"Heh. Athena and the others might not be able to do it, but you think the old man can't?" Shar sneered. "Even I can think of more than one way.
"He's just waiting for the simplest, easiest solution now... What he needs is a Greek Pantheon that can survive on Mount Celestia, not a bunch of homeless wretches."
Confusion instantly clouded Selûne's wide eyes. "Why do you always leave things half-said?
"Can't you spell it out?
"The old man won't get upset because you badmouth him in front of me. Isn't that only natural?
"Hasn't he been listening to it for hundreds of thousands of years?"
Hill silently raised his crystal glass, making a little noise to draw attention to himself.
"Oh... Hill~" Selûne said with a beaming smile. "Even the old man has praised you for being so discreet and cautious!
"He won't mind you hearing a few things."
But I mind!
Hill gazed at Selûne with his large, limpid eyes... He hoped this Silver Moon Maiden could see the plea filling his heart and eyes: Give me a break, please, lady.
He could no longer even spare a thought for how Ao had come to discuss his "caution" with Selûne!
They couldn't use him as a dumping ground just because he was decent and knew how to keep his mouth shut!
Hill didn't want to hear any of it.
So it was only natural that, between Shar and Selûne, he preferred talking to Shar... She surely knew no less than Selûne about Ao's attitude, but she still chose to keep certain things from Hill.
Still, Hill could actually understand the difference between the two... Selûne had never been a true leader.
She couldn't even keep her own major temples under control.
Although those worshippers' respect and love for