"Please, have some tea."
Aqua set a cup of freshly brewed hot tea before Chris. Perhaps because this mansion rarely received visitors, the Goddess seemed to find the occasion quite novel.
"Th... thank you..."
Chris, who had been treated so casually when Fang Li had seen her at the Adventurer's Guild before, now looked somewhat restrained. She picked up the tea, only for her expression to immediately stiffen.
Noticing Chris's expression, Fang Li glanced at the tea in her cup and gave a wry smile.
The Black Tea, which should have had a lovely color, had somehow become completely transparent.
That was no longer Black Tea. It was just ordinary hot water.
"Don't tell me Aqua accidentally touched the tea and purified it?"
No matter how hopeless she was, she was still the Goddess of Water and possessed extraordinarily powerful purification abilities. Even merely touching water was enough for her to purify it.
Who knew how many times the Magic Potions in Wiz's shop had been purified because Aqua touched them carelessly? A cup of tea was nothing by comparison.
Unfortunately, Chris didn't know that.
For a first-time visitor, being served tea only to receive hot water instead—it wouldn't be strange for her to suspect she wasn't welcome, would it?
Just as Fang Li was about to explain, Chris acted as though she didn't care in the slightest and drained the hot water in her cup in one gulp.
"Not bad. It tastes great."
Chris then responded to Aqua with a stiff smile.
Fang Li immediately stopped.
Why did Chris seem a little strange around Aqua?
As Fang Li pondered this, Aqua nodded in satisfaction.
"You know what you're doing. It's fine if you praise me some more, you know?"
After saying that so shamelessly, Aqua revealed an expression that