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 lip:

"Victor, please…" She touched both of her hands to Victor’s face as if it were the most precious thing in the world. It was a gentle touch, a loving and obsessive touch, and 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, this 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 and 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?’ It was only at those times that the woman felt frustrated about not having that connection.

’It doesn’t matter, the connection we have goes way beyond that.’ She huffed and rolled her eyes.

But... Women are complicated, even if you do your best to believe that thought.action

"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 knew.

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, and protect me from the other gods."

"...." Aphrodite’s smile grew even wider, but her face 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."

"Probably the reason she blessed you was 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 you 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 can 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 sky, illuminating the entire location even more.

"… Have you learned any spells yet?"

"I’ve already read all the books, but I only ’understood’ three spells."

"Spells like , , and ."

"Some higher level spells I felt I could use, but I don’t have ’energy’ for it."

"And I can only play with a few starter spells before the 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 books. I don’t need firepower. I’ve got too much of that already, so I just want some simple, convenient spells to help with everyday life and maybe some spells to help me with combat, like increasing my strength or something. I see potential in that…" Victor explained.

"... Don’t focus on it. We don’t know if she will withdraw her power or not, 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 I 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 would not 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, would you be my wife?"

"Yes!" Aphrodite’s pink eyes glowed in a neon color, 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 coloring shot out from Victor’s body. The aura didn’t seem to lose against the goddess herself, as the two auras seemed to merge into the sky, completing each other.

This scene lasted for a whole minute, and everyone could only watch it with shocked and serious looks.

"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 cannot 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 the 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 hidden desire in her eyes.

’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 biggest visible reaction was Scathach since the woman was competitive by nature. Although Victor won the ’war’ tonight, she was slowly gaining territory, and it wouldn’t be long before Scathach was able to break even with the man.

But now, he just got stronger, and instead of being irritated by it, she smiled predatorily in anticipation.

"Pleasure is the blessing correlated with sexuality, you will be able to give pleasure more easily, and that includes any kind of pleasure."

"Sadistic pleasure, gentle pleasure, lustful pleasure, etc."

"Normally, I use it for torture, instead of my enemy feeling pain being tortured, he will feel pleasure, and that 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 dangerous for beings from hell. After all, life is also related to ’light’, although my domain 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’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."

"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 the divinity of war, to be honest, I can’t even be called a goddess of war at all since my mastery of this concept is only basic."

"But, I reached a high enough level to raise my entire understanding and 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 need extra knowledge to make it work properly."