Chapter 38 The Opening Ceremony Part 1, The Dance

Chapter 38 The Opening Ceremony Part 1, The Dance.

It is the second sun cycle and Pantheon city, was buzzing.

The buzz is about the estate about to open atop the platform where the palace of the current city castellan is located.

The entire sun cycle was turned into a public holiday. Many people in Pantheon city had their eyes glued to their screens.

They were televising the opening ceremony live. Cheers and discussions broke out when popular guests appeared. Mostly they were gods.

Every media company from virtual magazines to broadcasting stations had at least one informant at the opening ceremony's venue atop the platform.

It was being held inside the palace compound before the temple palace.

Many popular gods and goddesses who rarely appeared in the public eye were being captured by the cameras of the reporters and televised to the entire Pantheon city.

"Isn't that the Spear god?! He hasn't appeared in Pantheon city for over 1000 sun cycles!" One person on the street by a food stand was watching the holographic image.

"Yes, but look at that beauty with those massive tits! I can't recognise her!" Another commented.

"That's the Shadow goddess! You can even see her signature black dagger style collar around her neck!" Another person explained.

"That person is..."

Such discussions were being carried out between the residents of the city. Most of them didn't want to watch the event home alone, so they came out to the streets where they could chat with others.

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Inside of the mansion in Dark's residence, Lino and Itetia were in the middle of changing.

"Why do we have to perform in front of the other gods?" Itetia asked with dissatisfaction in her voice.

"It was ordered by the god queen." Dark answered without skipping a beat.

Even though she was acting calm, her heart wasn't. It was beating at an unimaginable speed.

'I am going to put on the best performance for Damien!'

A few suns ago, the god queen had called both her and Lino to the palace...

"During the next sun cycle at the opening ceremony, I want you to think on a performance which can manage to move Damien's heart!"

She had ordered them, but they weren't dissatisfied at all, on the contrary, they had been ecstatic!

Damien had been ignoring them with the excuse of creating a new ability.

Lino and Dark coerced Itetia with the excuse that it was on the god queen's orders and added her to their group.

They had racked their brains until they simply settled on a dance. They had practiced it and now was the time to shine.

Itetia feared the crowd of powerhouses who will be scrutinizing her performance.

They were going to wear matching long green dresses and they were going to be the background dancers of a certain music goddess who had been on tour towards the other pocket dimensions and had been invited by the god queen for a performance.

The dresses emphasized their cleavages, mostly Lino and Dark. Itetia's mounds were just a size smaller.

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Damien had been feeling uncomfortable since a while ago, no one would be if he was the only one seated just under the godkings and queens.

Phoenix and the other godkings and queens who had made it had their thrones placed at the floor of the temple overlooking the gathered audience while Damien had, upon the order of Phoenix been given a seat on the stairs about five steps under the god queens and kings.

A single stair was wide enough to accommodate a chair.

Multiple gazes were directed towards him, most of them were filled with curiosity and puzzlement, but some had hostility. Some of the gazes also came from the god kings and queens from behind him. They were the ones which were mostly making him uncomfortable.

He knew that one of them was Pearl's. She was occupying the throne at Phoenix's right side. It was shaped like an open oyster with single throne curved from a single massive pearl in the middle.

He couldn't see her but he instinctively felt that it was definitely her gaze!

The other was sporadic but it was definitely from Phoenix. The reason it was sporadic, was because she had to chat with the other people occupying the other thrones.

Many of the other gods and demigods were in there respective social circles chatting and merrymaking.

Damien wanted the ceremony to end very fast but, for some reason, Phoenix didn't seem to be in a hurry to start it.

A commotion was started as the croud turned their gazes towards the left side of Damien.

There, three women in long green matching dresses with a plunging neckline emphasizing their cleavages walked towards the front of the stairs.

They had come from the mansion. Damien recognised the trio and instead was curious about what they were up to. He wasn't informed about this even though he was the manager and an important person in today's event.

The guests were being catered for by demigods provided by the five clans. Damien's two servants Lino and Itetia didn't have experience with such events so he had suggested that the five clans provide help.

He had thought they were going to come as guests and enjoy the festivities but it seemed they had other plans.

Itetia had her head lowered and her neck showed a trace of red. She was blushing uncomfortably due to the gazes on her.

Even one of the figures on the thrones obscured in a dark mist had his gaze focus on her.

"So this is the person my representative tried to turn into a puppet?"

The figure obscured in the dark mist asked Phoenix. His voice had been calm but it had entered the ears of everyone present and silenced them.

'Does he want to start trouble?' Damien asked himself in his mind.

The voice had made Itetia turn pale. A pressure had also enveloped her for an instant before a golden eggshaped barrier developed her.

"Don't cause trouble, Waver! Wait until the ceremony is over!" Phoenix chasitised him. He was seating on her left side. Only Pearl and Phoenix hadn't obscured their forms. The other 7 attending god kings had.

"Carry on with what you were about to do!" She ordered the three women who had paused.

Itetia tool a deep breath to calm her nerves before following behind the other two.

They lined themselves in front of the stairs facing the god Queens and kings.

(After this, praise them whether their performance moved your heart or not! They worked hard!) Phoenix's voice appeared in Damien's mind causing him to be taken aback.

'Could it be that they prepared all this for me?' He asked himself.

Even though he wasn't touched or anything, he unconsciously sat up straight in order to take in what they were about to do seriously. It was the minimum amount if respect they deserved since it was something for him.

"Guests! Please take your seats! We are about to perform a dance with a popular singer!" Dark said as they turned towards the other guests.

Sound from the crowd died down and the rhythmic sound of heels were heard.

For every step taken, a note was produced.

The trio, who were facing the crowd swayed along with the notes.

The figure producing the notes was walking out from the crowd of the gathered gods and demigods. Most of them only noticed her the moment she took a step. It was like she hadn't been among them, but had abruptly just appeared.

"Na-na-na-na..." She started humminig along to the tunes in a sweet voice.

Everyone be they gods, demigods and even god kings and queens were taken in the moment the first syllable rolled off her tongue.

[The first moment I saw you...

You dazzled my eyes...

Something about your eyes...

Made me sink into them...]

The trio wove transparent elemental male embodiments, which they took as their partners and followed the rhythm of the song.

The woman who had started singing was wearing a short shimmering emerald dress with green heels.

The song put almost all the people at the platform and Pantheon city as a whole into a trance. It dragged the memories of their first love to the fore.

Tears dripped down Pearl's face when the memories of her dead lover appeared in her mind. All the happy memories, the adventures... made her feel as if her heart was being squeezed.

She created a mist of her laws and his her face as she continued to reminisce.

Damien only felt his heart speed up a little as he looked at the three dancing ladies.

Lino and Dark had entered a trance like state making them take the embodiments as if they were Damien himself.

The lady who was singing was green haired and Damien was mesmerised by her beautiful voice.

'This song is marvelous! It is stimulating my dead heart!' He praised in his mind.

Itetia, too, temporarily forgot her worries and simply followed the flow of the music. They were each lost in their own minglds but, the moves they had mastered were still performed in sync with each other.