Magna Carta part 2

 

「Essence?」

「If I put it bluntly, Hermes—even as much of a trickster as he is—is still aligned with the establishment. In other words, what he is doing is political infighting within the hierarchy Zeus created, a struggle for influence within the system itself. Even now.」

Hades explained it in simple terms. ‘Aligned with the establishment’ sounded odd, but if one saw it as a power struggle within the political structure laid down by the Twelve Olympians, it made sense.

「Europa and Dionysos actually tried to break away, didn’t they? They tried to destroy the system itself, and they were punished for it. That’s the big difference. What they did could even be called a rebellion against the Nemesis System itself.」

「And Typhon, a weapon built to destroy super AIs, had to appear because of it. Against someone who remade himself into the very concept of Sabazios, there was no way I could interfere.」

Hestia