Cosmo and a Compromise

Yota did not really care much about becoming a Gold Saint anymore. After all, he did not even have Cosmo. Wouldn't putting on a Gold Saint Cloth just be a complete joke?

Without awakened Cosmo, an ordinary Cloth was no different from a hard, heavy suit of armor when worn. Gold Saint Cloths were better, since they came with Seventh Sense Cosmo—but Seventh Sense Cosmo offered no boost to Yota as he was now.

Even the sturdiness of a Gold Saint Cloth was inferior to Yota's own body. Aside from looking cooler, a Gold Saint Cloth truly had no meaning for Yota.

Still, no benefits naturally meant no drawbacks either. Yota was not particularly opposed to becoming a Saint.

It had been one of his childhood dreams, after all. He could consider it fulfilling a dream.

He did not think fighting for Goddess Athena for a while would be a bad thing either. It was all for love and justice, after all~

When he was young and watched Saint Seiya, he thought Athena was a goddess. Once he grew up, all sorts of conspiracy theories emerged. The characters in the manga had not changed much; it was simply that the once-simple and innocent us had become more complicated.

In this real Saint Seiya World, whether Athena was a pure white lotus or a scheming woman with a dark side, one thing was undeniable: at the very least, she stood with humanity.

This Athena neither imposed any dictatorship upon humanity nor demanded a single cent in protection fees from them. She fought desperately to help humanity deal with Aquaman and the Dark King. It did not matter whether she had her own agenda or whether she wanted to use humanity to stabilize her divine status. To humanity, she was the best