The Choice of Vessels ( 383 )

"Then this Seventh Celestial… where was her guide? Her mysterious person?" Marcellus asked.

Garius fell silent, and all eyes turned to Aria.

Javier, who still had a firm grip on her hair, tilted his head. "Yeah, now that you mention it… where's your so-called guide?"

Aria smirked. "Oh, that annoying thing? I killed it already. Long before I got here."

Silence.

"…Huh?" Marcellus, Cedric, and the others were stunned.

Aria stretched her free arm, completely unbothered by Javier still holding her hair. "It was a pain, always telling me what to do, trying to 'guide' me somewhere, like I was some puppet. So, I got rid of it. Simple."

Aria's smirk widened. "Well, it's not just for me. I didn't want it annoying my sister either."

"Sister?"

"You wanna see her?"