Chapter Summaries

Samael reunited with Themis and learned how she and the others had joined Athena to defend Olympus from Typhon. Athena then used a sacrifice to give Samael the mortal identity of Theseus, the future King of Athens, leaving him appalled by her choice.

• Themis reunited with Samael in the waterside treehouse, and they shared stories and resumed their old arguments.
• Themis confessed that she, Medusa, and their allies had fought alongside Olympus against Typhon after Athena persuaded them that preserving order was necessary.
• Samael praised Athena's leadership, and Themis told him Athena had predicted he would not return to the Mount of the God of War defeated.
• Themis explained that Athena had left Samael a gift and showed him how to claim it through a sacrifice.
• Samael performed the ritual before Atalanta and Circe, and Athena's owls gave him an olive crown and named him Theseus, future King of Athens.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter focuses on the results of the bounty event during Golden Week.
• The top three bounties are revealed: First place is Kaguya, second is Chika, and third is Nagisa.
• The 'H Vote' is introduced, a secret ballot where students can vote for who they think is the most 'handsome' or 'beautiful' in the school.

Character Developments

• Kaguya: She's pleased with her first place bounty but is more interested in the H Vote results.
• Chika: She's happy with her second place but is also curious about the H Vote.
• Nagisa: She's content with her third place and is more focused on her studies than the H Vote.

Significant Themes

• Appearance vs. Personality: The chapter explores how students perceive each other's attractiveness and how it compares to their personal qualities.
• Competition and Rivalry: The bounty and H Vote events highlight the competitive nature among the students.

Character Interactions

• Kaguya and Chika: They discuss their bounty rankings and express curiosity about the H Vote results.
• Nagisa and Kaguya: Nagisa teases Kaguya about her interest in the H Vote, suggesting she's more concerned about her appearance than she lets on.
• Mii and Yuika: They discuss the H Vote, with Mii expressing her support for Yuika and Yuika being humble about it.

Samael considered how Athena had prepared the identity of Theseus for him, weighing its dangerous reputation against its usefulness for his plans. After accepting the role, he agreed with Atalanta to compete in the Calydonian Hunt, then asked her to teach him archery.

• Samael reasoned that Athena had made him a plausible heir to the identity of Theseus and believed the Fate Tablet could conceal his past.
• He reviewed Theseus’s notorious crimes and heroic deeds, including the future defeat of the Minotaur, and accepted the identity as suited to his plans.
• Atalanta checked on Samael after he spent the afternoon thinking in the courtyard and expressed relief that he seemed unharmed.
• Samael told Atalanta that his oracle required him to kill the demon boar and sacrifice it to Athena for her blessing.
• Atalanta challenged Samael to compete fairly in the hunt, and he accepted before asking her to teach him archery.

Samael trained in archery with Atalanta while tutoring her and Circe in Greek, and the three prepared to join the Calydon hunt. Before they left, Athena lavishly equipped and blessed Samael, leaving Atalanta wondering if he was the goddess’s illegitimate son.

• Samael practiced archery while Circe worked on her Greek homework, and he arranged lessons for Atalanta in exchange for her instruction.
• Atalanta taught Samael how to link arrows into a single line, then joined his nightly Greek lessons.
• The three spent more than half a month training and enjoying life in Calydon before learning that the heroes had assembled for the hunt.
• Samael received a message from Themis and made a sacrifice to Athena on the night before their departure.
• Athena sent Samael armor, weapons, Pegasus, and her blessing, astonishing Atalanta and Circe.
• Atalanta asked Samael if he was Athena’s illegitimate son.

After Athena equipped Samael with an extravagant set of golden armor and weapons, she laughed at the spectacle and tasked Caenis with watching him during the Calydonian Hunt. The story left Caenis flying south toward the hunt while Athena wondered which of them would end up looking after the other.

• Samael received gold armor, wings, a bow, and arrows that Athena had commissioned, while his other divine weapons were stored as runes on his arms.
• Atalanta and Circe watched Samael’s dazzling equipment and were astonished by how extravagantly the gods had rewarded his sacrifice.
• Athena laughed in her palace at Samael’s appearance and jokingly called him her illegitimate son.
• Athena summoned Caenis and ordered her to observe a hero at the Calydonian Hunt and report his condition each night without intervening.
• Caenis accepted the mission, flew south, and Athena recalled that she was a Thessalian refugee who had angered Poseidon.

Samael, Atalanta, and Hecate arrived in Calydon City to join the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, where a test revealed all three were favored by goddesses. After meeting Prince Meleager, they headed to the main hall to meet the other heroes gathering for the hunt.

• A priestess explained the boar's growing power and tested the three heroes with a crystal ball, which revealed divine marks for Athena, Hecate, and Artemis.
• The priestess left to fetch Meleager after seeing the three divine marks, while Samael reassured Atalanta that the hunt had likely been arranged for her as Artemis's messenger.
• Meleager welcomed the trio, explained that the hunt would begin after trackers located the boar's lair the next morning, and offered them help with any needs.
• Meleager learned that Atalanta had joined in obedience to an oracle and showed relief, confirming Samael's suspicion about her role in the hunt.
• Meleager led the three to the main hall to meet the Greek heroes who would join them in the battle.

Samael, traveling under the name Theseus, entered the Calydonian Hunt feast with Circe and Atalanta and used the gathering to identify the Greek heroes around him. He recognized Jason, Caenis, Peleus, and Telamon, then turned his attention to the powerful hero seated apart from the others.

• Prince of Calydon introduced Samael, Circe, and Atalanta to the heroes at the feast, while Samael used the name Theseus.
• Samael recognized Jason, who enlivened the feast and attempted to approach the hostile Caenis before moving on.
• Samael identified Caenis and Peleus, and inferred that Caenis had distanced herself from the Kingdom of Thessaly.
• Samael recognized Telamon and recalled how his wisdom had once stopped Heracles from attacking him.
• Samael reflected on the tragic fates of Peleus and Telamon’s sons, then looked toward the imposing hero seated alone in the innermost corner.

Jason befriended the grieving Heracles at the feast and helped ease the tension surrounding him. The heroes eventually resumed celebrating, and Heracles agreed to help Telamon name his unborn child Ajax before Jason reached Samael's table.

• Jason approached Heracles despite the danger and persuaded him to share a drink.
• Jason excitedly questioned Heracles about his weapons and equipment, then recoiled after learning the arrows were poisonous.
• Jason rallied the heroes into toasting and joking with Heracles, whose murderous tension gradually faded.
• Peleus and Telamon joined Heracles, and Heracles agreed to help name Telamon's unborn son Ajax.
• Jason worked his way through the feast and arrived at Samael's table.

At the Calydonian feast, Samael watched the heroes mingle until two drunken men challenged his right to sit with them. Atalanta defended him and Meleager expelled the troublemakers, while Samael reflected on the disasters awaiting the Prince of Calydon’s family.

• Samael observed Jason enlivening the feast and considered how his presence had altered Theseus’s and Hercules’s stories.
• Two drunken men confronted Samael and questioned what achievements gave him the right to sit at the feast.
• Atalanta shot arrows through a pillar beside the men, claimed Samael as one of her own, and challenged them to fight her.
• Meleager arrived, rebuked his uncles for provoking his guests, and drove them from the palace.
• Meleager apologized to Samael, Atalanta, and Circe, and they accepted his apology.
• Samael recalled how the Calydonian Hunt would bring about the deaths of Meleager’s uncles, mother, and father, and sympathized with his misfortune.

Samael and Atalanta were challenged by Caenis after leaving the banquet, and Atalanta fought her as Prince of Calydon hurried over to stop them. The hunt was due to begin the next day.

• Samael and Atalanta encountered Caenis, who challenged Samael to prove he deserved to join the Calydonian Hunt.
• Samael and Atalanta tried to leave with Circe, but Caenis pursued them and swung her spear at Samael.
• Atalanta intercepted Caenis with a volley of arrows, then warned her to stop interfering.
• Caenis charged Atalanta, and the two fought while Samael watched and Circe finished her stolen grapes.
• Prince of Calydon arrived and told the fighters that the hunt would not begin until the next day.

Caenis’s late-night fight with Atalanta led to Meleager’s uncles being exposed as troublemakers, and Jason explained how he had helped bring Meleager there to apologize. Samael and Atalanta were assigned to share a room, but Atalanta chose to sleep separately and quickly fell asleep, leaving Samael frustrated.

• Caenis revealed that she had beaten up Meleager’s two uncles after catching them planning to ambush Atalanta’s group.
• Meleager apologized and left to deal with his uncles, while Jason explained that he had brought Meleager over after warning him about possible trouble.
• Atalanta reassured Jason that the group had suffered no losses, and Jason departed to pass the news to Meleager.
• Samael realized Jason had arranged for him and Atalanta to share a room with one double bed because the palace was short on rooms.
• Atalanta gave Samael a blanket for the floor, urged him to rest before the boar hunt, and fell asleep while he lay awake feeling disappointed.

Atalanta accepted Samael’s care and thanked him before they joined the heroes in the main hall. As the group prepared to hunt the demonic boar, Caenis and Circe teamed up with them, and a blond young man offered to fill their remaining spot.

• Atalanta pinned Samael when he tried to wake her, then let him serve her breakfast and thanked him for thinking of her.
• Samael persuaded Atalanta to share a pre-hunt fist bump before they headed to the main hall.
• Samael saw Circe and Caenis sharing pastries, and the two women approached to join his and Atalanta’s team.
• Caenis said Meleager planned to divide the heroes into groups of five to surround the demonic boar.
• A blond young man approached and offered to join their team.

Samael joined Atalanta, Caenis, Circe the Witch, and Jason as they tracked the magical boar through the forest, while remaining wary of both the beast and the other heroes. The group approached the boar’s nest, with Jason nervously hiding behind his teammates and secretly offering Samael an energy tonic.

• Meleager divided the heroes into groups and sent them to surround the forest.
• Atalanta ordered Samael to stay with the group, and he followed her lead in ordinary Calydonian gear.
• Atalanta led Samael, Caenis, Circe the Witch, and Jason toward the magical boar’s nest while Circe prepared magical protections.
• Circe the Witch and Caenis complained about Jason’s cowardice, and Samael defended his choice to bring him along.
• Jason gave Samael an energy tonic made with medicinal wine and honey while Atalanta watched the surroundings.

Samael’s team joined the demon boar hunt and helped hold off a growing herd, including several giant boars. Samael organized the scattered hunters into a defensive formation, but she realized one of the frail participants was a woman who seemed ill-suited to the fight.

• Jason explained to Samael that he was content to be an ordinary performer and audience member, while Samael reflected on how he had been left out of the other teams.
• Atalanta led the team toward a warning arrow and found hunters struggling against a herd of demon boars and a giant boar.
• Atalanta, Caenis, and Samael intervened, shooting down and driving back the boars as the hunters faced another giant beast.
• Samael rescued a distracted, thin warrior from erupting stone spikes and ordered two muscular warriors and the frail participant into a defensive formation.
• Samael noticed that the frail participant was a woman and wondered how she had ended up among the hunters.

Atalanta and the Spartan swordsmen defeated the demon boars while Jason escaped the battlefield and joined Samael. Samael discovered that the girl hidden among the Twin Swordsmen was Helen, and realized Castor and Pollux were her siblings.

• Atalanta and the two Spartan swordsmen killed the demon boars and their offspring amid a rain of arrows.
• Jason escaped the fight unharmed, complained to Samael about the female heroes, and stayed close to him.
• Samael approached a sickened hunter with water, but the Twin Swordsmen blocked him and protected her.
• The Twin Swordsmen removed the helmet of the hidden girl, revealing Helen, who told them Samael had saved her.
• Samael recognized Helen as Sparta's princess and identified the Twin Swordsmen as Castor and Pollux.
• Atalanta took the waterskin from Samael and drank from it.

Samael’s group and the Spartan Twin Swordsmen fought through hordes of demon boars as they advanced into the forest, then camped for the night to await supplies. When the teams drew watch partners, Samael found himself paired with the Spartan princess.

• Jason warned that the demon boar they had fought might still be alive, and Atalanta and Circe suspected it had driven other magical beasts from the forest and was multiplying.
• Samael’s group and the Spartan Twin Swordsmen agreed to travel together and protect one another.
• The two teams killed hundreds of demon boars as they advanced, exhausting supplies and damaging weapons.
• Prince of Calydon’s side urged the teams to camp for the night and promised to send supplies, while Circe magically fortified the camp.
• Atalanta was paired with the younger Twin Swordsman for watch, Jason with her brother, and Samael with the approaching Spartan princess.

Samael resisted Helen’s advances, then discovered that Aphrodite’s Authority might be influencing her role in Spartan and Greek politics. Atalanta found his ruby necklace and returned it to him, prompting Samael to fear what her legendary reputation might mean for him.

• Helen approached Samael by the campfire and tried to grow closer to him, but he wrapped her in a blanket and left.
• Samael recognized the heart-shaped ruby necklace as bearing Aphrodite’s Authority and suspected Helen had been tampered with.
• Samael considered how Helen’s marriage could give her husband influence over Sparta and the Greek city-states.
• Atalanta met Samael outside the tents and returned the glowing ruby necklace she had found.
• Samael recognized a legend associated with Atalanta and worried about spending three days and three nights with her.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with a recap of the previous events, highlighting the delay in updating until the 15th and the addition of four new chapters.
• The narrator urges readers to report any errors to expedite updates, as the system can automatically fix issues within two minutes. If not, manual repair may take 1-3 days.
• It is mentioned that sometimes, an update source cannot be found, so readers are advised to be patient and find other books to read in the meantime.
• The chapter ends with a request for readers to share the book to encourage faster updates.
• Character Developments: (No significant character developments as this is a meta-chapter about updates and not a traditional story progression.)

Significant Themes

• Patience: Readers are asked to be patient while waiting for updates.
• Community: The importance of readers sharing the book to encourage faster updates is highlighted.
• Transparency: The narrator is open about the update process and potential issues.
• Character Interactions: (No character interactions as this is a meta-chapter.)

Atalanta struggled with an unfamiliar heat that made her nearly bite Samael, then tried to blame her loss of control on the Sacred Beast's blessing. The next morning, the group prepared to leave, and Samael discovered that Calydon had supplied them with shabby equipment, suggesting the queen's family was undermining them.

• Atalanta, overcome by heat and an enticing scent, reached for Samael, who petted her ears and tried to bargain for a chance to touch her tail.
• Atalanta made Samael promise to keep the encounter secret, then fled to her tent and blamed her desire on the Sacred Beast's blessing and the season.
• Atalanta emerged the next morning exhausted, while Samael stayed quiet after she warned him not to approach.
• Samael inspected the poor-quality weapons and armor delivered by Calydon's knights, and Jason told him the knights belonged to the queen's Demigod Family.
• The twin siblings gave Atalanta their quivers, saying the arrows would be more useful in her hands.

Meleager reluctantly allowed his uncles to join the hunt, while the heroes advanced through the forest and fought off the demon boar herds. At night, the Original Demon Boar led a massive counterattack, clashed with Heracles, and fled as the hunters pursued it.

• Meleager let his two uncles rejoin the hunting party after they pleaded and invoked their family ties.
• The uncles supplied the heroes with provisions and boasted that they had spent their own fortune to help the hunt.
• Meleager coordinated the party's steady advance as the heroes killed lesser demon boars and the soldiers collected their meat and hides.
• At dusk, the Original Demon Boar and a vast herd ambushed the hunting party from the fog.
• Meleager ordered the hunters to focus on the large beasts and the Original Demon Boar as he led the charge.
• Heracles smashed through the boars and collided with the Original Demon Boar, which then sent its descendants to delay the hunters before fleeing.