This situation had arisen only because Athena was not in the "Heavenly Court."
The "Heavenly Court" was the shared "divine kingdom" of the Twelve Heavenly Gods.
Its purpose was naturally far more than merely serving as a "residence."
The Twelve Heavenly Gods had first merged their consciousness into the "Heavenly Court," thereby evading Ragnarok.
Afterward, they shattered the "Heavenly Court" and integrated it into the Divine Path Ritual.
Now that the "Heavenly Court" had been restarted, it still helped accelerate the recovery of divine power. To the gods in their current era, this was exceedingly important.
Having only just awakened, they had expended enormous amounts of power in order to "manifest before mortals," and naturally needed to recover urgently now.
Their current state was relatively weak.
Although once their "divine consciousness" had fully awakened, their "divine souls" naturally returned to them and their "divine authority" came back under their control, everything took time. This was not something that could be achieved overnight.
Three years was the time limit they had set for themselves.
Until their divine power had recovered to a certain extent, they would not easily leave the "Heavenly Court." Doing so would not only slow their recovery, but also expose them to unnecessary risks.
Demeter, the "Goddess of Agriculture," who had visited Saint Marian Academy that day for unknown reasons, had only stayed at the academy briefly.
Thus, no one could possibly have imagined it.
Athena, the "Goddess of War and Wisdom," had already been staying within Saint Marian Academy for quite some time, and had yet to return even now.
Not being in the "Heavenly Court" meant lacking communication.
That was the sole reason Athena had sent out a second invitation.
He continued reading.
The third invitation from the top had been sent to Claire Kate, the