As soon as he finished speaking, Yaoshi raised her hand and saluted Asta.
"The Aeon of [Abundance], Yaoshi, ready for duty!"
She straightened up in midair like a recruit who had just joined the army.
Asta and Dr. Ratio stared at the adorable little thing, barely four feet seven inches tall, and both fell silent.
"So, do you understand now? If my wife and I wanted to, we could tie up everyone in the Genius Society except Zandar. Would we need to sneak around like this?"
Even so, Asta and Dr. Ratio's first reaction was not belief, but suspicion.
After all, he had married an Aeon? Who would believe that? If he ran into a fanatic, he might even get chopped into mincemeat.
But after glancing at Screwllum beside them, they had no choice but to accept this bizarre fact.
Whenever Dr. Ratio remembered how he had used Yaoshi as an example right in front of her in the Seclusion Zone, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
And just like that, all suspicion surrounding Yaoshi was cleared away...
After all, in this universe, power had always been something that could enforce anything-and negate anything.
Nothing could have served as better evidence.
"Ahem. Then do you remember what happened when you met Ms. Herta? Please, this is important."
"Not much. Ruan Mei hadn't left yet then. You know about this too, Asta. Herta wanted us to help with her experiment, but that woman was infuriating. We couldn't come to an agreement, so we left."
"After that, Herta came to find us through a doll and apologized. That was about it." Zhang Xiu shook his head.
"We wandered around some more, and Stelle left too. Then we went to the Seclusion Zone and killed the replica Ruan Mei left behind.