The Messenger of Death

"Why not?" Alex blurted out.

"You are not strong enough," Nana stated the obvious.

"If you roam about here and cause trouble, you wouldn't be able to save yourself. This plain realm is different from the lower plain realm. The monsters there, compared to the ones here, are all domesticated.

The ones here are the real monsters. You can mistakenly stumble into the territory of a monster and get killed or maybe eaten too."

Nana gave her reason why she refused to let him go alone.

"It's better that you wait for me to be done. That way, you can do what you want and I won't interfere unless your life is at stake." She finished.

['She right, we are not strong enough to roam this plain realm alone.'] Alex thought.

['Maybe, she's half right and half wrong. I mean it's not like there aren't cultivators weaker than us here. The only difference is that they know the terrains of the ordain plain realm and we don't. All we need is a guide.'] Al pointed out.

['Al is right, Nana is just being overprotective at the moment… which is kinda cute.'] Lex mentioned the last part softly. He sounded like a shy girl confessing her feelings.

['I'll pretend like I didn't just hear that.'] Alex responded.

['Wah!? It's the truth though. She's cute.'] He repeated, but this time with more confidence behind his voice.

Alex sighed internally. ['If you say so Lex.'] Alex refused to argue about that with Lex.

['So what now, Al, are you going to tell her that she's wrong, by yourself?'] Alex asked.

['What the hell man!? Just because I said that she was wrong doesn't mean that I want to tell her that she's wrong. I was just letting you know that she's wrong. Do you have a death wish!?'] Al snapped at Alex because of what he asked.

Al was a bit scared of Nana, but he wouldn't openly admit it.

['Pussy, hmph!'] Alex scoffed.

"Are you that sad that I don't want to give you that freedom?" Nana arched a brow as she questioned.

Hearing her question, Alex just realized what he had done that out loud and not in his head.

['Sh*t.'] He exclaimed.

['You freaking retard!'] Al insulted.

Alex didn't know what answer to give to her.

Jacob who had been listening to Alex and Nana's conversation decided to intervene and try redeeming the brownie points that he lost from Nana, and also try to earn more. And for this, he planned on using Alex to make it happen.

'If I can help her disciple and get on his good side, he can help me put a good word in with her and help me redeem myself in her eyes.

The mistress seems to love her disciple very much, he even calls her Nana. Although we messed up not long ago, this is the universe giving me a chance to redeem myself.' Jacob thought.

"Mistress Ice, how about I be of help to you and your disciple for this problem that the two of you are facing." Jacob intervened.

"Ohh, and how exactly do you plan on doing that?" Nana asked.

"How about I go with your disciple as he explores the ordain plain realm?" Jacob volunteered.

"Yess!!" Alex agreed quickly.

"No, that won't do. I need you for what I want to do here." Nana refused his offer.

"What!?" Alex exclaimed.

"Ohh, then how about one of the senior masters here go with him? One of the 24 that came to greet you." Jacob suggested.

"That would be great." Alex felt relief wash over him.

"That won't do too, I need them to complete other tasks for me," Nana uttered lazily as she flipped the braided strands of her hair over her shoulder.

She then looked elsewhere.

"Nana!!" Alex shouted.

"What!? I didn't do anything, I am serious. I have tasks that I need them to complete too." She insisted with an innocent look on her face.

"Can't you just wait for me to be done first?" She asked.

She sounded like she was jealous. And in truth, Nana didn't need that many people to complete the task that she had in mind. However, she wanted to spend some time with her disciple.

So Jacob wasn't solving the problem but making it worse for her.

Alex frowned at Nana. "Don't look at me like that or I'll drop you." She frowned back at him.

They were still floating in the air and Nana was the one holding Alex's weight.

Alex sighed and used two of his fingers on his left hand to massage his eyebrows.

"How long will it take you to finish what you're here to do?" Alex asked.

"At least 2 weeks."

"2 weeks!? C'mon, that's too long." Alex complained.

"How about my disciples, the two of them are a rank-9 sky realm cultivator. With their skills and abilities, the two of them should be able to guard and act as a guide for your disciple." Jacob interjected once again.

'This short fool, why is he so persistent? Can't he take a hint!?' Nana fumed in her mind.

She glared at Jacob for a second before she turned her gaze to Alex who was waiting for her answer to Jacob's new suggestion.

'I can't use the same excuse for this, if I do, he's going to think that I don't want to give him freedom.' She closed her eyes and prepared herself to let him go with Jacob's disciples acting as his guides and guards.

"Okay then, sure. You can go with them." Nana sighed.

"Great!" Alex exclaimed.

"Let me summon my disciples here," Jacob said with a smile on his face.

Nana looked at Jacob.

"You persistent cockroach, if anything happens to my disciple. Even if it's a hair that's out of place or his saliva that is out of place, I'll kill you and destroy this whole sect. Including the disciples of this sect." Nana transmitted to Jacob's ears, so he was the only one that heard what she said.

Jacob felt chills run down his spine as he heard her threat. He knew that Nana didn't give empty threats and if a hair on her disciple's head is out of place, she would really carry out her threat.

He bowed to her before he left to get his disciples.

"You, why are you so eager and adamant about exploring the ordain plain realm this early, is there somewhere that you want to go to?" Nana questioned.

"Not really, I just want to explore. That's all." Alex answered and looked away. He didn't want to tell her about the Midas flower and how he is able to track its position.

"Fine keep it to yourself, just don't get too wild and offend people that you can't deal with. Wait till I'm done, I'll come to find you by myself." Nana went closer to Alex and tried to tap his head.

"Don't touch my head, it feels weird. At least don't do it in front of so many people." Alex looked around once again and saw the crowd of people that were looking up at them.

Nana chuckled. "Okay, I won't touch your head. Instead, I'll do this." Her hands reached his cheeks and she pinched them. He quickly slapped her hands off his cheeks.

"Be a good boy." Nana finished and sent him to the ground gently.

As he approached the ground, the crowd made way for him to land.

It was only after Alex touched the ground that he noticed the way the disciples of the Sword Heaven were dressed.

They all wore white samurai robes, and all of them had swords or a katana, hanging on their waist.

He noticed something peculiar about their weapons, the helms and sheaths had similar colors.

['Don't tell me that their method of distinction is similar to that of severance academy.'] Alex thought.

['Even if it is similar, it's still better than the severance academy's style. They use the color of their swords to differentiate between realms.'] Al mentioned.

['But that damn academy will have you wear prison clothes, despicable.'] He added.

['You still haven't let go of that?'] Alex asked.

['Yes, their fashion sense scarred my mind.'] Al defended.

The disciples around had a lot to say, but none of them dared to say a word because they were scared of offending Nana.

Although they don't know who she is, they could tell that she wasn't to be disrespected. Even their senior masters have to be docile around her.

"Young master," Jacob arrived above Alex and bowed in the air. "These are my disciples, Bobby and Klein."

-Whoosh!

Two individuals in white samurai robes appeared in front of Alex. "We brothers offer our greetings to the young master." The two individuals that appeared in front of Alex, placed their fists in their palm.

"I'm bobby." The tallest amongst the two that appeared, introduced.

He had a lean build but his aura emitted strong vibes. Oval handsome face, and a sword with red sheath and helm.

"My name is Klein." The second guy was introduced. He was shorter than Bobby and he had a red head band tied around how his head, the same color of sheath he had for his sword.

He too was a good looking, young man and he also had a strong aura…