CH. 455: Another Rebirth

In the evening, Hephaestus arrived at the Twilight Manor with Chiaki. The fairy immediately ditched her adopted mother and darted toward the unknown. Hephaestus followed Chiaki's trail into Loki's core meeting room. She never expected to see Loki and Astraea in swimsuits.

"Did I come at the wrong time?"

"We…" Astraea trailed her words with a sigh. "Don't mind this."

She felt guilty for not inviting Hephaestus to the party. The goddess of smithy never meshed with a group even if the group only consisted of Asahi's family.

Hephaestus shrugged and proceeded to the seat. "Why am I invited here?"

"For the dungeon," Asahi answered as he spoiled his daughter with his finger. "For the next couple of weeks, I'll be training adventurers on dungeon floors below hundred. I'd gladly help the adventurers of my future wife's familia."

"Future wife?" Hephaestus looked over to Loki and Astraea. "These two are your future wives. Why am I here?"

"Stop deluding yourself, Fei." Asahi grinned. "You can't escape your fate. Kuhahahaha."

"Did he really turn into the Demon King?" Hephaestus asked, looking at Astraea. "Goddess of justice, please stop this madman."

Asahi wrapped his arm around Astraea's waist and pulled her to his side. "The goddess has succumbed to her desires. Fei, there is no hero to save you."

"No hero for ya," Loki repeated.

"Chiaki is my hero." Hephaestus beckoned Chiaki. "Save me from your demon king father."

Chiaki's eyes widened, darted to her mother, then back to Asahi. "Pa."

Even her supposed daughter betrayed her.

Loki snickered. "Fei Fei got stabbed in the back."

Hephaestus sat down with a depressed look on her face. Chiaki flew over to her head and rubbed her hair, trying to cheer her up.

"Ma," the fairy said. "Ma."

Just two words from Chiaki brought Hephaestus back to her calm self. The fairy had smitten her thorough and thorough with her cute charm.

"Did Chiaki get bigger?" Asahi asked. "She looks bigger."

"She did." Hephaestus shook her head at the inattentive behavior of Chiaki's father. "For the dungeon, I'll send Tsubaki and her group. They don't regularly go to the dungeon."

"Great."

"Don't seduce Tsubaki."

Tsubaki sang praises for the quality artifact she received from Asahi. It wouldn't take more than a couple of those to win Tsubaki's heart for marriage.

"Do I look like the type to go after every woman?" Asahi asked with innocent eyes. "I feel hurt…"

The goddess was once again speechless. "You're… so shameless."

"By the way, Fei, I can make your marks vanish now. Not that I mind them at all," Asahi held his chin and gave her a lookover. "The eyepatch makes you really attractive."

Hephaestus needed a healthy dose of praise to feel more confident. Compliments to the point she would be forced to believe in her beauty.

Hephaestus unconsciously reached for the eyepatch covering her right eye. If the treatment worked out, she would never have to cover her eye. She would be able to completely show the face she was born with. The thought made her happy and terrified at the same time.

A sudden touch on her head halted her line of thought. She turned her head to see Asahi standing behind her, his hand on the back of her head. At this moment, he wasn't the cocky man who always teased her for everything. He seemed to be a friend concerned for her.

"We can delay it if you want."

Hephaestus couldn't help but laugh at the extreme difference between Asahi's two sides.

'Why am I acting like a kid?'

She scratched her messy red hair. "I'm ready."

Her confidence boost was a change welcomed by all three. Asahi and Astraea took her hands and pulled her to an empty bedroom, leaving Loki behind to deal with her own matters. The trickster will disturb the process as she had a habit of making sarcastic comments.

The goddess of justice forced Hephaestus to sit and took a seat beside her. "I'll be here as a support. The process is a bit on the… Asahi, please explain."

Astraea felt ashamed about telling her friend to take off her shirt and threw the task onto her fiancé.

Asahi shrugged and pointed at Hephaestus's shirt. "It's nothing crazy. You'll need to take off the shirt. That's all."

"Don't take advantage of me," Hephaestus said as she pulled off her full-handed black gloves. "Chiaki will avenge me if you do."

"Ya!" the fairy promised.

Asahi gave Hephaestus some privacy. When he turned back, the crimson-eyed goddess was lying on the bed on her stomach. As she was in just a bra, the muscles on her back were fully showcased. The daily usage of the hammer had an obvious effect on her. Her shoulders and her back were relatively toned and strong.

Asahi couldn't help but sneak a glance at the part which was most emphasized in her current position. Her butt. Her black pants stressed the roundness of her big butt.

Hephaestus glared at Asahi, who ogled her openly. "Why are you staring there?"

She didn't properly look after her body like other goddesses. She didn't know why Asahi would be adamant with her when he had Astraea, who didn't lose to any goddess, and literal goddess of beauty lusting after him. She was less desired than normal goddesses, not to mention the most beautiful goddesses.

Instead of answering Hephaestus's question, Asahi straddled her back and traced his finger on her shoulder blade. If it was just back, she could even beat Rika, who had become the golden standard for well-built women in his life.

"It's wonderful how things affect our body over the course of eternity."

"Eternity, what do you know about it?" Hephaestus asked, trying her best to not shudder from his touch. "You are still young."

"Yup, I am eighteen. Not Klyscha though. Bonding with her made me realize some things about this eternity."

The power of the Eromancer class was vast. Tapping into Klyscha's subconscious was not impossible during sex, when her mind was most vulnerable.

"Your goddess Klyscha? She seems very ancient from the things you told me."

The deities of her world seemed nothing compared to the vast powers of Klyscha.

(My love, can I beat her? Why is she calling me old hag?!)

'It's alright, Klyscha. You'll always be eighteen.'

(T-Thank you.)

"Why do I have to listen to this romance every day?" Ddraig grumbled. "Ridiculous."

'You want to be included.'

"To be frank, that would be better than this."

(Ddraig's human form is also ready.)

"I AM NOT SHOWING IT TO ASAHI UNTIL IT'S FINISHED."

'Stop shouting, lizard.'

Asahi decided to teach her manners later. Right now, he had to focus on performing rebirth on the goddess.