Chapter 224: On the Matter of Athena Suddenly Becoming a Simp

"Right, I almost forgot there was one more thing."

Shiroyasha suddenly hammered her own head; she had been too busy sharing the good news—and the risks—regarding Su Nian with him.

She had almost forgotten that the good news she brought was not just this one thing.

When she went to find Jialouluo to drink, Jialouluo had never treated her like this before, but this morning, Jialouluo had broken all precedent and brought out his prized collection.

It was the Putishu wine brewed from the Putishu fruit of the tree under which Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.

He truly treated Shiroyasha as one of his own.

"Among the Twelve Heavenly Generals of the Heavenly Army, Fire Heaven Agni is still recovering from severe injuries and is preparing to step down on an auspicious day, and Jialing is one of the candidates."

"As long as Jialing breaks through to become a Four-digit Out-of-Category, the position of Fire Heaven will be secure."

Shiroyasha wore a mysterious expression as she leaned into Su Nian's ear and whispered.

As she spoke, Shiroyasha secretly slipped a round, golden Sheli into Su Nian's hand.

"This was prepared for you by Old Peng King; just use it privately, don't let it spread."

Feeling the warmth radiating from the Sheli in his hand, and as he gripped it, insights regarding the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame emerged in his mind.

Su Nian nodded slightly and skillfully put the item away; his father-in-law had truly prepared a grand gift.

This Sheli contained almost all of Jialouluo's insights into the Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame and the Flash Heat Power, from collecting the Concept to weaving the power and sublimating it into an Authority.

It was practically teaching him how to condense an Authority hand-in-hand.

Clearly, this went against the rules between the gods; knowledge of this level was absolutely forbidden from being leaked.

"Boss, remember to thank Father-in-law for me."

Su Nian said in a low voice with a smile on his lips; he had always been one to repay kindness, and he noted this favor as well.

At this moment, Shiroyasha looked at Athena, who was still standing to the side, with some surprise.

"Wait, why haven't you left yet?"

She looked at Athena with an expression that suggested she understood.

"As expected, you still haven't given up."

Athena's expression changed slightly, and she only sighed as she said.

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up; I am the Goddess of Victory!"

Hearing this, Su Nian raised an eyebrow; how did he detect a hint of gritted teeth and refusal to admit defeat in that last sentence?

Shiroyasha frowned, also sensing the stubbornness in Athena's words, and said with a playful expression.

"Boss's predictions have never been wrong, so you should just give up."

Zeus had once sought the Twin Goddesses to perform a prediction for Athena, the content of which was how Athena could possibly become a Two-digit.

And the predicted result was that the Athena of Little Garden had zero possibility of becoming a Two-digit.

Because in other worlds, there was already an Athena who had become a Supreme Being.

It was only because the distance was too great, and that Athena was still one step away from true transcendence, otherwise Athena would have long since become an Avatar of that one.

But Athena's awkward situation was precisely this: if she wanted to become a Two-digit, she had to converge all existences named Athena and become the true, unique Athena.

And although that Athena had not yet reached the point of converging into a unique existence, the Little Universe system over there was different from the Little Garden Spirit Status system.

That Athena's combat power was peerless; according to the Twin Goddesses, at full strength, she was no weaker than Shiroyasha herself.

And so, Athena was stuck in this awkward spot.

Even if she became a Two-digit, she might not be able to defeat that Athena, and clearly, that Athena would never let her converge and become an Avatar of the Little Garden Athena.

Even Su Nian could only say that this Athena was truly unlucky.

However, it was no wonder that even after being targeted like this, Athena still lingered here without taking a step away.

But Su Nian hadn't expected that the Twin Goddesses actually knew of the existence of the Saint Seiya World? That was a bit terrifying.

Would the things he had done already be exposed?

Fear; he urgently needed to find a powerful backer to get some comfort.

"Is there really not a shred of hope?"

Athena asked with a smile.

"At least She hasn't reached that step yet, has She? I still have a chance!!"

Hearing this, Shiroyasha gave Athena a helpless look, then giggled as she wrapped her arms around Su Nian's neck and whispered into his ear.

"Well, that's that; now Athena has completely set her sights on you."

Hearing Shiroyasha's words, Athena turned her head, looked at Su Nian with a smile, and said in a very cheerful tone.

"Pleasure doing business with you; you should be able to rest easy now."

But such a smile only made Su Nian feel a chill.

That kind of smile... he always felt like he was being targeted... Su Nian's mouth twitched, but he didn't know what to say.

He was indeed very uneasy about Athena; after all, he had too many secrets and too much baggage.

But he had no leverage over Athena, and he could be said to know absolutely nothing about her.

But now... it seemed that Athena would never let him go, no matter what.

Facing Su Nian's silence, Athena smiled and took Su Nian's hand.

"Then, for the rest of our lives, please take care of me."

Seeing this, Su Nian's eyelid twitched.

What was with this thick scent of yandere? Su Nian always had the feeling that he might very well be dismembered.

This woman was definitely a lunatic, and not an ordinary one at that.

Thinking of this, Su Nian sighed and said.

"Do whatever you want."

Forget it, I'm giving up! Just lying flat and letting things happen... that is Su Nian's current attitude.

At the very least, having one more ally is better than having one more unscrupulous opponent, right?

Besides, if a beautiful Virgin Goddess is willing to pester him, what else can he do? Naturally, he will neither refuse, nor take responsibility, nor accept.

He can only keep things hanging like this.

A crazy woman whose life has a countdown—if he really pushes her too far, he won't get any good results either.

It's better to just keep it like this; maybe he can even take advantage of the situation while it's still hot.

He also wonders how his Magic Card will perform when facing this kind of self-convergence into a singularity?

Who knows, he might really be able to take advantage of it while it's hot.

Shiroyasha, who always feels there aren't enough spectacles to watch, hurriedly added fuel to the fire.

"Oh my, you want to pester my child? Have you considered Jialing's thoughts? She is Su Nian's legal wife."

Athena smiled slightly and took the initiative to link her arm with Su Nian's.

"It's fine, I am the Goddess of Victory, after all."

Upon hearing this, Shiroyasha was completely stunned, her expression twisted together, and she called out in a panic.

"No way, you really want to snatch a man from a junior?"

One of the main reasons Jialing can receive so much support now is that she and Su Nian have already confirmed their relationship.

As long as Jialing sits firmly in her position, the faction behind her can sit back and relax, but once Athena's competitive spirit is aroused and Jialing's position is threatened...

Then Shiroyasha's sin would be great.

Only Su Nian was helplessly dragged away by Athena, letting out a helpless sigh.

What is this supposed to be? He hasn't even gotten his hands on the inheritance yet, and they are already starting to divide and distribute it?

Sure enough, the inheritance left behind by the ancestors is a hot potato.

From the moment the news leaked, the test had already begun.

The corners of Su Nian's mouth curled up slightly; he glanced at Athena and surveyed the entire banquet.

However, his ambition is not just to inherit the foundation of his predecessors; his goal is the entire Little Garden.

To fit the entire Little Garden into his trump cards—that is what he truly wants.

But for the first step, let's start with inheriting the predecessors' foundation.

——

Su Nian, being linked by Athena, leaned slightly to the right and lowered his voice to speak into Athena's ear.

"I think I should be going up to give a banquet speech and make an appearance now, right?"

"Leave that kind of thing to Black Rabbit."

As she said this, Athena confidently squeezed Su Nian's hand and said.

"Besides, you have me now; do you still need to care about the thoughts of those petty, sycophantic fellows?"

"That's true, too."

Su Nian nodded in agreement; with Athena as an ally and backing, there is indeed no need to care about other allies.

After all, Athena represents the entire Greek God Group.

And even without including the Greek God Group, in terms of Athena's personal influence, it is absolutely no weaker than Arcadia in its prime.

"Moreover, as for those fellows still remaining here, except for a very small portion of people you saved, the vast majority are just here to watch the spectacle."

Speaking of this, Athena's tone gradually became playful.

She lowered her head, looking at Su Nian's arm that she was holding.

"Isn't their spectacle right here?"

"A Goddess of Victory who is love-struck and doesn't even mind using her own wallet to keep a mistress—this is enough to satisfy their base, vulgar tastes."

"Not to mention, Shiroyasha also caused trouble and competed with you a bit."

"But isn't all of this caused by you?"

Su Nian's mouth twitched; she made it sound like it was his fault, but this is ruining his reputation, okay!

Heaven knows what kind of fierce person he has been rumored to be outside now; poor him, his reputation has never improved.

"Reputation is something that has as much value as you think it has, and vice versa."

Athena said this with a hint of teasing in her tone.

"Back then, Arcadia's reputation was never that good, yet didn't they still establish the Alliance?"

Especially that certain trashy bird, whose reputation was enough to stop children from crying, but at critical moments, the burden of clearing Humanity's Final Trial still fell on her.

"At the end of the day, Little Garden looks at individual strength, the outcome of Gift Games, and the power of factions; it is a bloody world of the survival of the fittest."

As she spoke, the corners of Athena's mouth curled up slightly, saying with a hint of a reminder.

"As long as you are strong enough and the benefits you bring are sufficient, you will never lack allies."

"There will always be people sticking to you."

As she spoke, Athena dragged Su Nian around for a circle, and then Su Nian experienced the same thing he went through when Shiroyasha took him around before.

He received so many gifts his hands went soft, and because one doesn't hit a smiling face, Su Nian's face was almost cramping from smiling.

Looking at those smiling faces that looked like chrysanthemums, Su Nian only felt disgusted; it was too sycophantic, truly too sycophantic.

He just doesn't know if it was for the sake of Athena by his side, or for the sake of the inheritance he inherited.

The news shouldn't have leaked that quickly, right?

Holding a plate of desserts and feeding it to Su Nian by hand, Athena said with a smile.

"Alright, meeting one last person will be enough."

"Huh? How come there's still more?"

Su Nian said with a look of exhaustion.

"I really don't know what the point of this is."

Su Nian's mouth twitched, and he said in an unhappy tone.

"To get familiar with faces, and to let you recognize them; how many people do you know in Little Garden right now?"

Athena curled the corners of her mouth and said with a beaming smile.

"Of course, there is also the point that it makes it convenient to beat up the old and the young together when trouble arises, so as to avoid hitting the wrong person."

As she spoke, Athena herself picked up a piece of dessert, took a bite, and said.

"The ones I introduced to you are all people you need to pay attention to when fighting; remember to send me a notification so I can go find them to settle the score."

"As for the others, you don't need to worry about them."

"O... okay."

Looking at the overbearing Athena, Su Nian's mouth twitched; is this the Goddess of Victory from Greece?

Isn't she a bit too overbearing and too domineering?

However, this feeling of being protected, in a certain sense, is actually quite nice.

Although Su Nian also knew that the limit of Athena's protection was just about that; at most, it could withstand the pressure of a large God Group and ordinary Three-digit beings.

But this was enough for Su Nian to run rampant.

"Hey, Athena, give my phone back to me!"

Before Su Nian could look up, a somewhat flustered voice reached Su Nian's ears.

Then, without a word, Athena tossed a phone produced in Beiqu into Su Nian's arms.

"Help me delete the dark History about us inside."

Athena said indifferently, while simultaneously holding down Mata, who was about to snatch the phone back, with her other hand.

"Hey! You don't have to delete it so thoroughly, right?"

Watching Su Nian's practiced movements of deleting and overwriting with junk files, Mata's mouth twitched, and she shouted helplessly.

Moreover, what Su Nian deleted was not just the conversation between him, Shiroyasha, and Athena that Mata had just recorded, but also the dark History of other people.

It was roughly equivalent to tearing up the Bunbunmaru Newspaper in Fantasy.

It could be called an act of mercy that saves the suffering; who knows how many people would thank Su Nian.

Then Su Nian tossed the phone back to Mata, and Mata checked it.

After confirming that it had been deleted very thoroughly, she clicked her tongue.

"I just thought you were quite cute a moment ago, but now, forget it."

"Didn't I leave some for you?"

Su Nian shrugged his shoulders and gave Mata a helpless look.

"Hey, does leaving only Ares's dark dirt count as leaving some?"

Mata protested strongly against this; if it weren't for the fact that she still had many backups left, she might have really started hitting people.

"Yeah? Why wouldn't it count?"

Su Nian revealed a simple smile.

"Forget it, I knew there was nothing good to say to you people."

Mata sighed helplessly and said.

(End of this chapter)