A/N: Sorry everyone! I'm taking so long to update! ;A; I just have so much work to do, and way too many stories, now that I'm at it... But in any case, I hope you enjoy the read!
Keima brought a hand up to rub at his temples, feeling an impending headache when the love goddess asked him how familiar he was with Greek mythology. He wanted to throw a fit at the moment, but tamped down on his tongue. If she was the Goddess of Love, she would also be one of the people he would need to make fall in love with him. And geez, what better way to woo them to throw a tantrum like a little baby and whine and complain? Such a charming thought!
Not...
In any case, he racked his brains and recalled that he had played a dating sim once, that had some characters named after the Goddesses that were... Oh gosh... There were so many... "Yes, I know some." He responded, his throat constricting at the thought.
Venus nodded with a small smile. "But for simplicity sake, please just refer to us in our Greek forms. The Romans adopted the same gods as the Greeks did, so even if we have different names, we're one and the same."
So she was Aphrodite. Aphrodite... Aphrodite!? THE APHRODITE!? His eyes widened considerably as he refocused on her, her heart-shaped face swimming in his vision. And she had just soundly slapped him across the face! The bare skin of her hand was on his face. No wonder she was so incredibly attractive, and he felt so exceptionally hid- He shook his head to clear out his thoughts. Even as she sat there with an amused smile, legs crossed, one over the other, she had managed to somehow do so in an enticing manner. How was that even possible!?
"Well then, I'll start off by saying that if I'm here, then there is an extremely high probably that my son is as well."
"Your son... Your son..." Keima muttered, repeating the word. "Eros?"
Aphrodite nodded yet again. "Indeed. Eros is one of the eight. What of the Goddess of retribution and revenge?"
"Revenge...?" Keima trailed off. She seemed like a scary one... "I don't think I quite recall..."
"She is Nemesis. And will be a rather... Tough one, I presume."
This elicited a groan from Keima. Great. That was all he needed. For there to be tough ones to win over. Just fantastic.
By this time, a thump could be heard upstairs, and a quick shout, followed by scrambling footsteps soon followed. The familiar: "Kami nii-sama~!" trilled through the air, and Keima automatically turned to the direction of Elsie's voice.
"What?" He tried to keep the irritation from seeping into his voice.
"I thought that I heard yelling form upstairs, so I checked your room first before coming down, is everything..." Elsie trailed off, having finally noticed the stranger sitting across from Keima, and next to Tenri, in which Diana had manifested. Artemis. He mentally corrected himself. It finally made sense as to why she was so opposed to him in the beginning. Artemis hated men. He was surprised that her vehement initial contempt for him had simmered down. Though he had definitely not expected for her to do a complete turn around, wherein now, she too had fallen for him. He supposed that was only a good omen, if it came to wooing girls for his life. Which, at this point in time, seemed just about right. Wooing girls to save his mess of a life.
"W-Who are you?" Elsie gasped. "She's so beautiful, Keima! Is a friend of yours? But I sense that-" Her words were a blurted slur, tumbling from her mouth as she rambled without processing what she had just said. Thankfully, Keima immediately cut her off, saving both him, and her, from further embarrassment. Now that he was fully aware of who the girl was, she seemed all the more appealing to him.
"It seems that our work isn't quite done yet. This is another Goddess. Elsie, this is Venus. Aphrodite, this is Elsie."
"She has two names..?" Elsie muttered vacantly.
The Love God flashed, what Keima had now deemed to be her patented smile: a sensual half-smile that was invitingly provocative, and just flat out seductive. He wasn't quite sure he wanted to find out quite yet what it would look like if she was actually trying to seduce you. The blood rushed due north and south, and he fought the familiar rising heat, while he clasped his hands on his lap bringing it closer to him.
"My host's name is Ikarino. Ikarino Mobuko. It is a pleasure to meet you."
A/N: And there you have it! I'm working more action into the plot starting soon, so stay tuned! Please drop a review to let me know what you think of the story, as I will start requesting for some before I continue to write the next chapter. Thanks for reading! :)
