110 Goddess of love (1/2)
Alice looked in surprise at the self proclaimed goddess in front of her, only to hear,
”How rude, then again I shouldn't expect much from mortals, especially with how your father was.” Alice froze when she mentioned her father, before the goddess laughed and said,
”Don't worry about it dear, the fathers sins don't belong to the child. What I wish to talk to you about is much more interesting.” At her words one of the mirrors seemed to melt and an image appeared on it, Alice being pushed up against the side of a building.
She then watched as right before those men defiled her, Leo rushed in and saved her from them, killing each and every one. She slowly turned to face the one who saved her, and said,
”My hero.” Before she kissed him for the first time. Alice felt both warm, and awkward watching the scene where she fell for Leo, and could see how he and Iris thought it was strange. Venus let out a sigh, and said
”Ah, young love. No matter how many times I see it, the tragic heroine falling for the dashing hero always moves my heart. Which brings me to why I brought you here.” She turned to look at Alice once more, who felt even more awkward being under the goddesses spotlight. Venus then had a somewhat serious face before saying,
”You see, with all the gods mobilizing against Arthur, I can't have it said I'm not doing my part. And while I do currently have a champion, she was a worthless disappointment, and will naturally parish in a year anyways. So, this is the deal, I want you to be my next champion.” Alice had an idea of why she was brought here, but actually hearing it stunned her.
She then was suspicious, if Venus wanted a capable champion then Iris would be the best choice, as she belonged to no God or goddess, and was a very capable warrior. Then Alice realized what was most likely going on, Venus was more than likely trying to cause strife between her, Leo, and Iris! She was suddenly quite angry, and glared at the goddess. Venus however read what Alice was thinking and when she started glaring at her, started laughing. She then said,
”I won't deny my tendencies to cause similar troubles before, but at the moment the situation is very different. As for why I didn't choose Iris, well there's quite the list of reasons, but I'll just leave it as I prefer a human or elven champion, as they are usually the most beautiful.” Venus wasn't lying, though the power and majesty of the werewolves was very beautiful to some, she cared more for how they looked physically. But, there was also the fact that Iris's surrogate mother is marked as her current champion, Iris would never trust her. Plus she decided having more capable people around Leo was better than making someone already strong, stronger. Alice then declared,
”Either way, I don't care! I refuse to be your champion!” Venus almost had an ugly look on her face at being talked to in such a way, almost. She then smiled charmingly and said,
”So you prefer being a worthless damsel in distress?” At her words Alice shuddered. She hated not being able to do anything for Leo, being in the way, and always causing him trouble. Knowing what she said got to her, Venus continued,
”I'll give you a year, when my current champion dies, to change your mind, and complete some tasks I want you to do to prove you can actually be of use.” Alice didn't say anything as Venus continued, uncaring.
”First is that I want you to get your family's former subjects to accept you. Convince them you are all on the same side, and that you are their ally.