(MC POV)
There was understandably a rather awkward atmosphere between us and Long Er after that.
Or rather, the awkwardness only extended to Long Er and myself, since Iris and Akari didn't even pay any attention to her.
Still, she fulfilled her role as our guide and led us down the mountain to where their dungeon was. That was also when I noticed something in particular.
"You're walking?" I asked the girl who almost broke down from touching the earth earlier.
She looked at me in surprise, "Eh? Ah! Umm… If… If Divine One is already walking… The ground is already blessed by your touch so this entire place has been consecrated… That's why there's no problem for us to do that too…"
Huh, so it's not a matter of being polite or whatnot but more of 'I've already cleansed it for you so it's fine' kind of thing…
We passed by some people on the way there and they either scurried away or stopped levitating to lower their heads in our direction.
