Once they reached Belobog, what Supreme Guardian Cocolia? She listened to Stellaron's temptation, right? All the more reason to knock her down directly and punish her hard, purging every last one of those unrealistic plans from her head.
And just keep steamrolling forward like that!
Hua Yi could have done so but chose not to. He was willing to understand the difficulties faced by every faction and civilization, listen to the voices of ordinary people, support and lead them, and achieve perfect salvation. If that did not make him an upright gentleman, then what did?
A living saint through and through. A Philosopher King.
He was the upright gentleman, while I was the one with evil thoughts, always wanting to knock Hua Yi down.
So—
Great Herta was firing indiscriminately!
The girls caught in the blast gritted their teeth in secret. Since she was both a Genius and an Emissary of The Erudition, her status was anything but ordinary, and most of them could not openly trade barbs with her.
But Feixiao was not the timid sort.
Pretending to be casual, she bumped Asta's arm.
"It must be hard for you, being the Station Master for someone so willful. Great Herta must give people plenty of trouble usually. Like, Asta, procure an Aeon's creation for me, ask the company for Credits, research Heavenly Lord of Universal Wisdom for me, collect and organize the materials."
"Ah? I-I guess it's been fine. Madam Herta actually takes pretty good care of me."
Asta hemmed and hawed.
She could not forcefully deny it. After all, Herta really had caused trouble before. Back then, Topaz had even come to the Space Station with an exorbitant bill, and Asta had paid it out of her own pocket.
But it was also true that Herta sheltered her