14 Chapter 13.

(POV Sen Kami)

"Haaaaaaah"

"My wife, our little daughter is clearly hiding things from me."

"Our daughter has never been disobedient towards her father until meeting this wretched mortal swine. What do I do my wife? Am I really too overprotective of her? Is it really that strange for her to not be married for two billion years?"

"Husband, our daughter is no fool there naturally must be a reason why she was so insistent for the sake of that little mortal. In fact, her volunteering to find a disciple when you mentioned it was strange in its own way. Can't you just trust your daughter's judgement and let her have her way? Besides the child she picked isn't so bad, is he? He was brave enough to ask for her hand in marriage right before a god as a mere mortal. He is definitely not a coward, right?"

"My wife how can you be so blind? He was dead at the time, if he were alive would it be possible for him to show no fear? He probably naively thought that as long as he was dead nothing could be done to him, right?"

"Even if that may be true… isn't he kind of cute?"

"CUTE?! HIM?! He's just a brat with a vile tongue! Where are you looking?"

"Well... rather than seeking power he merely asked for a betrothal gift from you like a child playing a little prank. He didn't even ask for much or push things too far and unhesitatingly gave it to our little daughter."

"Hmmp if he hesitated for a moment I would have wiped him out of existence that instant regardless of what action our daughter took."

"Hah, our poor daughter. Our daughter may be a beauty, but she was met with nothing but misfortune from birth. She was, after all, born as a goddess of calamity. She should know better than anyone that even if she were to have a husband they would only face unending calamities. Is our daughter destined to become a widow in the future?"

"Our child, a child born from the goddess of love and fortune and the god of war. If we had a bit of foresight perhaps we would have realized in advance what that would have lead to. Fortune and love mixed with war can only lead to a calamity."

Shaking my head I continued on with my monologue; I have already voiced these thoughts to myself several million times already in regret.

"Too great a fortune will lead to disputes. A fortune too great in times of war will birth jealousy in the minds of man. Fortune only leads to calamity in times of war. If only I were a god of peace. Love in war only brings about disaster. Take for example the husband parting from his wife as he tells her he loves her. That husband fights to protect their homeland with hope that better days lie ahead. While holding such thoughts in mind he is cut down on the fields of battle. He returns to ashes as the flames of war rage on. He leaves behind his beloved wife and unborn child to fend for themselves. The wife must then bear with the calamitous news as she is plunged into an abyss of despair. Those tears shed upon his departure; she knew that the news may come, but she still retained the slightest hope he may return. These final hopes were only cruely extinguished like the weak flickering of a lit candle on a cold stormy night. The wretched flag known as death is lit the moment you mention love in war. It can sadly only bring about a misfortune."

"Husband stop tormenting yourself over it. Do you regret having a child with me?"

"Of course not! How could I dare?!"

"Then what good is regretting if we would have had her regardless? As long as I was your partner the result would have been the same."

"A goddess of love and fortune marrying a god of war is definitely an ill omen but our daughter is still alive and well after two billion years. I'm sure she will manage to find happiness. The possibilities are endless when taking all the realms into account. Surely there exists someone or something that can allow our daughter to overcome her fate."

"..."

"Why not just trust your daughter and let her live her life as she pleases. She is no longer a child and she is definitely not as simple and naive as you like to think. Maybe she has already found a way to change her fate as a goddess of calamity."

"After all, did we not name her Megumi as we wished she would grow up to be an unrivalled beautiful goddess. She took on my last name in hopes she would overcome her fate and become a goddess of fortune in her own way. Also, don't you find her husband's name kind of ironic?"

I could only show my wife a strange face as the words left my mouth "disaster seeking? What kind of parents did he have to name him that?"

I really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He really did come seeking disaster by asking for my daughter's, a goddess of calamity's, hand in marriage.

"Darling husband, did you forget our daughter has a new meaning to her name as well now? Is she not a goddess seeking fortune?"

Thinking about it like this I really could not help but want to kick that little dog a few times. What kind of idiot came up with such a stupid name. Why don't you seek your mother out for giving you such a stupid name please.

I may be the mightiest god, but even I am not omnipotent. Maybe this snotty brat has secrets I'm unaware of. Would my daughter really find a useless man? Hah I would be a fool to think so. That brat definitely cannot be simple, but I read his memories after all. From what I saw he was just a stupid brat from a somewhat technologically advanced realm.

I have to say though, their smartphones were a bit interesting. After my daughter left I went and took some to play around with. After making a few modifications to them, I'd say the result was better than expected.

Able to instantly communicate with people regardless of distance, time or what realm they are located in. It's quite the convenient tool that will definitely bring about a revolution in the world of communication that will allow us to get rid of those stupid, expensive and very limited due to it's disposable nature; sound transmission talismans.

It's also a lot better than causing a huge scene in a realm and disrupting the natural laws to pass along a simple message like "what would you like for dinner honey?" Can you imagine the number of times I have bowed my head in embarrassment from my wife sending me messages through space like this?

Just imagine the heavens shaking, people falling to their knees in fear of the world ending just to look towards the darkened skies and hearing such a message between husband and wife?

Ehem… anyways I have developed quite the monopoly on the technology in the upper realms and gods are willing to pay the highest prices to get their hands on them.

I even have some old codgers owing me favors and licking my boots just to get their hands on a few of them. It was just about the only good thing that came about from meeting that brat.

The games are also pretty fun. Among the gods, since I was the first to get my hands on all of the technology from that world I am also naturally on the top of all the gaming leaderboards. Even games like farmville. Ha, mere mortals and foolish gods you wish to keep your crops from my hands? Dream on! I am a god, do you think some insignificant code can keep my godly hands off of your bountiful crops and livestock?

While I was stealing a few crops in game on my smartphone I absentmindedly voiced out one of my concerns. "My wife do you think our daughter has inherited the lost power that has not appeared in ages from your side of the family?"

My wife eyes trembled slightly while she thought about the implications of my words. At least I'd like to think it was due to my question but it seems she caught onto something.

"Ah! Smelly husband you're stealing my crops again!"

Well although my wife was more concerned about her crops than my question, the power I spoke of was a power great enough to rule over the realms for an eternity while completely unhindered if the individual was allowed to grow to their peak.

"Husband even if it were true you must forever play dumb."

"Seriously, stop stealing them now!"

"Ehem.. after all, if it were true and it were discovered before she reached the peak of her strength, perhaps that would be the true calamity she will face one day."

"Dirty foul husband! Cheating husband! You old fart! I can see you still stealing them!"

My wife coughed twice before she continued her previous train of thought. "Perhaps even you will not be able to hold up the sky any longer if such a day came to pass."

"If it were true though… could it be the secret that brat hides is..."

"Don't say it husband, the walls have ears. Even if you are the strongest that doesn't mean it's impossible for leaks to spread."

"Anyways, who cares about him right now? The most important thing at this moment is to give me my crops back! Ah! You even stole my cute little piggies!"

"Fat porky husband give me the pigs back at least!"

I could only rub my chin with a tinge of hope as I said, "if that brat really was hiding such a secret, that would be interesting in its own way. I might even have to accept the little brat."

"Are you seriously going to keep acting like you don't hear me? Give… me… the… pigs! You fat tub of lard!"

Just for the record, I'm not fat. I'm just a skinny old man who has recently started his gaming career.

PS. Looking for a good clan.