Although Leto was full of worry, Asteria's clear face still maintained extraordinary determination.
Unlike her sister's anxiety that was almost drowning in sorrow, she gently shook her head and said in a calm, steady tone: "My dear sister, please don't worry excessively. I believe the Goddess of Reproduction will not leave Olympus."
"His Majesty the God-King won't allow it. And Goddess Hera's own heart equally won't bear to leave."
"Hmm?" Leto looked at her sister with confusion, then fell into deep contemplation.
Clear Asteria calmly analyzed for her sister: "Today, did you hear how His Majesty the God-King addressed the Goddess of Reproduction?"
Leto's cherry-like small mouth opened slightly, her eyes full of surprise: "You mean..."
Asteria nodded emphatically, her eyes full of certainty.
"But didn't His Majesty the God-King already have Wisdom Goddess Metis? They're said to love each other deeply, and His Majesty the God-King even announced directly at the grand divine assembly before the entire universe that Wisdom Goddess is his beloved." The innocent young goddess was still somewhat puzzled.
The corners of Asteria's mouth curved up slightly, carrying a trace of imperceptible mockery toward love: "His Majesty the God-King can always do whatever he pleases."
"Great His Majesty the God-King always wants far too much. As long as he wants it, what can't he obtain?"
"The Goddess of Reproduction's recent low spirits and constant distraction—now it seems the root cause is great His Majesty the God-King."
Leto sighed again, full of sympathy: "Goddess Hera is such a wonderful goddess, but..."
Asteria's expression remained cool: "Who wouldn't like His Majesty the God-King?"
"His Majesty the God-King has accomplished incredibly magnificent deeds. He is the supreme sovereign of this boundless universe, single-handedly establishing a completely new cosmic order and changing the entire world."
"He is the most courageous, strongest, wisest god—god among gods, king of all gods. In every past war, it was always him charging bravely to the front."
"In such tragic yet glorious battles, his figure captured the hearts of many goddesses. Isn't this completely natural?"
Hearing this, Leto nodded in agreement: "You're right. So His Majesty the God-King also deeply loves the Goddess of Reproduction. Our mother goddess being so severely injured by His Majesty the God-King in her first battle must also be because of this."
"No wonder the Goddess of Civilization and Memory said only Goddess Hera could help us, and only with her help is there hope to rescue father god and mother god."
Asteria nodded: "Today, His Majesty the God-King unhesitatingly forgave us. All this was only for Goddess Hera's sake. Look, Goddess Hera didn't even need to say a word—her very existence was the most powerful plea."
"The Memory Source was absolutely right. Goddess Hera is an extremely special and important goddess in the God-King's heart."
Leto's charming face showed undisguised envy: "Goddess Hera is truly fortunate. She has the God-King's love. In this universe, there should be nothing that can trouble her anymore."
She suddenly had an epiphany: "Indeed! If His Majesty the God-King equally loves Goddess Hera deeply, then he absolutely won't allow Goddess Hera to leave Olympus! If His Majesty the God-King doesn't want something to happen, then it cannot happen."
Asteria looked at her naive sister helplessly, saying in an even more helpless tone: "Sister, His Majesty the God-King doesn't love only Goddess Hera. What's openly proclaimed to the entire world now is Wisdom Goddess Metis!"
"Wisdom Goddess is His Majesty the God-King's legitimate wife now."
She paused and lowered her voice: "Even more than just Wisdom Goddess and Goddess of Reproduction. From my secret observations, it seems several supreme goddesses on Mount Olympus have been in low spirits recently."
"By rights, now that the new order has just been implemented and all gods enjoy supreme glory and honor, they should be in good spirits. But they're all melancholy instead."
"Now it seems the source of all this is our great His Majesty the God-King."
But Leto waved her slender hand dismissively: "None of that matters. Those aren't things we can control, much less discuss."
"Although we've been pardoned by His Majesty the God-King, on Mount Olympus our sisters' status is still insignificantly small."
"We only need to know one thing: Goddess Hera is the most special one in His Majesty the God-King's heart. And the only one we can rely on is Goddess Hera."
"So we must wholeheartedly serve Goddess Hera well. Goddess Hera is our only hope now. With Goddess Hera's help, rescuing father god and mother god in the future might not be truly impossible."
Asteria was stunned, then slowly nodded.
Sister was right—she was thinking too much and too far ahead.
On Olympus, the center of cosmic order, what did their two sisters amount to?
Being able to live openly in this world now was already tremendous progress.
Leto's melancholy gloom dissipated considerably. She smiled brightly, her beautiful peach blossom eyes flowing with indescribable charm.
"His Majesty the God-King's amorous nature might not be a bad thing for us. On the contrary, it might even be good."
"Tomorrow we'll visit Goddess Hera again. Then we should know the result. If Goddess Hera truly abandons the idea of leaving Olympus, then we can confirm our hope has grown."
Asteria nodded emphatically.
Leto turned to look out the window.
At the horizon, sunset had arrived.
The world's lord of light was about to change shifts with his cool sister.
Bright, clear moonlight would soon replace warm sunlight to illuminate the entire world.
The world's current order was indeed much better than before.
Relying on others was ultimately not as good as relying on oneself.
And His Majesty the God-King was an amorous God-King.
Perhaps...
Gentle Leto's charming peach blossom golden eyes became even brighter and more brilliant under the sunset's afterglow and approaching moonlight.
Asteria also had unspoken worries: 'If the Goddess of Reproduction truly competes with Wisdom Goddess, then as Goddess Hera's attendants, our sisters' days won't be easy either.'
'Wisdom Goddess can't do anything to the Goddess of Reproduction, but can't she deal with us questionable associates of Hera?'
As for Zeus, after leaving Hera's place, he didn't return to his palace. Seeing night approaching, he went straight to the underworld to comfort the extremely impatient Goddess Nyx.
The matter of the Heavenly Way system and Divine Network also needed advance notice to Nyx.
He'd also drop off the Atlas brothers at the ocean while he was at it.
This wasn't something requiring his personal attention—purely incidental.
Mainly, he hadn't seen Lady Night since the divine assembly ended.
Lady Night, deep in passionate love, now thought of him day and night like a young girl in spring, sending her longing through night breezes several times.
The last two messages carried obvious resentment and displeasure—she had big complaints.
If he didn't visit soon, Lady Night, newly tasting love's sweetness, would definitely throw a tantrum.
Lady Night had been working hard building the underworld during this time—she deserved comfort for her labor.
After the underworld realm was established, Hades guarded the underworld, working tirelessly day and night to organize the newborn world.
Being a newly opened world as vast as the world itself, completely organizing it and getting it on track would definitely take hundreds or thousands of years.
Lady Night was also enthusiastically building this world where night gods were fully integrated. Though the underworld was quiet and desolate, Zeus had already introduced ocean currents—with proper construction, its potential was limitless.
Lady Night felt everything was wonderful recently, with only one bad thing—she couldn't see Zeus!
As for Hades, he was purely a tool god, incredibly silent.
Lady Nyx, being a primordial great mother goddess, naturally had her pride and only thought of Zeus's true form.
She could compromise on everything else and grit her teeth to endure, but on this matter, the Night Goddess absolutely couldn't tolerate it!
Taking advantage of nightfall, Zeus quietly (crossed out) openly came to the underworld realm. Seeing the current underworld, he nodded with satisfaction.
Through the hard work of Hades and Night Goddess, plus Styx and some helping ocean gods during this time, the newborn underworld had taken initial shape.
Though still rough and spacious overall, at least the framework was established and could barely function normally.
Before Zeus could inspect carefully, accompanied by a fragrant breeze of night dew, Lady Night, sensing Zeus entering the underworld, had already come to his side.
This Night Goddess with cool, proud temperament and breathtaking beauty had her perfect, flawless lovely face currently showing full resentment and displeasure.
Then she unhesitatingly threw herself into Zeus's arms.
Nyx's collision left Zeus's spirit swaying. Zeus embraced the exquisite Lady Night in return, spewing free sweet words: "My dear Nyx, what unpleasant matter dared provoke my beautiful Night Sovereign and make you so displeased?"
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