Surviving the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 2017

So It Was Him?

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Hill glanced at Lathander, who had returned to his seat, then swept his gaze over Shar and Selûne, unsure what to say.

Lathander, on the other hand, was straightforward. "Ask whatever you want. You don't need to avoid the two of them. I just don't want them using me to do anything to Amaunator.

Heh. Shar aside, Selûne... she..."

"What about me?" Selûne seemed especially sensitive whenever her name was mentioned.

"If I revealed certain secrets there, would you... rush over and ask the Amaunator I had suppressed for more information?" Lathander's expression was rather subtle.

"Why can't I ask?" Selûne immediately shot back.

Lathander looked at Selûne with an expression that said, Just as I expected. "But I'm the one suppressing Amaunator. Why should I offend him just to satisfy your curiosity?"

"Huh?" Selûne looked utterly baffled. "Haven't you already offended him? Why worry about whether you offend him a little more or less..."

"I... heh." Lathander swallowed the words he had meant to say, gave a faint laugh, and finally chose an answer he believed Selûne could understand. "I don't like paying even the slightest price for someone else's enjoyment for no reason. Can you understand that?"

Though still somewhat dissatisfied, Selûne could understand that answer.

So she curled her lip. "If you're guarding against me this much, then it must be something I'd find interesting... Lately, the stories I care about most involve the Greek Pantheon.

Hmm?

Could Amaunator's matter be connected to the Greek Pantheon too?

He... after spending so long on Toril, he couldn't find a single God he could trust... an outer God?

Has Amaunator gone mad?"

"Can't you use your brain before speaking?" Shar's leisurely voice rang out. "Have you ever seen a Sun God go mad?"

Hill silently completed the thought in

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