Chapter 31: A Special Good bye
It’s been two months since Edmund left the Drumline Castle.
"Beauty Goddess, if it’s the Goddess of Misery who killed the God of Desires, doesn’t it mean she absorbed his powers at the time?"
This had been nagging at Edmund’s mind for quite a long time.
God of Desires and the Goddess of Misery had equal strengths.
If one had killed another, it meant she absorbed the powers present in his body at the time, leaving the powers in the Dreadful Dagger and the shards too little to defeat her in the future. How was Edmund going to kill her then?
"Oh tough guy, no!"
Edmund was now standing in front of a mirror and at the mention of a tough guy, he noticed something he had not paid attention to before.
Now, the guy in the mirror was tough... literally muscular. He was even bigger than Kyron now!
’I have changed a lot!’ he thought.
Edmund had been applying the modern visit-a-gym-on-a-daily-basis rule, making sit ups, push ups... almost everything that could help his shape improve.
With Peony’s talent at cooking, the limitless supply of rabbits in her cave and apples for apple pie, both coupled with everyday love making, Edmund had become something beyond two months of exercise.
It was as if he had been lifting heavy weights since he was born. His body shape back on earth was returning. Even his hair was now lustrous, his amber eyes glowing like those of a cat.
’I like this feeling! Just a little more!’
Meanwhile, the goddess was still talking while sitting beside the table where the glass filled with a vermilion liquid lay. She was trying to change the settings of her system.
No kill. Tame. That was all she was trying to change.
"Normally, when a god kills a god, he receives a big portion of his power automatically," she explained to him. "Another portion remains in the Pigment Pot, and one can receive those powers by extracting it."
The Goddess of Beauty paused a little and twirled the magical quill in her right hand, making a pattern that resembled a circle in the air in front of her.
Edmund could not see what she was doing but she had told him she was writing.
’Strange!’
"However," she continued. "When the Goddess of Misery killed him, the powers she was supposed to receive were long taken by the Venomous Beauties. Since she was the only god left, she didn’t bother extracting the Pigment Pot that didn’t even have 5% of his powers."
Before Edmund could say anything, she added, "Why would she even bother absorbing his powers? The Goddess of Misery had chosen a dark path. During the war, she killed demons and gods who had dark powers. As for the God of Desires, he killed those like me."
"Because he could not defeat Gods like that of thunder or of war, he tricked those who had harmless powers like beauty, reproduction... things like those. At the end of the day, he had absorbed a variety of powers to help him make mountains, flocks of birds and caves which he would use to fight. He was a God of Tricks."
Edmund was happy to hear that his Special Ability aligned with the God of Desires’s. It would not be difficult to blend them once he inherited his Bloodline.
Nevertheless, he still had too many questions to ask.
"Does it mean the Pigment Pot is still there?"
He had lied to Peony that it was the Pigment Pot he obtained God of Desires blood from. It would be good to know before taking her there.
’I don’t want to be seen as a liar!’
"No! It’s not there. I have extracted it and it is one of the rewards from my system. You’ll receive it one day."
Ever since Edmund received the Satisfy Me System, except for the Dreadful Dagger, he had been receiving Droplets of Desires. It was good to know there would be other kinds of rewards.
However, he felt like those were still few and monotonous, always about or from the God of Desires.
"Is there any other kind of rewards except those from or about the God of Desires?"
The goddess took long to respond, her quill more busy drawing invisible intricate patterns. It seemed like she needed to concentrate and Edmund was distracting her.
’I should leave!’
It was already morning in the real world and Peony was probably about to wake up. That’s why Edmund walked up the stairs, pondering about a crazy realization that had just slipped into his mind.
’I have been spending time with Peony at days and sleeping with the goddess at nights. Does it mean, when I’m in my Soul Sea, my physical body gets some rest like it would if I was asleep?’
That would mean he didn’t need sleep anymore. Uh... or maybe he needed to sleep but could sleep while spending time with the goddess.
’So confusing!’
Edmund decided to put it on I will do some experiments list and proceeded to stand behind the goddess, lowering himself to hug her from behind.
"Hmm... tough guy, don’t make me shy!"
"Don’t play innocent! You have been a slut since the sun started shining and you want to be an ignorant girl all of a sudden?"
Edmund didn’t know how he found himself saying these words. He was shocked and expected the goddess to get angry with him but she offered him a smile instead. Perhaps she had been a slut when gods were still alive.
She put away her magical quill and grabbed his neck to pull him closer so she could kiss him on the lips.
A kiss from behind.
’This is so good!’
When she broke the kiss, she finally answered the question he had asked a long time ago.
"This is one of the types of the rewards my system offers."
This reminded Edmund of the mission where she forced him to enter his Soul Sea. The reward was a kiss from her.
’So the rewards are not only about the God of Desires?’
"Of course no! I had prepared many interesting things for you though it seems you no longer need them."
"What do you mean I no longer need them?"
She shifted her gaze from him as if embarrassed of what she was going to say.
"Now you have Peony and you’re preparing to tame more girls to..."
Edmund didn’t allow her to finish. He grabbed her chin and lifted her so he could kiss her.
"Hmm..."
"Don’t worry, Beauty Goddess! You’re the one who made me. I can always get time for you during the nights, okay?"
"Hmm..."
She nodded, a new found admiration igniting in her hazel eyes.
"I guess it’s time I leave you then!"
They shared another passionate kiss, his hands teasing her breasts for a few seconds before Edmund concentrated on his physical body.
Soon, everything became black, then bright as his eyes flutter open.
He expected his gaze to fall on Peony who had been sleeping beside him, but it fell on a painting on the wall where Peony was naked, God of Desires fondling her breasts.
’She really loved him!’
If this was the level of love Peony had for Edmund as the new God of Desires, his decision to not kill her, the decision to to tame her instead...
It was the best decision he had ever taken in his entire life. No... In the entirety of his two lives.
’Where’s she?’
Following his question, a delicious hot aroma assaulted his nostrils.
’She’s cooking another rabbit, oh my!’
Edmund was not a vegan. So, imagining a rabbit roasting over the fire, dripping to sizzle and send sweet aroma in the air as a result...
It brought a smile on his face.
He felt like he was ascending into heaven when the thought of having a rabbit as a breakfast entered his mind. This was their last day here. They had to quench their hunger before starting their journey.
He gulped, his stomach rumbling. Peony emerged from the entrance, holding a plate where the rabbit lay decorated by different types of vegetables and fruits.
"Oh! Husband, I didn’t know you were awake."
Her cheerful smile, coupled with her naked body and the delicious meal on the plate, made Edmund’s mind go spinning.
His gaze was glued at her as she swayed closer, making the steam from her body double and form a transparent cloud around her. She was blushing at the thought of how devilishly he was staring at her.
Not long after, the rabbit was devoured and the purple-haired beauty was hovering over Edmund, this time not too shy. She had been taking her lessons with him seriously, after all. A month is enough to convert even a nun into a whore if one has what it takes.
"Uh... husband, how about we say goodbye to this cave in a special way?"
She didn’t wait for his answer. Instead, she reached within his trousers and pulled out his little brother.
The next second, the little sibling was swallowed.
’Oh gods!’
