Ignoring the noisy pet fox, Yusei returned to his room after breakfast to write code, with Yui and Shiro acting as his assistants.
Athena perfectly took on the role of a housewife, washing dishes and pots without any complaint.
It was hard to imagine a goddess washing dishes, it seemed somewhat unbelievable.
It truly was incredible for a god.
Actually, Yusei had talked to Athena about trying to 'manifest' appropriately to see if she could gather people's faith.
Especially in Europe, Yusei felt that as one of the Twelve Olympians, Athena could definitely gather a great deal of faith there.
But Athena's existence and power weren't dependent on that faith. Primarily, as one of the Twelve Olympians, even outside the Campione! Mythology, they were born before humans.
Simply put, they weren't gods born from the collective faith of humans, but higher-level chief gods.
In Greek Mythology, humans were also molded from clay and water by Prometheus, and furthermore, it was Athena who endowed humans with soul and life.
Therefore, the level of the Twelve Olympians wasn't based on faith, but they were gods of the world.
For example, Zeus represented the sky, Apollo represented the sun, etc. Everything existing in the world had its own dedicated god.
The gods above the Twelve Olympians were more like embodiments of the authorities of the world.
Among them, Athena governed the Earth, Wisdom, and Victory. Wisdom encompassed many things: knowledge, arts, countless aspects of life.
So, for Athena, human faith couldn't make her instantly stronger. At most, it made her very comfortable, and the growth in her authorities was negligible.
Through Athena's explanation, Yusei became somewhat more concerned about his own [Path to Godhood] mission.
After the Path to Godhood in the Campione! World ended, the system notified him that the next series mission, Path to Godhood, would be released two months later.
The mission didn't specify exactly what he should do, but it gave a general direction.
The gist was to let his soul undergo a transformation, reaching a soul strength sufficient to become a god at a minimum level.
Without even thinking, from a normal perspective, it was clearly impossible to carry out in this everyday world.
Firstly, strengthening the soul wasn't something achievable in this world.
Gensokyo was out of the question, as the youkai inside secluded themselves and didn't emerge. If not for Athena, he couldn't even enter the place.
As for Tohru's world, Yusei could enter based on his contract with Kanna. But the main forces there were knights and mages.
These two groups weren't greatly related to the soul. Mages had strong mental power, but that wasn't the sublimation of the soul's essence.
Strong soul and sublimation of the soul's essence were two different concepts.
If it were about a strong soul, Yusei possessed the Rinnegan, so his soul was also strong.
After finishing the basic program setup, Yusei headed to the Shinomiya Residence early the next day.
When Yusei arrived at the Shinomiya Residence, Koken was already there.
Koken was still wearing a wide kimono.
Yusei felt he wore this all year round.
'Does practicing swordsmanship also have the effect of resisting cold and heat? I should try it someday.' Yusei rubbed his nose, thinking it was better for him to keep wearing clothes.
"You brat, why are you so slow?" Koken glared, but he wasn't actually angry.
"It's fine, isn't it only 9 o'clock?" Yusei retorted.
"Rather than telling me this now, shouldn't we leave quickly?"
"You need to wake Kaguya up first. She's the main participant in today's match. What will we do if she doesn't go?"
"Kaguya hasn't gotten up yet?" Yusei looked towards Hayasaka.
Although somewhat awkward, Hayasaka still nodded, smiling apologetically.
"Ojou-sama said since you hadn't arrived, why should she get up early?"
"..."
Yusei suddenly felt like a nanny. But no matter what, she was his fiancée, so there was nothing wrong with him waking her up.
"Fine, I'll go wake her up. As long as we're not late, I'll follow your arrangements anyway." Yusei headed towards Kaguya's room on the second floor, with Hayasaka following quietly behind.
Koken instructed people to prepare the vehicles.
Not many families participated in this kind of martial arts competition, as it was mainly used to motivate the younger generation and help them understand each other's levels.
Time-wise, it was always after noon, so going earlier or later in the morning didn't matter.
Kaguya's Room.
Who knows what Kaguya did last night? When Yusei reached her bedside, she was still wrapped in her blanket, sleeping soundly.
"Kaguya?"
As if hearing someone call her, the drowsy Kaguya rubbed her eyes.
"Mmm... Yusei?"
"I never thought Kaguya would sleep in," Yusei laughed.
"Ojou-sama has many cute aspects," Hayasaka covered her mouth and giggled.
With no outsiders present, Kaguya wasn't embarrassed. Seeing it was Yusei, she even reached out her hands towards him coquettishly.
"I was waiting for you to come~ Kaguya needs Yusei's hugs and kisses to get up."
With a flushed face, Kaguya cutely stretched her hands towards Yusei. If it weren't so completely out of character for Kaguya, he might have really believed she could act so spoiled with him one day.
Yusei placed his hand on Kaguya's forehead, feeling intense heat. Clearly, Kaguya had a fever.
"When did Kaguya get sick?" Yusei looked at Hayasaka.
Hayasaka was also startled and hurried forward to check, realizing that Kaguya had somehow caught a cold and developed a fever.
"Strange, did Ojou-sama practice swords too late last night and catch a chill?" It was already the tail end of summer, and the cool night breeze could easily make one catch a cold.
However, it was relatively rare for martial artists to get sick.
Yusei's current left eye didn't have the ability to directly restore health.
The somewhat unwell Kaguya, feeling something was wrong, had already propped herself up, holding her forehead.
"Strange, why do I feel so dizzy?"
"You only noticed now? Lie down first. I'll go tell the old man. You shouldn't go this time," Yusei said, pressing Kaguya back down onto the bed.
Now Kaguya seemed a bit more normal, no longer 'talking nonsense'.
"How can that be? If I don't go, the Shinomiya Family will lack a participant from the same generation," Kaguya said anxiously.
That was true. The reason Kaguya held such a high status in the Shinomiya Family, besides her excellence, was because she was the only child.
"Don't worry. I am your fiancé, after all. Don't I count as the same generation?"