Chapter 85 – Nemesis, The Lewd Instructor Nemesis
To make an excuse, unlike Hera or Hecate, secret arts or magic were not Nemesis’s specialties.
As a goddess, it was as easy as breathing for her to manifest divine power, but she had only learned deeper magical arts as a matter of refinement.
Originally, she was a mighty judge and warrior, more familiar with swords and blood.
However, even so, a goddess is a goddess.
The secret arts she mastered and knew were such that even one of them would take a human a lifetime of study and effort to cast, and the necessary energy was not ordinary either.
Yet her younger brother, in just about two weeks, less than a year in the time within the barrier, had absorbed all the secret arts she knew.
Even mixing the esoteric techniques of the otherworld with her original memory to elevate them into even more powerful and profound arts.
Nemesis, filled with complex emotions, swept away the darkness that enveloped her with a wave of her hand.
The abyss where her mother resided.
An endless darkness resembling the bottomless pit of that abyss.
What was the goal of the teachings called magic? It was to impose one’s will upon the world.
That was why it was called magic (魔法) instead of a miracle.
Her younger brother, though unable to fully remember, used his divine power and authority to bring their mother’s abyss to the surface.
‘How far can humans go, really?’
No matter how much he knew modern techniques similar to those from his previous life.
Such rapid progress must be due to the unparalleled talent of his true self.
However, this was something that could be understood.
Occasionally, humans would achieve such remarkable feats that even the gods would be astonished, ascending to the ranks of heroes.
That potential could not be taken lightly, even by the gods, and there were even those who competed against and defeated the gods.
However, her younger brother’s true strength lay not in magic but in martial arts.
His swordsmanship that utilized divine power, which even countered the authority of the Judgement Sword she wielded, was comparable to the martial prowess of gods like Ares and Athena.
Watching his duel with Ares revealed that the War God himself had unleashed his divine power and authority without holding back, employing his pure martial arts and combat in the fight.
The War God who had lived for thousands of years in battle.
The power of that struggle and the martial arts he had accumulated over thousands of years were not something an ordinary human could withstand, and no god of Olympus dared to face him in pure martial arts and combat.
To think someone could fight Ares on equal footing.
‘Not only martial arts but also absorbing all the esoteric techniques I knew?’
Conversely, the lessons on divine authority with Eris had been sluggish, despite Eris’ lack of dedication. Her young brother, known as Dianes, simply could not grasp the concept easily.
Even Eris, Nemesis, and Ares had speculated on the reason, with Ares even seeking counsel from Hera, only to conclude that it was likely due to his inexperience and the limitations of still being in a human body.
However, Nemesis could not accept this.
How could a prospective god, who was more adept than anyone else at handling divine power, be clumsy with it?
A prodigy who absorbed everything about her within less than a year was inexperienced?
Armed with pride as a teacher and confidence in her sibling, Nemesis was not ready to acknowledge this and pushed her teachings even harder.
But in the end, all her knowledge was absorbed by her young brother, leaving them at a parting of ways.
“Sister?”
“...Yes?!”
Sister, sister, sister.
Nemesis, momentarily lost in the sweet and beautiful title the more she heard it, was startled by the voice and flapped her wings.
“Um... So, is the lesson with you over?”
“Uh, well...”
‘Huh...? When did he grow this much?’
When she first saw him, he seemed a bit smaller than her.
Her younger brother had grown so tall that he could no longer be called young, and he was looking down at her.
Without realizing it, her eyes, which captured her beautiful brother, looked at her with a puzzled expression.
“Ah...”
Her face flushed red in an instant, but as an elder and a teacher, she couldn’t just stand there awkwardly.
She was a goddess.
The goddess who had lived hundreds of times longer than humans, even more so than her brother, who carried the burdens of another world, was the goddess of judgment who had traversed aeons.
Even amidst the turbulent whirlpool of emotions and confusion, she could instantly find the next topic for the lesson.
‘Thank you. Eris!’
“The miracles and martial arts you show are all based on the wisdom learned from the previous world, right?”
“Th-that’s correct, but...”
Alright!
Nemesis felt secretly proud of herself at her brother’s innocent reaction of nodding obediently.
Regardless of why she felt proud.
The solemnity of the farewell declaration she had spat out with the resolve to cut off her own arm had vanished somewhere, and it was a pathetic sight even to herself.
After thousands of years, meeting now, for this brief moment, shouldn’t she be able to set aside divinity, destiny, and her resolve, and just enjoy this feeling?
Once that thought occurred, there was nothing more to hesitate about.
Like an unbridled warhorse, like a bird of prey riding the tailwind, just running forward as desired.
“You’re still having trouble handling miracles, aren’t you?”
“Uh...”
Miracles.
The power to wield divine force was divided into two types.
Miracles that create something from nothing with pure divine force.
Magic, called secret arts, that alter reality using divine force as a medium.
However, ironically, that person couldn’t even attempt the miracles all gods performed as easily as breathing, but instead, showed proficiency in the magic that even gods found difficult.
In other words, it was narrowly acceptable under her rigid sense of justice.
Even Eris ran away first, so the justification was sufficient.
“Hera and Eris both said it’s too early, but never say never. From now on, let’s explore how to handle miracles together.”
“Wh-what?”
Avoiding her brother’s eyes, which seemed to sense something was off, Nemesis simply reveled in the joy of being able to be with him legally(?).