Hill actually suspected that Auril had regained some of her emotions because of certain qualities of Aglaia.
She was acting far too sincerely.
Without Umberlee, Auril's behavior would have been understandable.
After all, the Northlands Sword Coast controlled by Aglaia was simply too close to her.
If she did not want to remain confined to the Great Glacier, with even less territory than she had when Talos was around, Auril had no choice but to behave herself.
Since Aglaia clearly had no intention of expanding her faith, Auril could keep the title while doing her own thing.
But Umberlee—that Umberlee—could wander freely through the Sword Coast merely because she had a decent relationship with the Undead.
That was why many powerful beings had concluded that Goddess Aglaia, who came from another world, truly had no intention of becoming Toril's Sea God.
After all, if she really wanted to build up her own power, how could she tolerate Umberlee wandering around her territory? That was Umberlee!
Of course, even more unbelievable was how polite Umberlee had been while staying in the territory of another goddess competing with her for dominion over the sea.
She had not even used that infamous collection of Toril's filthiest curses.
But precisely because Umberlee lived so freely, Auril's determination to turn herself into someone else's subordinate seemed deeply wrong.
From some of the information he had received, Hill had inferred part of the reason Auril had done this.
After borrowing Aglaia's power to evade Talos's attacks, Auril had indeed grown much stronger by inheriting remnants of several fallen ancient Sea Gods. But she probably had not expected that a Sea God could actually possess energy aligned with life.
Aglaia's energy attributes were special even across the entire Multiverse.
Ice and snow, the sea, life and destruction—she