3 New world, here I come!
As the dawn of a brand new day came, two bodies can be seen snuggling up and enjoying each other's warm embrace, basking on the aftermath of their steamy and passionate love-making moment.
Gin is hugging Erethel who is currently closing her eyes and silently laying her head on his chest enjoying the sound of his beating heart which for her, seemed to be like a sound of a symphony.
Looking at their clothes messily scattered around the room and thought back to what happened, he couldn't help but look at her while cheekily grinning and said...
"Who would've thought that the strongest Goddess in the multiverse with peerless beauty would just jump on an ordinary mortal human like me..."
Hearing that, Erethel suddenly got out of his embrace, opened her eyes, and intently stared at him wearing a scary smile and asked "Ara~ what are you implying... hmmm?"
She suddenly balled her fists and playfully pounded his chest for a while. Seeing him who was still grinning, she held his shoulders and bit his neck.
"Ouch! ouch! ouch!... A-alright alright! I'm sorry...geez..." He groaned feeling slight pain and said acting hurt while staring at her pouting. She harrumphed, cross her arms on her well-endowed breast, and turned her head sideways.
"Mou~..." while still keeping her pouting expression.
Looking at the Goddess acting cutely, he couldn't help but hug her again and gently laid on his back while keeping her head attached to his chest. He gently caressed her cheek and got back to enjoying each other's warmth.
After a brief moment of silence, Erethel opened her mouth and told him the reason why she just jumped on him like that. Not that she didn't like him and was just caught up in the heat of the moment.
She began telling him her story of how long ago she once enjoyed traveling around the multiverse to mingle with the lower beings under a disguise and to see and experience whatever it could offer.
She told him about how she once met a lower God and fell in love with him, only to be taken advantage of and betrayed. How he almost killed her while her guard's down to absorb the countless divinities she possesses.
How he took advantage of her love due to his ambition to become the strongest and take her place as the ruler of the multiverse.
She also told him how she stripped him of his divine energy, turning him into a normal human being and destroyed his soul never to reincarnate and simply cease to exist.
From then on, she closed herself in her domain and preferred to live in solitude. And along with the passing of time, she unknowingly lost a certain emotion.
Remembering how she acted when she restored his memories of how he died, he said "So that explains why you almost lost your composure back then..."
He couldn't help but sigh and thought 'Even her who was standing at the peak of all existence wasn't spared to experience that kind of feeling huh...'
"But then everything changed the moment I met you... and when I heard those words you said to me yesterday... somehow... restored something within me that even I could not explain through simple words alone..."
"It felt like... like a volcano that was threatening to erupt at any moment and... I could not contain it. And at that moment, I knew... it was the emotion I've lost long ago... it was love."
'That's why she suddenly pounced on me because she didn't know what to do?... and didn't know how to express it in any other way.' he thought.
She suddenly got up and crawled on top of him and kissed him before saying "This is my way of saying thank you..."
But she wasn't done yet. She slowly reached her hands to his cheeks and gently caressed them while staring right through his eyes and gave him a deep and passionate kiss that contained every inch of care and love she has for him...
"Mhhnn~... And this is me saying... I love you..."
After that, they just both smiled at each other when Erethel got off of him, snapped her fingers, and magically refreshen herself and is now wearing her dress. She then looked at him again, smiled, and said
"Meet me at the throne hall and I'll tell you something..."
---
"So... you mean to tell me that you're not sending me to the netherworld anymore?... What changed?" he asked her in disbelief.
"What?... now that you've taken my V-card, you want to bail out on me?... you... sniff sniff... I feel betrayed... again." she said while feigning a pained expression.
He couldn't help but roll his eyes upon hearing that. "You know I didn't mean it like that..."
"Fufufu~ anyway... jokes aside, you're technically my husband now so you have to take responsibility and... as your wife, I can't let you out of my grasp now, can I?"
She said and slowly and elegantly approached him, and slid her arms across his waist. She buried her face comfortably on his wide chest.
He hugged her back, caressed her hair, and kissed her forehead before saying "I know, I know... I won't leave my wife here and reincarnate to who knows where."
"Hmmm..." she smiled when he called her 'wife' and felt happy.
A short while after their lovey-dovey moment, Erethel gently pushed him and told him that she'll be sending him to a world where he could enjoy and train to get stronger.
Upon hearing that, he was puzzled... and decided to tease her a bit about 'what happened to not letting me out of your grasp?'
but she just rolled her eyes and told him that he already knew that he couldn't stay there for too long due to his body and soul not being able to bear the primordial and divine energies from any of her personal domains. So she needed him to get stronger if he wishes to stay by her side whenever he wants.
Seeing his dejected expression, she sighed and decided to compromise. She told him that she will create a lower-level realm where he could meet and stay with her whenever they miss each other's company.
Still, he couldn't help but ask her "Do you really have to send me away?"
"Well... not really. I could easily make you become a God with just a snap of my fingers..." she looked at his expression changed to uncertainty and she smiled, seemingly guessing what he wanted just by simply looking at him.
"But then you wouldn't want that, would you dear?... I know your character very well. You'd rather choose to achieve something with your own hands than depending on someone to easily reach or grasp whatever it is that you wanted."
"... Yeah, you do. And of course I wouldn't want that... otherwise, I wouldn't be worthy of being your husband."
He just shook his head and conceded when she said she knows him really well but his eyes showed a glint of burning determination to become a worthy husband of the strongest Goddess.
"Perfect!"
She clapped her hands before asking him "So... which world you like for me to send you to?..."
She paused for a moment and seemed to think of something that she almost forgot. She proceeded to tell him that she could send him to those fictional worlds in the anime and novels he used to watch and read.
He was shocked and couldn't help but exclaim "Say what!?... you mean to tell me that those fictional worlds aren't just fiction at all!?"
"Yes dear, they are real... and they truly do exist. If you didn't introduce me to those anime series and novels, I wouldn't even know they exist and won't even bother to recognize them... anyway, I'm too lazy to explain how they became real so..."
Hearing Erethel's confirmation, he couldn't help but feel excited. Although he wasn't really a hard-core fan of those anime and novels and just found them interesting and was using it to pass the time,
he still feels ecstatic thinking that he would get to experience what it was like in those worlds. Not to mention, cool superpowers.
"Which is it?..."
"Uhmm... which world do you think would be the best for me to go to?"
Crossing her arms on her chest while thinking of which world she should send him to, she suddenly thought of that world where insects... no... she meant, Gods and Goddesses who descended to the lower world to look for entertainment.
To a world where magic, different races, monsters, dungeons, dragons, adventurers, and Heroes exist.
A world, which she called the 'Insects' Chess Board' since she saw how some Gods/Goddesses that should supposedly watch over the lower world,
and its inhabitants and guide them, scheming against each other to the point that they no longer care no matter how many innocent lives will be lost.
"Ah, I got it!... I will send you to DanMachi..."
"Eh!?... why there?... and isn't that where Gods/Goddesses walk among the creatures of the lower world?..."
'I barely even finished episode one of that anime so I don't know how will it go...' he thought.
"Well... for starters, they have a pretty good power structure or a system in that world that can easily help you to build your foundation and get stronger."
"Also, it's a good place to start and train since there's an abundant amount of magical energy, monsters, and such. And for you, it's not that dangerous... probably."
She explained to him while thinking 'Fufufu~ And besides, that world has plenty of women that you're gonna like. And the moment I decided to send you to those worlds to enjoy yourself and get stronger, I already accepted the fact that you'll be surrounded by many women soon. Not that I wanted to monopolize you...'
She knew that him, having flocked with women was bound to happen soon enough since it is inevitable the moment she decided to send him to those worlds to tamper himself. With his appearance, of course, thanks to her... and temperament, it's just a matter of time.
Seeing her lost in her own thought and was grinning, he suddenly had a bad feeling about it "Why do I feel like you have a different reason for sending me there?..."
Acting like she was not up to something, she just playfully asked him "Ara~ and what do you mean by that?... Fufufu~"
Although he wasn't satisfied with her answer, he knew that she would never harm him anyway so he just shook the thought out of his mind.
He just smiled at her and said, "Well... I'll just listen to you then."
"Splendid!... now before I send you there, I will give you something in order to 'slightly'... help you on your adventure."
She casually waved her hand and a white orb suddenly appeared and floated in front of him.
"Uhm... dear?... what's this?"
She just charmingly smiled at him but didn't answer. "Hmmm... you'll find out soon when you arrive in that world."
She then told him to touch it so that it would recognize him to which he did. As soon as he did that, he was suddenly enveloped in white brilliant light and began to glow but only for a short while.
Erethel also told him that it was now bounded to his soul and will also grow along with him. Although he still didn't know what it was, he just shrugged it off since he'll find out about it soon anyway.
"Right... one last thing. I will be giving you my blessing by giving you a new name."
Finishing her words, her expression turned solemn. She, once more, slowly approached him and cupped his cheeks before saying...
"... From this day forth... you shall be known as... Aranhellë Ruinënárë Alfheim..." She then pulled him gently to her and kissed his forehead.
Almost instantly, he could feel that he was being washed off of any impurities from inside and out. He just closed his eyes and enjoyed the comfortable and warm feeling it brought him.
He then opened his eyes and saw Erethel's beautiful face smiling at him. He gave her a peck on the lips and hugged her body for a while. He then thought of the name she had given him and asked what it means.
"It means, Lord of the Blazing White Flames..." she said.
He thought that it was too long but didn't complain about it since it was given by her, and he kinda liked its meaning. Erethel also told him to come up with a nickname since it was too inconvenient and too... 'awkward' for others to call him even a single word on his name.
Moments later, after spending the time talking while enjoying the romantic moment, Erethel told him that it's time to go. Although reluctant, he knew that they'll meet soon when she's done creating the place where they can spend time with each other again.
She kisses him once more and said Goodbye for now and waved her hand slightly. He then began to glow and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.
Erethel just stood at her place for a while and smiled before saying "Bring me lots of sisters soon~..."
After that, she turned around and slowly walked towards her throne, and sat at it. She snapped her fingers and a glass of wine appeared in her hand and a white screen in front of her. There, she saw him in a forest laying on a large expanse of grassland... naked.
