Chapter 9: I have a friend

Early morning of the next day.

Alex woke up in his big bed and looked at the empty space next to him.

"And I'm wondering when I'll wake up with a little beauty."

"I should have picked up Jean last night to continue discussing the future of mutants."

Maybe the Phoenix's not-yet-awakened power would be able to withstand his own Silver Great Supertel?

I should have told Jean about it last night, just to have something to talk about.

What Alex didn't know was how much such a casual conversation would change mutants in the future.

Of course, all this was later.

After getting up and washing up, Alex made himself breakfast and went to the roof.

Basking in the sun, he enjoyed his breakfast.

Meanwhile.

At Gwen's house.

Gwen, who had also just woken up, came downstairs with a worried expression on her face.

George, who was looking through the newspaper, noticed a change in Gwen's mood.

"What's the matter? My big lady."

"Nothing, I just studied too late last night and didn't sleep well."

Gwen knew that she shouldn't tell George about such things, he would only make trouble worse, and there was nothing he could do to help.

And the fewer people who know about such things, the better.

After breakfast, Gwen put on her school bag: "Dad, Mom."

"I'm going to be a little late today, you don't have to wait for me until I'm done."

With these words, she ran out of the house, George did not have time to say anything.

George smiled proudly, "Of course my daughter follows me."

After leaving the house, Gwen took a deep breath and looked at her hands.

She tried her hand last night.

She was almost like a spider!

"That dream, was it real?"

Gwen thought again about the dream she had when she lost consciousness, about the dream of turning into a big spider.

For a girl, turning into such an ugly monster was much scarier than acquiring some strange superpowers.

Stopping the taxi on the side of the road, Gwen pointed out where she needed to go.

Gwen couldn't find anyone to talk to about the changes in her body.

Until she remembered Alex.

Soon the taxi pulled up to Alex's house, Gwen immediately paid and got out.

Already approaching the house, Gwen felt that she had become a little weaker.

It wasn't a very obvious feeling, but it was definitely present.

"Maybe there's something wrong with my body again?"

Raising her hand, she prepared to ring Alex's doorbell.

"It was only a matter of time before I came to bother him again."

"Will Alex think that I am a girl who is too annoying?"

"Will Alex kick me out if he finds out I'm going to turn into a monster?"

Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, Gwen was lost in thought, wondering how she was going to tell Alex what she was here for.

If she's too direct, Alex will kick her out and won't listen.

If she is too delicate, she will seem too deliberate to Alex.

But if she hadn't gone to Alex, she wouldn't have known what to do with this strange turn of events alone.

"Ahhhh~~"

Gwen grabbed her hair, and for a moment, without a fraction of rage, she said.

"Why don't we go look for the others."

Suddenly Gwen was illuminated by a flash of light: "That's right, others!"

"I just need to tell Mr. Alex that my friend is in trouble and see what Mr. Alex responds!"

"Yes, that's right!"

Gwen couldn't help but approve of her resourcefulness.

Having come up with an excuse, she calmly rang the doorbell of Alex's house.

Alex, who was sunbathing on the roof, heard the doorbell ring and picked up the phone lying next to him.

Intercom function.

"Hi, Alex, it's me."

"I'd like to talk to you about something, can I come in, please?"

"Of course, the door is not locked. I'm on the roof, in the sun, come up to me."

"Good."

After hanging up the phone, Alex continued to bask in the sun.

Although he didn't know what Gwen wanted from him.

But it was nice that an attractive girl came to sunbathe with him.

Soon Gwen appeared on the roof.

Looking at Alex, who was sunbathing lying on the roof, she immediately smiled and greeted: "Hello."

"Good morning, have a seat."

There were two more chaise lounges next to Alex.

Gwen didn't use these deck chairs anywhere except on the beach.

Seeing Gwen sit down, Alex continued to say, "The morning sun is most comfortable."

"Let's lie together in the sun for a while."

"Yes?"

It was something Gwen hadn't really expected.

But since Alex said so, Gwen did what she was told and lay down, and as soon as she did, she felt warmth all over her body.

Gwen couldn't help but stretch.

At the same time, she let out a groan: "Mmm~ so convenient!".

The sound made Alex exclaim.

He didn't expect such a sound from Gwen to be so good.

Gwen, on the other hand, did not feel anything wrong and, correcting her posture, spoke: "Alex, I came to you because I have a few questions for you."

Obviously, Gwen had not forgotten about the purpose of the trip.

Alex asked curiously, "What's the question?".

Gwen adjusted her tone and tried to pretend that it didn't concern her.

"The thing is, I have a friend who has been having a little trouble lately."

Hmm?

From a friend?

Alex was intrigued.

Usually, when you start a story with such a phrase, nine times out of ten it was about yourself.

And here, it seems, it was about her.

"Hmm~ And what kind of trouble did your friend get into?"

Gwen's heart lit up with joy.

She really was resourceful enough to come up with such a good reason.

She didn't know that Alex had already figured out her little trick.

"This is my friend who recently acquired something that does not belong to her, and she is afraid that it will bring her misfortune."

"But in this case there is no way to throw it away."

"What should my friend do?"

"It sounds very complicated, could you clarify what exactly this thing is?"

Alex asked with interest.

The question confused Gwen.

There was no way out!

Now it had to be half true and half false.

"This is..."

"Superpowers!"

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