Seeing Leticia, Aslan narrowed his eyes and said in a joking tone.
"But I'm still very curious about one thing: how dare Ares provoke Arcadia at a time like this?"
In the eyes of most Gods, the biggest investor behind Arcadia was the Greek Pantheon.
Even after Aslan led Arcadia's revival, Arcadia's relationship with the Greek Pantheon remained good.
Arcadia and Greece could be said to wear the same pants.
Aslan and Arcadia's resurgence symbolized the growing strength of Greek power and the success of their investments.
This might not be a good thing in the eyes of other Pantheons.
But why was Ares acting strangely? He hated his family being big and strong, so he came specifically to sabotage Arcadia and the Greek Pantheon's relationship?
"Master, this might be related to Goddess Athena." Leticia pondered for a moment.
"I once heard—more precisely, from Canaria—that for some reason, Zeus wants Athena to become the fourth-generation Greek King of Gods."
The Greek King of Gods, as the center of Greek mythology, was one of the Spirit Statuses recognized in Little Garden as having a high chance of becoming Two-Digit.
If paired with the Greek Another Cosmology, this possibility could be pulled even higher.
Three generations of Kings of Gods, and the Greek Pantheon had produced two Two-Digits and one exceptional Three-Digit.
Zeus, who activated the Proclamation of Great Father God, could be considered an exceptional Three-Digit on par with the Halloween Queen.
In fact, if not for the Star God War caused by Gaia's death to defeat Typhon, Zeus could normally have become Two-Digit.
But he became the Great Father God. His Spirit Status was bound to human history, and he had completely lost the possibility of advancing further.
Now, Uranus was dead, Cronus's whereabouts unknown, though Typhon had become Two-Digit, he parted ways with the Greek Pantheon on outwardly peaceful terms, and Zeus was in a semi-paralyzed state, bedridden year-round.
The Greek Pantheon needed a Supreme Two-Digit to maintain their territory.
Among Little Garden's super-large Pantheons, the Chinese Pantheon was considered an exception outside Little Garden's discussions.
And the others—whether Buddhism, Indian Pantheon, or even Christianity, and Thousand Eyes behind it—all had Two-Digits.
Of course, the Indian Pantheon here referred to the Sun King Group. The Hindu Pantheon led by Indra had long merged with Buddhism.
This made Greece a lamb ready for slaughter, especially in Little Garden's current chaotic situation.
Without a Two-Digit, they couldn't even grasp Little Garden's true situation.
In Little Garden, only Two-Digits could be called true chess players.
This was why Athena, upon learning of Kalki's birth from Aslan's mouth, immediately made it a big issue.
Only by muddying the waters could this biggest Greek fish have a chance to hide and not become a chessboard or even a chess piece.
"Athena?" Aslan smiled, raising his glass to Leticia, then narrowing his eyes.
"Then I might understand what's happening."
"After all, Ares must be very upset about Athena becoming the next candidate for King of Gods."
"Our relationship with Athena is a bit too close. If she gets our support, Athena will definitely be one step closer to the Greek King of Gods position."
After all, the right to distribute Absolute Evil's merits was in Aslan's hands.
If Athena wanted to become the fourth-generation Greek King of Gods, the merit shortage to become Two-Digit would certainly be huge.
This was why Canaria and the others received strong support from the Greek Pantheon when fighting Absolute Evil back then.
"Of course, it's also possible we're guessing wrong. All this is part of Athena's plan, and even Ares is a result of her deliberate leniency."
"So she can do us a favor when Ares causes trouble, then replace Shiroyasha and become Arcadia's true supporter."
Aslan finished the red wine in his glass, set it aside, narrowed his eyes, and looked at the sun in the sky.
"But what does the fourth-generation Greek King of Gods or whatever have to do with us? What does Greece have to do with me?"
Aslan was Shiroyasha's person from beginning to end.
The Greece-invested Arcadia had been completely destroyed in that Ouroboros attack.
Everything Arcadia had now was the result of his hard work. It was related to Shiroyasha, but had nothing to do with Greece at all.
(Greek Pantheon, who do they think they are? Still wanting to seize the merit distribution rights in my hands?)
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On the other side, in the highest-standard reception room of Thousand Eyes' main headquarters.
Shiroyasha seemed to sense something, and the corner of her lips couldn't help but curl into a faint smile.
Then she turned, her golden eyes coldly staring at a petite girl in front of her, with white jade dragon horns on her forehead, white hair, purple eyes, and a childish beautiful face.
The identity of the girl before her was the World Dragon Kurma, one of Little Garden's seventeen Full Authority Domains (Two-Digits).
"Kurma, what do you mean by this?" Shiroyasha asked in an unquestionable tone.
Kurma smiled while glancing at her, somewhat surprised.
"No way, Shiroyasha, he's just a little Four-Digit, why is he worth making you this angry?"
Kurma was now very curious about Aslan and Shiroyasha's relationship. The gossip fire in her heart blazed fiercely.
"Could it be true like the news in Shunshui-sha, that you're really 'kept' by Aslan?"
Shunshui-sha, the entertainment newspaper famous for its gossip under Halloween Queen's command. Though it was gossip, the information in it had been verified.
Its accuracy was quite guaranteed.
So it wasn't wrong to believe it as truth.
"Uh..." Shiroyasha paused, slightly shocked.
(No, did I come for this? Clearly I came to ask why you're targeting Aslan.)
(And to show Aslan what a Boss's style is.)
After all, since accepting Aslan, besides giving him Divinity at the beginning, she hadn't helped him with anything else.
On the contrary, Aslan had helped her more.
This made her feel very embarrassed.
Shiroyasha had a faint bad premonition.
At this moment, Kurma slowly sipped her tea, raised her head, and looked at her with sly eyes.
"Or is Aslan your little lover? Or a bastard child?"
"I think the bastard child possibility is greater. After all, Aslan's body structure is a bit too similar to yours…"
(Damn that bitch Halloween Queen…)
Shiroyasha's face turned green.
What was this?
Aslan keeping her?
Aslan being her little lover? Or her child?
She and Aslan clearly had a pure Boss-subordinate relationship.
The corner of Shiroyasha's mouth twitched violently several times.
(Halloween you bitch, I'll remember you.)
(Next time, if I don't make you scream in pain, I'm not the White Night Demon Lord anymore.)
"Don't tell me you really believe this Halloween nonsense?"
Kurma nodded lightly and said with a triumphant sly smile.
"I already asked Little Halloween; she said all this is true."
(Halloween...) Shiroyasha twitched, but still insisted on explaining.
"My relationship with Aslan is purely that of a Main God and Subordinate God. How many words from Halloween's mouth can be trusted?"
Kurma's expression froze slightly.
She felt as if she had uncovered some extraordinary big news.
Originally, she just wanted to tease Shiroyasha, but now it seemed more than just teasing.
But she had guessed a bit of the truth.
Could Aslan and Shiroyasha really have an unclear relationship?
No way, had Shiroyasha really become normal?
However, Kurma didn't continue probing. What if Shiroyasha got really angry from embarrassment?
Her turtle shell wouldn't withstand Shiroyasha's iron fist.
In fact, though Shiroyasha was now ranked tenth among Little Garden's seventeen Full Authority Domains after three major reductions, this tenth place considered the Winds of Decadence and Chinese Pantheon monsters.
In reality, current Shiroyasha, besides a combination of two Goddesses and Winds of Decadence intervention.
Other Two-Digits coming one by one, Shiroyasha would crush them one by one, even Shakyamuni from Buddhism.
The Golden Buddha body wasn't as hard as Shiroyasha's fist.
Some from the East might defeat Shiroyasha, but they had long left Little Garden.
Kurma didn't want to test her turtle shell's hardness against Shiroyasha's fist.
This was truly dragon-slaying stuff.
"That's true." Kurma nodded in agreement.
Shiroyasha eyed her suspiciously. She didn't know why her instincts told her Kurma had misunderstood something.
"Kurma, you still haven't answered my question!" Shiroyasha stared at her coldly, slightly angry.
Did she really think the White Night Demon Lord was made of clay? Completely emotionless?
Kurma also stopped her playful antics, slowly sipped her tea, and said calmly.
"No particular meaning. Just teaching a naughty kid who's gone overboard a lesson."
How dare he let Little Leticia turn his incarnation into her Beast Vassal, and also snatch his favorite Little Leticia from his hands!
He was angry and retaliated a bit—what's wrong with that?
He was still a young dragon! Young dragons were naturally vindictive, right?
"But don't worry if he'll be in danger."
Kurma only planned to give Aslan a small punishment. She sealed Aslan's spatial abilities, but Aslan's Star Spirit-comparable physique was enough to face all challenges and dangers.
Even Yang Jian's body might not be as strong as this kid's. What problems could befall Aslan?
Ordinary Four-Digits might not even breach Aslan's defenses.
Who had a Boundary Competent with Star Spirit-comparable physique, and not an ordinary Star Spirit, but a Sun Star Spirit?
Aslan also held the Dragon Sun Authority. The immortality brought by the Dragon Sun Authority, maximal abnormal condition resistance. Immunity to weapons from the Leo Sun Authority.
Exaggerating, even if Kurma returned to her current exceptional Four-Digit state, she'd have to try hard to injure Aslan.
She had never seen a thicker Four-Digit Elite than Aslan in her long life.
No, Aslan couldn't even be called a Four-Digit Elite yet; he was still an Ordinary Four-Digit.
Then this was even more absurd!
"Ahem…" Shiroyasha awkwardly lowered her head. She seemed to have really forgotten that in Little Garden's Lower Layers currently, as long as no elders broke the rules, Aslan truly wouldn't face any issues.
Aslan seemed a bit too thick because of her upbringing…
Was this trip in vain?
"Forget it, I'll consider myself unlucky." Kurma shook her head helplessly, finished the tea in her cup, then took out a Gift Card and handed it to Shiroyasha.
"Inside is the vampire race concept. Consider it my compensation. After he passes this crisis, give it to him as a gift."
Since Aslan wanted to save the vampire race and even created a Bloodline concept to snatch the vampire concept from his hands. Anyway, the mess had happened, and he knew Aslan and Shiroyasha's relationship wasn't ordinary.
Just the vampire race concept—give it away.
Offending Shiroyasha over this would truly not be worth it; he didn't care much about the vampire race anyway.
If he did, how could the vampire race end up like this?
From now on, the vampire race truly had no relation to him anymore.
As for the two Lamias he liked? If Aslan had the ability, let him take them from his hands.
Kurma was somewhat curious if Aslan would really dare to snatch them from him.
Then Kurma left, leaving Shiroyasha laughing strangely alone.
"Aslan, this time you'll see how great this Boss is!"
"And Leticia, this time don't dream of keeping your girls away from me!"
"I've decided: starting today, I want a little girl every day!"
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"I knew whatever Kurma gave wouldn't be something good…"
"My dignity as Boss, and my girls…" Shiroyasha sat on the sofa hugging her knees, brooding in silence.
When Kurousagi approached, she glanced at Shiroyasha curiously and asked Leticia in confusion.
"What's wrong with Lord Shiroyasha?"
Leticia looked at Shiroyasha with pity, sighed helplessly, and explained.
"Maybe it's despair from having a too-reliable Subordinate God."
After all, though Shiroyasha went to confront Kurma, the fact was that even if she did nothing, Aslan wouldn't have any problems.
Even the vampire race concept she brought back in the end wasn't very useful to Aslan.
Wanted to control Aslan, but instead got controlled by Aslan using economic power, suffering a huge loss and losing women at once (because he didn't get Leticia).