Chapter 575 Masochism, Curse, and Breakthrough

[Alina]: Are you ready now, Delia? Because if you don’t, then I’m fine on just cutting you into pieces....

[Delia]: Pieces? Hah, let’s see if you can do that to me. You think your Dark Magic is enough to trump my Holy Order Power? Dream on!

[Alina]: If you believe that your paltry power is enough to trump mine, then let’s put that to test today. After all, we’re about to use them both....

[Delia]: Hmph, you don’t need to say it twice! Since we need to fight, then we will fight!

"Boom!"

The ground beneath the foot of the two women suddenly exploded into fine dust as they rushed forward, with their weapons fully unleashed. The murderous intention present of their eyes since earlier has begun to increase as they moved, with the power inside their bodies perfectly synchronized with their joints.

[Alina]: Ha!

[Delia]: Ha!

"Boom boom boom!"

5 pairs of wings appeared behind Delia as she flew forward, each one filled to the brim with the almighty Holy Essence that lit up her surroundings. The wings also brought the surge of a pure, crystal-white energy, one which increased Delia’s forward momentum.

As this happened, the spear that Delia was holding began to light up too, as its entirety was filled with her Holy Essence. It’s tip, which was flowing with her own murderous intention, has started to glow like a laser light, with its laser beam fully concentrated towards Alina’s forehead.

The laser beam fortunately did not do any damage to Alina, although it seemed to irritate her more.

[Alina]: What a paltry laser beam... Is this the attack that you want to use on me? How pathetic!

"Schwing!"

Upon seeing the incoming body of the murderous Delia, Alina only let out a scoff as she swung her katana forward. This time however, her katana was not fueled by her Esper Ability.

Instead, it was Alina’s Dark Magic that was residing in her katana, which made her subsequent attack appear different.

"Hong~"

Instead of creating a large rift in space, what Alina’s Katana did was to summon a thin, paper-like monster which then rushed towards Delia like a madman.

"Roar!!!"

Even though this thin monster appeared to be extremely weak compared to the incoming Delia, it did not hesitate to show its might. It barreled on with its path, ignoring the blinding light emanating out of Delia’s wings.

"Woosh!"

As the monster made a beeline towards Delia, it left a trail of darkness that seem to infect the very air itself. Shouts of pain and despair could be heard from this trail of darkness, which made even the serious-looking Alina shiver just from hearing it.

[Delia]: ...

Upon seeing the incoming monster, Delia began to frown, as if she found something distasteful about this monster. This observation was further proved when her wings, which was exuding a calm aura earlier, suddenly began turning berserk as the dark monster got nearer and nearer.

[Delia]: This... is something that you created out of Dark Magic? Tsk, now I can see why I hate you a lot. You actually... dabble in the heretic arts!

[Alina]: Hmph, heretic my ass! My Dark Magic mainly deals with Summoning Magic and Curse Creation, hence its ’heretic’ appearance to you. It may look evil to you, but I assure you, my Dark Magic is a natural power that you cannot ignore!

[Delia]: Heh, who said that I was going to ignore your power? I’m just treating it like the trash it should be, so be happy that I am even paying attention to it! Hmph, if it weren’t for my need to breakthrough, I would never have cooperated with you!

[Alina]: Oh, so are you saying that I should feel grateful to you? Hmph, what sophistry! You really are better off dead!

[Delia]: Heh, it will not be me who will end up dying. It will be... you!

[Alina]: Let’s see if you can make that happen! Hah!

[Delia]: Hah!

"Boom!"

The dark monster and Delia collided at this point, which immediately produced a rippling shockwave that covered the whole area. Concepts of light and darkness illuminated the whole place at this point, which combined with the powerful shockwave, depicted a scene that is comparable to that of an atomic explosion...

What happened after this explosion was unknown, as more and more explosions appeared at this point, leaving no leeway to watch anything.

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INSIDE PROFESSOR FRANCES’ HUT

With Alina rejecting Alex’s plea for help, Alex was left with no choice but to take care of the Immortal Empress and Arcane Sorceress by himself. With this kind of responsibly placed on him, Alex was naturally pissed.

Fortunately for him, his pissed feeling did not last that long, as a passing-by Professor Frances saw his plight.

With some masterful cajoling coming from his mouth, Alex was able to convince Professor Frances to cooperate with him on taking care of the children. The Professor did not reject Alex at all, and she even helped him on carrying the children.

And with that, Alex and the two children found themselves sitting inside Professor Frances’ hut.

But instead of seeing a Professor Frances that was helping him on babysitting the two kids, what Alex got from her instead was:

[Professor Frances]: So these two are the Immortal Empress and the Arcane Sorceress? Interesting... They were turned into kids by the Great TImeMaster through the use of some kind of time-related ability. Hehehe... I wonder how their bodies fare up now? Are their bodies really for children too, or are all that we see here fake? Alex, Alex, give me a lot of body samples from these two kids! Hehehe... I want to test them all!

[Immortal Empress]: Alex, Alex! This professor is scaring me!

[Arcane Sorceress]: Waah!!! Pervert alert! Pervert alert! Don’t touch me!

[Alex]: ...

Alex did not want to see this happening, but as expected, Professor Frances immediately relegated the two kids as her experimental subjects. Even if they were kids, Professor Frances still did not spare them. Instead, she actually wanted to test them right now!

And here Alex thought she became a kinder person...

[Alex]: Professor Frances... this is no time for a joke. I really need your help to babysit these kids.

[Professor Frances]: Eh? You’re really serious on taking care of these kids? I thought you were planning to take advantage of them....

For Professor Frances to look surprised at this point was enough to make Alex feel worse. After all, someone as morally grey as Professor Frances actually predicted Alex’s ’nefarious’ plans with the kids....

[Alex]: O-of course I am planning to take advantage of these two! But I am not doing it now! They’re still kids, you know. I have to get close to them before doing that....

[Professor Frances]: You? Get close to these kids? Heh, as long as these kids are female, they will never feel that close to you!

[Alex]: H-hey, why do I feel like you’re saying something important here? You just said that as long as these kids were female, they won’t be close to me? What the hell... do you mean by that?

After Alex asked these questions, Professor Frances suddenly let out a loud, exasperated sigh, one which made Alex feel more confused. And this confusion just increased when the professor continued to talk.

[Professor Frances]: Ha? Why are you asking me? Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed it?

[Alex]: Notice what?

[Professor Frances]: ...

historical

[Alex]: ....

[Professor Frances]: Alex, out of all the people that we met, do you know which type was able to take advantage of you? It’s the women, Alex! The women! They always make you follow them blindly! It’s like you’re a masochist that was happy to receive pain from them!

[Alex]: !!!

[Professor Frances]: What? You don’t look you believe me. Hmph, just look at Alina. She’s your lover, but in your relationship, she’s the one who acts as the leader! As for you, you don’t even complain when she’s angry at you. You just accept her nasty words, and you seem to be even happy being treated like that! Then there’s Sierra, who you just allow to curse you...

[Alex]: H-hey! Are you calling me a masochist? F**k you, Professor Frances! T-that is not true! I don’t act like that way around women!

[Professor Frances]: When you met the Great TimeMaster, didn’t she just play around you with her power? And how about the Immortal Empress and the Arcane Sorceress? Didn’t they also toss you around?

[Alex]: That...

[Professor Frances]: And then there’s Asteria, the dumb fairy who treats you like trash. But even when she visibly wants you dead, you still don’t throw her away! You tolerate her presence, and you don’t look like you’re planning to replace her at all!

[Alex]: Hey! There’s no way that I can replace Asteria! She’s my-

[Professor Frances]: Cut the crap with those words! Don’t think that you can wiggle your way out of this one! I mean, even your attitude to me and Queen Mother is a little submissive! You don’t look like you want to dominate us! You seem to be only contented... on befriending us! Isn’t that a little weird, considering that you’re supposed to be our leader?

[Alex]: ....

[Professor Frances]: There! Look at yourself now! Instead of slapping me like the ’thot’ that I am, you only stay silent, like you’re admitting that you’re wrong! Argh! What the hell is wrong with you, Alex?

[Alex]: ...

[Professor Frances]: Oi, don’t tell me that you’ve been cursed to become unlucky with women...

[Alex]: ...

[Professor Frances]: Hehehe, that can’t be real, right? Curses like that shouldn’t exist...

[Alex]: ...

[Professor Frances]: H-hey, why are you not denying it? Don’t tell me... you’ve been really cursed to be unlucky to women?

[Alex]: ...

[Professor Frances]: Oi, say something will you. If not, I will throw you out of the house!

[Alex]: Just think what you want to think. Whatever problem I have right now, it is something that you cannot solve....

[Professor Frances]: Oh, so you’ve been cursed indeed. How does this curse work? Does it only activate when you became friends with a woman? Or does it work on any women?

[Alex]: Tsk, let’s stop talking about that. It’s not like you can’t do anything about it...

[Professor Frances]: You look so sure while saying that. Does that mean... that you’ve been afflicted with that curse your whole life, and that none of your attempts to cure it have succeeded? Tsk, tsk, poor you, Alex...

[Alex]: Hey! Let’s stop talking about stuff like that. It’s no use for me right now. Instead, let’s just talk about my second request to you.

[Professor Frances]: Hey, why are you ignoring your curse? Shouldn’t you-

[Alex]: Professor, my first request is that you help me babysit these two kids. As for the second request, I am just asking for your help so that I can reach the Nascent Soul Stage(Fourth Stage) and the Dao Domain Stage(Fifth Stage) of my Immortal Cultivation today. Surely, with your expertise with souls, you can make my experience much easier...

[Professor Frances]: Hey! I said, don’t change the topic!

[Alex]: So, where’s your ’Soul-Splitting Scalpel’? I need it in order to start breaking through the Nascent Soul Stage already. Don’t tell me that you have lost it? Come on, Professor. Didn’t that scalpel cost you half of your Contribution Points? Losing it will be bad for you!