Chapter 16

"Filthy casuals," I said as I sliced a bullet that tried taking my head off. Of course, it wouldn't succeed even if it hit me. My helmet was made out of a piece of the Nemean Lion that we killed a while back. My reflexes were at their peak, with me deflecting every bullet that tried to take me out. I went at it for a while before rolling forwards and slicing the nearest robot.

I parried a blow from another robot before striking his metallic bits. Another tried to sneak up to me but I just dashed back before uppercutting it. My physical body was approaching the age of 18, so my physique was quite powerful. While I wasn't faster than a bullet, my reflexes more than made up for it.

"Go Ezra." Iliana cheered me on as I bullied Daedalus' creations.

It was good training, I am rarely overwhelmed by a massive group of enemies that want to kill me so I wasn't the best at it. I finished the rest before getting rid of the sweaty armour and getting ready to go home to take a shower.

On my way out I touched random robots and made them fall in love with each other. How can robots fall in love? I honestly don't know, this was some Detroit Become Human shit. As I said, though it was good practice, I did this to the monsters as well.

The training wasn't everything I did in the labyrinth, I am sucking out every piece of knowledge about the workings of the labyrinth out of Daedalus using my charmspeak. At this point, he is more robot than man with his only function being to help me with whatever I need. It was cruel but I was a cruel man.

I ignored Iliana as she admired my form, the only modesty I had was a towel around my waist. I wasn't ashamed of my body so I could choose to walk around the house with minimal clothing if the weather was nice.

"Your mother is arriving soon," Iliana said as she relaxed on the couch. I could detect a hint of envy in her words since her mother never visits her in person and only dreams.

Iliana and I trusted each other enough to discuss this minor topic. It wasn't even a secret that would be worth much if it got out, sure Zeus will whine but that is what he always does. I wouldn't even be surprised if he knew about the fact that some parents still talk to their children.

"Oh, what does she plan to do this time," I asked. Hopefully, she will take me to another spa. They are always relaxing.

"I have to go to school while you enjoy yourself." She grumbled.

"Speaking of school. How is it, by the way? Failing any tests." I teased.

"No, but this guy tried asking me out. I was going to deny his request but couldn't because he ended up in a hospital because a raven attacked him. Any leads." She asked and I shook my head. "Sus."

"Oi, don't blame me. Crow does whatever he believes I want him to do." This was actually true. I could reign him in, but I didn't particularly care that he was beating up random people. He needed a hobby after all.

"So you do like me. I knew it." She said victoriously. "Even the stupid bird knows it."

"Should I register you into an asylum? You are clearly hallucinating." I said it was causing her to pout.

Did I want to tap that? She looked like a 16-year-old Yennefer from the Witcher games, I would be foolish not to. It certainly helps that I am also fond of her. I just don't want to give her the satisfaction of being right, well not so soon. While I overcame my distaste for girls, I am still squeamish about entering a long term relationship.

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"So I was wondering about our power to induce love and lust in people. There are all sorts of tales about you making people fall in love. Do your victims ever sense when you are doing it to them." I asked Aphrodite as we relaxed on a private island that she teleported me to.

"Not really, no. The only reason Eros and I are famous for it is that I may have bragged about it." She said and I deadpanned at her.

"Good thing you're not a supervillain." Comics are a thing now and though it was only really read by nerds, I could still use them as a method of where my interests came from.

"Why? Because I would be a terrifying villain." She asked.

"No, I have a feeling that you would be one of those guys that would give away their entire plan."

"I take offence to that." She replied and I just shrugged. "I once made Apollo fall in love with a snail because he was trying to bully my Eros. He avoided me for years afterwards,"

I shuddered at the thought. While it would have been nice to be a son of Zeus, I always like lightning. I preferred being the one to fuck with people's minds instead of having my mind messed with.

"That's actually terrifying, I take my words back. What are the weaknesses of the power? I heard rumours that the three virgin goddesses are the only ones immune. Which I don't understand since I feel like a bunch of inexperienced people should be the most susceptible." I asked.

"They aren't. It is just that I like and respect Hestia and I don't bother with Athena because the stupid wreck has fallen in love with quite a few men over the years and I don't even have to bother. Artemis meanwhile has a group of unstable girls who she loves, some even romantically." Aphrodite enlightened me.

"They are still virgins, I am guessing."

"Athena hasn't experienced anything beyond kissing and the furthest that Artemis went is a bit of cunnilingus. On the topic of weaknesses, I would say range unless you channel the power into an item as Eros does with his arrows, that isn't really a problem for me however,"

"So what do you think are the chances that I will succeed in using them on a goddess."

"On a minor goddess it is doable and on the major goddesses… well I wouldn't recommend it." She replied. If the tales are to believed, Medea who was a legacy made a titan fall in love with a mortal.

The fact that I could manipulate a god with my powers certainly is pleasing. On most of my quests, I used the ability on random people to train it and sometimes used it on the demigods in camp as well.

"Why? Are you interested in getting with a goddess? You don't even have to use your powers, I can count the number of goddesses who haven't slept with random mortals on one hand. Most are a bunch of horny sluts, you could easily get with them."

"Maybe," I replied. I wasn't looking for a relationship or pleasure. I just wanted to advance my goals and I was imagining a stupid but interesting idea. I could always ask Tyche to boost my luck for a bit.

"Poor Iliana will be heartbroken though." She teased me, only getting a blank stare from me.

"Iliana is like a sister to me," I said.

"Aww, that's cute, but you are a greek and we fuck our sisters." She replied.

"I walked into that,"

"Yes, and I am happy you did."

"My mother is encouraging me to sleep with siblings, what happened to my life," I murmured.

"Don't knock it, until you tried it. Luckily I blessed you with a high number of siblings, so you have a variety to choose from. Is there anything else you want to know?" She asked.

"Can you enlighten me about godhood?"

A/N: You can read ahead on patre,on/ DickMcJones.