After Old Yang finished speaking, Jiang Yu and Stelle searched the carriage and spotted Velite in a corner, wearing a corporate employee's uniform.
The man looked utterly miserable, clearly in a terrible mood.
Velite looked thoroughly dispirited. When he saw Jiang Yu and Stelle approaching, he was the first to speak, his voice listless:
"What? Here to give me a pep talk?" Velite looked at Stelle. "You might as well have your little scheme written across your forehead!
"Let me make this clear first: I'm just a low-level corporate employee Argenti brought aboard, a bit player-I've got no ideas, and I can't help you.
"Ugh... I just wanted to wait out the traffic jam and get home for dinner sooner..."
Jiang Yu looked him up and down and said, "He looks pretty healthy to me right now. There shouldn't be anything seriously wrong."
Cirrus added, "His mental state looks much the same to me. Aside from a few too many negative emotions, like complaining, he's still within the range of a normal person."
Stelle glanced at Jiang Yu, then asked Velite curiously, "I heard you've pledged yourself to the Beauty Aeon?"
At that question, Velite immediately rolled his eyes. "Argenti told you that, didn't he?"
When he saw Stelle nod, he wasn't surprised. He could have guessed that was what had happened.
After another sigh, he said helplessly, "That guy... Here's what actually happened: before rescuing me, he told me, 'Please first swear that you acknowledge the Goddess of Beauty, Idrila, possesses beauty unequaled in all the world.'
"I said, 'Sure, I'll swear, but can you pull me out of this hole first?'-and he said no! Tell me, is that any way to treat someone?
"I had no choice. My life came first, so I repeated after him: 'The G-Goddess