"Inside this is... Athena's Cosmo?"
Yota looked up, sensing that vast, warm Cosmo. It was exactly like the Goddess Cosmo that Saori Kido sometimes radiated.
As Saori Kido stepped into Sanctuary, her eyes widened slightly as well. Unlike the original story, where the Goddess Cosmo within Saori Kido had only just begun to awaken, her Goddess Cosmo was now fully awakened. She could clearly sense how perfectly Sanctuary resonated with her.
She slowly closed her eyes. Her vast, boundless Cosmo surged forth. Every Saint in Sanctuary who had awakened their Cosmo instantly sensed that unimaginable power. For a moment, the entire Sanctuary seemed to be cheering, while every Saint's Cloth continuously responded to that Cosmo.
"So warm..."
"The Cloths... are they happy?"
"What's going on? Why is the Goddess's Cosmo so active? Could Athena have already appeared?"
Seeing this, Yota finally understood one of the old issues in Saint Seiya.
"So a portion of Athena's Cosmo had always remained within Sanctuary's barrier. No wonder Kanon could sense that Cosmo!"
This had also been a plot hole in the original story. Kanon was Gemini Saga's twin brother. Because of his early ambitions, he had been imprisoned in the Cape Sounion prison by his twin brother Saga, who had not yet developed split personalities at the time. Back then, he often felt a vast and warm Cosmo, which was how he endured in that water prison.
It was later confirmed to be Athena's Cosmo. Yet Saori Kido, Athena's reincarnation, had likely spent only a few days in all of Sanctuary before Saga made his move, and Aiolos rescued her.
In such a short time, how could Kanon have sensed Athena's Cosmo every day?
Now it seemed that Sanctuary had possessed Athena's Cosmo from the start.
As Athena's Cosmo spread out, the person