The crystal ball in the small room at the back of Ashuran's hall began to glow. "You seem to be doing well," a grown man's voice was heard. Ashuran hadn't seen the owner of this voice for a long time, but he occasionally heard it. It was the being called the King of the Dark World, the God of Darkness. "No, not really doing well," Ashuran replied. "I hear there are many more gods now. That's good, isn't it?" "Thanks. Well then..." Ashuran was about to quickly cover the crystal ball with a white cloth. "The conversation isn't over yet." "Ugh... I hope it's not something unpleasant." "Well, it is unpleasant." "Then I don't want to hear it." "Don't act like a child. I'll get straight to the point. Send one of the gods over here." "What?" Ashuran's eyes widened, still clutching the white cloth. "I want one of the Star Gods." "Wha..." "Make arrangements with Olga." "That's impossible. I can't do that," Ashuran shouted. "It's not impossible. If it's Shin, the Star God, he should be willing to come here." "It's impossible to persuade Olga." "Persuade the child. Olga has given up. I want Olga's child no matter what." The owner of the voice showed no signs of giving up. "I won't send a lone child over there." "I already know the children are twins." ".You didn't come to see them, did you?" Ashuran asked fearfully. "Of course not. There's a god here who excels at far-seeing." "Really? You didn't manipulate Gerbera's memories, did you? Did you erase her memories because she realized something?" Ashuran had deduced this much. "Is there any trace of darkness in Gerbera?" "No. So you probably didn't come here yourself. But I don't know which god manipulated Gerbera's memories." "I don't know about that. Well then, I'm counting on you about the Star God." The crystal ball's glow faded. "Was it really him? But how did he come?" Ashuran covered the crystal ball with the cloth. Olga is a god born from him. He might have entered Olga to directly see the Star children. While it was terrifying that he could do such a thing while completely concealing his dark presence, Ashuran's thoughts were quickly consumed by another matter: how to bring this up with Olga. "There's no way she would agree to give up her child." Ashuran imagined Olga's angry face. "I'm getting a headache... I know, I'll ignore it. Let's say we're in negotiations and drag it out for 100 years, no, 1000 years. That's what I'll do." As he was saying this, the crystal ball began to glow again. "What is it now?" Ashuran removed the cloth again. "Settle this quickly. If you intend to drag it out, I'll take something else instead." "Geh." The glow faded. It seemed Ashuran's thoughts had been completely exposed. "Ah, geez, someone help me..." Ashuran roughly covered the crystal ball with the cloth and staggered out of the small room.
