A tavern in Italy.
"So, what did you say?"
Cheon Yuha, who had sneaked into the Sanctuary of Pisces, flashed her eyes.
And her gaze was directed at the man and woman drinking beer.
Cheon Yuha, with a cold expression, asked them again.
"Say it again. What did you just say?"
At that, the two who had followed Cheon Yuha answered boldly.
"You must be deaf, Cheon Yuha. I am the Saint of Lee Geon—me, the 10th Saint under Creation, Tyler!"
"Ack! So the Saint is me, you idiot!"
The moment the words ended, Cheon Yuha's face flushed with anger.
Indeed.
Cheon Yuha had infiltrated the vicinity of the Pisces Sanctuary with her younger sibling.
Of course, they would be caught if they entered openly, so they had all transformed and come in.
They couldn't let Pisces spout such nonsense and leave it be.
But at this very moment.
Two people were spouting even greater bullshit than Pisces.
Sure enough, Cheon Seongjae, who had brought drinks, kicked out with a flying kick.
"Where do you get off targeting my uncle!"
"Keuk!"
Cheon Seongjae raged at Kali and Tyler.
"What's this, Kali noona! Where did you pick up this weird hulk again!"
Of course, Cheon Seongjae, who had flown in by teleport, looked different than usual.
Cheon Yuha's appearance had also changed from her usual black-haired beauty to a blonde beauty, and Cheon Seongjae was likewise a blonde beauty.
She had the figure of a mature, curvaceous woman.
Even her age was different.
Thanks to that, Kali, who had been kicked by Cheon Seongjae, burst out in disbelief.
"What's with that look!"
"What? It's essential to transform when infiltrating, right?"
Cheon Seongjae, having obtained magical authority from Gemini, was very smug.
And with that magical authority, she had apparently altered Yuha's face and changed her own appearance as well.
"What are you trying to do?"
"How is it? Aren't I much prettier than you, noona? I'm going to seduce uncle with this."
"…??!"
Kali was dumbfounded.
Well, like sister, like brother.
The base is the base—she's a super-superlative beauty not inferior to Yuha, but still.
"Ha, I'm really speechless. What's with that chest that looks like it's about to burst?"
"What? You guys really don't know uncle's taste. Men, by nature, prefer curvaceous bombshells! Uncle's the same. Hmph! Aaaack! It's being torn off! Don't grab me!"
And Goat, who had followed Cheon Seongjae, held his face.
The thing he'd been worried about had finally happened.
But regardless, Kali let out a hollow laugh.
"Unbelievable. As if Lee Geon-nim would be taken in by something like tha—"
"Why, jealous because I'm bigger than Kali noona?"
"W-What?!"
Cheon Seongjae, who had always been on bad terms with Kali, ground her teeth.
"What? You're smaller than our unni, so you should work harder in various ways."
"Wak!!! What did you just say!"
Kali's face turned bright red and bristled.
"Where do I look smaller than Cheon Yuha…!!"
But Kali, upon seeing Cheon Yuha, let out a silent scream.
"Kill you!! I'll kill you!"
"Anyway! With this, uncle is— Keuek!"
Bang!
Cheon Yuha mercilessly kicked her younger sibling.
Then, with a cold face, she looked at Kali and Tyler and spoke.
"You want to become a Saint? Because you've forgotten uncle?"
At those words, both Tyler and Kali flinched.
"N-No."
"Anyway, I'll pretend I didn't hear that."
"Right, noona. They're not worth dealing with…."
Then Kali, who was sweating profusely, bared her teeth.
"Well, you two also clung to the Sagittarius Saint, I heard!!!"
"?!!"
This time, the Cheon siblings froze as well.
At the same time, Kali laughed.
"You think we wouldn't know? You guys also caused a ruckus, telling the Sagittarius Saint you loved him, forgetting Lee Geon-nim!"
The Cheon siblings despaired.
"Well, of course I love dad. I love him, but…."
"Oh. This is a real dark history…."
In the end, all of them, having run out of things to say, entered a truce.
"Anyway, to solidify our faith, we have to deal with Pisces."
"Oh. Kevin-nim took the shed body of Lee Geon-nim, didn't he. Isn't that around the Virgo Sanctuary near here?"
"So, for now, we'll infiltrate the Pisces Holy Capital— what?!"
At Tyler's one sentence, all their gazes changed.
But they all pretended not to hear.
'Keep quiet, then go steal it.'
'Damn Saints. They already took that?'
And it was when they were about to confirm their operation again.
"What business does Ophiuchus have here?"
"!"
A familiar face appeared before them.
* * *
It was around that time.
"You are Lee Geon-nim, right?"
The one who came looking for Lee Geon was a quick-delivery courier.
Perhaps the courier had tracked his location; a sound came from the courier's watch.
[Target location tracking completed]
[Thank you very much for using the Sagittarius rental skill!]
"Lee Geon-nim, delivery is here. Please sign here to confirm."
"Oh, sure."
However, Hugo immediately went on guard at the courier's appearance.
It was because of the Sagittarius skill the courier used.
And that skill was Sagittarius's pride—useful for subduing or tracking people, but a skill normally hard to use.
It was a skill that could make one filthy rich, but Hugo had deliberately made the conditions difficult due to stalking concerns.
That is, to track an individual's location, you need a tracking skill worth at least tens of billions, SS-grade or higher.
But there's no way an ordinary civilian would pay such a price just to send a fan letter.
In other words.
'It's an enemy!'
Hugo urgently eyed the parcel the courier held.
And immediately he kicked off his chair, sprang up, and snatched the parcel heading for Lee Geon.
"Geon! It's dangerous! It's a bomb!"
"……!"
Hugo, having snatched the parcel, immediately twisted the courier's arm and slammed them to the floor.
"Seeing the magic aura, it was sent by Pisces, you can't deceive my eyes—Keheok!!!"
Hugo was kicked squarely by Lee Geon.
"That's my personal courier, bastard. Move."
"Personal courier?? From the Pisces Holy Capital??"
Hugo looked at the courier in bewilderment, and the helmeted courier was ecstatic.
"Damn, I was thrown down by someone like Hugo. I'd have preferred to be thrown by Lee Geon…! No, it's fine since I saw Lee Geon-nim!"
"…?!!"
The voice coming from inside the helmet was a bit muffled.
But it was very familiar; Hugo and Steven's expressions shifted.
"W-Wait. That voice!!!"
Hugo approached her with an expression of disbelief.
And as he tried to yank off the helmet, the woman holding it burst out in anger.
"You gonna let go? How dare someone like Hugo! Ack!"
In the end, when Steven joined in and they removed her helmet, they were all shocked.
"Heiji!!"
Heiji.
Indeed. The one called the Blue Witch was none other than the Gemini Saint, Heiji.
She had been Lee Geon's mortal enemy, often clashing with him in bloodshed, and lately she'd been betrayed by Seongjae and trapped in a figurine.
Yet now, she was looking at Lee Geon with rapture.
"Lee Geon-nim, you've become even more handsome in the brief time I haven't seen you."
At that expression, the two men completely froze.
I mean, this was the mortal foe who would try to cut him with a knife at the mere sight of him, and now this…!!
In the end, they could only say one thing.
"What the hell have you done, Geon!"
But Lee Geon, who was opening the parcel, gave a light scoff.
"I obtained several things this time. I tested them out."
"What do you mean obtained!"
"
"…?!!"
At those words alone, Steven and Hugo seemed to immediately realize what had happened.
Sure enough.
Lee Geon's eyes flashed devilishly.
"It's karma. Those leader bastards did the same to me and used
Steven and Hugo looked at him with disgust.
"Well, no matter what, you didn't get affected…."
"That damn wicked villain…."
"Anyway, I got useful stuff, so of course I had to test it."
"Hey. Even so, that appearance is…."
"Like I said, that bastard's a villain…."
"Oh, I'm looking for the next test subject. This time, a male bastard."
"Wow!!! A perfect hero of justice!"
"Considering what that guy did, it's natural retribution! In fact, it's too weak!"
At the same time, Hugo asked.
"Huh? Wait, then the one radiating Pisces energy is…!"
"I'm thinking of sending her as a spy to Pisces."
"!"
"Since Gemini's constellation deity was extinguished, she can't use that magic. So I had her borrow and use Pisces magic. To make Pisces's constellation deity like her, she needs to be able to use that side's magic at a high level, right?"
"Then…!"
Lee Geon grinned.
The Pisces constellation deity, the biggest wildcard among the deities, is a magician.
And Heiji, though she was his mortal enemy, was incontestably the former head of the two magic constellations that had opposed Pisces.
Her ability was top-notch, and she would also know their weaknesses well.
Hence, he had tested her as a test of the newly obtained authorities.
"Well, I never imagined it would turn her into that state, though."
"What? You didn't make her like that?!"
"As if."
He had simply made her forget bad memories about him moderately and distorted things as if they had settled things amicably.
But Lee Geon sneered.
"It's the first try, so it seems the effect was over-exerted, but no matter.
At those words, the two trembled.
'At this rate, isn't he the strongest?'
'We can just use that to raise faith!'
But as if reading their thoughts, Lee Geon gave a scoff.
"No, it doesn't work up to faith. Faith belongs to the heart. And that state isn't permanent either."
"!"
Wait, if it's not permanent, isn't that more problematic?
"How long does it last?"
"1,000 years?"
"That's basically permanent!!!"
"Well, if something happens to me, it'll lift, so it's not permanent."
"……!"
"Anyway."
Lee Geon checked the parcels Heiji had handed over.
Most were fan letters, but there was an unexpected item.
"What's this? An invitation?"
It was a golden stationery.
And at the emblem engraved on it, Hugo and Steven startled.
"Unbelievable. Those guys sent you an invitation?"
"Why. Who are they?"
Steven spoke.
"The World Capital Federation."
"!"
"You guys who worked without sponsorship might not know, but they're the ones who were the financial lifeline of the old Saints."
"In other words, sponsors?"
"Yeah. They still move the Awakened market. More than anything, they're the ones who first started calling us Saints."
Simply put, they were a group that provided capital and took benefits.
"They were messily entangled with all kinds of Saints. They tried to puppet them from behind in exchange for various support. Well, their influence gradually declined as the 12 Divine Constellations grew, but…."
At the odd tone, Lee Geon's eyes flashed.
"So they started getting bolder as those Constellations disappeared by being absorbed into me?"
"Well, I guess they're trying to get in your good graces since you're unifying the Constellations and likely to become the sole Divine Constellation."
But Hugo didn't seem to view them too badly.
"When Libra and Cancer were attacking your honor, they were the ones who highly praised your achievements. I saw them in a decent light."
At that, Steven scoffed.
"You think they really meant that?"
"!"
"Why do you think Sagittarius couldn't get sponsorship properly?"
"!?"
"They probably embezzled heavily in between. For that matter, do you think Jang Rui, who was a criminal Constellation, could have run rampant on whose capital?"
"…!"
"I hate interference, so I cleaned them out long ago. But the ones who provided tributes and capital to that faction to cover up your wife's incident—are probably these guys. Wasn't it because of them that every hospital refused to admit your wife, so you ended up building a new hospital in the Scorpio Sanctuary?"
"!"
"At that time, why do you think all hospitals worldwide refused?"
"Aaack!"
As Hugo became enraged and tried to storm out, someone sat him down.
"Dear, that's not what's important now, is it?"
"!"
The one who sat him down was none other than Cheon Jiu.
She had apparently come to pick up her husband after discovering some information as a scribe, and also to see Lee Geon.
And as if having heard their story, Cheon Jiu smiled and said.
"Anyway, regarding the group that sent that invitation… Urp."
Maybe she smelled the chicken strongly, or felt nauseous.
Cheon Jiu suddenly tried to retch.
At the same time, the flustered Hugo quickly grabbed his wife.
"Are you okay? Are you unwell? Hey! What are you doing!"
At this, Steven, startled, quickly poured and brought water.
Hugo worriedly examined his wife, but Lee Geon, who looked at Cheon Jiu, widened his eyes.
At the same time, as if seeing something, Lee Geon chuckled softly.
"I should start making a gift."
"What???"
"No, it's nothing."
Soon, Cheon Jiu, who drank the water, said.
"Anyway, that group that sent the invitation. It seems deeply connected to the monarch of
"!!"
That is, this invitation might indeed be one sent by
(Continued in next episode)