"Though I'd love to hear you tell your story, right now... I've taken up too much of your time."
"Mr. Dan Heng seems a bit impatient; his anxiety is disturbing the current."
Aglaea withdrew her golden threads and slowly stood up:
"Take a tour of the holy city with him, and see how the people make a living amidst hardship."
"Later on, I'll prepare a welcome gift for you two distinguished guests."
Beneath the Golden Bathhouse.
The public baths.
Dan Heng stood in place, and seeing Yan Huan descend with the lifting disk, he asked:
"You're finally back. What did she say to you?"
Yan Huan relayed the information he had obtained from Aglaea, along with their agreement and whatnot, to Dan Heng.
After hearing the process, Dan Heng wore a slightly startled expression.
"I didn't expect her only misgiving to be the fear that we might spread rumors of interstellar travel among the common folk."
"That's practically identical to Phainon's reaction in the Deep Abyss."
"This world is indeed somewhat strange. As closed-off as Jarilo-VI is, the locals there have a basic understanding of outer space, and even know of Paths and Aeons."
"Yet in Amphoreus, the sky is more like a prison, and even speaking of the outside world has become a taboo."
Dan Heng gazed at the facilities within the bathhouse and the special currents, feeling a tinge of regret.
"To possess such advanced technology..."
He spoke to Yan Huan again:
"Remember that mass of chaotic matter shrouding Amphoreus?"
"I always have a premonition that Amphoreus has been sealed off by artificial means."
"The Titans in myth might also be related to some Aeon."
"And the abnormalities in your and March's bodies..."
Dan Heng looked at Yan Huan, analyzing:
"Before March boarded the Express, she was in