Chapter 102: Elves
Alex's turmoil stopped after Celia jumped into his arms.
She hugged his face, then shouted, "I wasn't scared at all! I wasn't scared at all!"
Tears flowed down from her little eyes, betraying her loud words. Of course, no one blamed little dullahan for crying.
Alex patted her back, then put her down, "I was a little scared, though."
"Eh?" Celia clenched her clothes after hearing Alex's words.
He smiled and whispered, "It's not a wrong feeling. Because of that fear, a part of me always had a second plan in mind. If my sword or Remia's Ultimate Skill didn't work, we would go for a different route to ensure our survival.
I was also worried about you, and because of that, I could fight even better," Alex gave a bright smile to his little friend.
Celia bit her lips.
She started trembling again, but for a different reason this time, "Alex is the strongest! He beat the big monster for me!"
"Haha! It was not only me," Alex ruffled Celia's hair before sending her to Remia.
After jumping into Remia's hands, Celia thanked Remia for her help. She again said that she had never been scared, though.
Then, little dullahan hugged her two wolf friends.
In the meantime, Alex read the system messages.
[The Deathwill Castle's Shelter has been successfully analyzed.]
[A foreign mana has been detected.]
[You and everyone else in the Deathwill Castle possess no means to seal the gap.]
After the system analyzed the shelter, Alex got the gap pin-pointed on his minimap. He and Remia went to that gap.
Here, they found a crack. A familiar but much more terrifying cold mana filled that crack, giving it an eerie appearance. No one would come close to that gap.
Alex and Remia scrunched their faces, looking beyond troubled.
"Ah!" Remia suddenly let out a squeal.
Her legs grew weaker, and she lost her balance. Those were repercussions after using the Ultimate Skill. Her body barely was able to move, and her mana plummeted down. Her defenses were also significantly lowered.
She was more vulnerable than level one NPC.
She would die from a few sword slashes.
Alex extended his hands, grabbing Remia before she fell. His right hand landed on her hair while the other gently pressed her waist.
Remia's cheeks went redder. She closed her eyes and stayed in such an intimate position for a little while, allowing Alex to touch her wherever he wanted.
If he slid down his hands to her bottom, she wouldn't mind at all.
Of course, Alex wouldn't do such a thing due to their relationship as friends. Besides, the little dullahan was not too far away with her two wolf friends.
Nonetheless, Remia whole surrendered herself to Alex. She had no other choice anyway.
"It's not just a gap… Am I right?" Remia whispered while sticking close to his chest.
Alex nodded, "I will talk about it soon. For now, let's leave this place. We might not be able to seal this gap, but sealing shelter should do.
I have already received full control over it. I can open and close the entrance to this place. We will find a way to overcome it soon," Alex said.
He took Remia into a princess carry, for which Alex was already known. Sara had rattled out how comfortable it was when he carried her.
After two new guests helped them with Wolfen Demon, their security rose, so Sara had also allowed herself to be more comfortable. Before Olivia and Remia's eyes, she had jumped into his hands like a schoolgirl.
Remia was in the same position now, albeit for a different reason.
But even if her circumstances were different, she took joy and pride in that gesture.
Alex smiled, sensing her feelings. He didn't mention those feelings as the awkward mood was what they needed the least now.
He subconsciously grew closer to Remia, though.
Instead, Alex asked about Remia's Ultimate Skill, "There's a race called Elves in our fantasy books. They have long ears and are also known to be friends of nature. In your Ultimate Skill form, you reminded me of them. Are there elves in Avander World too?"
Remia didn't reply immediately.
Her heart trembled as there had been indeed records about her race connected to the renowned elves. But that was a matter of the far past, and no demi-humans in her continent even know about it now.
Only elders from all tribes would be aware of that race.
It was too shocking that Alex's world had records about elves. Even if that race was just a fantasy product, the startling similarities left Remia quite speechless.
She couldn't help but ask instead, "Is there really no magic in your world?"
"Hmm? Yeah, there's not," Alex replied with slight confusion.
Remia wasn't Stella, who could see through emotions easily. But even though she didn't possess such a skill, Remia believed in Alex wholeheartedly. She also saw his confusion, which in turn made him cuter.
She sighed, smiled, then revealed a little of her past, "A royal forest fairies had been in contact with the elves. It's been thousand years since our last contact, and if they exist somewhere else, they surely no longer remember or care about us.
But since we shared similarities and were royal to them, the elves blessed us with a drop of their bloodline. That blood flows in forest fairies of the royal descent. My mother and my siblings have that power hidden within themselves," Remia concluded.
Alex got pretty excited as that sounded like a good adventure. Finding the elves; how could it not sound exciting?
His heart skipped a beat as Remia also told him classified information. That level of trust could cause a lot of trouble for the royal forest fairies and the queen. If Alex were a different kind of person who just wanted to use Remia, then a calamity would've fallen onto their clan.
But as it was Alex, the future was different, "If I find any clue about them, I will take you for a long adventure, Remia."
"Hehe," Remia couldn't help but giggle like a little girl.
