The Opening of the Sea World

Saori Kido had returned to Sanctuary once more, and this time, she had brought back a captive.

"By the way, what exactly happened?"

Yota looked puzzled as he turned to Saori Kido, who had just returned to Sanctuary. "Hadn't you been at the Graad Foundation all this time? How did you run into a Sea Saint?"

The woman before them wore red Scale armor and had an indignant expression on her face. Wasn't she Thetis, the Mermaid Sea Saint?

Saori Kido wore a helpless expression. "A few days ago, I attended a business banquet. I saw her lead one of my business partners into the sea—mermaids have always been said to lure sailors into the depths. At the time, I thought she was trying to drown my business partner, so I casually captured her."

"Originally, I wanted to rescue that business partner too. But unexpectedly, a powerful Cosmo suddenly erupted from him, and two Sea Generals came to receive him. So in the end, all I could do was bring this Sea Saint back."

Oh. Yota nodded, thinking that this was his fault again. Saori Kido had already awakened the Eighth Sense and become a true powerhouse, so the tiny bit of Cosmo possessed by Thetis, who had come to guide Julian, naturally could not escape Saori Kido's notice.

The Goddess's Cosmo was powerful, but when Saori Kido did not actively wield it, it was rather inert. The Cosmo she had cultivated herself did not have that problem. That was why Saori Kido had so easily caught the Golden Arrow back then.

"So? It sounds like there was more to this. She probably wasn't trying to hurt anyone. Then why did you capture her?" Yota continued asking.

Saori Kido sighed. "The situation is far worse than a Sea Saint trying