Filis was one of the most bizarre rulers I had ever met. She looked like a queen, but she was actually a peddler. Sometimes she seemed calm and wise, but she was actually a peddler. She bore the burden of an entire people, but she was actually a peddler. She... was actually a peddler. If the Macro World had a Bizarre Emperors Ranking List, Filis would definitely rank among the top three and hold her title for life...
The biggest difficulty in communicating with Filis was this: whenever I intended to discuss serious business, she would veer off into speculation and profiteering. Of course, the reverse was also true: whenever Filis talked about serious business, who knew where I might wander off to...
"Oh, so you're interested in this stone!" Sandora explained a little before Filis finally understood why she had been brought here. Her eyes immediately lit up as she looked at the meteorite that had been cut into several pieces. "Could this really be a treasure? I thought everything I dug up was junk... Ah, I mean, we didn't know how valuable these stones were either."
I gave Filis a silent look. "Don't try that with me. Everyone knows you knew perfectly well that what you dug up was worthless rock found everywhere in the universe. Let me make this clear: this meteorite isn't worth much either, but the thing inside it is the culprit that got you chased across four quadrants by the Fallen Apostles: that black lump in your hand."
Filis had been curiously studying the black, hard substance (?) we had cut from the meteorite sample. At my words, she instantly jumped as if burned and flung the black lump far away. Tawell's Mass Projection saw this and hurried to save an important relic from