Acheron did not seem to have come with the two knights and March 7th. But she always traveled alone; perhaps she had something else to do, or something had held her up.
Watching the three approach, Aventurine's expression suddenly grew rather peculiar.
Although he had never intended to kill anyone from the Astral Express Crew or Yaoyorozu Kami, they had still been crossing blades just moments ago.
He had planned everything out, but underestimating Little Fish had caused part of his plan to successfully fail. In a sense, he had lost again-if he considered only winning and losing, he seemed never to have beaten this child. But taking their goals and feelings into account, most of those encounters had been win-win situations. Both he and Little Fish had won.
After all his years, Aventurine was hardly thin-skinned. Yet as the three drew closer, his mind still raced, searching for an excuse.
If only Little Fish weren't here. Then I could shamelessly brazen my way through this.
Once they came closer, however, the girl named March 7th did not seem interested in blaming him. Her clear gaze made her look as though she had no idea he was the person who had fought them so fiercely.
The lady knight did not seem inclined to comment on his plan either. Her gaze merely paused on him, confirming that he was alive, before immediately turning toward Little Fish.
Then, under Aventurine's somewhat astonished gaze, the two knights quickened their pace, walked around him, and approached Jiang Yu with utterly sincere, reverent expressions.
Seeing the two knights suddenly grow reverent and bow solemnly, Aventurine found a question mark forming in his head.
The company had little contact with the Knights of Beauty, but he had heard plenty of rumors about them.
Although the Knights