Humans in Type-Moon, Path of the Heroic Spirit

Chapter 105 The Unreliable Olympian Gods
Mount Etna, the abode of Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire and forging.

However, although this place is a volcano, it is covered with lush forests and there is no sign of desolation.

After resolving the troubles with Artemis and Atalanta, Yu Kamiya and Sasha resumed their journey, traveling south from Arcadia and finally arriving at their destination today.

"Sasha, do you want to rest for a while?"

As they walked along the winding forest path, Kamiya Yu glanced at the sun high in the sky before turning to the purple-haired girl beside him and asking a question.

Instead of riding horses up the mountain, they walked from the foot of the mountain to the summit.

According to villagers living nearby, there is an unwritten rule on this sacred mountain.

If you want to see Hephaestus, the god of fire, you must climb to the top of the volcano by your own strength.

If you borrow something from outside, even if you reach the temple gates, Lord Hephaestus will refuse you entry.

Therefore, Kamiya and his companion had no choice but to let the horses graze in a forest at the foot of the mountain and then hike up the mountain.

It was midday, and Kamiya Yu and Sasha walked side by side, sunlight filtering through the leaves and dappling their shoulders.

"Thank you for your kindness, Kratos, but I can still manage."

Faced with Yu Kamiya's concern, Sasha gently shook her head, politely declining his offer.

"And look, Lord Hephaestus's temple is not far away."

As she spoke, she pointed to the bronze palace that was faintly visible in the distance and said softly, "Since we're almost at our destination, let's continue on our way."

"Um……"

Upon hearing her words, Kamiya Yu paused for a moment. He knew that Sasha was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything more.

So the two walked forward in silence for a while, without exchanging a word, only the sound of their footsteps echoing on the forest path.

Before they knew it, the sun was obscured by passing clouds, the sunlight disappeared, and the weather became gloomy. A cool mountain breeze blew from the forest, ruffling their hair before drifting away to the leaves on the other side.

"Sasha."

Kamiya Yu suddenly shouted.

"what happened?"

"After this trip, are you going back to Athens?"

"..."

Sasha stopped, a complex expression flashing in her pale golden eyes. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she simply nodded silently. "Then, do you need me to take you back?"

Ignoring the strange atmosphere between the two, Kamiya Yu continued to ask.

"...No need, Kratos, don't you have your own things to do? When we get to Lord Hephaestus's temple, I'll ask her to send someone back to me."

Although she longed to stay by his side, Sasha knew that now was not a good time—she had been secretly away from Mount Olympus for several months, and even with Nico temporarily filling in at the temple, there was still a lot of work piling up.

If I don't go back soon, I'm afraid Nicole won't be able to withstand the torment of working overtime every day and will come out to arrest me.

Besides, so much time has passed, Sasha should at least meet up with her "brothers and sisters".

As for why, despite having so many gods on Olympus, most of the work fell to Athena, it's because most of the gods were unreliable!

Leaving aside Zeus's penchant for seeking pleasure, Apollo was either constantly praising nature and the gods or searching for adorable boys, while Hades and Poseidon only concerned themselves with matters within their own territories.

Ares is a battle maniac who often goes out to fight the gods, Hephaestus is obsessed with blacksmithing, Aphrodite spends her days pursuing love and beauty, and the eldest sister Hestia is a socially awkward person who stays at home in her temple all day.

Aside from Hera and Demeter, those two old ladies... who can offer some help, the rest either slack off or let the artifacts go into auto mode, then skip work to slack off—especially a certain male god surnamed A who likes to drive the Sun Chariot in auto-cruise mode.

What, you mean Artemis? Don't be ridiculous. That innocent, willful, and capricious girl is lucky if she doesn't cause trouble.

Damn it, how am I supposed to manage Olympus with this bunch of bastards around?!
Sasha felt a headache coming on just thinking about the mountain of work in the palace. She was only a sixteen-year-old child, so why did she have to bear so much pressure that she shouldn't have to bear at her age?
No wonder my other self was willing to sacrifice her to fulfill my own desires; was she waiting for me to find out?

At that moment, the naive Sasha finally understood the sinister intentions of her other self—"I've been doing this for so long, now it's your turn to take over!"

Meanwhile, while a certain purple-haired girl felt the malice emanating from the world, Kamiya Yu was silently pondering why Sasha was behaving so strangely today.

Could it be that he can't bear to part with himself?
For no apparent reason, this thought suddenly popped into Kamiya Yu's mind, but he quickly shook his head and banished the terrible idea.

Just kidding. Just look at Artemis, a woman of great virtue, and you'll know how important the so-called three virgin goddesses are.

Moreover, she was the noble goddess of wisdom from Olympus; how could she possibly be interested in a country bumpkin like me from some "stinky outsider"?

However, if Athena really has her eye on me, wouldn't she come from another world to arrest me?
Athena: "FBI, OPEN THE DOOR.jpg"

The thought that one day a supreme deity capable of cleansing the earth might randomly spawn at his doorstep made Kamiya Yu feel a little uneasy.

After all, Athena isn't a naive and innocent goddess like Artemis. If she gets jealous over something, not only Fuyuki, but the entire Pacific Ocean might explode.

Therefore, one must never reveal their true identity before leaving this world.

Kamiya Yu glanced at Sasha beside him and thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)