Colluding with the Abyss and attempting to commit treason.
There was absolutely no way to wash that clean!
So the heart she had been holding out in hope had been dead from the very beginning.
Even though Lady Phanes's attitude seemed rather subtle, and Little Griseo was even the one presiding over things now.
She had unknowingly been left until the very last to be called.
You know what I mean, right?
The one called last was usually... the one with the final plotline.
The main course was generally served later.
She realized that by this point, she had completely given up.
Neither sad nor happy.
She no longer had any extravagant hopes.
The good news was that she might be let off.
The bad news was... the more likely that seemed, the more uneasy she became.
The Cryo Archon was an undisputed second-generation god.
Even if her ascension, like that of the second-generation Hydro Archon, second-generation Dendro Archon, or second-generation Pyro Archon, had its own reasons behind it.
She had not been chosen for no reason at all.
To some extent, she had followed her predecessor and cherished her predecessor as well. Precisely because of that, many problems had been left behind, including her way of viewing things, the themes and principles she pursued, and so on and so forth...
But as for the Heavenly Principles.
She had mostly only heard about them, with merely a vague understanding.
If you really asked whether she had any impression of them—or any contact with them—
Then this was nothing more than her first time.
It might even be the only time!
All her impressions had been formed at this moment. Just by looking at how cautious Morax and Barbatos were, there was no need to say anything more about their feelings.