3 Mother

Mc's POV:

The howling of winds in the Himalayas woke me up. Waking up early in the Himalayas is not a good idea. Wearing my training attire which consists of a pauldron on my shoulders, vambraces for my forearms, and training dhoti with a guard for my private parts, I head out from the cave that is my living quarters. The attire leaves me bare to the frigid weather. Then again my body adapted to this climate. I have been training here for the last two years after all. I wave to my grandmother Ganga who is swimming in the lake on my way. How she can swim in those cold waters before daybreak is baffling. But still, she is one of the most favorite members of my family. She even gave me her blessing, drastically increasing my water affinity and the cool thing is the water is holy water by default.

It has been 16 years since I arrived in this world. A lot of things happened in the meantime. I met up with my father's side of my family and they welcomed me warmly. I learned why my dad had to leave me with humans even though I am a god. I was pretty excited at first when meeting them since I was used to people worshiping them in my past life. It was awkward at first but I got used to them.

My first obstacle is the mountain. I need to reach the mountain top for my regular meeting /training with my father. Lately, I have been getting better at using the sword. Honestly, I prefer hunting knives they are easy-to-deliver combos and do not restrict my agility. But father says a warrior must be adept with every weapon. I quickly scaled the mountain, steering clear of occasional falling rocks and ice. I still remember the first time when a falling rock almost hit me on my head. I reached the top where father is waiting with his spear, Vel. It is said that the spear is made from the maternal grandmother's essence of primordial energy.

" You look excited for some reason, Do you think you can beat me today?" My father asked me in a greeting and challenge.

[A/N: Karthikeya image here ]

"Well if you can limit yourself to 30% of power then I may have a chance," I replied knowing how my father holds himself every time we spar. whenever I was about to deliver a decisive blow, he somehow manages to counter it. His spear moves like a snake.

"Well, you did exceed my expectations. You have reached your limit in training. You need to experience an actual battle to improve."

" Does that mean.." I began excitedly. But

" No you will not battle asuras there may be some weaker than you but you don't know what boons or artifacts they may possess. Remember never to seek an unknown enemy. No, it's high time you met your mother."

That blew my mind. Father always avoided the mother topic seemingly out of guilt. I always thought she was dead. Every time she was mentioned, the stepmother, Devayani, was always silent and looked sad and somewhat angry. And I find my father with a distant look whenever I practice my knife play before him. I am still in a daze not noticing my father's sigh.

" How much do you know about your stepmother Valli?"

" Huh? Well, nothing much except that she was a tribal warrior and huntress. You met her when you ran away from home and lived in the southern mountains. She was a mortal woman so she died of old age. Wait. Is she..?"

" No, I met your mother after that. She is a Greek goddess. I fell in love with her as she reminded me too much of your stepmother. Alas, I realized too late that they both are not the same. You already know about your birth and how we had to leave you. Your mother was against it. We broke up shortly after that due to this and several other reasons."

" Why didn't she ever come to visit me?" I am still angry about that. My stepmother treats me nicely almost like her own child but I just wanted to know why she left me.

" Politics. Inter-pantheon pairings are not looked upon favorably. And doubly so for your mother. Anyways that's her story to tell. Just don't judge her too harshly okay? She had her reasons."

" So where is she? When will I meet her?" Honestly, I am just thinking of my mother in my past life. Though I couldn't remember her due to the primordial goddess condition, I still remember the warm and secure feeling whenever I was with her.

" Olympus, probably. She said she was trying to take care of the repercussions of your reveal last time I checked. She might have finished by now. Don't worry they wouldn't dare go too far, But if they did remember that you got me and grandpa to watch your back. There are not many who would go against us." He smiled reassuringly.

True, Some Greek gods are arrogant and view demigods as below them. Though I am not a demigod, Zeus is always paranoid. He may just decide to blast me for existing. Now that I think about it grandpa Shiva is one of the most powerful gods out there so I don't think I need to act too carefully around those arrogant Greek gods. If they piss me I would just punch them.

" Sure. I think I can handle a few Greek gods after my fiasco with Sakra. " I started laughing remembering my time in the court. My father joined in.

" Okay, then I'll teleport you somewhere close to Camp Half-blood. You can find the way on your own. Consider this as a training trip. Greek monsters are mostly weak and they do not have hidden boons. Get everything ready. I will meet you after discussing this with dad." He said after laughing

Dad had teleported me to my cabin before he left out for Mt. Kailash. I quickly grabbed my pre-prepared travel bag. Dad always told me to be prepared to move out in case of emergencies. I became lost in thoughts as I made my way to meet him. My main domain is space. I am the God of Space after all but I think I need the domain of time to stabilize it. If I can get my hands on Kronos's divinity, I may get closer to achieving my godhood. It is still frustrating to know that I have unimaginable power but couldn't access it. I am becoming anxious especially after I learned that I am in the world of DXD. After all, if I need to protect this planet from its destruction, I need to become the strongest being. Right now, I can handle a few minor gods but they are just beings at High-class levels. I may face beings in the Super Devil or Apocalypse class like Trihexa in the future so I need to stabilize my divinity and become a conceptual god-like grandpa to at least have a chance.