=Wait a minute...haven't Lady Bellona and Lady Alicia been actively cultivating with those...things you gave them not too long ago? Little over two or so months?=
<More or less, yeah. Although, "things" is mildly derogatory. I believe the more colloquial term for them are...familiars?>
=Regardless, they're also at the peak Aether Master stage?=
<Last we checked, but I think Bellona might already be at the Grandmaster stage.>
=Thought so, so how did they captured by that Scale guy? They could've trounced him!
<Elementnary, my dear Logos. One of the oldest flirting tricks in history is to pretend be weak, so that person being flirtted can strong and protective. Kind like seeing a scary movie you go, "Kya! Hold me!">
=That...makes a lot of sense.=
<Right?? It would explain all those cute scenes in dating sims.>
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