Chapter 287
When Lancermelo and Olgamari found Amphitrite, the seal on Poseidon's soul had already ended - to be more precise, they only saw Amphitrite sitting on a black reef like the little mermaid in Andersen's novel. Poseidon's soul had been stuffed into the pot of Athena and sealed again, and even Julian was thrown on the shore...
—But Amphitrite has not left here yet.
"What's the matter?" Lancermero cast a Mirror spell and threw the comatose Julian back to the meeting place. He looked up at Amphitrite, who still maintained her original appearance as a sea nymph. "There's still a long time tonight. If you need someone to talk to, I think I'm more reliable than my teachers."
"No, I just heard a story that came with the ocean current." Amphitrite shook his head, but his eyes did not fall on Lancermero, but looked in the direction of the trident. "Besides, this world is not like the world without emotions like the Atlantic Absurdity Belt - I am still very tolerant of such a Poseidon."
"Besides, blessing sailors and sea creatures is my job." Amphitrite turned her fish tail into legs, came to the shore and sighed to Lansemero, "Let's go to the other side. Surant is at the venue, they can't let Garlon escape."
"No, it's impossible for Garlon to choose to escape." Lansemero followed the magic wave of the trident and walked beside Amphitrite. "Although he was imprisoned in the rock prison by Saga, Garlon is not a fool. When all the guests fell because of the sirens' singing, he should have understood that the Sanctuary chose to attack him at this time and place."
"Then he had no choice but to give up waving the banner of Poseidon and expose his true ambitions on the spot."
On the other side, on the cliff where the trident was re-inserted by Garlon, there was only a blonde female Pirate who was guarding against Kirshtalia across the trident - to Kirshtalia's surprise, this place, which was supposed to be designated by the Pirates to welcome Poseidon back to the sea world, did not have many people. There was only a female Pirate in a pink scale coat waiting here.
"...I thought there would be a lot of people waiting for him here." Kirshtalia, who was used to using her glasses as a magic eye to block her vision, appeared in front of the female sea warrior holding a cane. "After all, this is the day you planned for Poseidon, the king of the sea, to officially return to the sea world, isn't it?"
The starry sea shines brightly, and Castor, who is hidden deep in Kirshtalia's consciousness, also lends his former power as a god to help the young magician leverage the power of "Heaven" - although it is not to suppress the Pirate who came to greet Julian, but the aura leaked by the Zeus-related costume that Kirshtalia obtained through the Servant Summoning not long ago still suppressed the girl as the power of "Heaven" increased, causing panic.
"After all, many people - even several admirals - have sided with Lord Amphitrite, who has been living in the temple for some time." The blonde girl replied to Kirshtalia calmly, "Now only Lord Sea Dragon still remembers to welcome Lord Poseidon back to the sea from the land."
"We are sea warriors of Poseidon, the king of the sea, not Amphitrite, the queen of the sea."
"Poseidon's godhood has nothing to do with Amphitrite..." Kirshtalia glanced at the trident and thought of the mecha form of Poseidon that she had seen in the Atlantic Novel Belt. "But that was just a title given by the great god Zeus. Even if you only read the myths, you should know how Poseidon seized power from the older rulers of the ocean."
——What’s more, Amphitrite’s Noble Phantasm “Delphini the Rebellious Dolphin” even has a separate category for Poseidon’s Noble Phantasm in Chaldea’s database.
"You should be thankful for Lady Amphitrite's tolerance - no, maybe you should be thankful that you met such a Poseidon." Kirshtalia thought of the forced self-destruction explosion of Poseidon's mechanical god in the Void Hole in the database. "At least she is just watching Poseidon's joke now, instead of really coming to take back all her authority."
"You probably won't be able to see Poseidon and Garlon today - but Lady Amphitrite should be here. It's just right, let's take this opportunity to chat for a while." Kirshtalia put down her cane and showed a relaxed attitude, but her eyes were always closely following the girl Pirate. "Please introduce yourself - Kirshtalia Wodem, a magician of the astronomy department 'Animusphia'."
"Sea Warrior, Mermaid Didyce."
Kirshtalia nodded, and after confirming Ditis's reply, she asked her a question: "Well, before Lady Amphitrite arrives here to retrieve the trident, I have a question for you - for you, did you obey Garon's arrangement because Julian was Poseidon; or would you obey Garon's arrangement no matter who became Poseidon?"
"!!!"
The operation to seal Poseidon has ended, but Garlon was hit in the heart by the Rose of Pisces again earlier, and is now forced to accept the interrogation of the people in the Sanctuary. Surant, who followed Amphitrite's arrangement and stood on the side of the Sanctuary early, found an empty talk room for everyone, and brought them in after Kido Saori sealed Garlon's microcosm.
"...They all admitted it." Dieter, who was standing with Aphrodite, had a subtle look on his face, thinking of the two Gemini Gold Saints of their generation. "However, the actions of Aspros and Defteros are easier to understand... But why did he instigate Saga to assassinate the goddess?"
"Based on what we know so far, Saga is indeed one of those people who is easier to understand. Even you and I don't think Aiolos and Shion overestimate him." Abelfica mentioned what they had heard from other new-generation Gold Saints. "He is indeed very similar to the Castor we know."
"But Garlon is not like Pollux - even when I asked her not long ago, she couldn't figure out why Garlon participated in the Holy War as a Gemini Saint in the original world line." Dieter mentioned a conversation he had with Lansemero not long ago, "They can even be regarded as the Dioscuri of this era..."
"Think about it from another perspective." Camus, who had personally raised two apprentices of similar age, joined the conversation between the two predecessors. "The Geminis of all generations were just a little bit of the light projected by Dioscuri - but they are still human beings in essence, Geminis of human origin."
"From my experience, although I learned magic from a teacher in Britain and I don't know their specific situation at that time - but judging from their age in the Sanctuary at that time, they are about the same age from the time Elzak and Hyoga came to me to practice until the start of the Galactic War." Cameron paused and ruthlessly exposed the two disciples' past embarrassments in front of the two seniors, "Elzak and Hyoga are one year apart in age, and they both wanted to snatch the things I brought back when I only had one copy - maybe everyone is different when they grow up, but there are still commonalities that can be referenced when they were young."
"I suspect that this is a problem that the Pope did not handle properly between the Gemini twins. After all, who doesn't like obedient and well-educated students?"
"Ah... this generation of Pisces doesn't have your brain. After being picked up by her and taken to Britain with Camus for a few days, they were directly released - although they were not sent directly back to the Sanctuary." Dieter supplemented Aphrodite and Camus with the previous situation, while looking at Kido Saori and Kanon, "But no matter what, Kanon is definitely going to be taken back to the Sanctuary this time."
"Let's go to Jamil and ask Shion later." Abelfica sighed and decided on the direction of action for the two of them. "I'm afraid he hasn't thought of this. After all, it's not like the original future. After Saga died, even Kanon was on the verge of life and death before returning to the Sanctuary... Maybe we have to see Shion's reaction to solve this problem."
"This generation of Athena will definitely make arrangements." Dieter is very confident in Kido Saori. "Although she is different from the two we know, in a sense, she is very consistent with the style of Lord Asclepius. If the two of them work together to deal with Hades, I'm afraid it will be easier than in our time."
Before waiting for the answer from Didyce, Kirshtalia first waited for Lancesmero, Amphitrite, and Olgamari who came here from the other side. The sea nymph who stepped onto the land was more like the captain of the Triton that the Chaldeans were familiar with, rather than the sea queen sitting in the temple.
"Long time no see, Lady Amphitrite." Kirshtalia simply greeted Amphitrite and told them about the conversation between herself and Didyce. "Before you came, I was asking her - 'For you, did you obey Garon's arrangements because Julian was Poseidon; or would you obey Garon's arrangements no matter who became Poseidon?'"
"And she hasn't responded until now."
"It doesn't matter. You don't have to force her to tell you the answer herself." Amphitrite laughed and mentioned the story she had told before. "However, in this case, let me tell you a story that came with the ocean current. It's not a prophecy like the one in the fairy kingdom, but just a very simple short story."
"It was probably an insignificant incident that happened ten or more years ago and no one noticed. A descendant of Poseidon who had been passed down to this era rescued a dying red fish that was entangled in a fishing line from the beach." Amphitrite didn't look at Thetis. She looked at the sea in front of her tenderly, just as she used to remember Thetis by borrowing Thetis. "So, this little fish has always wanted to repay the person who saved her."
"That's why she's here - go find Surante." Amphitrite pulled up the trident that belonged to Poseidon and arranged for Thetis's future whereabouts. "Julian doesn't need to get involved in these things as Poseidon - he's just a human being, he won't be resurrected if he dies, but Poseidon is different."
"Come on, my little, poor, lovely daughter, conceived by this ocean."