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In the end, Ais did not enter the dungeon. Instead, she followed Noah and sat down with him on a bench beside the fountain in Central Plaza. They actually started chatting.
Noah asked Ais about the Hestia Familia's recent situation.
However, Ais basically knew nothing when asked.
That was because, over the past month, the girl had been holed up in the Loki Familia's headquarters, training Crush Magic. She had no spare energy to care about what was happening outside.
Ais, meanwhile, asked Noah what he had gained from the dungeon over the past month.
Unfortunately, not long after Noah entered the dungeon, he had directly left this world. He had not returned until today, and upon returning, he had immediately left the dungeon. What gains could he possibly have had?
So, Noah casually brushed her off with a few words, easily steering the innocent and kind Ais away from the question.
At that moment, Ais studied Noah, tilted her head, and said in a somewhat puzzled voice.
"I feel like you're different from before."
"Really?" Noah raised a brow and asked curiously.
"What exactly is different?"
"...I can't explain it." Ais furrowed her delicate brows. After hesitating for a while, she spoke timidly.
"You feel much more noble than before?"
When Ais put it that way, Noah understood somewhat.
Was it because he had obtained the Lingge of the Third Perpetual Motion Machine?
Before obtaining a Lingge, Noah had merely been human. Even though he possessed tremendous power and was essentially a fragment of the Starting World, since the world had given birth to Noah as a human, he had always been human.
But after