Liya, who came to the city today, was very depressed (depressed), feeling that her subjects' gazes were a bit off. Before, their eyes were full of worship and admiration, but now, their eyes either carried a slight disdain or a look of 'understanding' that made Liya want to hit someone.
"Did you hear? Our lovely and beautiful Queen 'works hard' and 'toils' for state affairs every day, but our esteemed King actually has an affair outside, and with his own Big Sister at that. I never thought the King would be such a person."
"Your news is outdated. It's said that their child is already five years old, and they've even brought the child before the 'poor' Queen, intending for that child to be the heir."
It proves that no matter the place or the era, people are always the most gossipy. Although their discussions were quiet, Liya's good hearing allowed her to catch every word. The more she listened, the more confused she became. What's going on? Child? Big Sister? What is all this? How could I suddenly have an illegitimate child? Am I, Artoria, crazy, or is this world playing tricks?
With a belly full of questions, Liya slowly returned to the palace amidst the strong public scrutiny.
Upon returning to the palace, Liya noticed that her guards had the same look in their eyes as the commoners outside. Unable to suppress her confusion any longer, Liya hurried to the bedchamber to find Zeus. But when she saw Zeus, her attention was drawn to the small figure beside Zeus.
"This… this is?"
Looking at the child who was almost 80% similar to a miniature version of herself, Liya's mind was completely in chaos.
"Welcome back, Liya."
Zeus looked at Liya, who had suddenly burst in, and casually stroked Mordred's cute little head, greeting Liya.
"What exactly is going on, Vier?"
After steadying her emotions, Liya asked Zeus.
"Oh~ la, this morning, a woman came over, saying she was Morgan, and also your Big Sister. So I kindly entertained her, but unexpectedly, she brought out a child, claiming it was your child that she bore. What do you think I should do?"
Zeus 'spoke nonsense' with a straight face and an expressionless demeanor, but this cold attitude and the irrefutable evidence (Mordred) made Zeus's words sound like the lament of a victim, as if two knives were plunged into Liya's conscience.
"You have to believe me, Vier, I absolutely have not had a child with anyone else. Truly, I swear on my sword."
"Alright, I don't care about your messy affairs. Let's go, Mordred."
After enjoying Liya's flustered expression with great interest, Zeus interrupted Liya's words. Holding Mordred, who had just eaten and was curiously watching the two, Zeus led Mordred out of the bedchamber, leaving only a somewhat dejected Liya standing in place.
"From now on! This will be Little Mo's home. Is Little Mo happy?"
With an attitude completely different from that in the bedchamber, Zeus spoke gently to the young Mordred with a maternal, loving smile.
"Happy, thank you, beautiful Big Sister."
Little Mo said in a childish voice, but that address...
"Little Mo, from now on, you can just call me Mother. Now Little Mo is a child of our family."
Reaching out to pinch Little Mo's cute little nose, Zeus smiled gently. This smile made all the vibrant flowers in the garden lose their luster, and it also made Liya, who had caught up, stop in her tracks.
"Yes, Mother, Little Mo will be obedient."
"What a good child."
Looking at Little Mo, Zeus couldn't help but think of Athena, who was left with Gaia right after she was born. Is she doing well!
While Zeus was thinking about her child and Little Mo that evening, Athena was in danger.
"Clang~ Clang"
Two Divine Artifacts, a sharp trident and a magnificent, thick shield. The power of their collision shook to death all the sea fish within a ten-mile radius.
"Not bad! Your strength is decent, kid. No wonder Pallas died by your hand."
Poseidon wielded her trident while mockingly teasing Athena in a wild and unrestrained manner. However, there was no trace of a smile in her deep blue eyes; instead, waves of cold killing intent emanated from them.
"Sea Emperor Poseidon, why have you left the Sea Realm and come to the land?"
Athena met Poseidon's gaze without showing weakness, but she didn't understand why Poseidon had come to the land. Wasn't her territory the ocean? What was she doing here? And how did she know Pallas died by her hand? Could she be connected to the mastermind behind that village? These questions made Athena wary of Poseidon and any other gods who might appear.
"No need to be nervous. To deal with you, I, the Sea Emperor, don't need anyone else's intervention."
Seeing the vigilant Athena, Poseidon naturally understood her meaning. So, she snorted disdainfully and said proudly to Athena. Her strength was indeed formidable, and coupled with her identity, she disdained cooperating with others or using clever tricks to achieve victory. If it weren't for Zeus's matter occupying her heart, she would never have allied with Hades and the others to search for Zeus.
"Answer my question, why did the Sea Emperor leave her territory?"
"Before I answer, can you hand over the item you stole? If you do, I'll let you go, how about it?"
She didn't directly answer Athena's question, but this response already allowed Athena to confirm that Poseidon was one of the masterminds behind that village. It seemed the situation was far from simple; even a God-King was involved. So, would another God-King also be involved? What exactly was their goal? However, it seemed better to resolve the current problem first!
"Why did you create the Mother Goddess's statue?"
"Nani? Mother Goddess? You mean, you are… you are…"
Ignoring the 'you all', Poseidon was now shocked by Athena's words. She hadn't expected that ordinary words could hit her so hard. Had her lovely and beautiful Little Zeus gotten married? And had such a big child, who was here to anger her? Most importantly...
"Who is your father?"
Poseidon could completely imagine how terrible her expression was. This shocking news even stopped her powerfully beating divine heart for five seconds.
"Want to know?"
Looking at Poseidon's ugly expression, the pent-up frustration in Athena's heart instantly eased considerably. She curved her lips, a slight smile on her face. It had to be said that people were indeed 'mother and daughter'; Athena's scheming expression was just like Zeus's, only she was much smarter than Zeus.
"I just won't tell you. What can you do to me?"
Suddenly blurting out such a sentence, Poseidon's lungs were about to explode. How was this Zeus's daughter? Zeus was so lovely and beautiful; how could she give birth to such a person who would infuriate others without consequence?
With that thought, Poseidon raised her trident and charged towards Athena, half out of anger and half still out of anger. Athena also met her with her shield; she was not to be trifled with.
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