Chapter 100: (100th Chapter non-canon special) Alexs Birthday (1/2)

-Olympus, Hermes' mansion-

Around a round table in the balcony of the mansion, a truly extraordinary cast of characters gathered.

There was Athena, Hermes, Aphrodite, and Crista.

They all seemed to be deep in thought, and Athena stood up and stated, ”It has been a full lunisolar year that Alex has joined Olympus!”

The other three nodded fervently, and Hermes interjected, ”We need to do something for Alexei-boy.”

Once again, the other three nodded.

Aphrodite intervened, ”Hmm, how about we make the day around him and Crista? They are lovers, after all.”

Athena and Hermes agreed.

However, Crista blushed like a ripe tomato and anxiously shook her palms, ”No, no, no, I can't monopolize Alex, let's all spend the day together!”

Athena then frowned and said, ”Is it even good to consider it his birthday? Alex never told us about his birth date....”

Hermes coughed and replied, ”I'm not even sure his world uses the same calendar as we do.”

Silence befell the hall, and the four contemplated on this truly difficult dilemma.

Suddenly, three people entered the balcony.

It was Persephone, Hades, and Achilles.

”Hello everyone!” Persephone greeted everyone and instantly got to talking, as she was the social butterfly of the Underworld.

Hades muttered, ”So it's that hooligan's birthday already....”

Achilles seemed intimidated by the group of extremely fearsome deities that sat around the table and simply bowed slightly to everyone.

They were already quite numerous, but two guests also joined.

They were Ares and Dionysus.

Dionysus exclaimed, ”I don't know what you're planning to do, but I brought the strongest wine I have in any case!”

Ares scoffed and challenged the former, ”Strongest wine, huh? I'm sure it won't even get me tipsy.”

”Bet?” Dionysus seemed excited by the prospects of this drinking challenge.

However, Athena interjected and frowned, ”No drinking anything, for now, sit, you two!”

Dionysus harrumphed, ”Boring!”

Aphrodite caught up with the two on the current state of affairs.

”We were thinking of organizing a date for Alex and Crista.”

Crista once again refused, ”No, let's do something all together!”

Persephone proposed, ”How about a day for all of us, and a night for the two of them?”

The group of gods all burst into loud laughter and Crista blushed even redder.

Athena approved, ”That's a great idea, Persephone.”

Then, Hermes asked everyone, ”Then, what do we do?”

”Do what? Why is everyone gathered here? Is there something special going on?”

Everyone suddenly went silent.

Alex had entered the balcony, and it seemed he was very suspicious of their gathering.

Unexpectedly, Hades saved the day, ”It's a divine council, and you're not invited, hooligan! Go away!”

Alex seemed hurt and slowly retreated while keeping his eye on everyone.

When he was out of sight, they got back into the discussion.

”Let's...go to the beach!” Ares proposed excitedly.

Aphrodite nodded and added, ”Kythera, my homeland, has great beaches!”

Everyone seemed to appreciate the idea, and they concluded the meeting.

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-The next day-

Hermes woke up Alex and told him, ”Alexei-boy, we need to negotiate with a foreign minor god in Kythera, he took up the island all for himself.”

Of course, this was part of their surprise plan.