Chapter 805: Ch. 805 – Athena: Not Close—Stop It!
Eris received the message from Prometheus and couldn't help but blink.
"Is it time to celebrate the New Year?"
Eris was very surprised when she received this news. She had been out for so long without realizing it.
She seemed to have found a lot of worlds?
Eris couldn't help but think about it.
Although Eris was exploring the world, she was also cultivating her dependents.
The people she brought were all good seedlings from the community.
While exploring, she was cultivating them.
Looking for new worlds was incidental.
They were essentially practicing in seclusion!
Now that Prometheus had reminded her, she just realized she had been out for a while.
"Yes."
"There's still half a month left."
Eris nodded, indicating that she understood.
"Then let's go back."
"If we continue exploring like this, we probably won't discover much more."
"In that case, why not return first?"
"So, can the spacecraft just turn around?"
Eris looked at Prometheus on the screen.
If they wanted to return, could they just fly the spaceship back directly?
But would that work?
"We'll open the door for you from here."
"After returning, the spacecraft will continue to move forward."
"It will stop at the next world."
"If it doesn't find a world, it will keep moving."
"When you want to return, just go back to the spacecraft."
Prometheus explained the logistics of coming and going.
This allowed Eris to understand the situation.
If that's the case, then there really was no problem.
It would be great to be able to go back and forth anytime.
Thinking of this, Eris opened her mouth and said:
"Good!"
"Give me a moment. I'll let everyone clean up so we can go back."
After that, she got up and walked outside. She started to notify the others and asked them to pack their things and prepare to return home.
Of course, Prometheus was fine.
She was everywhere, just wait a moment.
Everyone on the spacecraft who received the message was also pleasantly surprised.
Returning now?
That was really great.
Without saying anything, everyone began packing up.
They took some of their belongings and gathered in the lobby.
After everyone arrived, Eris contacted Prometheus and asked her to open the portal for the return.
As Eris spoke, a dimensional passage was opened.
Eris and the others quickly entered.
But this time, the passage seemed a little long?
"The dimensional passage needs to stabilize, so you'll need to walk for a few minutes."
"Your coordinates are currently shifting."
Prometheus gave the answer in time.
Understanding the situation, Eris no longer thought about it.
Instead, she directly took her people back to Takumi's world.
Their destination was naturally Eris's community.
In just a few minutes, they appeared in the community.
Seeing Eris and the others return, the people in the community immediately became excited.
Their goddess had finally come back.
Besides them, many other gods also chose to return.
Of course, there were those who chose not to come back.
For example, Athena.
When she received Prometheus's message, she refused without hesitation.
Just kidding, she didn't want to return to live a miserable New Year.
Besides, the New Year was dispensable to her.
She wasn't used to that tradition.
If she returned, that person would surely come immediately.
Then he'd begin pestering her relentlessly.
Just thinking about it made her feel sad and frightened.
She had been living comfortably lately.
She was super happy without Al Gore.
So when she received Prometheus's message, she immediately said:
"Don't contact me anymore. I'll go back when I feel like it."
I'm not that close, so don't bother me!
I'm not going back.
When Prometheus heard this, she didn't say much.
She simply acknowledged the message and disappeared.
Whether Athena returned or not didn't concern her much.
She was only responsible for making notifications.
After handling everything, she handed over the list of returnees to Takumi.
Those who were returning, those who weren't, and those who were still sleeping—she made everything clear.
When Takumi received the list, he was overjoyed.
"Look, Al Gore. What did you do to Athena?"
"Now she's avoiding you and won't come back."
At this moment, Al Gore was beside Takumi.
When Al Gore heard Takumi mention Athena, she instantly perked up.
But after hearing the rest, she quickly lost interest.
"She's not coming back?"
"What a pity."
"Can you bring her back?"
"I want to chat with her."
Al Gore looked at Takumi with hopeful eyes.
She hoped Takumi would grant her small request.
Facing Al Gore's hopeful gaze, Takumi smirked.
Then, without hesitation, he refused.
"Nope."
"Don't even think about it."
Just kidding, if he really tried to bring her back, a fight would break out.
Athena had already tolerated Al Gore for too long.
If Takumi forced her return, Athena's bottled-up resentment would explode, right?
Then she'd fight Al Gore.
He didn't want that.
"Ugh!"
Al Gore suddenly felt bored.
Her whole mood deflated.
"In a few days, go out and buy some things."
"Get ready for the New Year."
Takumi rubbed her head and gave her a task.
Let them go out shopping.
After hearing that, Al Gore felt slightly more energized.
"Alright!"
"Got it."
"Leave decorating the house to me."
"Is there going to be a party?"
"If there's a banquet, Algol and the others can go get ingredients."
She became more interested when mentioning these things. She wanted to take over everything.
Algol was watching TV with Ophis nearby.
When she heard Al Gore's words, she immediately looked over.
"Shopping?"
"Take me with you!"
She ran over wearing white stockings, very excited.
It was snowing outside now, perfect weather for shopping!
"You can just discuss it amongst yourselves."
"The banquet starts at 1:50 p.m. If you don't mind the trouble, I'll leave the ingredients to you."
"If you want to eat, go fetch them."
"Anyway, a chef will come to help."
Since Al Gore was so enthusiastic, he might as well let her handle everything.
Hearing Takumi's words, Al Gore nodded quickly.
"Perfect!"
"Algol, let's go tomorrow!"
"We'll shop and gather ingredients."
"It's been a while since we visited the food market."
"There must be a lot of rare ingredients revived by now, right?"
As she spoke, her mouth watered.
There were foods she liked very much.
Leave this to her, and she would definitely find her favorites.
Athena? No—right now, she was only interested in these things.