29 Zeus's Quest.

Upon receiving the news from Athena, I thanked her appropriately before proceeding to the royal palace containing the throne room.

In contrast to Odin's throne room, there was no golden color in it and it was made entirely of white marble that is comfortable on the eyes, apart from the throne of Zeus which contained some golden color.

Zeus himself was different from the first time I met him, now, he seemed more fatty and had a red-orange hair, it was common for him to change his shape, similar to the magic of changing the shape but using divine energy.

His wife, Queen of the gods Hera, a 180 cm tall woman with blond brown hair and blue eyes, wears a white dress and a gold crown containing a red jewel.

I hadn't met her before, but only now I realized that Zeus is a lucky bastard, no wonder he resorted to deception to get her, and Paris of Troy must have been in no right mind when he decided that Aphrodite was more beautiful than her.

Since I am an Asgardian, I was not forced to kneel to him, in fact, no one in Olympus is obliged to kneel to anyone, unlike Odin who emphasizes laws, order and his rule, Zeus granted absolute freedom to all Olympians, he did not even have royal guards.

"Zeus, it is an honor to meet you again." I said to him while smiling at him, and turned to the queen of the gods and leaned towards her. "Is it good to meet you at last"

What? Hera might not be so relaxed as Zeus, in fact I sometimes doubt Zeus as the king of Olympus.

"Valli, I have sent for you and you are here so quickly," Zeus said slowly but with a smile.

"Discipline and respect for appointments and promises were among the first lessons we received at Asgard" I told him seriously, this was not a lie, I never lie.

"In fact, I wanted to ask you something," said Zeus while he frowned, "Did you deceive us, befriend us, accompany us, and play with our friendship only in order to increase the strength and steal our divine energy and satisfy your selfish desires?"

Oh, was this due to an absorption of divine energy? He seems to be a little paranoid, just as he doesn't seem like he likes being taken advantage of, or his people, by others, it seems Zeus isn't a total d * ck after all, but he's still a d * ck.

"I wouldn't dare" I said as I straightened and tried to show my complete sincerity in my voice, "I am not so unscrupulous that I have taken advantage of your people after they have shown kindness to me."

"When I strengthened my divinity using the energy that I obtained with the approval of its owners, my intention was completely pure."

"I see ..." Zeus said while relaxing back "Yes, in any case, I called to you because I want you to do something for me."

On hearing his answer, I relaxed a little and answered, "Of course, that's the least I can do."

"Yes ... my nephew is being held in the underworld by his father, his name is Zagreus, he has been trying to escape for nearly 1000 years but he has not been able to do this, I think the number of his attempts is ... Let me think ... about ... 20,000 times. "

"If it was like this, couldn't you just get him out?" When I thought about how stupid this task was, I told him, Zeus, you are the King of the Gods! Use your damned power!

"I can do that, but I am in agreement with my brother not to interfere in the matters of the underworld, so I can only send someone else, I would have liked to send Athena, but since you are here ... Anyway, help my nephew to get out of his torment and I might give you a small reward, what do you think? ''

"You can consider it already done!" I said firmly, what? I might have complained before, but now that there will be a reward I am already involved! shame? What is this?

After talking to Zeus for a bit, while Hera was just watching us, I came out of the throne hall and found that Athena was still standing near the entrance, when passing by her she started walking with me.

"What did my father want from you?" she said to me.

"Oh, nothing, I think I'm going into the underworld, your father has sent me to free a chthonic god whose name is Zagreus, hoping not to fight Hades ..." I said to her while sighing.

"Hades would not normally intervene if Zeus or one of the 12 Olympians did not interfere directly. Don't worry," she said to me while keeping her frowning. "But if you think this task is above your level, I can take it on for you."

"What kind of god would I be if I would allow this?" I told her sarcastically, Do you think I'm stupid? If I let her do that, it's like I'm admitting that she's better than me at something.

Upon seeing that she did not answer me I began to say, "So, we don't know each other for a long time, but I decided to bring you a gift. I didn't intend to give it to you. It has been in my stock for a long time."

While I said this, I took a silver chain with a green gem from my pocket, no, this was not a romantic gesture, although Athena is beautiful she is an eternal virgin, and I was not lying when I said I had owned it for a long time.

"I will not accept gifts from you, you can return them to your stock," she said to me as she rejected me without any hesitation, but I am simply more stubborn than she is.

"Your refusal of my gift simply means that you are so short-sighted that you do not realize that I am trying to be nice to you, and you think that I am trying to prove that I am more generous than you, while I do not have this intention ... Currently" I told her, which made her stop and start staring at me Strongly, I laughed and said to her, "Do you still don't want this?"

" you know what? Give it to me," she said as she reached her hand forward.

I just smiled and unlocked the chain and went forward and put it around her neck, running my hand across her neck and behind her hair, surprisingly, the blonde goddess didn't stop me.

Yes, this is not a romantic initiative, and I don't care if anyone is watching us, because that's nothing.