He is a pure-blooded dragon in the miniature garden.

Chapter 213 Argel: What do you mean I'm that ugly woman's dowry?

"Things went very smoothly. Athena eventually became the Lord of the Heavenly Army. According to the process, it is estimated that after Izayoi Sakamaki overcomes Absolute Evil, she will officially assume the position of Lord of the Heavenly Army."

"As for the position of the total authority, it was not unexpected and it fell into our hands very smoothly."

Lying on the sofa, Su Nian rested her head on Lamia's lap, eating the fruit Lamia brought her, and talking about what happened at the Council of Gods with a somewhat complicated expression.

"So, you're saying that the management of both the upper and lower levels of the Little Garden is now in your hands, Master?"

Leticia, without looking up, flipped through the handover documents sent by the White Demon.

"It's not that easy, and I don't want to shoulder so much responsibility."

"You know the principle that with great power comes great responsibility."

Su Nian rolled her eyes, then adjusted her position and lay on her side on Lamia's lap, looking at Leticia and letting out a long sigh.

"I just can't figure out what Athena's attitude towards me is right now."

At this point, Su Nian's tone became conflicted.

"I've only met her twice in total. What is she thinking? Making me her superstar?"

Upon hearing this, Leticia and Lamia froze. Leticia, in particular, even put down the documents in her hands, frowned, and looked at Su Nian with a serious expression.

"So, Master, what are your thoughts?"

"Are you really going to agree? Although we don't object to Her Majesty Athena becoming our mistress..."

"But is His Majesty Kurima aware of this matter?"

"No, that's not what's bothering me."

Looking at Leticia's expression, Su Nian sighed helplessly.

"I'm not in a hurry for those rights and achievements. I haven't even fully digested the power I have now."

"I just can't understand Athena's attitude. I feel like she seems to be serious..."

If it's just for fun, considering Athena's status as a goddess, Su Nian wouldn't necessarily disagree.

But what exactly is Athena planning to do with all this seriousness?
Su Nian could sense that the emotion in Athena's promise to leave the position of Queen of Heaven to him was genuine, even to the point of being somewhat heavy.

Although he has encountered similar situations before, they were all under certain circumstances, such as with Lamia and Leticia.

Su Nian could only say that their loyalty to her outweighed their feelings for her, or as for Ting Yun and the other cursed children, it was mostly gratitude.

Upon hearing this, Lamia thought about it carefully and said...

"Love at first sight? That's impossible."

Even a woman like Athena could fall in love at first sight? As for Su Nian's charm? Su Nian didn't think she could win over a goddess known for her wisdom and rationality with her charm.

Thinking of this, Su Nian scratched her head and said with a slight chill down her spine.

"I feel like I've encountered a woman who is more feminine than male."

The gravity emanating from Athena was a little frightening to Su Nian.

If this feeling is real, then a three-digit number of females... this gravity is probably even stronger than that of a black hole, right?
"Forget about Athena, let's put this matter aside and think about how to explain things to Sister Xiaoju."

Su Nian made a bitter face and said with a pained expression.

"It seems I've gone too far again this time."

Upon hearing this, Lamia shook her head helplessly and deliberately let out a long sigh.

"Master, every single thing you've done is groundbreaking, and when have you ever given us any advance notice?"

Su Nian's face darkened after Lamia delivered the final blow. Without hesitation, she turned around, grabbed Lamia, and pulled her into her arms, pinching her cheek hard.

"How dare you speak ill of your master! You deserve to be punished!!!"

To be fair, apart from the incident with Izayoi Sakamaki, Su Nian's arrival in the Little Garden was almost entirely due to his own initiative.

If Kurima hadn't adopted a completely laissez-faire approach, even Krishna probably wouldn't have been able to stand it.

Especially this time, Su Nian accidentally brought down Di Shitian, and then let Athena, whom he had been controlling, take the stage.

On a smaller scale, this is a normal leadership transition within the Heavenly Army.

On a grander scale, this is Su Nian's mastermind behind the manipulation of the miniature garden's situation, and she has successfully and completely taken control of the miniature garden's order.

What kind of two-digit hand? Can it be as ruthless as Su Nian's hand?

Such a major undertaking generally requires at least a two-digit number of figures to personally carry it out, and even then, success is not guaranteed. One must be wary of a counterattack from Indra, or at the very least, suffer a setback.

As a result, under Su Nian's influence, she managed to take control of the Heavenly Army Lord without any setbacks or anyone noticing, turning him into an Ouroboros puppet.

What exactly is the real mastermind behind the scenes?
What kind of trash is Hei Tian? He's not even worthy to carry Su Nian's shoes!!
Moreover, even in the darkest of times, it must be said that Kurima is truly cunning and treacherous.

As for why it was Kurima? Because Kurima is Su Nian's older sister, and in Khotan's opinion, Su Nian definitely doesn't have that ability.

Look, he even threw the pot out the window.

If he's not the mastermind, then who is?
Just as Su Nian was vividly describing her large hands...

Thump! A loud bang rang out on Su Nian's head.

"Hey, Su Su, your head is really hard, almost harder than Xiao Bai and Xiao Wan Sheng."

Hearing that familiar voice, Su Nian tilted her head and, sure enough, it was her long-lost older sister, Kurima.

At this moment, Kurima skillfully took an apple from the fruit plate next to him, took a bite, and said.

"But I have to say, Xiao Su Nian, you really know how to stir things up."

"We really didn't expect Athena to become the ruler of the heavenly army."

They weren't even aware that Indra was planning to abdicate; they only learned about it at the Council of Gods.

As one of the original founders of the miniature garden, Indra is even older than many of the two-digit figures. If it weren't for the incident involving Kali Yoga, Indra would probably be one of them.

In a miniature garden, even a two-digit number cannot be considered omniscient.

Kurima had only just learned about the relationship between Athena and Su Nian.

She has always been a true follower of Lao Tzu's teachings, taking things as they come and truly letting Su Nian grow up freely. Apart from shielding Su Nian from being monitored by other old men and leaving herself a backup plan, she has not paid much attention to Su Nian.

In her opinion, Su Nian is such a big dragon, can't she handle things herself? And if all else fails, there's always Kukulkan.
Kukulkan can't handle it; she'll only step in when it involves two-digit numbers.

Although she doted on Su Nian, she didn't spoil her.

At this point, Kurima sighed with a hint of helplessness.

"Thanks to you, my image as the mastermind behind the scenes will probably be further solidified in the minds of Hei Tian and his ilk."

"Little Ju, I'm just a baby dragon. How could there be so many messy conspiracies?"

Every time she was targeted by the dark side of the world and other people who thought and schemed against her, even she was very distressed.

Why go through all this trouble? She's just a simple and innocent little dragon baby.

“Take Leticia for example. I never asked her to become a class ruler, but those guys all think it’s my will…” “I simply summoned Leticia and the others to the Little Garden.”

Upon hearing this, Leticia smiled helplessly. It was indeed a spontaneous act by their vampire clan, the Garden Knights.

As for what happened to the vampire clan later, she couldn't say anything, only that she was indeed too naive back then.

If it were a Master, they probably would have turned the hierarchy system into a celestial army system by now, right?

Despite the distress, they had no intention of letting go of the benefits they had gained.

What God does not take, is to be blamed.

Just like when Leticia established the hierarchical ruler system, she did not refuse the enormous benefits it brought. Of course, she still gave her a virtual sun sovereignty as a reward, paving the way for Leticia's triple-digit promotion.

If things develop normally, Leticia will become a pure-blooded dragon in the three-digit range, transforming into the Zodiac Dragon and becoming her subordinate deity.

And Ophiuchus will become the true sovereign constellation of the Sun.

It's just a pity... Leticia didn't seize this opportunity.

What could she do? The food was already in her mouth, but she choked to death.

As for why they didn't care about the vampire clan? The Little Garden at that time wasn't without resurrection methods. Given Leticia's status at the time, would it have been difficult for her to go to the underworld and retrieve the soul?

It can only be said that among countless solutions, Leticia chose the most foolish one.

In short, it's because she has too much influence, and Leticia's path has been too smooth.

Before they figured out what she was thinking, those guys didn't dare to do anything underhanded, which is commonly known as going too far with her ideas.

Who could blame her when all her colleagues, except for the White Demon, were more cunning than the last?
I wonder how many more people will say she's the mastermind behind the manipulation of the garden's order after this gets out today.

However, since the matter has already occurred, and there's no way she can't benefit from it, then let's not blame her for getting involved.

You know what, the Taoist Ancestor's policy of non-action is really good. You just need to lie down and sit back and relax, and you will naturally reap the rewards. Even if you don't, you won't lose anything, right?

At least Kurima said that he gained a lot every time he woke up.

"So, Xiao Su Nian, do you like Athena?"

Kurima cupped her face in her hands, her little feet swinging back and forth, and looked at Su Nian with curiosity.

"I think Su Nian could compete for the position of the fourth generation diva..."

"After all, the predictive and observational abilities of that divine genealogy are quite useful to you if you want to integrate the destinies and powers of those star gods."

"After all, if it weren't for the fact that your foundation of the [Immortal] authority is good enough, you would have suffered a lot just from the conflict of authority and power within your body."

Authority and power cannot be inscribed into a spirit so easily. Once a god or Buddha has one power, the difficulty of incorporating other powers increases exponentially, and the powers may even conflict with each other.

Furthermore, if inappropriate powers are inscribed, it will further hinder one's growth potential.

Otherwise, why don't those high-ranking gods and Buddhas plunder the powers of those low-ranking gods and Buddhas? Why are there no exchanges of powers in the miniature garden?
The most widespread use of those superfluous powers that have been woven is in creating powerful artifacts, rather than incorporating them into the spirit realm.

In other words, Su Nian relied on the all-encompassing nature of [Immortality], coupled with the special power within her body that even Kurima couldn't analyze, to withstand it.

"And if you want to use the pantheon, your spiritual level would have to be temporarily incorporated into the worldview of the Greek pantheon, wouldn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Su Nian fell into thought, realizing that it didn't seem like a bad deal.

Athena is undeniably beautiful and wealthy, and is one of the women at the very top of the miniature garden ecosystem.

If she doesn't rank in the double digits, Athena would definitely be among the top-ranked goddesses in the miniature garden.

However, Su Nian did not forget the ominous feeling that Athena had given him. Athena seemed to have a tendency to favor women, but he could not put all his eggs in one basket.

Even if Athena were incredibly alluring, Su Nian still harbored a sense of unease.

At that moment, Kurima's expression suddenly became very strange.

"It seems that Xiao Su Nian doesn't need to worry anymore..."

"Zeus just contacted me and said he has prepared the betrothal gifts."

"??????"

Su Nian tilted her head, looking at Kurima with some confusion. What did he mean by "the betrothal gifts have already been prepared"?
Is this the efficiency of Athena?

Seeing Su Nian's expression, Kurima smiled and said.

"Hmm, let me see what the bride price is?"

"Solar sovereignty of the Sun, Taurus? Zeus was actually willing to give that up?"

Listening to Kurima's words, Su Nian felt for some reason that the scene seemed somewhat familiar.

It seems like only yesterday that Athena was tempted to become the ruler of the heavenly army.

Unexpectedly, it's now his turn to succumb to temptation.

The Sun's Sovereignty in Taurus, the Simulated Genesis Chart to Help Calculate the Direction of Progress, and Athena, the Famous Goddess of the Miniature Garden...

Su Nian admitted that he couldn't quite refuse.

"But I've only been here for two months..."

"It's alright. Zeus said we can wait until you come of age. Just let the news out first."

Before Su Nian could finish speaking, Kurima greeted her with a smile.

It seems that not only Su Nian gained a lot, but Kurima also got a lot of Zeus's gold coins.

"……Fine."

After much deliberation, Su Nian finally made her decision under the affirmative gazes of Lamia and Leticia.

As long as they have no objections, that's fine.

"Then I'll go discuss your wedding date with Zeus. Here's a list of your betrothal gifts and Athena's dowry."

As he spoke, Kurima's figure disappeared again, leaving behind only a thick list of betrothal gifts.

"I want to see just how sincere Athena really is..."

But as soon as she opened the first page, the contents made Su Nian feel uneasy.

"What does it mean that Arger is part of Athena's dowry?"

"Athena knows how to be sarcastic..."

Although Athena's provision of both dowry and betrothal gifts made Su Nian feel a little strange, she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

I always have this illusion that I'm living off Athena, but in reality, Athena is the one who's truly living off her.

In a sense, this can be seen as a marriage alliance.

Athena needs to rely on Kurima, who is behind Su Nian, to secure her position as the ruler of the heavenly army.

And to be honest, Su Nian played a significant role in how Athena obtained her position as the Lord of the Heavenly Army.

(End of this chapter)