Chapter 32: Auntie's squabble
"Hello."
"Who is this?"
Asked Scarlett.
"What is it aunty?"
"Is that anyway to greet your dear aunt?"
Scarlett raised her brows seeing the casual way she's talking to Amber.
"Wait aunt!!??"
Scarlett grabbed Amber shoulders and shook her for answers.
"Stooooppp."
Tired of the shaking Amber gently push Scarlett away,straightened her clothe and proceeded to explain the situation.
"Technically am not an orphan."
"That much is obvious."
Scarlett said.
"Orphan that new,are you that eager to forsake his name?"
Hearing this Amber looked at her aunt with annoyance.
"Always the busy body."
Scarlett faded into the background wondering just how much she didn't know about her so called friend.
Grabbing Scarlett attention Amber pointed at her aunt and began explaining
"Presenting the one with the ability to make trees blush,the one you mustn't stare at for to long,one of the most beautiful woman in the universe,the one associated with lust,beauty,passion and fertilty;the arch enemy of my mother.... *Cni'dia Aphrodite."
"...."
"Was that really necessary?"
Aphrodite asked.
Amber just shrugged refusing to reply.
Scarlett was shocked,then confused and lastly disappointed.
"I heard the goddess of love is beautiful but-"
Scarlett looked at the blonde middle aged woman with wrinkles.
Aphrodite looked at herself and replied:
" This is an alias I created for myself...give me a minute."
Muttering a word in ancient Greece Aphrodite entire visage began to change.
With the stars in the background,the old skin began to shed and from within emerged Aphrodite wearing her white divine garments,and green bracelets.
Bright golden hair that seem to overshadow the sun,each made in beautiful,perfect frontal braids and locks.
Her bright blue eyes seems to shine brighter than the stars. Graceful curves adorned her form,just standing she seems to radiate sensuality and passion.
The atmosphere, heavy with the fragrance of blooming flowers, seemed to bow to her presence, for she was not just a goddess of love; she was love incarnate.
"Tsk show off."
A cold and decripitic voice called out.
Snapping the two out of reverie for Aphrodite.
Standing behind them was, the goddess of death. On her face was a smooth white mask with snow pattern covering the left side of her face.
Her ebony hair cascaded like a waterfall of shadows, framing a face adorned with an air of ominous beauty. Eyes, cold and piercing, mirrored the void itself, reflecting the weight of countless departed souls. Clad in a tenebrous armor that seemed to absorb the very essence of light, she bore an ethereal aura of malevolence. Each step resonated with an unsettling grace, as if the touch of mortality lingered in the air around her.
It was Hela the Norse pantheon queen of death; a haunting manifestation of the inevitable end, stood as a testament to the inescapable embrace of death.
Hel turned to Amber and said: "no hugs for me?"
With this Amber rushed into her embrace.
Hugging her tightly Hela slowly patted her hair and kissed it.
"Welcome back little one."
No matter how many times she sees this side of Hela, Aphrodite will always be in shock,Amber was one of the few people that could get her to smile, a beauty,pure captivating smile.
'So, she really wasn't kidding when she said she her mother was a goddess.'
Scarlett thought Amber was just pulling her legs,I mean who would believe she was the daughter of Apollo, come on the Greek pantheon is on the other side of the universe so she is not to be blamed.
Finally noticing Scarlett, Hela addressed her.
"And who might you be?"
Scarlett straightened her back and introduced herself.
"Scarlett xi Valentinia, nice to meet you."
"Red hair,vampire; xi Valentinia you...can't place my fingers on it but you are...oi Aphrodite do you know who she is?"
Used to Hela antics,Aphrodite answered:
"Scarlett xi Valentinia daughter of Nalisius xi Valentinia, the blood Konié,the one who defied,right hand to the vampire king; am I right."
Aphrodite said with a smile.
One of the scariest thing about the goddess of beauty is her network of information,only few beings can withhold information from her successfully.
Scarlett nodded not in the least surprised.
"Argh that troublesome woman."
Said Hela with a frown.
"Indeed she was troublesome."
Agreed Aphrodite.
"Do you know my mother on a personal basis?"
"No not really, atleast 2 centuries ago your mother came to me demanding the entrance to Hellhiem,I gave it to her and she went on to challenge on of the commanders of Hela who use a spear, oh and she also took a crafting material from her as a compensation for sparing him."
Hela flared up and pointed at Aphrodite in annoyance.
"Of COURSE,it was you,i was wondering how a mortal could know the entrance to Hellhiem,did you fucking know I had to give out a tree."
Coming out of her embrace Amber questioned: "isn't it just a tree?"
"It isn't;it a tree bathed in the breathe of Níđhöggr."
" Níđhöggr?"
"Very powerful and temperamental dragon."
And so the meeting continued with Hela mostly accusing Aphrodite and telling to pay for her crime.
It was a peaceful meeting filled with brain turning baddies too bad nobody was there to appreciate the view.
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Tresse.
"My Lord am not complaining but why me in particular,I mean why not take Aeru or even better Galador?"
"Duh,because this is the perfect time to train you and address a lot of matter....don't you want the power to beat Galador? The ability to crack that nonchalance of his."
Hanging on Adrien shoulder Illinith considered the proposal and couldn't help but imagine Galador begging for mercy while she pummel him.
Cracking a smug look Illinith agreed.
"Oya, let's do this."
"That the spirit."
Looking at the duo plotting another's downfall,Vlaze couldn't help but feel pity for Galador.
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Darkenstein.
In of the rooms in the village a certain skeleton felt a shiver run up is spine and he shuddered.
"What.. can a skeleton even feel cold..I do hope it just a cold."
Galador thought out loud.
Sadly as fate will have it,it not just a cold.
🍻 hope he survives when the time comes.
R3ficul-pedia.
Aphrodite: a mixture of the two tales and the surname was taken from cnidus a town in caria.
NOTE:most of the gods don't have surnames for some reason.
HEL/HELA: she is not a goddess,since technically she is not an Aesir but a half jotunn. She's strives hard and became queen in Hellhiem.
Níđhöggr:is a dragon or serpent in Norse mythology that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. It's often associated with destruction and chaos in the cosmos.
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