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Last Embryo Volume 7 Chapter 3 Part 4

「No… you see, I don’t like fighting, but I’m not a coward by any means. Even so, when I was young, I had reasonably good grades in student boxing…」

「Ah~ Yes, yes, I understand, but I’ll listen to your heroic story on another occasion.」

Diverting the attention from the problem at hand by making fun of yourself and telling a story that doesn’t matter is the oldest trick in the book, so allowing him to continue with it would not be a good idea… yes, looking at him, the disappointment of not being able to talk about boxing must be just an act.

(In other words, he must have some different purpose in doing what he does. We absolutely can’t believe a word of what this bastard says.)

Whatever his purpose might be, Izayoi was grateful that he stayed on the continent of Atlantis. If the benefits and information that only the winner of the Game could get were taken away from them, there would be no choice for them but to leave the continent along with everyone else.

Their enemy is a Demon Lord who even possesses and is capable of using a 『Another Cosmology』so It’s better to have as much information and strength as possible.

「I’ve kept you waiting long enough. Let’s have a strategy meeting immediately….」

「Wait a minute!」

Just when James was about to speak, Ayazato Suzuka raised her right hand with a loud voice.

「… What is it?」

「I have a question. What kind of legendary Demon Lord is that Greek Demon Lord? There are things that I don’t know very well, so in order to have a common understanding with everyone else, I want you to talk about that in detail.」

There are a wide variety of anecdotes and hermeneutics in the Greek lore pertaining to the
「Youngest Child of Gaia」, so Players talking about what kind of Demon Lord Typhon is
is not going to be a wasted effort.

When James silently asked the other participants for their opinion, no objections were raised.

「Hmm… No, you’re right. It is just as the young lady says. Unfortunately, I’m not a good storyteller. My friend is good at that though.」

「… Huh? Do you know someone who’s a storyteller?」

「Yes. I’ve never been envious of anything, but that sort of thing is something you need natural talent for. If possible, why don’t we ask Alma, who is linked to Greek mythology?」

「Me?」

Alma asked while pointing at herself.

As the wet nurse of the Chief God Zeus, she must know something that might be useful to them. Alma asked Asuka for permission with her gaze.

「Isn’t it good? Since someone has already solved the mystery, no one will have an advantage or disadvantage even if you talk, right?」

「If Master says so, then I’m going to obey your orders.」

Then, Almatea put her hand into her pocket and started digging around it looking for something. Maybe she needs some important tool to talk about 「The Youngest Child of Gaia」?

She then turned her face away from everyone in preparation. Asuka waits with her head tilted, but then…

「Ekhem! Well then, thank you for waiting, youngsters!」

「Young…?!」

「… sters?!」

「Yes, sorry for keeping you waiting.」

Alma turns around wearing a W-shaped beard. Everyone stiffens at the sudden joke made by the gentle woman. Also, she did not stop smiling triumphantly while touching her W-shaped mustache.

「Fufufu, I was hoping that someday this kind of opportunity would come around. Speaking of storytellers who tell the stories of old myths, the market is always set for an old man with a splendid beard.」

「I-I see? So that’s why you’re… doing all of this, huh?」

Asuka agreed with Alma, although she was greatly confused. Ayato didn’t even know where she should start making comments. The Albino girl sitting on Suzuka’s lap didn’t understand much of what was going on, but she was still getting excited.

They don’t know from what time period or what kind of values she took it from, but apparently for Alma, the storyteller must be an old man with a beard.

Izayoi stared intently at Alma’s W-shaped beard and asked:

「Did you carry that beard with you the whole time?」

「Ever since the 「Chief God’s Declaration’」 came up, I’ve been preparing it, knowing that it will surely come useful at some point.」

When Alma then took out the picture-book with a triumphant look, only the Albino girl’s eyes began shining and she started clapping her hands. Seeing as this was going to be her very first picture-book viewing, she was naturally very curious about it.

Many people wanted to comment what was currently happening in many ways, but the sight of the girl pressured them into keeping their opinions for themselves. If they were to just trample over the hopes and expectations of a little girl with shining eyes, they wouldn’t be able to call themselves first-class Players anymore.

The participants must be the flowers, lights, and stars that color the Little Garden.

James, who was leading the meeting, only reacted in a following way:

「Wonderful. Let’s talk now, quickly.」

「OK, if that’s what everyone wants then I won’t spoil it.」

Izayoi gave up all his efforts to sort out the situation out quickly. If the person himself and the audience are in high spirits, it would be rude to stop them now. What he should do now is to be quiet and concentrate on Alma’s narration.

「Now then… This is a tale from a long time ago. An old tale that dates back to the early days of the Little Garden. A story of「The Youngest Child of Gaia」, Demon Lord Typhon. But in order to talk about him, first of all, we need to talk about the Earth Mother Goddess Gaia.」

「Half Celestial Spirit」.

Asuka remembers a story she heard from Mikado Tokuteru. Half Celestial Spirits are the ones amongst the ranks of which beings such the Chinease Mythology’s Seiten Taisei or Indian Mythology’s Earth’s Mother Goddess Pritthvi Mata belong.

Earth’s Mother Goddess Gaia also seems to be such a Half Celestial Spirit.

According to Tokuteru, what the species called Half celestial Spirits all have in common is that they are hybrids of the strongest species of demigods and half-stars.

「Celestial Spirits are the strongest species among the strongest species, aren’t they? A number of the Great Celestial Spirits of the Blue Star have appeared thus far, but how do Half Celestial Spirits and Celestial Spirits are born?」

「There are two options: you have to acquire an ego with your own power, or be awakened by a genuine Divine Spirit. But the Earth’s Mother Goddess Gaia was one of the olf Gods who awakened by themselves, and after attaining the role of a Star Wedge, she went on to give birth to many different races and Gods alike.」

*Poron*, the sound of a lyre that was taken out of nowhere filled the room. Touching the false mustache, Alma looked away and spoke with a slightly sad expression.

「Beautiful flaxen hair, sparkling blue eyes, lovely lips like a girl’s voice echoing like a song. And whenever she touched someone with her pure white hands, and when held by white hands, the male gods couldn’t help it but to go crazy. Everyone at that time fell in love with Gaia, and everyone thought that the future that Gaia spoke of would surely come true.」

「…The future that Gaia spoke of?」

「She was positive about the future of the gods, the future of mankind, and the future of the stars, and she would always smile happily and say that it would definitely be a bright one.」

…As long as mankind is part of the planet, the development of mankind is no different from the development of the planet itself. If there will ever come a time when someday someday the children of men will travel across the sea, across the sky, and across the world like the fluff of the dandelion, they will deliver the Seeds of the Blue Star along with them.

「Well… she must have been a nice good if she thought like that.」

「But of course! She even loved The Demon Lord of the White Night and thought she was as cute as a pet. There is a record of her saying, 「Someday, she will grow up to be on par with me」.」

Asuka clapped her hands together and listened intently. The Albino girl, whose eyes sparkled with Alma’s gentle narrative and her spirited picture-book show, also nodded enthusiastically when she hears that she was a beautiful Mother Goddess.