When the girl saw it, she quickly picked up the big rough hand and put it on her head, and said: "Grandpa, I don't want to see you die!"

The old man shook his head gently and said with a loving smile: "The cycle of life and death... this is the fate of mortals... Saori..."

"grandfather--"

Shazhi lowered her head and cried non-stop.

"Okay... don't cry... Grandpa still has something to say... to you..."

The old man rubbed the girl's head and slowly recalled: "Thirteen years ago... I traveled to Greece..."

"I met a seriously injured and dying Saint there..."

"Aren't the Saints legendary warriors? Do they really exist?" Saori wiped the tears from her eyes and asked curiously.

The old man smiled and said slowly: "Saint warriors do exist...it's just that it's hard for people in the world to see them..."

"The Saint I met... his name is 'Aiolos'..."

"Before he died...he handed me a baby girl and a golden holy garment..."

"He said... that baby girl... is the reincarnation of the goddess Athena..."

"But at that time... there was an evil force controlling the Holy Land... trying to kill the young Athena... As a last resort... he led Athena out of the siege..."

Listening in rapt attention, Saori hurriedly asked: "Then... where is the baby girl?"

"I took the baby girl back to the Kido family... raised her as my own granddaughter... and named her 'Kido Saori'..." the old man looked at the girl lovingly and replied.

"How is that possible!" Saori was shocked.

No matter what, she didn't want to believe that the baby girl in that story was herself.

"Cough cough cough..."

The old man coughed several times in pain, and then said: "The Saint also said that...as you grow older...the goddess's consciousness will slowly awaken..."

"Over the years... I have watched you grow up with my own eyes... and I have also seen the goddess awaken several times..."

"Come to think of it...you should have noticed it yourself..."

Hearing this, Shazhi suddenly fell into silence.

Grandpa was right. She found that some inexplicable memory fragments occasionally appeared in her mind.

She felt like she had become another person, wearing a gorgeous armor, leading a group of warriors also wearing armor to fight against various enemies.

Especially in recent years, this situation has occurred more and more frequently.

I originally thought it was just a nightmare I had, but now it seems that it may be my memory of being Athena.

Seeing that she remained silent, Kido Mitsumasa continued: "You are not only my granddaughter... you are also the goddess Athena who protects the peace of the earth..."

"Whether it's the dead Aiolos... or I... I hope you can return to the Sanctuary... to eliminate the darkness shrouding the Sanctuary..."

"But, I simply can't do it with my current strength, Grandpa!" Saori shook her head desperately.

In those memory fragments, she possessed earth-shattering powers, but now, she is just an ordinary girl.

If it hadn't been for what her grandfather said today, she wouldn't have believed that the powerful female war goddess was herself.

Mitsumasa Kido smiled and continued: "It's okay... Aiolos said... your power... will awaken along with your consciousness..."

"You will slowly recover...your former divine power...and transform back into the legendary female war goddess..."

"You just need to wait patiently..."

"Now...no hurry...no hurry..."

Originally, these secrets should not be told to Saori so early, but he felt that time was running out and he could no longer wait for that day.

As a last resort, these secrets can only be revealed in advance.

"But, I'm really scared to be alone, Grandpa!" When she thought that she might once again face the cruel battlefield in her memory, Saori's tears fell down again.

After all, she is just a thirteen-year-old girl now.

"Do not be afraid!"

The old man rubbed the girl's head and smiled slightly: "Do you still remember... Seiya and his group of children who grew up with you..."

"Um!"

Shazhi nodded.

Mitsumasa Kido continued: "They are all young men with the qualifications to master the small universe... I raised them... and then sent them to various parts of the world to train as fighters..."

"When they return from their studies...they will be your most loyal guards..."

"They will protect you...accompany you back to the sanctuary..."

This was a plan that had been prepared since he brought Athena back.

He adopted nearly a hundred orphans, grew up with Shazhi, and instilled the ideological education of absolute loyalty in those children.

As long as nothing unexpected happens, with her status as a goddess and the 'absolute loyalty' she has instilled in those children since childhood, Saori will not betray them easily even if they possess extraordinary powers.

"But if they don't want to come back at all, what should I do, grandpa?" Saori asked, wiping away her tears.

The old man raised his right hand tremblingly, pointed to the closet directly opposite, and said with difficulty: "Behind that closet... there is a passage leading to the underground secret room..."

"Aiolos's golden holy cloth...is hidden there..."

"At that time...if they are unwilling to come back...you can use Aiolos' golden holy clothes as bait...to call them all back..."

"Aiolos said... The Golden Saint Cloth... is the most powerful Holy Cloth in the Holy Realm... and is what all Saints dream of..."

"Using the Golden Saint Cloth as bait... they... they... they..."

Before he finished speaking, the old man lowered his right hand feebly and stopped breathing.

"grandfather--"

Sensing something strange about the old man, Shaoxi's heart was as sharp as a knife and she burst into tears.

At this moment, an extremely powerful microcosmic aura erupted from her body, and everyone in the entire villa was stunned by the powerful wave of power.

Seeing that the aura of the small universe in Shazhi's body was getting stronger and stronger, rising higher and higher, as if it was going to shoot directly into the sky, a gold box in the underground secret room suddenly opened, revealing a golden holy garment.

I saw that the holy robe had four legs, arms, a centaur body, and a golden bow. It was the golden holy robe of Sagittarius.

As if sensing the changes in the small universe within Shazhi's body, the Sagittarius Golden Saint Cloth awakened.

It bloomed with dazzling golden light, passing through the thick strata, trying to block the breath of the small universe that was rising higher and higher.

At present, the will of the goddess Athena has not been fully awakened, and rashly exposing it will only bring danger to Shaori.

It's a pity that the goddess is a goddess after all. Even the power released by Shazhi's excitement cannot be covered up by a mere ownerless golden holy garment.

Seeing that the aura of the goddess's small universe was about to break through its covering barrier, another force came from across the air and covered the Sagittarius' covering barrier.
Chapter completed!