アイギスか？

ああ、俺は生前からアイギスを所有していたとも。
女神アテナからの寵愛深く、それが故に、神鋼の鎧は常に俺の冒険と共にあった。こいつのお陰で幾度命を拾ったのか、最早数えきれん。

トロイアとの戦いの頃にも身に着けていたぞ。
顔色のまるで分からぬ鋼の仮面、敵兵からはさぞ恐ろしい司令官に見えていただろうよ。今だから言えるが、多少ソレを狙ったところもある。はは。

かの『イリアス』には―――
そう、アイギスについて書かれてはいない。『オデュッセイア』にも載っていないんじゃないか？
然もありなん。
女神アテナはあれで相当の照れ屋だからな。
神器アイギスを賜わすまでに自分が一人間の男に肩入れしたなどと、後世に残したくなかったんだろう。
……。
……。
ところで、女神アテナはカルデアには……
現界していない、よな。

ともかく、俺は常にアイギスと共にあった。
ただし―――
それはあくまで波瀾万丈の日々に於いてのみ、だ。
冒険なき平穏の暮らしの中で、我が相棒たるアイギス一式は丁寧に磨かれ、絨毯の上に飾ってあったとさ。
誰が磨いたか？
それはまあ、俺だったり、
愛しのペーネロペーだったりさ！

The Aegis?
Yeah, I had it while I was alive.
Thanks to Athena's benevolence, that armor made of divine steel was always with me in my adventures. I can't count how many times it saved my ass.

I had it on during the battle inside Troy too. I bet the enemy soldiers were terrified to see a commander wearing an iron helmet that barely showed his face. To tell you the truth, I was hoping that would be the effect. Haha.

Though I don't think the Aegis was ever mentioned in the "Iliad," nor even in "The Odyssey."
That's not surprising.
You may not believe this, but Athena's actually shy. She probably didn't want future generations to know that she gave a divine treasure to a human because she felt such affection for him.
...
...
So...has Athena manifested in Chaldea...?
No, didn't think so.

Anyway, I just want to say that the Aegis was always with me now.
But it was only with me during the most tempestuous and dramatic period of my life.
When I wasn't out on my adventures, but rather living peacefully, my prized Aegis was properly polished and displayed.
Who polished it, you ask?
That would have to be me or my dear Penelope!