The Thirty First

[POV Change To Elaine]

After everyone finished dinner and went off to their rooms I took my time to relax and clean off the dishes in the kitchen. I was trying to process the power struggle between Mary and Lydia to prepare myself for whoever I would be facing when it was my turn to fight.

After finishing the dishes I went off to the training grounds to do some 'light' exercises that consisted of constantly jumping 20 meters in the air, stealthing in the shadows, running around the ground 40 times, and stretching my whole body afterwards. Lord Nemesis said that the term light is anything but what I use it for but it's just an extremely lighter version of what I normally do before going to sleep so what's not 'light' about it?

As I was exercising I felt a chill down my spine and sensed a powerful unknown presence coming from the Lord's room. I quickly ran to my room, took a bath, and got dressed in a full black 'ninja' suit as the lord calls it. I finished getting there and getting ready in under five minutes before using my Shadow Walk skill to blend with the shadows and slowly move my way to the Lord's room.

When I reached inside I found the lord sitting at a table having a conversation with a woman sitting across from him. She had a better and bigger breast than me! She had an insanely perverted body that she was just nonchalantly showing off to Lord Nemesis. I must remove the threat to my position beside the lord before it's too late!

[POV Change To Nemesis 30 minutes Beforehand]

After finishing my bath with my uninvited 'guest' I sat down at one of my desks with her on the opposite side. When she sat down she conjured up her own clothes and when she finished she was wearing a scarlet dress with red undergarments.

"So would you do me a favor and tell me who exactly is targeting you? I don't believe you properly explained that." When I asked, she paused for a while before speaking up.

"Aw ain't that sweet that you're worried about me?" Before I could interject and refute what she said, she continued.

"Well you see a lot of the other minor gods banded together against me since I was always neutral to anything and saw me as a threat. The biggest instigator of this was a god of luck named Bentroy."

"What kind of damn name is that?" When I asked, she bursted out into laughter for a few seconds before calming down and speaking up again.

"Well your right about his name sounding stupid but that's beyond the current topic. The gods are separated into three different groups that just use simple terms to define their actions. There are those that are neutral like me, don't like to get involved with anything, and keep to themselves most of the time. There is the extremely cult-like group of gods, that like to constantly spread conflict, and war across the world. Funny enough though, that group is the closest to demons without being them with the way they act, and their actions towards the mortal world.

Lastly there are just the normal, more relaxed gods that just spread their influence across the world without causing too much conflict in an attempt to gain believers. Another important thing is that the more believers a divine or rather god has, the bigger boost in power they have. Only those of the highest tier of gods have the most believers though. That concludes my explanation, now onto the main topic, did you know that you are basically a god but not one at the same time?" After I took in everything she said and she finished her explanation, I wasn't really surprised considering what the race said in my status, even though it still has a question mark on it. Before I could speak up and answer her though, I detected a presence in my room that was gunning straight for Al'Dae. A dagger appeared out from the shadows, and before it could reach her, I just grabbed the hand holding the dagger. Much to my surprise Elaine was the one holding the dagger.

"Tell me why you are attacking my guest Elaine?" When I said that she started to break out into a cold sweat before quickly getting into a seiza position on the floor and speaking up.

"I was attempting to remove the competition before it became troublesome Lord Nemesis, I'm sorry for my previous transgression." When she finished quickly explaining herself I just facepalmed before thinking that jealousy is just a wall that isn't easily climbed over, but let's not assume just yet that that is the reason.

"Do tell me what removing the competition entails if you will?" As I said that she ignored the question and proceeded to ask another one to me.

"Besides Lord Nemesis may I ask who this scandalous woman is? Surely your standards haven't lowered so much that you would receive this thing in bed when you have me by your side all the time?" Is that…. Is that sass that I'm hearing right now? Shit it looks like someone is a bit pent up, is it that time already? It would have been nice if she didn't say all of that about Al'Dae but sadly I don't think words like that would settle down the rampaging and arguing women that are in front of me.

At least they have the common courtesy to not physically fight in my room. I was just shaking my head back and forth with my hand on my forehead, not surprised at the situation because that one statement by Elaine proved my assumption right. Also since when and how did Al'Dae fall for me? Was she watching my travels or something? Fell in love at first sight? Am I her ideal person? Too many questions and not enough answers. Before the two of them could escalate their argument even further I spoke up in an abrupt and serious tone.

"Who said there was a law dictating I had to have just one woman? I have quite literally surrounded myself with them but didn't ask for any of that for their own feelings. Now do me a favor and don't speak up just nod your head yes or yes because you don't have a choice in the matter. I will take you both tonight. Is that understood?" When I finished the two of them fell silent and turned a red so bright it could blind a normal person before nodding their head slowly.