Sup.

Hephaestus was just about to fall asleep after a long day of work. Unfortunately Keres came and ruined it completely. Now he shall face her wrath.

"Just one measly spell is all you have to show me? It doesn't even destroy the dummy completely!"

Keres stood there still with a confident smile on his face. Waiting for Hephaestus scolding to end. This of course only served to piss of the goddess even more. She went out of the room and came back with pile of blue prints.

Hephaestus stuffed the blueprints into the arms of Keres.

"Wipe that smile off your face. You are not allowed to leave my compound until these are done! Hmph!"

Although she felt a little disappointed when she saw the spell. She was a little glad that she can use Keres to finish some work. To her dismay however Keres did not wipe the smile off his face. And what she heard made her shiver.

"Don't you want to know how I got the spell Hephaestus-sama?" Keres said with a little sing song tone. Meanwhile the goddess wracked her brain for any possible answer other than the most obvious one. The obvious one being that Keres simply awakened it. Though she couldn't come up with any other answer.

(When I asked Keres about his magical abilities he said he was born with them. So he shouldn't know how to develop or create magic by himself. So he probably thinks gaining a new spell is a remarkable feat. While he's not wrong it's quite ordinary for strong adventurers to get one. But the way he asked on how he got it denotes something extraordinary. What can it be!?!?)

Hephaestus had her eyes shut while holding her chin in ponderment. Her brows were furrowed in concentration. With an occasional twitch of her left eyebrow. Keres during this time was just picking his nose with his pinky. Waiting for his teacher to reach her wits end. It did not take long as he heard a sigh.

"Alright how did you get it Keres?"

Keres put down the pile of blue prints carefully and gave a smug smile to his teacher.

"Hehehe. I came across three other adventurers one of which can cast the spell I just showed you."

Hearing this Hephaestus immediately began to get excited though she let Keres finish.

"After I saw June cast the spell at some armadillos I immediately had the feeling I could cast it. So after taking care of those animals I said my goodbyes and came here. That was my first time casting the spell after seeing her cast it. Pretty cool right?"

Hearing this poor Hephaestus mind went blank. She simply never heard nor imagined such a thing was possible for mortals. Or even for the children of gods. This ability is godlike in and of itself.

He has to be half god at the least but which god is it? Furthermore which god would go so far using a soul that had its memories intact of its previous life? Who could ha-.

Her train of thoughts stopped immediately as she looked upon Keres.

"Keres what did you do in your previous life?"

"I did what most men do with their life. Work, found a woman to love, raise a kid, grow old and die."

Hephaestus frowned clearly displeased with his answer.

"Okay but were you a magic user in your previous life as well?"

Keres was surprised to hear this question and his face showed it. Though he replied quickly at the same time he processed the following.

Hephaestus must be trying to justify my op reincarnator abilities hehehe. I wonder what other reasons she came up with. Will it be troublesome if I come off as too powerful with no reason? Welp time to find out.

"Ah no. There was no real magic in my previous life. Only very skillfull and elaborate tricks."

Hephaestus was again dumb founded. If there was no real magic in the previous world. Then that only leaves a god personally picking his old man soul to be brought here. But why hasn't that god come and claim his old ass son? Why would a god pick such a soul? This doesn't make sense! Hephaestus screamed inside. Unless the Fates themselves acted but they never act! Hephaestus grabbed her head in frustration at the enigma that is Keres. While the enigma itself just watched in amusement. He thought it was funny that a goddess could get so frustrated. It made her more human than god if anything.

While he was musing on those thoughts. The goddess head that was downcast. Suddenly snapped up her eyes gleaming. Keres just smiled in response waiting to hear what she thought of.

"Did you speak to anyone or anything before you awoke in your new body?"

Keres was about to open his mouth to speak the truth and nothing but the truth so help him goddess. When two options appeard before him.

Option 1: Lie and say no.

Rewards:

- x1 random skill book with at least grade C.

- x1 random magic book with at least grade C.

Outcome: Relative peace.

Option 2: Tell the truth

Rewards:

- x3 random skill book with grades at least C.

- x3 random magic book with grades at least C .

Outcome: Chance of most of this world, if not all, becoming completely hostile to you.

The timer was there again for Keres. He is given once again eight seconds to choose. Though eight seconds is a long time for Keres. He immediately began to think. Fuck you! You dam cursed god. Who in the hell must you be? That if I tell this goddess the truth theres a chance this whole world may come after my ass! Your reincarnators going to do great things is some major bullshit! They all most likely died in some ditch in every world you sent them. After those worlds found out they were connected to you. After his internal screaming Keres noticed he only has two seconds left to choose.

Fuck you I'm not going to choose! Dammit but I can't stay silent either. And the rewards are guranteed to not make any of my abilities and skills worse. And I am not one to lie. Fuck it were doing it live!

"I did speak with someone before I awoke in this world Hephaestus-sama. In all honesty I did not know who it was. All I saw were two doors. . ."