Sister Toosaka Rin

Toosaka Kiyoshi was a little panicked. He was worst at dealing with crying girls.

"Xiao Zi, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Or did someone make you angry? Don't cry, tell your brother and he will help you vent your anger."

Looking at Toosaka Kiyoshi who was fumbling to comfort her, Zi Ye realized that she was thinking too much, but she still curled her lips and snorted.

"The one who makes me angry is my brother!"

Toosaka Kiyoshi was shocked: "How is it possible! I like Kozuki so much, how could I make Kozuki angry! Kozuki, you must have misunderstood."

"Then why don't you give me the apple of youth, brother?"

Tousaka Kiyoshi immediately took out an apple of youth and stuffed it into Zi's arms: "Here, here, here! Of course! It's just a few apples!"

As he spoke, Toosaka Kiyoshi took out apples one after another and stuffed them into Zi's arms. Soon, Zi's arms were full.

As he stuffed the apples in his mouth, he said, "Are these enough? If not, I'll get more... Um, all the apples we harvested this year are here. Xiao Zi, if you want more, I'll go speed up the time for the fruit tree and make it bear new fruit."

Zi burst into laughter, and the dissatisfaction in her heart immediately disappeared: "No need, brother, one is enough for me, eating more will be useless."

Toosaka Kiyoshi waved his hand and said, "Even if it's useless, you can eat it as ordinary fruit! Don't be polite! From now on, we can have as many Youth Apples as you want!"

Zi didn't want to be polite to Tosaka Qing: "Okay then, I'll take all of these."

After that, Zi asked again: "Since my brother can speed up the ripening process of the fruit trees, why does Nana have to take care of the fruit trees for five years?"

"When time is not urgent, it is naturally more important to satisfy your own pleasure."

Kiyoshi Toosaka inadvertently instilled his own views and ideas into Yukari, and he should be held somewhat responsible for the fact that Yakumo Yukari became so full of evil tastes in the future.

"Brother, you are so mean. You actually treat Nana as fun."

"This is the happiness of adults. Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I still have things to do."

Having said that, Tousaka Kiyoshi turned and left.

Zi waved behind him: "Brother, remember to come back early."

"I will." Tousaka Kiyoshi turned his back to Zi and walked out of the yard while waving.

Chapter 202 Innocent Medusa

After leaving his residence, Kiyoshi Tousaka went to the Temple of Athena located on the upper right side of the Acropolis.

As long as you are inside the Acropolis, no matter where you are, you can see the magnificent temple on the top of the mountain.

During these days in Athens, Kiyoshi Toosaka is not like Yukari and Skadi who stay at home doing nothing.

There was no household registration system in that era, so after solving his housing problem, he began to investigate the things he cared about.

Speaking of Athena, we have to mention Medusa. According to Athena, Medusa is also one of the incarnations born after her throne was decomposed, but this incarnation has now been degraded into a human being, so she doesn't care too much about it.

After arriving in Athens, Kiyoshi Toosaka also heard about a girl named Medusa, who was now serving as a priest in the Temple of Athena.

In this era, priests were a special group of people who communicated with or served the gods. In order to show their piety to the gods, priests needed to remain pure throughout their lives.

As one of Athena's incarnations, becoming a priest of the Temple of Athena doesn't sound wrong.

But if this priest was personally selected by Athena three years ago by Metis in disguise, it would be a bit strange.

Kiyoshi Toosaka had asked around in the city and learned that although the era of matriarchal mythology headed by Athena had passed, Athena had taught humans all kinds of survival knowledge and created initial survival tools for humans, and her reputation among humans was still very high.

Perhaps this is why she can still hold the status of one of the twelve main gods in Greek mythology even after the mythology has changed.

The purpose of Metis impersonating Athena may be to throw dirty water on Athena, ruin her reputation, and thus weaken human beings' faith in Athena.

But she couldn't just do something like massacre, which was completely contrary to Athena's previous behavior, and anyone would be able to see that it was abnormal.

In the fate that Toosaka Kiyoshi saw, a girl named Medusa was entangled by the sea god Poseidon because of her beauty. In order to avoid the increasingly excessive Poseidon, Medusa ran to the temple of Athena and sought help from the god she served.

However, Athena did not respond to her prayers, and the chase between the human girl and Poseidon reached a tragic climax in the temple.

In front of the statue of Athena, Poseidon forcibly took away Medusa's virginity.

Later, Athena arrived late. Although she was dissatisfied with the dirty things happening in her own temple, she did not punish Poseidon, the perpetrator. Instead, she cursed Medusa, the victim, into a banshee.

The Athena here is naturally Metis in disguise. The real Athena's strength has been greatly reduced, and she is still only a 1.5-meter-tall loli. In the "destiny" that Toosaka Kiyoshi sees, Athena is a girl wearing a laurel crown.

The real Athena did respond to Medusa's prayers, but was stopped by Metis on the way.

After defeating Athena, whose strength was not as great as before, Metis secretly watched for a while as Poseidon humiliated Medusa.

After everything was settled, he pretended to have just arrived and cursed Medusa without saying a word.

Although no relevant scenes appear in "Fate", Kiyoshi Toosaka can basically conclude that this is a trick planned by Metis and Poseidon against Athena.

Using Medusa as the starting point and cursing her into a monster not only completely deprives this incarnation of Athena of the possibility of resistance, but also portrays Athena as a villain who bullies the weak and fears the strong, and only knows how to bully her own people.

As long as the story is deliberately spread, Athena's good reputation will definitely be affected.

Why did Poseidon wade into this muddy water? Because before the city of Athens was named, Poseidon and Athena both wanted to name this most prosperous city in Greece after themselves.

Naturally, the two had a dispute because of this. The Greek gods wanted to support Poseidon, but Athena was so popular among humans that they did not dare to openly oppose her, so they held a competition.

Whoever of the two can provide the most useful things to mankind will become the patron saint of the city of Athens.

Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and conjured up a war horse.

Athena extended an olive branch to the horse, symbolizing peace and prosperity.

The humans watching shouted excitedly when Athena extended the olive branch, and the gods had no choice but to declare Athena the winner.

Because they had a feud with Athena, it seemed reasonable for Poseidon and Metis to work together to deal with Athena.

Medusa became an innocent victim of the struggle between gods.

Kiyoshi Toosaka planned to start with Medusa and help Athena get through this conspiracy.

After these days of interpersonal communication and relationship operations, Kiyoshi Toosaka became a guard of the Temple of Athena.

To put it bluntly, it means giving gifts to some people and finding an easy job in this era.

The status of the temple in this era is extremely transcendent, which can be seen from the fact that most human leaders are the high priests of the temple.

However, after the evolution into a patriarchal society, the high priest now has more power than male human leaders only in matters related to the gods.

The guard position that Tousaka Kiyoshi held in the Temple of Athena was a marginal one. Without the permission of the priests, he could not even enter the temple.

On the third day of Tousaka Kiyoshi's employment, he finally met the young priestess named Medusa.

The other person looked exactly like Loli Athena. If it weren't for the faint smile on her face, he would have thought he had seen Athena herself.

Kiyoshi Toosaka had already seen the appearance of Medusa in "Fate", so he was not surprised by this. After all, she was the incarnation of Athena, so it was not surprising that she looked the same.

But he didn't know whether Poseidon really liked Loli Athena or was just pretending for the plan.

When Tousaka Kiyoshi looked at the young priestess, the young priestess also nodded slightly to him.

Tosaka Kiyoshi sighed in his heart: If only Athena herself could be so gentle. She always had a cold expression. If he hadn't come from the future and knew that this was a rare three-no attribute, he really didn't know how to get along with her.

After a brief sigh, Tousaka Kiyoshi began to think about how to get close to Medusa. Not to mention how good their relationship had to be, at least he wanted Medusa to trust him in times of danger.

The simplest one is naturally the old-fashioned hero saving the beauty. Don't ask for favorability or anything like that. Just give Medusa the impression that you will not harm her.

But how will this hero save the beauty happen?

Just as Kiyoshi Toosaka was thinking about how to approach Medusa, Medusa, who was about to enter the temple, suddenly stopped, shrugged her nose slightly, and stopped beside Kiyoshi Toosaka.

"You seem to have the aura of the goddess Athena."

Toosaka Kiyoshi looked at the familiar face of the girl in front of him and complained in his heart: After sleeping in her arms for more than a year, isn't it normal for her to have a breath? She's been marinated.

Of course, if he said this in front of Medusa, he would probably be arrested on the spot and hanged as a blasphemer.

Tousaka Kiyoshi gave what he thought was a friendly smile and said, "When my sister and I encountered a shipwreck before, it was an owl that guided us to the shore. I didn't know why an owl appeared on the sea."

"It was only after I arrived in Athens that I learned that the owl was a messenger from the goddess Athena. She must have passed by and saw my sister and I in distress, so she sent a messenger to show us the way to Athens."

"Maybe it was at that time that I was lucky enough to get a hint of the goddess Athena's aura."

"I came to the temple as a guard to repay the goddess Athena for saving my life!"

Medusa was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Tousaka Kiyoshi's origins were so tortuous.

But she did not easily believe what Kiyoshi Toosaka said. Instead, she first brought Kiyoshi Toosaka into the temple, and then checked Kiyoshi Toosaka's past information.

It is called data, but in fact it is just some linear characters that look like stick figures.

Naturally, there was nothing wrong with Tousaka Kiyoshi's information. After all, the person who recommended him to be a guard had accepted a bribe. In this era, it was basically impossible to investigate a person's past, so his resume could only be based on this information.

After confirming that there was no problem with Tousaka Kiyoshi's information, Medusa suddenly said, "You are an outsider who came here under the guidance of the goddess Athena. You are naturally closer to the gods than ordinary people. I wonder if you have any idea of ​​becoming a lifelong priest of the goddess Athena?"

Toosaka Kiyoshi pretended to be surprised and excited: "Of course I am willing, but can I really do it?"

"Of course." Medusa confirmed, "Goddess Athena guided you to Athens, perhaps for this reason. You who have been noticed by the goddess are more suitable to be a priest than others."

As if summoning up his courage, Tousaka Kiyoshi nodded vigorously: "I, I understand! I will dedicate everything I have to the goddess! However, what are the specific duties of a priest?"

Medusa smiled and said, "Most of the work in the temple is done by the priestess, listening to oracles, keeping treasures, organizing celebrations, holding sacrificial ceremonies, etc."

"But the body and soul of the priestess belong to the gods, and it is not convenient for her to contact the outside world. The male priest is the bridge between the priestess and the outside world, responsible for conveying the oracle or the decision of the temple to the outside world."

Toosaka Kiyoshi nodded. He understood that the male priest was the publicity department of the large organization like the temple.

Then he asked, "Does this mean we need to learn Chinese characters?"

Medusa nodded: "You don't know how? I'll teach you."

Although the writing of this era was linear writing similar to stick figures, the literacy rate was still not high. She was not surprised at all that Tousaka Kiyoshi was illiterate.

"Thank you very much."

Although he was not very willing to learn Linear Writing, Kiyoshi Toosaka still accepted it. This was a natural opportunity to get closer to Medusa.

Moreover, Linear Brush doesn’t seem to be very difficult, and there are many repeated characters in temple-related work, so just learn it.

Medusa shook her head gently: "You're welcome. From now on, we will be companions who devote ourselves to the goddess together. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

Tousaka Kiyoshi pretended to be a little confused, and after a moment he said, "I heard that a priestess needs to remain virgin for the goddess for her entire life?"

Medusa was aware of her own beauty and thought that Tousaka Kiyoshi had some idea about her, so she said seriously: "This is true! Although male and female priests can become husband and wife as long as they get the consent of the goddess. But I want to dedicate everything I have to the goddess, and I don't plan to marry anyone."

Tousaka Kiyoshi nodded: "I understand, but what I want to ask is, do male priests also have such requirements? Not allowed to get married in their lifetime."

Medusa's face flashed with surprise, and then she felt ashamed for misunderstanding Tosaka Kiyoshi, and explained: "Giving birth to the next generation is the responsibility of all men. Only with more offspring can the city-state be strong in the future. Therefore, there are no relevant requirements for male priests. They can marry ordinary women or female priests."

Tousaka Kiyoshi breathed a sigh of relief: "I understand. After the shipwreck, my family only has my sister and I left. I was worried that I would not be able to get married after becoming a priest, which would cause my family to lose its inheritance."

Medusa nodded to show her understanding, and then asked: "Any other questions? If not, please follow me to see the high priest. You still need the high priest's consent to become a priest."

"Nothing."

Afterwards, Kiyoshi Toosaka followed Medusa to see the high priest. The aura of Athena on him could not be fake, so the process of becoming a priest was extremely smooth.

So on the third day of becoming the guard of the Temple of Athena, Kiyoshi Toosaka was transformed into a priest. Even because of the aura of Athena, his status was even higher than that of ordinary priests. Not only were all areas of the temple open to him, he also had the right to meet with the high priest at any time.

This privilege has always been available to only a few priests, most of whom are female priests. Tousaka Kiyoshi is a very special exception.

In the following time, Toosaka Qing went to work in the Temple of Athena during the day, and learned Linear B, as well as various religious rituals, rules and regulations with Medusa.

At night, he studied how to make an elixir of immortality at home, but the progress was slow. The most serious problem was not immortality or immortality, but recovery after injury.

Even if all the experimental animals were fatally injured or turned into minced meat, Kiyoshi Toosaka could feel that their souls were still alive.

But once the flesh was destroyed, it could not be restored, and the wounds after being injured could not heal faster, which was completely different from what he remembered.

Although similar effects can be achieved by materializing the soul or accelerating time, what he made was an elixir of immortality, not a panacea that allows people to master the materialization of the soul or control time.

The research on the elixir of immortality has temporarily reached a bottleneck, so Kiyoshi Toosaka focused his attention on Medusa.

After spending some time together, he and Medusa had become good friends. Medusa taught him Linear B. In order to repay her, he invited Medusa to dinner.

As a result, their relationship quickly became closer, and they often went in and out of the Temple of Athena together. In the eyes of those who didn't know the truth, they looked like a couple in love.

Even the high priest asked them privately whether they should just get married and she could ask the goddess for her consent.

Chapter 203 The Beginning of Tragedy

Faced with the high priest's enthusiastic inquiries, Tousaka Kiyoshi looked a little embarrassed, and Medusa also blushed.

Seeing this, the high priest stopped asking questions and went to do other things.

After the high priest left, Tousaka Kiyoshi said, "Well, don't think too much about it. The high priest might have been joking."