"Good day, young boy," the man greeted. "Are you interested in becoming the strongest man in the world?"
"No." Akatsuki replied.
"Yes! Ok- wait what!" The man said in shock. "Never mind, allow me to introduce myself. My name is King and I am the God of Skill. If you are looking for the most amazing Blessing in this festival then that's me."
Suddenly, an rock hit the back of King's head which made him cry out loud in pain.
"You bastard, how dare you lie in front of this handsome devil?!" A beautiful woman said, she was wearing a wild animals skin for a dress, revealing her seductive curves. "How dare you call yourself the most amazing God in this temple? Boy, forget that lame man. Come here and choose me for your blessing."
The woman made a gesture and Akatsuki found his body floating towards her stall. He did his best to take control of his body. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't even move his fingers.
In the end, he resigned himself to his fate and drifted towards the stall of the Goddess.
"My name is Sheela and I am the Cave Goddess," Sheela patted Akatsuki's shoulder with a grin. "Have you ever heard of the famous saying about caves?"
"A woman's cave is where the little brother goes?" Akatsuki answered, hoping that the goddess would dislike him a let him go.
"You are only half right." Sheela grinned.
"Hey Sheela! I saw got him first! Don't snatch my guy!" King charged towards Sheela's stall with a determined expression.
The Gods inside the festival were all competitors. Everytime a batch of "chosen ones" appeared, all of them would do their best to make them their followers before they reincarnated into their next life.
"Go away!" Sheela screamed unbefitting of her beauty.
She then created of the little rocks is mid air and threw it at King. The little rock grew in size mid-flight until it became as big as a basketball, then it started to hollow out and became a flying cave. It covered king, making him stuck in the rock.
"You see that, Atkuki?" Sheela smirked. "Any cave is where the little brother goes!"
"R-Right…, and my name is Akatsuki." Akatsuki answered while slowly backing away from the Cave Goddess.
"Aww, don't be like that." Sheela went out of her stall and grabbed Akatsuki's hand. "Why don't we get to know each other first? You know, if you take my blessing, you will receive a lot of benefits!"
"Um, what kind of benefits?"
"For example, I can give you the power to create caves anywhere. Whether it be a desert, a frozen tundra, underwater, or any place you want to grow a hole!"
"T-That sounds porus!" Akatsuki stuttered.
"I know right!?" Sheela smirked. "Now, just sign this contract and we're good to go."
Sheela produced a contract and a pen out of thin air. She even personally handed the pen to Akatsuki's shaking hands and urged him to sign the contract.
Akatsuki wasn't willing to sign the contract, but the grip on his shoulders were preventing him from running away.
Fortunately, King returned and pried Sheela's arm away from Akatsuki.
"Hey! Play by the rules you asshole!" King stood in between Akatsuki and Sheela. "You can't force anyone to sign a contract!"
"Dammit! I was so close… you bastard," Sheela muttered under her breath.
King stood beside Akatsuki and patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, brother. As long as I'm around, no one can force you to sign a contract! Since you just arrived, allow me to be your tour guide."
King then gave Sheela the "fuck off slut!" look which made the Cave Goddess glare at him.
Sheela snorted and returned to her stall, but before doing so, she called out to Akatsuki and told him that he could always come back to her if he didn't find a God that suited him, little did she know that he already had, even worse for King, since all his efforts would be wasted when Akatsuki tells him he already has a blessing.
King walked side by side with Akatsuki as they toured the fest. He answered Akatsuki's questions and even corrected some of the boy's misconceptions about Gods.
"There are three types of Gods," King explained as they walked. "The Prime Gods, The Humanitarian Gods, and the Creation Gods. The Prime Gods consist of the Gods that were born when the multiverse was created. You might know them as the God of Flame, God of Water, Stone, Frost, Thunder, etc."
"The Personification Gods are Gods born out of emotions and professions. God of Fear, God of Joy, God of NTR, and God of Sadness, are examples of Gods born from emotions. The God of Driving, God of Cooking, God of Assassin's, God of Athletics, God of Singing, are Gods born out of professions."
King paused before continuing his explanation. "As for the Creation Gods, these are the Gods who were just recently born and have very strange personalities."
"Strange personalities?" Akatsuki asked.
"We'll be seeing one of these Creation Gods soon," King replied. "Do you see that long line of people over there? They are lining up to sign the contract of that 'Creation God'."
Seeing Akatsuki's curiosity, King gave a wry smile and took the boy to see the God's that was manning the stall.
A little boy who seemed no older than thirteen years old was shaking hands with a teenage boy with a big smile on his face. his purple hair, pink eyes, and seductive smile made him look extremely sexy.
"Brother, I love you!" The little boy patted the man's back. "Now, please sign your name over here."
The boy happily signed the contract while the people standing in line were shouting slogans like "Waifu for Laifu" and "Booby Sword!"
Another Goddess that was sitting next to him and a vein popped out of her forehead. She had purple braided hair and glowing purple eyes, she too also had a massive line infront of her.
"Could you please tell, them I am the GODDESS OF ETERNITY, not a booby sword woman." she asked the young boy.
"Got you honey." he said as he pecked her on the cheek.
"Stop calling my electro fly a boob sword lady, she is the god of eternity, anyone who objects can leave the line!"
Akatsuki froze as he looked at the little boy and King. He had a hunch on who the God was, but he was not a hundred percent sure.
As if reading his thoughts, King nodded his head. "This stall belongs to the Waifu God."
"Waifu God?"
"Yes. He is a Creation God that was born from the beliefs of… people with unique taste. Akatsuki, don't tell me… you are one of these scum– I mean, people with unique tastes?"
"Of course not! I have a wife, and I haven't watched that many anime shows, although in my younger years my heart waverd, it stayed sane, unlike these beasts." Akatsuki denied with every fiber of his being.
As if sensing that they were talking about him, the Waifu God looked at Akatsuki and King. The cute boy smiled and waved at Akatsuki.
'I'm a simple man,' Akatsuki thought as he waved back. 'I see a young boy waving at me, I wave back."
The Waifu God smirked at stepped out of his throne, walking towards Akatsuki.
"Honey! What happened!" the God of Eternity said as she pulled a blade made out of lighting from her twin peaks.
"Booby Goddess!"
"Thats someone else!" she said as she sent a lightning bolt towards the horny otaku, the aftermath was a boy lying on the ground with a white goo seeping from his pants.
"Don't worry honey, I just want to talk to him." the Waifu God said as he approached Akatsuki.
Looking into Akatsuki's blood red eyes, he smirked.
"I wanna give you my blessing, simple really, you get one waifu of your choosing to be with for the rest of your life, she grows more powerful as you do. Effectively doubling your power while having someone to love, what do you say?" the Waifu God offered.
"I already have someone I love, and I already have a blessing, sorry." Akatsuki said as he walked away.
"W-Wait! You already have a blessing!" King yelled in despair.
"Yeah? Is that bad?"
"YES! For me it is!" King said as he slumped down.
"If you already have a blessing, then let me give you my divine skill." he said as he touched Akatsuki's face.
[The Waifu God has gifted you divine skill (Look's that can kill)]
"W-Why!" Akatsuki was in shock.
"To be honest, you already look amazing with your blood red eyes and black hair, perfect badass, I just wanted to get on the ride since I have a feeling you will win." the boy said with a smile.
"What do you mean?"
"If you invest in a participant in the games, meaning giving them a divine artifact for divine skill, you gain a certain amount of points in the god rankings when the chosen person does something amazing, like get a girl or complete a quest." he said.
"I simply wanted to profit from you."
"It's not guaranteed that I will have the same looks as in my previous life." Akatsuki replied
"True, but all the better!" the boy said as he patted Akatsuki's back.
"Let me do that to! Since I can't give you my blessing and I have invested so much time into you, here you go!" King said as he touched Akatsuki's head too.
[The God of Skill has gifted you divine skill (Skill Master)]
"Thank you two so much, I will spread your names throughout my world." Akatsuki said as he bowed.
"No problem! Honey, shouldn't you invest in him too?" the Waifu God asked the Goddess of Eternity.
"No need, he is too powerful as it stands, if he gains even more power, the world itself will collapse on him. And all I care about is you, the only reason I create these contracts is to spread your name~" the Goddess said as she got into a deep kiss with the Waifu God, her legs interlocking with his. All the people in line started to cry.
"I wish you luck Akatsuki, I hope you will find your wife!" King wished Akatsuki the best of luck
In his eyes, Akatsuki was a very interesting person. He held a deep respect for him, and at this point, all he could do is hope the best for him.