"Did something happen on the way? Did you meet... an old acquaintance?"
Luocha's expression remained unchanged.
Meet... an old acquaintance?
Heh.
First.
That wasn't a person.
Second.
I probably will be one soon.
Jingliu came back to her senses.
On the way here, she had been astonished to discover that her mara-struck symptoms had eased considerably!
It had truly shocked her.
Food made by the Voracity Aeon could treat the mara-struck condition, too?
She had never heard of that before!
Oh, right. This was the Voracity Aeon, after all-the Devouring Calamity Ancestor, who supposedly wandered somewhere far, far away.
Perfectly reasonable that she had never heard of it, right?
"Something happen? Heh, there's been a change of plans."
Jingliu gave a couple of bitter laughs.
Jiang Yao's parting instructions still echoed in her ears.
She had understood what he meant the moment she heard them.
He was going to come looking for her again, of course!
But what could she do?
He was the Voracity Aeon!
The Voracity Aeon!
"...Could you tell me what happened?"
Luocha was somewhat puzzled.
Jingliu was a lunatic.
Her resolve was firm and unshakable.
What could possibly have happened to leave her so...
Distraught?
Besides.
Luocha had also keenly noticed something.
Jingliu's mara-struck condition seemed to have eased somewhat.
There also seemed to be a power within her that resembled Abundance, yet differed from it.
More precisely, perhaps the power of Abundance had been swallowed and enveloped by something?
Just what had happened to Jingliu?
"I... can't say. You should leave."
Jingliu held her head.
Her thoughts scattered in utter disarray.
She could no longer figure out what Jiang Yao's purpose actually was.
Coming to the Luofu to buy ingredients, my ass.
Pathstrider of the Feast, my fucking ass.
You're the Voracity Aeon!
An Aeon!!!