4 Chapter 4 – A spectacular show (1/2)
Walking down the aisle of the hall the conversation between the five continued.
”Let us get this matter over with quickly. We have more important matters to deal with!” The calm and soothing voice said with an irrefutable tone.
”Of course Zeus. Poseidon's silence on this matter already made it very clear.” Sneering the husky voice commented.
”Do not mistake my silence for incompetence Hades. I'm sure you have received the report from Hermes.” Calm like a lake but choppy like the surface of the sea in a storm. No one could tell what lay at the depths of this man. A mystery like the oceans themselves.
”You three brothers will never get along. But Poseidon is right! Odin's Valkyrie faction is gaining momentum and is the biggest threat to Olympus. Who knows when those war hungry barbarians will declare war?” It truly was a marvel how this woman could be so serious but her allure would only grow. Any normal man would have lost his morals in front of this beauty a few times through each of her sentences.
”Sister Aphrodite, it is not all bad. The angels and bodhisattva factions still remain adamant on holding the peace quo. The Brahman faction is a bunch of wanderers and shouldn't pose any problems for now. Whereas, the eastern gods are in constant turmoil. They are too busy fighting each other to bother or be a bother for any others.” Tyche explained after calculating the probabilities. When she spoke her voice would be clear as water but there would always be a veil of fog over the deeper meaning in them. ”the demon faction may be the only variable. Only fools would trust them. But sometimes it is the fools who win.”
”Tch. Only the fiends are corrupted enough to deal with them.” Zeus clicked his tongue seemingly disgusted by the mere idea of dealing with the demon faction. ”leave it be for now. We will talk about this later! Let's get Hades to send this soul on its way to the underworld realm first.” He said shaking his head. It seemed even gods had their fair share of troubles.
”with pleasure…” before he could complete his sentence his eyes landed on the four little kids sitting around the pedestal and giggling animatedly ” …What are you little runts doing here!” With a glare, Hades immediately berated the kids.
Seeing the one uncle that they all feared, glaring at them with a livid expression, the kids immediately stood up with pale faces and words illuded them. ”we..we…”
”Hades are you only good for scaring kids?” Aphrodite chided from the side and with a gentle smile waved the kids to come over to her. ”come here little ones.”
”You!...” Hades wanted to say more but his actions had already spoken so he kept quiet.
Eros seeing his mother, ran toward her and jumped into her embrace while the other two girls grabbed onto her two feet and hid behind. She was wearing a frilly and long plain white robe which allowed the girls to hide behind. Apollo ran to her too but he couldn't let go of his little pride so he stood beside her with teary eyes but maintained a determined expression.
Seeing the kids run to her Aphrodite picked up Eros and then placed a palm on Apollos head, patting it gently. Shielding them from their scary uncle. After consoling them a bit, the kids finally regained their colour.
Athena went up to Zeus and asked ”father what is going to happen to this soul? I and the others have taken a real liking to it! He is a very interesting man. Brother Apollo andsister Artemis also feel the same.” Following her, the twins also came up and started barraging their father with compliments for the soul.
Zeus was just about to ask them what they were doing around the soul before his three kids came over to him voluntarily, full of excitement. Listening to them he could deduce that they meddled with the soul and had read its memories. ”I guess I should be glad that the mortal wasn't an indecent one.” Mumbling to himself he breathed a sigh of relief. He could tell the kids were not telling him the whole truth but what's the worse they could do? It was good enough that they hadn't been tainted by the vile mortal world.
”Fine! Fine! You want something, don't you? Just Tell me what it is. I will not say no unless it is too unruly. You have my word!” Zeus had always doted on Athena and was immensely proud of his son Apollo. Though he showed no specific emotions for Artemis, he trusted her the most! For these three kids that he valued so highly, how could he not succumb to their sugary words?
”what are you doing Zeus?!” Hades was promised the soul and now these kids had stolen the rights to it in front of his face after he had berated them. Even though it really was not such a big deal to him. He couldn't help but feel discontent.
On the contrary,completely disregarding him the kid's eyes lit up and smiles bloomed on their cute little faces. ”father we only hope that you can do a small favour for us and make a body for this human mortal. You all are the greatest gods ever! How could building the body of a mere mortal be something that would inconvenience you in the least?” Athena struck while the iron was hot. Her words only got sweeter and sweeter with every line. She truly knew how to tug on the heartstrings of her father.