Chapter 224: The Project

Perseus POV

"What?!" Amethyst exclaimed "Do you plan on her committing treason or something? Because even if she retired right now, she'll still be in the reserved squad, and she'll be on the front lines where she's forced to do all the things you've said."

"What if she's excused by the goddess by then?"

"Right, as if you can even receive a reply from her when you make a prayer." the purple rose guardian rolled her eyes "She barely responds to me and I'm her older sister. So how will you even pull that off?"

"Isn't it kinda your fault that you don't even know her on any level, you don't even know her name."

"How'd you know that...?"

"Oh, oops."

"Wait, you talk with our goddess on occasion?" Roxa asked

Amethyst then looked towards Maple who only nodded in response which confirmed that I know the demon goddess, which is kinda sad cuz the person in question is in the same room as them, I get the large ape gap and that they weren't really around, but forgetting about them almost entirely is just sad.

Roxa, seeing Amethyst's face of realization, was slightly impressed but is also staring at me in amazement. The thought now dawned on them, cuz Lilith is a great force to have on their side, and if their goddess can personally excuse her from participation, even Lachlan can't say anything about it.

"Don't worry, I won't abandon you unless something really urgent comes up." Lilith reassured them

"What is more urgent than war?" Roxa asked

"Like impossible situations, gods participating themselves, me getting pregnant...I got a few more." Lilith shrugged and sat between me and Leilah forcing the latter to switch sides and took my other arm

She says that, but she isn't an advocate for birth control methods, and this is even after knowing that we have a child in the future, so it is possible.

"Does Roxa know about Maple yet?" I asked the purple rose

"I've gotten hints." Roxa answered for her "But I can't say in front of Lilith since she's a bit of an outsider."

"Well she gotten hints too and already figured it out, say it."

"She's a goddess." Roxa responded without hesitation "There are currently 3 known goddesses, the sun goddess, the demon goddess, and the autumn goddess, the sun goddess is missing in action, the demon goddess resides in the demon continent, so she's the autumn goddess."

Amethyst was looking at her proudly, but it doesn't take a genius to figure all that out if a rose was personally giving you hints, either way, Roxa can prove useful to me, but she's currently working with the demon lord. I planned on having a general or one of their aide to take over after the demon lord's gone and Roxa can fit that description perfectly. She isn't necessarily associated with me, and she got enough power and influence, I'll spare her when the war is all said and done.

Though I need to see the white rose and the lord to see how everything can proceed, a couple years ago, the lord was the general and recently, it switched, their dynamic is unique. But the strangest thing is the fact that this is probably the fact that this is one of the few times that the white rose chose a demon, it doesn't happen often as the white rose is usually the leading figure that helped led heroes to fight against demon lords in the past.

Of course the white rose usually select those who's pure at their purest moments, when they are born, and sometimes demon fit that description, but usually they are trained and molded into a fighter for a demon lord regardless of what their heart actually desire. I can use that when I see that particular lord.

"He has also met with our mother." Ruka chimed in which got a worst shocked face from our 2 guests

"The world unfortunately revolves around the protagonist."

"You think of yourself as the protagonist? What does our mother see in you? Heck, what do any of you see in him?" Amethyst questioned, "Perseus has a very questionable moral compass, he's selfish and narcissistic, he's-"

"Like every corrupt politician in any universe?" Ruka guessed

"No, he more resembles a psychopath." Amethyst retorted

"Question Leilah, I'm only here for the ride." Maple chimed in

"Well, no matter what you say, I won't join the war, you can try to invade us, but we already know the results, in terms of defense, we are undefeated. And I have the blessing of 3 goddesses, I'm like the most overpowered teenager in the world."

"Yeah, the only thing that's average about him is his height." Leilah added

What's with her fixation on my height? There's nothing wrong about being like 5'9.

"Though he has made an enemy of 3 gods in return for all that." Leilah said "Apart from Canelo, 2 seasonal gods dislike him and our father doesn't seem to like him much either since he has threatened to kill Perseus."

"Wait, you met both of my parents?" Amethyst did the timeout gesture

"Yup, they've separated."

"Huh?"

"You heard what I said, I don't lie."

The 2 roses and Maple only shrugged and gave an unsure look in return because they can't really confirm it apart from my words, they have no physical evidence to back me up, though the torture and the broken bones would have sufficed if it hadn't heal. Maple, Leilah was relentless, she needs to control her grip more, as long as I don't make her angry, she should be okay.

3rd Person POV

"Milord." a demon appeared and saluted behind the demon lord which caused him to signal the others to leave

"What is it?" Lachlan asked

"He passed the first round and he should meet Perseus in the 3rd round, he's asking whether that is the perfect time to reveal his power or do it in the next round." the demon reported

"Do it when he's against Perseus, it'll attract more attention that way." Lachlan answered after pondering for a while "It should scare everyone of our potential, he's our only success so far, so also make sure to protect him well...and before you go, please investigate Perseus' family history, I want to know if his family have any blood connection with a strong demon noble for him to use that power."