You imdiately stood up as well, cautiously saying, "Isn't this too dangerous?"
"Don't worry." Aglaea looked at you all. "I will help you acquire the fla seed. This is already part of the Journey of Chasing the Fla."
Cipher scratched her head, her cat ears twitching uneasily. "But... I thought this kind of thing would have to wait a long ti..."
"The spread of the Black Tide is faster than expected," Tribbie said softly. "We need to gather the fla seeds as quickly as possible to strengthen the Chrysos Heir's power."
Cipher was silent for a mont, then finally sighed. "Alright, alright, it has to be done sooner or later anyway. So how do we do it? We can't just go challenge that Zagrez to a duel, can we?"
Trinnon spoke. "Legend says Zagrez is attracted to sches, especially on Ghost Day—that's when he's most likely to appear."
"So?"
"So we need a sche grand enough," Aglaea said, "grand enough to make the Rogue God appear in person."
"How exactly do we do it?" you asked.
"A grand sche? I get it..." Cipher answered first. "There are highly skilled Rogues all over Amphoreus. If we can get them to perform their boldest sches on the sa day, plus mine..." "That'll definitely cause a huge stir!" Her eyes lit up.
Aglaea smiled. "Indeed, coming to you was the right choice."
"But..." Cipher then frowned. "How can I get so many Rogues to listen to ?"
"That's where you'll need to persuade them yourself," Aglaea smiled. "After all, you're the youngest yet most famous among them."
"? Famous?" Cipher pointed at herself.
"'Lying Cat Cipher,' 'Swift-Footed Cifera,' these titles are well-known in Rogue circles."
"Alright, alright, who told I was so amazing? With great power cos great responsibility... Hehe."
You imdiately stepped forward. "I'll go with you."
"Of course!" Cipher looked at you with a smile. "Without my Little Cat, I wouldn't dare run around everywhere."
And so, you began your journey to find Rogues. The first stop was a neighboring city-state. Within a month, you found over twenty Rogues. So were excited and agreed as soon as they heard about the Deceiving God plan. "Deceiving a Titan? Interesting! Count in!" Others required Cipher to use all her persuasive powers. "I've already retired, and you want to co out of retirent?" "Just once! One last ti! Think about it, this is a monuntal event that could go down in history!"
Three months later, nearly a hundred Rogues had agreed to participate. But you still needed more Rogues... those scattered in various places, so living in seclusion in the mountains, so imprisoned.
"This old man lives on a snow mountain?" Cipher looked at the intelligence in her hand. "He really knows how to pick a place." So you embarked on the journey to the snow mountain. Persuading the reclusive Rogues was harder than imagined.
"Little girl, I haven't been involved in worldly affairs for many years," the white-haired old Rogue shook his head.
"Senior, this is a great deed of deceiving a Titan! Didn't you enjoy challenging difficult tasks when you were young?"
"Those are all things of the past..."
Cipher's eyes darted. "I heard you once had a wish to steal a sacred artifact from the Arcadia Temple?"
The old man's eyes lit up. "How did you know?"
"If you help us, I'll tell you how to do it."
In the end, the old Rogue was persuaded.
20 years old. And so, one by one, it took a whole year for you to travel through most of Amphoreus. During this ti, you also had to rescue Rogues who were imprisoned.
"This person is going to be executed the day after tomorrow," you said, frowning at the intelligence.
"Then we'll break him out of jail tonight!" Cipher said without hesitation.
The hardest part was finding the missing Rogues. So had changed their nas and lived as ordinary people, while others had moved far away and were never heard from again. But Cipher didn't give up; she believed every Rogue was necessary.
"Why do we have to gather three hundred?" you asked.
"My intuition tells that the number three hundred is very important," Cipher said with a smile.
Finally, at the end of the year, the last Rogue was found. "Counting you and , that's exactly three hundred and one sches," Cipher counted the list. "Perfect!"
There was one month left until Ghost Day. All the Rogues gathered in Dolos one after another. You watched Cipher's busy figure, feeling a strange unease in your heart. The Titan of Sches... if anything went wrong...
"Little cat, don't overthink it." Cipher saw your worry. "With Tailor Woman and Sister Tribbie helping, and you by my side, I'm not afraid of any Titan!"
The night before Ghost Day, Dolos City. Three hundred and two Rogues gathered together, and the scene was exceptionally lively.
"Everyone!" Cipher stood on a platform made of wooden boxes, and you stood beside her. "Tomorrow is the day we make history!"
Scattered applause broke out below the stage, but there was more whispering.
"Little girl, are you really sure this plan will succeed?" a One-Eyed Rogue asked loudly.
"Of course!" Cipher was full of confidence. "As long as everyone performs their best sche at the sa ti, the commotion will surely alarm Zagrez!"
You added, "Rember, three hundred Rogues, three hundred sches. And we—"
"Are the three hundred and first!" Cipher and you said in unison.
An old Rogue thoughtfully said, "You two count as one?"
"That's right!" Cipher hooked your shoulder. "We're the best partners! Two people working together can achieve the strongest sche!"
"How exactly do we do it?" soone asked.
"Every Rogue must perform a sche in a different city-state, and then..."
After you and Cipher explained the plan, everyone praised it.
Ghost Day. The Rogues left one after another through the Gate of a Hundred Realms. "Rember! Use your wildest sches!" You and Cipher saw off everyone at the gate.
In the afternoon, you began your "performance." The location was the central square of Dolos City.
"Are you ready, Little cat?" Cipher asked.
"Ready to start anyti," you nodded.
You perford a brilliant two-person act—Cipher was responsible for attracting attention, "stealing" the new king's scepter in broad daylight, while you used your ability to replicate the scepter, making it appear as if it was still in its original place. By the ti the king discovered that what was in his hand was fake, you were already in the center of the square, waving the real scepter.
"Co and catch us!" Cipher shouted provocatively.
The city guards sward in. Just as you were about to counterattack, Cipher held your hand. "Little cat, stick to the plan."
You gave up resistance and were locked in the deepest cell of the prison. Throughout the afternoon, other Rogues were successively escorted in due to their failed sches. But the prison was filled with laughter.
"You guys got caught too?"
"Of course, it's part of the plan!"
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