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Reading over the reports from the humans I converted into devils it seems the church doesn't pick up on their differences. I have sent some to the hold light mountain to do a 'pilgrimage' and will await for more results to see how well the angels pick up demonic energy. If they even can detect it at all, the real angels are all asleep and they're the only ones I would expect to be able to feel it.

So long as nothing wakes them up I am almost one hundred percent sure that I can walk in there with my best stealth mode plus shadow cloak and rob them blind. I want to make sure they don't have some super nose for demonic energy though and so I am sending pawns first as test subjects.

Ancient run sequences carved onto homemade equipment and accessories plus system stealth equipment already makes me hard to find for anyone in this universe. Add on the God tier artifact that has its own pocket dimension for keeping me hidden away and I am in super stealth mode.

I have decided to ignore Python for now because at best she could distract them and at worst she could kill me.

Not worth the risk until I am at least in the False god area and can slap back, I don't want to get killed stupidly. If I die it will be in a last-ditch effort versus Abyss or railing a fat ass, one of the two and I don't know which is more likely at this point.

Sometimes when I think about death I remember my old life and I wonder what happened to my dog and I get a pang of guilt. The poor puppy was inside the last I can remember and I hope how ever I got sent here either accommodated him or quickly ended his suffering. If my dog starved to death me and whoever sent me here will have some serious unresolved issues to discuss.

On one hand, he or she gave me a fantasy life in a fun world, and on the other, he or she made my best friend potentially suffer a terrible fate.

I shake my head and forget about the fluffy white dog and focus on carving the last of the runes in the sequence for this ring and set it on the table as it glows with power. The blue hue it gives off reflects on the other metal around it as it starts to slowly fade and take on the look of an ordinary ring.

I look over the set of ten and give a quick nod of approval of my improved work, I have come far in metal smithing after a trait that lets me manipulate it with my imagination came into the picture.

A teleport circle shines to my left and my beautiful wife walks out of it with steady and measured steps an empress should have. Her high and untouchable aura blows away like a lie as she spots me sweaty and covered in metal shavings in front of her.

"Hello, gorgeous." She smiles and walks the last few steps between us while her arms slowly open and I her soft body crashes into mine.

"Hello Nova, how was your day?" I smile seeing her be affectionate and wonder what brought this on but don't question it for fear of ruining the mood.

"I had a productive day, got most of my new stealth gear ready even though it's mainly a precaution with the Shadow cloak being the main weapon of stealth. I also ate lunch with Athena and Kia, they both seemed a bit off but told me not to worry and that they had some things to look into before they let me know what was up. Other than that nothing major happened, how was your day?" She brushes her lips on mine before pulling back and looking down at my sweaty form.

A magic circle passes us both over and I analyze it, I know she isn't hurting me but I can't help but check things. A new habit I have picked up working with Zola almost every day and I don't think it's a habit I will kick with my fairy dragon remaining my research partner.

"My day was fine, I was looking forward to eating dinner with my husband and watching the next few episodes of 'finding bigfoot' it honestly is so stupid I find it addictive to watch. How can they not just use their technology to scan the whole forest or test with some kind of device to know for sure if it's really there." I find her genuine interest in humanity's stupidity to be just as addictive, she made fun of me when I said the show scared me one time when I was younger and the man was yelling in the woods and heard a yell back.

Older me know it was a different man yelling back from the distance, Young me thought sasquatch was out on the hunt and was getting some blood that night.

"Sounds great, Let's cook something together tonight, and then I can show you the joys of a 'mutual' foot massage." Her inquisitive eyebrows raise and she gives a quick nod.

"I am eager to learn." I wrap an arm around her and teleport to a kitchen in Olympus to begin our dinner date while looking forward to having a peak overlord be able to work the stress out of my toes.

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- Athena POV -

"I can't believe he didn't notice, if you scan closely you can detect its little unique demonic energy signature." I shake my head knowing Nova missed something like this but I also can see how he missed it.

"I want to surprise him but I didn't think he wouldn't be able to see it on his own. I needed you to go with me on the lunch date so his full attention wouldn't be on me and it seemed to work, he was clueless." Her hand rubs across her lower stomach and I feel a tiny spark of jealousy but I suppress it easily knowing I will also have one soon enough!

Kia is writing up a manual on all the positions and even the dirty talk they used when Nova managed to 'fuck a baby' into Kia as she so elegantly puts it. She was worried her physique would keep her from getting pregnant so she was actively trying to prevent it from 'eating' Nova's sperm. It became second nature to prevent her body from devouring it and in the process, she managed to get knocked up.

I will read the book front to back and memorize the play-by-play and have my own soon enough.

"Who else knows?" I ask hesitantly as we have been with each other all day.

"No one, I was going to tell others after I told Nova but I needed a helper and I trust you not to run your mouth." I nod in agreement, I won't spill the beans on something this important.

"Good, make sure to record his reaction so we can have it for remembering things later on in life." Kia nods and pulls out a recording stone and I smile.

"I got it covered I recorded the whole day in case he found out at some point but he didn't. Now the video serves to prove he is a doofus who couldn't spot a second demonic energy source inside of me." A smile threatens to spread on my face but I solemnly nod instead, I also didn't see it immediately so I can't say much.

"What do you think he will say?" I ask her and she shrugs.

"I don't know, I know he will be happy though." Seems she is pretty confident about that, I asked him about babies and he said the more the merrier so I guess it makes sense if he said something similar to her.

"He wouldn't leave the baby milk inside of us if he didn't want babies. especially with his new favorite destroy power that he uses on everything. He uses a napkin, Destroy, He uses a plate, Destroy, and so on and so on. But he leaves his seed planted inside without much thought so I don't think he is against it in the slightest." I nod in agreement remembering how he destroyed my cup when I tried to place it back into the sink.

'I will have new cups made don't worry about it.' he would casually reply with after destroying half of our dishes.

"Well girl, get back to work on that book since you already got one then you can share the mojo." She titters and pulls out a fancy pen and a pink book with words written on the surface.

'Nova don't peek!'

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- Nova POV - R18?

I open my eyes and see black hair covering half my vision and I blow it off with a exhale.

With my vision returned I sit my head up and see my wife draped over half my body as bare as she was born. Her round ass sticking up pulls my eyes like a rock caught in the earth's gravity and I know there is no sense in fighting it.

My hand grips her cheek and she hums into my shoulder and nuzzles her head into my neck.

"Nova.." her tired voice whispers my name and I have to shake my head before I pin her back down.

I wiggle out from under her and slink toward the edge of the bed to begin my day, with a quip magic circle my body is cleaned and dressed and I stand on my feet. I look behind me at Catherine sprawled out in the spot I was laying in, searching for my warmth so I crawl back onto the bed and kiss her forehead.

"I am leaving." I whisper and she gives a short nod but also whines softly as I crawl back off the bed.

I snort seeing her state and set a teleport circle to return me to my lab to finish my gear for the coming raid.

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"The conference is soon, are you ready?" Shea pops by on lunch and sits on my workbench as I draw up a container for something important.

"I am beyond ready, I will blow Raizen's socks off and leave him gasping." She deadpans and I poke her nose getting a groan from her.

"I get that your confident but I want a serious answer Nova, this might be small-time stuff to you but in demon culture and just general principle for our world this is huge." I set down my tools and walk over to Infront of her.

Reaching out I grab both her hands and look into her amethyst eyes as they threaten to electrocute me with their 'intensity'. I shake my head just a bit to snap out of my trance and refocus on staring in between her eyes the 'go to' spot for when talking to women with beautiful eyes that hypnotize.

"Shea, I will not goof this up and it will work out I promise. I will have the Demon world at peace and united so long as I can so neither you nor Catherine have to worry. It's easy, I have the money to keep the common people from causing a commotion and the big fish just don't give a hoot about what is going on." She rolls her eyes and sighs.

"Alright, I trust you." I smile and lean in and steal her sweet lips as her hands end up on my shoulders. The kiss breaks and I step back over to my workspace to continue what I was doing as her feet start swinging and she hums a tune.

I will make sure everything works out so moments like this can keep happening. Her soft humming which is a privilege for those close to her brings a warm feeling to my chest. I no longer focus as much on the project and just enjoy the moment with her.