Chapitre 148: Chapter 23
Beads of sweat rolled down Goddess Hestia's face as she faced the biggest trial since coming down to the lower world.
Right opposite to her stood an unknown man in an obviously shady outfit, with his face covered with a mask.
Seeing his cold eyes which seem to be staring straight at soul made her entire body go weak.
Gulping down a mouthful of saliva to suppress her nervousness, Goddess Hestia said a visibly trembling voice.
"I-I'll have you know I don't have any money....."
Goddess Hestia shut her mouth and waited to see his reaction but to her horror she neither saw nor felt any change of reaction on William's face.
'P-perhaps h-he's really here to kill me?'
The thought terrified her.
'N-no way I haven't even made my own familia yet...'
Comically large tears formed at the ends of Goddess Hestia's eyes as she stared at William's hand coming straight towards her.
The thought to release her divine form didn't come to her mind, after all every god made a promise to not use their powers no matter the situation they were in when they descended to the lower world.
"W-wait! w-we can talk it out---- kyaaaa!"
William grabbed Goddess Hestia by her neck and easily got her out of the bed making her screen in process.
"Kyaaaa someone save me! H-Hephaestus!"
Placing the screaming goddess on the sofa, William used his leg and flipped over the wooden bed revealing the wooden floor underneath.
Then under Goddess Hestia's surprised eyes William used his hand and easily pull out a piece of wood revealing a small space, pushing his hand inside the space William took out a dusted chest.
Then under Goddess Hestia's dumbfounded gaze, William placed the chest in front of her.
"Here."
For a moment Goddess Hestia was unable to understand what and why what just happened, happened.
Her gaze shifted between William and the chest multiple times, then with a hesitant voice she said while pointing at the chest.
"Is it for me?...."
William simply nodded in reply.
Scratching her head in confusion, Goddess Hestia used her hand and opened up the dusted chest.
*Crack*
With a cracking sound the slightly chest opened up revealing a sight out of Goddess Hestia's expectations.
"V-valis!"
The chest was filled to the brim with valis.
With a stupid look on her face Goddess Hestia turned her face towards William, asking for answers.
"You said you didn't have money."
A dry voice reached her ears.
"So take it."
For a moment Goddess Hestia saw a blinding golden light coming from William making him appear as some sort of saint.
Of course that was just her imagination going wild.
Still.
Now that she had calmed down and got a better look at the intruder......
Well he still looked like a serial killer.....
But.
Using her hand Goddess Hestia closed the chest and pushed it back towards William.
"I am sorry human child, but I cannot take your hard earned money.", she said with a small smile on her face as her previous nervousness disappeared.
Atleast she now knew that he wasn't really a bad person.
Also she noticed another fact.
'I see so he was the one living here before.....', A slightly sad look appeared in Goddess Hestia's eyes.
The scene of the bloodied clothes inside the almira were still fresh inside her mind.
Which also meant that she was the intruder here, not him.
"I understand how hard it is to earn valis, so please take it back."
With a determined look on her face Goddess Hestia refused to take the money from a stranger she just met especially one whose house she have been occupying for some time.
William looked at Goddess Hestia's face for a moment before saying.
"I see."
Then under Goddess Hestia's stunned gaze he picked up the chest and started walking towards the stairs.
"W-wait a minute!"
Hearing the hurried shout William stopped and turned his head half way.
Quickly jumping out of the couch Goddess Hestia said in a flustered voice.
"T-this isn't how you're suppose to act!"
Her high pitch voice made William furrow his brows.
"A-aren't you suppose to praise my selflessness first and then convince me to take the money which I will reluctantly accept? isn't that how it usually goes?!"
Hearing her words made William tilt his head in confusion.
"Do you want the money or not?"
"T-thats not the point!", Goddess Hestia screamed at the top of her lungs.
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[Soma familia]
"So tell me Artemis what will you say when William returns?", God Soma asked while calming drinking from his cup.
Goddess Artemis's body shook for a moment before she slowly opened her mouth and said in a small voice.
I think it is better for you to return to you're familia Orion---------"
God Soma placed down his cup with a clank, making Artemis's soul almost escape her body.
"Orion?", The deep voice sent shivers down her spine.
"W-william! p-please return to you're original familia William!"
She said in a hurry as if her life depended on it.
"Artemis.", God Soma turned his gaze towards her.
"Do you hate me?"
"N-no w-why would I......"
"Do you know Artemis?"
Goddess Artemis shut her mouth seeing that Soma didn't want to actually hear her reply.
"How much struggles me and my familia went through these past couple of years?"
His voice sounded full of emotions.
"Bearing this hatred towards the dungeon City, we kept our heads down, resisting Freya familia's anger we somehow survived by hook or by crook, all for a single reason."
A glint passed through God Soma's eyes.
"Revenge."
Goddess Artemis's body shook unconsciously.
"Many of us died, not once not twice but many times, I was forced to use my divine powers and bring them back to life, again and again and again."
"Y-you didn't......"
Realising what she just heard Goddess Artemis's eyes enlarged to the extreme making her forget her fears for a moment and listen.
"How else do you think we were able to beat the Freya familia?", God Soma asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Even without Ottar there was no shortage of lvl4, lvl5 and even lvl6 in Freya familia."
"Soma you.......you let them die again and again....", Goddess Artemis was shocked beyond words.
"B-but even if they somehow got over the trauma, reviving the dead will make their souls unstable......"
As if she came to a realisation, Goddess Artemis turned towards Soma in shock and pure disbelief.
"Y-you didn't just sacrifice you're divinity..."
"Do you know Artemis?"
The room fell in a deadly silence.
"The reason why Freya familia one of the two most powerful familia's fell in our hands?"
Goddess Artemis felt her body go cold.
"It was because Freya's anger was lesser.....much lesser than my madness."
She could see a pair of hollow eyes hidden behind those bangs.
"And Artemis the day I killed Freya..."
God Soma got up from his seat and tightly clenched his hands into fists.
"Was the best day of my life."
Artemis looked at God Soma, then slightly turning her head she saw the maid silently standing by the door tightly clenching her teeth till blood came out.
It was now that she understood.
Soma familia wasn't a familia.
No for them it was much.....much greater than that.
It was an emotion.
"So tell me Artemis."
His calm voice reached her ears.
"Do you still think you are worthy of having my child?"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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