Chapter 399: Bro talk

I got home and sleep after I left Tartarus, I would then go to the forge accompanying Eliza while handing her all the fragments of Kronos.

"Why is Fotia in the forge?"

"She want to have a hobby, so lately she's been going everywhere and doing everything, from baking with Olivia, baby sitting Oliver and Emma, helping John out with healing people, doing some paperwork...many things." Eliza answered "How have you been?"

"Good, I guess. Well if you infuse all that together, I'll ask Adam to bring me to an alternate timeline. But for now, I need to focus on helping Cain and his parents. Fotia! Do you want to go to meet Aphrodite now?"

"No, not yet. I need to experience my freedom for a bit longer." she answered "By the way, the king of this kingdom seems young, he's not taken right?"

"I thought you swore an oath to be an eternal maiden."

"Not on Styx."

"Uh I remember Lia saying that he has someone. So good luck." I then turned back to Eliza "I need to do a lot of research on finding Eden if God refuse to cooperate with me."

"Ah your majesty." I heard a smith said faintly from a far, I turned to see Struan standing there beckoning me over.

"I need your help." he said as he lead me to a quiet spot in a nearby café.

"Who do you need assassinated?"

"What?! No!"

"Then what kind of help?"

"I need tips on how to propose to a woman."

"Ask your dad, I can't help with that. I'm 17."

"He's too old." he argued "He's like 300, she's like only 3 times older than my sister. I need advice from a younger person and their perspective on it."

<Only 3 times older he says...>

"Right, I forgot that the people who lives in this kingdom aren't really human. Can't you just ask your father to go meet her parents and arrange the engagement? At least I think that's how you nobles and royals do it."

"Yeah, old tradition, boring. Help me out."

"What about your sister? She can give you the perspective of a woman and how she would want it."

"If I tell her, she'll tease me in front of my lover hinting that I want to propose and I would never hear the end of it." he pointed out. "She would probably also ruin the surprise whether it's on purpose or by accident."

I mean...he's right. Lia is the type of person to do that.

"Ask Fotia, she's the goddess of-"

"I've seen her stares, dude. I know she likes me." Struan replied "Will you help me or not?"

"Smart guy, but you really going to ignore the fact that a goddess has a crush on you. You really trust me on my advice?"

"Well, you're going to be my brother in law soon, I know you won't mess with me too much...At least I think so."

A waiter than approached us and told us that Lia wants to join us, Struan looks a bit clueless on what to do, after a short moment, he knows that even if he denies her to come, she will find a way to join them, she has both power and authority, so he signaled them to let her come.

"I didn't think my brother would be interested in my boyfriend, this could make it awkward." Lia teased as she head over and sat on my lap instead of the chair arranged for her.

-You didn't even try to stop her.- Dabria commented

-That's because I can't.-

Struan then told him about his situation which unsurprisingly, she laughed uncontrollably as he looks incredibly embarrassed.

"How do you handle her?" he sighs

"I'm really used to it at this point. Back to your question, I have an idea. What if you suggest her to move into the royal castle with you, and you give her a wonderful tour, wonderful lunch and dinner, and then it'll be late. So you'll walk her to the 'guest' room-"

"I'm not like you 2." he interrupted "I save myself for marriage."

"Can't believe you managed to hold it in for more than a hundred years." Lia mumbled

"Instead of just her bedroom for the night, in there have banners saying 'Will you marry me?', decorations blah blah blah and then you kneel down and present the ring."

"That sounds nice but really boring." he responded

"It's good, but I think that it's kind of plain." Lia commented

"Would you rather I just ask you now as you sit on my lap?...Would you marry me?"

"Are you trying to mislead me again or is this for real?"

"Hey! This is about me here, you 2 love birds!" Struan cut in

"Yeah, we'll discuss this at home later. I can bring you to Aphrodite, a goddess of love, she would give you great advice, but she'll tempt you just by being in her presence."

"That does sound good, but how bad can the temptation be?"

"If I'm not there to stop you, you'll jump on her the first second you set your eyes on her, I think I got a picture of her."

I then took out a photo out of my spatial storage and hand it to him, his eye widen and his cheek flushed.

"Why would you keep her picture?" Lia asked "Don't worry, I'm just curious."

"To give it to desperate men."

"...Fair answer. My brother does fit that description right now."

We then have a long conversation working up Struan's courage for him to propose to his partner, I went to visit my parents who I still owe the free rein of my wings for them to play with.

-He'll meet you in 2 days.- Dabria informed -I briefed on what we need, he has an upfront message along the lines of that he needs us to do something before he allows the death of Cain.-

-Thank you.-

*****

I have a dream on the same day, but this isn't the usual guest, I am in this black void where I'm floating in the air and in front of me is this 1m fluctuating black and purple of super dense mana, but with my eyes, I can sense its life force. I then remembered this orb is.

"Chaos."

"Hello, child." Chaos greeted "Your body seems to be ready to serve as my vessel."

"Man, I had a pleasant day today and you had to ruin it."