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Consuming Ares had given me an extraordinary amount of power, but every bit of power and how I had obtained, would have consequences; Ares' soul had affected me in a spiritual way, I felt more aggressive, more prone to fight without reason, which was already a problem in my life.
But this was nothing new; I knew beforehand that the souls affected me; of course, they had never done it like this, but this was the soul of a God that I had just consumed. "I will make a mental note not to eat any more gods unless it is extremely necessary,¨ I laughed sarcastically before teleporting back to my world in order to discuss with Athena what was next on the list.
With a quick sigh, I snapped my fingers and teleported back to my world, where Athena and Honey were both waiting for me, Athena with an expression of complete surprise, and Honey with one of happiness, "Adam, I see your mission was a success," Athena complimented me, but something in her voice sounded hollow, "Congratulations,"
I looked at the goddess for a second, making a mental reminder to investigate her attitude later, "It was difficult, but I managed it," I replied with a grin.
"You were super cool!" Honey proclaimed, lunging towards me for a hug, "I loved your ultimate form. I took pictures for the lonely nights this little horny succubus has to suffer," the horny succubi winked at me, kissing my cheek playfully.
"With your current power, only Poseidon, Hades, Hera and Zeus can fight against you," Athena informed me, "Zeus still surpasses you in power, the others... I believe they are below you,"
"I see," I replied, noticing that I didn't feel Hestia in my world; where was she? "Where is Hestia?" I asked with curiosity.
"In Asgard, apparently she had questions that I couldn't answer," Athena replied, her tone firm and cold; I definitely need to investigate her later. "For security reasons, I recommend that you don't let them move around so much; someone could attack her as she moves between realms," the goddess of wisdom suggested, her tone borderline angry.
I looked at her for a second and said, "Hestia is free to do as she pleases; next time you try to recommend me or even suggest that I cage her, it will be the last time I consider you an ally, is that clear Athena?" I all but growled.
"Crystal," Athena nodded.
"Very wise of you," I snorted, teleporting to Asgard to find Hestia to get my daily dose of hugs and homemade food; besides, we were already late for our maniacal laugh time.
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[Hestia POV]
I looked at Freyja and asked again, "Are you absolutely sure?"
"I am," Freyja nodded, as she preened her wings with her hands, "You love him, whether you do something about it or not, it's up to debate, I can see you have a deep fear of falling in love, and what that brings, but the truth is, you love him,"
I wasn't supposed to love anyone, not in this way, "I… can't," I muttered, tears dripping down my eyes.
"Love is beautiful if both parties actually love each other," Freyja assured me.
"I've seen what love does to others!" I almost shouted, "Love destroyed my family, love hurt my mother, love hurt my sisters, love hurt my brothers, and now love will hurt me, and worse, Adam!"
"Do you really think you will hurt him?" Freyja snorted, "Sweetie, you don't have a bad bone in your body, which is weird; we gods tend to be assholes, me included,"
"Pretty straightforward," I chuckled, wiping a few tears.
"I call them like I see them," Freyja shrugged, "I have done awful shit in the past, and so have Odin, and Thor, and Frigg, and almost every god, you just happen to be one of the exceptions in our fucked up society,"
"I'm not that good, not as Adam thinks," I sighed, "I might not have hurt others directly, but I never did anything to stop my brothers and sisters from doing it, I could've, but I never did,"
"And that shit is not your problem," Freyja rolled her eyes at me, "I have killed thousands if not millions, and that's my sin, not Odin's not Frigg's not Thor's… well, maybe Thor does have some fault, but the point is, you don't have to blame anything they did on you,"
"Adam says the same," I smiled.
"That kid is like a nuclear waste Hestia," Freyja chuckled, "He radiates love for you, and only for you, he likes Odin, and thinks of Thor as his weird best friend, but you… love, pure love, to the point he doesn't consider himself worthy of you that is something you don't find offend…"
"He is a nice kid," I admitted, the one person in all of creation who had put me first on anything; it felt nice to be appreciated, to be heard.
"His love is pure, and so it's yours," Freyja smiled, "What you two do with it, it's up to the two of you, isn't that right, Adam?" wait, what?! WAIT, HOLD ON A FRIGGGIN NUGGING BAKING MINUTE, WHAT?!!!
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[Adam POV]
When I teleported to Asgard, Odin left a very strange note exactly where I teleported, or so I thought, the whole place had notes, the point is… the note said, go to Freyja, use a spell to camouflage yourself, and hear their conversation.
A very strange request, but what that hell, "Edih ym ydob dna ecneserp," I whispered, hiding myself within a cloak of magic, whatever it was Odin wanted me to hear sounded important, that or the Norse God was trolling me, once again.
Alright, time to see what Hestia is doing, in a very creepy way; maybe I shouldn't be doing this; I swear to God if they are having a bath together, I will kill Odin for setting me up like that.
As I approached the room where Hestia and Freyja were, I started to hear some voices, "Are you absolutely sure?" Hestia asked her.
"I am," Freyja replied, "You love him, whether you do something about it or not, it's up to debate; I can see you have a deep fear of falling in love, and what that brings, but the truth is, you love him,"
"Wait…. Hestia is in love?" I thought feeling like I wanted to kill someone, no no Adam, if she actually loves someone, you have to support her by killi-- welcoming the guy with a shotgun to th-- with warm hug… will have to work on that.
Their conversation continued with some parts being entirely muted, not that I was paying too much attention, I mean, here I was trying to hold down my jealousy, stupid feeling, we had nothing, but I suppose I made myself believe she would never love anyone like that, and well… I was okay with that, ain't that selfish.
"I'm not that good, not as Adam thinks," Hestia sighed, "I might not have hurt others directly, but I never did anything to stop my brothers and sisters from doing it, I could've, but I never did,"
"And that shit is not your problem," Freyja chuckled, "I have killed thousands if not millions, and that's my sin, not Odin's not Frigg's not Thor's… well, maybe Thor does have some fault, but the point is, you don't have to blame anything they did on you," DAMN RIGHT!
"Adam says the same," Hestia smiled; I mean, I guess I can't see her. But the point was Freyja was right, it wasn't her fault, she was the best of them all, granted is not a big accomplishment considering everyone in her family sucks, but still.
"That kid is like a nuclear waste Hestia," Freyja chuckled, "He radiates love for you, and only for you, he likes Odin, and thinks of Thor as his weird best friend, but you… love, pure love, to the point he doesn't consider himself worthy of you… that is something you don't find offend…" wait, Thor has another best friend, and he's hitting on Hestia; I feel betrayed.
"He's a nice kid," Hestia admitted, her voice sounding happier than ever.
"His love is pure, and so it's yours," Freyja stated, "What you two do with it, it's up to the two of you, isn't that right, Adam?" Ohhhh I am in deep shit, am I?
"Quack?" In times of panic, quack. Wait a minute… processing information, data extracted…. Hestia loves me?! Fuck the other imaginary guy!
"Adam!" Hestia shouted.
"This is not Adam is a duck! I mean QUACK!" I shouted back.