Chapter 280

"Let's get down to business." After the Bronze Saints were driven out of the Vatican, Lansemello adjusted the projection size and scanned several people who knew the situation. "Let's start with the simplest thing. The Sanctuary Industry founded by the previous Aquarius Dieter, after a discussion between me and Saori, will be handed over to the current Aquarius Gold Saint Camus from today."

William, who was arranged by Shion to be next to Mu, followed Lansemero's words and took out the various documents and contracts that had been prepared before going to the Sanctuary. Twenty-two years ago, when he and Dieter cooperated to transfer the management rights to himself, it was necessary to separate these industries from the Sanctuary, so there was quite a commotion, but there was no need to do so to return the industries to the Sanctuary.

——As long as both parties agree to transfer directly.

Camus, who was still busy sorting out the content of the previous meeting, looked up at the documents and contracts that William had pushed out. With the permission of Kido Saori, he took them and signed them one by one, while distractedly thinking about whether Dieter's notes left in the Aquarius Palace mentioned any experience in managing these industries.

As for the matter of the Guladu Group and Chaldea that Lancermello had mentioned to Kido Saori before, they would talk about it after leaving the Sanctuary. After Camus signed the pile of documents, he looked up and saw that the image on the projection in the middle of the desktop had been replaced by Lancermello with the sea realm that had been cleaned up before the Battle of the Twelve Zodiacs.

"You dealt with the Sea Realm too quickly both times. I didn't get to witness it with my own eyes each time. Although I handed over the Sanctuary to you and the Pope, you can't always destroy a force as easily as you did during the Holy War." Shiroto Saori sighed helplessly. "The last time Poseidon caused trouble was after the Holy War, and this time you dealt with them before the chaos in the Sanctuary broke out completely..."

"Don't be so serious. Besides, I haven't put Poseidon back into Athena's pot this time." Lansemero chuckled and enlarged the projection, showing the entire report on the trip to the Sea Realm that he had prepared for the control room to the people in the Pope's Hall. "Strictly speaking, this is also my preparation to deal with the Hades Army. The Sea Realm is now ruled by the Queen of the Sea, Amphitrite, who has agreed to lead the Sea Warriors to join us as an ally in the holy war against Hades."

—Amphitrite, Queen of the Sea…

Kido Saori and Shion were unable to react for a moment, but saw the increasingly subtle expression on Camus's face - they still remembered that Athena, the goddess of the Sanctuary and the origin of all generations of Athena, had shared a body with the reincarnated spirit Sasha during the last Holy War. After a brief thought, the two of them came up with the correct answer.

The last time Athena returned to the surface, it was at the request of an even more ancient god, and she borrowed her own reincarnated flesh and body to participate in the holy war with Lancesmero - so it was obvious that this time the Queen of the Sea also had a complicated relationship with Lancesmero, and she came out to pack up the people of the sea realm and send them to the sanctuary in advance on behalf of Poseidon, the Sea King who had not yet officially resurrected.

As for Poseidon himself, the main reason why he became the King of the Sea was because the Queen of the Sea, Amphitrite, was the one who ruled the ocean before.

Although Amphitrite does not have a godhood, the sea realm has always been a place where the Sea Queen can simply ignore the Sea King as long as she speaks - unless there is an accident.

Sure enough, just as they thought of this, Shiroto Saori and Shion heard Lancermello start to carefully sort out the situation in the sea realm for everyone.

"However, although the Queen is in power now, because this group of sea warriors was not selected by the Sea Emperor himself, and there is no inheritance from the past, the Queen's actions in the Sea Realm are actually restricted." Lansemello sighed, thinking of what Amphitrite said in the consciousness communication channel a few days ago, "Although the Sea Realm has become an ally of the Sanctuary, to explain the affairs of the Sea Realm, we still have to start from earlier."

When those who knew the situation heard Lancer and Mello's words, their expressions varied. Some glanced at Saga and Camus' faces, while others subconsciously avoided their sight - as for the group of people who didn't know the situation, Eolia was taken care of by his brother; Shaka just thought of himself as meditating in a different place; Mu sat next to Shion and followed his teacher's instructions; Milo stayed quietly in his seat as no one spoke to him; as for Aldebaran of Taurus, he had been quiet since he came in.

Even though they suspected they knew about it, Shura and Deathmask, who had actually been kept in the dark, also vaguely realized that some bad developments might be possible - it couldn't be that all the problems were caused by that night thirteen years ago when Saga launched a rebellion, killed the Pope, assassinated the goddess, and then sent the Gold Saints to hunt down Aiolos?

Facts have proven that even if it is not a sequelae of that night, it is inextricably linked to that night.

"...Well, in fact, this incident can even be regarded as the cause of Saga's rebellion." After hearing Shion's active question, Lansemello reviewed the records seen by the Clairvoyance, "However, after all, the previous Athena handed over the Sanctuary to me and the Pope to manage, so before announcing the original fate, I want to talk about the next Pope."

Speaking of this, everyone present was distracted - who doesn't know what Dohko said was that Saga was one of the candidates for the Pope's successor, and because Pope Shion chose another candidate Aiolos, Saga launched a rebellion, killed Shion, assassinated Athena, and hunted down Aiolos?

Even though Shion, Aiolos, and Athena were sitting in the Vatican and didn't seem to be interested in what Saga had done, they were curious because they knew nothing. So they were very curious about this matter! They couldn't ask proactively, so why not wait for the elders to speak up?

Fortunately, Shion and Shiroto Saori had no intention of stopping Lancermello, so Lancermello started to sort out the situation for everyone from the step of selecting candidates.

"Three years before Saga launched the rebellion, Shion finally found all the candidates for the Gold Saints - that is, you now." Lansermello changed the projection and showed the situation at that time to everyone. "At that time, Shion told me that Saga and Aiolos would soon obtain the holy clothes - at that time we began to discuss the candidate for the next Pope."

"Because of my intervention, there is no need to worry about the Saints dying in the holy war, and they can start training as Popes in advance - unlike Shion who was directly pushed aside by the previous Pope." Lansemello cleared his throat and avoided the gaze of Shion and Kido Saori. "Although the previous Pope selected his successor, it was not because of this that Sisiphos could not live to this day, and Aspros was also killed because of the rebellion."

"Well, let's ignore the fact that the previous generation of Gemini also rebelled... At that time, the candidates for the successor to the Pope were almost decided on the oldest Saga and Aiolos." Lansemello said seriously, using the projector to show the content of the correspondence between Shion and himself in those three years, "After that, it's observation and assessment, and by the way, comparison with the previous generation of Gemini and Sagittarius."

"Ahem." Shion cleared his throat and held down the disciple beside him who was carefully studying the content of the communication. "Based on the records of previous holy wars and the situation of the Pope, the two of us have established a different policy from the past to choose a successor. Instead of choosing a Pope who can serve as the spiritual leader of the entire Sanctuary before Athena is reincarnated, it is better to choose one who is more focused on doing things."

"Because the Pope has a triple crown to cover his true appearance, no one can see the Pope in person unless they break through the Twelve Palaces. Even if the Pope wants to go out, there will be people to stop him." Lansemero summarized Shion's life after the end of the last holy war. "If we want a spiritual leader, it's better to have one who can go to the front line with everyone."

"And considering the characteristics of the constellation... who would be more suitable to be a spiritual leader than Chiron, who has raised and taught so many heroes?"

At this point, everyone knows that Aiolos was excluded from the selection of successors by the Pope thirteen years ago - then why such a rebellion occurred thirteen years ago is a more subtle question.

"This was our original choice." Lansemero tapped the table and smiled at everyone, "But since the end of the last holy war, our plan has been to not significantly change the trajectory of fate before the Battle of the Zodiac - strictly speaking, before the Battle of the Zodiac is over, to ensure that the fate of Athena and Pegasus will not deviate by even a single point."

"However, speaking of Saga's rebellion, I still want to start from the origin of Gemini."

"... Let's forget about it." Shiroto Saori stopped Lancermello from continuing, and looked towards Camus with hope, "You must have told this to more than one person - I think there must be someone who has heard you talk about Gemini between the two generations of Aquarius, so let Camus just keep it simple and tell everyone directly."

Camus numbly flipped through his notes to relieve stress, and successfully dug out the story that Dieter had written in his notes from his mind - Castor fell from god to man, and then he had endless hatred for the human beings who spread this saying and made it become a fact with the reinforcement of public impression...

And Pollux is the only one who can suppress his brother's resentment.

"Let me just state the conclusion." Camus closed his notebook and announced the Gemini records to everyone with Kido Saori's permission. "It is normal for the two generations of Gemini to rebel against the Pope. This is because Castor of Gemini fell from god to man. Since then, he has been holding the burning fire of revenge and his mind has been occupied by evil. Only Pollux can suppress and channel the resentment and anger in his brother's heart."

"However, if Pollux's safety is threatened, even Pollux will not be able to persuade the angry Castor - just like the previous generation of Gemini could not be persuaded by his brother." Lansemello smiled at Camus and turned his gaze to Saga, "And Saga can only be said to be quite miserable in this regard."

"Even if other people's brothers and sisters bully their older brothers, they will at least give them some advice on major issues. Who knew that Kanon would only make things more difficult for Saga and directly instigate him to assassinate Athena?"