Chapter 44

"...Is that so?" Zadre said out loud and look at Aphrodite. "...You damn demon.." Aphrodite said and then grind her teeth furiously. 

"..So that's why Aphrodite wanted to kill me back when i was still in my father's kingdom." Soul thought to herself, and look up at the mother of fate. 

"...Dear Supreme goddess. What will happen if a god or goddess lose their powers?" Soul asks the mother of fate. "...They won't be able to use magic or live forever. They will be just like mortals who can get sick, grow old and die." The mother of fate revealed. 

"...Is that so?" Soul said at loud and look at Aphrodite. "... Those inferior beings are really getting on my nerves. They are just lucky that mother is talking otherwise i will make sure that, they are all....." Aphrodite words were cut short when Dusa call out to her. 

"... Sister!" Dusa call out to Aphrodite. "..Hmmm?" Aphrodite mumble and look at her. "..You know we can all hear what you are thinking? Well...some of us can." Dusa reveal to her, and turn to The mother of fate. 

"..So, mother how did those upper gods made the fallen gods to lose their Powers?" Dusa asks her. "..Well, it all started when my brother, Kronos the god of time, and the most powerful of all the fallen gods, thought that marrying one of the mortals was a good idea. He fell inlove with a mortal princess, and they both had a child. The child which was know to be Cedomis. The father to Zeus and Hades." The mother of fate revealed. 

"...Wait! My grandmother was a mortal?" Zadre ask. "...Yes! god of hate. Your grandmother was indeed a mortal princess." The mother of fate said, and create a image of Kronos' wife with the stars. 

"... That's her.." She said, and they look at the image. 

"..Woah! She is beautiful." Dusa said and turn back to the mother of fate.

"..So what happened next mother, how did the upper gods made the fallen gods to lose their powers?" Dusa asks again. 

"..So Cedomis who was born from the womb of a mortal princess was seen as an outcast in presence of other gods. He wasn't respected as he should, and because of this is plotted secretly to take down all the gods accept for his cousins." The mother of fate reveal. 

".... Why didn't he plan on killing his cousins?" Eros asks. 

"... Well Cedomis was a smart god, and he knew that if he kill off all the gods in Olympus, he alone would have ruled and handle matters in the universe that he knew nothing off. So he left off some of his strong and weak cousins, and let them handle some matters in the universe while he will remained the supreme ruler." The mother of fate explained. 

"...so that's why he didn't kill he's cousin? He knew he can't rule over the universe on his own if all the gods were dead." Eros thought out loud. 

"...Yes god of love." The mother of fate said. 

"...So how did he do it? How did he...you know kill off all the fallen gods." Dusa asks her. 

"...Okay! Because Cedomis was very clever. He knew he can't go against all the fallen gods at once and kill them. So, he journey to the mortal realm, and create his own kingdom there. He use his godly powers to make sure it's kingdom outgrew other kingdoms, and he began the most powerful king, and was called the king of world." The mother of fate revealed and then create a image of Cedomis with the stars. 

"..So that what he look like?" Zadre asks himself as he look at the image of his grandfather. 

"... Bastard!" Eros insults him, and turn to the mother of fate. 

"..So...." Eros was about to ask something, but was Interrupted by Zadre.

"..Why would you say that?" Zadre asks him. "...I heard what you just said. Why do you just insult grandfather?" Zadre ask him in an angry tone.  

"...You are seriously asking me that?" Eros asks him in an angry tone. 

"...Yes i am asking you...upper god." Zadre said and this made Eros angry, but he didn't let his anger show. 

"... That's our grandfather, and you just insult me like he is some low level god? Have you no respect?" Zadre shouted at him. 

"...What grandfather? The person who started all hate and war between the gods? The person who caused the fall of the first gods?" Eros ask him. 

"...It is still because of him you were alive, and given the position of the god of love you ungrateful upper god. Some of us wasn't as lucky as you!" Zadre shouted at Eros, and Dusa try to calm him down. 

".. Enough! Have you forgotten that you are in the presence of the mother of fate?" Dusa reminds him. "... Sorry, i am sorry about that great supreme goddess." Zadre turn to the mother of fate and said.

"...This isn't over." Zadre said in his mind and look at Eros. 

"... Damn you demon!" Eros who heard what Zadre said in his mind, responded. 

"...Mother please go on!" Dusa shouted to the Mother of fate. 

"...So after Cedomis conjured all the lands in the mortal realm, and was name the king of the world. He did something that non of gods in Olympus thought he will ever do." The mother of fate said, and kept quiet. 

"...What... what's that? What did he do?" Soul ask her. 

"...He hosted a festival where all his people gathered round. They drink, eat, and dance still they all got tired." The mother of fate reveal. 

"...Wait! That's it?" Zadre asks. "So the gods were afraid of a festival?" Zadre asks again. 

"...Shut up, and let her finish!" Dusa shouted at him, but he still kept talking. 

".. wait! i thought he was going to burn down the world or turn the mortal against the gods... He just hosted a festival and all the gods were afraid?" Zadre ask again. 

"...That damn demon!" Aphrodite said in her mind as she watch Zadre talk. 

"... You!!" The mother of fate said, and her entire resting place began to shake. 

"... Sorry, i am really sorry. Please forgive me!" Zadre apologize to the mother of fate, and the resting place stopped shaking. 

"...Mother please continue." Dusa said. 

"... Cedomis who knew that  gods needed the mortals praise, sacrifices, and prayer then stand on his throne during the festival, and announce to the mortals that they were no god and everything they have now was provided by him, and he was their god." The mother of fate reveal. 

"...Cedomis even said that all the stories about the gods in Olympus was false and it was made up by writers who wanted fast money." The mother of fate added. 

"...so what happened next? Did the gods fired down on him for saying those words?" Dusa ask immediately the mother of fate stopped talking. 

"...No they didn't." The mother of fate gave a short reply. 

"...Why? Why didn't they strike him with lightning or someone?" Dusa throw out another question. 

"... Because Cedomis were able to convince the mortals that they were no gods in Olympus and the universe came to exist on his own." The mother of fate revealed. 

"...So because cedomis was able to convince them that they were no gods, the fate and beliefs the mortal once had for the gods died down. The upper gods lose all their powers when all the mortal lose fate in them.

"...So that's how he was able to defect the fallen gods." Dusa said to herself. 

"...Yes! That's how he was able to destroy each and every fallen gods including his own father." The mother of fate reveal. 

"...But why didn't he destroy you?" Zadre asks, and they all turn to look at him. 

"...What? It's just a question." Zadre said to them. 

"...Well god of hate, your grandfather wasn't able to destroy me because i never lose my powers." The mother of fate reveal. 

"... Why didn't you lose your powers? You said that gods lose their powers when the mortals stop having fate in them...so why didn't you lose your powers when the mortal lose fate in the fallen gods?... like you are the mother of fate right? You should have also lose your powers." Zadre bombard the mother of fate with questions.

"... Arrogant bastard!" Aphrodite said in her mind, and frowned at Zadre. 

 "... That's a lot of question god of hate. I did not know you to be an inquisitive person." The mother of fate said to him. 

"...Well, i just like to get the right information." Zadre replied her with a forced smile on his face.

"...Okay! Well, the reason why I did not lose my powers was because the mortal never stopped believing in fate." The mother of fate revealed. 

"...What do you mean great Supreme goddess?" Soul asks. 

"..I mean that you can't stop believing in fate, it's part of us, and the mortals never stopped believing in it even though they stop believing in other gods in Olympus and the elements they represent." The mother of fate said, and create a illustration with the stars. 

"..Look children!" The mother of fate said, and they all look at the stars.