Dark smiled faintly and drained his glass.
The red wine-flavored grape juice flowed down his throat and turned into grape-flavored red wine. He set down the glass, only slightly tipsy.
One of the ten difficult questions had been solved, but Emma and the others still did not dare pause for even a moment.
Of the remaining nine difficult questions, nearly every one made it abundantly clear what "making things difficult" meant.
But these were, after all, the God of Wisdom's questions. It was only natural for them to be difficult. The only question was what kind of reward Athena would give Emma and the others once they had answered every question.
"At the very least, it should be on the level of a [Moon God Stone], right?" Dark set down his wineglass and silently organized the information he had gathered so far at this Tea Party.
From Zeus, the "King of Gods," to Athena, the "Goddess of War and Wisdom," arranged according to first-category "Chosen Ones," second-category "Chosen Ones," and "investment targets," it was roughly as follows:
"King of Gods" Zeus: (Quintina? North) "Empty" "Empty" [Sea God] Poseidon: (Carola? Marjorie) [Empty] "Empty" [[God of Fire] Hephaestus: [Holy Sword Forgemaster] "Empty" [Kazel]
[God of War] Ares: [Jenna? Jeanne d'Arc] "Ryan? Harks" [Alvitr? Saint? Dimon]
"Divine Messenger" Hermes: [Didi? Maxwell] "Saint of Thieves" [Cynthia? Saint? Artemis]
"Goddess of the Hunt" Artemis: [Lucia? Artemis] "Empty" [Empty]
"Goddess of the Hearth" Hestia: [Capel] "Empty" "Empty" "Goddess of Love and Beauty" Aphrodite: [Vigo] "Former Royal Designer" [Pandora Doragon]
"God of Light" Apollo: [Alice (Nicola)] [Alicia? Sylvis, West? Vilde] [Dark? Dimon]
"Queen of Heaven" Hera: (Empty) [Empty] [Empty]
[Agricultural Goddess] Demeter: (Empty) "Empty" [Empty] "Goddess of War and Wisdom" Athena: [Empty] "Empty" [Empty]
The Tea Party had not yet ended, so the above list had not