"Well, I'll pretend I didn't hear that bit of insolence."
Kryudera said calmly:
"As the oracle of the hostages foretold, the [Savior] would come from beyond the stars, from the future."
"Long black hair, golden eyes, arriving in Januspolis today. There's no mistake."
"Hostages?" Yan Huan looked baffled.
"Who are these hostages? You mean people being held captive?"
Cyrene looked at him. "She probably means the Tribioses."
"Look, Tribbie is with them too."
After the two sides had sized each other up for a moment, Hysilens asked Kryudera:
"How shall we welcome our guests, Lord Caesar?"
Kryudera gave the order:
"We return to the capital."
"Send scouts with urgent messages to the representatives of every city-state. The Flame-Chasing alliance meeting will convene early."
Then she turned her gaze back to Cyrene and Yan Huan.
"As for you two—Okhema knows what you seek."
"Once we return to the Holy City, we can discuss it at length."
Hysilens nodded slightly and walked over to Yan Huan and Cyrene.
"I'm sure you both have many questions, but this is no place for a leisurely conversation. Please come with us."
Once everything had been arranged, the two followed the Caesar Legion at an unhurried pace toward Okhma City.
"This is... rather sudden."
Cyrene looked at the vast army surrounding them.
"The Demigods we expected to search so hard for were waiting for us instead."
"And she knows about the Outer Realm. She even mentioned the gods who created the Titans—the Aeons?"
"This is nothing like any of Amphoreus's past thirty million cycles... Who changed history?"
"Whoever it was, it definitely wasn't us." Yan Huan walked among the troops.
"They said Tribbie's oracle foretold our arrival."
"Can Titans really do that?"
"In Phainon's memories, he went through thirty million cycles, and there was never an