Chapter 1: The Girl
The Zodiac of the Sanctuary, the realm guarded by the goddess Athena, if viewed from above, is like a light in the dark night, persistently emitting light and heat on the dead continent. At the same time, this only light seems to be the best bait, attracting hunters in the darkness to come one after another, looking for blood food.
"Hey, are you looking for mom too?" οΌ
The girl wrapped in a gray shabby blouse held a dirty rabbit doll and said to the clean and tidy girl not far away.
"Ah....... Well. β
The girl hesitated for a moment, but nodded, and stretched out her hand to let the girl pull her into the darkness.
"By the way, where do you live, Ma Yi hasn't seen you?"
The girl in gray held the doll in one hand and the girl who was only two or three years older than her in the other, following the position in her memory, walking through the dark corridor.
"Live on it."
The girl stretched out her index finger and pointed upwards and said.
Topmost? Taurus Palace? Or a double uterus?
Ma Yi didn't know exactly where the girl was referring to, but it should be much better than where she lived.
Looking at the purple dress she wears is simple in style, but it feels very soft to the touch, very new and has no traces of sewing, which is really enviable.
Ma Yi really wants a new beautiful dress, and when she finds her mother...... I wonder if my mother can help Ma Yi make a new dress?
The girl's memory was not very good, but she finally found a place after several turns.
It was a dilapidated hut that was clearly once inhabited, and the furniture inside was covered in dust and fell haphazardly to the floor.
"Ah, here we are."
Ma Yi shouted happily and was about to run over, but the clinker was pulled by the girl's arm and couldn't get over for a while.
"What's wrong?" , Ma Yi asked,
"Ahem...... Is it Mayi? β
A woman's voice suddenly came from the room, very weak.
"Mom, Ma Yi brought a friend."
"Really? Ma Yi finally made a friend, and her mother was very happy......"
The dilapidated door panel clicked, and a hobbling shadow came out of the room.
Her face was pale, she wore a gray-brown robe, and beckoned to the girl gently.
"Ah, you let go of me, mom is calling me!"
The girl grabbed Ma Yi tightly and looked cautiously at the woman a few steps away, "That's not your mother, you recognized the wrong person." β
"What, that's my mother, how could Ma Yi mistake her mother's face?"
"Mayi, come here, let Mom meet your friends."
The woman standing by the door stepped forward, her rough arm gradually lengthened, turned blue, and finally softened into a long vine and rolled towards the two of them!
β......βοΌ
The girl grabbed the shocked Mai, pulled her behind her, and snorted heavily,
The fluttering rattan shrank back as if it had been roasted by the flames.
In the dark night, arcs of light appeared in circles where the girl was standing, protecting the two of them layer upon layer.
"Hmph, hahaha, I didn't expect to wait for so many days to finally let me meet a great guy!"
The woman's face was hideous, and her whole body was broken into seven or eight thick and strong vines, coiled around the girl, waiting for an opportunity.
At the same time, the old house collapsed, and a man in black armor stood from it.
"God of the Sanctuary, give me food for them!"
The rattan hardened, whipping down at the position where the two were standing, and it only took a split second to hit the target!
If she were killed here, Lord Hades would be happy.
"Bang-",
The vines that were enough to shatter the masonry evaporated before they could touch the girl, and the heat and destructive power passed through the vines into the dryad's cloak, shattering his armor.
"Who is it?" The dryad asked, left and right.
The girl seemed to feel something, and looked in the other direction, where a gentle-looking man walked slowly.
He wasn't fast, but after a few steps he was standing in front of the girl, facing the dryad.
"Golden Armor......" The dryad tightened and moved his legs back, it couldn't be those difficult guys.
"What are you going to do to our gods, Specter?" A spherical golden halo appeared in his hand, as beautiful as the light marks left by the stars,
"Tsk, you won't have such good luck next time!"
The dryad roared, his hands on the ground, and for a moment dozens of vines flew the rocks on the ground and piled them up towards where the three of them were standing.
"Since you're all within the range of the Zodiac, don't rush back, Hades Fighter."
Overwhelming pressure descended from above, crushing the frantically tangled vines, squeezing them into a pulpy mud.
Another huge shadow fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust.
"If you don't want to fight an Aries, how about you come to me to practice?"
Arudiba grinned, and a trace of white gas evaporated between Sen Han's teeth,
"The Underworld Fighter named after the Dryad should be quite durable, right?"
"Ahem-", finally calmed down the sharp pain in his chest, and the dryad who got up again found that he had been caught by the two Golden Saint Seiyas, one after the other, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
Take a gamble, as long as you can hold her hostage, maybe you can escape back.
The two Golden Saint Seiyas seemed to see the enemy's thoughts, but they didn't mean to hinder the other, allowing the body covered in darkness to melt into the roots of the tree.
In the next moment, with a loud roar, a golden bison kicked its four hooves, trampling the entangled vines and the earth into powder.
"No !!"
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"Lord Athena, although this is already within the scope of the Zodiac Signs, you should also pay attention to it, if it weren't for Mu sensing your small universe, the situation would be dangerous......"
Arudiba bent down and earnestly taught the girl countless times.
The girl nodded from time to time, but occasionally glanced at Mai, who was led by Mu on the side, not knowing what she was thinking.
Aries, who was waiting on the side, noticed the girl's gaze and glanced thoughtfully at Mai, who was still trembling beside her.
An hour later, on the way homeβ
The girl sat on the broad shoulders of the Taurus, absentmindedly shaking a pair of white and tender calves.
"Now, Arudiba ...... Am I really the god of the Sanctuary? β
"yes, that's what the Pope said, after all."
Arudiba said that the answer was very dissatisfying to the girl.
"According to the battle reports from the front, Hades's power has shown signs of reawakening, and now I can't even win a pluto fight, and I always feel that the battle will be very difficult in the future."
The girl was very annoyed for a moment and said worriedly.
"Hahaha, God just needs to deal with God, and let you do everything, so what do you want us to do?"
"But it's too far away, if I can't even deal with the dryad just now, then Hades ......," the girl paused, "and not only that, I was even a little scared at that time, and I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't rushed over." β
"Scared?"
Arudiba glanced at the girl, who stuck out his tongue in embarrassment,
"Well, I'm scared."
"Well, there's no way around it, I'll teach you a secret trick."
The girl was attracted by Arudiba's words and bowed her head very seriously.
"Like this, when you're scared, take a deep breath and exhale it all."
With a hurricane-like roar, Arudiba's strong body rose and fell,
"Take a deep breath?"
The girl is like this, and her pink cheeks are bulging, which is very cute.
"That's right, that's right, like this, when you're scared, just take a deep breath."
"Ha-hiss, whew-",
The two kept repeating the same action, walking through the night.
"Does it really work?"
"Probably......"
"Hmm, I'd better ask Mu, where did he go?"
"He's going to get that little girl back to where she lives, and it's going to take a little time."
"Oh."
At midnight, the maiden, who had been harshly admonished by the Pope, returned to the temple, where a figure was already waiting.
"Mu?"
The girl walked over strangely,
It's not an Aries escort today, so why is Mu here?
"Lord Athena, this ...... To you. β
Mu saw the girl come over and pointed to something on the table.
It was a pure white lamb doll, half the size of a girl's body, and the workmanship was a little rough, but on the whole it was still a good work.
"Hahβthat's cute."
The girl threw herself at the doll and held her in her arms, the soft touch that she was reluctant to put down.
"Is this really for me?"
"Well, I found Mai's mother at the residence near the Aries Palace, she told me how to sew dolls, and Athena-sama has always wanted one, right?"
Mu squatted down and said to the girl, who nodded a little embarrassedly.
"Won't the Pope be unhappy if I keep it?"
The girl pretended to be deep,
"The temple is a very serious place, and the slightest desecration is not allowed, he often said......"
Mu was amused by the girl's appearance,
"Then take it back to the bedroom, so that the teacher will not blame it.
After all, no one rules that goddesses can't have things they like, right? β
"Really?"
"Well, people who haven't liked something can't give love."
The girl nodded as if she didn't understand, and turned around happily, until a slight cough sounded at the entrance of the temple.
"Ah, His Highness the Pope."
The girl reflexively hid the doll behind her, and Mu beside her bowed slightly.
"Lord Athena, you are the master of the Sanctuary, and you don't need to use honorifics even for me."
"Oh, got it."
The Pope sighed, and then remembered the purpose of his trip,
"Just now Abrody reported that the two Golden Saints, Dismask Cancer and Garon, the dark star of Gemini, have returned from Northern Europe, and they are now waiting for your summons in the Pope Hall, I wonder if you have time now?"
"Well, I'll be over in a moment."
"I see."
Shi Ang turned around and prepared to leave, and before leaving, he pondered and said,
"Athena, it's a bit rude to say that, but please keep your personal belongings in the right place."
"Ah...... Be! β
"Then I'll quit too." Mu nodded at the excited girl, and quickly followed Shi Ang, who was leaving.
It wasn't until there was no one else in the temple that the girl carefully rubbed the doll in her arms and jumped towards the bedroom.
The Golden Saint Seiya - Gemini Garon is also back, we may really be able to win, right?