Reincarnated as the King of Heroes

Chapter 428 428

A petite, cute silver-haired girl—or perhaps it would be more appropriate to call her a young child.

She brushed her teeth, washed her face, and changed clothes.

Her clumsy movements suggested she was like one of those young ladies from wealthy families who'd been waited on hand and foot—even having maids assist with brushing her teeth.

So now, having to do everything herself felt somewhat unfamiliar.

Especially when washing her hair, she resembled a cat that dislikes water, as if someone else normally forced her through the washing and drying process.

"What's wrong? Is there still something?"

Renji asked with mild amusement after placing a cat-ear-like knitted hat on the young girl before him.

"Nothing."

Athena responded with her usual expressionless face.

She was truly being treated like a child, just like a genuine young lady who'd never wanted for anything since childhood—even putting on clothes was a clumsy struggle.

The reason for this was that she currently had no differences from ordinary humans.

Before, even with incomplete power, she could still use divine energy to easily facilitate her movements.

When it came to clothing, she could casually use divine power to change outfits—why bother with the trouble of changing?

Eating went without saying—she never needed to.

Now, no different from humans, she was experiencing the inconveniences of human existence.

"Are you sure? If there's no convenient place later outside, it would be amusing if the great goddess wet her pants."

This teasing remark made Athena glare at him with murderous eyes, so she reluctantly headed toward the room's bathroom.

This was one of the biggest inconveniences of becoming human.

In the blink of an eye, the two left the hotel and headed toward the Shinkansen station.

The current time was after the morning rush hour, so the roads weren't particularly congested.

"What's this? Hesitating with unspoken words? Impatient again?"

Though he said this, Renji understood this loli goddess's thoughts.

She'd had a dream last night and was somewhat preoccupied with it.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't actually a dream—Athena had glimpsed fragments of his memories.

The reason he knew this was because his seal on Athena, which included suppression by the Golden Sword, had allowed her to inversely perceive some scattered pieces of his information.

Therefore, he also knew exactly what she had seen.

However, what she saw wouldn't be enough to make her realize he came from a parallel world—she would only think he had been planning something in this world for a long time.

"No!!!"

Athena puffed out her cheeks slightly as she spoke, then immediately realized how childish she looked pouting and returned to her expressionless face.

These childish behaviors emerged because the seal had caused her mentality to regress as well.

How annoying!

But she was genuinely curious about what this guy was up to? What was he scheming?

Last night, she had vaguely seen some strange fragmented scenes.

They were images of the earthly world, but not from this time period—rather from ancient times, approximately over 4,700 years ago.

The location was in Mesopotamia, where a human ruled that region and seemed to have become a Campione.

He appeared to have slain the chief god of Babylonian mythology, and seemed to have battled the chief god of Hindu mythology as well, but ultimately appeared to have died from the thunderbolts of another Babylonian chief god.

So why use terms like "appeared" and "seemed"?

Because those scenes were silent, and the figures she saw were all like silhouettes.

To put it simply, it was like watching shadows moving on a screen from behind a curtain—unable to clearly see the actual appearances of those gods.

So what exactly was this situation?

Athena could confirm this was related information flowing from him, not something false, which left her quite puzzled.

The most confusing part was one fragmented scene showing a battle with a four-armed, three-eyed figure [likely Shiva] that was tearing heaven and earth apart.

Such an astonishing battle shouldn't be something she'd never heard of.

Could it have happened during her period of slumber?

Finally, the most bizarre aspect was that when she watched these scenes, she experienced them from that human's perspective—in first-person view.

"Strange? You say Susanoo killed Yamata no Orochi and saved Kushiinada-hime?"

"That's right"

"But in my memory, when Susanoo saw Goddess Kushiinada-hime's beauty and developed lustful intentions, Goddess Kushiinada-hime dispatched her guardian beast Yamata no Orochi to suppress him, eventually reducing him to a minor land god"

"I've heard that version too, Kushiinada-hime..."

They were now on the Shinkansen, and discussions about the country's mythology were spring up around them.

It started with two or three people debating, but gradually the arguments multiplied until the entire carriage seemed engulfed in argument.

It was quite bizarre. One-third of the population believed that Kushiinada-hime was not Susanoo's wife, considered Yamata no Orochi to be a guardian deity beast that protected the nation, and viewed Susanoo as an foreign evil god.

Another third firmly believed that Yamata no Orochi was evil, had devoured Kushiinada-hime, and that Susanoo slew the serpent to rescue the beauty, subsequently making her his wife.

The final third were confused about which version was true, their memories somewhat muddled, feeling that both accounts held validity.

Thus, Athena understood what he meant by "tampering with mythology."

Was this fellow directly altering human subconscious perceptions to rewrite myths in this manner?

If the number of people affected was too small, it would be ineffective. But this individual aimed to infect the entire nation—over a hundred million people.

If the perceptions of hundreds of millions shifted, myths would be rewoven, potentially genuinely affecting past mythological narratives.

The thought that he might truly succeed in altering myths through such means filled even Athena with dread.

What if he infected the entire world?

Wouldn't that enable him to rewrite all global mythology?

Moreover, the Biblical Pantheon he belonged to had itself devoured countless myths.

Would he then be capable of reducing the entire world to a single mythology?

Did he aspire to become the One and Only God?