"Disgusting? With your sense of aesthetics, you think you have the right to comment on my work? Just watch quietly!"
"Your sense of aesthetics is completely the reverse of a normal person’s!"
Aguli shouted loudly.
"A normal sense of aesthetics. Hmph. Then tell me, what exactly is a normal sense of aesthetics! No one has ever seen the existence of the Goddess of Beauty. Who can say with absolute certainty that something is beautiful? When evaluating beauty, one is completely confined by various conditions due to different identities. Identity, status, preferences, race, politics, these are all potential factors influencing one’s values."
"No one can clearly define what ’beauty’ is. In the end, the now monotonous evaluations of ’beauty’ have no authenticity at all. Only someone like me, who disregards any school of thought and position and has an aesthetic sense completely different from the common person, can make the most sincere evaluation, possessing the right to make the most objective evaluation of ’beauty’!"
The three girls fell silent.
Shami frowned and looked at the three of them.
Hey, hey, you didn’t actually believe what this guy said, did you?
The three girls simultaneously showed pondering expressions. After thinking for a moment, they looked at Aguli.
"Then which of us do you think is the ugliest?"
"To think you’d all ask such a question in unison, are you taking the other side as a Magic Mirror? Your thoughts are so transparent that even I, a villager, can see through them, ladies!"
Shami realized she had been overly worried.
Although a bit odd, this kind of evaluation without any stance seems worth listening to.
Elf Maiden: Hmph, even though I’m already certain I’m the most beautiful girl of the Elf Race. But if I can also get recognition from someone with aesthetic deviation, it proves she’s the globally recognized beautiful girl!
Magical Girl: Although I’m quite popular in Fatari, the golden-haired and white-haired I’ve met in the village have looks not inferior to mine at all. However, even among elves and heroes, the black-haired girl who carries the pinnacle of Fatari Magical Girl’s beauty can prove she is the prettiest.
White-haired Girl: Actually, I don’t really want to ask such a question. But girls always pay attention to their looks, hoping not to fall too far behind Miss Lureya and Miss Saili.
"Even if he comes up with some evaluation, you can’t take it seriously at all."
Shami whispered to the three girls who suddenly got competitive.
Aguli was stunned for a moment, then waved his large hand vigorously.
"Stop chattering, you three are equally ugly! I’m not even in the mood to continue evaluating!"
"I don’t have the time to play house with you wet-behind-the-ears kids right now. I’m in a hurry to get back."
Aguli planned to escape. Not out of fear, but completely underestimating the team opposite him, thinking there’s no need to fight.
He slowly surveyed the five who came to oppose him.
White-haired Swordsman, ugly!
Black-haired Magical Girl, ugly!
And that Elf Race girl, extremely ugly!
As for those two who look like villagers.
The other one...also...
Aguli’s gaze landed on Theo, who had been bantering with the girls earlier, and hadn’t noticed Theo hiding all the way at the back.
Just a glance, like an arrow piercing the heart.
Theo quickly grabbed Shami.
"Hey, hey, why do I feel like he’s looking at me with really weird eyes, Shami!"
"Be confident. You’ve won the beauty contest."
"When was there a beauty contest?!"
Aguli stared intently at Theo, his eyes turning red, his fists clenching, his arm veins popping, his face excited and ferocious, his Adam’s apple bobbing.
"Is it the gods looking over me? To think I’ve encountered the most collectible face in this world. You over there, you must be the embodiment of ’beauty’!"
The beautiful girls collectively questioned.
Theo stood frozen in place.
"Come over, someone like you shouldn’t stay in that mire. Quickly, come to my side."
"Everyone, I’ll go rescue the village chief’s daughter first, please hold off this person for me!"
Theo hurriedly ran into a cave.
Aguli gave a cold glance at the remaining four, his expression turned extremely serious and earnest.
"That was your teammate, right? Sorry, now I have a compelling reason to fight. You all must die, obediently hand over that man."