Campione! - Volume 9 - Return of the Goddess by Taketsuki Jou

Author:Taketsuki Jou [Jou, Taketsuki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-4-0863-0600-3
Publisher: Baka-Tsuki
Published: 2014-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

Time continued to advance, and night had fallen.

Godou was still idling on the seashore accompanying Athena's statue.

He had just received a call from Amakasu, informing him that Ena was arriving later to bring something over. He must have realized Godou was agonizing over something.

However, Amakasu did not try to broach the subject.

Intending to respect a Campione's decision? Or leaving things alone because he gave up on understanding why Godou was troubled? The latter seemed more and more unlikely.

Anyway, even Godou himself could not articulate why he felt so concerned about Athena's matters.

"She... Is really about to die?"

Guinevere's subterfuge. The matter of the Holy Grail. Athena's various behavior. After much thought, Godou reached that conclusion.

A beach in early winter. A charming statue enduring against the icy cold sea breeze.

Even though it had the appearance of an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, there was no child-like innocence in that face.

Neither powerless nor harmless. She was the queen ruling over the high heavens, the bountiful earth and the dark underworld. The exalted goddess.

With death approaching, she had forced herself to pay Godou a visit —

"Why would she do that..."

Godou could imagine, but he was uncertain if he guessed correctly. It was probably too difficult to fill the cultural divide through his lone efforts. Godou instinctively took out his cellphone.

A warrior queen from the Bronze and Iron Age civilizations. What he needed was someone whose brain was wired the same way.

"Give me a break, I can't possibly talk to that idiot!?"

Amongst all Godou's friends and acquaintances, one particular young man was clearly furthest away from modern ways of thinking.

The child blessed by heaven in the strange ways of the sword. The god-slaying knight.

Despite Godou's efforts to forget him, it was strange how that man always managed to elicit a hostile response. It always felt like irrelevant concerns. That guy was like a Viking warrior who had conformed to modern life, but he was not an appropriate conversation partner. Best to reconsider.

As a result, Godou decided to call someone else.

He made an international call to Italy. Accounting for the current time of 6pm with a time difference of eight hours, whether that person had awakened or not was a rather delicate question —

'What's going on, Godou? You finally couldn't bear the loneliness of my absence?'

Instantly connected to Erica Blandelli, Godou decided this would count as rising early for her.

However, she was speaking in a cheerful manner unlike her usual tone of voice when getting out of bed.

"Even when you're not around, I'm still very lively and not depressed at all. Don't make up strange stories."

'Of course not, it's not like I'm Lily. I was just imagining how someone might feel after losing me, an existence much like the sun.'

Godou could only laugh wryly in response to her usual confident and imposing manner.

"Let's put that aside. We have a real crisis over here."

'......Yes. And it truly seems like a real crisis."

After a brief explanation, Erica commented with indifference.

Furthermore, she even added the following remark calmly:

'Well, whenever you feel lost, know that your heart has already made its decision.

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