Chapter 602: Learning The Truth
Aphrodite was quiet as she thought that Laz was mad at her while he just stared blankly at the wall, wondering at which point the crazy train derailed and somehow landed on the good ship insanity.
"You know what? Yeah. I’m not going to think about this. Nope. Whatever his thing is, good for him. Still... I wonder if his wife knows? I mean... that might explain a lot... right?" Laz was talking out loud to himself, but wasn’t really paying attention to the fact that he wasn’t alone. While Aphrodite seemed to be the embodiment of lust... the truth was she was clearly a few cards short of a full deck. While this didn’t mean Laz looked down on her since his belief of how a person was stemmed mostly from how they were raised, he also didn’t think she was going to actually be a threat to him either.
Turning around to face her while she was still just able to move her head, Laz thought to himself.
’Honestly though, I’m kind of stuck here since I don’t want to raise suspicions. So... maybe I should help teach her some things? I mean, if she wasn’t this... ignorant... she could be pretty useful considering what she knows. Maybe her mother would be grateful as well?’ Laz thought, before returning to the girl’s side.
’I still think of her as a girl and learning about all this doesn’t help that opinion and yet...’
"Just curious. How many years have you lived?" Laz asked, assuming a year here was somehow equal to a year outside.
"It’s rude to ask a woman her age you know. But... I guess it doesn’t matter if I say. I will be 819 in just a few months...."
’HOLY SHIT!!!!’
"What’s wrong? Isn’t this normal? I mean... I can see that you’re a bit away from the advanced Emperor stage. I remember back when I was still... hmm... 400ish? It’s not like it’s a long time after all," Aphrodite said, surprising Laz.
"When you were 400ish? Then what’s the average life span of a Void Emperor?" Laz said, realizing he was missing something important.
"About one thousand years, give or take? If your not able to break through to godhood, you will be dead by 1,500 years considering your human. Now there are other species that are much longer lived so they don’t have to rush as much as us, but that drive is, as I’m told, one of our strengths. If we didn’t have such a limited life span, we wouldn’t improve as fast as we do," Aphrodite said, as though this were common knowledge.
Laz knew from Sylvia that the fae could live a long, long time. But he had thought it had to do with their race only. Since he was already a Void Emperor, that meant he would live a long time already, a fact he hadn’t thought about up until now.
"Damn... wow..." For some reason, this just hit Laz kind of hard in this moment.
"What’s wrong? You’ve to to be only around the late 300 yourself since it seems like you are far more talented than me. Did you not know how long Those like us live?"
"Wait. I just thought about this... but you can see my realm?"
"Yeah. It’s not like you do a good job of hiding it if I’m being honest..." Laz had thought he had properly concealed himself with runes when he first woke up injured and broken in the slave camp. But he had never considered that everything he had been through had caused those runes to weaken. Having been heavily injured and also growing stronger didn’t raise any red flags like it should have.
"Yeah. where I come from... not a lot is known about Gods or even Void Emperor’s for what it’s worth. And what’s more... I’m only 24..."
"240? That’s amazingly quick..."
"No... 24 years old. I’ve only been alive for 24 years according to my planes time table..."
"OH MY GOD.... YOU.... YOU’RE AN INFANT!!!!"
"Oh shut up. Obviously I am not."
"YES... YOU ARE... ANCESTORS... I WAS GOING TO LOVE AN INFANT!!!!"
"Alright. Enough of that. Maybe the time scale is different between our planes... That would explain a lot."
"You’re not from this plane?"
"You??? Missed that point earlier, didn’t you."
"Which point?"
"Never mind."
"Ok!" She replied with a rather upbeat smile.
Laz looked on and couldn’t help but think that this girl was something he had never met before... a positive person. Sure, she was sexual, but that seemed to be an ingrain trait as opposed to something she tried to flaunt. She wasn’t trying to act slutty, she just had that natural charm about her that took people that way. But more than that, she seemed to just be a happy yet misguided person.
"Alright. Look... Since we are kind of stuck here anyway, how about I show you something that no one else seems to want to show you..."
"Oh? And what’s that?"
"Why this view you have of love isn’t what you think it it?"
"But... my dad.... although.... now that you mention it. Once my daddy found out what I was doing, he did forbid me from doing it again. And that seemed weird, you know? Like... why shouldn’t a goddess of love be able to show her love? How else do I gather divinity and make myself stronger? I don’t want to be just a low level goddess forever and ever since I’ve reached this realm, I’ve been stuck here, unable to advance." Aphrodite’s eyes show something Laz was surprised to find; introspection.
"Alright. If you promise not to attack me, I’ll free you up and help you out. Maybe I can help you with your problem of understanding love."
"You understand love? Hmm... I do see it... oh WOW! So many red strings of destiny... how many lovers do you have?" Aphrodite asked, her eyes beaming.
"You... really have some good eyes!" Laz couldn’t help but shake his head.
"Well... I can’t really repay you with much... but I can show you how to control your aura better so that it can be concealed. I mean, you’re not really doing it wrong, trying to use ancient runes. But you don’t need to go so far with it as it’s something you can control with just your body. Those of us who practice this kind of cultivation should all learn how to hide our strength. Not only is it good to misguide an enemy, but it also helps us to train," Aphrodite said, beaming as she apparently had gone into teaching mode. As she spoke on though while Laz used his black flame to dissolve the rest of the substance keeping her body frozen, he began to understand things he never knew before, things that were beyond his level of understanding concerning their abilities, their path and even how the world worked when it came to those who pursued godhood and beyond.
Like a light bulb in a dim room finally connecting to a power source, Laz became enlightened in a way he had never experienced before.
’This girl... is a fucking genius,’ Laz thought to himself.
"Ah. I can move again. Thank you!" Aphrodite said, getting up and jumping on Laz before he could stop her.
All she did was hug him though, her body still a bit weak.
"So. What is it you want to show me? You said you can help me understand love? Although I still think my daddy is right, at least I can hear you out," Aphrodite said, beaming.
"Yeah. but first... I should probably show you something," Laz said, noticing the still attached dildo that she was wearing but deciding that would be too much. What’s more, Aphrodite seemed to have no sense of awareness as her ample breasts were displayed for Laz to gaze upon since she made no effort to wrap the robe around herself to cover herself up.
"What’s that?"
"Well... have you ever thought about how it feels to have that used on you?" Laz asked, gesturing downward.
"This used on me? Why would I?"
"Remember what I said about love being a shared bond between two people?"
"Yep."
"Ok. So how can you understand your partner without understanding how they feel? Or what they feel?" Laz asked, keeping his eyes trained on her baby blue eyes.
"That’s.. a really good point. I’ve never thought about it before," Aphrodite responded before standing up on the bed and undoing the leather straps to the bikini that it was attached to. She then crawled to the nightstand next to the bed with her naked ass pointed right at Laz before grabbing out a bottle of something.
Before Laz could asked, she quickly coated the massive dildo with the lube and Laz understood what she was about to do.
"NO. No... that’s not a good idea. Uh.... Let me show you instead," Laz said, sliding over to her. She shrugged her shoulders and set the lube down before handing him the dildo.
"Yeah. We are not going to use that. Instead, I’ll use these," Laz said, holding up his pointer and middle finger.
"But those are so much smaller than my purple friend here," she pouted.
"I know. But... Well... You’ll see."
Aphrodite shrugged again but turned around, bringing her ass up and pointed it straight at Laz, waiting.
’This girl... is way too trusting and naive....’
Laz reached over and smelled the bottle of lube before applying it to his fingers. It left his with a slight warm sensation.
’Standard stuff. That’s good.’
Laz then reached up and gentle slipped his first finger in, slowly at first but with a little more force halfway in, until he bottomed out.
"THAT’S! WOW... Intense!!! But it doesn’t feel bad... just a lot of pressure," Aphrodite commented.
"That’s just one. Here is the next one."
Laz slide his middle finger in next to his pointer finger. While it did slide in, the resistance was much heavier.
"OH! OUCH... THAT’S.... A lot... like... it’s ok... kind, but it feel like it’s... just a bit too much." Aphrodite quickly jerked away before turning around and sitting down next to Laz. She then took his hand and looked closely at his two fingers. She then reached over the the discarded purple member and held them side by side before her eyes went wide.
"It’s... it would be like... at least four of your fingers... But... that would be... oh... OH!"
"I think you get it now, don’t you?"
