Chapter 241

"I'm back."

Hypnos, who was forced to be a mediator between the Sanctuary and the Underworld for the first time since the many holy wars because of the missing Hades, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Paradise Fairy return to everyone alone - but soon his eyes widened in surprise because of Lancermello's actions.

"Sleep, Hypnos."

Red poppies emerged from Lancesmero's hands, and humans and gods fell asleep under the power of power. Only the god of sleep was still awake and stood in the center of the sleeping people. However, what caught Hypnos' attention more than his own power being held in the hands of others was the drastic change in Lancesmero compared to the past.

"You can't use Hypnos' power to hypnotize Hypnos." Asclepius was helping Lansemello keep an eye on the other people's situations, and he took the time to confirm the end of the action for Lansemello. "Most people will completely forget about that guy after this sleep, and most of the existence anchors will be dealt with by you - but Hypnos..."

"I'll take care of it - besides, I never really planned to put all the Hades' army in Tartarus." Lansemello sighed, and the silver hair similar to Vivian's mixed in her blue hair quickly faded away. The traces of the long time spent in the Grand Temple of Time disappeared without a trace on her body. "Don't be impatient, Hypnos - I have something to tell you."

——Only an existence independent of time can remember stories that do not exist in history.

——Just like only the Heroic Spirits who were watching Fujimaru Ritsuka in the Throne of Heroes and the Chaldea members who accompanied Fujimaru Ritsuka to save the world would remember the story in the singularity.

——The existence of Cailos cannot be completely erased, but it is a very simple matter to just erase the traces of his existence in this world.

After Hypnos followed Lancesmero out of the underworld of Ereshkigal, packed himself and his brother and stuffed them back to the original site of Hades City, the Paradise Fairy pulled Hades out of his human body - according to their agreement, Hypnos, Thanatos and Hades had to stay in the "courtyard" woven by Lancesmero here before the next holy war began.

"...If you can abide by this agreement, I will not appear on the front line of the next holy war. I think this answer should be enough for you." Lansemero looked up at the two gods floating in front of him, and talked to Hypnos across the woven "court". "But correspondingly, because of the ending "future" you created, I will definitely stand on the opposite side of you."

"I have no opinion on this."

Hades acquiesced to the agreement reached between Hypnos and Lanthamiro.

After Lansemello took the sleeping Aaron away from the ruins of Hades City, Hades asked Hypnos:

"What kind of agreement did you reach with her?"

"The agreement with that nymph... Strange, did I ever reach any agreement with her?"

"Hypnos has already forgotten the existence of Cairos - of course, Cairos's identity as a human and a demon star will also be completely forgotten." Asclepius, who was in charge of observation, summarized the situation for Lanthemero, "Then the next thing is the Sanctuary and the remaining Hades Warriors... Should the Hades Warriors be sealed in the place where they were sealed in the past of the Sanctuary?"

"Well, let's do it as it is." Lansemello nodded, took off the Paradise Fairy dress, changed back into the more casual Chaldean uniform, left Aaron behind and walked towards the "Gate of the Abyss" that never closed, "I hope we can finish all the work before they wake up."

"Then I suggest you go a little faster." Asclepius said with a smile.

——In the battle at the Grand Temple of Time, Cairos turned back the time of William and Ereshkigal to the time when Lancermero first entered this world. After defeating Cairos, Nightingale was also sent back to the Heroes' Throne in Chaldea. Now only Asclepius still retains his self-awareness.

"The seal here is also a tower... Can I process it?" Lansermello stopped above the stone tower that sealed the Demon Star, holding a bag of blue gems that had temporarily housed the Demon Pillar Buddha in the past. "Prison towers, watchtowers... Tower-type seals are quite common."

"The future of this world is fixed - even if you strengthen the seal here, they will reappear on this land without reason when the time comes." Asclepius stopped Lansemello who was eager to try, "You might as well try to teach some excellent students in the sanctuary to deal with these guys."

"Won't they have a civil war in that fixed future? You have cheated fate so many times, so you should have figured out a solution, right?"

"...Well, I've figured out a plan - as long as Kirsh and Olga's actions don't fall short of my expectations." Lansemero poured the bag of gems into the Sealing Tower and used teleportation magic to pull himself back to Ereshkigal's underworld. "Okay, the last step is to move them back to the Sanctuary... Oh, Athena?"

The goddess with golden eyes woke up from her slumber and took over Sasha's body.

"Have you finished all your current work?" Athena looked at Lansemello and raised her eyebrows. "I mean - it's related to this holy war."

"We just need to send them back to the sanctuary." Lansemelo pointed at the saints lying on the ground at his feet and smiled at Athena. "Since you are awake, come and help me move them - didn't you promise Hecate and the others to come and help me?"

"...Where are Lord Ereshkigal and William?" Athena looked Lancermello up and down and quickly discovered something unusual. "Before you left, weren't they both unsealed and regained their consciousness?"

"The guy on the other side reversed the flow of time - but since we have already won, there is no rush to open the seal. I plan to slowly open it over the next two hundred years." Lansemello pressed his forehead and replied to Athena, "The rest will be discussed after we move the people back and clean up the battlefield."

"Okay, we'll see you at the beach then." Athena sighed with a helpless smile, and wove a temporary teleportation array for multiple people to send the Saints back to the sanctuary from the battlefield.

Lancermello, who remained in the center of the battlefield, removed his treasure, allowing the underworld that appeared above the ground to return to the underground again. The Paradise Fairy watched as the rugged rocks shrank back into the ground; grass and trees grew wildly on the barren land, and the growth of grass and trees was accelerated; then, not long after, a forest rose up again on this land.

When the sunset of that day was about to disappear above the sea level, Lancelomero finally appeared before Athena.

"You are going to say goodbye to me." Lansemello looked into Athena's eyes and said firmly.

"Well, so I want to ask about the future of 'me' in this world." Athena looked at Lansemello, her eyes no longer cold and more like the mechanical program of the past. "Pegasus is just a human being no matter what, so he will grow old and die. The boy chosen by Hades is also just an ordinary person - only she is a real god."

"So I wonder what her future holds - from what I've seen of her memories, she's always been more nostalgic for the time when she was still human."

"Why not ask her directly?" Lansemello smiled. "Of course, you should ask her. Just tell her that the Crusade is over. Even if she lives to the next Crusade, Athena will no longer be her... And if she wants to return to her past life as a human, I will fulfill this wish for her."

"No price is required - this is just a gift from me to good children, just like the gifts we gave to Fujimaru."

The setting sun finally sank completely into the sea - and the hypnotized Saints in the underworld woke up from their slumber in twos and threes at this time, but the only thing left in their memories was that the holy war had ended and this time the Sanctuary had won.

The gold saints who guarded the twelve zodiac signs repeatedly reviewed their memories, but could only find such a thin content - so they moved towards the brightly lit papal hall, but they did not expect that they heard a conversation between gods.

"Have you thought about it?" Lanthemero, still wearing the shell of Asclepius, confirmed to Sasha.

"Well, of course I have thought about it." Sasha replied to Lansemello.

"Since the holy war is over, I will not be the Athena of the next holy war, so there is no need for me to continue to exist as Athena." The girl in the white dress has wisdom commensurate with the identity of Athena. "Besides, even if I am a god, I was raised as a human after all."

"I won't grow old, I won't die - this means that I will say goodbye to many people I know, just like when I saw my brother Aaron turn into Hades and kill Pegasus. Even because this is a death brought about by the laws of nature, I can't use my power to keep them."

"Besides, besides Tenma and Aaron-nii-san, everyone who fought alongside me will also bid farewell to me one by one over such a long time - so..."

"I hope I can say goodbye to this world as a human being, just like them."

"Really? Is this your ultimate wish?" Lansemello sat opposite Sasha, with Αθανασiα, who was called out by Asclepius, sitting next to her. "I know - I will fulfill your wish. By the way, where are you going after you are no longer Athena? The ban on the Sanctuary should be lifted soon, and the Saints will soon be scattered all over the world..."

"I want to go back to Italy, but I don't know what Aaron and Tenma will think." Sasha smiled, her eyes passed Lansemello and fell on the curtain that served as a screen. "At first, I also thought about living in Rodrio Village, so that I could come back often to see everyone... But it's too close to the Sanctuary. If someone doesn't change his mind, it will cause a commotion."

"This is something that needs to be considered." Lansemello also laughed.

Lancermello and Sasha both ignored the saints who were standing outside the curtain with bated breath, and stood up to put an end to the holy war once and for all - a lightning-like dagger pierced Sasha's chest, and the white snake coiled around Lancermello emitted a warm white light representing the power of healing.

"Rule Breaker."