The tables had turned!
Aglaea's beautiful eyes widened. What Anaxa said at this moment was extremely familiar. The feeling of the boomerang hitting herself made her feel extremely frustrated.
Anaxa played with the Castrum Kremnos Dictionary in his hands while circling around Aglaea: "I'm not like a cold-blooded person like you. As long as you beg me, I'll agree to let you take a look at it later. How about it?"
Aglaea gritted her teeth and remained silent.
Seeing Aglaea in such a miserable state, Anaxa felt extremely refreshed. He smiled slightly, his voice carrying a hint of temptation: "Compared to this one-of-a-kind Castrum Kremnos Dictionary in the world, what is a mere scholar's dignity worth?"
"Aglaea, oh Aglaea. Do you really care that much about your so-called face? Ahahahaha——!"
After a few seconds of silence, Aglaea suddenly took a deep breath, as if she had made some kind of decision. "Anaxagoras, let's make a deal."
"You give me the dictionary, and I'll give you that limited edition Earth Beast pajama set. That way, we can both get something useful to us, right?"
A mere Earth Beast pajama set might mean a lot to Anaxa, but to Aglaea, it was just a piece of clothing.
By the same logic, to Anaxa, the Castrum Kremnos Dictionary was just a rare dictionary. It couldn't compare to the Earth Beast pajamas he had been longing for from [Gold Lion].
This was a win-win deal.
However······
Anaxa snorted coldly: "Why should I make this deal with you? Don't forget, you've already defiled that precious item — you threw it on the tray and got it covered in dust."
"Then what do you want me to do? I can wash it clean," Aglaea said with a frown.
Anaxa waved his hand: "Heh. Only an ignorant woman would come up with such an idiotic method. No need. I'll personally wash that precious item myself. However, don't expect to get this dictionary in perfect condition either."
With that, he ignored Aglaea's objections and wrote the 5 characters 'Anaxa' in flamboyant handwriting on the title page of the dictionary.
Aglaea immediately flew into a rage: "What are you doing?! You're destroying a cultural relic!"
Anaxa laughed loudly: "What am I doing? Of course I'm leaving my mark on the treasure you've been dreaming of! From now on, every time you open this dictionary, you'll remember what happened today, hahahaha!"
Stelle and Phainon, who were eating popcorn on the side, exclaimed in amazement: "Damn, Anaxa's move was brutal!"
"I accept the deal. Take your dictionary."
Anaxa chuckled and casually tossed the dictionary to Aglaea. The latter clicked her tongue and quickly reached out to catch it, then impatiently flipped it open:
First page, HKS, translation: Bastard.
Second page, HKS, translation: Idiot.
Third page, HKS, translation: Little cutie.
Fourth page, HKS, translation: Aminos.
Fifth page, HKS, translation: ······
Aglaea silently read from the first page to the last, her expression growing darker and darker, her gaze looking like she wanted to eat someone.
Stelle and Phainon quickly moved a little farther away.
——"Hahahahaha!"
When Aglaea reached the last page, Anaxa finally couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing. "Idiot, you actually read from the first page to the last. You got called 'HKS' for over a thousand pages, hahahahaha······"
Bang!
Aglaea casually threw the dictionary onto the other side of the scale's tray, pulled out her dual guns from her waist, and said with a terrifying look in her eyes: "Deal's off. Eat my magic bullet barrage!"
"Huh?"
Anaxa's expression changed immediately: "So you don't keep your word, huh? But it's a good thing I already guessed you'd do this, so I came prepared."
Aglaea: "Oh? What, you want to fight a [Reason] demigod?"
Anaxa: "Actually, before I gave you the dictionary just now, I coated it with weakening potion."
"Tch. Same old trick," Aglaea said disdainfully. "I already said before that you can't generalize between different people's constitutions."
"One jin of pears!" Anaxa retorted. "This weakening potion was specially researched according to a demigod's constitution. Even a Titan would fall asleep immediately after drinking it. Unless you have my 'Earth Beast Limited Supreme Bento' as an antidote, you're definitely finished!"
"If I'm not wrong about the timing, you still have five······"
Aglaea pointed her gun at Anaxa: "Five minutes is more than enough for me to beat you down. Eat my magic bullets!"
Anaxa: "Four, three, two, one, you're done!"
"······"
The temple fell into complete silence. Nothing happened.
Anaxa: ???
How could this be?
Before he could think further, Aglaea had already charged at him. Anaxa had no choice but to temporarily stop thinking and focus on fighting······
On the side.
"Sigh. If Teacher Aglaea and Teacher Anaxa keep fighting like this, we probably won't be able to go back to Okhema for dinner today."
Phainon sighed and said helplessly: "Forget it. We're also part of the Flamechasing after all. We can't just stand by and watch."
"From now on, it's up to the two of us to figure something out."
Stelle nodded: "I agree."
The two cleared out a space for Aglaea and Anaxa to fight and began carefully studying the scale:
The originally uneven situation hadn't changed much even after the pajamas and dictionary were placed on it. Clearly, although these two items were extremely meaningful to Aglaea and Anaxa, they still didn't reach the standard of "infinite" as defined by Talanton.
"I think······ I might have something that could help."
Phainon thought for a moment, then took out a wooden box from his pocket. Inside the box was a shiny ring.
Phainon showed a nostalgic smile: "This is a gift Big Brother Lygus gave me when I was young. Back then, he smiled and told me······"
"Sorry to interrupt for a moment." Stelle covered her face, her expression clearly difficult to control. She forcefully grabbed a handful of the hair on her forehead and said helplessly: "I'm not doubting the value this item holds for you, but this scale might not be able to recognize it······ Let me do it instead. I have a way."
Phainon: "How can that be? You're a guest from beyond the sky. Helping us fight Titans together is already beyond expectations. How can we let you take out something priceless?"
"What if Oronyx throws a tantrum and snatches away the treasure you brought out? No, absolutely not."
Stelle shook her head: "Who said I'm going to use something of my own? Just watch."
With that, she called Sunday.
A few seconds later, Sunday arrived at the temple aboard a "portable private spaceship" and slightly bowed toward Stelle: "My Miss Stelle, I am happy to be of service."
Stelle pointed at the scale: "I need to place something of 'infinite' value on both sides of the trays. Do you have any ideas?"