Chapter 18 – Goddess of the Magic City (4)
“T-Thanatos, what do you mean by that all of a sudden…” … ?”
After hearing the unexpected pillow talk, I stuttered, feeling more tense than when I had just had sex.
“Why are you so surprised?”
But Thanatos shrugged his shoulders, twisting his hair with his fingers.
“You’ve already been with Demeter?”
The words Thanatos uttered with his sparkling ruby-red eyes narrowed made my heart pound.
The shock was so severe that cold sweat broke out all over his body.
“Well, how do you do that?”
“I had a conversation with Demeter yesterday using communication magic. “I tried desperately to pretend it wasn’t the case, but just by looking at it, something seemed strange.”
Thanatos, who turned around and lay down on the bed, rested his chin on his hand and spoke.
“So I coaxed him to do Isiljikgo. “Everything about who and what you are doing these days, and who on earth asked you to do that.”
Thanatos alternately folded and unfolded his smooth legs and looked at me with a very subtle look.
Those eyes looked like pure admiration, or they looked like intense disgust.
“Relax. Because I didn’t tell anyone or anything. “I told Demeter to check it out, so it probably won’t be leaked to other goddesses.”
“…”
“In the end, it couldn’t be changed.”
Thanatos said this in a voice filled with pity, whether he knew it or not, as he saw me remaining silent.
It was a soft voice that was not like her, who was always sophisticated and noble.
“Do you want me, like Demeter, to be crushed by another man and cry?”
Thanatos asked this question in a calm voice that contradicted the content of the question, but I was unable to answer this time.
But at the point where the answer didn’t come right away, it was as if the answer had already been found.
“Then I will do it.”
Thanatos had a benevolent expression like bright moonlight illuminating a dark night.
“Um, really? But you hated it… ?”
“I still hate it the same way.”
Thanatos had a habit of basically looking down on all men other than her husband, Ion Reyhard.
It could be seen as a goddess’s characteristic arrogance, but in Thanatos’ case, she always had a smile on her face, so it felt even scarier.
“But what can I do? I also played Demeter, the pinnacle of innocence, so you can’t say it’s me, right? “If this continues, my husband will love Demeter more than me.”
“That kind of thing…”
“Can you say for sure that there is nothing?”
Thanatos sharply cut off my words and asked with his face close to me.
Overwhelmed by her serious gaze, I cowardly remained silent again.
“That’s it. I can’t stand you giving other goddesses more attention than me. Well, that’s not the only reason I’m catering to your tastes.”
“If it’s not just that… ?”
“I don’t want to see you suffer anymore.”
Thanatos faced me and raised his hand to caress my cheek.
“Do you know how bad it was to see them desperately trying to pretend that they were not, that they were okay? “You didn’t think that Demeter was the only one who really cared about you, right?”
Thanatos, his face slightly pouting, buried his face in my chest.
As I felt her warmth, I realized once again how pathetic and miserable I was.
“That was the reason why I pretended to be interested in the gangsters I ran into on the way here earlier. “I wanted to secretly reveal your inner thoughts.”
Thanatos slowly raised his face and looked at me with a grumpy expression.
“And sure enough, when I treated those bastards a little bit kindly, you immediately started to flinch in your pants?”
Even if I had a hundred mouths, I had nothing to say.
I thought I wasn’t caught, but I never imagined that everyone was watching.
I was trying to hide it, but I think I was already in Thanatos’ palm.
“I was convinced when I saw that. ‘Ah, in order to love this man, you also have to love his tastes.'”
“Thanatos…”
“Don’t make unnecessary apologies. “I think that would be annoying for no reason.”
At those words, I had no choice but to close my half-open mouth.
“No matter what your tastes are, you are my beloved husband. So, in a way, it can be said that it is natural for me, your wife, to cater to you.”
“Uh, thank you…”
“Step.”
The moment I was about to express my gratitude, Thanatos stopped my lips with his long index finger and continued.
“You should give me priority in choosing my partner.”
Thanatos slowly removed his finger from my mouth and winked seductively.
When I saw that, I swallowed my saliva and opened my mouth again with difficulty.
“… “Do you have a guy in mind?”
“Hmm, well~.”
Thanatos scowled, tapping his fingers on the bed sheets.
He gave off a hint of thought, but it seemed like he had already set his sights on someone.
I used all of Ion’s memories and Pure Pan’s knowledge to try and guess his head, but I couldn’t think of a single face of a man that Thanatos would have liked.
“What about Hugo?”
It was at that moment that Thanatos, who had been enjoying my impatience, suddenly opened his mouth.
As the completely unexpected name leaked from her lips, my pupils automatically dilated out of indescribable shock.
Because Hugo was none other than my friend’s name.
*
Hugo Daveram.
He was an ordinary wizard who could be found anywhere.
Neither his basic amount of magical power nor his understanding of magic was anything special.
The reason why he ended up following the path of magic in Krezel, where there were so many wizards, was because it was his only source of livelihood.
From a young age, Hugo was a below-average man who didn’t know what others could do.
I’m the type of person who always holds off on making choices until the last minute when I get together with my friends and take sides to play.
Hugo was aware that he was fundamentally incompetent.
Even though he wanted to deny it, the life he had lived up to now was indispensable evidence to support it.
Even when he took the test, he was careless and often got one or two simple questions wrong and failed.
Even though he was in business, he invested foolishly and lost all his wealth.
As a result, he ended up completely penniless, with his only small house taken over by a moneylender.
It was truly a stereotypical example of an insignificant man with no skills and no sense.
For Hugo, who had been living in such an outcast situation, the sudden invitation to dinner from his friend and warrior Ion was nothing short of a gift from heaven.
A network that can be said to be the only success and greatest luck in one’s pathetic life.
That is Hero Ion Reihard’s incredible friendship.
Just because he grew up in the same village as Ion as a child, Hugo gained an incredible background as a friend of the hero.
However, this did not mean that Hugo made enormous profits from his relationship with Aeon.
As a warrior, Ion had a fundamentally honest and just personality, so he did not accept any unnecessary favors.
Of course, being a friend of a warrior in itself could have been a great advantage in living in this world, but unfortunately, Hugo had no brain for that.
He thought of Ion as nothing more than a friend from his hometown who was ridiculously successful, and knowingly or unknowingly kept a distance from Ion so as not to feel unnecessarily deprived.
However, in the worst situation like now that the house I live in was over, there was no time to take care of such meager pride.
Hugo planned to meet Ion this time and ask for help.
If Ion refused, he planned to get down on his knees and appeal to his old friend.
Hugo was in such a corner.
“Welcome, Hugo. “I was waiting.”
Following the guide’s guidance, Hugo arrived at the spacious dining room of the most expensive mansion in Krezel. Ion, who had already been at the restaurant, welcomed Hugo warmly.
“It’s been a while, Ion.”
“Yeah, that’s right…”
Hugo and Ion shook each other’s hands lightly and smiled slightly businesslike.
And at that very moment, a person standing behind Ion approached Hugo, radiating a strong presence that could not be hidden.
“Nice to meet you, Hugo Daveram. “It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, right?”
“Yes? Ah, yes, yes! Thanatos… !”
When the goddess Thanatos, the owner of this mansion and one of Ion’s wives, spoke to him warmly, Hugo hurriedly answered while trying to hide his embarrassment.
Hugo swallowed his confusion as he gazed carefully at Thanatos’ face, which was so beautiful no matter where he looked, without being rude.
It was the first time in her life that she had heard such a friendly voice.
“Ooh, let’s sit at the table for now.”
Ion smiled awkwardly, pointing to a long table where a sumptuous feast was set out.
For some reason, Hugo was a little concerned about Ion’s urgent appearance, but he soon thought it was just his mood and obediently followed his advice.
And so began the fateful dinner that would forever be remembered in Hugo’s memory.
