Chapter 229

"Are you talking about Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld in Sumerian mythology!?! They still have the energy to make jokes at this time!?"

"I also hope that this is just a prank or a joke - but it seems that this time I have to tell you, 'This is what the Pope said.' By the way, Sasha... that is, Lady Athena also recognized the identity reported by the outsider."

"This identity?"

"She also has another identity: Asclepius, the god of medicine, who is also recognized by Lady Athena and the Pope. It was she who saved Aphrodite..."

"Excuse me, I would like to know something about the situation before this holy war started."

Even though the black bird-beak mask, whose material could not be seen, muffled Lansemero's voice, and the wide black robe belonging to the God of Medicine wrapped her up so that only a pair of eyes were exposed - Dieter, who was listening to Caludia's confident first-hand information from the Pope's Palace, confirmed the identity of the person who suddenly appeared here when his friend's words were interrupted.

"No one in the sanctuary would dress like this - Your Highness Asclepius." Dieter pushed his glasses and chose the name of the god of medicine, which was naturally closer to Athena, to call Lansemelo. "May I know what you want to know? The Pope should have introduced the general situation of the holy war to you."

"I heard that Athena's warriors use eighty-eight constellations as symbols. Although I don't know your names yet, I want to confirm some questions about certain constellations." Lansemero held his wide sleeves that were longer than his arms and looked at the two people in golden armor in front of him. "But, Asclepius... Forget it, just call me that, Mr. Aquarius."

"...I knew that the news brought by Caludia would always be slightly distorted - Your Highness, your state is different from Hades and Athena." Dieter sighed and introduced himself to Lansemero, while appropriately revealing his own doubts, "I am Dieter, do you understand your current state of existence?"

"Of course I know - but I still want to correct you." Lansemero turned his eyes away, ignoring the ridicule of the other two servants in the depths of their consciousness towards Asclepius. "Although the current situation is not like this, strictly speaking, it is the same as Hades - it is a possession by a god, not the reincarnation of Athena."

According to the current creation triangle of Chaldea, which is divided into heaven, earth, and man, among the people brought by Lancesmero, only Asclepius corresponds to the "man" side who is closer to Fujimaru Ritsuka; Ereshkigal was originally a member of the underground gods who were mixed with Lancesmero's birth; William was also classified as the "earth" side because she was the one who contacted him most of the time.

——So after getting the permission from the world consciousness, Lancermello immediately held a short meeting with the servants in the deep consciousness to arrange the next actions.

——Asclepius was laughed at by them because Lancesmero threw away the identity of "Medicine God's Agent" that she had prepared in the initial plan at the meeting, and turned the plan into the "Mistress of the Underworld" representing Ereshkigal. Now she is confirming this identity with the local Gold Saint.

"But these questions are not urgent now, so let's get back to the original question." Lansemero smiled kindly through the bird-beak mask, and the only golden-green snake eyes exposed, the same as Asclepius, showed a gentle smile. "First, I want to confirm the records of Di... No, Gemini."

"... Two years before the Holy War began, Aspros, the Gemini Gold Saint, failed in his rebellion and was killed." Having already spoken the name, Dieter paused for a moment and added the constellation to help Lansemello understand the situation. "So far, no new Gemini Gold Saint has taken office."

"Doesn't that Gemini have any brothers or sisters? Perhaps the probability of having brothers or sisters is a little higher." Lancer Melo paused and explained the situation to the two people. "Since this is Athena's sanctuary, perhaps you should think more about it with a more mysterious mindset. In the days when gods still walked on the earth, Geminis have always been inseparable. Even now, as long as it is in a place related to the mysterious side, once you have the characteristics of "Gemini", that Gemini Gold Saint will never be alone."

"Indeed, he has a younger brother - but the former Gemini brother did not take over the Gemini Gold Saint." The most knowledgeable Aquarius Gold Saint in the Sanctuary in this era recognized Lansemello's judgment and searched his memory to find the rumors about Gemini that had been circulated in the Sanctuary. "I want to confirm one thing with you - is there a difference between light and shadow in Gemini?"

"No, I haven't heard of such a thing. If it were from other pantheons, I could find examples, but the twins of Olympus don't have such opposing characteristics." Lansemello blinked and casually gave an example. "And you are the twins corresponding to 'Castor and Pollux'. It's impossible for there to be brothers like Prometheus and Epimetheus, right?"

"There are indeed records of twins killing each other in the Olympus genealogy... but that is not the story of Gemini." Lansemero calmly explained to Dieter what he knew. "Even if the twins in other genealogies are really conceptually opposites - even if they don't like each other, there is no saying that one is the shadow of the other."

"From what I know, Gemini should accompany each other and be inseparable forever. Only when they are together can they be considered as one person." Lansemero thought of the Gemini conspiracy mentioned by Dieter before. "Can I ask what the conspiracy was about? From what I know, although Castor's emotions can easily become extreme, he should not be the kind of person who wants to do something when his brain is hot."

"The reason is that the candidates for the next Pope are the Gold Saints of Gemini and Sagittarius, and there are rumors that the Pope himself is leaning towards the Gold Saint of Sagittarius." Dieter, who had confirmed that Lancermello had no intention of remembering any names, sighed deeply and added that something happened earlier, "Before that, Gemini also killed the witch of Delphi."

“…Hasn’t he heard about Oedipus Rex?!” Lansemero, who had already begun filtering intelligence information in his spirit veins, burst into a rare angry voice and cursed, “Damn it! The oracle in Delphi is absolutely—100% related to Gemini!! Even if the prophecy didn’t come true when he died, he lost control of his own destiny after his death—then this prophecy will definitely become a reality!!!”

Hearing the angry curses erupting from under the huge black bird-beak mask, Dieter felt strangely calm for a moment - the God of Medicine's agent, dressed in black, was angrily hitting the ground with his snake staff, and right after the curses ended, he uttered a language he couldn't understand, and the temperament of this guest also changed from the vitality of the God of Medicine to the silence of the underworld.

After Lansemelo calmed down, Dieter, who had just watched a verbal battle similar to a meeting of multiple personalities, tried to talk to her again: "Why can you confirm that the prophecy that Gemini learned is related to him?"

"Nothing in this world can surpass the love between Castor and Pollux." Lansemero slowly repeated the contents of the ancient records to Dieter, while adding what she knew about the twin gods, "Dioscuri always accompanied each other and were inseparable. It can even be said that they could not leave each other..."

"So, your question is not accurate - the prophecy involves the two brothers, and only threats that affect half of their bodies can cause the twins to lose control." Lansemello spread his hands helplessly and added a little introduction about Castor, "Tell me a little about what I know."

In more ancient times, because there was no specific name, Dioscuri was long regarded as the same entity - so even if they later had a clear name, their essence was the same entity with two bodies; at least before being incorporated into the genealogy of Zeus, both bodies had extremely high divinity.

After Dioscuri was incorporated into the genealogy of Zeus, after a long period of circulation, in the public's impression, Castor completely became an ordinary human being without divinity; so Castor turned the humiliation of being degraded from a god to a human into resentment, and became a member of the avengers who used the never-extinguished fire of revenge.

"...I'm not surprised that they would do this in response to Castor's existence." Under the light of the setting sun that was about to sink into the sea level, Lansemero summarized the information he had learned so far, "After all, the only one who can calm Castor down is Pollux - but if it is a problem that can threaten Pollux, then Pollux will not be able to become a sedative for Castor."

"...During the Argonaut's journey, did you and Castor fight?" Lansemello secretly went to Asclepius, one of the Argonauts, to confirm the truth. "I mean, that kind of physical sedation——"

"There is no one on the ship who I haven't beaten." Asclepius replied to Lansemero coldly, "Who gave them the courage to offend the ship's doctor?"

During the conversation, Dietel, who heard a lot of secrets of the Age of Gods, stood aside, wanting to say something but hesitant. In the end, he decisively chose to keep silent and just act as a prop to answer questions - he would never speak unless Lancermello asked him a question, for fear that his life would be in danger because of knowing some secrets of the gods.

"But, it seems that Ereshkigal's work has to be accelerated." Lanser-Mello finally succeeded in digging out the record of the prophecy in the spirit veins, "She was actually taken away by Hades... I roughly guessed why servants are not allowed to exist here - and in order to prevent Hades from snatching people again... Ereshkigal, can you expand the underworld to the cemetery in the Sanctuary first?"

"Okay." The sky darkened completely. Lansemero, who had arranged everything, came back to the surface and clapped his hands to Dieter who was still here. "I have something else to ask, but standing outside at night is not a good idea - let's go to the Aquarius Palace that you are guarding and continue."