"Just a coincidence..." Sogo Doma shrugged. In truth, he merely wanted to find something for that tsundere princess who had randomly struck up a conversation to do, while also enjoying the show. What bystander ever complained that things were getting too exciting? "Besides, isn't Muse still six members short?"
"Huh!?" Kotori Minami froze for a moment before asking with a puzzled look, "Why would you say that?"
She did hope more people would join Muse, but why six people?
"Wasn't Muse in mythology made up of nine goddesses?" Sogo Doma tilted his head. "Don't tell me you named yourselves Muse without even knowing that?"
Kotori Minami: "..."
!!!
She... she really hadn't known!
"Looks like you really didn't know..." Sogo Doma said, stroking his chin. "Then you were pretty casual when naming yourselves. Good thing you didn't call yourselves Axis..."
Kotori Minami: -_-!
For some reason, "casual" was the one assessment she least wanted to hear from this guy! Still...
"What is Axis?" She hadn't wanted to ask, but curiosity was the one thing girls could never control!
"If Muse is a deity formed from nine goddesses—the goddess of music, the goddess of inspiration, the goddess of dance, and so on—then Aqua, worshipped by the Axis Order, is the goddess of wisdom and water, formed from all the wise people in this world. She is wisdom incarnate..." Sogo Doma had always been able to spout nonsense without missing a beat.
"That sounds impressive, but why did you say it was fortunate we didn't call ourselves Axis, Mr. Doma?" Kotori Minami asked, confused.
"Because you lack the wisdom needed to live up to that name..."
Kotori Minami: #^_^
Damn it! Was this guy saying they lacked wisdom? She felt like she understood Maki Nishikino's feelings from earlier even better now...
But