Alex sighed as he looked at Max celebrating too early.
He shook his head and he saw the smile on Max's face disappear looking at Max looked at him.
So, Alex spoke up.
"Why do you think no one has ever been able to catch those guys?" Alex asked Max in a questioning tone.
Max remained silent as he heard Alex's words.
'Why....?' Max didn't know the answer.
Well, he knew that they were slippery and maybe they had some sort of skill or something, but he didn't know anything for sure.
"You don't know, do you?" Alex asked again and Max shook his head.
"Neither do I," Alex added, but his words made Max stare blankly at him, just like Damien and Grace.
Alice and Ann on the other hand just tried to suppress their giggle as they knew if it got out then the serious situation that had been building up would break down.
"What? Do you think I know everything or what?
If I knew the reason why no one could catch them, then I would've already caught them by now...."
Alex just shrugged off the dead stare from Grace, Max, and Damien.
"But I do know one thing," Alex continued, and Max, Grace, and Damien, although still speechless about the last answer they got from Alex, wore a serious expression and focused on Alex's words.
"They know their limits."
Alex could see that Max, Grace, and Damien didn't get it so he added.
"Till now, they had never provoked a strong force or someone with too much power, and they always played safe, but now they attack us, and they leave a clear clue of their involvement," Alex looked at Max who had his eyes widened.
"What do you think it is?" Alex questioned.
"..... Trap," Max muttered in a low voice.
"Yes, it is a trap, and they most probably have something strong enough to take care of us all prepared for us, and although I have confidence in my strength, I still don't like taking risks so I would rather not go there right now."
Alex spoke but he then added.
"This is why I advised you against it, but if you still want to go then I won't stop you," In the end, Alex just shrugged.
"Good," Alex nodded as well.
"As for the help you wanted from us, just tell us what you want help with," Alex spoke, and Max nodded before he started explaining.
Max told them about the things he wanted their help with, and it was not something serious or very hard, so Alex, Alice, and Ann collectively agreed to it.
The meeting continued for a while as they discussed some topics from here and there.
The barrier around Lily was removed and she could finally hear the chats.
Lily knew that she was in a barrier as Alex had already explained to her what a barrier was and how it worked, but she didn't say anything and just enjoyed her treats.
She had started to adapt to any situation, so she understood that she was prevented from hearing whatever was happening because they didn't want her to hear it.
They chatted for a while before Damien went ahead to bake some more cakes for them as he had some ideas to make his dishes better after the note Alex gave him.
The note that Alex gave him was about the points that could be improved in the dished he makes.
Alex just pointed out the mistakes in one dish, but it was based on the cooking style or pattern that Damien followed so improving those pints would help him improve his overall cooking or baking.
As they were waiting for Damien to bring the cake he was baking when Alex suddenly remembered Noctura.
He sighed inwardly as he was really missing her even if it had just been a week since she had gone away.
[She must be done with her hunt by the time you land in Orange Country, you just need to go and pick her up from there.]
Sophia reminded and Alex's face brightened.
'Now that I think about it, yeah, I can just go and pick her up.'
A light smile graced Alex's lips as he thought about Noctura, and Alice and Ann, who saw him smiled as well.
They didn't know the reason behind the smile but looking at Alex smiling gently as he stared into nothingness, it was not hard for them to think who he must be thinking about.
After all, there were only three entities who could make Alex show that expression, excluding Lily as she was just a child, a child that Alex felt an unknown connection with.
'Noctura...' X2
They both thought as they smiled as well.
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