Themis who was standing right at the door as the conversation between the queen and the two young gods carried on, she looked up in the cloudy skies and watched as the lightning and thunder roared far in the distance, she found the distant thundering roars to be soothing. The area around the palace including the house she stood in front of was unaffected.
A few seconds ago she had thought Ares was being attacked when he suddenly screamed startling her into action but Hera had assure her everything was fine so she didn't interfere. Hera must have thought she couldn't hear their conversation or something but she could and the things they were talking about caused her great surprise and had made her to be indecisive and confused.
She also had questions about How Hera seemed to know more about the oracle than she had led on, a question that neither Ares or Athena had asked. There was also the fact that Ares mentioned that Zeus kills all three of them and Themis was relieved that her name wasn't mentioned in the people that Zeus has killed, things seemed to be getting very serious and she had no idea what to do
While she is loyal to Hera that doesn't mean she has to get killed either, she doesn't like Zeus but he is powerful the chances of overthrowing him are small plus he has the Scythe a weapon that strikes fear in the eyes of powerful titans and Gods the very same weapon used to slay Ouranos the king of Heaven and grandfather to Zeus.
While she was deep within her thoughts, she felt sudden movements and saw something in the corner of her eye, she immediately turned her head to the left looking right at the corner of the house but she saw nothing but the house's shadow. Her senses are sharp so how come there's nothing there?
"huh? Must have imagined it."
Maybe she was thinking a bit too much and the matter of Hera and Athena being traitors to Olympus was getting to her more than she thought, she quickly shook her head and cleared her thoughts no need to think too much about something that has yet to happen.
The door behind her clicked Stepping out of the way and she turned back and saw Hera exiting the house along with Ares and Athena.
"let's go Themis, we going to Hephaestus 's home"
With a nod she followed along and it seemed Athena had enough strength to walk by herself this time she was still weak but she looked better which Eased Themis's heart a bit.
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"now then, since we were interrupted earlier let's go back to what I wanted to show"
Hephaestus sounded as the two of them arrived at her house, he was most positively sure that she will like the mirrors although he hasn't come up with a name for it yet maybe he'll let her name it.
Due to the loud thunderous roars of Lightning and thunder, one of Aphrodite's nymphs who was a bit adept at magic had to put up a sound barrier to block out the noise, this was done before the two gods returned from the meeting.
"aren't we going to talk about what just transpired in the meeting?"
She curiously asked as she proceeded to sit down on her chair, with a wave of her hand she commanded her nymphs to bring snacks and beverages. Having guests and not providing them refreshments was incredibly rude.
"everything was already discussed there, we shouldn't dwell on things like that too much"
He voiced, of course that was a lie, inwardly he was already thinking of ways to protect her and himself. If she's not a Goddess well suited for battle that meant he either has to make her suited via training or just build her something to protect her, Although the idea of training her was more appealing to him.
'making her a weapon or should I give her one from the ones I've already made?'
He questioned himself internally, if this was him before he regained his past life memories perhaps he would have spent all of his time making weapons and armors unfortunately he isn't and at present he didn't care for Olympus, dealing with people like Ares or Zeus and even Hera was not something he wanted, infact it might because of that reason why he doesn't live in Olympus. Hopefully he can live his life with Aphrodite away from the Olympians, although that'll depend on her.
"what do you me–"
"anyway look at this"
Completely ignoring her and interrupting her sentence he took the two mirrors from the corner of the room and placed them at the center. Aphrodite probably cares about Olympus a bit and he might be considered a traitor if he suddenly says he doesn't care who becomes king or if it's destroyed. This also reminded him that it is imperative that he creates Ea, a weapon that will be a good deterrent for people to not mess with him.
"Mirrors? What can they do"
There was a spark in her eyes as soon as Hephaestus revealed them, despite earlier not wanting to accept the gift as it was a reminder of her past, the novelty of a new doodad and thingamajig made by Hephaestus greatly overruled her reservations.
"first it's this, mirror show the nearest human inhabited island"
With but a snap of his fingers, the mirrors glowed a bright silver and Hephaestus's reflection on them became distorted and warped as the mirrors changed the image of his Visage into the Birdseye view of the nearest human island. A spark of Excitement appeared in her eyes as she jumped from her seat and pushed Hephaestus out the way to get a better look at what the mirrors was showing .
"Are those humans? Is that a whole city? By Zeus! how is this happening "
Realizing her behavior she quickly calmed herself and cleared her throat and asked the question and again but this time a lot more subdued and uninterested tone. Hephaestus gave her a deadpan stare and a shake of his head, Perhaps he shouldn't raise the bar too high for himself so she won't have unrealistic expectations next time he brings a gift for her.
"I put similar enchantments to the ones I used on your clothes, these mirrors can and will show you anything you want to see, provided that it exists in the world or isn't hidden by magical means"
"ooh does that mean I can use them to see you whenever I feel like it"
"Yes, but not always, there's two of them because the other is mine, let's say you want to see me but don't feel like coming to my house, you can "call" me and my mirror will transmit my image to your mirror and vice versa so we can see each other and talk"
"like talking from a long distance or like [Thought speech] but visually this time"
He confirmed her words with a nod. [Thought speech] is just as the name suggests, a magic that one can use to communicate with others. It's hardly ever used by the gods of Olympus because none of them like hearing somebody's voice in their head not to mention it can be used to manipulate others, a person can change their voice to match yours and make you think what you're Thinking are your thoughts. Hestia was once sentenced to a week off Olympus for using the spell a bit too much.
Incidentally most of the Olympians Or titans never really use magic aside from some very convenient spells, Hecate is the only one whoever uses it and that's only because it's within her domain.
"Yes, so now we can communicate whenever or at least whenever I'm home"
"hmm what's happening with those humans?"
Aphrodite ignores his words as her attention was now drawn to the mirrors again, she hadn't noticed earlier but there seemed to be a commotion happening within the humans city they were viewing, there were fires and it looked like a bunch of people started pillaging or attacking the city. There was also a lot of individuals wearing armor that were fighting.
Hephaestus got closer and looked and saw what she was seeing.
"hmm… a pillaging? Maybe a dispute? Well it doesn't Matter, those are human things."
With another snap of his fingers he returned the mirrors to regular mirrors and he went to sit down on the cushioned couch like chair meant for two or more people. The nymphs had come in with the snack and beverages and had placed them on the table that was just a bit away from the mirrors that stood at the center of the room.
"so I just snap my fingers and it turns back to a regular mirror?"
She said as she began looking at her figure and checking her own curves, of course she's seen herself multiple time in a mirror but that doesn't mean she wouldn't look at herself if a mirror is present.
"Yes, essentially"
Was his response as he began to eat the snacks available and watched her checking herself out. He rolled his eyes, took a bite of the biscuit in his hand, swallowed then spoke.
"careful, only narcissists look at themselves that much in the mirror"
"my form is perfect so there's nothing narcissistic about appreciating it."
She spoke without looking at him, hearing her words he found himself agreeing with her a bit.
"I suppose you're right that it is indeed quite perfect"
He commented as he stared at her top to bottom, her assets were perfect, her breasts were not too big for her Frame and the same could be said for her buttocks, her figure wasn't too slender but at the same time it wasn't thick too much, her body was balanced between slim and thick. Aphrodite heard his words and turned her head and looked in his direction catching him as he stared at her, there was a bit of lust in his gaze but it felt more like he was appreciating her looks rather than lusting after her, Although she'd prefer it if he lusted after her more often.
She walked closer to him planning to put on her charms but instead she decided to simply sit beside him, she was reminded of what she is and suddenly her mood soured greatly. She simply plopped right beside him and didn't say a word.
"is something the matter?"
Noticing her sudden mood change he asked and she shook her head in response. Hephaestus had figured that whatever soured her mood had something to do with what recently happened with Ares so as an attempt to make her feel better he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close letting her rest her head on his shoulder.
"technically we are husband and wife so feel free to talk to me about anything, I'm willing to listen"
He was no therapist but he knew that talking about one's problems helped a lot, you don't even need to talk about it, simple social interaction can do wonders for a person.
'Wait does that only apply to humans and not gods?'
He pondered as he waited on her, it was fine If she didn't speak just being there was enough. With her body now in very close proximity he took a whiff of her scent and she smelled just as good as he remembered maybe even better, his hand traveled up to her head and he began to feel her hair and he could feel the silky smoothness of it, it felt great to the touch and he continuously rubbed her head in a slow motion just to feel her hair.
Aphrodite let out a small hum as she felt his gentle touch, he slowly and rhythmically rubbed her head, it felt great and calming. His body was warm and she felt comfortable. The thought to wrap her own arms around him occurred but she refrained, she doesn't want to say anything but within her heart she felt he deserves better than her, someone better than a whore like her.
"Hephaestus"
"Yes"
"d–
She was about to speak but was immediately was interrupted by the sudden knock on her doors prompting one of her nymphs to quickly answer, opening the door for the guest that had interrupted her.
"Athena?"
"Hephaestus, so you were here "
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A/N: was reading My instant death ability is so overpowered, that I nearly forgot to update.
also, I recommend reading the UQ holder if you Shonen fan.