As the group continued their ascent, they came across a rusted, broken chain dangling before them.
It was the path that should have led them to the High Tower, but it was now completely severed.
The way forward... had been cut off.
It seemed the only option was to find another way to reach the High Tower.
"This is a bit of a problem," Castorice said, a trace of worry appearing on her delicate face as she looked at the severed chain.
"Is that all?" Stelle's confident face filled with disdain. "If I want to walk, the path will appear beneath my feet."
"Watch me jump across!"
Stelle stood with her hands on her hips, once again spouting nonsense.
Anyone who saw her like this would be unable to associate her with someone on the verge of death.
"Um... M-Miss, please calm down." Castorice tried to stop her, knowing Stelle was probably joking.
"If you accidentally fall into the Styx, in your current state, you would likely truly perish here..."
"Let's just solve this with the Power of Time."
Knowing Herta found this boring, Lumina also wanted to get this over with quickly.
After all, for a journey to be truly interesting, at least two people need to find it interesting.
How can a journey be truly interesting if only one person finds it so?
Of course, beautiful girls are an exception.
The interestingness of Lumina being alone with a beautiful girl is over ten thousand times more interesting than truly interesting experiences!
"Mem~ Power of Time? No, no, at least not right now." Hearing Lumina's suggestion, Mem shook her head.
"Although there are [Runes of Reminiscence] here, you really don't have an [Orb of Miracles]. Without this item, even if we wanted to use the Power of Time to solve it, we would be powerless," Mem explained.
"Hmm?" Lumina paid no mind to this, instead teasingly asking Mem, "If a power needs an external object to be wielded, does it still hold any significance?"
"Mem?" Hearing Lumina's words, Mem was initially confused, but she quickly understood.
Mem's large eyes widened instantly, her face filled with disbelief.
"Mem... You couldn't possibly... possibly use the Power of Time directly to restore this broken chain to normal, could you?"
Mem looked at Lumina in surprise.
Without borrowing any external objects, relying solely on the Power of Time, even the Titan of Time wouldn't be able to do this...
Well, okay, it seems the Power of Time within Lumina is indeed more concentrated than that of the Titan of Time...
So who exactly is she?
The creator of Amphoreus?
An extremely bold thought suddenly surfaced in Mem's mind.
"No, no, no, it's not about restoring the broken chain to normal." Hearing this, Lumina shook her head, then revealed a confident smile. "It's about restoring all of Styxia to normal."
Snap~
After speaking, before Mem could even react, Lumina immediately snapped her fingers.
Instantly, a dense aura of Time covered the entire city of Styxia.
The gloomy sky returned to a brilliant blue, the ruined buildings were completely renewed, and the stagnant air became fresh...
The city-state once hailed as the [Pearl of the Coast] now appeared before everyone.
"!"
Stelle's expression didn't change at all.
Because, as always,
Sister Lumina was simply omnipotent!
Meanwhile, Castorice, Mydei, and Mem stood completely stunned, unable to snap out of it for a long time.
Even a Divine Miracle... would probably be nothing more than this.
"So... so amazing." Seeing this scene, Castorice's small mouth slightly opened, forming an "o" shape, looking absolutely adorable.
It gave Lumina an impulse to lean in and steal a kiss.
Fortunately, she managed to hold it back in the end.
It wasn't that Lumina's willpower was exceptionally strong, but ever since she had this thought, Herta had been staring at her...
"How did Herta suddenly get Mind Reading?" Lumina muttered silently in her mind, feeling very confused by this.
"I don't have any Mind Reading. I just know you." The moment after Lumina had this thought, Herta's voice sounded right by her ear.
"!"
And you still claim you don't have Mind Reading?
I just said it in my mind a second ago, and the next second you answered. Tell me, if this isn't Mind Reading, then what is?
Quick! Quick! Quick, teach me, Madam Herta! Quickly teach me the Mind Reading skill!
I want Mind Reading! I want Mind Reading!
If I had Mind Reading, I would be invincible when interacting with beautiful girls!
Hmm... although I'm already invincible.
But Lumina wouldn't mind having one more weapon to use against beautiful girls.
Especially a Mind Reading skill that could take her invincible strength to the next level.
"I really don't know Mind Reading. Even if you wanted me to teach you, I completely couldn't."
Feeling Lumina's gaze full of anticipation, Herta's face was filled with exasperation.
Mind Reading?
Of course Herta didn't know such a thing.
Herta wanted it too, after all. If she had Mind Reading, wouldn't controlling someone like Lumina be a piece of cake?
Hmm... unless she used her strength to forcibly overturn the chessboard.
So if Herta didn't have Mind Reading, how did she answer the very next second after Lumina's inner thoughts just fell?
Well, that would have to be asked of Lumina.
Ask her why, whenever she has some extremely exciting and stimulating thoughts, she always writes them all over her face...
Of course, these expressions written on her face might not be noticeable to anyone else.
But Herta was different; she could read every single one of the expressions Lumina wore on her face.
That was why Herta could always guess what Lumina was thinking.
It had nothing to do with so-called "Mind Reading." It was simply because... Herta was more familiar with Lumina, and paid more attention to her.
That was why Herta could see things on her that others couldn't...
"Hmph, you obviously know it, you just don't want to teach me," Lumina complained silently in her mind.
"I really don't know it, it's not that I don't want to teach you."
Looking at the words once again written all over Lumina's face, Herta felt both helpless and exasperated.
If she really knew Mind Reading, then being looked at like this by Lumina would be fine.
But since she didn't know Mind Reading, wasn't she being looked at by Lumina for nothing?
Her image in Lumina's mind had inexplicably taken a dip.
"Alright, alright, I was just kidding."
"My opinion of you hasn't dropped at all."
Seeing the confusion on Herta's brow, Lumina covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
Lumina knew how Herta "read" her inner thoughts.
Because Lumina also "read" Herta's inner thoughts using the same method...