In a certain painting, Iver and Arsene made their way to the nearly empty front rows of a concert hall. Then they heard a commotion behind them.
When they looked back, the seats two rows behind them were already packed with all kinds of bizarre phantasmal monsters.
Iver nearly lost his composure on the spot.
If one person appeared silently behind you, and every time you turned around you saw them following you, that might be called terrifying. Not to mention that their appearances were already filled with freedom and imagination... But if dozens of people appeared silently behind you, you would start wondering whether you were the one who didn't belong there.
The horror movie had turned into a comedy.
...Fortunately, most of them harbored no hostility toward Iver and the others.
Only a small portion of the phantasmal monsters transformed from paintings attacked people on sight. More often, the monsters suddenly crawled or emerged from the paintings because the group had inadvertently violated some taboo.
As for the phantasmal monsters that had come from outside... they were simply filled with curiosity about Iver and the others' appearance and purpose. They trailed far behind, "following" them in a very open and utterly unapologetic manner. Their movements attracted other phantasmal monsters, and so the crowd kept growing.
It was perfectly normal for the creatures of the Path of Beauty to possess such strong curiosity. The fairies were all like that—
For example, the Fairy Queen herself had already reached the level of an Angel. Although she had no Angel Shard... she was already this powerful without one. If she could obtain the Angel Shard that belonged to her, she might even become the strongest person beneath the Twin Mirrors.
—Of course, that was only within the Path of Beauty. There