Chapter 418: Trial...again...

Weird thing is, during the last chapter, I felt something tingling up my spine. So I made my way to the royal stable to meet up with my 2 new horses, to see Fotia there who seems to be taking care of them.

"Hey, what's up?" she greeted

"Why are you here? Want to go to paradise or something?"

"With a handsome guy like you? I don't mind. But I'm ready to meet my future boss, Aphrodite."

"Well it seems like I have to accompany this goddess for about an hour or so." I then got out apple pies and gave it to both Pegasus and Arion. "These are my gifts for today."

"You are unusually nice to these horses." Fotia commented

"Well gotta be nice to these guys, you know what happens in war. You always need a cavalry, and most of the time, only the horses die, so gotta feed them their last meals every day."

"You really are arrogant, like a certain idiot who decided to fly up to Olympus and join the gods." Pegasus grumbled

"I would say that I lost my appetite by you saying that, but this is delicious, what's your secret ingredient?" Arion asked "Love? Extra sugar?"

"Cocaine."

"W-What?"

"Did I stutter?...I'm kidding, I wouldn't get you high, it was really hard capturing you and unlike Pegasus who has a Nexus with me, you're only here because of your oath."

I then took out the pink slip of paper from my spatial storage and inject mana into, the next moment, me and Fotia are in Aphrodite's quarters.

"Now, it's nice to see you Fotia." Aphrodite greeted "To think that we were born in a similar way, recently Zeus castration might have created another one, but unfortunately Hecate and the council make sure that won't happen."

"So I'm sure you already know why she's here, hire her and let me be done with it."

"Why so impatient?" she asked "During a recent meeting after your breaking in of Olympus, we had to decide whether to let you off or go after you. Athena voted to let you off which isn't like her at all, do you know the reason why?"

"I do."

"I think I know why. She offered you a marriage proposal, didn't she?"

"How'd you know? She's actually in love with me or something?" I replied as I lay down on a nearby couch.

"She isn't. I just thought of the type of person she is, if you accepted a seat, chaos would be inevitable and her hand in marriage would definitely solve it." Aphrodite shook her head "Why do you not look disappointed? People would kill for her hand."

"Well I'm not an idiot. I already got my own queens and I don't need another arranged marriage, otherwise I would've married Hygeia already."

"You are seriously cute, you know."

"I've been told that a lot, so don't try to flirt with me. This meeting is between you and Fotia, so you 2 get busy and I'll sleep till you're done."

-You lazy reincarnate!- Dabria exclaimed -You should pay proper attention.-

-Hey, this meeting isn't about me, and I need proper rest.-

-You had proper sleep last night.-

-I did, but I would love to have more. My goal is to be a slacker, so I need practice of being a slacker before I do it professionally.-

-Just so you know, if I see you slack off when we have kids, I will smack you in the face and break it off with you.-

-Break off what? We're not even together.-

Fotia and Aphrodite then had a really long conversation as I took a short nap with Dabria screaming in my head to pay attention.

"-You're hired, we can discuss your pay later." Aphrodite said as she shook Fotia's hand "Though I have to sort you out amongst my subordinates, will you swear on Styx about your maidenhood or will you continue to pursue Struan Laguna?"

"Will I succeed if I do the latter?"

"You're one of my subordinate now, nothing is impossible if it comes to love...is he actually sleeping?"

"Oh you guys are done, I can leave Fotia under your care." I yawned "Damn, that took 30 minutes."

"Had a nice dream, Perseus?" Aphrodite asked "No wonder, we're not considering Hypnos for the seat at all considering how much he sleeps. Elektra would make a good member if she was a Greek. I can't believe she actually works for him."

"I had a weird dream about a person eating chicken nuggets by peeling the skin and dipping it in melted mint chocolate ice-cream."

-Eww.- Dabria responded

-Don't worry, I smacked the guy right in the face.-

"Oh Perseus dearest." Aphrodite called me before I left.

"Don't call me that."

"Remember our deal about bring Eros to me before you kill him?"

"I do, why?"

"If you see him, just kill him. The war against Chaos is dangerous, and afterwards, there's Baeli Waller who could attack at any time and whose existence is barely know. We can not delay a lot of things for selfish reasons." She explained "Though tell him that no matter what he did, his parents are proud of him for working so hard for his dream."

"You are really twisted."

"Will me giving you a kiss be able to change that opinion?"

"Yes, it'll make you look more horrible."

"Well I have a warning, earlier today, I saw the royal family and your family gathering in your house."

*****

"So why am I supposed to suffer punishments along with the 2 of you?" Nova asked

Me, him and Lia are behind a stand with our family members as the jury, we're supposed to be punished for marrying in secret and not telling them. I got home and they invited us into the royal court which they reserved for this occasion.

"That's because you were the witness." Struan answered. "Elizabeth is an exception, since she's pregnant."

"You know, I do not have good memories with court, so do you think that you shouldn't force me to face my trauma?"

"I'm your brother in law, it's my job to make you fearless in order to protect my little sister." he countered