Chapter 46 - The Problem

"Don't worry about that, cousin. May my brothers' sacrifice be worth it now that I'm here."

Joren was just saying what comes out of his head while cringing at it at the same time. If only he was not in the middle of his skill's backlash, it would've not to be shown on his face.

Megaera looked up and saw the painful expression of Joren.

'So, to let their one brother escape, they sacrificed their lives? Although he's free, he wears such a sorrowful face.'

There was a sensation of debt within Megaera. Meanwhile, Joren was sweating now that his digging his own lie deeper.

'It's our fault that we didn't move. Now that the three Hetanchoires are gone, there are no more those who truly guard Tartarus.'

Although she thinks that, Megaera wasn't worried since Tartarus and Hades have been long separated in realms. But what intrigued her was the fact that one escaped. If a Hetanchoire can escape, how about the Titans that's been imprisoned within along with the other vanished?

She wanted to ask but couldn't for she fears that 'Gyges' might remember the horrific incident that entails within Tartarus. Megaera decided her mouth shut after the apology.

"If there's something I can do, please ask." she said.

This made Joren's face twitched. Who wouldn't be happy when they were told by a literal Goddess that they can ask her anything?

Obviously, Joren doesn't want to think with his dick as it would only ruin his long oath of not wanting to hurt others. That, with the premise that he had yet to hurt anyone before this. By hurt, he means deeply.

'But does Scarlett even really love me?'

He doubts it. However, they had chemistry and one step before being lovers. No, actually, if he thinks about it, aren't they unofficially a couple?

'The only thing that's bothering me is the fact that we've only met...'

But enough about that, Joren just has to restrain himself from thinking with his dick. After all, it's not like this Goddess will do it if he asked her to do lewd things.

Joren couldn't be blamed for this line of thinking. Standing before him was a literal Goddess, her beauty exceeds that of a mortal. It's sad to say that even Scarlett doesn't hold a candle on her. Any man would drool upon seeing Megaera on her battle dress.

'Hm?'

"If you want to be in favor of me, you could start by covering yourself up. I don't know about me but others might recognize you. I don't want any attention." Joren said still with his domineering voice.

"Yes, cousin, please wait for one second."

She unhesitatingly obeyed and with a turn of her body, a night-black cloak came out of nothing, flailing out in the air before covering her entirety to the point of unrecognizable. The hood of the cloak was conveniently covering her face with the shadow as well.

Joren didn't even know if he was looking at a man or a woman if he didn't know who was here in front of him before.

"Fascinating..." Joren muttered, making full use of the fantasy movies he had watched before in his life, "Can you also do that to me?"

Someone might recognize him even for an unlikely chance. Also, this will be useful in the long run. If he could, he might take the cloak with him.

"Oh, sure thing, cousin. Just spin around with aura."

"What?"

"Ah no, it's unnecessary. I was just used to my sisters playing around." Megaera coughed as she realized, she displayed an embarrassing side of her. Meanwhile, this was fortunate for Joren, and took this chance to get onto that conversation.

"Oh, you have sisters."

Joren muttered while Megaera swung her arms up and a cloak flew from her to perfectly fit Joren.

"Yes, I have two other sisters. It seemed that you really forgot but a long time had passed since we last met so I wouldn't blame you for it. Also, even if you know us before, you wouldn't recognize us right now, I think."

Joren waved the cloak that Megaera just put on him and was satisfied.

"Why is that?"

"It's because we changed. Before, we are always seeking vengeance but now, we are milder. But I think our past personalities are still within us, just not that prominent. More so now that we don't do our old job anymore, you know, hunting men and women who have done grievous sins."

"..."

Joren just nodded since he had no idea that's what they were doing. But after a moment of thought, he asked.

"So, what do you do with liars?"

"Liars... those who have their tongues sharp are cut and boiled for them to eat for their last supper." Megaera casually said to which Joren gulped, "However, lying is seldom as grave as homicide or murder, thus, we don't quite deal with them back in the days. There are a lot of monsters who deal with liars."

The two then ran again while Joren was asking some questions under the premise that 'Gyges' is just new to the outside world again and doesn't know a lot of things.

He took this opportunity to gain a lot of answers but it was hard to control the conversation to his convenience without making his intentions so obvious.

"Also, Allecto and I just have a fight last week and so, I gotta tell you the funniest thing that I gave to her. It was a sex demon's lower body."

"A sex demon?"

Kudos to Joren for keeping a calm face. As time passes, Megaera has been becoming light on her words as if she was getting comfortable. Her social skills are terrifying, Joren thought.

"That's what we call it but actually it's just a human's lower half. It seemed that a new undead was created for a long while now since we've banned the interactions of humans and monsters. Oh, cousin, you might not know what a human is, do you?"

"I think I have a rough guess."

Joren was always in the gray area.

"Humans. Some say that Prometheus, the Titan of Fire and Forethought created man and that created all sorts of drama between him and Zeus. While Zeus himself created the first woman, Pandora as a form of revenge. However, this was never really the whole truth. Let's just say that there is more than one story behind the creation of humans."

"Prometheus and humans..." Joren nodded as if he understood everything. He was just amazed by the fact that their God is actually a Titan. However, just as Megaera said, there are a lot of mythologies out there that also detail the creation of humans.

What really bothers Joren was that if all myths are true, doesn't some contrast the others?

But maybe he's wrong and that some myths are just true while others stay as myths.

"About this lower half of the human, why do you call it a sex demon?"

Joren somehow knows the answer but he asked so that he could continue that topic and gain more important information.

"It's because the man's sexual tool is always aroused. Sorry for the wording but it's big and vigorous. I think my sister is planning to use it."

"What!?"

Joren stopped and finally destroyed his calm image.

"Oh, sorry, that must be rude of me to speak of." Megaera thought that 'Gyges' might not like that kind of topic.

"No... that's fine." Joren shook his head as he tried to calm himself again, "I was just surprised, that's all. But please, continue."

"Then," Megaera nodded, clearly not understanding the reason behind Joren's reaction, "You see, Hades, our master treats us... how do I say this."

Seeing her reaction, it seemed that she's too embarrassed to tell him.

"Even though he's basically our nephew, he treats us like little sisters... or maybe, even daughters. You see, time has passed by a lot and we sisters don't do anything but either obey Hades or just entertain ourselves with worldly matters. The affairs in the human world are too darn interesting. So, over time, we forgot that we're his aunties before he starts spoiling us and letting us freeload his palace. Though, we don't really complain and love our lifestyle, making us... spoiled."

Megaera said to which Joren asked.

"So what's that got to do with your sister using the... sex demon."

"Well, she hasn't tasted a man yet and is quite ashamed of her virginity even though she's as old as time itself. Since the lower half had no upper half, she's thinking that it's a perfect opportunity to lose it. I think Tisiphone is planning that too. But they are still hesitating. After all, if the words got out that their first times were taken by some unknown lesser undead, they would probably kill themselves in shame. At the same time, when they finally find their own lover, the shame should be equal as well."

Megaera explained to which Joren nodded and understood.

Obviously, he had a problem with it.

'I need to get my soul back so that I can experience having sex with Godesses myself, not just my lower half!'

Indeed, his brain went into his dick now.