Alex and Wanda spent an hour or so browsing through various shops, occasionally grabbing random snacks. Wanda bought outfits for herself and even a few things for Alex before the two of them decided to have lunch. With that done, their next destination was the Colosseum. Unlike before, however, Alex and Wanda shifted from their obscure state and revealed their true forms. Now adorned in far more regal matching attire than their previous casual one, the two of them took their seats inside the Roman-style pulvinar, where they had a full view of the events within.
"I hate all this posturing," Wanda said tiredly, though her outward expression remained an impassive one, possessing an attitude of looking down on everything. After all, while they were seated in a much more comfortable spot than the stands, they were visible to almost all of the spectators.
"Just think of us having sex in this room in the middle of a popular match," Alex said. "That should be enough to keep you distracted."
"What am I? A child?" She sounded offended as her face reddened. "You dangle a candy in front of my face and expect me to drop everything?"
"It usually works," Alex said, glancing at her. "Or would you like a more practical demonstration?"
"I wouldn't mind," Wanda said, glancing at him with a suggestive look as she licked her lips.
Alex clicked his tongue in annoyance. Unlike his other hosts, Wanda had a very intimate awareness of his use of Chaos energy. Just like earlier in the day, she couldn't be bothered with the presence of anyone else around her no matter her state. Solely because she was aware that no one could perceive her existence during those times.
"Thought so," she said. "Now how about you add some padding over my chest?"
Alex glanced at Wanda's intricate red gown with complex gold embroidery all over it that made her look like literal royalty, his eyes stopping at her chest, where the outlines of her nipples were faintly visible through the gown. If anything, the embroidery only seemed to further emphasize the outline.
"You're good," he said. "If I removed the bands now, you wouldn't be able to do anything for the rest of our date."
"I knew it, you are using Bioenergy on my nipples," she said. "It seems I'll have to stay topless for a few days after today. Woe is me…"
"Wouldn't that be a sight," Alex said with a smile as the image of Wanda walking around their house topless as she did mundane things flashed through his mind.
"Hm?" Wanda frowned, looking up at the sky. "I sense satellites all over the lower Earth orbit of this planet. They appeared through some kind of spatial warping. They don't seem hostile, but I don't want to risk it."
"Please don't destroy them," Alex said. "Even with my resources, it took a month to manufacture and deploy hundreds of satellites to another Earth."
"And who was going to tell me that they were your satellites, huh?" She asked.
"I thought you could sense it from our connection," Alex said. "I just activated the Space Stone."
"Yeah, I did," she said. "But hearing it from you in words would be nice every once in a while. Just because we can sense most of what the other is doing doesn't mean we can stop talking."
"You are growing more and more troublesome by the day. Do you realize that?"
"Yeah?" She asked with a smug smirk. "So what? You gonna leave me?"
"No, I'm just going to discipline you tonight," Alex said. "And for that little comment, I'm going to make sure to drill a special dose of obedience into you."
"I guess I can only look forward to it…" Wanda said, a mix of anticipation and wariness on her face. "What are the satellites for though?"
"My Infinity Stone detector device," Alex said. "The satellites will cover the planet and find me every single Infinity Stone, no matter where it is."
"Weren't you making a radar?" Wanda asked. "Like from Dragon Ball…"
"There were complications," Alex said. "Packing all that machinery into a small device was going to be more of a hassle than it was worth. Plus, this way, I will immediately know the exact locations of all of the stones on this planet."
"I could've helped," she said, turning to look up at him. "I know a spell to make things smaller without affecting their properties."
"I know you could've helped," Alex said, putting his arm around her shoulder and patting her head, letting his fingers flow through her hair. "But it's unnecessary. I don't have any plans of going into planets with a radar as I search for Infinity Stones anymore. It would be risky now that I'm being targeted. I can only tank so many Cosmic Cubes—hm…"
Wanda was smiling blissfully, enjoying herself before pausing as she noticed Alex's reaction. "What is it?"
"This planet has three stones," he said. "That's quite a surprise."
"Is it? Whoever they are, with me here, they have to be wary," Wanda said. "I'm quite a dangerous person, you know?"
"That you are," Alex nodded. "My Wanda's certainly the most powerful and the most dangerous."
"Hmm," she almost purred as Alex continued patting her head.
At the same time, he called upon a certain someone mentally.
Within a second, a woman with almost glowing silver hair appeared in front of him. Dressed in a tight-fitting catsuit that showed off plenty of her cleavage, she lowered her head, further emphasizing the view.
"Apex," she greeted respectfully. "What do you need me to do?"
"How has your little group been, Felicia?" Alex asked. "Any new heists?"
"Nothing significant enough for me to concern you with, sir," she said, a sultry smile on her face. "They are still in training."
"There are three stones spread across this planet," Alex said. "Two are in highly secure government facilities, and the third is buried in the ruins of Atlantis. I need you to retrieve them for me. I'll put up the task on the mission board as well, along with the designated reward."
"I understand," she nodded. "Thank you for the heads up."
"If your performance is good enough, I will have an extra reward for you," Alex said.
"That kind of reward?" Her expression turned suggestive at his words as she brought her arms closer, pressing her breasts between them to emphasize them further.
"Fuck off," Wanda suddenly snorted and waved her hand as Felicia disappeared entirely.
"Hon," Alex blinked before sighing. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Wanda said casually. "Her attitude annoyed me."
"You do know the kind of relationship I have with her, right?"
"Knowing and seeing are different," Wanda said. "Keep your sex toys out of my sight, and we'll be good."
"Fine, you can just make it up to me tonight," Alex sighed.
"Gladly," Wanda suddenly smiled sweetly and kissed Alex's cheek. "I know my actions step on your authority and image, but you have to admit, she was being horribly disrespectful to me."
"Yeah… That's also on me. We don't really have any protocol on how to interact with our quote-unquote subjects in an official setting," Alex said. "It doesn't help that every time she sees you, you've been half-asleep while clinging to me."
"Since she's the only one for now, I'll leave it be," Wanda said. "But if there are going to be more, you have to handle things better. I will not have these sluts seducing you right in front of my face without so much as a greeting to me. Letting them live is already something I'm reluctantly doing."
"I'll keep that in mind," Alex smiled, bringing his focus back to the fight in front of them as Wanda did the same. Though she was quickly bored due to the sheer simplicity of the magic they were using. Alex continued patting her hair as she closed her eyes and put her head on his shoulder, humming comfortably.
How troublesome. If you keep acting like this during every public appearance, how am I supposed to build any prestige for you? Everyone considers you to be nothing more than a figurehead.
Alex didn't say anything to Wanda about it and remotely gave Felicia the locations of the stones along with a containment spell to handle them since directly coming into contact with one was bound to kill her. He then put the same information up on the mission board with generous rewards of Chaos authority and Apex credits.
That would give her enough pressure to get things done as soon as possible to stay in his good graces.
With that done, all he had to do was wait for results. As for someone stealing them from him, he had no such concerns. If a truly capable external force wanted to steal them, Alex wouldn't have found any signs of the stones on this planet in the first place. As for his own people, that was even less of a concern. Wanda had absolute control over their powers and could sever them from the Source of Chaos at any time.
As the battle concluded, Alex and Wanda vanished from their spot to continue their date.
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