"By the way, how many Knights of Beauty were under your command back then?" - Stelle asked, as she was still kept captive by Idrila on her, however she was given more freedom as she can roam around the ship now, with some space anchors placed down, she can now officially teleport around, but not out of the ship's reach.

"Hmm... Now that you reminded me of it, I am still lacking the memories for the exact number... But I remember faintly it was around 100... Or there could be more."

"Huh..."

"You must be surprised, on how little-"

"Isn't that a little bit too much?" - Stelle interrupted Idrila with a confused look, which left the latter even more surprised at her reaction.

"Uhm... I still think 100 is a small number... Like they are my personal bodyguards... For an Aeon, wouldn't you think around 10000 is a better number?"

"But still... The power scaling is going to go crazy at the end of the story..." - Stelle said with a sad expression while placing her hand on her chest. "How would I be able to beat a bunch of blessed Pathstriders coming at once without me being promoted to an Emanator...?"

"What are you yapping about...?" - Idrila is not aware that Stelle has a lot of 4th wall breaking jokes around... "Is having too much guards a bad thing?"

"Not that it is bad... wait now I think about it 100 is maybe indeed... too few." - Stelle seemed to started to think and recall some stuff again. "Rookie numbers compared to the Galaxy Rangers I guess."

"Huh..."

Stelle looked at her confused face for a moment before being able to tell that she is unfamiliar with the Rangers, and such rises another question in her mind which she spelled out : "Wait... are you even properly informed of the current state of the... Cosmos?"

"...of course I am."

Stelle felt like Idrila was lying to her, if she had to guess, it could be because of her pride, after all she is still the Aeon of Beauty, regardless of her identity being a shard of her former self.

"...really huh..."

"I have nothing to prove to you so don't try and ask me questions either."

"Are you aware of the fact that we are just digital characters in a video game called Honkai: Star Rail and we are a parody version of our official game selves and in fact you could not be even real in the game due to how scarce the lore has dropped information about you?"

"Wuh-"

"As I expected."

— — — — —

"By the way, Amphoreus." - Akivili mentioned the new planet introduced in 3.0

"Ah yes, the place that your favorite Trailblazer is currently journeying through as we speaks, it is a land of mystery, undiscovered even to you, the best Pathfinder in the whole Cosmos."

"You're goddamn right." - Akivili sips on THEIR mug which printed Cosmos's #1 Pathsniffer on. "Anyways, I am a little bit confused about it. And by a bit confused, I mean basically everything about it, like what in the Qlipoth's testicles are the Titans and Coreflames?"

"Hmm... Given the nature of the planet that is only accessible by the Remembrance so far, and the lack of information even in the Simulated Universe of the #83, I'd say those Titans are the equivalent of Aeons in an enclosed system, just that on a bigger scale they are completely pathetic might be even compared to an Emanator's granted Authority."

"Huh... So what do you think about the fact that there are 3 Paths currently being involved with it?" - Akivili asked.

"Given that we have known two of them, Remembrance and Erudition, the third Path, although still remains a mystery, should still be holding the same influence as equal to these 2 Paths. As such, Paths that are currently less outstanding in the Cosmos like the Beauty, Propagation, Trailblaze and a few more shouldn't be the possible candidates."

"I think it could be one of the 3 Paths that suddenly grew to power while I was gone?"

"If you are referring to the Destruction, the Hunt and the Abundance, then yes, might be a chance for them to be candidates, but overall and logically, no, I doubt." - Rubert beeped, occasionally stopping to run some antivirus softwares. "Simply because I found the nature of Amphoreus so far has nothing resembles those Paths' manifestations. But still, that could change in the future, like what if in 3.4 the black tide is just revealed to be an Emanator of Destruction trying to devour and conquer everything in its sight, that could change."

"Well... Since you've put it that way, wasn't it mentioned that there would be 3 Emanators present on Amphoreus?"

"If it doesn't include the #83, then the possibility of 3 Emanators on appearing on the Eternal Land is something I still have some trouble processing, unless some major events that would exceed beyond its boundaries occurred, or the third Path finally descended, I still find the presence of 3 Emanators on the same planet hard to comprehend, like why would they be there?"

"Fair enough... Wait what about that holy land of the Family."

"If you are referring to that planet, don't ask me. I don't know why you would meet an Emanator of Harmony every 10 steps you take."

"The power scaling sure is [Trailblaze profanity]'ed, good thing that I am not going to deal with that, even if I have to, I am an Aeon." - Akivili proudly said.

"But your favorite Stelle will."

"I'm sure she can manage it. Anyways, should there be the better candidate for the 3rd Path... Who do you think is the best? I hate to say it but probably could be Aha, this kind of trickery and shenanigans, unseen and concealed for now, but maybe at the end it will just be a big prank."

"Doubt, Aha the Elation and THEIR Path are not even worthy of being listed for the 3rd Path, it's just simply not possible, and personally, I think that the Preservation is the best candidate."

"Ah yes... Why yes, Amphoreus is completely sealed off to the outside world... No getting in nor getting out."

"That is why it would be an ideal planet for the Preservation to be involved, but the only problem is now the Garden of Recollection would be able to temporarily grant access to other people to get in."

"I see... Still, a few confusions here and there."

"Yes. And so the third Path remains a mystery."

"So you're saying it's Enigmata?"

"..."

"Ehe"

"What intrigued me the most is about the Titans."

"How come, tin head? You can feel intrigued as well?"

"...yes, but anyways, the Titans are a bit of an interesting lifeforms, they seem to be carrying a form of Divinity that is unsimilar to that of Aeons, which we have too little details on, and their Coreflames are something as equally interesting as well, given its nature to be able to be inherited by the Chrysos Heirs... But how come they are only called Demigods when fully inheriting a Titan's divinity?"

"Well I guess maybe to protect themselves from someone who has beef with Gods and really wants to slay gods. But who knows, hehehehehe."

"Hmm..."

"There are a total of 12 Titans in total, so that means 12 Heirs will get their powers?"

"Correct, currently there are a few Coreflame that have been claimed, while I lack of the sophisticated technology and the required up-to-date database to be able to obtain their information, luckily I managed to hack into Stelle's phone and managed to make a copy of everything on the phone, please wait while I look for the information."

"..." - At this point, not even Akivili wants to question why Rubert would hack into Stelle's phone... And besides, it doesn't seem like the #27 is doing a bad thing. And surely this won't be a foreshadowing to another future plot?

"Found. Currently upto 3.1 so far, there are 6 confirmed Heirs that have inherited Titans' Coreflames, they are as follow :

Aglaea, the Weaver of Gold. She is currently the leader of the Chrysos Heirs in this Flame Chasing Journey as it seems."

"Smash. Brutal. Nonstop."

"...anyways, the next is Tribios, more commonly known as Tribbie, Trianne and Trinnon, they were the first to inherit the Coreflame, and is respected by the other Heirs because she was their mentor."

"I find something strange about the name why are-"

"oh"

"..." - Rubert was waiting, he doesn't say anything but you can hear that he is challenging Akivili. "Say it, I bet you. I am recording this."

"...nah... not my type-"

"Oh and here's her original form."

"What do you mean origi- oh dear, yeah definitely a smash, as brutal as Aglaea, and yes maybe even more. No lube. No oil. No protection. Maybe at least 1000 children with do."

"...anyways, next up is Cipher."

"Does this one throw his hat to a dead corpse to extract the current location of the enemies on the map and places tripwire around?"

"...no. She has not made an official appearance in the game yet, and her drip marketing just dropped days ago."

"mmm cute, gentle smash."

Mei onee-chan... i don't want to die...

"What was that?" - Akivili asked.

"...I don't know. Anyways, next is Mydeimos, what's interesting is that he is basically immortal, even before inheriting the Coreflame."

"He reminded me of some dude with similar choice of attire, and I can remember him always insulting other people."

"Anyways, the last for now, is Castorice, who is regarded as the Death Reaper, having the ability to kill anything on physical contact."

"Sounds scary-"

"I feel the urge to hug her. Yes smash but I just have this irresistible urge to give her affection and care."

"...now I understand how Stelle feels during these conversations."