The heart of flawless justice trembled because of the omniscient goddess's words, but the omniscient goddess's words were far from over.
Terrible words full of ambiguity continuously slipped from her beautiful lips, full of temptation: "How could the God-King's rule possibly do without you, the embodiment of order?"
"I sense that Zeus is constructing an incredibly great plan, an eternal order far more sacred and perfect than now. And you, my dear Themis, you are the crucial, irreplaceable link in this plan."
"You should know that Zeus's love for you will only grow with each passing day."
"Only by completely and totally possessing you, possessing the essence of order, can he calm that wildness and restlessness from his divine essence that creates all and rules all."
"And now, Zeus's order is the most sacred and righteous order in the universe. My dear good sister, how should you face this great and so attractive God-King you serve?"
This series of words from the omniscient goddess struck Themis's heart like the most precise heavy hammers, one blow after another.
Her heart, which had always been calm and absolutely cool and resilient, now began beating incredibly violently like an awakened little deer.
Zeus was attracted to her...
With a crook of her finger, Zeus would be entranced by her...
But what about her?
As the essence of "order," when facing this universe's master who established everything, dominated everything, and ruled everything, how could she not be attracted to this supreme sacred order creator, maintainer, and defender?
Zeus likewise held a fatal attraction for her that originated from essence, from the depths of divinity!
If Zeus crooked his finger at her, she would probably become dazed even faster and more thoroughly than Zeus.
But as the goddess of justice, how could she, how dare she compete for a male god who already had a beloved?
She would only do what she should do!
And what she most should do, what she only should do, was maintain the God-King's sacred righteous order!
Nothing else beyond that!
Also, she dared not have anything else!
Thinking of this, the upright and steadfast goddess of justice seemed to instantly gain infinite strength. She forcefully broke free from the "restraints" of the inspiration source's jade arms and said in a very serious tone: "Mnemosyne, you are not permitted to say such words that shouldn't be said!"
"I will only do what I myself should do, and I will also advise His Majesty the God-King to only do what he should do! His Majesty the God-King already has the bright wisdom goddess!"
"Metis's love for the God-King is witnessed by all gods. Her love is like the ocean—infinite and endless! Her heart forever contains only the God-King alone. Her divinity exists only for the God-King!"
"And His Majesty the God-King has already declared his beloved before the gods. The God-King already has a beloved wife!"
The current universe had no concept of marriage, much less wedding ceremonies.
The concept of husband and wife was simply declaring openly that the other was one's beloved.
Without declaration, one was just a lover.
Even if all gods knew, as long as there was no declaration, then one wasn't a wife.
But once one declared a beloved publicly, as long as the other party also acknowledged it, then both parties were legitimate husband and wife, automatically forming a family that all gods would recognize and respect.
All gods around had to respect the spouse as they would respect the other party, and both spouses had the right to manage family affairs.
Lovers had no right to interfere in any of the other party's family matters and only had physical relationships.
But forming a marital relationship didn't mean one could enjoy the other's authority and power.
Marriage formed family relationships, sharing only family rights, not full enjoyment of the other's power and interests.
Unless the other party declared that the spouse could share, there was no such power.
Hearing Themis's words, Mnemosyne smiled silently in her heart.
See, she didn't deny her true feelings for Zeus at all, only using her noble, almost harsh divine character to forcibly suppress the already surging love and longing.
Currently there was no clear definition of marriage. In principle, both men and women could declare multiple relationships.
But because of divine pride, generally recognized marital relationships were one-to-one by default, with the rest being lover relationships.
If one insisted on one-to-many declarations, it could easily cause big problems and would also be rejected by the gods.
Mainly rejection of the sharers, considering it trampling on divine dignity.
Conversely, lovers didn't have this concern because in lover relationships, neither party needed to bear any responsibility to the other.
Mnemosyne nonchalantly approached again lightly, embracing the justice goddess's upright delicate body, laughing with a helpless yet understanding tone: "But my dearest Themis, the God-King's divinity, like his essence, that boundless sky, is infinitely vast and broad. He will never exist merely because of one goddess."
After speaking, the omniscient goddess's eyes, deep as black holes, stared directly into flawless justice's brilliant golden eyes.
That was exactly the same color as God-King Zeus.
She said in a bland yet incredibly serious tone: "Themis, you're very clear about this point, aren't you? You know that nothing can be hidden from me."
"Moreover, I also know that likewise, nothing can be hidden from your sharp golden eyes that can penetrate all falsehood, right?"
"Now the key point is no longer what you want to do to Zeus, but what great Zeus wants to do to you."
"Can you refuse him?"
Violent tremors came from the depths of the justice goddess's divine essence.
Her flawless pale face was now completely solemn, her beautiful and sharp golden pupils becoming somewhat empty and vacant, drifting toward some distant thoughts.
After a long while, the justice goddess who came to her senses locked her sword-sharp eyebrows, gazing at this memory goddess with a calm expression before her.
She said slowly, word by word: "Mnemosyne, you are indeed the omniscient goddess. But this doesn't mean I can't see your deeply hidden thoughts."
"You have your freedom. How you want to entangle with Zeus, I can't control. But your purpose in telling me these things now—what is it for?"
The goddess of civilization narrowed her extremely intelligent big eyes, her cunning expression now completely undisguised: "My dear Themis, I came this time only to make you understand and finally accept your true self."
"Also, I want to tell you a fact: our sky's true master is destined to attract all goddesses' gazes and adoration."
"With your wisdom, you know how many goddesses secretly gaze at him."
"And our great God-King is also destined to be a God-King with abundant emotions who benefits all directions, destined to be a 'Great Father God' beloved by countless."
Mnemosyne again pressed close to Themis's ear, using a voice only they could hear, carrying endless temptation as if to drag justice into the abyss, whispering: "I only want to tell you that in this destined situation, only when we sisters work together can we... occupy more~~~"
Before finishing, the memory goddess had already transformed into invisible light, dissipating in the air.
Leaving only that flawless charming goddess standing alone in place.
After a long while, she seemed to awaken from a great dream, returning to her divine palace with exhaustion covering her entire body.
She still had too many things to keep busy with.
As for those words spoken by that bold and passionate Mnemosyne, she truly didn't dare and didn't want to think about them even a bit more.
Time flowed swiftly and silently. After Oceanus came to Olympus to plead for the children, Zeus summoned the gods to begin a grand feast. Goddess Hera, whose heart was full of melancholy, also attended this banquet.
The low-key she still chose the most inconspicuous corner, quietly hiding her form in the shadows.
Only a pair of beautiful bright eyes uncontrollably and greedily followed that radiant God-King—Zeus—who was at the center of the gods, surrounded by countless deities.
How she wanted to step forward and converse with Zeus, how she wanted to pour out her overflowing love that almost drowned her to him.
But her innate pride and divine rationality belonging to the supreme mother goddess was like an invisible shackle, allowing her only to quietly stay in this corner, silently drinking the divine wine in her cup with her two similarly suffering sisters.
The gentle and elegant goddess of abundance, Demeter, had somehow begun to love the feeling of intoxication.
Recently, she had become increasingly silent, and only when divine wine entered her throat could the worry between her brows relax slightly.
Even the warmest Hestia recently couldn't summon any spirit. The divine fire around her that should warm all things seemed to have dimmed several degrees.
Only she ultimately had the most generous and magnanimous character. Though her mood was extremely low, she could still barely control her emotions.
Bright-eyed Hera, drinking alone, hoped so much that Zeus could come through the noisy crowd of gods to actively seek her out like before.
Even if he only said one insignificant word to her, for her it would already be the supreme grace of complete satisfaction.
But there was nothing.
Until Zeus rose to leave midway through the banquet, he never came to find her.
And when Hera saw Zeus's graceful figure leaving first, followed immediately and without hesitation by Metis's slender silhouette, beautiful goddess Hera only felt her heart instantly turn to dead ash.
She quietly raised her head, looking through the temple's dome at this still bright and brilliant sky, with a voice in her heart clearly saying to her over and over:
'It's time to leave.'
'It's time to leave Olympus.'
'It's time... to leave Zeus.'
(End of Chapter)
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