Chapter 349: Ghosts (6)

Maple POV

"Interesting? That's my line." Ace pouted, "Anyway, why do we have to take on the weakest god? You're wasting our use. We told you that even with Cain's word, we'll take on 4 gods at most even if we can help a lot, shouldn't you let us take on the strongest ones?"

"Well, Perseus said that he rather not take on lust through the text." Mom said, "He can do it, but he rather not kiss or sleep with anyone just to get to Lust. Flirt, he can do, but not anything further than that, and this is a good opportunity since Lust is isolated."

"Hmm, I rather fight stronger opponents, being retired makes me really rusty." Ace complained, "Perseus mostly spends time at home looking after the kids since they're really clingy due to having only 1 father compared to 3 mothers and the rest of us being the babysitters."

"How many kids does he have?" I asked out of curiosity.

"11." Ace answered

"Heh, you're gonna be real busy after marriage." Amora added

Wait, was that a joke for me? Her playful smirk lingered, and I felt a flush creep up my neck. The casual comment had caught me off guard, and I couldn't help but wonder if there was more to it than met the eye.

"Our Perseus had 11 children with 3 wives, and this Perseus got his hand on 5-"

"Mom, please don't add on to it, my heart can't take it. Let's just get Lust over with."

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Leilah POV

It's not every day you get to chat with a deity, let alone one who happens to be your father. But as unusual as it all sounds, he's been surprisingly stubborn about not sharing anything about the 7 deadly sins, it took a while but over the past couple of days, he only gave general information, one that we've already suspected.

I've been at this for days now, trying to crack open the vault of information my godfather carries about the personifications of the seven deadly sins. But it's like trying to move an immovable mountain, his stubbornness matches his divine stature. Every time I bring up the topic, he diverts the conversation or playfully evades my inquiries. It's beyond frustrating.

This must be what the heroes and the demons feel like when they want to understand what side the village is on, the village is just stubborn about wanting to stay neutral.

"You're quite the persistent one, aren't you?" he'd said, his voice carrying a note of amusement as we're overlooking the sunset in this world. "But some secrets are best left to time and revelation."

"Dad, I rather finish all of this quick, go back and eliminate the demon lord, and finally have kids and retire early. I love him, and despite him not minding marrying me early before the war, we rather not bring a child in before the war, do you not want to see us bringing your grandchild into the world?"

But I hadn't anticipated just how much my father could resist my efforts, he's supposed to be spoiling me, yet...for some reason, it seems that he's changed ever since the divorce. He's much more strict, and I don't like that. Why can't he just tell me?

It's not like I'm prying into something trivial. The world is on the brink of chaos, the fate of everything hanging in the balance. The 7 personifications, embodiments of humanity's darkest flaws, have set their sights on reshaping our world. combat them, we need every bit of information we can gather.

And yet, here I am, struggling to extract even a fraction of the knowledge my father holds. The more I press, the more his eyes twinkle with amusement, as though he's enjoying this infuriating dance of half-answers and deflections.

Have you ever wanted to smack your own father? This is one of those times. yes, I know you readers will probably point out the times I tortured Perseus, and yet I'm hesitating to do the same, if he's gonna continue this, I will seriously find a way to kill a god.

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"You know, it's been days of us dancing around this topic. I understand your tendencies for secrecy and mystique, but this is different. This is about the personifications of the seven deadly sins. The world is hanging in the balance, and we need information.

"My dear, your determination is as unwavering as ever." He replied with a smirk, "And what do you hope to find in my knowledge?"

"Clues, weaknesses, anything that can help us counter them!"

"By doing that, I'll be breaking my neutrality."

"Dad, I will smack you if you keep avoiding this."

"Hah, as if you can-"

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Oops, I think I did it too hard while he let his guard down, my hand moved so fast that I sent him flying over the cliff. How am I going to get an answer now? But it was quick since he teleported right next to me with a small bruise across his face.

"I knew that Perseus wasn't good for you, you've turned violent." he complained

"I turned violent when you isolated me on the moon."

"I had your consent for that, it was to contain your powers."

"Fine, but seriously tell me, the world is at stake."

"Since you're my stubborn and persistent daughter, I will." he gave off a heavy sigh, "But once you finish, and once you win after your so-called purge, you'll have to promise me that you'll leave this world alone, it's already suffering enough."

"Fine, we'll steal a couple of gadgets to reverse engineer and stuff, but we don't plan on lingering here or doing anything."

"So you've been holding back because you're scared of US destroying the world?!"

"I'm not scared of all of you, but Perseus." he responded as he healed himself, "He is someone I fear, despite me helping him, I saw the vision too, except mine is specific, I saw the world being destroyed by Perseus."

"You believe your stupid vision over our faith in him?"