At those words, Yaoshi's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at Zhang Xiu beside her.
The faint jealousy she had felt over his praise of another Aeon vanished completely.
He, too, turned his gaze toward her, their eyes meeting and entwining.
"Ah, such pure words... Is the Idrila in everyone's heart different? I have learned something..."
Watching the atmosphere between the three of them, Stelle turned to March 7th as well:
"March, you're my Idrila, too."
"Huh? Huh?!" March instantly flushed scarlet. She had never imagined that Stelle, who never took anything seriously, would finally catch on!
No, wait. Stelle was obviously just going along with the mood to back Zhang Xiu up, right?
For a moment, March felt both thrilled and helpless, but she still nodded and accepted the compliment.
"Mm... Well, at least you know what to say..."
But Welt, who had gone with Dan Heng to investigate, suddenly appeared and interrupted the lovely atmosphere.
"Everyone, I just discussed things with Himeko. Our situation may be more urgent than we imagined."
"Hm? Welt? What happened?" March recovered, though the blush on her face had yet to fade.
"My apologies, Mr. Welt. I was too focused on putting the ideals of [Beauty] into practice. Now, I ought to formally explain why I came aboard: to work together to resolve the crisis before us."
Argenti once again placed his right hand over his heart. "I was originally traveling through the galaxy aboard the Rarely Seen-
-but during my journey, I happened upon Verit, a stranded company employee, and brought him out of an enormous cave he had accidentally fallen into."
"After rescuing Verit, I intended to escort him safely to his original destination, so I changed course. Unexpectedly, that coincidence brought me close to the Astral Express's route."
"Verit?"
"According