"Because, because ...... People don't worry!

If people don't have it, Orion, Orion ......."

In Caster's Medea's polite inquiry, Artemis, one of the three virgin goddesses of Olympus, writhed like a girl in love, and Yanagito was stunned, feeling that his inherent impression of Artemis, the goddess of the moon, had been completely subverted.

But if you think about it, it's not surprising, although Artemis is a virgin, it doesn't mean that virgin goddesses can't fall in love! And after hearing the story of Artemis and Orion the constellation Orion from Caster's mouth, Yanagito couldn't help but sigh for this pair of bitter lovers in his heart-

Orion was the son of Poseidon, the emperor of the sea, but he did not like to live in the sea, but liked to climb and hunt in the mountains. He was accompanied by a loyal hound named Silius, who was as fierce as his master, always taking the lead when hunting, and always standing in the way of his master when encountering wild beasts.

During a certain hunting trip, Orion met the moon and Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, and the two were quickly attracted by each other's handsome beauty and comparable hunting skills, and even made a lifelong agreement with each other.

However, Artemis' twin brother, the sun god Apollo, believed that the sister of the virgin god should be chaste for life, and that no god or mortal in this world was worthy of her.

After repeated attempts to dissuade him to no avail, Apollo began to consider getting rid of Orion. On one occasion he saw Orion walking in the water, with only a little hair coming out of the water, so he hurried to his twin sister Artemis and made a bet with her that he would marry Orion if she could shoot an arrow at the weeds that rose and fell in the distance.

Artemis was relieved to hear her brother, and despite his demands, she shot the arrow with all her love for Orion, and hit the weeds accurately.

Then she happily asks her brother to make good on his promise. But Apollo laughed viciously:

"Go and see! Isn't that clump of aquatic plants Orion! ”

Artemis learns that he has shot his lover with his own hands, and faints on the spot in grief; After the death of his master, Sirius, the faithful companion of Orion, wailed night after night, did not eat or sleep, and within a few days went with his master.

Zeus, the king of the gods, was embarrassed to learn of this tragedy, so he collected Orion's corpse and ascended him to the sky as Orion, and Silius also won Zeus's sympathy with his loyalty, and was also ascended to the sky to continue to accompany his master, which is Canis Major.

In order not to make Sirius lonely, Zeus also deliberately found a companion for him, Canis minor. In addition, Zeus knew that Orion loved hunting the most during his lifetime. Beside him was a small prey, Lepus, and farther away there were Ursa Major and Ursa Minor for him to hunt.

When night falls, Artemis drives her silver-shining moon chariot through the stars, accompanying her lover Orion, who has turned into a star in the sky. From then on, no matter how much Apollo chased after his sister and tried to apologize to her, Artemis refused to meet Apollo, so the moon and the sun no longer had any intersection.

Although Yanagito knew that there were other stories about Orion in Greek mythology, as if Scorpio in the zodiac was also very related to Orion, he was willing to believe the "facts" that Caster recounted.

No...... If possible. He would rather not believe this fact than have such sad memories for Artemis and Orion! He couldn't imagine how vicious Apollo was to come up with such a cruel plan. I even let my sister shoot her lover with her own hands!

"If people aren't there, won't Orion be messing with flowers again!"

Hey? What, what?

While Yanagito Kazunari's heart was still echoing with indescribable grief and sorrow, it was as if his ears were suddenly experiencing auditory hallucinations, but when he looked at Artemis with his eyes wide in disbelief. I found that although this beautiful girl who was still shy just now, her face was still flushed, and the corners of her mouth were still slightly upturned, but her eyes became gloomy and empty. The pupil is almost completely out of focus!

"Plop!"

Probably frozen by the inexplicable chill on his expression, Orion, who had been babbling about his transformation into a bear cub, rolled from Artemis's shoulders to the ground like lifeless ice. However, no one paid attention to it at this time, and Yanagito Kazunari, Medea, and even Soichiro Katsugi, who was as indifferent as a robot, all looked at Artemis with a look of surprise, wondering how she could say such a thing as Orion's flowers.

"Yike!!

Orion! My beloved Orion! Why did you fall to the ground so carelessly! ”

After a long while, Artemis, whose eyes were glazed, finally recovered, and immediately fell to his knees screaming, holding the dusty bear Orion tightly in his arms, not caring about the dust staining his dress.

Ha...... Artemis like this is normal! Although he is a little big-chested and brainless, although he is a little natural, he loves Orion more than anyone in this world, and even worries that he is so worried that he senses that he is going to participate in the Holy Grail War and squeezes in to replace him as Archer, so Artemis is ...... Belch...... It doesn't seem so normal!

"W-That...... Sister-in-law...... Caster, what's going on? The...... The relationship between the goddess Artemis and Orion doesn't seem to be quite the same as you said? ”

Because he was so surprised, Yanagito Kazunari took the initiative to approach Caster, a suspicious woman who didn't even dare to show her face, and Soichiro Katsugi, who never gossiped, also looked at her silently, wondering how Artemis and Orion's once poignant love affair could have become like this.

"Hmm...... This ......"

Beads of sweat appeared to bead on Caster's forehead under the cape, and she hesitated for a few moments before she finally whispered a guess that wasn't quite sure:

"In Greek mythology, there is not only one version of the story about Orion.

Reputedly...... However, it is said that Orion also seemed to have passionately pursued the Seven Sisters of Pleades, and these seven sisters were pursued by him for five years, and finally had to ask for help like the god Zeus, so Zeus placed them all in the sky and turned them into the Seven Sisters Star Cluster, which is called the Pleiades in the East.

But it is also said that the seven sisters of Pleades were in love with Orion, so they also rose to the sky together after his death and flew in front of Orion.

If the influence of these legends on Servant is also taken into account, it is only natural that Artemis has a 'bitterness' in his heart. ”

"Where, where is it normal! This is no longer a normal level of jealousy! ”

"Huh...... Love always plays with women, but what infatuation looks forward to in the end is betrayal......"

"Huh? Ca、Caster？ You can't ...... it" (To be continued.) )