A Difficult Conversation

I wonder if this is what those humans call reaching nirvana.

Taking a bath with the most beautiful woman after a very intense rounds of 'night exercises', and still feeling the softness of the said woman against your body.

I wonder if this is just the so-called post nut clarity talking, but I definitely feel enlightened about certain truths of the world.

Of course I wouldn't bore you with those truths, they might be too profound for you mortals to grasp.

Anyway I am currently taking a bath with Freya after more than 40 hours of 'exercises'. It wasn't really necessary for us to take a bath since we can just clean ourselves with our powers but it's more of a leisure thing.

I suggested doing it since we haven't really done anything like this before. This whole bathing thing is a concept made by mortals, and back then this wasn't a thing.

Freya accepted it quite easily because she was interested in things like this a lot as well.

So here we are, taking a bath together naked while hugging and kissing each other every now and then.

Atmosphere is all lovey-dovey what with all sweet whispers and what-not so of course I have an urge to ruin it.

I mean no better timing than now to discuss some "difficult" topics since she is in a good mood and satisfied right now. If I breach this topic at some other time, who knows what will happen. She might be an M but I can't just keep this from her and hurt her feelings.

So I clear my throat and say to her in serious tone, "Freya we need to talk."

Freya raises her eyebrows and then turns to look at me.

"It's about that bitch isn't it?"

What the fu-

"Did she seduce you?"

Damn. She's not wrong but she's not right either. I guess women's intuition is an actual thing.

But then again she is a goddess so different rules might be at play here. Anyway I guess I should answer now.

"No Shishou didn't seduce me." I say with a convincing tone, at least in my head.

"That's a lie." Freya says to me with disappointment on her face which makes me panic a bit.

So I blurt out, "Nothing has happened between me and her." This makes Freya a bit relieved but also confused.

"So what did you want to talk about, darling?" She asks me.

Somehow I feel that the temperature in room is dropping but maybe that's just me. Of course the cold sweat on my back is my imagination too.

At these moments, what do those protagonists do? That's right be shameless.

"I think I might be in love with Shishou." That's right I said it, there. Somehow saying this lifted off some sort of burden on my shoulders that I didn't even know I had. Of course I am talking mental burden not something physical in case someone misunderstands.

Freya just sighs at this and then looks away from me. Outside I look pretty calm, but inside I am freaking out about what she was going to say.

But she just keeps her silence.

I guess I have to say something more here? Maybe explain myself?

"You know it would have been easier if she was just seducing me and I was just lusting after her body." Okay that somehow sounded better in my head but now that I said it I know its not. I guess those are my bad conversational skills at play. I never have been good at them.

I even saw Freya's lips twitching at my words. I suppose any reaction is good reaction.

"If that was the case I could have just suppressed my lust." It's sink or swim now, gotta go with it. "But there's just something about her that just attracts me just like with you but in a different way. I even started feeling a possessive desire towards her recently. I just wanted to tell you about it. Also as an aside I don't feel that way about Hestia at all."

After I finished saying all that Freya seemed to be in deep thought. Some minutes of silence pass by and I keep my mouth shut this time.

She sighs again and says, "I knew something like this would happen."

"Huh?" I am a bit dumbfounded.

"Darling I know you better than you do yourself. So when that woman appeared and I got to know her personality I knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Also, do you really think she just thinks of you as her student? I think that's just her mechanism to make a closer relationship with you. Of course I don't think she even knows what her feelings towards you are.

"Darling you and her are very similar to each other in some very weird ways. So it was only matter of time that this happened."

I was dumbfounded at this but it also made sense.

After all from what I know about Shishou from fanfics, lore and that gacha game. She really hasn't taught me much. It's more like she is my sparring partner and a comrade in arms instead of a teacher.

I guess some things are realized just by taking a look from 3rd person's point of view.

Anyway that aside I need to settle this issue right now.

"So are you okay with-"

"Sharing you with her? No I am not."

I suppose that answers my question. I wonder what I should do now to suppress these feelings?

"Of course I will not be okay with that, same as you. But for your happiness darling I am willing to compromise. I was already ready for an eventuality like this for Hestia but I suppose that's not happening."

"Huh?"

Okay so she is hitting me with a plot twist. I don't know how I feel about this.

That aside it's not like Shishou and I love each other right now, so I don't have to worry about it right now.

"Additionally since I am the compromising for you, the only thing I ask in return is to be your number 1 no matter what other girls you bring in to the fold. And I say that because I know you but do it moderately." She adds.

"Sure wife no matter happens you will always be my number 1." I say to her. It makes me feel a bit scummy though because it is.

After all if the situation was reversed, I wouldn't have agreed to it.

I suppose I have really become one of those hypocritical main characters now.

Following that event we just cuddled with each other in the bathtub with a bittersweet atmosphere around us.

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It's my 3rd day here now, and I am walking around the bustling streets of Orario alone on the way to headquarters of Hephaestus Familia to meet Hestia one last time before going back.

When I enter the place after telling the gatekeepers my identity, I come across a sharp faced woman with an eyepatch over her right eye. The remaining uncovered eye is Crimson in colour and she has red hair that comes down till her neck. Of course it's one of my old friends Hephaestus. You can't go to wars without weapons after all. [Image Here]

She seems a bit surprised to see me. I just walk towards her and hug her.

"You have changed Odr, or should I call you Amar? I did hear about it from Hestia." She says while hugging me.

"I missed you too Hephaestus, and yeah I would appreciate it if you called me Amar. My life as Odr is over now." I say after releasing the hug.

She just nods at this and then gestures towards the interior of the place, "Come inside, I will call for Hestia too."

"Thanks."

After that we enter a lounge like place and sit comfortably. Hephaestus tells one of her Familia members to call for Hestia.

Hephaestus then starts, "I still can't believe that you are alive, when Freya first announced it. I even questioned her sanity but now it's clear that she was not wrong."

"What can I say? I am a stubborn guy who doesn't let go." I said with a chuckle.

"You are probably the only one who still exists after death in the Primordial Wars."

"Is that what they call that age now? A little too grandiose don't you think?"

"You really have changed. Also I have noticed since a while ago, and I feel it even now. You have something that can destroy divine beings quite easily inside you and it seems to have fused with your divinity. Is it a weapon?" She asks me with interest.

I just nod in response and say, "The weapon is soul bound to me."

"Interesting can I see it? I am quite curious now that I know that such a weapon exists." She asks in an enthusiastic manner.

I just take out my spear and put it on the table between us.

"Magnificent!" She exclaims while touching my spear here and there. "I still don't understand everything about it but what I do understand makes this weapon the greatest creation I have ever seen."

"Of course it's my spear after all." I say with a proud tone.

"Now that's more like the old you." She says with a smile.

Hestia walks in on us like this.

After that we make some small talk. She also tells me that Adam has gotten his Falna, Hephaestus apparently also know that he is like my avatar.

I trust Hephaestus so it's okay.

We discussed many things, shared some old stories. Before I knew it, it was evening and my cue to leave.

"All right ladies, see you later. I will be leaving this plane tomorrow and will return to meet later." I tell them.

"Why can't you just stay?" Hestia says in a whiny voice.

"I am bound to another world now Hestia and I can't leave that world for long." I explain to her. And it's kind of true as well.

I bid farewell to them.

There's another old friend that I haven't met but then again I never got along with her. Of course I am talking about Loki. So I am not meeting her now.

Anyway let's go back to my home in this world.

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My 3rd day here is about to end and Freya is adamant on hugging me till the end, which is fine with me.

"I can't believe that bitch is spending more time with you than me."

"Well you do have to manage this entire world for your and some of my friends. And not leave them at the mercy of that old fart."

"I suppose that's true. I will miss you though."

"Well you can come to the Tower anytime, you have access to it after the last mission after all."

"Maybe I will." She says with a mischievous expression on her face.

Alright the time of departure is here.

I get up from our bed.

"See you later Freya." I say.

She just waves her hand in return.

A portal then opens behind me and sucks me in leading me away from the world of Familias and adventure.

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So that was the chapter, hope you liked it.

I wonder how I should move forward with "that plot" though. Well only time will tell.

Anyway if you have any suggestions for the story let me know in the comments. Of course criticisms are welcome as well, they must be valid criticisms though not something stupid.