Chapter 518 Failure?

Chapter 518 Failure?

After Athena fell through the ceiling of Anubis' temple, Thea came leaping through the hole in the structure so that she could stand on top of Athena's chest.

Smiling, she pointed her sword directly at her neck as if she was trying to signal her victory.

"Now, now, look at the mess you made out of this nice place? Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

"I-I tripped, you ingrate!"

"Excuses are unbecoming of someone your age, you know?"

"You whore!"

Apophis felt his eyes widen from shock as he stared at his sister in her new and terrifying figure.

Black skin? Their father and grandfather had it, so it was no big deal.

Horns? He was a bit jealous hers were bigger than his, but cool nonetheless.

Tail? He was going to have to teach her to use it to open beer bottles.

No, his issues were much bigger than those trivial things.

"Put some god damn clothes on!"

Immediateluy, Thea's cheeks darkened into a blush.

"S-Stop shaming me! My body is beautiful and it empowers me!"

"I promise I don't give a shit, put your ass away!"

"Shut it, twerp!"

While Thea was distracted, Athena quickly swatted away her enemy before that dangerous sword came any closer to her neck.

Despite all of his grumbling, Apophis still leapt to catch his sister before she hit the ground.

...Though he immediately draped her in his robe right after.

"Don't take it off."

"Stop being like this, I'm older than you!"

"Don't take it off."

"You're as bad as dad, now let me go!"

"Don't. Take. It. Off."

"...Fine... bitch..."

When Thea finally looked back towards her opponent, she realized that Athena was gone.

And not just gone from the rubble, but the realm entirely.

"Damn it, when did she-"

"Around the time that this one was lecturing you over your state of dress." Ammit answered.

Thea finally noticed the seven-foot-tall crocodile woman and her eyes lit up like firecrackers.

"Oh, hello! You're Ammit, right? You look a little different from the pictures!"

Apophis suddenly snickered like he had inside information. "Actually, she-

For reasons she didn't understand, Ammit covered Apophis' mouth to prevent him from speaking quite so carelessly.

"Yes, well... Any murals you may have seen must have been severely outdated."

"Is that so? Well, if you come home with us then we'll put up all of the murals and billboards of you that you could ever want! Though... I don't know if you actually care about such a thing."

Before Ammit could offer up any sort of comment, rocks were kicked around as more individuals started to crawl through the rubble.

First came the twins, then came Mira and Gabbrielle.

All four of the girls seemed to be immersed in their own conversations when they entered.

Yemaya: "Eh? Where's that god bitch?!"

Yemaja: "She owes us her fucking head!"

Gabbrielle : "She appears to be gone... Mind hosing our sister down while you're free?"

Mira: "No! I still haven't commemorated this battle with a selfie yet! ...Okay, I'm ready!"

Eventually, the group realized that there was a new addition standing in between their brother and sister, and they quickly surrounded her with curious eyes.

As far as appearances went, none of them were really that put off by the whole crocodile thing.

In Sheol, it wasn't that difficult to find dragons who walked around with their heads transformed and scales on their bodies, so they had learned to see true beauty even with scales attached to it.

And their new sibling was quite the charmer.

"You're so tall!"

"You have to get a room next to me, okay??"

"...Farewell."

"..."

Mira took Ammit's hand gently, and the two of them walked out of the temple together, and into a new life.

- Several Hours Later...

Thea stepped out of the shower in her bedroom at the castle and reached for the nearest towel to dry herself off.

Perks of being bound to the witchblade meant that she wasn't particularly tired or sore, but she was slightly apprehensive.

Once she finished drying off, she wrapped her towel around her hair and went to lay down on the bed.

She held out her hand to summon her phone, and she unlocked it to scroll to her father's contact.

*Click!*

Suddenly, Thea's bedroom door opened and her second wife, Jasmine, stepped inside.

Once she saw Thea's amazon-like figure lying uncovered on the bed, a line of dark red blood ran from her nostril and she temporarily forgot why she came here in the first place.

"Babe?" Thea called.

"G-Give me a second... Vovin's horns, you make wearing underwear a liability!"

Thea chuckled quietly, but she didn't add any perverse comments or make a lewd pose.

This seemed to be the first inclination Jasmine received that her wife wasn't okay.

"We were wondering why you weren't downstairs celebrating with the rest of us... Mira is doing that thing where she stuffs her cheeks with pastries again. Ammit actually seems to find it funny."

Thea smiled sadly as she continued to stare at her phone. "I just... needed to take a breather I guess."

Jasmine had on a very feminine and delicate red sundress that contrasted with her war-like personality she displayed earlier.

However, before she got into bed she loosened the strings keeping her dress up allowed it to fall to the ground.

She curled up next to Thea and gave her a soft kiss before spying into her phone.

Once she saw that she was hovering over her father's contact, she made a confused expression.

"Hm? You haven't told him yet?"

"I... can't find the words." Thea admitted.

"Why are you so nervous? We got Ammit and the Scarlet Legion lost no soldiers. This is wonderful, hun."

Thea had to admit that there was some truth to Jasmine's words.

And normally, Thea would have focused on the positives and taken the win.

However, this time she was having difficulty simply moving on.

"I know that I should be satisfied, but... I can't stop thinking about my own mistakes. Things should have gone smoother, a-and Athena shouldn't have gotten away!"

"Darling... she is an Olympian. Give yourself some grace." Jasmine interlocked her fingers with Thea's and gave them a firm squeeze.

But for all of her coaxing, Thea's eyes still seemed to have a complicated light.

"I just... should have been better. And I am afraid that when he asks me for a report, he'll be disappointed with what he hears. I feel like I failed him..."

Unable to listen to any more of this conversation, Jasmine finally straddled Thea and cupped her face in her hands.

She pressed her forehead against Thea's and spoke to her in a low, serious voice.

"Thea, I love you, but you are being nonsensical. You think I don't know what this is about?

You are Abaddon's daughter, and you don't have to prove anything to him, yourself, or anyone else.

You will not be abandoned by him, my darling. No matter what happens in that dream of yours."

Small lines of tears ran from Thea's face and she felt herself becoming choked up.

Jasmine wiped Thea's tears away and gave her another kiss that lingered longer than the first before she placed her phone back into her hand.

"Now... tell your father that everything went smoothly and you can't wait to see him again."

Thea chuckled as she started typing; not even fully aware of what she was saying. "I'm not even sure if he'll be able to get this given where he is."

"Doesn't matter, just hurry up and do it."

"You're so bossy..."

"I'm just trying to rush you so we can have our own celebration before we go downstairs."

"What kind of celebra... Oh."

Thea finally finished typing her message and then tossed her phone off the bed to be lost until later.

Not long after it was sent, three familiar dots showed up underneath her message.

Me: Hey dad, we miss you! I hope that you're safe and everything is going well but I just wanted to let you know that we got Ammit and we're all at home safe now... Please, come back soon!

*'Papa Dragon' is typing...*