Chapter 35: Will you join me?
After they all left, the only ones remaining in the entrance of the basement were Aqua and Medusa. The chains that kept Aqua in place were already gone along with the one that was stabbing her heart, Medusa was sitting on the floor with a sad appearance while Aqua was focused on healing herself.
"So... what do you think about joining my master's harem?" asked Aqua with a sly smile once she was done treating her wounds.
Medusa lifted her head in Aqua's direction, her sadness replaced with momentary confusion before going back to sadness. "Are you making fun of me?" she asked.
"Sigh, too early to invite you huh? Never mind then, we can try again later. Is there anything you want to ask me?" asked Aqua, noticing Medusa's state.
"Yes, many things actually. How do you know who I am? Who are you? Why did you protect my master? But most importantly... why are you being kind to me?" asked Medusa.
"Hmm... pretty good questions. The whole who are you is a bit cliche and the other ones might be easy to figure out on your own, but it could have been worse." said Aqua while slightly laughing. Once she was done laughing she took a seat on the floor next to Medusa and started tapping her own lap, indicating Medusa to rest her head on it. Medusa was confused about what Aqua was trying to do by lapping her own thighs so she simply stayed still.
"Sigh, I am telling you to rest you head here Medusa." said Aqua, still pointing at her lap.
Medea froze for a moment, it had been a long time since she heard her own name. After getting it out of her head, she did as Aqua told her and rested her head on Aqua's lap, though confused about why she wanted this, it was better to listen for now, and Aqua wasn't giving off any ill-intent so it didn't truly matter.
As Medusa rested her head, Aqua started slowly caressing her hair before answering her questions. "Well, for your first question, I know who you are because I know a lot of things" said Aqua like she was stating the most obvious truth of the world. "For the second one, I am the most awesome of all gods, the goddess Aqua!" continued answering Aqua in an excited manner. "For the third question you asked me, well I saved Sakura for two reasons I guess, one was because she is my master's sister and so my master wanted to save her once she heard of sakura's pain. The other reason is because I pity her, I feel like she has suffered more than enough and so I wanted to give her some happiness." said Aqua, this time her expression changing into a kinder one and her tone becoming softer.
As Aqua continued caressing her head, Medusa started feeling more conformable around aqua. The hatred she felt during the battle was slowly being replaced with the warmth of Aqua's touch and the softness of her voice.
"Now the fourth question was why was I being kind to you right?" continued Aqua. "Well I am kind to you because I want to." said Aqua proudly, causing Medusa to be confused for a moment. "I am kind to you because I think you have suffered enough, because your loyalty is never rewarded, because you were cursed without justification and attacked without cause. I want to help you because I like the way you are, and I don't want the world to keep on hurting you any longer." continued Aqua in a kind voice. "I am sorry it took me so long to get here, but you won't suffer again. Not as long as I am here." finished Aqua, making Medusa blush slightly.
Maybe because Aqua's divinity was barely flowing into the atmosphere due to her lack of mana, or maybe because she was being so kind, but Medusa started slowly feeling warmer and warmer throughout the conversation.
"But... you are a goddess... and I am a monster. Why would someone like you want to save someone like me?" asked Medusa hesitantly.
"You know that spell I used at the beginning of the battle? Well there is a reason why it didn't work on you, the spell only works on those who I consider to be demons. If you truly were the monster you think you are, I would know it, and the spell would have worked. When I look a you Medusa, all I see is a girl who has suffered enough, sure a very hot one, but a girl in pain nonetheless."
As Medusa's blush deepened, she couldn't help but think about Aqua. This was not just a goddess, but one that shared the domain with one of the two gods she hated the most, and yet...
"I have an offer for you Medusa." said Aqua, bringing the purple haired woman out of her thoughts. "I have made this offer to everyone else that has joined us, however for them I already knew exactly what to offer, with you it is different because I don't know your dream." continued Aqua. "I would like for you to join our side in this war, to fight with us for the grail, in exchange I will fulfil any wish you have as long as it is within my capabilities."
"I am sorry, but I won't betray my master." said Medusa.
"I understand. I expected that much, so let me re-phrase my offer then. Your master is already out of the war, while she can indeed continue fighting with you, she no longer has a reason to, after all I just made most of her problems go away, the remaining ones are not the type to get solved by a wish granting cup but by herself." replied Aqua. "But you can talk to her tomorrow if you want to, tonight I will take her somewhere she can be spoiled but by tomorrow you can just ask her what her plans will be."
"I see..." muttered Medusa before getting up from Aqua's lap. "Thank you." she said in a low tone while looking at the floor with slightly red cheeks.
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