"What was that?" Before Lathander could exchange a cheerful greeting with Selûne, all his attention was drawn to the pool Rose had trapped.
"The Life Pool! The place where Asmodeus was born... Why are you pretending to be stupid?" Selûne replied noncommittally.
"I know, I do.
But could that thing really be trapped by Rose?" Lathander said solemnly. "Since when has Rose been comparable to the great Ao?"
Selûne, who had been staring intently at Rose's movements, could not help glancing at him... That bastard Lathander had actually called the old fellow great just to connect Rose, whom she had called a dung-pit maggot spider, with Ao!
However, Selûne had no interest in speaking up for the Old Man over something like this... No matter how much she disliked thinking, she knew perfectly well what her old man's reputation was like.
Getting cursed at a couple of times was nothing.
Besides, the old man had already gotten the benefits.
She merely said lazily, "The Old Man mentioned before that the Life Pool wasn't very willing to be controlled on this uppermost level."
"So... this pool has finally matured?" Lathander raised an eyebrow in surprise. "So he knew Asmodeus's real target in charging up Mount Celestia was him—no, the water in his pool?
That thing has incredibly strong life energy, but surely it isn't enough to make a Lord of Hell take such a huge risk?
Substitutes may be expensive, but they do exist."
"Don't tell me you really think Combat Angels can be created just with Life Springwater?" Selûne curled her lip. "Even ordinary angels in those Divine Kingdoms need a Divine Power Crystal when they're created!
The Order Gods might dare say that, but who would dare believe them?"
Lathander's eyes flickered slightly. "Heh~ I generally don't reject what