Chapter 286

"Chaldea is a secret agency established to prevent humanity from going to the 'Bad End'."

"Finished?" Kirshtalia and Olga Marie stood together in a corner away from the crowd, watching Lansemero casually take a glass of champagne from the waiter's tray and walk over to them. "Some guests haven't arrived yet, so Master Julian hasn't shown up yet. However, Mary took some time to have a conversation with the young man who was in charge of communicating with the orchestra."

"The Solo family has agreed to join - what did they say?" Lansemero raised his eyebrows at Olga Marie while holding his wine glass, and changed the subject back to the main action of the day. "However, the sixteen-year-old birthday party will be held at the seaside... It's a pity that it's not a full moon night."

"Indeed, this time there are two 'mermaid princesses' waiting for the 'prince' to 'fall into the water.'" Olgamarie looked out the window, looking at the sea that was reflected in gold by the setting sun, and then Lansemello's words gave the answer with Andersen's fairy tale, "However, mermaids themselves are not gentle beings."

Amphitrite has left the Temple of Poseidon and come to the sea near the venue. The sea warriors who are preparing to awaken Poseidon have also lurked in the nearby sea, and the guests from the Sanctuary have also arrived - now only the protagonist of the birthday party has not appeared, but under the surface of the bustling banquet, there are still undercurrents.

"...When I socialized with other people before, they looked at me with shock." Camus was now standing with Dieter to confirm the situation. "Although Mr. William had been managing these industries for more than 20 years, I had appeared in front of them before - but when they greeted me, I could still see the shock in their eyes that could not be concealed."

"It's probably because there was too much commotion when the handover took place more than 20 years ago." Dieter, who had changed his identity again, sighed while holding his wine glass. He looked across the crowd at Lansermero and the others standing on the other side of the venue. "And didn't you hold a coming-of-age ceremony for Kirshtalia before? They were shocked that Wodaim, which had snatched these industries from Dieter with great fanfare, actually returned them quietly after the heirs were confirmed."

"However, the young master of the Thoreau family will definitely attract everyone's attention tonight..." Abelfica watched the sunset gradually sink into the sea, and the deep blue waves hit the rocks and produced white foam. "Besides, this is the beach, but not the sea. For us, what is more important may be what happened in the venue."

"We are an open party..." Cameron paused, ignoring the gazes from all directions, "We have been directly linked to the Holy Land since two hundred years ago - the teacher is right, the religious industry does have special significance in the eyes of the rich. Ordinary people will have awe for the mystery, but these guys may not be the same."

"They will look forward to the secularization of religion and will try to use the mysterious power for their own benefit." As the only member of the group whose cards were related to gods, Dieter used his experience to appropriately reveal his attitude to the outside world, as well as some information that was irrelevant to the true mystery. "But since we appear as merchants, no matter what kind of exchange is reached - it is not the favor of gods, but a pure transaction."

"The stars are shining." Abelfica looked away from the window and reminded the two Aquarians to stop talking and focus their attention on the guests at the banquet. "The guests for this banquet should all be here. Then, it's the turn of the protagonist of the banquet to appear next."

Julian appeared from the stairs and walked down to the front of all the guests - the moon rose in the sky, and the sirens who were good at deceiving humans with their songs had been intimidated and silenced in advance by a more powerful existence; the little red fish transformed into humans and came onto the land, hiding their whereabouts from the mistress of the ocean like the dolphins that transformed into constellations; the mermaid with a blue fishtail sat on the reef, listening to the sound of the tide, waiting for the horn of attack to sound.

Just like all banquets, the host said a few words, the guests echoed, and then it was back to free time - the orchestra played dance music, and the guests who were willing to dance slid onto the dance floor; the guests who needed to talk in detail went upstairs to the conversation room prepared in advance by the Thoreau family; and some guests ate standing at the self-service tables...

"...Where is he?" Kirshtalia, who had just gone out to contact the control room to change the observation method, found that Julian, who was originally in the banquet hall, was missing. "Did Lord and Mary see where he went?"

"On the dance floor - the opening dance music hasn't ended yet." Olga Marie replied, "You clearly saw him enter the dance floor and then leave, and now he must be blocked by other people. Didn't the Lord say before that there would be a joke "handle" to see today? That thing hasn't happened yet."

“Ah, that thing is the horn that Rider and I talked about.” Lancermello chuckled at the two of them and took a sip of the golden wine with bubbles. “After all, the reward for inviting her here was originally agreed to be this. However… I hope Fujimaru can advise those who might be implicated to step aside a little.”

"This may make them laugh until the next 'Bad End' - but I don't want our observatory to turn into stone."

"...Does that person know that she is also the protagonist of this joke?" Kirshtalia shifted her gaze subtly and quickly scanned the two directions where the Sanctuary people were. "No, seriously speaking, will she allow others to laugh at this matter and use it as a handle?"

"She has done this herself in the past - and the target of this joke is not her." Lansemero recalled what Athena said to Pandora when the underworld raided the Sanctuary two hundred years ago, and gave his own evaluation pertinently, "But the dolphin probably doesn't understand what they are laughing at."

"Ah, he came out from the dance floor." Olgamari noticed Julian leaving the dance floor and reminded the two, "Although we are fully prepared, we really don't know what they will prepare..."

"Lancemero: You are joking, Anfei."

"Amphitrite: Can you record this?"

"Lancemero: I'll send you a separate copy when I get back. If you need it, I can burn a CD for you directly."

"Amphitrite: Then I will be ready to sing as soon as he leaves the meeting."

"Lancemero: Well, the seals from now on will be left to you."

Julian walked out of the dance floor, and in the free time before the new dance music started, he walked towards Kido Saori, and then made something that would be played continuously on the big screen in the common area of ​​the Olympian pantheon for about the next thousand years or so - Julian, as the container of Poseidon's soul, proposed to Kido Saori, the current reincarnation of Athena.

"...Can I tell you?" Olgamari looked at Kirshtalia, then at Lansemello, and finally at Kido Saori who had elegantly rejected Julian's proposal. "Is it true that this characteristic of dolphins is not contagious? Wait, if that's the case... is the position of human princess also taken?"

"Let's go." Lancer Melo paused, then led the two out, putting down the empty long wine glass as he passed the waiter. "Reality is not a fairy tale after all. However, listen - there are also parts of the fairy tale that fit the reality. For example, the mermaid princess's song."

The distant and ethereal singing voice floated from the sea, drawing everyone in the venue into an inescapable illusion. Surant, who was standing next to the band, recalled the last words Amphitrite said to him when he left the Temple of Poseidon in the Sea Realm last month - "I want to borrow your Siren voice."

In mythology, it is clearly recorded that the sirens, who sang beautifully and lured ships to run aground, were sea monsters with human heads and bird bodies. However, later on, there were also claims that the sirens were mermaids. So, as a mermaid and a sea nymph, the mistress of the entire ocean, Amphitrite was certainly qualified to directly attach the sirens' voices to herself.

——Because the entire ocean is her subject.

"I don't know what they will use to attract Julian, but the sirens' song is enough to make him fall into the sea." Lansemello led the students away from the banquet and used magic to track Julian's footsteps. "The most advanced thing they can bring that is directly related to Poseidon is the trident that belongs to Poseidon."

"The trident might attract Julian, but the sirens' song is enough to deceive humans - and Amphitrite is a being worthy of Poseidon to do everything he can to see her."

"Ah, Kirsch! Do you see that flashing light over there?" Olgamari stopped suddenly and pointed at a flashing light on a cliff that extended into the sea not far away. "Which direction did Julian go!?"

"He didn't go there." Lancer Melo paused and simply decided the direction of the team. "Olga, come with me to find Amphitrite, and Kirsh will go to the shining point to control the Pirates who are waiting there - don't let them find a chance to inform Garlon*. Also, try to keep them alive and deal with them formally after the seal is over."

Inside the banquet hall, as ordinary people fell into a wonderful illusion and fell asleep, the members of the Sanctuary and the two admirals on the scene were exposed - Surant didn't even look at Garlon, and followed Amphitrite's previous instructions and stood guard beside Athena with the saints from the Sanctuary.

"Although I am good at diplomacy, I have never done any work to persuade people to surrender." Dieter, who was pushed to the front by several people to face Garlon, pushed his glasses and sighed helplessly, "However, this time I have accepted the order of the goddess after all - to stop your delusion by any means and bring you back to the sanctuary."

"You can choose to surrender before I launch an attack, but since you are the one who instigated Saga to assassinate Athena, I think this option will definitely not be considered by you. Therefore - let's go straight into the battle."