105 The Chaotic Greek Pantheon
Athena drowsily opened her eyes from her deep sleep.
She found herself lying on a soft and warm bed, still being held by someone. The firm chest she was hugged to instinctively made her body tensed, but as the familiar scent entered her nose, Athena's stiff body relaxed again.
"Take it as a blessing given to the victor by the defeated."
Acquiescing in like this, she leaned back in Roy's arms and looked at the ceiling with her eyes wide open.
Sleeping for two days straight enabled her to recover major part of her divine power, but the feeling of weakness caused by the weakening of that light still lingered on her body and soul.
Though she was in sleep, her wisdom had already subconsciously analysed a detailed report on the "light" based on her experiences, understanding and knowledge.
The "light" that marked her defeat, was to eliminate all the factors related to the target's chances of victory, leaving only the ultimate possible road of defeat.
If your mana increase your chances of victory, then it will reduce your mana pool to zero.
If your physical strength increases your chances of victory, then it will totally exhaust the stamina to even move your body.
If your Authorities can bring you victory, then it will seal all your Authorities.
Even if rescue or support from outside forces is the condition of your victory, the 'light' will even distort fate and destiny, reversing the cause and effect, so that anyone or anything that may come to rescue you or support you will be faltered by the certain happenings as if the world was restraining their actions.
In short, when all the external and internal factors that can even cause a slightest tilt in zone of victory is nullified, then the probability of victory is zero, which leaves only one way to it's target—absolute defeat.
This was reason she said that his power was unreasonable, and she would not agree with this ending, because Roy's right hand is completely outrageous, it's like cheating through the unchangeable fixed laws on which the world revolves around.
"You are awake, Athena. How was your rest?"
When Athena's figure nudged in his arms, he was already awakened.
"Fortunately, this goddess has recovered somewhat. Based on the current recovery, it will take about two or so days for us to fully recover."
She was not injured rather, she was defeated. The current recovery is not so much about healing the injury, as it is about the dissipation of the influence of the 'light', and to recover the things she has lost.
The elements of victory were returning to her, bit by bit as the effect of 'light' lessened.
The concepts of physical strength, mana, divine concept, her authorities, and even the cause and effects of her identity were gradually recovering at a slow but steady place.
"That's good. Anyways, get up, we will be going to your city Athens today after we finish our breakfast."
"This goddess is a wandering Heretic God, it doesn't matter where we go, it's all the same for us."
There was no change in Athena's immature and elegant voice, just stating a monotonous fact.
Although she is the most famous goddess in Greece and the patron goddess of the city of Athens, she actually doesn't have any special belonging or touch for Athens, because after all, her identity as it's patron goddess is just a myth woven by mankind, and she forced to receive it's godhood.
Of course, because she is the patron goddess of Athens, if she fights in Athens, she will get a regional bonus, making her stronger.
As long as their myths and legends exist, so too will the Heretic God in some fashion, as the myths are part of the Heretic God themselves, and the Heretic God is just the manifestation or extension of these myths.
To Athena who was demoted from the queen of the large african continent to become the patron goddess of a mere city, the forms and nature of the myths became her burden, that's the prime reason she rebelled against them, manifesting in the material world as a Heretic Goddess.
Roy shrugged. As per the legends, Athena became the patron goddess of the city of Athens after winning a contest with Poseidon. So he half-expected the goddess to be prideful of it.
But taking it from another angle, Athens can also be taken as a mark of her disgrace to fall from her queenly position.
He continued: "I haven't been to Athens anyways, so there's no harm to just go there and take a look."
He is one of those guys who loves to travel the world, but because of the constraints of time and money in his homeworld he was not able to travel to many places, at most around the country.
In the Toaru world, it was the post world war period, and life was already barely going by. To earn a living, he helped peoples by write letters and sometimes had to work as a labourer in the port, his life went by from hand to mouth.
Except for the nearby streets where he lived and the local Puritan church, he was not even familiar with the city of London where he lived.
Now, he has all, power, money and strength. Although he usually holes himself to do occult experiments or spends his time reading books in the Vatican library, but since, now that he has some free time, he doesn't mind going around to take a look at the outside world, sometimes taking a break is good for relaxing the mind.
"Well, although this goddess is not like those knight girls who listen to you, but this goddess will treat you like the main god king of a pantheon as much as possible."
Athena jumped off the bed, as goddess her body doesn't need to be cleaned, she was just about to leave the bedroom.
"Wait a minute, Athena."
Roy stopped her.
"Hmm, is there anything else?"
Athena tilted her head, a few strands of her hair came hanging down, her luminous eyes looked at Roy suspiciously, looking like an exquisite doll.
"Change your clothes, your clothes are too old-fashioned and unfitting for your age, I mean, body."
Roy looked at the Loli-shaped Athena in her bizzare dress combination with a stifling smile. Fortunately, she is a goddess with elegant temperament and her own unique alluring demeanour. Otherwise, with such bizzare dress she would have looked like a snotty little brat from the countryside.
"Your new clothes have already arrived. I asked someone from Switzerland mage association to bring them here yesterday."
Roy pointed at the sofa, and Athena saw a white princess style dress with laces and ruffles embellished on it.
"But this one looks good though, hmu?"
Athena lowered her head and pulled the ends of her baggy woolen sweater, and asked hesitantly.
This is the dress she chose by herself. Wasn't pointing it as weird, he was telling her dressing sense was very bad and ugly?
"It can't be said to be ugly but umm, how to put it, this body is a bit too mature for your current attire. Since you have become a child, how can you not be more cute, cough, more beautiful in accordance with your identity? In your mature form, your toga robe looks truly ravishing on you but here in these baggy sailor suit, no."
Roy put on a windbreaker coat and said with a smile.
Athena was going to reject his proposal. She was a wayward goddess, she would not change herself because of others' opinions, but after hesitating for a while, she still opened her mouth and said: "Then, you go out."
"What?"
"This goddess is going to change clothes! Do you want to stand here watch us change clothes in front of you, human Roy?!"
Athena glared at Roy.
Roy opened his mouth, he almost spilled 'I see no problem in that', but after seeing an imperceptible amount of redness on Athena's small face, he swallowed his worlds and just walked on to the door with a small smile.
Now that the relationship hasn't reached that level, he shouldn't press the buttons of this agitated goddess. Everything takes time, just like how good food is prepared slowly with time to increase it's taste.
"This goddess is not that vixen Aphrodite, how can she show off herself naked to men."
When passing by Athena, Roy heard her murmur.
"Aphrodite, the goddess of love? That should be Venus. Listening to your tone, you seem to dislike her very much?"
Roy asked curiously.
"That kind of indulgent unchaste woman is the most annoying type to this goddess. How is that vixen a goddess! Who can only rely on other male gods to solve her problems by betraying her own body! Don't mention her! And y, you go out quickly!"
Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty, passion and love does not have a very good reputation in mythology.
In myths, she usually acts based on her natural instinct, choosing to pursue love and pleasure rather than following morality or other interests.
She chose to accept Ares's sexual advances despite being legally married with Hephæstus, a proper cuckhold on the poor ugly Greek god of fire.
Whereas, Athena's impression is that of a goddess who is a prim and proper lady, decisive, and relies on her own strength and wisdom to solve everything.
It can be said that these two goddesses are two distinct extreme representatives of women.
Most of the gods in Greek mythology can be said to be cruel and too bare emotioned, playing with humans, having sex with anyone and anywhere, brother's wife or daughters can become the bed partner in next second, this is almost the common daily life of the Gods of Olympus.
And how can it not be the case when Zeus, the King of Olympus Gods, is not only their king, but also a sex fiend.
He cheated on his wife, Hera, by sleeping with pretty much anything and everything that took his fancy.
One affair with Mnemosyne, whom he forcefully laid with for nine days, produced nine children.
He fathered many iconic heroes in Greek Myths, like Hercules and Perseus, disguising himself in order to impose himself upon their mothers.
Even the genre of bestiality was not left behind, that comes into play with the Spartan queen Leda, with Zeus turning himself into a swan. He even raped Europa while disguised as a monstrous bull.
He raped his sister Demeter. He disguised himself as Artemis in order to lure one of her virgin followers, Callisto, into the woods so he could rape her.
Even his brother's one and only wife and his daughter Persephone was not spared, poor Hades was cockholded hard, even his childrens were fathered by Zeus, who was up to his old tricks again.
As if that was not enough, he even started to roll in with males.
'Haa, seriously, whoever wrote the Greek mythos was surely writing his own 'sweet' fantasy.'
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