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"Little White! Why are you running so fast? Ahhh—two Little Whites?!"
A red-haired little girl with a pair of small wings on her back burst onto the scene.
The moment she saw Kevin, she froze on the spot.
You couldn't really blame Tribbie—those two looked way too similar.
"Little White, do you have an older brother?"
Tribbie quickly worked out which one was Phainon.
The Samoyed was her Little White, while that unfamiliar Kevin was unbearably cold, like a walking block of ice.
"No. His name is Kevin. We only just met," Phainon said, shaking his head.
"We're from Janusopolis. I'm Tribbie, and this is Little White. You should already know him," Tribbie introduced herself.
"So cute~"
Elysia fell for her at first sight—she practically wanted to eat this adorable little thing up.
Feeling Elysia's burning gaze, Tribbie couldn't help taking a few steps back.
Her intuition screamed at her: this Elysia is "dangerous."
Phainon's lips twitched. The feeling grew stronger and stronger—this was just like Cyrene.
Back then, Cyrene had teased the girls of the Garden of Yuril in exactly this way.
"If I'm not mistaken, you're from beyond the heavens, aren't you?" Phainon pointed upward.
"Fire Moth Travel Group, reporting in!"
Koji casually came up with a name on the spot. From now on, he'd be the president of a Transworld Travel Agency, with multiple tour groups under his banner.
Elysia and the others didn't pay much attention to the name, but when Phainon and Tribbie heard the key phrase "Fire Moth," they both paused.
Coincidence?
Forget it. Now wasn't the time to ask about that.
"Kid, can you fight?" Kalpas asked, aura surging as he stepped forward.
The violent killing intent made Phainon feel as if he were standing before a wild beast. Every one of his senses went on high alert. This was a dangerous man.
"Want to have a spar?" Phainon drew a sword—simple, plain, nothing special about it.
"Interesting. I hope you've got strength on par with Kevin," Kalpas said, voice coming from behind his mask, full of interest.
Straightforward—no wishy-washy nonsense.
"Little White, these people are guests! How can you start throwing punches at guests the moment they arrive!" Tribbie scolded sternly, hands on her hips.
"Kalpas, please don't fight."
Aponia invoked her rules. How could they start brawling right after meeting?
"Ah↗-po↘-ni↑-a↓…"
Kalpas glared at Aponia. That annoying discipline of hers—again.
Phainon looked seriously at the nun named Aponia. Just now, he had sensed a special power from her—
the Thorn-Crowned Sovereign.
"Come with us, visitors from afar," Tribbie said.
They arrived at Okhema and were brought straight before Gold-weaver Aglaea.
Even with most of her humanity stripped away, Aglaea couldn't help staring when she sensed Kevin's face and presence.
How could anyone possess such overwhelming power?
"Please be 'honest,' outsiders. For what purpose have you come here?"
Golden threads wound around them. Through these threads, Aglaea could perceive the truthfulness of their answers.
Koji's expression turned strange.
He knew she'd lost much of her human nature—but to just pull out this kind of test right away…
Aglaea, you're really bold.
"Hahaha! You're just as annoying as Aponia!" Kalpas laughed heartily. Flames roared off him, heating the air as he tore through the golden threads.
Kalpas activated Man-Made Collapse.
The battle-mad Flame-Chaser rampaged like a wild beast, his brutal, feral aura making Aglaea and the others feel as if they were suffocating.
"Hahahaha! Run as much as you can!"
Boom!
Mydei appeared, swinging a golden fist straight into the enraged Kalpas—only to be overwhelmed in an instant. The unstoppable force sent him flying, and Mydei was genuinely shocked.
Where did this monster come from?
"Agya… they're not enemies. There's no need to do something like this."
Tribbie knew Aglaea had overplayed her hand. On this journey of the Flame Chasers, making more enemies was the last thing they needed.
"Friend or foe—choose."
Calamity's End slid from its sheath. Kevin looked at them calmly.
Their attitude so far had shown no goodwill—and they still expected everyone to sit down and talk things out?
"..."
Compared to Kalpas, the pressure Kevin exuded was even more terrifying—a strength greater than anything they had ever felt, an absolute, overwhelming power.
"Mydei, stand down," Aglaea sighed helplessly, making her decision.
"You're strong. I hope we get the chance to fight again," Mydei said, wiping the golden blood from the corner of his mouth.
It had been even more exhilarating than sparring with Phainon.
A real man's fight should be fist against fist.
Right now he couldn't beat Kalpas. Only after becoming a demigod would he be able to stand against him.
"You're not bad yourself," Kalpas said, acknowledging Mydei.
You could tell what kind of man someone was from the collision of fists.
This one was upright and straightforward.
"See? There was no need to go that far. We can talk things out just fine," Elysia said.
"Aglaea, testing others only works when your strength is roughly equal—or when we're clearly weaker than you," Koji said.
Aglaea sighed. She knew she had misjudged them.
"My apologies."
"It's fine. Just a misunderstanding," Elysia replied.
Pardofelis fussed over her tail; the fur had puffed up completely just now.
Aglaea stared at Pardofelis for a moment, dazed. She looked so much like Cipher—both had cat ears and a cat tail.
"Why are you staring at me?" Pardofelis scratched her head.
Something felt off. The way Aglaea was looking at her… it was like how someone stared at their own house cat.
"Could it be," Pardofelis asked curiously, "that there's someone here who looks a lot like me?"
"Mhm."
Aglaea nodded. There really was someone very similar to Pardofelis.
Tribbie studied Pardofelis as well—she really did look a lot like Cipher.
They just didn't know yet that Pardofelis loved hoarding goods. If they did, they'd think the two cats were even more alike.
"I'm Aglaea, a demigod of romance," Aglaea introduced herself.
Kevin raised an eyebrow.
They hadn't seen where the "romance" part was supposed to be. To them, she barely felt human at all.
"Agya only seems inhuman because of her own flaws," Tribbie explained.
"You shall bathe once more in warm, radiant gold," Aponia murmured to Aglaea.
"?!"
Aglaea's eyes widened, a spark of humanity returning.
How did this stranger know her final prophecy?
"No need to be so surprised," Koji said. "Aponia's eyes can see a person's fate."
Aponia turned to Tribbie.
"You shall shatter into a thousand pieces and wither upon foreign soil."
Tribbie fell silent. That prophecy was close to fully coming true.
Now, there were only three of them left: herself, Trianne, and Trinnon.
Aponia looked at Mydei.
"One day, wings will sprout from your back, and you shall die bearing wounds upon it."
Then Aponia turned to Phainon.
"From the many, you shall part from all—but one alone shall behold a miracle. Thus does fate decree…"
Mydei: "..."
Phainon: "..."
Every single prophecy fit them perfectly.
This woman was really something else.
Could there truly be someone who could see destiny so clearly?
(End of Chapter)
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