Chapter 1014 – Afterword ─ Venus Wants to Make a Proper Proposal to Ceres!
“You can’t just say that you love each other and want to get married, right?”
Eve Terra touched her own cheek and looked at Venus, who spoke with a very serious expression.
“So you’re coming to me like this and asking about Ber’s childhood?”
Hehe, that’s right! Even though she is the Ceres of the world, wouldn’t she have talked about this and that when she was young?”
“… Are you really serious about that and asking me?”
Eve sighed naturally.
“Don’t you know that this is not an ordinary mother-daughter relationship?”
“But didn’t you get along well and talk about various things during your childhood?”
Eve sighed once more at Venus’ question.
“It’s different from what you expect… Just a moment before that.”
Eve pointed to the shadow of Venus with her finger.
“Is it okay to have this conversation?”
“Is it because you are worried that Ceres will overhear her?”
“I don’t want to ruin a relationship that is finally starting to get off the ground.”
“In that case, don’t worry. Ceres appears from my shadow when I am in danger.”
Eve glanced at her for a moment and nodded.
“To be honest… I don’t have anything special to tell you.”
“Do you really mean to say that Ceres is unlikely to overhear the conversation?”
“There’s no way I would lie to you, Mr. VIP, right? Really, unfortunately, I don’t have anything special to tell you about Ver’s childhood. He spent more time with Lilith than I did…”
Eve sighed deeply.
“After that, I suffered under the guidance of my workaholic mother.”
“It really seems like we haven’t had any particular conversation.”
“… Do you know what? I don’t even know when Ver had her first period.”
Eve rested her chin and scratched her desk with her fingers.
“How could you not know that…?”
“Ber was quite a grown-up. She didn’t have Lilith by the time she was living in Pandemonium, and I was too busy at the time.”
“Still, menarche… Isn’t it a very important event in a girl’s life? No matter how early she grows up…”
There may be no screaming or loud celebration. But it was really strange to not even know that I had done it.
“I was such a bad mother. It was only when she checked the spending details on her credit card that she found out that she had started menstruation.”
“… You really were an outrageous mother, weren’t you?”
“At that time, I didn’t even think that I had to take care of him, even if it was too late, and I thought he was taking care of it well. I thought it was okay not to worry about it.”
Eve fanned her hand once and stopped tapping her fingers on her desk.
“No matter what, if you want to hear the true story of Ver’s childhood, it would be better to go to Asmo… Not me.”
“Are you sure you are talking about Asmo, who also served as the prison guard?”
“Yes, that would have allowed for proper human-to-human interaction.”
Eve said her words seriously and raised the corners of her mouth slightly as she placed her hand on her coffee.
“He would be the only one who would know what type of relationship Ver likes.”
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“A story about Ver’s academy?”
Asmo said, looking up at her Venus as she placed her hand on the mechanical arm hanging from her shoulder.
“I thought you would know the story of Ceres’ Academy days better than anyone else.”
Hehe, I know all about your wonderful story! Asmo knows it all.”
Cooler than she thought, Asmo opened her mouth without any conditions and patted her chest with her hand.
“The reason I want to hear that story is for Ver’s happiness! If it’s for the best wedding! Of course, I can do it!”
“Well… You really like Ceres a lot?”
“Of course. Senior Ber is my lifesaver.”
Venus blinked at a story she had never heard before.
“Was Ceres that kind of relationship with you? I thought it was just a good senior/junior relationship.”
“As expected, Vere didn’t say anything?”
“Isn’t Ceres basically the type to tell stories about her past first?”
Venus sat down where the mechanical arm that grew on Asmo’s shoulder pointed and spoke.
“Well… Even when our sister, Ber, went to the academy with her, she didn’t want to talk about the old days~”
Asmo placed the glass cup containing the drink in front of Venus with a clattering sound.
“She was always like that. Well, it’s a shame, but at first she didn’t even know that her sister was the child of a great mother?”
“It looks like you’ve been hiding it quite thoroughly?”
“The information that can be confirmed through scanning was completely changed to that of ordinary students. So at first, I didn’t know anything…”
Asmo made a calyx with both her hands and smiled.
“Ber saved me.”
“Hearing that story makes me quite curious. What on earth did Ceres do to save her life?”
“I would say that our Nektar society is a class society more severely than the people on earth. It is not a class society, but there is an invisible class…”
“Eve said that too.”
Asmo bobbed her fingers up and down.
“In terms of class, I was born in Helheim and was a fairly low-class nectar.”
“Helheim? Is that rank… Granted depending on how far you live from the White Palace where Eve lives?”
“I don’t know what meaning was given when the society of Nectar began in the distant past… But it is like that now. The further away you are from the White Palace, the more things essential for maintaining life are distributed little by little.”
Venus naturally thought of Helheim, where there was no electricity, water, or even warmth because Eve was carrying out a project to burn the earth.
“I know what it feels like… But did what I thought happened to me?”
“I think there was probably similar bullying on earth~”
Asmo stopped her twitching fingers.
“People on earth can’t make dicks, right?”
“… On the other hand, demons cannot make it…”
As Venus spoke, he pressed his forehead with his hand.
“Because they are lower class than you…”
“When you’re young, you like to show off your strength like that. And it feels good.”
“No matter what… No… Definitely… Among the demons that invaded the earth, there were some who made dicks and raped humans…”
“Because it is the easiest way to solve violence and sexual desire. Rape.”
Venus crossed his arms and nodded.
“Then it seems Ceres saved you when you almost suffered such a terrible thing?”
“Yes, you saved me quite wonderfully. Sister Vert… She really saved me, who was the least worthy person in the academy, no bigger than a cockroach, and told me stories about the old world.”
“I can picture how Ceres would have saved you.”
Asmo smiled slightly.
“Ber was really amazing back then. She was the daughter of a great mother, but she didn’t brag about it and didn’t use her power. Furthermore, she didn’t use more violence than necessary against the guys she easily overpowered. “
“… I’m suddenly curious, so I’m asking, but what is excessive violence?”
Asmo snorted and grabbed the middle finger of her left hand and pretended to break it.
“It’s like this~”
“Ha… Haha… Wow, that’s definitely more violence than necessary…”
Venus covered his groin with both hands and swallowed his saliva.
“Anyway! Don’t you say that you are quite close to Ceres? I would like to ask you a little favor. There is some information that I would like you to give me.”
“The information that the God of the New Era wants to get by asking so politely, I don’t know if I have that kind of information.”
“Do you know what kind of romance Ceres likes?”
Asmo didn’t answer right away, but fell into her thoughts, touching her chin with her hand.
“Ber’s favorite relationship… By the way, do you need to know that? Her older sister is getting married to the God of the New Era soon.”
“Haha… Is this a story that has already reached your ears?”
“We don’t know when the date is, but everyone in Pandemonium knows that we’re getting married really soon.”
Asmo raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
“Perhaps… I’m thinking of bragging that I’m getting married…”
“How could I do such a thing? Don’t think strangely! I just can’t marry Ceres half-heartedly and with the feeling that I have no choice.”
“Considering that, the girl I met today looked very happy, didn’t she?”
“… I want to propose a little more properly.”
If Venus had revealed her true feelings up to this point, Asmo was just playing around and couldn’t say anything.
“The God of the New Era is a good person as expected. He doesn’t think that good things are good and that he doesn’t have to propose, but he is thinking about doing it properly one more time~”
“Isn’t Ceres an invaluable being to me? I don’t want to leave her ambiguous.”
Asmo twitched the corner of her mouth.
The Venus in front of me was, as expected, a good person. He was a good god and a good husband.
Asmo, who truly loves and even worships Ceres, naturally could not remain silent in this situation.
“Okay, then let me give you a tip.”
Asmo stopped shaking her fingers and spoke.
“Ber loves the culture of the old world more than any other nectar in Pandemonium. She’s someone who studied it seriously. Isn’t it obvious what type of relationship she likes and what kind of proposal she dreamed of when she was young? New God of the times?”
