she gave Alex a graceful smile. "I'm sure that tomorrow, there will be no assassination attempts against us anymore…"

"…" Eris looked like she was about to object to what Anya just said, but in the end Eris did not speak up. It was quite obvious that she was still rattled by what Anya did earlier.

"Of course, I shall accept your cordial invitation, Miss Anya." Alex replied gracefully as relief blossomed inside his heart. "It will always be my pleasure to accompany you."

Even if he will only be able to accompany Eris and Anya on a place with many possible enemies, Alex was sure that with his disguise abilities and sleek skills, getting all his target materials and spying on his enemies will still be something that he can pull of tomorrow!

"In that case, I shall take my leave now, Mister Sigmund." Anya said as she strode out of the room briskly, with Eris following her with a resigned expression on her face. "Have a good night Mister Sigmund, and I wish my face will appear in your dreams later…"

"Good night to you too, Miss Anya." Alex replied as he waved his hands as a way of saying goodbye. "Oh, and I don't need to wish for your face to appear on my dreams, for I will always be dreaming of you from now on."

Alex does not even need to use his emotion sense anymore, as he can visibly see the pleasure on Anya's face, and Eris' revolted expression.

"Thud."

As the door of Alex's place closed shut with a thud, and as the presences of Anya and Eris disappeared from one kilometer all around Alex, Alex sat down on his sofa with an exhausted expression on his face.

"Tonight's agenda has failed… But I was lucky to keep my connection with Anya for tomorrow… Since that was the case, then I must do my best to not screw-up at the conference tomorrow! My success will depend on all of this!" Alex declared to himself as he started to wash the dishes.

"I just hope that nothing wrong will happen tomorrow… But you know Murphy's Law; Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

With this sobering thought in his mind, Alex could only let out a sigh as he started to soap the plates.

"Clink, clink."

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10 hours later.

"So it starts today…" Alex muttered to himself as he left his dwelling, looking around his surroundings at high alert.

With his advanced sensing, Alex could sense multiple powerful presences in the city, with all of them converging towards the same destination.

"Okay, Alex, this is where you get to see all the powerful members of the Three Factions… Don't you screw up on this one!" Alex muttered to himself as he shook his head.

"Tik tok tik tok."

As Alex walked around the city, he purposefully showed off his powerful aura, which forced any non-powered human to prostrate when they saw him.

Alex was actually not happy on making them do this, but he needed to establish an identity here, and the one that he decided to use was a domineering and powerful Symbolist.

"Ugh, I hope this conference gets finished quickly. I don't feel comfortable about this at all…" Alex thought to himself as he got nearer to the venue of the conference.

As Alex continued to walk, he saw more and more Celestials, Symbolists, and Devourers going to the same place as him.

"…." As Alex looked at them, he could not help but feel a surge of anger, as he saw that all of these members of the Three Factions were bringing what looked like to be enslaved people!

Their limbs were bound with chains, and they have a hollow looks in their eyes as if they already gave up on living. Just looking at these facial expressions were enough to prove that they were indeed slaves.

However, that was not the only thing that Alex discovered.

With his senses, Alex could determine that all of these enslaved people were all letting out an aura comparable to that of Kiera.

This just means that all of these people were those who obtained powers when the Red Moon appeared!

"Tsk. So the Three Factions really are serious on enslaving the people who gained powers from the Red Moon. How deplorable." Alex thought grimly to himself as he saw the despairing looks on the faces of the enslaved people.

He could also see some of them being publicly humiliated, by making them wear skimpy clothing or sometimes by making them do embarrassing tasks.

"…" As Alex continued watching everything, he could not help but boil in anger, as he realized that even in this magically advanced world, there are still a lot of depraved people.

"Tsk." But even if Alex was angered by what he saw, there was nothing that he could do to help them as of now.

If he did something, his identity could have been compromised, and everything will be just worse.

So, even if Alex wanted to help them out a little, he has no choice but to do it once his Main Mission starts.

"Sorry guys, I have a mission to do right now. But if I have a chance to help you out in the future, I will certainly take it." Alex muttered to himself, as he took this promise seriously.

"Mister Sigmund! We're here!" After making this promise to himself, Alex suddenly heard the same melodious voice that he had been talking to last night.

He looked at the source of the voice, and there he saw the elegant and beautiful Anya waving at him. Beside this woman was the butler Eris, who was busy glaring at Alex.

From the looks of it, Eris still held ominous feelings to Alex even after all the words that Anya said yesterday.

"Oh Miss Anya, it's a great pleasure to accompany you for this day." Alex replied to the Celestial brightly as he was forced to ignore the slaves for now.

"Today's conference will surely be filled with power plays, Mister Sigmund. I hope you're fully equipped for this." The one who said these words was Eris, who had to hide her glare as Alex approached them.

"Oh, don't worry, Miss Anya and Miss Eris. I'm always prepared for things like this." Alex replied cheerfully as he tried to hide the gloomy feeling in his heart. "Just watch me, and maybe you will even enjoy it later~"

Chapter end

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