In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

She didn't know what Maria ultimately wanted to do, but she knew that Maria definitely knew a lot.

And this understanding may bring about some unexpected changes?

"..."

Maria didn't answer immediately this time.

Instead, she fell into an inexplicable silence.

Helatia, who was standing by, noticed her hesitation and asked.

"What's all this that's bothering you?"

"...Will you try to change what is already destined?"

Maria did not give a direct answer, but gave an extremely vague statement.

These words made Helatia stunned.

"It's already predetermined... Could it be that you already know what kind of changes will occur after this operation?"

"..."

"Well, you probably won't say it anymore."

Helatia shrugged. "But, if you really want to ask me, then my answer is... yes. Even if I know it will be a punishment, I still have to take action..."

"..."

"Rather than becoming unmotivated after knowing the outcome, it's more accurate to say that knowing the outcome actually makes me more motivated... Because I already know I can't change anything, so everything I do is to satisfy myself."

Helatia smiled.

“If I were to die tomorrow, I might regret before I die that there are still many things I haven’t tried… But on the other hand, if I knew I would die tomorrow, then everything I do today would be my own choice before I die.”

"In this way, even if death comes, everything I do will be my courage to face death calmly."

The blonde woman tilted her body slightly to the side.

Her words were soft, but her eyes were clear... Her words carried a bit of the subjective views of an idealist, but it was undeniable that Maria was actually an idealist.

"...If that's your answer, then I'll go take a look."

Maria said this, accepting the other party's invitation.

This also made Helatia laugh.

Just when Maria felt that she had almost finished talking and could leave.

However, Helatia playfully pulled out two invitations from her underwear.

"Consider it an apology... Whatever the reason, I stood you up last time. This time, maybe we can enjoy it..."

Helatia said, winking playfully.

At this time, Maria also noticed the invitation letter decorated with patterns in the other party's hand.

After a few moments of silence, she pulled out an identical invitation from her pocket... This was the one that Ulpian gave her.

The shape is generally the same, but there are some slight differences in the details.

"oops……"

When Helatia saw the invitation, she was a little surprised, and then she smiled.

"You seem to have adapted better to life in Agor than I thought..."

"……maybe."

Maria didn't say much, but just closed her eyes silently and gently slid the paper...

……

The entertainment activities of the Agor people are indeed not too rich.

Perhaps because the general education is of a relatively advanced type, most people in the entire Agor are high-level intellectuals. This kind of character makes them really not very interested in ordinary entertainment activities.

They like art exhibitions, concert halls, competitive games involving skills, and those technology research and development exhibitions that are extremely selective just by the name...

And now, throughout Gaconan-Rene, a concert is about to take place.

Its location is Mandiast.

This is the highest-level hotel in the entire Jakonanle. The venue is vast and well-prepared. Various uniquely crafted musical instruments are being moved in, and waiters in black and white clothes are making preparations quickly.

At the main entrance, well-dressed waiters stood at the door, respectfully greeting every distinguished guest. Their uniforms were straight, and the specially adjusted lighting made them look like elegant silhouettes in the dark. The stone bricks on the ground were a strange kind of brick with curled patterns, and every pair of shoes made a unique clicking sound when they stepped on them.

Further away, teams of security personnel were lurking in the darkness, patrolling in a swaying manner.

A maid was sitting by the flower bed not far away, her head supported by her hands, her eyes a little hazy.

The light reflected in her eyes, making her look a little dazed.

Not far away, another maid in charge also breathed a sigh of relief after briefly announcing the arrangements to others.

She noticed her companion who had been slacking off for a hundred years, rubbed her shoulders helplessly, and walked over.

"Whose boy are you thinking of?"

She said this, without any polite words for the woman.

However, in the relationship between two people, honorifics seem awkward.

"It's not a young man...it's a woman."

Almost subconsciously, the maid sitting by the flower bed spoke.

But her words made the supervisor, who was just joking, stunned for a while.

Then she took several steps back, covering her chest with her hands.

"You... still have such a fetish?!"

"That's not true!"

The maid only reacted at this time and grumbled at the woman's exaggerated behavior.

"It's another woman!"

"Really? That's a shame."

The supervisor shook his head, and the words flowed out naturally.

This actually made the maid stunned.

But a supervisor is a supervisor after all. She must have her own specialties to be able to reach this position.

In just a few moments, she skipped over the topic and moved on to another one.

"Other women...how did you meet them?"

"...Rather than saying we know each other, it's better to say we've only seen each other a few times, right?"

The maid mumbled, her words sounding a little hazy.

"Remember what I told you last time? The lady who waited for her companion for seven or eight hours?"

"I know... You said you tried to persuade her, right? Why are you still worried that she won't change her ways?"

"A little bit...but I'm actually more curious about what her name is."

The maid said this with a hazy look in her eyes.

She didn't know what happened. She had only exchanged a few words with Maria at that time, but that mysterious and tough woman flooded into her mind in an extremely special way.

These days, even if she wanted to forget it, she couldn't do it.

This made her feel a little strange.

Normally, it would be normal for her to remember some special guests for a few days, but... it was because similar things had happened before that she realized how strange her memories of Maria were at this moment.

But... although she said she cared, the funny thing was that she actually couldn't remember what Maria looked like at all.

She could only feel a hazy memory that seemed to be pulling at her.

This made her thoughts even more subtle.

what is it then?

"Um...I don't know."

The supervisor didn't know what was going on with her best friend, so she could only tilt her head slightly as she pondered.

"Maybe... it was love at first sight?"

"Maybe."

The maid shook her head, her expression a little strange.

"Forget it... I don't want to think too much about it. The event is about to start, and I can't be too obvious about slacking off."

The maid shook her head, stood up and prepared to leave.

The companion next to him also turned around helplessly and prepared to go back.

But at this moment, in the dim light, the familiar figure appeared again.

This made the girl, who had already started to take action, suddenly stunned, and then she pinched her best friend!

"Look! That's the one! That one!"

The maid hid in the shadows excitedly, guiding her companions.

But then, she saw another person appear next to the slim woman.

That platinum-colored figure was known to almost everyone in the entire Jakonanle...

They stood side by side, talking and laughing...

This made the maid's eyes dim a little.

"Who is it? Where is it..."

The best friend who was the supervisor also turned her head in surprise, but in this short moment, Maria and Helatia had already walked into the concert venue, and she could only helplessly miss this opportunity.

When she turned around in confusion, she found that her best friend had already walked away.

"strangeness……"

She muttered, her expression a little subtle.

……

"Ulpian? You met him?"

When Helatia heard Maria explain how she got the invitation, she tilted her head in surprise.

"That guy is known as the most talented person at the Agor State Conservatory of Music in the past ten years... He actually accepted your evaluation of his music? I thought he would be stubborn..."

"...I'm not sure if the Ulpian you're talking about is the same person as the Ulpian I'm talking about, but I can be sure that I did get this invitation from someone named Ulpian."

Maria's words were as confusing as ever.

But Helatia didn't care much about this.

She just pulled Maria and walked step by step into the dance party where the lights were flickering. She looked at the swaying crowd on the dance floor and walked in with Maria with a smile.

She blended in very naturally.

The dance steps of the Agor people were different from the ones Maria had learned... Their dance was extremely complicated. At least, in the first dozen or so beats, Maria could not adapt to it.

Each movement puts a greater test on the muscles and body.

But even so, many people on the dance floor were extremely skilled.

I don’t know if this is survivor bias or if every Agor person is indeed a dance master.

Maria didn't think much about this. She was just curious about the cultural system of this race that hid and developed in the deep sea.

However, Helatia was somewhat dissatisfied with her dance partner's behavior of looking around instead of paying attention to her while dancing.

But she also quickly noticed the ring in Maria's hand.

"Come to think of it... you mentioned it before... you married a lady?"

"Yes."

Maria did not hide this.