I went to the living room, and as soon as the two of them saw me, smiles appeared on their faces. I coughed and then said to them, “Sorry for the delay, I had to deal with something important. Hestia was a little restless.”

“Did something happen? She looked pretty upset,” Tiona asked.

“How should I put it… I ended up doing something that bothered her, that’s all. But let’s forget about that, alright? You must be here to talk about that.” I went straight to the point.

Tiona and Ais exchanged glances, and Ais nodded.

Then Tiona started speaking. “We didn’t want to talk about it here since they’re around.” Tiona pointed toward the kitchen. “So we wanted to invite you to dinner. Do you think you could have dinner with us tonight?”

Tiona seemed a little nervous.

I smiled and replied, “We can talk about it here, but if you feel more comfortable doing it somewhere else, that’s fine. I can even use my ability and take you somewhere more private if you’d like.”

“Ah, that ability. It’s really useful,” Ais said.

“Have I ever shown you that teleportation ability before, Tiona?”

“The one where you can go anywhere in the blink of an eye? Yeah, I know that one. It’s amazing.” Tiona’s eyes sparkled. “I wish I could learn that ability. Can you teach it to me?”

“Unfortunately, no.” I smiled bitterly. “So, what do you two want to do?”

“I’d rather go somewhere more private,” Ais said.

“You don’t want anyone overhearing the conversation, right? If people listen in, the news will definitely spread — you are quite famous, after all.”

“Famous…” Ais sighed. “You’re way more famous than I am,” she said.

“Well… I guess that’s true.” I shrugged. “Alright then, it’s decided. Meet me near the coliseum tonight.”

“At the coliseum? Why?”

“It’s not too far from here, and there probably won’t be many people around at night. If I didn’t have to deal with Hestia, we could go now — but she’s pretty angry.” I laughed.

Hestia will definitely wake up soon. And when she does, I’m definitely going to suffer…

“What did you do to make her that angry?” Tiona asked suspiciously. “Does it have something to do with me and Ais?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s something a bit more serious than that…”

I can’t tell them I slept with their Goddess.

“You’re making me really curious now.” Tiona looked even more suspicious.

Then…

“Luaaannn!!! Where are you?!” I heard Hestia’s voice yelling my name.

“My Goddess, please, Luan is having an important conversation!” I heard Mikoto’s voice trying to calm her down.

“That’s right, Hestia, calm down. Ais and Tiona are here, don’t say anything unnecessary,” Lili said.

Thanks, Lili. Maybe now Hestia will think twice before mentioning Loki!

Thankfully, Hestia didn’t say anything about Loki, but she kept yelling my name anyway.

“I think it’s better if you go now. I’ll meet you tonight.”

Ais and Tiona exchanged glances, clearly curious and uncomfortable about the situation.

As soon as they left the mansion, I finally lost my patience and went to the kitchen.

I stood in front of Hestia and said, “Let’s go upstairs. We need to talk.”

I had never used such a cold tone with Hestia before, so both she and Lili and Mikoto got nervous.

I picked Hestia up in my arms and ran upstairs.

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When we got upstairs, I set Hestia down, and she immediately started hitting me. “Tell me you’re lying! Tell me it’s not true! You didn’t do that with Loki, did you?” Hestia had tears in her eyes.

Does she hate Loki that much?

No, she doesn’t hate her that much…

I think we could even consider them friends.

Maybe that’s why she’s angry?

“Listen, Hestia.” I knelt down and held her shoulders. Looking into her eyes, I said, “Yes, I slept with Loki, but I never really liked her that much.” I was being honest. Loki was never one of my favorite characters.

It’s nice having an important character like her in my hands, but that’s all it is…

“Idiot!”

“Wait, wait!” I held her. “I know I’m a womanizing idiot. I just couldn’t hold myself back, alright? I couldn’t resist when I had the chance to do it with her.”

“…”

“You’re really angry, aren’t you?”

“Of course I am! I already accepted you doing that with Ishtar, with Lili, Mikoto, and other women — but Loki…”

“Do you hate her?” I asked. I wanted to hear her true feelings.

“I don’t hate her, but… I didn’t want this to happen!”

“Listen, Hestia.” I cleared my throat and continued. “I’m not going to marry Loki. I don’t like her the way I like you all. I just had the opportunity to have sex with her, and I couldn’t hold myself back.”

“How can you say these things so calmly?”

“Well…” I had already promised myself I’d try to change. That I’d build a family now. But I haven’t changed one bit. How depressing.

Feeling deeply disappointed in myself, I said, “I’m sorry. I wanted to change, but I can’t… I can’t control my instincts. When a beautiful woman gives me an opening, I…”

Although, to be honest, I kind of planned everything that happened.

“Womanizer. Bastard. Idiot.”

“I’m sorry, alright? You’re this upset because of your pregnancy. You can’t control yourself right now. Please, try to calm down.”

“Oh, so now you’re blaming my pregnancy?”

“That’s not what I meant!”

“Then what did you mean by that?”

“That’s enough…”

“Idiot!” Hestia shouted as she ran out of the room.

That conversation only made things worse.

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