Erix arrived at the location after twenty minutes and called Rin to get entry inside.
"Who were you talking about?" Erix curiously asked as he and Rin entered the dome and walked toward their VIP box.
"Her name is Aria. She was under the pond the whole time when were there, haha. But even Lilith couldn't sense her presence. She got some special powers."
"Moreover, she watched your entire test from start to finish..."
Rin told Erix about Aria, making him raise his eyebrows at first, then surprise, then shock, and then he had a severe and a bit complex expression when the duo arrived at the VIP box, and Rin finished telling Erix about her father's plan.
As they entered, Erix saw the only unfamiliar head with beautiful light blue hair, attracting his attention.
Aria swiftly turned around as her sparkling purple eyes met Erix's eyes.
Erix had a strange sense of deja vu that he couldn't explain, but he ignored it and smiled at Aria.
Aria's cheeks were slightly flushed, but she smiled brightly and said, "I finally got to meet you, Erix."
Erix could sense tumultuous waves in Aria spiritually, making him feel how much impact he had on her.
"Me too," Erix grinned and walked towards before patting her head, "You're a real cutie Rin said, haha. Why do I feel like I've met you before?"
"I should feel that more," Aria giggled, eyes filled with excitement. "I watched your whole journey in test. It was so so...exciting and and...I don't know, I juzt-"
Aria stuttered and almost bit her tongue, making her cheeks turn red as she shut her mouth.
Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing.
However, her eyes showed mirth as she was already feeling happy to be with everyone here.
Erix sat beside her on the couch, while Rin sat on the other side of Aria as he talked with her and others. The mood in the room became more jolly as Aria talked more and more as she felt happy.
Amu was also super happy and hyper upon seeing Aria truly lively like these with people she liked to be with.
She never had such a group to talk to in the palace. Some maids cared for her, but they were maids and were at work most of the time, while Aria was also in training with no partners.
"C-Can I lean here, Erix..." Aria suddenly said as she leaned her head on Erix's shoulder, her heart beating fast.
"There's no need to ask, haha."
Erix felt pity and also liked her, so he didn't feel any aversion towards Aria at all.
Of course, she hadn't moved his primal heart yet because it wasn't something that could move through pity only.
But Erix felt like spoiling Aria given her nature despite her past.
"Thank you!" Aria became excited from nervous upon hearing Erix's answer and held his arm before leaning her head.
"This movie is kinda good. There are many possibilities in the climax," Rin said while eating tiny dumplings and her focus on the movie.
"Of course, leave it to me."
"Let's return to our VIP room then. It's also booked for the upcoming auction," Lily said.
"Yep, and let's bring some food along," Lilith nodded. "This auction is going to be a big one, the current biggest one happening in the Kalaanx Abyss."
"The branch leaders of Cosmic Factions will also be here, and all major powers of the Core Domain."
"That sounds big, eh?" Erix and Rin were surprised.
"I only heard about them, but don't know anything," Aria pouted. "I really really want to go on adventure and live freely with you all."
Erix smiled and patted her head, "You will, Aria. We're gonna have a lot of fun and adventures filled with exciting troubles and boons."
"Yep. That's right, Aria."
Rin then playfully chuckled and said, "let's go and get some food specialty of this place. Hehe, they got dishes more tasty than Lilith's cooking."
"Of course," Lilith jokingly rolled her eyes. "There are Mystic Chefs of very high levels here selling their specialties. In this regard, I am indeed weaker."
The group grabbed the food from the luxurious food district near the huge dome building before entering the VIP box.
Meanwhile, the members of various Cosmic Factions that went to search for Rin and Erix to recruit arrived in the Elven territory while following their trails and talks among other hunters.
"Damn, we really made a kind of circle searching for them."
"What can we do? The mirage crystals didn't spread much into Elven territory here."
"I saw those Galactic Knight bastards snooping around with mirage crystals. They are also searching for those two."
"Let's go, Meimei. We have to hurry and get their location from Royal Palace."
Meimei clicked her tongue, "I can't believe they also dared to enter that pond and even passed the test."
"That's all the more reason to recruit them," Lania said, her brown tail moving eagerly behind her. "If we recruit them, then Lady Ayame will likely put them in our group."
"If they are from another world, then there's high chance our faction's branch is there. We can pass higher levels of Faction Towers and difficult field missions with them."
"Yea, yea, let's go. I can't complain about getting strong members, haha."
Alas, everyone searching for them was bound to get disappointed, and some may get more than that...like a punch and a blade.
Meanwhile, the other cosmic faction members had also found about Rin and Erix passing the test.
After all, this feat had spread into the kingdom and had shocked everyone.
With the entry of more people in the territory with them, the mirage crystals that recorded their battles also started spreading.
General people still didn't know the group that passed the test looked like, so those mirage crystals quickly increased in number by copying and spread further.