The corner of Aslan's mouth twitched.
(Why are you stirring up trouble now? Can't you see the joy in that damn goddess's eyes is about to overflow?)
Aslan looked at Karyou with displeasure and felt a slight headache.
If he could break free, he would have done so earlier.
(However, since it's come to this, don't blame me for being rude...) He thought annoyedly in his heart.
At the same time, Aslan extended his free right hand toward Karyou.
"How could that be! What flirting? My right hand is always reserved just for you."
Along with that, Aslan gave Karyou an eye signal, trying to struggle a bit.
To show that he was fully embraced by Athena and was truly passive.
(Targeted by Athena, you're really unlucky...)
Karyou saw Aslan's empty right hand and looked at him with slight pity.
But hugging him now to declare ownership?
Forget it. She didn't want to compete with Athena in this aspect.
Karyou glanced briefly and saw a familiar brown-skinned, silver-haired onee-san taking photos of Aslan and Athena with a camera. The corner of her mouth twitched.
Her instinct told her that if she really hugged him now, in a certain sense, she would definitely become famous in Little Garden, and not just ordinarily famous.
Beating Athena in a man-snatching contest... She absolutely didn't want to see her figure appear in the newspaper with news like that.
Especially in the Shunbunsha newspaper edited by Prithvi Mata.
(So, Aslan, sorry. I'll make it up to you tonight...)
Karyou folded her arms across her chest and snorted coldly toward Athena and Aslan.
"Forget it, you should save your right hand for someone else."
After saying that, Karyou left very arrogantly, as if she had made a decision.
She would go find the Gossip Goddess Prithvi Mata.
Although two of the Seven Great Sages died at the hands of the Heavenly Army, and her relationship as the Great Sage Who Leaves Heaven in Disarray wasn't good with them.
However, Prithvi's relationship with the elders in her family was quite good. So, her relationship with her was decent.
At least, with a bit of whining, she could erase her traces from future news.
She didn't want to become entertainment for others.
"..."
Seeing Karyou leave without looking back, Aslan followed her direction of departure and saw the brown-skinned, silver-haired Gossip Goddess. His face darkened.
In his ears rang Athena's unrestrained laughter.
"Hahaha, your current expression is truly amusing."
"An expression of dashed hopes, then finding new despair—it's hilarious."
"By the way, do you often bully her?"
"Why did you come here today?"
Aslan asked very displeased in the secret communication channel.
Was Athena really here to annoy him?
"Didn't we agree? To appear as your dance partner?" Athena replied with a smile.
"Dance partner? I think you came to seek amusement; that's more accurate." Aslan replied helplessly.
He felt Athena deliberately came to take revenge on him. Well, now he could remove the word 'felt.'
Daring to hug him in front of the Gossip Goddess? Did they think their reputations were too good?
It was just because Karyou didn't want to cooperate that Aslan lost a step to Athena in this.
If Karyou cooperated, he could join her to make Athena look like a rejected mistress clinging shamelessly.
Prithvi would surely love reporting that.
Unfortunately, Karyou didn't want to cooperate. Or rather, she absolutely didn't want to become famous in Prithvi's reports. Athena's name was too big.
Who knew how Prithvi would spin the news in the end.
On the contrary, now he became the scumbag wanting to embrace left and right after having Athena.
(Just because I don't want to cooperate with you? Do you need to ruin my reputation like this?)
(You also need to think about how big a problem I've caused. Don't say you—even Zeus might not be able to bear this burden.)
(Besides, your attitude toward me is good enough, and the help I've given isn't little. I can't bear to make you take all the blame.)
Aslan sighed helplessly in his heart.
He really couldn't understand what was in Athena's mind.
"Seeking amusement from you?"
Athena narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled sweetly.
"Consider it that."
After saying that, she pulled Aslan, stepping first through the temple gate and entering the banquet hall under everyone's shocked gazes.
Mandora, on the other hand, felt relieved. Regardless of what Aslan did to Ares—killing Ares' avatar.
However, Athena's current attitude was enough to explain everything.
The foolish actions that were previously mocked by others, especially Sandora's words, now became an extraordinary sign of sincerity.
Mandora took several deep breaths before he managed to suppress his joyful expression.
If he wasn't at the banquet entrance right now, he might have laughed like a fool.
"Brother Mandora, where are we going next?"
Sandora beside him waved to Leticia, turned around, looked at her brother, ready to hear his next plan.
"I'll take you to Arcadia's headquarters. You might train there for a while."
Mandora said while looking at the backs of Arcadia members already scattered in the crowd.
"Yay, I can go find Lily!"
Sandora replied very happily, wanting to jump around like a child to express her joy.
However, she suddenly remembered her behavior as Salamandra's leader and quietly followed behind Mandora.
It's just that the smile on her face revealed her feelings.
Seeing this, Mandora nodded slightly, said nothing, and silently planned in his heart how to better show Salamandra's sincerity.
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A Beastman community leader who was communicating with a trading partner looked toward the banquet hall entrance.
When he saw the blonde goddess with an olive wreath on her head, his face froze.
"That's..."
"That's Goddess Athena. Why is she appearing here..."
"This must be a joke; a Greek Main God really came. Did she come to demand retribution from Arcadia?"
"No... wait, why are they arm in arm?"
After a brief shock, all gazes focused on Aslan being embraced by Athena.
"By the way... who's the person on the right side of Arcadia's leader? Why is she so beautiful? I've never seen her before?"
"Hmm? There's someone on his right side?"
"Damn, there really is! And that little face is really..."
Before he finished speaking, the person trying to flirt turned to stone.
The small community leaders gasped, looking at Aslan embracing left and right with strange faces, their eyes full of admiration.
What a bold man, able to seduce Athena while at the same time 'handling' Shiroyasha.
And while seducing Athena, he also embraced a beautiful girl on his right side.
Only a few recognized the girl on Aslan's right as Algol.
After all, Algol in Perseus' hands for years was always summoned in her extremely ugly monster form.
Moreover, Algol's sealing was a very ancient event. They might know Perseus killed Algol and know of the Demon Star's existence.
However, Algol's true appearance was known to few. Almost no one recognized her as Algol.
And those who recognized her didn't dare utter a word, fearing they'd be turned to stone by Algol the next moment.
At the same time, they admired Aslan even more. He was truly a bold man, able to conquer Goddess Athena and Demon Star Algol at the same time.
Instantly, the atmosphere of the entire hall became truly silent.
However, Aslan didn't care about the atmosphere there, but helplessly tried to stop the hidden dispute between Algol and Athena.
"Ugly woman, you're really shameless snatching a man from Al-chan?"
Algol mocked Athena and stuck very proactively to Aslan.
"But if you're willing to admit you're an ugly woman, Al-chan can generously make you a bed-warmer servant."
There was a hint of pride in Algol's words, as if she was very pleased with Aslan's rejection of Athena.
(Aslan is satisfied with just me; you ugly woman, don't cling shamelessly.)
Athena smiled and looked around. She saw a stunned and seemingly regretful girl in the crowd and countered Algol.
"Algol, could it be Aslan isn't your man yet?"
Algol didn't answer, just rolled her eyes at Athena with displeasure.
(Are you saying useless things?)
"Would you get angry because your man is playing with a pet?"
Moreover, Algol was a demon ancestor. Her morals and worldview were completely different from normal people. She didn't care about such minor things.
She now purely wanted to attack Athena.
And Aslan stood on Algol's side.
However, even so, facing Algol's sharp attacks, Athena still held up perfectly, even occasionally countering back.
Should she be called the Goddess of Wisdom?
It was truly hard to embarrass her and make Athena angry.
Algol and Aslan had the same thought simultaneously.
"..."
Meanwhile, in the corner of the banquet hall.
After finishing talking with Prithvi and successfully pulling herself out, Karyou was drinking alone, staring at Aslan in the middle of the hall, embraced left and right.
Of course, rather than being pulled out by Prithvi, it was more accurate that Prithvi saw bigger and more explosive news, so her presence was naturally ignored.
It's just that Karyou now felt a bit regretful, regretting why she didn't step forward earlier.
Seeing Algol and Aslan's intimate actions, for some reason she felt a faint green light appearing above her head.
If it were Leticia, Natsuki, and the others, she could still tolerate it. Especially because they wouldn't threaten her position.
Especially Leticia; she was just Aslan's maid.
But Algol was really different. Seeing her skilled proactive ownership declaration and alliance with Aslan to attack Athena.
Karyou was so angry her molars almost broke.
That place should be hers!
But what could she do? She couldn't step forward and fight them, right? And she wasn't sure she could beat Athena and that person.
Karyou didn't recognize it was Algol.
That person's appearance even made her feel slightly inferior.
The demon's beauty was like the incarnation of beauty itself.
"Eh? You're not stepping forward to help your man?"
A woman's voice suddenly made Karyou pause.
"This voice seems somewhat familiar..."
Karyou showed a surprised expression. She slowly turned around, and on the right side of the sofa, she saw a woman sitting sideways on the sofa armrest, wearing Dunhuang-style Hanfu.
Her appearance was no more than sixteen years old, very young, even filled with pure innocence.
Blue hair tied in twin tails, vermilion and jade-colored eyes, a small beautiful nose, with a faint smile at the corner of her lips.
This was a woman no less beautiful than her, quite eye-catching to everyone there.
However, Karyou didn't pay much attention to the other's appearance, but focused on the other's face and eyes.
"Asura... why are you appearing here?"
Karyou paused for a moment and called the other's name with slight surprise.
As the daughter of the Eight Dragon Gods, Karyou and Asura knew each other very well, but that didn't mean their relationship was good.
In fact, because of her childhood experience of being kidnapped by the Asura clan's prince, she had no good impression of the Asura clan at all.
They were more inclined to be sworn enemies.
Moreover, the current ruling Asura, Atula, was the most famous child among their young generation.
At a young age, she had become a Four-Digit Elite, a role model among the young Buddhist generation, and the first among the Eight Dragon Gods to take over the clan leader position.
"I don't think we invited the Asura clan. You didn't send visiting cards either?"
Asura smiled, showing dimples on both cheeks.
She tilted her head slightly and said to Karyou cheerfully.
"Princess Karyou, you should take care of your own man first."
Just like Karyou, Asura also had no good impression of her.
After all, the cause of the Asura clan's decline was Karyou's older sister, Sun Wukong, and the Roc clan.
In essence, the trigger was actually Karyou.
If not for Karyou, how could the Asura clan fall to such a state, eventually becoming Buddhism's extension in the Lower Layers? Even the Desire Realm Heaven (Kamadhatu) was relocated to the Desire City in the Lower Layers.
Responsible for expanding Buddhism's influence in the Lower Layers.
Under Buddhism's internal pressure, the Asura clan's situation wasn't good. Otherwise, it wouldn't be her turn to become clan leader, serving as Asura.
"You..."
Karyou paused, speechless because of Asura's words.
She also wanted to step forward! But her opponents were Athena and Algol; she'd just cause trouble.
Even Aslan, sandwiched between them, was helpless.