"You're living in Felix's house right now!?"
Sonia was completely stunned. Even when Witch had exposed earlier that she had still been Ash's daughter a few months ago, it had not hit as hard as this news. She weighed her words for quite a while, as if searching her mind for the right line for this exact moment, and finally squeezed out, "Are you insane?"
"Don't you think it's a brilliant idea?" Ash was a little puzzled. "We were still wondering how to get settled in Gala City, and Felix just showed up. It was practically like we'd just prepared the vinegar and a Lala Fat fell from the sky!"
Diya thought for a moment. "If I remember correctly, wasn't Felix the Cultist who tried to persuade Sword Maiden to join the Four Pillar Gods Church?"
"That's exactly what makes it brilliant!" Ash said. "No normal person would ever take in three Saint Domain Wanted Criminals like us, and I don't want to drag innocent people into this. Star Country leaves no room for foreign travelers like us, but Star Country likewise can't possibly tolerate the Four Pillar Gods Church!"
"Although making contact with the Four Pillar Gods Church is risky, compared to Star Country, the Four Pillar Gods Church, which takes the high-end private club route, is at most a small workshop with underworld characteristics. We do have fairly rich experience in 'being enemies with the whole world,' but we're no worse when it comes to 'being enemies with the Four Pillar Gods Church.' Since we finally get to choose the difficulty freely this time, of course I'm picking the easy-mode Four Pillar Gods Church."
"Besides, do you think we're afraid of the Four Pillar Gods Church, or the Four Pillar Gods Church is afraid of us?" Ash spread