The Herta Worries; The IPC Has Deep Pockets / IPC Employee: "Getting Sent to Belobog for a Business Trip Is Such a Blessing!" ...

Himeko answered March 7th while rising with the great Herta and Ruan Mei beside her, walking over to the carriage's observation window. Even Dan Heng and Welt came over as well; after all, chances to see an Aeon up close with one's own eyes were exceedingly rare in the universe.

It could be said that the mere chance to behold an Aeon in person would ensure no small number of people would try every possible means to come to the star system where Jarilo-VI was located in the future.

"We did analyze it that way, yes. After all, the core concept of Eternity is unchanging continuity. Therefore, after the Aeon of Eternity was born, not only did they never leave the star system where they came into being, they almost never took any action at all. That does indeed accord with the Path concept of unchangingness within Eternity."

Arriving by the observation window, the great Herta and Ruan Mei carefully studied the vast golden celestial body in the distant starry region, suspended amid the sea of stars, while Herta picked up where Himeko had left off and spoke.

"There's an explanation like that too? But if it's really like Madam Herta said, shouldn't the Aeon of Eternity remain completely inactive and unresponsive no matter what happens? Why did they take action during that previous Propagation revival incident?"

After hearing Himeko and the great Herta's explanation, March 7th asked again, looking a little dazed.

"Silly. An Aeon is an Aeon, a Path is a Path, and an ideology is an ideology. An Aeon is only practicing their own ideology and opening a Path through it; it's not as if they've truly and completely turned into the ideology itself. They still have their own thoughts. Under those circumstances, if someone prepares a