Chapter 271: Anniversary
3rd person view
"Yes, a goddess came to my home and said that it will take a few days" Marella told the Silvers and Luke.
Hecate has warned her that the gods would train them and take a few days time before they can wake up. So she came to Neelofar and informed everyone.
"Well after finding out that there's a goddess living inside his head, this really isn't that surprising" Olivia sighs "When I joke around about him being all powerful, I didn't mean his future children of 4 different women coming to have a random visit"
"They called me uncle" Oliver said proudly "I'm really amazing"
"No, I'm more amazing, I'm the best" Emily declared
"Crap, the narcissistic genes of Perseus have finally rubbed off on them" John cursed "What should we do?"
"Don't look at me, you're the healer here" Olivia responded "Heal them"
"If I can heal attitude, I would healed you a long time ago" he grumbled quietly
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1st person view
I woke up and realized that several days have passed by.
-Oh you aren't naked, good- Dabria groaned -Usually I would have to stay away if you and your girlfriend go sleep in the same room, man your uncle is harsh-
-I have some self control, you know-
-What's the paper about? I can sense a presence of a god from it-
-What paper?-
I then see a small slip of hard pink paper on my pillow. On it are very small letters, but I can see it with my eyes.
'Inject mana into this whenever you need me for anything, I mean ANYTHING. ;). I'll be sure to drop by -Aphrodite'
-Wow, I was working my ass off while you were fooling around with a woman- Dabria exclaimed
-Wow, it's rare that you use those vocabularies but just for the record, even with her beautiful looks and very harmonic voice, she even used 'charm', I resisted. Ask Lia, she can vouch for me-
-Oh you're not lying...I'm sorry- Dabria apologized
-Can you repeat that again? The last 2 words specifically-
-Don't push it- she warned
"Crap" Lia cursed as she woke up "We only have barely more than 2 days left"
"Well don't worry my lovely princess, I'll go meet everyone for a bit and then we'll spend the rest of our day and maybe a bit of tomorrow for our anniversary"
"Can you even arrange one so quick?"
"Nothing's impossible if it's a fictional novel"
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"Sure I don't mind, you having an early anniversary" Eliza responded as I told her my plans, she then sat up on her bed "You can just do it over a call you know"
"Now that I think about it, I never really been into your room a lot now, have I? You are the one usually coming to our house instead, a lot less messier than I thought"
'What's that supposed to mean?" she asked
"You're a smith, I thought at least half your room would be filled with machinery for tinkering with and stuff, or maybe you have a gap moe where your room is actually incredibly girly" I chuckled as I sat on her bed beside her
"Who did you train with?" she asked
"A god of war and sky"
"That should be easy since you already train yourself as a warrior from a young age, I had to learn smithing skills while being surrounded by lava in a super hot environment" she sighs "He then tested me about a lot of things, super useful but very torturous"
"...Have you ever imagine what if feels like to fight on the surface of the sun?"
"Never, but it sure sounds a lot worse than mine...Shit, that was your training?!" she exclaimed
"Yep, fighting a god while I was at it, my regeneration could barely keep up and I barely kept my focus. And that was just one training, apparently to train my mind against pain"
"That's horrible, are you okay?" She asked
"Well I'm always okay"
"Well then, so you're sure that you and the love goddess did nothing?" she asked with a twinge of jealousy but put her head on my shoulder nonetheless
"I told you she's just another ordinary lady"
"Lia called me a few moment after I woke up, she said you were tempted" Eliza grumbled
"I apologize, but come on, she's a literal beauty goddess who was using 'charm', I resisted well" I tried to defend myself from the cliché jealous girlfriend
"To think that we would meet through our parents" she sighs "I never thought that it was through my father's connection is how I meet a person I like. I'm really glad I met you, though you caused me so much."
"So you sure you don't like me just because I provide you dragon scales and phoenix feathers? I know that they sell for a lot"
"Perseus, I know that this might be insensitive, but...do you love me? Not like, but love, like you do with Cordelia?" Eliza asked "You've given up on me once, remember?"
"Of course I do, but please forgive me for giving up on you, you thought of me only like a little brother. I swore to only go after you after 5 years, which should have passed by now"
"That's unusually sweet of you, hopefully one day, we'll all get to live with each other in peace...no gods, no monsters, just us and annoying children running around" she giggled "Would you...mind taking off your jacket? It's plotinum, I can't take it off"
"Seriously? On mine and Lia's anniversary?"
"Well we're sharing you, we do as we please" she replied "You're ours, please remember that"
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"Ah the restaurant that we went for our first date as a couple, good choice" Lia commented as we are led to a private room for dinner. I had the room enchanted and inscribe some runes so that gods won't be able to spectate or eaves drop on our conversation.
"Well the first time we met was in the throne room, I can't reserve that just for us now, can't we? And this is the only place where I can make such a quick reservation"
"Nice to meet you again, your highness" Jolyn the same server we had last time greeted "What would you 2 like for your drinks?"
"Water is fine for me"
"Yeah, water will do" Lia nodded
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After a while we then placed our order. We then had a few discussion about our recent meeting with the gods and everything else that's going on in our lives when we're not with each other.
"Your brother really are impatient to arrange an engagement, isn't he?"
"Of course, us royals don't 'date', we meet, get interested and get engaged, the process sometimes take 2 years max." she replied "Our world is much different than yours, besides a royal definitely won't sleep with anyone before marriage"
"I keep forgetting how unprincess-like you are sometimes"
"Regretting dating me yet?" she teased
"He should focus on finding someone instead of rushing us" I sigh "The guy is already over a 100 years old and is about to get crowned as king, with his strength, intelligence ad status, it should be easier for him to find someone than me"
"Oh he has an interest in someone alright" Lia giggled "Don't worry, I contacted her and it won't be long till they will both get to meet each other for dinner"
"How do you know if she's not just any other gold digger?"
"A woman's intuition"
"Such a cliché answer, even after receiving Dabria's memories, it's still hard to understand a woman, then again, she's a bit more egotistical since she's a goddess"