Hers snapped out of his shock and approached Asahi. The distinct clack of his boots halted the gods' surprise. Hers sat down before Asahi, an amused smile playing on his lips.
"Who are you?"
Only the great gods like Ouranos, Zeus, and Odin could conceal their 'divine' aura. None of the great gods looked anywhere close to Asahi.
"For starters, my na is Asahi Marikawa, and I'm from another world if that makes sense."
His answer easily raised the curiosity of the 'starving' deities. Even though they had fun and all in Orario, the re ntion of a different world filled their eyes with lust. Asfi, despite being a mortal, showed similar if not more curiosity. She had seen Asahi's capability firsthand and knew how deadly he could be.
'Can he see ?'
As though confirming her guess, Asahi looked in her direction and winked. "Hide and seek is fun."
Asfi grimaced. "Curses…"
"Another world?" Hers raised an eyebrow. "How can we believe you?"
Hers acted as the voice of most of the deities, saying words that they wanted to say.
"Astraea can vouch for that." Asahi shrugged. "It's up to you to believe . I don't really need to prove anything."
Asahi silently marked the gods who were planning to bother him and Astraea Familia. Hers might or might not be one of them. It was hard to get a read on the whimsical god.
"It's true." Astraea nodded. "I have been there."
Astraea's confirmation brought the matter to another level. As the Goddess of Justice, she had a solid reputation for presenting facts and truth.
"A new world?" muttered Deter. "Did Ouranos ever ntion it?"
Apollo shook his head. "This world is far from ours. In a different universe."
Natsumi had told him a few things about Earth. After all, both of them were Asahi's slaves.
Hers raised his hand to silence the crowd. "Apollo, my friend. Are you also allied with Asahi?"
"That is so," Apollo confird with a wry smile. It's not like he had a choice in the matter. His loyalty had to be unshaken, or the soul-shaking agony would consu him.
"He is a demigod," Loki answered with a solemn expression. Her serious face only lasted for a mont before she snickered. "I ain't lying here."
"I have confird that with my own eyes," Hephaestus added.
Hers didn't need Loki to tell him that. He was at a loss for words when the three goddesses showed relentless support for Asahi.
"This lad got heaven-defying luck," Hers muttered. "Back to our talk. Asahi, are your parents considered the deity of your world?"
Hephaestus and Loki beca silent, awaiting his answer.
Asahi shook his head. "I got my powers from my wife."
Klyscha had given him everything. Only Astraea was aware of that in this room.
Deter sat beside Hers and raised her hand. "If you don't mind satisfying our curiosity, can you tell more about your powers?"
She finally realized why Asahi had so much vitality, even more than the strongest gods in Heaven. That was considering the gods at their peak in Heaven. The goddess of fertility naturally gained an interest in the foreign lifeform.
Asahi looked at Deter. "Oh, it's you. Thanks for the curry that day."
He hadn't talked to her since the day he arrived at Orario.
Deter giggled, recalling their first eting. She had unconsciously blabbered sothing about Asahi being the most fertile man.
Just as Asahi was about to chat with the beautiful goddess, the familiar scent of another goddess drifted into the room.
Freya descended the stairs, seizing everyone's eyes with her refreshing look. Well, Asahi had seen it during the dinner, but that wasn't the case for the gods. They were smitten, gazing at Freya in a never-ending daze.
"Apologies for the delay." Freya diffused everyone's chard state with her voice. She arrived at the table and put her hands on Hers' shoulder. "Hers, can you please?"
Hers imdiately stepped aside. "No problem."
Offending a woman brought misfortune, but offending Freya brought calamity. He and his small Familia wanted no part of it.
"Thank you." Freya settled down on the seat, her eyes gazing at Asahi sitting across her. "Did you enjoy last night?"
Her cryptic words spread a wave of jealousy through the deities. So glared at Asahi, declaring war through their
Asahi grinned at Loki. "It was fun."
Loki coughed dryly. "Ya should focus on the War Ga."
With a smile, Freya leaned forward. "I'll keep the rules simple. You'll fight against my finest warriors in an arena. A one versus all battle. Do you agree?"
Hers and literally every deity had their mouths opened in shock. Hers cleared his throat. "Does your finest warriors include Ottar?"
"It was Ottar who requested a fight with Asahi. I cannot exclude him from his battle, can I?"
Hers felt like his world had been flipped around. Ottar, the current strongest, requested a fight with a level 2 adventurer? As cunning as Hers was, he never thought of the possibility of Asahi having any special ability outside of skills earned through Falna.
'Are they fighting for Freya's love?'
He couldn't help but shake his head. Asahi hadn't shown any signs of being chard by Freya.
"That's so unfair!" Deter protested. "Fighting Ottar and others is suicidal."
"I agree with Deter," said Miach with a smile. "Why don't we sit and talk about the conflict? Maybe we will find a solution."
He wasn't about to let Asahi leap into this fight. Naaza owed Asahi her life, and she wouldn't want Asahi to take this fight.
"Don't worry about ." Asahi smiled at the worried gods before reaching out to Freya. "Yup. I agree with the fight rules."
He had been fighting multiple opponents since day one of his journey. Only that his opponents grew in both strength and intelligence.
Freya grabbed his hand. "Lovely. As for the victory conditions, should my Familia erge victoriously, Asahi will leave Astraea and join . If he rises to the victory, I shall give up on my residence in Babel and follow him as his maid."
Suffice to say, Freya's conditions made the room lively.
Asahi frowned. "You changed it."
The original condition was for Asahi to bring Freya to his world.
Freya stuck out her tongue. "I thought about it. Since I'm putting my freedom on the line, it's only fair you do the sa."
Asahi swept his gaze across the room. The deities looked unconvinced of his strength, even Asfi stared at him as if he was a madman. Breaking their confidence in 'levels' was going to be fun.
"Alright. I accept your conditions."
Freya clapped her hands. "My fellow gods, do you approve of this War Ga?"
"I do!" Freya raised her hand. "I approve!"
The gods under Freya's charm voiced their agreent. The rest of the gods also agreed, fearing Freya's wrath.
Thus, a contract was ford with both Asahi and Freya's signatures.
Astraea couldn't hide her worries throughout, prompting Asahi to pat her head.
"You can't lose," Astraea whispered. Should he lose, he will beco Freya's slave in all but na.
Asahi didn't say anything and just kissed Astraea. The goddess of justice fell into a stupor, blushing furiously.
"Astraea, ya can't be this easy—" Loki's eyes widened as she saw Asahi's face closing in on her. She tried to move away, but an invisible force gripped her.
Loki could do nothing but stare as Asahi stole her lips under the eyes of every god.
Freya pushed back her chair and walked out of the room.. Her cold aura pushed back any pursuits from her admirers.
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