"Hmm... Now it's basically certain that the place Thanatos is in is right here."
"As long as we keep moving forward, we should be able to see Thanatos."
Hearing her Sister Lumina's words, Castorice nodded gently.
"In any case, let's keep moving forward."
"Lord Mydei should also be not far ahead."
Castorice suggested softly, then prepared to start walking, heading in the direction of the deeper area.
Rustle—
But before Castorice could even take a few steps, a dark purple light sprouted from the original spot where the Restless Soul had been touched by Castorice.
"Is this a soul remnant?" Seeing this memory that had been born, Castorice hesitated for a moment, signaled to everyone, and then reached out to touch it.
A scene presented by a Memory Shard appeared before everyone's eyes.
And after watching this scene, everyone present fell into a period of silence.
This was still a piece of memory related to Castorice.
It was just that the content within... why was it exactly the same as what the Restless Soul had just described?
"Connecting the contents of this Memory Shard with the words of the Restless Soul earlier... The girl born in the Giant Dragon's embrace, the Avatar of [Death] those ghosts spoke of, was that you, Castorice?"
After watching this remnant memory, Lumina glanced at Castorice with a look of keen interest.
"Hmm..." Although Castorice did not deny the statement, she still shook her head and said, her face full of confusion, "I've had a vague premonition ever since just now."
"But I truly know absolutely nothing about anything happening in Styxia."
"My memories... should have started from Aidonia..."
Even Castorice herself felt utterly bewildered by the scene taking place in Styxia at this moment.
"Was the memory deleted, or something else?" Lumina vaguely had a guess, but did not say it out loud.
After all, this was the Main Story right now, and there were Players in the real world watching.
If she guessed wrong, wouldn't her image as a peerless expert radiating a full sense of security crumble significantly?
"I don't know." Castorice shook her head, her exquisite little face filled with infinite bewilderment.
"Then let's keep moving forward. If we continue walking, all our doubts will surely be resolved."
"Mm."
Castorice nodded, then continued walking deeper with the rest of the group.
"Yawn..."
As they walked, Herta couldn't help but let out a yawn.
"What? Bored already?" Seeing this, Lumina leaned in close and asked with a smile.
"Yeah. When will this boring trip ever end?" Herta didn't hide it and answered truthfully.
If Lumina hadn't been by her side the whole time, Herta would have left this place long ago. It was truly boring.
Of course, the "boring" Herta referred to wasn't Styxia, but the entirety of Amphoreus.
Aside from being boring, it was just boring. There wasn't a single interesting thing here...
Well, alright, there was one.
The Emperor's Scepter inside that sphere above Kephalos in Okhema. This was the only thing in all of Amphoreus, besides Lumina, that Herta found interesting.
But because her interest in it was far less than her interest in Lumina, Herta had never run off to study it.
Of course, there was another reason.
That was because Herta was afraid that if she left for a while, Lumina would directly engage in a fierce battle with the Gold within Okhema...
This was also why Herta had stayed by Lumina's side the whole time, never leaving even as Lumina cuddled with her in all sorts of ways.
In the rest of the Cosmos, I can't see your status in real-time.
But in Amphoreus, I still can't see your status in real-time?
Since this was supposed to be a vacation, she definitely had to stay by Lumina's side the whole time.
"Then after it's over, won't we have to part ways?" Seeing the bored expression on Herta's face, Lumina's small eyes twinkled as she said those words.
"Hmm..." Hearing this, Herta's body trembled slightly, and her footsteps on the road came to a sudden halt.
Although she quickly recovered, Lumina still saw it all clearly.
The corners of her mouth curved slightly. First, she glanced at Castorice, Stelle, Mem, and Blade ahead, silently slowing her own pace.
Then, her small hand reached out and wrapped around Herta's waist.
Feeling the softness and beauty transmitted through her arm, Lumina leaned close to Herta's ear and breathed out warm air: "What's wrong, the great Madam Herta? Could it be... you're reluctant to part with me?"
When these words left Lumina's lips, before Herta could even answer, Lumina gave Herta's waist a gentle squeeze.
Hmm, even through the layers of clothing, Lumina could feel that Herta's waist was completely devoid of any excess flesh.
Even touching her through her clothes, Lumina could offer this assessment.
This was definitely a perfect waist; it would be even better if it could be presented before her eyes, and if she were allowed to touch it as she pleased.
Hmm... seeing that Herta showed no resistance to her actions, this thought seemed very easy to achieve.
After all, her current behavior was quite impertinent: wrapping her arm around Herta's waist was one thing, but then she gave it a squeeze.
And yet?
Yet Herta only trembled slightly, her ears flushing a bit red, without any other reaction. Even on her beautiful little face, not a single superfluous emotion appeared.
It was as if that action had been nothing more than a negligible gesture to Herta.
But that was definitely impossible. If it had truly been a negligible gesture, why would Herta have trembled, and why would her ears have flushed and grown hot?
"Hehe..."
After waiting for a moment and seeing that Herta had no intention of taking any action against her, Lumina gave Herta's waist another squeeze.
You know what, this feeling is actually really comfortable.
Lumina was starting to fall in love with this sensation.
If there were no clothes in the way and she could be in direct skin-to-skin contact, it would be even better...
"Y-Yes... That's right, I just can't bear to part with you."
After a moment, Herta finally spoke.
She didn't hide or deny anything, just saying it directly.
"Hmm..."
"Sigh..."
When she heard Herta's words, Lumina silently sighed in her heart.
The once tsundere, contradictory Herta had disappeared.
The current Herta had evolved into a straightforward Herta.
It seemed that in this version, even someone as powerful as Herta couldn't play the "Tsundere" class.
Lumina's eyes were filled with a sense of sorrow, as if she were fighting injustice for the "Tsundere" class this season.
But then again, had Herta really completely evolved into a straightforward Herta?
That was definitely impossible.
No matter how capable a person is, they couldn't possibly complete such a "class change" so quickly.
Therefore,
There must still be many "tsundere" elements remaining in Herta!