After that, everyone continued listening to the story of Amphoreus's past. Aside from the fact that the bathhouse spirit spoke in a girlish voice like Tribbie's and addressed them as if they were obedient little children, making it hard for everyone to keep a straight face, the story itself was quite good.
About half a system hour later, as the bathhouse spirit finished speaking, everyone rose to their feet.
Aglaea watched everyone stand up with a smile, though her expression was somewhat complicated.
She had originally intended to wrap Theresa and the others in golden threads to determine whether they were lying or harbored any ill will toward Amphoreus.
But after merely entertaining the thought, Theresa smiled and glanced at her. That single look made every pore on Aglaea's body stand on end, and a terrifying premonition warned her not to do anything stupid!
Thus, Aglaea could only suppress the thought in a panic and instead treat the Stellaron Hunters in a friendlier, gentler manner.
The humanity that had long lain dormant within her was completely stirred awake at that moment, making her expression seem unfamiliar to Castorice.
Because Castorice had never seen Aglaea show fear before. Yet in that instant, she clearly caught the fleeting panic on Aglaea's face.
"Aglaea, are you all right?"
Castorice slowly walked over to Aglaea's side and looked at her with concern.
"Phew..."
"Thank you for your concern, Castorice. I'm fine..."
Aglaea forced a smile and shook her head.
"By the way, Lady Aglaea, although you've told us about Amphoreus's history and we've roughly understood it..."
"You still haven't said anything about the Chrysos Heirs' Journey of the Fire, have you~?"
"So could you explain it directly? Don't let our appearance fool you—we actually hate being kept in the dark too~"
As Theresa spoke,