Fu Xuan: "???"
She apparently hadn't expected Chu Mu to ask that.
And he had asked so bluntly, without even a token courtesy, as though all his social awareness had vanished.
But after thinking it over, Fu Xuan couldn't help feeling that his question was truly ingenious!
Her earlier question, asking whether he would go back or stay, had clearly put him in a bind. Either answer would have left him at a disadvantage.
So he had simply thrown convention out the window, pretended to lack social awareness, and tossed a new question back at her, neatly skipping over her previous one.
Brilliant! Truly brilliant!
Fu Xuan couldn't help marveling. Just what I'd expect from a crafty old Emanator of Abundance!
How could I underestimate someone like him?
I really was too impatient earlier. I let myself get carried away by the desire to win. That was inexcusable.
This round has only just begun!
Fu Xuan slowly exhaled and said:
"Are you asking about the Third Eye on my forehead? I obtained it during my travels beyond the heavens. It is a treasure bestowed by the All-Knowing Heavenly Lord, not that 'someone' you mentioned."
After a pause, she continued:
"I consider it arrogant and ignorant to refer to a great being such as an Aeon as 'someone.' You may speak that casually of people you know well, but are you that familiar with the Aeons? You are merely an Emanator yourself, are you not?"
Chu Mu: "..."
He shook his head and murmured:
"The All-Knowing Heavenly Lord. The Aeon of Erudition. Nous."
Chu Mu had never interacted with Nous.
But Herta was an Emanator of Nous.
When the Simulated Universe was invaded, Chu Mu had briefly suspected that Nous was involved.
Still, what had left the deepest impression on Chu