Chapter 196: A Trip, All the Beauties Gather!
"Mm."
The sun shining over the earth scattered its warmth.
Ethan was enjoying a sunbath. Beside him were several beautiful women with graceful figures: the fox-eared Haruhime, Moon Goddess Artemis, useless goddess Hestia, Forging Goddess Hephaestus, one-eyed master smith Tsubaki, and finally, emergency food Paimon.
They were at a lake outside Orario. Because Ais's constant pestering had exhausted him, Ethan had chosen to bring this group of beauties here for a vacation.
Originally, Ethan only planned to bring Haruhime and Artemis, with Paimon at most.
One was his little maid, and the other was his goddess girlfriend. Ethan had planned to see if he could take this chance to slightly develop his relationship with Artemis.
Unexpectedly, because he let it slip, Hestia found out and shamelessly followed along.
Not only that, Hestia alone would have been one thing, but she also told Hephaestus. In the end, the Forging Goddess and Tsubaki came too.
Because of that, what was supposed to be a honeymoon trip instantly became a group tour.
"Mm, this feels so comfortable."
Hestia spoke lazily. In front of everyone was a beautiful lake.
The surrounding forest wrapped around it like a hidden paradise. In such a beautiful environment, even the goddesses found it hard not to be entranced.
Among them, Hestia enjoyed it the most. After all, ever since Hephaestus threw her out, her life had always been rather poor.
As for Ethan, looking at these beauties, he no longer knew what to say.
His original plan was to deliberately do something beyond friendship with Haruhime during this honeymoon trip, using it to stimulate Artemis. Maybe then, he could make a slight breakthrough.
After all, having such a beautiful goddess beside him, yet only being able to hold hands, or at most steal a kiss, was honestly torture.
Now, with so many unexpected people added in, Ethan's original plan was completely ruined.
"Mm, it's getting late. Let's have lunch."
Tsubaki glanced at the sky and said this. Mainly, they had not eaten much in the morning, and she was getting a little hungry.
"Good. Lunch it is."
Ethan nodded. He had always been grateful to Tsubaki. After all, when he was still weak, she had given him huge help.
That included the current hottest space ring trade, which had also been negotiated entirely by Tsubaki.
Thinking about it was rather funny. The captain of the Hephaestus Familia had represented someone outside the Familia to negotiate a deal with Hephaestus, and even fought for quite a few benefits for Ethan. She was the perfect example of siding with outsiders.
Because of that, as long as it did not touch Ethan's bottom line, he always gave Tsubaki the greatest support.
Buzz.
A table and chairs were teleported out.
"Using such a powerful space ability like this… Ethan, you're probably the only one in Orario."
Watching Ethan directly take out whatever he wanted from Imaginary Number Space, Hephaestus could not help speaking.
After all, the space rings circulating in Orario all had only 1 m³ of space. No one used them to store random items. They were all used to store valuable things.
"Abilities exist so they can be used fully."
"Fair enough."
The ability belonged to him, so how he used it was his freedom. Hephaestus naturally understood that, so she only sighed slightly.
Soon, the tables and chairs were ready.
Then Ethan took out a simple stove, along with a large pile of ingredients he had prepared in advance.
Haruhime naturally took on the role of chef and began preparing the ingredients and cooking.
"Good grief. If other people saw this, their eyes would turn green with envy."
Tsubaki commented from the side. She had a high-grade space ring Ethan had given her, with a full 30 m³ of space.
Even so, she had never been extravagant enough to use a space ring to store ingredients and a stove.
"Are these ingredients enough? Should I go hunt a little?"
At this moment, Artemis walked over with an exquisite bow in hand.
For the Goddess of the Hunt, hunting was something she naturally loved. She had already checked the surrounding forest, and there was plenty of prey.
"Go if you want. We came out to have fun, so we should do whatever makes us happy."
"Good. Then I'll go."
Hearing Ethan's answer, Artemis immediately smiled.
Looking at Artemis like this, Hephaestus felt rather emotional. The gods, unchanged for billions of years, had changed quite a bit after coming to the lower world.
Whether it was herself, Artemis, Hestia, or even Loki, all of them had changed a lot.
Humans really were a strange race. They could always create miracles even the gods could not understand.
"To be honest, I never imagined that the serious Artemis, the one who hated relationships between men and women, would become like this."
"Well, it was a mix of accident and coincidence."
"Perhaps. To be honest, after descending, love between goddesses and mortals has long since stopped being something worth special attention. But most of them end in tragedy."
"What do you mean, Hephaestus-sama?"
"For humans, a hundred years is a lifetime. For gods, a hundred years is only an instant."
Yes. For gods with nearly eternal lives, a hundred years truly passed in the blink of an eye. Only after descending and sealing their divine power did they truly experience the flow of time.
"What I want to say is that I personally feel such a 'tragedy' may not happen to you. Though I don't know why I have that feeling."
"Then I'll gladly accept your blessing, Hephaestus-sama."
Ethan was different from other mortals. He had cheats. Things like lifespan had long since stopped being a problem for him.
Ethan could keep living, walking forward together with the people he cared about.
Soon, plates of food were brought to the table. Haruhime's cooking could not be called outstanding, but the dishes she made were still very delicious.
"It feels like we're missing something."
"What are we missing? Wine, of course. How can we not have wine?"
Tsubaki walked over and said this directly. Her personality was straightforward, so she simply spoke her mind.
"Right. Wine."
Ethan also reacted. Indeed, since they had come out to have fun, they should at least drink some wine.
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