Chapter 550: The day the goddess of beauty became irreplaceable for Victor.
“… I want to protect my beloved because only I know how rotten the plots of the Gods are, and I don’t want you to suffer the same fate as the Greek Heroes.”
“Because of that…” She gently bit her lips:
“Victor, please…” She held Victor’s face with both hands as if he were the most precious thing in the world. It was a gentle touch, a loving and obsessive touch. Her neon pink eyes were brimming with just one emotion.
Love.
“Let me protect you.”
“…” Victor’s eyes opened wide. Aphrodite right now was so…stunning.
Make no mistake, she was beautiful, she was perfect, and that was nothing new. She was the Goddess of Beauty for a reason.
But… At this moment, it seemed that Aphrodite had become even more beautiful.
‘The beauty of a woman in love.’ Victor knew what that was, and he understood why he thought she was so beautiful now.
‘Let me protect you, huh?’ Victor laughed internally. He remembered hearing similar words from Violet, Sasha, and Ruby.
“….” Agnes, Natashia, Violet, and Ruby raised their eyebrows when they felt a nostalgic feeling emanating from Victor. They smiled gently as they felt his love pouring towards them like a tsunami.
“Ruby…?” Scathach saw her daughter with a strange smile shared by Natashia, Agnes, and Violet.
She narrowed her eyes when she understood what it was; ‘The connection, huh… What is he feeling right now?’ Only at those times did the woman feel frustrated about not having that connection.
‘It doesn’t matter; our connection goes way beyond that.’ She huffed and rolled her eyes.
But… Women are complicated, even if she did her best to believe that thought.
“Tsk.” She even clicked her tongue in annoyance.
“Yes.” A simple word of acceptance that contained all the feelings only Victor, Aphrodite, and the girls in his connection could possibly comprehend.
A dazzling smile appeared on Aphrodite’s face, a smile only Natashia and Victor saw.
The older woman opened her eyes in utter shock. ‘The Goddess of Beauty sure is… The Goddess of Beauty, or should I call her the Goddess in Love?’ She chuckled internally at that random thought.
“Then…”
“Yeah.” Victor gently cupped Aphrodite’s face:
“Eliminate Gaia and Nyx’s influence from me, and protect me from the other Gods.”
“….” Aphrodite’s smile grew even wider, but her eyes narrowed a little more.
“What about Albedo…?”
“Is she dangerous?”
“…” Aphrodite used her right to remain silent. This was a free country; she had rights!
“Aphrodite…” Unfortunately, this wasn’t a democracy. It was a dictatorship.
Victor pressed the Goddess.
“Tsk.” Aphrodite clicked her tongue and replied in an annoyed tone.
“She is not dangerous. She is a new Goddess who was a Witch before and is more of a recluse who prefers to spend her time doing research.”
“The reason she Blessed you was probably just as an experiment. She must have been interested in you.”
“And unlike the other older Goddesses, she doesn’t have as much influence to manipulate or harm you.”
“Hmm,” Victor nodded, satisfied, “Eliminate only Nyx and Gaia, and leave the rest.”
“Tsk, you’ve fallen into the temptation of Magic.” She pouted at the end.
“How should I put it… It’s a troublesome power but a convenient one.” Victor twirled his finger in the air, and a Magic Circle appeared.
A feathered orb of light appeared from the Magic Circle and flew into the air, illuminating the entire room even more.
“… Have you learned any spells yet?”
“I’ve already read all the books I could get my hands on, but I only ‘understood’ three Spells.”
“Spells like
“Some higher level Spells I feel I could use, but I don’t have the ‘energy’ for it.”
“I can only play with a few starter Spells before my Mana pool runs dry.”
“… Although every time this reserve dries up, it slightly increases in size.”
“Hmm, despite being a borrowed power, Magic is also like a muscle. The same goes for my Blessing, and since you received this power directly from an experienced Goddess, your Magic is more intuitive than a normal Witch…”
“I’m focusing on the support Spells. I don’t need firepower. I’ve got too much of that already, so I want some simple, convenient Spells to help with everyday life and maybe some Spells to help me in combat, like buffs for increasing my strength or something. I see potential in that….” Victor explained.
“… Don’t focus on it. She may withdraw her power; remember, this is borrowed power… Which means-.”
“Which means she can withdraw it at any time. I know.”
“Because of that, I’m just practicing basic convenient Spells. I don’t want to focus my training on Magic but on my own powers.”
“That’s good… Now, forget about that bitch, and focus on me.”
“…” Victor smiled softly. How many times had he heard those words?
“I want to be your only Goddess, the only one! So marry me, a marriage of the Soul! Even if we die, we will always meet in the next life.”
“…” Violet, Ruby, Scathach, Natashia, and Agnes narrowed their eyes at this.
‘Same as Roxanne, huh.’
“Are you sure about that?”
“Absolutely!”
“I want to be yours! Only yours!”
“Haah… Don’t regret it later…” Victor’s eyes darkened entirely as he looked at the Goddess.
The Goddess’s entire body trembled visibly, and her smile grew.
“Because there will be no going back.”
“Never! I will never regret it!”
Seeing that the Goddess wouldn’t back down, Victor’s grip tightened.
“How do we do it?”
“Just state your intent, and leave the rest to me.”
“…” Victor nodded and spoke.
“Aphrodite, will you be my wife?”
“Yes!” Aphrodite’s pink eyes glowed a bright neon pink, and a rose gold glow emanated from her body. Her eyes formed the symbol of a heart, and her Love Divinity was going crazy.
“Will you become my Darling, Victor?” She asked with a slightly red face.
“Yes.”
A dark aura with red undertones erupted from Victor’s body. His aura didn’t seem to lose against the Goddess’, as the two auras seemed to merge into the air, completing each other.
This scene lasted for a whole minute, and everyone could only watch it with shocked and serious expressions.
“My Darling…~” Aphrodite threw herself on Victor’s body and kissed his mouth.
The two auras started to merge even faster.
And as if by Magic, the entire aura suddenly disappeared, but the result was already done.
Victor could feel connected on a Soul level with Aphrodite. It was a very similar feeling to Roxanne.
The Goddess Aphrodite married a mortal, a Marriage of The Soul, a union that couldn’t be undone… If this news got out, the chaos would be far greater than the Demons’ war.
The kiss took a few more minutes until the two stopped for breath.
And with mad obsession, she declared:
“Take all my Blessings, Sexuality, Love, Perpetuation of Life, Pleasure, Joy… And War.”
“…” Victor opened his eyes a little when he heard the last Divinity.
The girls once again fell silent at this development.
Since when did the Goddess of Beauty have a Divinity of War? Huh!? Something was not right.
“Sexuality will allow you to become… hmm, an unstoppable warrior in the bedroom…” She flashed a knowing smile.
And that information made Violet, Ruby, Scathach, and Natashia’s eyes glow red.
Even though Agnes wasn’t left out, she, who among all the girls had the most inhibitions with Victor, glanced at him furtively with a hidden desire.
‘With this Blessing, won’t he become unstoppable in bed?’ The women thought, and they couldn’t help but gulp in anticipation.
‘As expected, having Aphrodite as an ally was a good thing… The Soul Marriage thing was a surprise, but it’s still a good result… And… He’ll be even more irresistible in the bedroom.’ Ruby almost drooled at the end.
Surprisingly, the one who had the most significant visible reaction was Scathach since the woman was competitive by nature. Although Victor won most of their ‘battles’ in the bedroom, she was slowly gaining territory, and it wouldn’t have been long before Scathach could break even with the man.
But now, he just got stronger, but instead of being irritated, she smiled predatorily in anticipation.
“Pleasure is the Blessing correlated with Sexuality. Therefore, you will be able to give pleasure more easily, including any type of pleasure.”
“Sadistic pleasure, gentle pleasure, lustful pleasure, etc.”
“Normally, I use it for torture. Instead of my enemies feeling pain, they will feel pleasure, which is a more efficient form of torture than pain.”
“…” Scathach and Natashia nodded. Both women were experts in torture, so they knew the Goddess was correct on this matter.
“Perpetuation of Life will allow you to feel ‘Life’, and if trained, you will be able to manipulate it to a lesser degree. This power is quite potent against beings from Hell; after all, Life is related to ‘Light’. Although my Domain in its Concept is scarce, because the Perpetuation of Life is also related to Sexuality since it is through sex that a new life can be created, it is still powerful.”
“It’s up to you to explore these Blessings. Although, to be honest, I never explored them much since I needed to progress in my Greater Divinities, and that takes a lot of time and effort.”
“Next is Happiness. You will know what the person likes and what makes them ‘happy’. It is an Empathic Ability, and you can feel the emotions of other beings more easily.”
“War… A Divinity that I developed in my travels… I’m not proficient in it like Ares or other Gods who were born with a Divinity of War. To be honest, I can’t even be called a Goddess of War since my Concept Mastery of it is only basic.”
“But, I reached a high enough level to raise my understanding of it and have since touched upon the Concept of War.”
“Therefore, my Blessing will increase your perception and understanding while giving you instinctive knowledge of how to make, prolong, or end a war. Though you’ll need contextual information to make it work properly.”
Shock.
That’s what everyone felt now, both from the events that happened before but mostly from what they’d just heard.
The Goddess of Beauty with proficiency in War? Huh? Just what happened on her travels for her to acquire this? They were curious now.
Even though this news was not unheard of, after all, Freya herself was both a Goddess of Beauty and War; when this revelation came from Aphrodite’s mouth about herself, they were shocked.
The reason was Aphrodite confirmed it herself. No one would believe anyone who said that the Greek Goddess of Beauty had a minor Divinity related to War.
Before anyone could react, Aphrodite looked at the girls.
“For you to get married the way I got married, you need to become Goddesses yourselves.”
The girls opened their eyes wide.
“Only Gods and special Beings related to Concepts can perform a Soul Marriage.”
“Grow up, grow stronger, and achieve Godhood in some way so that when the time comes, you can cast off that faulty Ritual and wed body and Soul to our beloved.”
“……” Once again, shock descended on the bathroom.
Ruby and Scathach, who quickly recovered from the shock, understood something.
‘This Goddess is cunning.’ It immediately became apparent to them that this Goddess was revealing all this to get on the good side of girls, and it was evident that she wanted to get along with her ‘sisters’.
Scathach thought of something else:
‘Everyone ignored it, but… Why did she react surprised when she learned of the Blessings Victor received? Didn’t she watch the broadcast?’ But once again, she realized how cunning the Goddess was.
‘It wasn’t a lie when she spoke of her feelings, but she purposely acted surprised to attract Victor?’
Scathach and Aphrodite’s eyes met for a few seconds, and in that small amount of time, Scathach narrowed her eyes as if to say, ‘I know what you did.’
A nervous, childlike smile appeared on the Goddess’s face, which only confirmed Scathach’s suspicions.
‘Did Victor notice?’ Then, glancing at her disciple, she saw him looking at her with a small knowing smile.
‘This manipulative bastard! You’ve really grown up! I’m proud! HAHAHAHA~’ Scathach tried very hard not to laugh out loud.
It wasn’t like Victor disliked Aphrodite, not after everything she’d done for him and his family, but he also knew the girls wouldn’t accept Aphrodite so easily.
Because of that, he played along with the Goddess game, a manipulative and harmless little game to ensure the group stayed together.
Probably the only ones who noticed were the older women, Scathach, Natashia, and Ruby.
Agnes and Violet could only sense with their terrifying instinct that something was happening but couldn’t quite put their finger on what it was.
Aphrodite only spoke about Soul Marriage to appease the girls and stay on their good side. As an ancient Goddess, she knew that her beauty could lead to conflicts and misunderstandings, and because of that, she wanted to solve that potential problem ASAP.
And it’s also a tiny apology for this little scheme she pulled.
Natashia and Ruby didn’t say anything, even if they understood that, out of all the girls, they were the most aware of the current state of things and could see the big picture.
A close-knit family was necessary, and a family with even stronger and more unbreakable bonds was needed. They understood that and would ensure Violet and Agnes understood it too.
After all, of all the girls, Agnes and Violet were the most likely to burst with jealousy.
Not caring about the girls’ reactions, Aphrodite continued:
“Yes, the Ritual that Vlad and the Witch Queen created helps you avoid becoming lost in bloodlust, but unfortunately, it has a big weakness.”
“By binding himself with many girls as Victor has done….”
“It has created a huge weakness.”
“…” The girls narrowed their eyes.
“Initially, the Ritual was only to be used between 2 or 3 members. Usually, it wouldn’t go beyond that because hardly anyone wanted to spend eternity with one person.”
Over time, if love was not nurtured, it just tended to wither, and eventually, couples separated.
“Only Vlad and Victor have used the Ritual on such a large number of women simultaneously,” Agnes explained.
“Now, if even one of you is separated long enough from Victor, he will go mad from lack of blood.”
“He’s still not an experienced Vampire like Vlad, who has the proper restraint and can afford to go hungry for several hundred years.”
“…” Victor narrowed his eyes. Unfortunately, that kind of stamina couldn’t be trained and could only develop over time.
“From today onwards, only Scathach will be allowed to marry Victor using the Ritual; any other pending girls will have to wait. If they want a bond with Victor in the future, they will need to perform a Soul Marriage.”
“Don’t put words in my mouth, Goddess. You cannot decide that.”
“Do you love Victor?” The Goddess’s heart-shaped eyes stared at Scathach.
“…” Scathach narrowed her eyes, and a slight hint of embarrassment appeared on her face. She didn’t look away from the Goddess, but she couldn’t answer either.
“The answer to that question is; Yes, you love him.”
“So one day you will marry him. All I’m saying is that you will be the last to marry him using the Ritual.”
“As for the rest of you, you should only drink his blood as much as necessary. The only reason you girls still suffer from bloodlust is that you are too greedy. Look at the Maids. They’ve said they hadn’t drunk Victor’s blood for a relatively long time, and none have had a problem with it yet. Of course, they’re not Elder Vampires, but you get the point.”
“….” The girls were a little embarrassed. However, they knew what Aphrodite said was correct since the more they drank Victor’s blood, the more they wanted it. It’s like an addiction. His blood was very delicious!
And Victor would never refuse a request from his wives. He spoiled them a lot.
Victor didn’t say anything, but that’s because they’d already had thoughts about it.
The Ritual helped focus their desires and instincts on their partner, which was a good thing. After all, it prevented the Vampires from causing chaos.
But for someone in Victor’s situation, they were shackles that, while providing some benefits, also had their drawbacks.
A Soul Marriage completely lacked any of these drawbacks.
“… What is a Soul Marriage?” Ruby was the first to speak since she didn’t have enough information about it.
“Soul Marriage: it is a way for two Souls to bond eternally, a Ritual that can only be done by Gods or Beings who’ve touched upon a Concept. By connecting two Souls, the two individuals become Soulmates and will always be together. Even if they part, Fate will somehow intervene and bring the two together again. Even Death will not separate the two beings because, in the next Life, these two beings will meet again. So long as the Concept of the Soul exists in the Universe, beings married through this Ritual will forever be destined to be together.”
“…” Violet, Ruby, and Natashia’s eyes gleamed with obsession when they heard what the Goddess said.
“…And when the two Souls are bonded, they will only be satisfied with each other’s presence… Which means-.”
“A Vampire’s natural bloodlust can be ignored.”
“…Not completely. It will exist, but it won’t be as overwhelming. You will feel bloodlust, but it won’t be an insatiable hunger; rather, it will be a hunger similar to that of a human who hasn’t eaten for a few hours.”
“The effects will just be minimized.”
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