"Why is it getting hotter and hotter?"
Feeling the heat rising in her heart, Zeus wondered internally, her face betraying no emotion.
Looking at Zeus, who had suddenly stopped eating, Hades asked with concern. She thought that the ingredients she used had caused Zeus to feel uncomfortable.
"Nothing, it's just a little hot."
Smiling at Hades, a cute blush appeared on Zeus's cheeks, and her enchanting purple eyes seemed to be brimming with allure, making Hades stare in a daze. Zeus didn't care about the stunned Hades; at this moment, she was using her divine power to calm the heat in her heart, but it seemed to be ineffective.
"Oh right, the 'Ice Heart Incantation'."
Thinking of this, Zeus no longer panicked. She silently recited mysterious ancient Eastern texts, and her mind, which had been somewhat dizzy from the heat, slowly cleared. However, the burning sensation in her heart still couldn't be eliminated.
"No, this soup isn't right. Someone is trying to harm us."
Looking at Zeus, who had suddenly entered a meditative state, Hades felt her body changing even as she wondered. Her face changed, and she began to use her powerful divine power to suppress the abnormality in her body. After calming down a bit, she began to investigate the soup's problem.
"This scent isn't the scent of soup at all. I was careless."
Using her divine sense to evaporate the water from the soup and separate out foreign matter, Hades finally looked at the pink substance in the plate with a grim expression. This was not the River Styx fish she had caught at all, but a pink powder. It seemed that because the dosage was too high, it hadn't completely dissolved in the soup.
"What exactly is this stuff?"
Zeus, who was fully activating the 'Ice Heart Incantation', took a moment to look at Hades' actions. She now understood that this thing definitely wasn't made by Hades, but who would do such a boring thing? (Uranus: Achoo!)
"It should be the essence of some rare plant, not a mineral."
"However, plants that can affect us gods, apart from a few extremely rare ones, are almost non-existent."
Hades sniffed the pink powder in the plate repeatedly, finally frowning and shaking her head. She really couldn't guess what kind of plant essence it was.
"This smell, I seem to have smelled it somewhere before. It's been too long, I can't quite remember. Let me think."
Placing the powder from Hades' plate in front of her, Zeus sniffed it slightly, feeling it was very familiar.
"Oh right, isn't this the flower that grows under the World Tree?"
"It smelled so good back then, I wanted to take some back, but Grandmother wouldn't let me pick it, and the shape of the petals was very strange, like a heart."
Suddenly recalling a childhood memory, Zeus found the source. At that time, Gaia had taken her to the World Tree to collect some materials. She, bored, went to play and happened to see that strange flower emitting a sweet scent. Just as she was about to pick it to see if she could take it back and plant it, Gaia, who suddenly appeared, stopped her. It was the first time she had seen Gaia's expression so tense, checking if she had touched any petals. Thinking this flower was poisonous, Zeus instantly remembered it firmly.
She never expected to smell this scent again after growing up. The smell of the soup mixed with the flower pollen, plus the long time, was why Zeus didn't recognize it at once. But once Hades separated it, she immediately found the scent from her memory.
"Oh no, it's a flower from there."
After hearing Zeus's account, Hades showed a bitter smile on her face.
"What exactly is that?"
Looking at Hades' expression, Zeus asked curiously. At that time, Gaia only cared about her safety and didn't tell her what this thing actually was.
"The Flower of Lust, a flower that can make even gods feel lust, especially the sap in the stem of this type of flower, which is the raw material for the love arrows made by Eros, the Goddess of Love."
Hades, feeling her body grow hotter, forced herself to speak to Zeus, not wanting to cast a spell on herself just yet.
"This thing is that powerful! Is there still hope for us?"
Hearing Hades's explanation, Zeus completely panicked. Damn it! No wonder Gaia told her not to touch it. But the problem now was who was so wicked as to drug someone. (Uranus: Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!)
"You, you, Big Sister, I'm your younger sister, don't attack me."
Zeus, who was inwardly cursing someone, looked at Hades, whose face had suddenly become somewhat fierce, and fearfully took two steps back.
"Big… Big Sister? Hades?"
Looking at the silent Hades, Zeus suppressed the heat in her heart with the Ice Heart Art, while cautiously probing Hades's attitude.
"Bang~!"
"Wake up, Big Sister, don't get lost to this thing."
Watching Hades suddenly rush forward and pin her to the ground, Zeus panicked. She was still suppressing her internal heat and couldn't exert strength. Zeus could only struggle frantically, but her strength was no match for the berserk Hades.
"Quick… quick, run."
Hearing Hades's strained voice and the lessening pressure on her body, Zeus no longer cared about any internal heat. She got up and ran first.
Running frantically to the door, Zeus hadn't even taken that step to freedom when a pair of large hands wrapped around her waist from behind.
"No! Big Sister, wake up!"
Clutching the doorframe tightly with both hands, Zeus tried to awaken Hades's consciousness, but the force from behind grew stronger and stronger. Zeus's hands left deep scratches on the doorframe, and finally, Zeus couldn't hold on and was pulled back into the room.
"No~!"
Watching the door get further and further away, Zeus let out an unwilling wail. Was she going to fall into someone's hands again this time? And her own sister?
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