Lovely and Beautiful Thighs
Lovely and Beautiful Thighs
The highest mountain in the world, Grankaul.
In the temple shining brilliantly atop Grankaul, 15 sacred thrones are prepared.
These are seats that only the principal gods of this world, including the God King, may occupy.
I, Amor, the male god of love and beauty, am also counted among the principal gods.
I had just obtained the right to speak from the God King and was in the midst of delivering a speech before the principal gods.
"Uh, s-so, I think we should all join forces...! To stop this woman named Calliope...! ...Uugh."
Normally I just listened quietly, but suddenly having to speak under the scrutiny of the principal gods made me terribly shy.
My face flushed hot, and sweat trickled from my tightly clenched fists.
Moreover, the content of my speech was only about things like past lives and games, tales I wouldn't know whether to believe even if I were in their position.
But I was desperate.
It is certain that this place is the world serving as the backdrop for the game 'God Eater Calliope'.
If things proceed according to the original story, all the gods present here will be torn apart and killed, and male gods like me will be mercilessly ravished...!
"Hmm."
The woman seated on the central throne tapped the armrest with her fingers.
The God of Sky and Lightning, the apex of all gods. God King Dione-nim.
Seeing her expression of deep thought, perhaps she might be seriously listening...?
"Aria."
"Yes. Mother."
"Go confirm it."
"Understood."
As Dione-nim gave instructions to Aria-nim, I was able to feel relieved.
Aria-nim is the God of War and Courage, the one who commands the armies of this world.
Surely she means to mobilize the army to prepare for the disaster called Calliope... but why is she coming toward me?
— Jjaak!
"Aheung?!♡"
Aria-nim suddenly struck my buttocks with her palm.
As I clutched my stinging bottom and filled my eyes with question marks, Aria-nim clenched and unclenched her hand with a serious expression.
"Hmm... The texture is not what it used to be. You certainly seem to have lost a lot of weight."
"Eh?"
Why is she checking whether I've lost weight all of a sudden...?
I have indeed lost some, as I often skip meals and work these days.
It's not as if gods die from not eating, but one can still gain or lose weight depending on eating habits.
"See, Honey. Didn't I say that fellow is definitely on a diet?"
Heros-nim, the male god of family and motherhood, pointed a finger at me while speaking.
Family and motherhood, love and beauty.
Heros-nim and I strangely feel as though our domains overlap.
Perhaps because of that, Heros-nim often acts like a superior, and lately he seems to have some complaint against me.
"Hm... Aria's sense could be off, so let me give our Amur's butt a little pat-pat once too..."
"Honey!"
"Keheum-heum, just a thought! Goodness, what a husband..."
At Heros-nim's scolding, Dione-nim muttered something.
She is clearly the God King, mightier than any other god, yet before her husband she becomes infinitely meek.
"Anyway, Amor. No matter how much you are the male god of beauty, to go on a diet to the point of having hallucinations... There's no way a human could defeat a god, is there?"
"Ugh... I-I know it's hard for you to believe what I said, but..."
"Yes, yes, and posting such things is definitely blasphemy, so Aria, order the defense corps to arrest her. Alright?"
"Understood."
"Auuu... Dione-nim...!"
I said she's a woman who hunts gods! There's no way the defense corps can catch her!
"Eoheo! Amur. Stop there. Issuing orders in the name of a principal god, not just any god, is already making this a big enough issue."
"Uuu...!"
"And go easy on the diet. If the male god who sets the standard for beauty pushes himself that hard, it makes the other male gods self-conscious too. ...That should do it, right, Honey?"
"Hmph."
When Dione-nim gave me a warning, Heros-nim snorted as if satisfied.
After the meeting ended, on my way home riding upon a cloud.
The night sky with falling starlight was romantic, but my heart was troubled.
Calliope is stronger than the gods.
But that doesn't mean she is insurmountably strong.
In the original work, due to game conventions, only one god at a time ever attacked Calliope.
This is reality, so there's no need for that.
If all the gods joined forces to fight, we could surely win; how can I persuade them...?
"I apologize for earlier. Did it hurt a lot?"
"...Aria-nim?"
Aria, who had come riding a cloud, drew up beside me.
She is such a gallant figure, fitting for a woman, that being alone like this made my heart pound kongkong.
"As a god of war, it was difficult to disobey the God King's command."
"I-it's fine. I understand you had no choice."
"Thank you for understanding."
"...Um, Aria-nim. You also don't believe me, do you...?"
"It is not that I do not believe, but that I cannot believe. Regrettably, what you say has no basis whatsoever, does it?"
"Then, after Calliope really kills a god, will you believe me...?"
"...If such a thing actually occurs, I expect its credibility would rise."
The first target Calliope designated for murder is Senex, the God of Old Age and Decay.
The reason is probably... because she posted photos of her own body on Biblio...
To be honest, I think she deserves to die...
...Ah, no! Still, that's no crime worthy of death!
I really can't just wait and do nothing!
'Appa. Don't just keep slouching around like that every day; try to make use of your strengths. If you do as I say, there won't be a god who won't grant your request.'
I gulped with a kkolkkak and decided to use the method my daughter had told me about.
"A-Aria-nim?"
"Why do you call me? ...Huh?!"
I called Aria to turn her gaze toward me, and pretending not to notice, I lifted my skirt slightly.
Aria's voice, always so confident, rapidly crumbled.
Could it really be effective, just as my daughter said...?
"Th-th-th, A-Amur-nim, th-that, th-thi, thi-thigh, th-that, i-it's sh-showing..."
"I'm so worried that Senex-nim might actually die... Is there nothing we can do...?"
"Guh, guk...! A-as a god of war, I cannot move the army on personal judgment...!"
"So it really can't be done..."
"Uugh...!"
As I fluttered my skirt, Aria shut her eyes tight.
And as if admitting defeat, she nodded her head.
"I will order that S-Senex-nim be moved to a safe place..."
"Th-thank you...!"
If I hide Senex well, I can buy some time.
Meanwhile, I must find a way to stop Calliope somehow.
"...I really don't know!"
Even after agonizing for days, no means to stop Calliope came to mind.
I had only seen a few famous scenes in videos; I've never actually played 'God Eater Calliope'.
I lack knowledge about Calliope's specific actions, her weaknesses, or anything like that.
As the God of Love and Beauty, I also have no combat ability whatsoever...
I thought being born a god was good fortune, but why such a disaster...
...Wait.
If I were to stop being a god, would I be excluded from Calliope's target?
I immediately picked up my smartphone and launched an app.
Parcae. It was an app for chatting with an AI that had been fed all the records from the Grankaul temple archives.
[God of Love and Beauty: Is it possible for a god to lose their divinity~~? ^^*]
[Parcae: To start with the conclusion, yes, such cases exist.
Divinity is maintained based on the faith sent by humans.
A god who is no longer worshipped by humans will fall in rank to a mortal being.
Therefore, a god ceasing their activities is not mere negligence. It is a declaration of giving up on being a god.]
This is it!
Losing my divinity would be regrettable, but... it would be better than being horribly violated and ending my divine existence!
What I, the God of Love and Beauty, do is community management.
If I stop managing it, humans would stop worshipping me, wouldn't they?
Alright. I'll go with this method.
Having made up my mind, I turned off my computer and lay down on the bed.
To be lazing about when I should be glued to the monitor gave me such a tremendous sense of wrongdoing that my buttocks tingled.
"Uhihi... It's nice to rest..."
But the pleasantness was short-lived.
When I tried doing nothing, I felt somewhat bored.
However, for someone like me who spent every day doing nothing but watching the community, there had been no time to acquire other hobbies.
In the end, the only thing I could do while resting was browse the community.
Babies hehe, your aspiring model oppa is back again hehe[3]
"Hiik...!"
The moment I accessed Biblio on my smartphone, I saw a post uploaded from the God of Old Age's account.
She had received a one-day suspension, and the moment it was lifted she was at it again.
Little knowing that she's become Calliope's target because of such behavior...!
An image was attached, but I couldn't muster the courage to check it.
— Ppippi!
[AdminFairy1: God of Love and Beauty-nim. Are you not here? Please confirm.]
As expected, a message came through the messenger.
I felt sorry for the admin fairies, but I decided to ignore it.
I had resolved to give up my divinity.
"Uuu... I'm sorry, everyone... But I want to survive somehow...!"
My heart ached as if it were splitting, but I blocked the messenger entirely.
Unable to look at Biblio any longer due to guilt, I instead connected to an SNS site called 'Echo'.
I don't run a separate account myself, but I sometimes view the accounts of other gods.
Dione-nim visiting an orphanage... Heros-nim attending a male gods' fellowship gathering...
"Huh? Aria-nim was on Echo too? ...What?!"
Seeing the post Aria-nim had uploaded, I was so shocked that I cried out.