The man's body was steaming as he stood over a puddle of lava and his body radiated an intense heat. The clear view at such a handsome and well built man caused Tria's cheeks to take on a hue of pink as her eyes traced his body from top to bottom only stopping to linger on his third lower appendage
"Tria"
He called to her and gained her attention, his voice was deep and held a commanding tone, she stood up and did a quick curtsy.
"This Tria greets you lord and welcomes you back from your bath"
Tria gave her greetings, although her lord looked vastly different than he did before, she could still tell it was him as such she did not question who he was.
"hmmm, yes and the cloth I ordered?"
He hummed before speaking, as he gazed upon her, he realized that she and the rest of the handmaiden automata he had made were quite imperfect.
"right there my lord"
She pointed at the table and he nodded in approval. Tria's eyes lingered on his face, she had no idea how he managed it but the ugliest God who was often referred to as a monster has now become a handsome God. A Smile crept on her face at realization that her lord now no longer had to suffer such humiliation.
"good, take it up to my chambers and I'll be there shortly"
"yes my lord"
Without a complain she obeyed and carried out the order her master gave her.
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After Tria had left the man examined his body and checked for any mistakes he might have made during the forging of his body.
"Nothing out of the ordinary, the body is splendid, the Hogkyouku did a magnificent job"
He spoke to himself but soon fell silent, he was confused. He at first shocked that he a God, had a past life as a human but not only that but that there are other universes out there aside from the one he resides in. The concept of the multiverse was quite mind boggling and raised more than just a single question, but for now he put those thoughts at the back of his head and moved on.
He could not tell if the Hogkyouku was something always within him laying dormant and activating after his previous life memories were triggered or maybe it implanted itself right as he began forging his body anew. He had memories of the device being used an individual named Aizen but in his past life this Aizen was a fictional being but then again in his past Life God's were fictional beings.
"Regardless, I am reborn and I hold greater power than ever before"
He spoke as he clenched his fists and feeling the infinite mana that course through his veins. before he could merely touch upon the concept of creation in order to forge but now he could grasp it fully, Though Gaia held greater Authority over it than him but that was irrelevant he is a forger of weapons not a life giver anyway. There other various skill he now possessed like the [mystic Eyes of Death perception]and the [gates of Babylon] though they were currently empty he would have to fill them with treasures of his own making.
A Smile crept on his face, a memory had crossed his mind and that memory caused him to utter a declaration.
"prepare yourself Aphrodite, I will teach you how to become a loyal and Filial wife"
He declared, He didn't particularly like being a cuck and will ensure that starting today his wife will have no sexual relations with no one but himself, he could ask for a divorce but he is doubtful Zeus and Hera would approve, there's a reason why the king and queen of the gods are still together despite Zeus being so unfaithful. Plus currently, to his knowledge Aphrodite has yet to bed anyone or at the very least Helios hasn't come to tell him of what he saw, as such this was good sign.
Perhaps it was his own fault for demanding her hand in marriage despite her clear distaste for him, in all honestly he couldn't really blame her, he would rebel too if he was forced to marry an ugly monster. Though luckily, she only cheated on him with Ares (though right now she hasn't cheated yet) all her other lovers were before they were wed.
Thinking about it further he found the idea of having the most desired goddess as his and only his to be quite enticing, the only thing he has to ensure is that all her need are met and that all the Gods keep their hands to themselves.
With those thoughts he teleported to his chambers, according to his memory Hephaestus was quite the pitiful God. unloved by his own wife due to his ugliness not only that but his very own mother cast him out of Olympus so he had no love of a mother. The phrase "a face only a mother could love" did not apply to him, his own mother thought him to be hideous but despite that the gods of Olympus continued to ask for his skills and he helped them, he was far too kind hearted for his own good.
"No more of that, thank you"
He sounded as he arrived at his chambers, taking a look a round he found the room to be as expected, sparse with hardly any decoration infact it seemed the room was never used.
"I don't really care for decorations myself I suppose but I'll be sleeping on the bed instead of the basement"
Hearing footsteps Hephaestus took a sheet from his bed and draped it over himself and waited for his Automata to arrived, his palace was quite big as such it takes a while for someone to go from his forge to his room.
His golden handmaid opened the door and dragged in the large roll of cloth, she then lifted it up and placed it onto the bed"
"Lord you're already here?"
She queried, She had thought he would be spending time in the forge before coming to his chambers.
'Why didn't he just take this with him then'
She complained in her head as she didn't see the point of her dragging that thing up thr stairs and all the way to his chambers only to find him already there.
"Yes, you can leave the cloth where it is and take a break"
Tria did a curtsy before leaving and closing the door behind her with a pep in her step seemingly excited that her lord told her to take a break, she was going to milk those words.
"let's make some clothes"
Unrolling the cloth he cut off a piece of before utilizing one of his skills [Transmutation] and quickly turned the cloth into a pair of black trousers, he took another piece and turned into white Haori he then transmute another piece into what looked to be an arm and shoulder sleeve. He was going to leave his torso largely open and have the Haori be draped over him, he was going for the Shirou Emiya look.
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After having done with his clothing, he quickly teleported back to his forge, in all honesty he didn't really need to forge no more, with the variety of skill he has he can practically create and weapon he wants
With the ultimate skill [Gluttonous king: Beelzebuth] he can devour any material and store it while also synthesize what it's made of, with [Transmutation] he can alter it to a degree changing it from its original form. The skill [Bestow] allowed him to bestow certain effects to his weapons he created and then the skill [creation] which allowed him to create raw materials. So in essence he could create rather than forge but one could still call it forging since he couldn't just create the finished product.
Anyway right now there are a few items that he needed to create, the first one being the chains of Enkidu as he needs the chains in a battle soon.
The first thing he needed was an incredibly hard and durable material, while he is sure he can find the substance somewhere in the world he thought there wouldn't be any substance within this universe that would best Uru in terms of durability, since the ore becomes stronger the more magic it has, meaning its perfect to make the chains of Enkidu with since the chains absorb and restrict the divinity of any God-like being.
However before he can create a weapon that he can stomp Ares with in the future, a gift for the distraught Aphrodite, after all She was certainly not pleased being wed to him, it was the sole reason why he went to remake his body
"a gift that might please her?"
She was no stranger to gifts, all those who wanted to bed her had given her gifts before. He needed to make a gift that no one else can get and a gift that never be compared to any that came before or after.
"this might take a while"
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A/N: Hope you like the chapter, please offer thoughts and suggestions and ways I can improve my writing, thank you.