"Why could Caligula speak normally?" Ritsuka voiced the doubt in her heart. Under normal circumstances, while Berserkers were not incapable of speaking, it was difficult for them to speak fluently.
"That was because of Moon Goddess Artemis." Macarios did not hide the reason. Back in Atlantis, Caligula had suffered a mental attack from Moon Goddess Artemis because of his connection to the Moon Goddess. Perhaps it was a case of fighting poison with poison, or perhaps it was due to the Moon Goddess's favor upon him, but Caligula had not only avoided collapsing under the mental assault—he had returned to normal.
Caligula, the third emperor of the ancient Roman Empire, had a deep bond with the Moon Goddess. Legend said that he had initially been a wise ruler, but after receiving the moon's favor, he fell into the abyss of madness and ruled the empire through terror. That was precisely why his Noble Phantasm had no effect on those connected to the Moon Goddess, such as Orion and Atalante.
Strictly speaking, however, that Moon Goddess was not Artemis, but Diana from Roman mythology. Yet Roman mythology had evolved from Greek mythology, and Rome's twelve chief gods corresponded to Greece's twelve Olympians. Thus, Roman Moon Goddess Diana could, in a sense, also be considered Artemis. Put simply, she had made an alt account.
Though that was quite strange, legends could become reality in the Moon World. Shen Fei did not know the exact reason, of course, but based on the mythology he had been cramming lately, it was also possible that the Greek gods had specifically made alt accounts in order to escape Twilight of the Gods.
Such tales were not uncommon in mythology. For example, after the Shang Dynasty fell, Daji supposedly found no place for herself in the Celestial