"Miss Lumina, could you... please leave Amphoreus?"
"What do you think you are? Telling us to leave Amphoreus?"
Just as Lygus finished speaking, he received a disdainful snort from Herta.
Although Lygus was speaking to Lumina, not Herta.
But what difference was there between the two?
None at all.
If Lumina left Amphoreus, what reason would she have to stay here?
To enjoy the warmth of a beautiful girl just like Lumina?
While that was not impossible, it would never compare to being with Lumina herself.
"He was talking to me, why is Little Herta cutting in?" Lumina's internal monologue was naturally the same as Herta's.
But still, why not take the opportunity to see Little Herta get a bit worked up?
Sure enough, when Lumina said this, Herta's gaze, which had been fixed on Lygus, immediately shifted to Lumina.
Looking at her perfect profile, Herta gritted her teeth, yet no anger welled up in her heart.
It couldn't be helped, she was just too beautiful!
So beautiful, looking at Lumina's small face, it was impossible to feel any anger, wasn't it?
In Herta's heart, a slight feeling of fascination couldn't help but arise because of this.
Why is she so beautiful!
So beautiful, besides that kind of behavior, Herta really couldn't bring herself to have the thought of hurting her.
Besides that kind of behavior... what kind of behavior?
Of course, it was that unspeakable "Taboo" behavior.
"Hehehe, hehehe, hehehe."
Coming back to her senses and no longer thinking about these things, Herta coldly replied to Lumina's words and then said nothing more.
Helping her with good intentions, only to end up with such a result in the end.
Fine, fine, then Herta won't help anymore in the future.
From now on, she will never help her again, and let her solve any problems she encounters by herself.
Even though Herta knew these troublesome matters wouldn't cause her any real trouble at all, it could at least waste a lot of her time.
Disgust her for a while.
As long as she got disgusted, she would naturally think of my good points.
Herta thought silently in her heart, deciding to treat Lumina this way in the future, to let her experience the goodness of Madam Herta!
"So, what does Miss Lumina mean by that?" Sensing the teasing exchange between Lumina and Herta, Lygus also understood Lumina's intention.
But he still needed to ask the question.
Just because he already knew, he couldn't give up on asking.
"Tell me what you can offer me." Lumina didn't reject him mercilessly like Herta did; instead, she asked back gently with a smile on her face.
Since Lygus wanted her to leave Amphoreus, he would definitely have some compensation for her.
If there was no compensation, Lumina would have to use Herta's words from earlier to respond to Lygus.
Who do you think you are, telling me to leave Amphoreus just because you said so?
However, Lygus was a smart guy. No matter how you thought about it, he would never do something even stupider than being stupid.
Although Lumina had no intention of leaving Amphoreus, she was still interested in hearing about this compensation.
If the compensation was tempting enough, Lumina wouldn't be completely opposed to taking his words and leaving Amphoreus.
Hmm... leaving for a single second still counts as leaving, right?
Lumina would be more than happy to get a freebie of a compensation.
However, if this compensation wasn't a beautiful girl, Lumina would definitely not be interested.
"A promise, a promise that can fulfill any request." Even though he knew there was no longer any possibility of Lumina leaving, Lygus showed no emotion, still speaking patiently and elegantly about the compensation he was offering.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Lumina raised an eyebrow. Without waiting any longer, she immediately stated what she wanted to accomplish right now: "Then can you bring all the beautiful girls in the entire galaxy before me right now?"
Herta, Lygus: "..."
Hearing Lumina's words, Lygus was slightly stunned, while Herta's lips kept twitching.
Fine, fine, fine. Bring all the beautiful girls in the entire galaxy to your side? You're not even trying to hide it anymore, are you?
When the time comes, you'll be drowned by everyone spitting on you.
Herta complained silently in her mind.
Herta wasn't entirely sure exactly how many beautiful girls there were in the entire galaxy.
But the galaxy was so vast, and even if beautiful girls were rare, their number was definitely not small.
At that time, even if Lumina spent only one second with each beautiful girl, I'm afraid a whole day wouldn't be enough, right?
Then, the beautiful girls who did not receive equal treatment would launch an uprising and ultimately overthrow the rule of the Lumina Dynasty.
Herta couldn't help but start thinking about this picture of the "future" in her mind, and as she thought, a delighted expression suddenly appeared on her exquisite and beautiful little face.
It was as if she were eating a delicious dish.
"Hmm... Miss Lumina, the galaxy is very, very large." After Lygus fell silent for a moment, his tone was still the same as before, without any change because of Lumina's words that made one fall silent.
"So... I cannot fulfill it, nor can I do it."
"But... as long as Miss Lumina is willing, I will mobilize all my strength and connections to help Miss Lumina search for beautiful girls throughout the entire galaxy and bring as many beautiful girls as possible before Miss Lumina."
Although Lygus was an Intellitron, a profound sense of helplessness could be heard in his words.
It seemed that, just like Herta, he found Lumina's request completely exasperating.
Fortunately, everyone knew that Lumina was a gentle "Holy Maiden," and since she was also a beautiful girl, anyone else seeing this would probably think she was some kind of "Beautiful Girl Hunter" or a "Reincarnation of a Lust Demon."
"Didn't you say you could do anything? How did you switch to 'doing your best' so quickly?" Hearing Lygus's words, the expression on Lumina's little face didn't change at all.
With a hint of amusement in her jade-green eyes, she calmly questioned Lygus.
It was only natural that Lygus would not agree to her statement.
In fact, if Lygus had agreed, that would have been the reason for Lumina to be truly shocked and surprised.
How vast was the entire galaxy?
If he could truly bring all the beautiful girls in the galaxy before her, why would he even be here, laughing and chatting with her?
He would have probably slapped her out of Amphoreus, and then out of the entire star system where Amphoreus was located, long ago.
"Um... there's really nothing that can be done about this kind of thing." Hearing Lumina's rhetorical question, Lygus was truly speechless, but on the surface, he still showed no emotion.
He had long heard that Miss Lumina was a very friendly and helpful person, but after a brief encounter, he discovered...
She was simply someone who... well, didn't know how to flatter people.
Her personality was very... flighty?
Lygus had never expected her to even state such a condition.
"Stop saying there's nothing that can be done, and hurry up and reveal your true identity." Beside them, Herta's representative didn't want to let Lumina and Lygus continue wasting time here.
She waved her hand impatiently, gesturing for Lygus to quickly reveal his true identity.
How are we supposed to believe you can do anything when we don't even know your true identity?
Hearing this, Lygus did not dwell on it any further and immediately spoke, slowly revealing his identity: "Genius Society #1, Zandar One Kuwabara."
"Huh?!" Hearing this, the pupils of both Lumina and Herta instantly dilated, and they fell into a moment of shock.
"Oh, Zandar, so you're not all that special after all." Compared to Herta, Lumina quickly recovered from the shock of hearing the name. She covered her mouth with her small hand and chuckled softly. "As the creator of an Aeon and the #1 of the Genius Society, you can't even fulfill a simple wish of mine. It's truly mind-boggling."
Lumina's voice was filled with a sigh of disappointment. She felt that while Zandar might be impressive, his reputation was mostly exaggerated, and in reality, he wasn't all that powerful.
A person capable of creating an Aeon, and yet he couldn't create a Beautiful Girl World for Lumina?
How pathetic.
Zandar: "..."
Hearing Lumina's words, even though he was just an Intellitron, his lips couldn't help but twitch inwardly.
Do you even hear yourself talking?
What do you mean, "even a simple task like this" couldn't be completed?
Is this task simple?
The difficulty of this task is practically no different from creating an Aeon, isn't it?
To search the entire galaxy for such tiny, insignificant beautiful girls, and to find all of them... You must be dreaming.
Even dreaming couldn't get this task done, right?
If Zandar's mentality weren't so good, he'd probably have started swearing by now.
This is too absurd. Is this really something a normal person could say?
Even though it had long known that Lumina had no intention of leaving Amphoreus, it was still left speechless by this "condition."
Alright, since it now knew that Miss Lumina had no intention of leaving Amphoreus, it also felt there was no need to continue staying here.
"I have acknowledged Miss Lumina's wishes. If your thoughts change in the future, you can contact me at any time."
After saying this, without waiting for Lumina and Herta to say another word, it walked away with a steady pace.
Watching Zandar's back grow smaller and smaller in her vision, becoming a tiny dot and finally completely disappearing from sight, Lumina turned her gaze to Herta, who was standing beside her.
She reached out and nudged her arm with her elbow, signaling, "Hey, hey, Little Herta, wake up, wake up, don't sleepwalk anymore."
"I'm not sleepwalking." Being nudged like that by Lumina, Herta instantly felt a bit unhappy and stared at her in exasperation.
Do I, Madam Herta, really seem like the kind of person who would stand there in a daze, completely stunned, just by hearing a name?
Are you looking down on me a little?
"Hahaha..." Seeing the meaning in Herta's eyes, Lumina laughed out loud, neither refuting her nor saying anything more.
"Hmph." Herta gave a soft huff. If only she had a twin-tail hairstyle to go with it, that would be even better.
"What are your plans now?" Herta asked, crossing her arms.
Herta didn't mention a single word about Zandar.
Herta could tell that the Zandar before them wasn't the complete Zandar, but just a clone... well, calling it an avatar would be more accurate.
Even if the complete Zandar had appeared before her, Herta wouldn't have said much.
After all, Lumina was here, and she wouldn't allow a mere Zandar to act so insolently!
If Herta had been alone, she would have been shocked by this, but now, she figured it was best to let it go.
Later, she could just briefly tell Ruan Mei and Screwllum about Zandar's situation on her phone, and it wouldn't be a problem at all.
"Plans for what's next?" Hearing this, Lumina gave her a suspicious look. "What we talked about in the Hero's Bath at the Marmoreal Palace just now, wasn't that our plan for the future?"
"How could you forget, right after leaving the Marmoreal Palace? Could it be..." Lumina turned to look at Herta, stroking her white chin with one hand, and looked Herta up and down, then drew a conclusion with some confusion and uncertainty, "Could it be... that Zandar's appearance caused your brain to overload, and ultimately it broke?"
"Why don't you listen to what you're saying?" Hearing this, Herta rolled her eyes at Lumina in an incredibly alluring manner, making Lumina's breathing change slightly.
"If my brain were broken, it would have gone blank long ago."
"The situation at that time might be that I'd become a fool who only knows how to say 'aba-aba'."
"Hmm..." Hearing this, Lumina's little eyes couldn't help but light up, "That's not impossible."
"..."
After this sentence came out of Lumina's mouth, Herta's fist suddenly hardened quite a bit, and she couldn't wait to take the posture of punching Zandar from before, and also give Lumina's head a hard punch.
What on earth is in this guy's head, Herta really wants to twist her head off, then take it apart, and see what is different from other people's!
"Alright, alright, I'm just kidding, don't mind me," Lumina said with a smile, pulling back her playful expression.
Then she started walking on the ground, saying to Herta as she went: "Our next plan is, naturally, to follow the Flame-Chasing Journey."
"Help Okhema, help Amphoreus complete the Flame-Chasing Journey, and then see how things develop."
"If nothing else happens, the story of Amphoreus should come to an end."
"Really?" Hearing this, and the possibility that they might be leaving Amphoreus soon, Herta's previously displeased expression was instantly replaced by a wave of joy.
It wasn't that Herta hated Amphoreus, but rather that there were simply too many beautiful girls in Amphoreus.
One or two would be fine, but what was the point of five, six, seven, or eight?
"Of course it's true, provided that Amphoreus and Okhema don't undergo any changes after the Flame-Chasing Journey is completed." Lumina yawned, having no intention of deceiving Herta.
With so many beautiful girls around, Lumina naturally wouldn't cling to just the one big tree of Amphoreus.
During this time, Lumina's phone had been flooded with a ton of text messages.
Although Lumina was confident that no problems would arise,
Still.
Who can say for sure about matters of the heart?
They still need to be dealt with a little.