Chapter 182 – Civilization

Chapter 182 – Civilization

“*Yawn*... heh, you still down there Ikarus?”

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“Ikarus, you still here?”

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Waking up alone the next morning, the sexy piece of ass Petra is stressing out is presumably stressing out when her blushing bride is nowhere to be seen. Except, as if I’m going to leave my wife alone like this first thing in the morning.

“Ah, you awake Petra? Sorry, just brushing my teeth real quick, be with you in a second”

Finishing off and heading back into the hotel room having just gone for my early morning routine, I just so happened to wake up much earlier than Petra today so no chance I was ever going to wake that adorable sleeping face. Even now, Petra still isn’t a great sleeper so the times she does sleep in is always great. I’m also pretty certain she only sleeps well after intimacy but I’m not going to question her on that...

Ah, the place we’re currently staying at, just imagine this entire hotel room we’re in right now is a pixelated mess of things that anyone under the age of eighteen can’t see and leave it at that. I can say there’s a lot of black and red around, also the fact it’s considered a love hotel. Albeit a very pervy one...

“Heh, so what’s the plan today Ikarus? We going to stay inside the room and use everything to full effect?”

“Hah hah, very funny. I mean, we could if you really wanted to but your jokes were lost on me ages ago”Alll latest novels at novelhall.com

Even without my wisdom ability, I’d still be able to tell Petra was only kidding there. The way she’s smiling at me in the bed down in a playful kneeling position says it all really.

“Heh, did you actually want a second night of sin Ikarus? Unfortunately, they didn’t have two nights free. Would’ve booked it if they did”

“Phew, that’s a real terrible shame...”

‘Sarcasm aside, it’s probably for the best we’re not staying another night. We’ve had way too many of these experiences recently so it’s time to mellow it back a little more and become a boring bunch of lovebirds’

“...Anyways, I’m not too sure if this place does food so we’ll probably have to go somewhere. Ah, can you make sure you do me a huge favour Petra and remind me to print some stuff out? We can’t be returning to the settlement empty handed”

Food, drinks, old technology, machinery, basically anything I realistically feel can be made back in our own world I need to bring with me. Garry’s a genius but if I were to give him the blueprint for a modern car or something like that, it might make his brain explode. I’ll try and keep things limited... Heck, I don’t even know if power works in our world yet. Gunpowder isn’t great so it’s no guarantee if most of it will work. Recipes for food and stuff like fizzy drink I’m sure will work perfectly though.

“Heh, of course Ikarus... Say, we have this room till midday, right? You sure you don’t want to get your money’s worth and continue on from last night again?”

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‘Sometimes I just don’t know with her. It’s damn tempting, sure but I literally woke up early so we could plan this day together. We’re not going waste half of it messing around with whips and chains... that reminds me of an old song thinking about it. Wonder if there’s a way I can bring modernish music back as well’

“You know, why do I even bother at times? It’s clear you’d rather just hump like rabbits till the end of eternity rather than do anything interesting”

“Heh, no comment Ikarus, no comment...”

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(Odin) “Shield brothers and sisters, we stand here today to end the tyranny of the bastard God who has treated us like vermin for centuries too long. Whatever it takes, we will purge Zeus from the heavens and be victorious! Loki! Get out of that fucking form already and join us in arms!”

(Thor) “Aye, father speaks sense lass. Get out of that fucking pitiful body already and join us as comrades. Who seriously turns up to a battle wearing a whore’s dress?”

(Loki) “Nah, you two go ahead and fight with everyone else. I’ll sit this one out otherwise I’ll break my nails. I’ll cheer you on from the side though!”

“Bah! Dionysus got out of Tartarus!? How the fuck is that even possible!?”

More immense anger curses the God’s face as even I step back slightly trying not to receive his wrath. Almost reminds me of the time I nearly managed to flip Odin’s gender around but that ended with my head in a vice. Literally I might add, detached from my body and everything, got a close up view of my boobs like that as well. Brother is really insecure about his masculinity and he always will be, he should be like me and just embrace the chaos! I have no idea where I left my genitals and I couldn’t care less!

“Don’t be asking me big guy, don’t attack the messenger and all that! I’ll be leaving now since that’s all I have for you unfortunately; I’ll definitely find you again if there’s more!”

Turning my back on the now visibly fuming Zeus, you can only be speculating on what would be going around in his goat sized brain. ‘Ah, that bastard brother of mine has finally decided to do something’ or ‘Is everyone against me or is that nephew of mine more intelligent than I thought?’. It could be anything really.

You know, I’ve never understood what the demon Asmodeus gets out of this. Personally, I really can’t see why he’d want me to tell Zeus this early the Underworld is now involved but guess that oracle and he have their secrets after all. Only thing I can think of is that increasing his paranoia is supposed to beneficial to the whole plan, I couldn’t care about all that boring stuff though. I’ve got more important issues that need fixing, like alchemy!

‘Anyways, now onto the fun stuff! My incarnate said she wanted some potions so let’s get brewing! That brother of hers really has some kind and caring friends it seems...’

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“Heh, hurry it up Ikarus. We may end up back a day or two later if you don’t because of the time difference”

“I’m trying, damn it woman! Just think Ikarus, have I forgotten anything too important? I don’t need any erotica since our world is good for it... already got a couple of things related to war... I freaking hate this! Work brain and figure out what I’m missing!”

After finishing off our epic honeymoon and now getting everything together before we TP back, I’m visibly getting pissed at myself in case I forget to bring anything back. You see, I’ve probably ruined the ending to this honeymoon simply because when we return to the settlement, I’m single handedly going to bring the era out of the medieval ages. The number of papers, books, documents, literally anything I can think of that will cheat the laws of the universe and give our islands the chance to become modern.

Just in the last two days alone, I’ve probably spent thousands of pounds at this point getting every bought and ready to bring back. This is NOT including the extortionate hotel prices that Petra can partially be blamed for as well.

The first hotel, the very obvious one wasn’t that bad but we also went big spending a night at a five star place the second night. It should’ve been excellent if my mind wasn’t so in a twist about wanting to bring everything back I can to home with me. Ended up cleaning out the mini fridge as well so you can already tell how much it cost. Eh, who needs an inheritance anyways? We’ve got a settlement to rinse, damn it!

Oh, we’re currently at a park trying our best not to be seen or heard but that’s not going to stop me right now. Don’t think anyone has seen me make these bags and bags of books disappear into thin air yet but no time to care if they do.

“Heh, does it really matter that much if we forget one of the dozens of recipe books you plan to bring along Ikarus?”

Petra clearly mocks me with one of my recipe books so I snatch it off her. Just because I don’t cook doesn’t mean I can’t get the slav-, no, workers back at home to do it for me. That was a slip of the mind I’m better make sure I don’t make again.

“It does matter! Don’t you want an extremely lazy world where we can do basically nothing and live like actual queens? I know we do that already but I’m planning for way more modern laziness, maybe someday replace the idiots all with robots as well”

Should also mention some more about the piles of books I’m stuffing into storage, there’s even stuff about automation and efficient farming methods! Of course, I couldn’t give a rat’s arse about pretty much all of it but the second I present this to Marcus, his heart may skip a beat knowing what he can do with all this. That, or the language may not even make sense to them all, I didn’t fucking think of that!

Eh, maybe that can be Ariza’s and Zeki’s job to translate? Oh, who even knows at this point? Because of the automatic translator, maybe the language is closer to English than I first realized?

[<The language is not the same but Ikarus can believe it’s the same if it helps>]

‘Thanks for help, sighhh...’

“...I think... I’m done Petra? Is there anything obvious I’m forgetting?”

“Heh, not sure Ikarus. Maybe there’s an eleventh book on herbs and spices you need?”

[<Why is Ikarus presuming this is the last time we’ll be visiting Earth anyways? As long as we don’t screw around here, the powers that be will allow us to return whenever we want>]

“Very funny Petra, and Aesa, probably because I know how these sorts of things work. For all we know, we’re about to set off a chain of events that’ll stop any return happening”

Talk about red flagging it up but there is some reasoning to my madness. The more and more I think about this all, even if we’re able to someday defeat Zeus, I can’t see this ending exactly how I want it to. Defeating the literal top God has to come with some sacrifices so I’m going into all this with an extremely cautious attitude. First though, we’ve obviously still got to get through all the demon bullshit that’s fast approaching but doesn’t hurt to plan ahead somewhat.

“Let’s find someplace secluded, then we’ll TP back. You end up enjoying this holiday anyways Petra?”

“Heh, more than you could imagine Ikarus. That first hotel in particular really held its charm”

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“*Sighhh*... can’t get your mind out of the gutter for even a second, can you? Come on then wifey, let’s head home...”