Hephaestus asked for a few months off from his duty as a god. Zeus refuses at first, but was convinced by Hera.
With that, Hephaestus is on a plane going for a trip. He don't want to use his powers since he wanted to try the 'mortal way' as he called it.
This trip will not only relief his mind from whatever happened that keeps stressing him out, but also, a major part of his plan to gather resources for a new body that is able to contain his soul and divinity.
The trip is a resort with an inactive volcano. What he can profits from this volcano is, an ingredient with excellent sources of raw divinity. The mortals have discovered it but they can't find any use of it since they are unable to use or even sense divinity.
How Hephaestus know about this? Well, being the God of Fire has a lot of pros than cons if he have to explain.
Nevertheless, this trip is killing bird with two stones, he can enjoy and relax while draining the raw divinity ingredients for his plan. Converting the raw divinity though, is a trick question which he is still unable to find the answer but he is sure he can find another way to convert the raw divinity so he can use them.
[ Author : Sorry this is just me bs-ing in a logical way. ]
With that set in mind, Hephaestus close a book he's been reading and put it on the small desk. He take a look through the window, he gotta say, he is almost impressed by how creative mortals is. Keyword, almost.
Still though, leaving behind his smith is almost like leaving behind his most precious hammer. Hephaestus chuckles at that thought before he shudders, " Just for a few months and I'll be back my darlings. " He whispered under his breath.
The passenger beside Hephaestus was smiling at him. Hephaestus return the smile although he got weirded out by it.
The passenger stops looking at him and tries to sleep. Hephaestus finally able to take a good look and he is amazed.
It was a woman at her peak of life. Around 23-24, dressed with a simple white uniform that shows her glory and pride. A skin-tight black skirt reaching her kneel. A loose void-ish black long hair that will keep you in trance.
Hephaestus stares, long. The woman suddenly giggles before she opens her eyes looking at him, " Am I really that weird? " She asked while still giggling.
Hephaestus can't help but falls deep into her perfect black iris. That doesn't help when he heard her giggling. "...what? "
He blink before he realized he's been staring, " I mean-- No, you look pretty good..!! "
" Really? I mean, you must be thinking about how weird it is to wear formally when going to a trip right? " The woman said while nervously laughing.
Hephaestus shakes his head, " It's not that weird-- I mean-- Maybe you have some official business on the island? "
The woman sigh this time, confusing Hephaestus, " Yeah... I'm going on this trip is not to enjoy myself, but because I have to settle some projects for my company. "
Hephaestus nodded in understanding, " I see... But your company gotta at least give you a short break since you're already there right? "
She shakes her head while rubbing her forehead, " No unfortunately... I still have some meetings to attend after finishing the projects on the island... "
" If you don't mind me asking, what kind of projects are you doing on the island? " Asked Hephaestus as he put his hand on his chin and place his elbow on the small desk as a stand for his head.
" It's okay, it's not actually anything major... I just need to visit some sites on the island and record if there is anything not usual. The problem is, there's a lot sites I had to go...!! " She slump back to her seat as she finished.
Hephaestus suddenly hummed. " Is there any exact time or date for you to finish the sites visit? "
The woman shakes her head again, don't know where Hephaestus is going with this. " Well, I mean, why can't you just do the job at day and enjoy the trip at night? Since there is no specific time or date mentioned, you should take advantage of it and relax for a while to clear your mind. "
The woman just stare at him, making him nervous if he said something wrong.
" I... Well for once I-- Hm... I never actually... Thought about that, that far-- I just know I should finish my job. " The woman stutter at the facts.
Hephaestus smiles, stunning the woman. " Just think about it. " He didn't notice about the woman got caught in his smile so he just keep smiling before he get back to reading his book.
The woman was about to say something before the pilot who is piloting the plane made an announcement to warn the passengers to put their seat belt on since they will be landing shortly.
-- [ End Chapter ]