Chapitre 317: Janus

"Boy, don't look at us like that. We know you have a lot of things on your plate right now, but we want you to take that role before they evacuate Alcea..."

"But Poseidon is in good shape and as far as I know he has no plans to retire..."

"That's true, but what will come next is war, and if it's true that the Orphalo has something to do with life, we have to take it to the new planet that we're going to inhabit. We have to keep it safe..."

Eneas was thinking. He really wouldn't travel with the expedition. It didn't make sense to accept when he could run the same risk as the rest of the admirals.

"I don't see how I can be of help. Why haven't you offered it to my godfather?"

"Well, Odysseus is intelligent, but he's too honest, too formal. He wouldn't be able to keep up a deception with the rest of the nations, especially a secret of this caliber. Besides, we believe that if anyone has a chance of surviving the battle, it's you..."