Minerva watched the staredown between Chang-Sun and Mars from the second floor of a nearby building. With a slight frown, she turned her head back and asked, “What is that idiot doing here?”

Mercury, a slender man with a small snake around his right arm, stood behind her. Stroking the snake’s chin with his left index finger, he looked at Minerva and shrugged. “What am I supposed to say to someone who insists on coming along?”

Thanks to his unique divine rank, Mercury, the ‘Sky and Earth’s Connecting Wing,’ was the only Celestial among the Twelve Great <Olympus> Celestials that wasn’t affected much by the law of causality and traveled freely in the universe. Since he was Minerva’s closest sibling, she had asked him to get her a ticket to <Star Auction>, and he had readily agreed and had even delivered the ticket to her directly.

Minerva would have been very grateful if Mercury had come alone, but he came with an uninvited guest instead. Unlike Mercury, Mars and Minerva weren’t a good match in many ways.

Jupiter was currently living in seclusion, so on his behalf, Numen[1], his children, ruled over <Olympus>. Minerva, his eldest daughter, was meticulous, charismatic, and in charge of strong divine ranks like war and civilizations. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she was the new Ruling Celestial of <Olympus >.

However, Mars hated Minerva’s ways. As the legitimate son of Jupiter and Juno, Mars thought that Minerva was just a bastard who didn’t even know who her mother was. Due to his belligerent nature,...