Crete mountain range.
The reins tightened, and the two long-horned deer galloping beneath came to a halt.
Feathers drifted down as a group of owls transformed into human form.
"Speak——"
"——how shall we compete?"
Each Goddess holding a weapon, one a spear and the other a bow, they gazed at each other from a distance, taking turns to ask with a smile. Their eyes, almost striking lightning and sparks in the air, focused toward the center.
And at this moment, the newly appointed judge caught between them couldn't help but sweat profusely, feeling like a small boat swaying left and right between two giant waves.
Seeing how they were experienced in this routine, he now understood that these two seemingly amiable maiden Goddesses probably accepted no superiority from the other, and had engaged in many a visible and invisible contest before.
As the tension between the two Goddesses grew thicker, steadily approaching him.