After leaving Dim Dim, Renard, and Vaan behind, Reverse Vaan headed east to get started with what he had come for.
If not for the time limit, he would have loved to play with them a little more. Unfortunately, Reverse Alex wasn’t a very patient person.
Even Reverse Vaan didn’t dare to ruin his plans. The consequences of doing so were something even he couldn’t handle.
’I wonder...’ Reverse Vaan mused. ’Will I be able to see Alex?’
Meeting Alex wasn’t part of the plan. However, Reverse Vaan was very curious about the Alex of this world.
This was the first time he had crossed against Arcana. And, according to the information that Latifa had given him, the attitude of everyone in this world was the complete opposite of their world.
Seeing Renard proved that her words were true.
Because of this, Vaan became very curious about what Alex would be like.
’If he’s the complete opposite... then the Alex of this world must be a goody-two-shoes,’ Vaan thought.
While he was thinking along these lines, he noticed a commotion in the distance.
The sound of fighting could be heard, which made Vaan hesitate if he should check it out or continue his mission.
In the end, he decided to see what was happening. If it wasn’t important, he could just leave. Straying a little was no big deal.
As his chariot flew above the treetops, he finally saw the cause of the commotion.
A group of knights riding on Hippogriffs were surrounded on all sides by Flying Ants. They were hopelessly outnumbered, and yet, they were fighting with everything they had.
Just as Reverse Vaan was about to leave, he halted at the sight of two familiar faces within the group.
When his gaze landed on the silver-haired elf, Vaan’s mouth hung open.
Although the hair color was different, there was no way he wouldn’t recognize Alex.
Aside from that, the lady beside him was none other than Nessia. At the moment, both were fighting side by side to allow their group to make a strategic retreat.
Reverse Vaan looked at Alex with a complicated look on his face as if stuck in a serious dilemma.
In the end, he gritted his teeth and urged his chariot to head in the direction where the swarm of ants were closing in on Alex’s entourage.
"Prepare to break through by force!" Alex ordered his knights. "I will lead the charge! Nessia, with me. Damian, you will cover the rear!"
"Yes!" Nessia replied.
"Understood, Your Majesty!" Damian answered.
However, before Alex could force his way through, something unexpected happened.
A chariot covered in black lightning bulldozed against the ant swarm, creating a gap in their encirclement.
"What are you waiting for?" Reverse Vaan said after stopping several meters away from Alex. "Escape now!"
"Thank you, Vaan!" Alex held Nessia’s waist with his left hand. At the same time, he used his right hand to urge his Hippogriff to fly through the path Vaan had made for them.
The ants tried to close the gap, but Reverse Vaan once again charged fearlessly against the swarm, buying Alex some more time to escape.
A few minutes later, the swarm finally retreated, making everyone sigh in relief.
"Thank you, Vaan." Alex once again thanked their savior, who only looked back at him with a solemn gaze.
"Mmm." Reverse Vaan nodded. "You be careful now."
Without another word, he urged his chariot to fly eastwards to resume his mission.
While Vaan looked calm on the surface, he was actually reeling from shock.
’A-Alex thanked me?!’ Vaan was still reeling from the shock of being thanked by the most fearsome and most dangerous existence in his world.
The Alex he knew never thanked anyone. Even his lovers had to throw themselves at him before he gave them the time of day.
But even then, no words of gratitude ever escaped his lips.
’Latifa was right.’ Reverse Vaan held the reins of his chariot a little tighter. ’This world’s Alex is different from ours.’
It was then that he started to hesitate whether he should continue his mission or not.
The real reason why Vaan crossed to Arcana was because Reverse Alex had given him a mission. He had to build a magical formation at the east of Hy-Brasil, where the influence of the world was weakest.
Using that formation, Reverse Alex would forcefully create a crack in the dimension, allowing him to cross over to Hy-Brasil.
As for what Reverse Alex was planning, Reverse Vaan had no idea. But knowing him, it definitely wasn’t a good thing.
"If possible, delay the creation of the magical formation."
That was what Reverse Latifa secretly told him before he crossed over to this world. Among Reverse Alex’s lovers, she was the one who accompanied him most often whenever he went out.
This made Reverse Vaan wonder if delaying the creation of the magical formation would benefit the Alex of this world or not.
’He’s the type that will kill even at the slightest grievances.’ Reverse Vaan frowned. ’However, a little delay shouldn’t hurt.’
After all, this was the first time Alex had thanked Vaan for his help.
Although he knew that the Alex of this world was different from the Alex of his world, those words of gratitude were enough for Reverse Vaan to have a good impression of the young man.
As Vaan headed to the eastern side of the kingdom, Alex and Nessia wondered why Vaan had left instead of joining their group.
"He might have a reason for leaving us," Nessia said calmly.
"You’re probably right," Alex replied.
Just like them, Reverse Vaan looked like he was in his mid-twenties, so Alex thought that he was simply affected by the Trial of the Hermit.
Now that they understood that going south without bringing an army was a fool’s errand, they now planned on heading back to the capital city of the Kingdom of Faelarun in order to form a subjugation force.
The fact that Charles, who went by the name Ganelon, was the older brother of King Aetherion, meant that this matter would not end smoothly.
If possible, he would like to gather the rest of his club members, who were still scattered somewhere throughout the world.
However, a part of him was also afraid.
Afraid that if he met them, they would also be similar to Charles, whose body had already been taken over by the Synchronization Rate.
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