125. The Wisdom of the Virgin (Bitch) Goddess
125. The Wisdom of the Virgin (Bitch) Goddess
"Hoo...."
A lightly exhaled sigh.
But the meaning contained within was never light.
"So you're coming out like that, huh...."
Alright.
Interesting.
Too interesting, Chrono.
"So interesting that I can no longer...."
Just stand by and
watch any longer, she felt.
"Well then, shall we see who wins, one on one?"
Vowing to teach him why she was called the 'Goddess of Wisdom',
Athena quietly began to hone her true intentions.
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Athena-style
Man-Seducing Heat Attack Phase 1
[...Why are you sitting in my room?]
[Are you uncomfortable?]
[It's not... exactly uncomfortable.]
First, increase the time they spend together.
Even a bead must be strung to become a treasure.
In Athena's view, Minerva was an incredibly perfect woman, but she lacked opportunity and wasn't making use of it.
"If I can just keep them together, things are bound to happen."
Objectively.
Not just because she was a child she cultivated as a Main God, but looking at Minerva objectively,
Minerva was beautiful.
Lovingly grown violet hair.
Deep eyes that seemed set with amethyst.
And her figure was so splendid—everything was in the right place, yet never excessively plump.
'For instance, unlike Ares' child,'
To be large from top to bottom and even in the torso.
No matter how much Ares insists stronger is best, a woman is inherently beautiful when she exists as a woman.
No matter how strong she is, if a woman does not exist as a woman, it is meaningless.
And no matter how beautiful, if a man does not exist as a man—or is it not meaningless...?
"It was a neighborhood where homosexuality often flourished...."
If a woman is like a man, it's pointless.
Yet it's a world where if a man is like a woman, he is sufficiently coveted.
Compared to those times, the present era was unfathomably peaceful.
Briefly surfacing days of the past. Recalling those days, as she briefly sank into un-memory-like memories,
[..............]
"...Hm?"
A strangely silent situation.
Athena turned her eyes back to check Minerva's state.
[[..............]]
"...Oh-ho?"
Two people, just as silent as Minerva.
Staring blankly at the TV, they looked no different from dead corpses.
'Surely they won't stay like that forever...'
Maybe they'd try something midway.
Athena waited patiently.
[[.......................]]
".....?"
After waiting and waiting again,
the two simply watched TV and did nothing.
[....Mmm....mm.....um...?]
Just when Minerva, unable to bear it any longer, stepped forward to approach,
[[Keeerrrrr......]]
[.....Oh....]
Both Chrono and Mai collapsed forward and fell asleep, snoring away.
[.....Huh...?]
Actually, unbeknownst to them,
Chrono and Mai were spending almost every night without sleep.
Discarding one's sense of time was a characteristic of idle loafers, so it was natural in a way, but
─Clap...clap...clap...!
"Wonderful. Wonderful, Chrono!"
For Athena, it was a resounding failure from the very first step.
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..
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Athena-style
Man-Seducing Heat Attack Phase 2
[W-wouldn't you like to go on a date with me?!]
[.....Huh?]
"That's it, Minerva."
If inside doesn't work, then attack from outside.
If the indoor environment gave him some kind of advantage, then it was just a matter of stripping away that factor.
[That's a bother though...]
[..........]
"There's no way he'd just come out because you asked."
Their opponent was one who regarded defensive battles with contempt.
It was only natural that he wouldn't try to go outside easily.
Therefore, 'bait' was needed to lure him out.
And as this 'bait',
the absolute best 'bait' for male-female relationships was probably...
[Hey... our internship period is about to end, right?]
[Right?]
[So I was thinking, on the last day, how about we all go to the beach...]
[........Hmm.]
"Nice."
A novel event.
A jaded couple. Another option chosen by men and women who feel mannerism.
The current Chrono was, so to speak, in a state lacking 'stimulation'.
"Now, will he really stay put after this?"
If a thrilling 'event' that filled that void occurred, it would be hard for Chrono to refuse.
[...Still, kind of don't want to.]
[Huh?]
"Still staying put?"
So it was hard to refuse, but not that he wouldn't refuse at all.
'...Is he a eunuch?'
A sudden fleeting doubt.
"No. That's not it."
Just from what she had seen and heard last time, he was anything but a eunuch—he was a perfectly virile wild stallion.
But if he was still refusing, perhaps....
"...Because he's uncomfortable?"
No, that couldn't be it.
If he had truly been uncomfortable, he would have directly said so to Minerva during the Queen Siren subjugation.
That she was uncomfortable.
That he didn't like her.
But what actually happened was the exact opposite of what she had said earlier.
He confessed that he liked her.
And Ultimately, even pressed a kiss on her.
"Thinking about that, he definitely doesn't dislike her..."
...In that case, could it really be that he just finds it a bother...?
"Nah, can't be."
How could someone who finds everything a bother ever be appointed as a hero and catch Hera's eye?
Maybe he had unavoidable circumstances causing it, so for now, it might be best to take a step back—
[Big Brother, is it 'cause you're bothered?]
[Honestly, a little?]
"—Shall I kill him?"
In an instant, murderous intent surged.
If she could have it her way, she'd turn him into a single olive tree and whittle him down into a wooden dildo, but she held back for now.
Because getting angry here meant losing.
Even though the opponent had no awareness they were even in a 'match', for Athena, this was like a 'wisdom battle'.
[Mai, wanna go to the beach.]
[Hey... you went plenty last time.]
[That wasn't for fun.]
[You wanna go into water mixed with Siren blood?]
[That's not it, but...]
"Oh-ho?"
Suddenly, Pegasus was persuading Chrono.
Rather, this was good. At the sight of things moving as she had envisioned, she briefly considered if she should be a little affectionate when they met later—
[...Don't you wanna do it at the beach?]
[What?]
[Outdoor exposure play.]
[──!!!]
"As expected of Cronus's creation."
The artistry of swerving sideways just when things were going well was art itself.
Still, seeing Chrono use this as an excuse to come outside, Athena breathed a small sigh of relief.
"Once he's outside, once it goes into live action...!"
Minerva would have her chance.
And if our child was just given a chance, if just one passage opened!
When that happened, Minerva would devour everything! Got it!
Athena quietly clenched her fist and held her breath as she awaited the arrival of Minerva's golden age.
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Athena-style
Man-Seducing Heat Attack Phase 3
[Is this right...?]
"That's right, Minerva."
Physical charge.
With the beach and a bikini added on top.
"Cronus's creation helped me."
That one remark from Pegasus—don't you want to do it outside.
Just as those words said,
the sea and the sun had a charm that bewitched people.
One might ask, aren't the night and the moon like that too? But metaphorically, that was closer to 'magic',
"The sea and sun are a symbol of ardor."
Young men and women laid bare beneath the sea inevitably become honest with each other,
and under the hot sun, men and women inevitably shed their clothes.
So what would happen when all of these combined?
[Minerva, you...]
[Ah....um....uugh...!]
"Don't hide, Minerva! A bikini is clothing meant to be shown to someone! It's the swimsuit you carefully chose to show Chrono!"
They become honest and shed their clothes?
There was literally nothing left but 'that'.
[....Chrono...]
Minerva felt shy.
The chest, the figure she had unknowingly hunched and hidden away—she slowly spread her arms wide and showed them to Chrono.
[I... how do I look...?]
[....H-hot, I mean. It's appealing. You chose well.]
"He got turned on, huh?"
No matter how much one tried to hide, there was nothing that could be hidden under the Goddess of Wisdom,
so if he unknowingly let slip that he was turned on, the game was already as good as over.
"Now, Minerva. All that's left is action. Take Chrono into the bushes like this and pounce!"
[Hiii......!]
One last step.
Minerva seemed to feel considerable resistance toward that one step.
Showing herself in a bikini already looked like her absolute limit.
"But if you just stand there, someone might steal him away."
[Guh.....!]
Stolen away.
Because Minerva had already experienced who would do the stealing.
[Ch...rono.....]
[Huh, huh? Ah...!]
Minerva made up her mind.
Slowly, but surely.
One step. And another step. She approached Chrono.
[Chrono... I have something I want to tell you.]
[Uh... wait, why are you approaching so intimidatingly—uwahk?!]
"Yesss!"
Emotions intensifying as the situation developed.
Unknowingly letting out a coarse cry, Athena was greatly excited.
Was this the right angle?
It was the right angle.
If this couldn't be called the right angle, then either the protractor was broken or the eyes were broken—one of the two.
Athena decided to prepare for the 'Advent' on the angle that was about to happen, and
[...What are you doing over there?]
[[..............]]
"...Huh?"
Right behind where Chrono had fallen,
Pegasus appeared wearing a school swimsuit.
[Uh...ah...uaah......]
Chrono's mouth fell open.
A reaction even more intense than when he saw Minerva.
Before Minerva could even attempt anything, Pegasus approached Chrono and above his face—
[Mmphh?!]
[Ugh...!]
—sat down.
Sitting on Chrono's face, pressing down firmly,
[....Mmmph..mph...mmmph]
[Hiiiii....♥]
"......What..."
As if Athena had screamed,
the angle was undeniably the right angle.
[....Big Brother, you look stuffy.]
"No... this, like this...?"
But the very angle was directed not at Minerva but at a mere lowly creation—it was so absurd that
[Want me to help?]
[Mm......]
Before she knew it, the two were naturally starting the act.
[................]
"Minerva.... Minerva! You mustn't lose consciousness here!"
Minerva couldn't keep up with the situation unfolding right before her eyes and just stared blankly.
[....I'm looking at the baby right now, keep going?]
[Tch....]
Fortunately, Chrono regained his senses and smoothed things over before it went too far, but
[....Athena....]
"..............."
Current record
0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses
Essentially a total defeat.
"....I haven't lost yet."
Athena gritted her teeth and started wringing out yet more wisdom, but
did she truly know.
She was the Virgin (Bitch) Goddess, a fact she could deny but couldn't escape.
Through Advents, she had experience, but for the most part, that was being pounced on and taken,
"This time... this time.....!"
so she was, in truth, a genuine virgin bitch goddess who had never once seduced a man.