Someone once said that the best way to eliminate fear is to confront it.

So, to face the gaze coming your way, the best method is... to gaze back.

Are you looking at me?

Alright, I'll look at you too!

Stare——

A gaze of justice!

Let's see who can't take it first!

Herbert's eyes burned as they scanned every corner of the woman's body, taking in all the beauty.

The more he looked, the more he felt that her figure could be considered perfect in some sense.

Not perfection in an aesthetic sense, but there was an indescribable marvelous feeling in his heart.

The more he gazed at this figure, the more he couldn't help but feel admiration for her.

Truly beautiful...

"..."

The Wandering Lady felt a bit uncomfortable under Herbert's overly fervent gaze, furrowing her brows and silently turning aside.

Because when she moved, the corners of Herbert's mouth curled up.

Ha, won.

This round was Herbert's victory!

"..."

The Wandering Lady narrowed her eyes and remained silent for a long while before finally speaking slowly, asking her question.

"Why do you... have His aura on you?"

She came precisely because of this.

Chasing after that fleeting aura that shouldn't be here.

Why?

Why is His aura appearing again?

Mortal, answer me.

She stared at Herbert coldly, without a hint of mercy in her eyes.

Once Herbert's response proved a connection with Him, she would do what she needed to do...

Eliminate.

To extinguish any possibility of His revival.

He must not return.

The mysterious lady wandering the Holy City stared closely at the young man before her, missing no detail.

Then, the Wandering Lady saw a reaction that was completely unexpected.

At that moment, what appeared on the young man's face wasn't panic from being found out, nor a forced calmness, nor unsure confusion.

On his face, there was actually—frustration?

Why was it frustration?

"Eh?"

Indeed, when the Wandering Lady asked, Herbert's first reaction was... frustration.

Uh, again!

Alright, another one who discovered the Sun God's aura.

No!!?

Are you all too sensitive?

Or am I not hiding well enough?

How is it that everyone can discover the Sun God's aura on me!

How did I, as a thief, become seemingly known by all?

Herbert dared to disguise as a Devotee of the Sun God using the stolen power in front of the God of Sinful Desire, but here, he didn't dare claim such a title.

Here, there were real Devotees!

To that end, he was very careful to transfer all his aura to the Angel Battle Armor he wore.

Sensing that aura, some followers might mistakenly think Herbert was favored by the Sun God, while those with higher abilities could "see through the truth" and discover it actually came from the Angel Battle Armor.

Throughout the Holy City, only the Sun Pope could discern the true source of this aura—it was from Herbert, not the Angel Battle Armor.

However, although the Sun Pope felt a bit puzzled by this, since it was a choice of his own Divine Spirit, he had no objections.

And now... he's encountered another one!

How could Herbert not feel frustrated about this?

Nenasha!

This wasn't what you said before!

How did I get exposed again?

Give me an explanation!

If Miss Harmonious God weren't playing deaf and blind right now, she would definitely have a good argument with Him.

rnm! Refund!

Herbert shouted loudly—though he hadn't actually paid any money.

But just because he didn't pay doesn't mean he can't shout for a refund?

I just want to shout!

Refund!!!

"…"

Faced with this unreasonable protest, Harmonious God could only stay silent.

He had many things he wanted to retort, many things he wanted to remind, yet he could only remain silent.

And after Herbert took advantage of Nenasha's silence to vent his frustrations for a while, he nodded contently.

It felt good.

No matter how He retaliates afterward, I've already vented.

Then, he looked up at the Wandering Lady filled with confusion and smiled, saying candidly, "Madam, you are probably misunderstanding something."

"Though you might mistakenly think I have some connection with Him or even believe I'm pretending to be one of His followers, that's not the case."

"Please believe me! I'm really not one of His followers!"

It was the truth, Herbert had never been a follower of the Sun God.

Herbert said this with utmost sincerity, his face showing genuine honesty with no disguise.

"I didn't intentionally pick up His aura either."

It's the authority stolen by Nenasha, nothing to do with me.

"I just happened to catch His attention under certain coincidences, and these faint auras were left behind."

It's an accidental residual aura, not something I intentionally flaunted or deceived.

Every word was true.

To enhance his credibility, Herbert brought up his background and witnesses: "I come from the Mist Monastery."

"The Pope himself is aware of this matter."

This statement was also true.

The Sun Pope indeed knew Herbert hailed from the Mist Monastery.

"..."

Herbert's sincerely heartfelt explanation made the Wandering Lady squint her eyes slightly.

And according to Herbert's account, he was just an ordinary Paladin from the Mist Monastery, noticed by Him by chance, and then forced to bear the aura.

Absolutely an innocent perfect victim.

However, the weird thing is...

She had the intuition that Herbert wasn't telling the whole truth, yet everything he said was true without a hint of falsehood.