Aaron held an oak leaf.
Suddenly, a divine gleam flashed through his eyes.
Then, part of his consciousness rose without limit, rising... until he beheld a hall composed of boundless radiance!
—The Pantheon!
The moment he saw that majestic hall, its name surfaced automatically in Aaron's mind.
This was the legendary place where the gods gathered to deliberate!
But... the gods have long since been swept from their divine kingdoms. How can it still be used?
Aaron came to the gates of the Pantheon and saw the mark representing "pain."
"Could it be... that Overgod—Ao?"
With a thought, a layer of mist emerged on its own and concealed his figure. Then... he pushed open the gates of the Pantheon.
This, too, was a ritual and a test.
If one was not a true god, one simply could not enter the Pantheon!
Rumble!
With an ancient creak, the great doors slowly opened, and infinite radiance enveloped Aaron.
Inside the Pantheon, a divine throne slowly rose!
It stood among the lawful evil gods, yet was already exceedingly close to the boundary of "neutral evil."
Behind the divine throne, special marks of divine power manifested, representing Aaron's divine portfolios of "stories" and "the Kimo People"!
The throne was not particularly large either, only a circle larger than a [Weak Divine Power] throne. Among the many divine thrones, it belonged to the third tier.
Once it had risen, Aaron's figure directly sat cross-legged upon it.
He looked around and found two gods already seated there.
One appeared to be a hundred-meter-tall giant, yet the divine throne could still contain him, as though he forever remained at a subtle relative distance.
On another divine throne sat an elegant lady draped in sheer black gauze.
"God of the Kimo People and stories?"
The lady in the