Time passed.

By then, night had fallen.

The party Apollo was hosting was at his own familia’s home—Hearth Manor. Inside a grand hall filled with light and luxury. Melodious classical music played, accompanying the conversations of the gods and goddesses dressed in their finest attire.

In one corner, Hephaestus stood majestically. In the past, not many people would have noticed her existence just because of her appearance.

But now? After Eiji cured her eye. Many gods and goddesses’ flat gazes were fixed on her. There was surprise on each of their faces. Many of them were also mesmerized by her beauty and wondered how she cured her eye!?

As if representing everyone’s questions, an extremely beautiful goddess wearing a sexy silver dress walked up to the Goddess of Smithing.

Her every step made every man including Apollo’s gaze fall on her.

"Hephaestus, you look very beautiful tonight and congratulations, you seem to have found a way to cure your eye."

"I am happy for you."

It was the Goddess of Beauty, Freya. After being pounded for hours by Eiji, even though she was in Syr form at that time, her legs still hurt a little to the point that her footsteps were not normal.

Many gods and goddesses noticed this, the first being envy. They were envious of a man who seemed to have played with Freya’s body not long ago. Only a few of them thought she had accidentally fallen and injured her leg.

Freya did not care and was not embarrassed. Instead, she flaunted herself proudly until-Ishtar on the other hand-clucked her tongue in annoyance. The male gods who had previously mobbed her were no longer looking at her. When Freya appeared, their gazes focused on her.

’Freya, you bitch! Wait a little longer, I’ll trample you after I manage to subdue that man.’

The man Ishtar was referring to was Eiji. He still didn’t seem to have arrived even though the party had already started.

Freya felt Ishtar’s gaze filled with jealousy and hatred, but she ignored her. She stood right in front of Hephaestus while leaning her face forward to get a closer look at her eyes.

Hephaestus took a step back, she was a little embarrassed. "Thank you for the compliment, Freya. I was just lucky to meet someone who was able to cure my defect."

"Oh? Who is that person? To be able to cure your defect that not even the gods with the best healing abilities in heaven can do... He must not be an ordinary person."

Freya was suddenly interested in the identity of the person who had healed one of Hephaestus’ eyes.

"That person... You’ll find out in a moment. He should also be coming to this party."

Hephaestus did not immediately mention Eiji’s name to Freya. To be honest, she was worried and a little possessive.

She couldn’t believe a woman like Freya wouldn’t be attracted to Eiji, especially after she saw his appearance.

Freya raised one eyebrow, "Him? A god? Then, I’ll wait here so as not to miss the chance to meet him."

Whoever was able to cure Hephaestus’ defect must be a god. But, she had a strange feeling...

That god couldn’t be Eiji, right?

They are waiting for the same man?

If that’s true, that’s interesting, Freya thought.

Hephaestus said no more, she couldn’t stop Freya from staying near her even though she wanted to shoo her away.

"Pwahaha! Look who’s here! Short Hestia! How come you have nice clothes? Did you just drain your entire savings from selling fries just for this one dress, huh?!" Just then, Loki’s shrill voice rang out.

Everyone’s attention including Freya and Hephaestus was drawn to her. They saw Loki pointing at the goddess she was referring to while laughing mockingly.

Beside her, Ais was silent and Riveria was massaging her forehead. The two women also wore ball gowns and made themselves look even more beautiful. Although they weren’t goddesses, they had come to accompany Loki. It was natural, many gods or goddesses also came with their respective familia members.

Hestia’s face flushed with embarrassment and anger, she put down the plate of food she was eating before clenching her fists furiously. "Watch your mouth, Loki! At least I have something to accentuate this dress, unlike you whose chest is flat as a cutting board! You must be jealous that you can’t look ’full’ like me, right?"

She returned the tomboyish goddess’s taunt while pointing at her chest. At the same time, her other hand patted her own chest proudly.

The gods and goddesses watched the scene as if it were a show. Many of them were laughing and betting on who would defeat whom.

Hephaestus shook her head. "They both did it again."

From what she said, it was clear that it was not the first time Hestia and Loki had mocked each other.

The two often fought whenever they met, even when they were still in heaven.

Freya giggled and took a glass of wine from a passing waiter, "Fufu. It’s fine, this party has become more entertaining because of the comedy these two are staging."

"...." Hephaestus’ lips twitched.

In other words, Freya... You think of Hestia and Loki as comedians?

That’s a bit harsh.

Loki’s face looked grim, her normally closed eyes now half-open. She stepped forward until her chest bumped into Hestia’s.

"What did you say?! I’m not jealous! How could I be jealous of you, you shorty!"

Seeing Loki who looked down on her just because she was taller than her, Hestia pushed her large chest into the other party’s small chest. There was a triumphant smile on her cute face.

"Really? You’re not jealous of my chest? Scrawny!"

"Y-You...! Hestia, take back your words!"

"Eh? Why? I was just stating a fact, Loki."

"Shorty!"

"Scrawny!"

Loki pulled Hestia’s cheeks with both hands, Hestia did the same to Loki.

The two goddesses were literally fighting amidst the cheers of the gods and goddesses.

Riveria sighed, she tried to separate Loki from Hestia. "Loki, enough. We are at someone else’s party. Stop embarrassing yourself."

"Who’s embarrassing themselves? Mama-san, I’m protecting my dignity right now! I must make this midget goddess pay the price for mocking me!"

"Hmph!"

Loki was dragged away like a cat by Riveria, Hestia snorted and flashed a mocking smile.

Loki was furious, but she was helpless. Riveria was really treating her like a brat.

Ais went to the table that contained a lot of food, she started eating not far from Hestia. In a normal case, Hestia would have glanced at her with a bit of envy because she was Bell’s favored woman.

But now, she didn’t even bother to glance at her and walked over to Hephaestus and Freya with a plate filled with plenty of food.

Since she was a very poor goddess, this feast was an opportunity for her to eat well to her heart’s content.

She greeted Hephaestus and even Freya before eating near them. Both women were silent.

Before they could say anything to Hestia, a familiar voice rang out to distract them.

"Hestia, Hephaestus, and Freya. Good evening, I haven’t missed many interesting things, have I?"

It wasn’t just the three goddesses and even Ishtar. At this moment, everyone in the hall couldn’t help glancing at Demeter who had come. They were all surprised that she seemed to have become more beautiful, her wheat-colored guan was even more stunning to her curves, and her huge breasts intimidated the goddesses of beauty.

But that was not all. What made them even more surprised was that she came while hugging the arm of a man. Or more god because it was obvious from his appearance that he outshone all the men there.

That was Eiji, he came to Apollo’s party with Demeter and he looked absolutely stunning. His snow-white hair was neatly arranged, giving the impression of a sharp yet elegant contrast. His tall and athletic body stood out under his black suit. Combined with his extremely handsome face, the goddesses couldn’t help but blush and look at Demeter enviously.

However, Freya was the most obvious. She almost smashed the wine glass in her hand when she saw this man she liked embracing another woman.

In her eyes, the scene was nothing less than infidelity. She was so angry that she wished she could violently pull Eiji away from Demeter.

But on the surface?

"Demeter, you’re a little late and no, the most interesting thing in this party is probably you and the guy who came with you. He is...?"

Freya smiled falsely, and pretended not to know Eiji. She also thought the other party didn’t know she was the woman he had slept with not long ago.

"Ah, this is Eiji Seiya. He’s my lover. I’m sure you guys have at least heard the news about him. After all, he and his familia are famous in recent days." Demeter introduced Eiji as her lover.

She even pressed her plump breasts into his arms while she was hugging him.

Put aside the gods and goddesses who exclaimed because they had heard of Eiji, but this was their first time seeing him.

Freya’s face looked a little grim, she looked at Demeter coldly for a moment. If her gaze could kill, she would have torn that woman to pieces for touching her man and seducing him with her body in front of her.

Ishtar froze, she almost drooled when she saw how handsome the man who had kidnapped one of her familia members was. She was even more eager to make him her sex slave.

Loki who had been dragged by Riveria to the other side was gaping, Demeter’s voice sounded quite clear to her and she was dumbfounded that the man was Eiji? She didn’t want to admit it, but a bent stick like her was even mesmerized by his appearance.

Hephaestus and Hestia were a little sour, even though they had long known Demeter had been Eiji’s woman. They couldn’t help but envy Demeter.

"Hephaestus, Hestia. You two look very beautiful in the dresses you’re wearing. I’m glad I didn’t miss the chance to come to this party."

Eiji ignored Freya who was clearly trying to seduce him by standing right in front of him and Demeter.

He only glanced at Hephaestus and Hestia.

The next love operation begins!

Of course, he was aware of Ais, Riveria, Asfi and even Shakti present at the party. However, he only glanced at them from a distance.

Realizing his gaze, they blushed.

[Hehe. Although I’m not too fond of Apollo, the party isn’t bad. Many beautiful women in the original work are here.]

[Hephaestus and Hestia look even more beautiful than in the original work, they seem to have dressed up especially for me.]

Hephaestus didn’t argue, she did deliberately dress up specially for Eiji. She was satisfied and happy to hear praise from him, especially his inner voice.

However, Hestia choked and hurriedly drank before tidying up her appearance. She was a little panicked for showing how greedy she was in front of Eiji.

"H-Hello Eiji, you finally came."

"Hestia, there’s sauce in your mouth."

Eiji pointed at the corner of Hestia’s lips.

"Ehh!? Wait a minute!"

Hestia’s face flushed with embarrassment, she turned around to get a tissue and cleaned her mouth. Then, she turned around while approaching Eiji.

"How about now?"

Eiji gave a thumbs up, "Clean, though—you don’t have to worry and can continue eating as before. You look very cute when you’re eating, Hestia."

Without caring about the women around him, he threw a straight ball at the short goddess.

"Fueehhh!"

Hestia let out a cute squeal, she blushed and held her cheeks with both hands. There was a silly smile on her face.

Anyone could see that Eiji was teasing Hestia.

And Demeter? She wasn’t angry, she was giggling. After all, before coming here, she had made a little love in the alley with Eiji until they were a little late to come here. After learning he had a harem and hearing his inner voice, she was not surprised that he was also interested in Hestia and Hephaestus.

"So you are Eiji, you are a very handsome god. Tonight, I might not be able to sleep for thinking of you. I am the Goddess of Beauty, Freya. Nice to meet you."

Freya shifted her position to the side for Eiji to look back at her, she took the initiative to introduce herself and even extended one of her slender hands to him.

Intentionally or not, her smile looked so flirtatious that the male gods watching felt jealous of Eiji.

When had a goddess like Freya ever been so proactive to a man?

For them, this was the first time they had seen such a thing happen because usually, it was men like them who could not resist sucking up to her.

Now was it just their hallucination or was Freya sucking up to Eiji?

Ishtar panicked as she realized that it wasn’t just her, her rival also seemed to want the man who was her target.

But surprisingly, Eiji’s smile faded slightly, he did not hold Freya’s outstretched hand and he looked at her indifferently before saying, "Oh, really? I didn’t know that the Goddess of Beauty had insomnia problems. Perhaps you should try Demeter’s herbal tea, it is effective in treating your symptoms."

Demeter: When did I ever make herbal tea for you, Eiji?

She couldn’t remember, but soon, she understood that Eiji didn’t seem to like Freya very much. Not only her, Hestia and Hephaestus who were originally a little worried were relieved.

As expected of Eiji!

He seemed to know that Freya was not a good woman!

Unlike the other men, he did not immediately submit to her beauty.

Freya’s smile froze, there was disbelief in her eyes as her seduction failed, she was even slightly humiliated by Eiji.

Seeing that, Ishtar laughed. "Hahaha! Freya, how does it feel to be disliked by a man? Does it feel refreshing until your panties get wet?"

With no regard for the other gods and goddesses, she mocked her rival.

Freya glared at Ishtar and cursed her dirty mouth in her heart. She immediately looked back at the man in front of her, Eiji.

There was not a single man in this world who dared to answer her in a tone as if she was just an ordinary woman like before.

At first she thought this would be easy. In her original form, she was many times more beautiful than Syr. However, she was wrong. Instead of immediately liking her and lusting after her, Eiji didn’t seem to like her!

What was wrong?

Why was she disliked by him?

Freya was worried, but also felt that Eiji was getting more and more attractive. Worthy of being the man who drove her crazy until now.

She leaned a little closer, letting her fingers touch the sleeve of Eiji’s suit while quietly releasing the power of her charm. Unlike other deities who were prohibited from using their Arcanum, the Goddess of Beauty’s enchantment was an exception so she didn’t have to worry about being punished.

A faint pink light flashed in her eyes, a power that could make high-level adventurers and even gods kneel to beg for her love to be released.

"Forget the tea... all I need is you by my side tonight. Tell me, what do you want from me? I will give it to you."

Freya whispered softly with a voice that could melt the soul. Demeter, Hestia and Hephaestus who could hear her voice from such a close distance stiffened.

This bitch...!

She didn’t give up and kept trying to seduce Eiji!

Shameless!

Freya, you’re shameless!

Eiji looked right into Freya’s eyes without the slightest sign of being affected. The charm of the Goddess of Beauty? Such a thing would have no effect on him. Avalon naturally deflected that for him.

His expression did not change in the slightest.

"What do I want? It seems I want you to move a little. You are blocking my way, I want to look at Hephaestus and Hestia from a closer distance."

"!!!" Freya froze.

Her eyes widened in shock. Her charm—the power that even the Gods feared—did not work on the man in front of her.

How could it!?

How could Eiji resist her charm!?

In this timeline, Freya didn’t even know protagonist Bell’s was also immune to her charms. Eiji became the first man who was able to resist her charm and treat her harshly.

Her body trembled, a blush slowly appearing on her cheeks. She was upset and frustrated, but also felt an excitement she had never felt before.

Eiji let go of Freya’s hand with a slightly impatient gesture and stepped past her. Demeter followed him with a gentle smile while glancing at Freya’s expression.

She was surprised that instead of being angry, Freya seemed to be happy?

Oh no, is she a...

Demeter was dumbfounded.

"Hephaestus, how’s your eye? It doesn’t hurt anymore, does it?" Eiji approached Hephaestus who was standing in front of him.

"It’s fine. Ever since you cured it, I haven’t felt any discomfort."

Hephaestus looked gently at the face of the man in front of her, but the masculine odor she smelled did not help, it made the effectiveness of the wine she was drinking stronger.

She was a little drunk and had the urge to kiss Eiji on the lips. However, she refrained because there was Demeter and many other people in the place.

She was not a shameless woman like Freya.

Eiji narrowed his eyes, he read the thought of Hephaestus using Rasiel, the corners of his lips raised higher.

"Ara, I just realized that you don’t wear an eye patch anymore, Hephaestus. Your eyes are so beautiful... Eiji was the one who cured it?" Demeter asked kindly.

Hephaestus nodded, "Yes, he cured it for me a few days ago."

"Eiji, you are amazing." Demeter praised her husband.

Hestia joined the conversation, "That’s right, Eiji is amazing! He cured Hephaestus’ eye, I witnessed the process myself!"

"Ahem! I’ve received enough praise already. Hephaestus has even paid me well for it."

Eiji pretended to cough, he was being humble. However, he also reminded Hephaestus of the things she had promised him.

He had not forgotten.

Hephaestus’ face flushed again, she certainly remembered that Eiji had not told her about the other things he wanted from her.

She was still waiting and most likely would not refuse, even if it was a perverted request.

In the distance, Freya stood with her hands clenched tightly into fists. Her excitement subsided when she saw Eiji talking to Hephaestus, Hestia and Demeter. He did so with a smile and even teased the women.

Anger and jealousy burned in her heart. Seeing Eiji being cold to her but so warm to those three women completely destroyed her pride.

Why?

Why was he treating her like this?

Not long ago, he had clearly fucked her brutally even though back then, she was using her other form.

"Freya, are you sad? I can—"

"Get away from me!"

A god approached her and wanted to use the opportunity to sleep with her.

However, Freya immediately repelled him with disgust and even pain when the other party almost touched her.

That was strange, she thought the wounds from the exercise she and Eiji had done previously hadn’t healed completely.

The god was frightened, he immediately left and did not dare to insist because Freya Familia was still one of the strongest Familia in Orario.

Freya’s sharp gaze continued to be fixed on Eiji, she had not given up of course.

’How dare he ignore me and play with them instead... I can’t believe my charm really can’t affect his heart. No matter how strong your defense is, I’m sure I can break it, Eiji.’

’At that time... Fufu, you’ll be mine! You’re mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! I’ll fuck you until you can only think of me!’

Eiji could feel how hot Freya’s gaze was on his back. Instead of being scared, he was excited.

[Our king, her positive level continued to grow to the point of obsessive yandere.]

’That’s good news, Leme. Keep monitoring her mood for me.’

[You are the most cultured person Leme knows, our King.]

Thank you for the compliment, Leme.

Miss System: "...."

She would pretend not to hear the two people’s conversation and continue watching while eating popcorn.

After all, there was still other drama in this party, right?