Saint Seiya: The Legend of Seiya

86 - Board Meetings

A month after the departure of the Galleon of Athena, the Sanctuary was experiencing hot and wonderful days on the Greek coast where the village of Rodório stood, as well as the mountain of the Twelve Temples. The rainy afternoons and nights of the early period were simply swept from the sky to make way for that unseasonable summer, which took the inhabitants of the simple village to enjoy themselves on the isolated beach of the region.

The strip of sand that usually received only a few teenagers from the village on their amorous or degenerate escapades, as well as the few fishermen both day and night, now swarmed with bathers who soon abandoned their jobs to enjoy that curiously very good weather. Day after day it was a hot, beachy day.

And as soon as the cool and pleasant night fell in that forgotten region of the world, people gathered in the central square to share the gossip of the day or even remember old Sanctuary victories over invented or not invented enemies. There was always an elder who warned the younger ones that in their time wars were like this or like that.

With such pleasant days and nights, an immense feeling spread among everyone that the Athena's Galleon had accomplished its mission and that peace now reigned in the world again. The good mood of the sentries, the demonstration fights in the Arena that were now preceded by humorous skits, or even replaced by tragedies enacting ancient stories of that people were samples of a curious time.

One night, one of those very pleasant for the people of Rodório, the Council of Athena met under low lights and a lot of tension between the Gold Saints in the House of Lion. When Mayura appeared, the Gold Saints who were gathered there stood up to see the Camerlenga among them. She asked everyone to be seated and immediately took the floor.

"Thank you for the reception, Aioria." she said first to the host. "Gold Saints, thank you so much for coming. This will be a slightly shorter meeting."

There were some important absences from that Council meeting, but Mayura did not ask or explain, so no one objected to the start of work. As soon as they were all seated, Mayura passed the word on.

"Nicol, please begin."

"Thank you very much, Master Mayura." and then addressed them all in his calm, professorial voice. "I am happy to confirm that the Athena's Galleon quest around the Seven Seas has already sealed four of the seven Relics of Poseidon. The presence of the God of the Seas in the Sanctuary of Cape Súnion is already much milder than before and it becomes smaller and smaller around the world, as we can see and feel."

The Gold Saints looked at each other, somehow satisfied, and Mayura added another piece of information.

"Captain Meko Kaire even rescued some abandoned children on an island in the Aegean Sea, not far from here. Apparently, they contacted the Graad Foundation and they were rescued and arrived safely."

Shaina let out a smirk before commenting aloud.

"These children would be better off on the island than with this Foundation." she teased, drawing Nicol's hot eyes to her side.

"It is not polite to speak ill of the Goddess Athena in her absence." he warned at her side, because, knowing as he was, he studied and heard precisely how the whole crisis of the Sanctuary happened before being freed from his prison and knew that she was alluding to Saori, the Goddess Athena.

Shaina didn't run away from Nicol's cross look, but Mayura again took the floor so that childish argument wouldn't go on.

"What matters is that everything is going as planned. Athena's Galleon should be able to seal the rest of the Relics."

Nicol seemed to apologize with his eyes to Mayura and added.

"If the Nautical Chart is being followed, at this point they are heading for the Amazon and then there will be the Caribbean, which the first-mate Argo Geist knows so well, and finally Asgard."