Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 406 Do you wanna see a Postman?

"You.... why are you bringing this up now?" Asteria mumbled as she glared at Alex.

"Why am I bringing this up? Of course it’s because I want to know the truth already! Is there something wrong with that?" Alex replied as he began shaking the dumb fairy. "You promised to talk about your past, so you are obligated to talk about it. Consider this... as one of your punishments for having ’secret talks’ with the Great TimeMaster."

"Wait, one of the punishments? Hooman, are you planning on giving me multiple punishments for something that I had to do? That’s just unfair!" Asteria yelled as she tried to bite Alex’s hand. "I just followed the contract given to me, so I cannot do anything to resist it! Hmph, you should even be happy that the things that I did with the Great TimeMaster did not endanger you at all! I only followed my orders, and yet you want me to suffer from it? You are just straight-up bullying me!"

"So what if I am? I don’t care on what you think of me. If I want you to talk, then you will talk." Alex said coolly as he stopped his hand from moving. "If you don’t agree to what I want, then the relationship between us will just get worse. Who knows, maybe by tomorrow, everyone of us will start ignoring you. Hehe, for someone like you, being ignored surely is a harsh thing to experience..."

"You will ignore me? Hey! That’s too much! Are you really that sadistic to do that to me? Hooman, you’re just heartless!"

"Hah? Alina, can you hear someone talking? I can hear some buzzing in my ears, but I can’t pinpoint the one that is making the sound. Could it be a fly?" Alex suddenly said as his eyes started to glaze over. Even though his eyes were looking at Asteria’s general direction, the way that he was staring made it appear as if he could not see Asteria at all.

"Alex, are you sure that there is a fly here? I can’t see anyone else except for Queen Mother and Professor Frances." Alina ’helpfully’ replied as she gave Alex a confused look. "Are you having a hallucination? I think you should take a rest first..."

"I don’t think I am hallucinating, Alina. I can feel that there is fly somewhere in this direction." Alex replied as he pointed his finger at Asteria. "Even if I can’t see the fly, I can sense its presence here. Maybe the erason that I can’t see it was because it was just too small."

"Alex, if you can sense a being that small, then your senses must be top-notch already."

"Really, you think my senses are top-notch already? Hehe, now that just makes me-"

"Ahh okay already! I shall start talking now!" Even though Alex and Alina only ’ignored’ Asteria for a few seconds, the dumb fairy quickly surrendered to the two, as if she had already reached her breaking point. "You want me to talk about my backstory? Fine then, I shall talk about it!"

As she said these words, the dumb fairy let out a deep sigh as her body flopped down in a limp fashion, showing Alex her ’surrendering’ attitude.

"Hehe, now that’s’ what I want to hear from you, Asteria." Alex quickly replied as he let go of her. "Oh, and I remember you promising to teach me some kind of exotic Fairy Magic. You will teach that to me later too, right?"

"You-"

"You promised to do that too, you know."

"...Fine hooman. I will teach that magic to you later." If Asteria could look angrier right now, then she could have done it already. " And if you want, I can also teach this magic to your companions."

Before Alex could make a comment about this additional offer, a new person joined in the conversation between the two, with this person’s first words focused entirely on mocking Asteria.

"Eh? You will teach us your stupid fairy magic? Why would I even want to learn that c**p?" Sierra the Baby blurted out as her body materialized behind Alex. This baby, who was supposed to be resting right now, appeared to be full of life as she stared at Asteria with clear provocation. "If you are this small, then your magic is just useless! Hmph, don’t you think that you can scam me like the way that you can scam Papa! I am way better than him!"

"Hey Sierra, it’s not good if you insult me that way..."

"Quiet Papa. Give me some time to demolish this s**ty fairy down. She clearly needs to be disciplined more!"

"Hoho, so a foul-mouthed World Soul like you actually exists... Now I pity Alex and Alina for having someone like you with them..." Asteria, who appeared to be close to her breaking point because of Sierra’s words, took some deep breaths as she gave this reply. "Should someone as unique and magnificent like you act this rowdily? Hmph, I think that between the two of us, you’re the one that needs more disciplining!"

"What did you say, you dumb fairy?"

"I said that you are a mistake among the World Souls!"

"Did you just call me a mistake?"

"So what if I am? You’re really just a mistake! If it weren’t for Alex and Alina risking their souls, you should not have been even born!"

"Hmph, don’t think that just because you are a Guide that you are already safe from me. I have numerous ways of beating you up right now, and I can use one of it on you already!"

"Come and approach me then, World Soul. Let’s see if you can back up that useless boast of yours!"

"Heh, don’t go back crying to your daddy once I have your way with you, dumb fairy!"

"Hah! What a pile of drivel! It will not be me that will be in tears! You’re the one that will cry!"

"No, it will be you!"

"No, it’s you!"

"Not me, you!"

"You!"

"You!"

"You!"

"You!"

"Ah s**t, here we go again..." Alex, who was reduced to a mere bystander as the quarrel between Sierra and Asteria went on, could only say these words as he shook his head. "Ugh, I should have never let these two foul mouths near each other. This is just their first meeting, and yet the quarrel between them was already worse than the one that Alina had earlier! Sigh... why is this happening to me?"

Regret could be clearly seen on his eyes as he listlessly watched Sierra’s ’duel’ with Asteria. Even if he wanted to stop this two from quarreling, he had the feeling that these two will just willfully ignore him.

"Ah f**k this. I need to stop this quarrel already! After all, I still have to hear Asteria’s story." When the argument between Sierra and Asteria had already reached the point of creative cussing, Alex realized that he had no choice now but to stop these two already. He does not even care on what will Sierra think of him from now on, as he knew that making Asteria talk to him as early as possible is more important!

Alex did not idle around anymore as he began to speak in the enraged tone that he had used on Alina and Delia earlier. This enraged tone was the very same tone that had successfully stopped the quarrel between Alina and Delia, so there is a chance that it will also stop the argument between Sierra and Asteria too.

Even if Sierra and Asteria were always leery of Alex, surely they will still be forced to stop once they hear Alex’s genuine anger...

"YOU TWO, STOP YOUR USELE-"

But before Alex could even articulate his so-called ’rage’, a sudden phenomena on his forehead brought another change to his plans.

"Hong~"

The symbol on his forehead, which had been almost unresponsive in the last mission, was now glowing brightly again!

It filled the room with so much light that it appeared as if the sun had materialized here. Everything in the room began to cast shadows, even the lightbulbs affixed on the walls.

This bright exhibition was able to stop the quarrel between Sierra and Asteria, as both of their attentions were now attracted by the glowing symbol.

"Oh... what a pretty light! It feels like as if I am seeing the sun right in front of me!" Sierra dreamily said as she stared at the glowing symbol with infatuation. She appeared to be extremely pleased at the sight of this glowing symbol, that she had ignored the argument that she had before. "Hey Papa, I want to glow like that too! Please give me the same tattoo in your forehead! You can do something like that, right?"

"..."

While Sierra was rendered happy by the sight of the glowing symbol, Asteria appeared to be also happy from seeing this symbol. But unlike Sierra who was happy because of the symbol’s beauty, Asteria’s reason for her happiness different.

She was happy, because she knew that this glowing symbols entails for everyone present!

"That light! Hahaha, that light signifies that the Main Mission has been given already! Hooman, I apologzie to you, but our talk about my past can only be done later! For now, I should inform you about the Main Mission first!" Asteria declared in a proud tone as she flew towards Alex’s forehead.

She then stretched her hands in full extension towards the glowing symbol, as she hoped to touch it before Alex or Sierra can stop her from moving.

"Hehehe, once I inform Alex about the Main Mission, he will surely be too busy on finding ways for him to win! Once that happens, he will forget about my promise to talk about my past! Hehehe, that’s the best thing that can happen to me here!" Asteria thought urgently to herself as the distance between her hands and the symbol continued to drastically decrease. "That means that I must touch the symbol, no matter what obstacles I face here!"

Fortunately for Asteria, her fingertips were able to touch the symbol before anyone else could react.

"Heng~" The sensation of omnipotence filled Asteria’s body as she felt her mind ascending into a higher level.

Visions of stars filled her mind as she found herself staring at a massive black hole. She did not waste her time admiring this black hole as she looked at the creature behind it.

Behind this black hole was an old man holding a large box filled with parchments. This man was only wearing a dirty set of robes, with his long, scraggly beard and unkempt black hair scattered all around him like trash. Combine this appearance with the numerous festering wounds on his skin, and this old man appeared to be a star-sized homeless man that was living in space.

Every now and often some of the parchments inside the old man’s box suddenly disappear, as if they were being brought way from him. The old man seemed to have not noticed the disappearance of these parchments, as his milky eyes were only staring at the black hole in front of him.

He did not even notice Asteria, who was now right beside the old man.

"Postman, the Endless Monarch had already issued the Main Mission for my Traveler. Please give it to me." Asteria said in a low tone as she gave the old man an extremely rare respectful look. This look, combined with her gentle movements right now, made her look like a pious person.

If Alex could see what was happening here, he will surely spit out some blood, as the mere sight of a polite Asteria was something that will be unexpected for him!

The old man however only gave a small nod after looking at Asteria, as if he was not interested on the change in her.

The old man then calmly placed his left hand inside the parchment box as he began to search for something in there. His movements as he did this search looked painfully slow, although Asteria did not show any hints of irritation upon seeing this. She only stood still with a respectful look on her face, with her not making any sounds that could disturb the old man.

"Rustle..."

It was only after a few more minutes has passed by that the old man stopped what he was doing.

By this point, anyone nearby can see that the old man was now holding a golden parchment in his hands. This golden parchment, which had a superior appearance compared to other parchments, was quickly given by the old man towards Asteria, who received it in an orderly fashion.

"This is it.... Please take good care of it..." The old man said as the golden parchment left his hands. His voice sounded both soft and raspy, which made him sound like an eternally tired person. "The Endless Monarch also told me to warn you about your dealings with your Traveler... He said that you should not try getting closer to him... Doing that will only... bring you closer to ruin..."

"I understand Postman. I shall take note of that warning." Asteria replied in a neutral tone as she began flying away from the old man. Her wings flapped behind her urgently as she sped up her departure.

After a few seconds of flying away, Asteria looked back at the old man again, as she attempted to give him a farewell message.

"Bye bye Postman. I hope to see you again next time."

"..." The old man’s only reply to that was silence, as he went back on staring at the black hole.

"..."