After Aglaea laid her cards on the table.
Phainon's expression turned utterly grim.
His smile looked worse than crying!
His thoughts twisted through a thousand turns as he tried to figure out how to explain himself.
What excuse should I make up?
Should I say I lost my memory after a sneak attack?
Or that crossing worlds gave me amnesia?
No!
Neither would work.
Aya was staring straight at him.
Just waiting for him to spin some nonsense!
Phainon was completely numb.
Meanwhile, the people in Amphoreus couldn't keep straight faces either after hearing Aglaea's words and seeing Phainon's expression.
Mydei was a hair away from pounding the floor.
"That fake smile is exactly the same as when the Deliverer got caught before!"
Tribbie said, "Xiao Bai, lying to Aya again will only make things worse."
While Phainon agonized over what to do.
Cipher stopped maintaining her divine power of trickery and returned to her original appearance.
With a swish of her cat tail, she greeted Phainon:
"Hello there, Deliverer, meow."
Phainon stared blankly. This kitty is so wicked.
Hello there?
Still pretending to be cute!
She lured away the Stellaron Sprite guarding my door and brought Aya inside!
Kitty is a thoroughly rotten cat!
The Stellaron Sprite froze at the sight.
How could it be Cipher?!
The Stellaron Sprite asked, "What was the deal with that trash can? Did you take the treasure?"
Cipher said, "Sorry, I was lying to you earlier. There never was a trash can like that."
?
So I was tricked.
Then that's fine!
The Stellaron Sprite scratched their head and said, "I knew it. I was wondering why I couldn't find a trash can that could run."
"I rummaged through every other trash can!"
Meanwhile, everyone inside Phainon's Clothing Store was stunned as