"It's alright, Galio. It looks like Fate is adjusting to her new body a lot better than she expected, but it's still going to take some time for her to get used to her feelings. Just be patient with her and try not to push her too hard," She said, and I nodded in agreement.
"I understand; I will do my best to help her adjust," I said and then sat up straight. "So, these gifts aren't going to deliver themselves. How do you think we should go about this?"
"Elfina, mother and I will deliver the other three, and you will deliver Wendria hers. Elfinia and I are considered the two strongest Goddesses, and Mother is above us, and you are the god of this world, so this should be suitable for any group of royal misfits," Tallia said, and Nemoria clicked her tongue.
"Remember yourself when you are around them. This is to help your people, not the other way around," Nemoria scolded, and Tallia groaned.
"I know that, mother, but you can't tell me that these women aren't just a bunch of soft-featured tyrants!" Tallia complained, and I had a hard time holding my smile back watching the two of them. I loved every second of this, and it reminded me of how things were before.
"Regardless if they are, they have something that you need until you can figure out a better agriculture system or import more animals, but you can't just expect the other islands to give you them," Nemoria explained, and Tallia drew in a deep breath and then turned to me with a narrow-eyed look.
"Are you just going to sit there and smirk, or are you going to offer some suggestions?" She asked me and deepened her scowl. "This is all you're doing, after all. Things were running perfectly fine before you added the monster girls and the new school. The least you could do was add some useful input!"
"You know, you are so much prettier when you smile, you know that?" I asked her with a grin and turned to Nemoria. "Don't you think so?"
"Yes, Tallia does have a rather radiant smile when she wants to use it," Nemoria giggled, and Tallia looked like she was about to attack me, so I put up my hands.
"Yes, Yes, I will help. Geez, what do you think I am doing right now? I am pretty sure that you made no attempt at figuring this out, and you are trying to do it again," I said and then sighed. "I did make the issue, so I will solve it, but just remember that all those women that were on the walls don't have jobs anymore because they aren't killing themself to protect your people. I am not pointing fingers, but stop getting short with me about this. I am working on fixing things, so while I am gone, you are going to make sure that Melrose has that boat finished and crewed when I come back from the Underworld. Until then, you will be paying all the women that worked on the wall to defend it a basic income."
Tallia opened her mouth to say something but then closed it and simply nodded.
"That sounds good," She said with a sigh of resignation, and I smiled before standing up.
"Alright then, are we leaving Fate here?" I asked, and Tallia shook her head.
"No, I will go get her," Tallia said as she got up and then headed out the side door, leaving Nemoria and me alone.
"She is tired, you know?" Nemoria said, and I leveled my gaze at her.
"So am I," I said and then looked away. "She doesn't get to act like this to me when I have been working my ass off. Tallia has less than two weeks left as a Goddess, so I am going to put her to work."
"I know that you two have been butting heads, but she really loves you just like I do," Nemoria said, and I looked back at her.
"I know that. What I don't understand is the reason for it. I gave everything for her, lived countless lives, only to come to this world to find that the woman that I love and have been waiting for has become irritable and fights with me every chance she gets," I growled, and Nemoria raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, and you are the charming man that would do anything for us women and make sure that all of us were constantly happy? You are still the man that only wants to make the world a better place to live in?" Nemoria asked, and I looked away.
"I was hardly a couple thousand years old at the time, barely a baby in respect to the time I have existed now. This is also not Prime, where we had created what seemed to be a perfect world. People didn't fight, and everyone was almost always smiling. I had even stopped people from aging, and no one died," I said, turning back. "This is not Prime."
"We know that too, so have a bit more patience with her, and I am sure that it will get you a lot farther. Her getting upset was my fault, but the last thing we need is for someone to get on one of the elders' nerves, or it will be all over," Nemoria said, and I nodded.
"You are right; I will try to be more understanding," I said before Tallia walked back in with Fate following behind her.
"So, we are all ready," Tallia said with a smile on her face, and I smiled back.
"Yes, let's go deliver these gifts," I said as I opened a portal to Listenia's shop, where I knew Elfinia was.
She was with her daughter in the shop, and she turned to me when the portal opened. "Ready to go?" Elfinia asked, and I nodded.
"Yeah, we are just going to grab the gifts, and then we are ready," I said, and then turned to Tallia. "Umm, where did we put the gifts?"
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