Chapter 015: Athena

Saori Kido looked at Milo in surprise, smiled, and said, "It must be very good news to make Miss Milo so happy. Please, do tell me."

Milo turned her head to glance at Wang Bo, as if asking, "You say it or I do?"

Wang Bo made a gesture for her to go ahead.

Only then did Milo say, "Actually, Wang Bo has entered a very interesting new world, and in that world, there is another Lady Athena."

Saori Kido was stunned. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but at that moment, the cosmos sleeping within her awakened at an astonishing speed.

The next second, Wang Bo saw Saori Kido's frail aura swept away completely, her spine straightened, and two brilliant gleams shot from her eyes.

At that moment, Wang Bo realized that the girl standing before him was filled with the aura of iron and blood, and her brilliant eyes contained the most ancient and profound wisdom.

It was a wisdom deeper and vaster than that of any mortal sage.

She was a woman, and also a goddess.

She was no longer Saori Kido, but the genuine Athena.

Wang Bo knew very well that although Saori Kido was Athena's reincarnation, she did not actually know the true Athena.

She was merely a personality formed over the short dozen or so years since Athena's reincarnation. In a sense, Saori Kido was Athena, but Athena was not Saori Kido.

Yet Wang Bo had never expected that the truly sleeping Athena would awaken because of Milo's words.

The ancient goddess looked at Wang Bo and could not help asking, "What exactly is your relationship with my brother Apollo?"

Wang Bo shook his head and said, "No relationship."

Athena did not believe him. "I can feel his residual aura on you. To be precise, there is his cosmos within your cosmos."

Wang Bo thought for a moment and said, "Probably because I once wore Apollo's Cloth."

Wang Bo had never met Apollo. If there was any reason why his cosmos carried Apollo's aura, it could only be Apollo's Cloth.

Wang Bo had worn Apollo's Cloth several times, elevating his cosmos to the peak of the Eighth Sense, so it was inevitable that traces of Apollo's aura remained in his cosmos.

Athena nodded, whether she believed it or not, and turned to look at her Saint.

"Are you the Scorpio of this generation?"

Milo immediately knelt on one knee and said excitedly, "Scorpio Saint Milo, pays homage to Lady Athena."

Although she knew that Saori Kido was Lady Athena, she also understood that Saori Kido was merely Lady Athena's reincarnation, not the true Athena.

And now this one was the goddess who had protected humanity and the earth, the goddess of wisdom and victory.

"I am very interested in the news you just mentioned. Another me in another world?" Although Athena was one of the ancient goddesses, she had never seen another version of herself in a parallel world.

Not to mention that that world might not be a parallel world of Saints.

Milo knelt on the ground and said slowly, "All of this was told to me by Wang Bo."

Athena turned her gaze back to Wang Bo. "I am very interested in the other me. I wonder how I can meet that other me?"

Wang Bo scratched his hair, sighed, and said, "If you want to go, then come with me. But that world is in a critical period; the two worlds are merging. I hope you won't cause me trouble."

Athena nodded compliantly. "Of course."

With this Athena's assurance, Wang Bo breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Then when do you plan to set off?"

Athena said eagerly, "Right now, of course."

"Now? Are you sure?"

Wang Bo had originally thought Athena would wait a few days, after all, she was the goddess of the Sanctuary, and she would need to handle Sanctuary affairs. Who knew this goddess was so impatient?

Wang Bo could not help asking, "Don't you plan to handle the affairs of the Sanctuary?"

But she shook her head and said, "Shion has always been excellent; he can handle all the affairs of the Sanctuary."

"Alright." Seeing Athena insist, Wang Bo did not persuade her further and led Athena out of the temple.

When the three returned to the Pope's Chamber, Shion saw Athena and immediately bowed. Upon learning that Athena was leaving the Sanctuary, Shion did not stop her but instead bowed to see her off.

In fact, not only Shion, but even the other Saints did not stop Athena when they learned she was leaving; instead, they saw her off.

Wang Bo was initially a bit puzzled as to why the Saints did not stop Athena.

But he quickly realized that he had been misled by the plot.

In the original plot, Athena was either plotted against by the Pope, captured by the Sea Emperor, or invaded by Hades, fully demonstrating what it meant to be frail.

But in reality, was Athena truly frail?

Nonsense!

It was Saori Kido who was frail, not Athena, okay?

Who was Athena? She was Zeus's daughter, the goddess of victory and wisdom, a genuine deity. In the ancient wars of the gods, she had defeated Poseidon and sealed Hades.

What the Gold Saints guarded was merely Athena's reincarnation.

Once the true Athena awakened, it was not they who protected Athena, but Athena who protected them.

And now standing before all the Saints was not Saori Kido, but the true Athena.

She was the bona fide Goddess of War.

Even the most arrogant Saint did not think anyone could harm this goddess, including themselves, likewise.

Faced with such a powerful goddess, even if Poseidon or Hades stood before them again, the Gold Saints would not panic, because they still had Athena in front of them.

So they were not worried about Athena at all.

Nevertheless, everyone unanimously decided to let Milo, the strongest female Saint of the Sanctuary, lead a few other female Saints to stay by Athena's side—not to protect Athena, but to be ready to follow Athena's orders at any time.

After all, Athena was a goddess; it would be improper for her to travel without any female attendants.

Athena had no objections to this.

So Milo brought two female Saints: one was Shaina of Ophiuchus, and the other was Marin of Aquila.

Both had appeared in the original story.

Marin of Aquila was Seiya's teacher, and Seiya had once mistaken Marin for his own sister.

Shaina was Marin's rival.

Both were very outstanding Silver Saints.