"You mean their current situation is due to Freya's influence?"
After Fu Hua's brief explanation, Takatsuki understood the reason for Kiana and the others' abnormality.
Freya's charm at the time didn't purely control their minds, but rather used the power of charm to tamper with their memories and amplify their emotions.
And Fu Hua later used Fenghuang Down to help them correct the erroneous memories, but the emotional aspect was not within the scope of Fenghuang Down.
Perhaps if Herrscher of Sentience came, she could interfere, but Fenghuang Down was not enough, as Fenghuang Down could only operate on memories.
"In this situation, Fenghuang Down cannot help. After all, to completely remove this emotional influence, all related memories would have to be deleted."
"That's certainly impossible."
Fu Hua also nodded: "Yes, I wouldn't do that either. However, I don't quite understand emotional issues, so I can only inform you of the cause. How you deal with it afterward is up to you."
Then Fu Hua left.
Just as she said, she merely fulfilled her responsibility to inform; she didn't concern herself with other matters.
Leaving Takatsuki alone with a headache.
To put it bluntly, Takatsuki was somewhat taking advantage and then complaining.
He gained the favor of three girls, and now he was worried about gaining and losing.
But in fact, that's not the case. If Takatsuki were the kind of person who only wanted to gain others' love regardless of the means, he would just need to get a charm spell, or frantically draw cards to get a brush brother, get a tear mole of the love god, go for a stroll, and the entire St. Freya Academy would immediately have a Takatsuki fan club
If being beautiful was enough, the other Valkyrie students at St. Freya Academy, although not well-known in the original plot, are actually very beautiful and lovely girls, but he was not moved by them. After all, Takatsuki's view on love is a bit, prejudiced, and he himself is a bit stubborn.
Which led to him finding the only person who could solve the current situation.
"Help me! Lady Hestia!"
That's right, the most effective way to deal with the influence caused by a god is to use the power of a god to resolve it.
So Takatsuki found Hestia overnight and asked for her help
"Oh, so it's about this. But Takatsuki-kun, although I also want to have you all to myself, I won't twist others' wills with divine power."
Hestia refused Takatsuki's request without hesitation.
"But they were affected by Freya's authority. I'm not trying to twist their will, I just want to remove this influence."
"Takatsuki-kun, are you really sure they are affected by divine power?
Hestia raised a finger: "Although I don't use divine power, I am a complete god now, so even if I don't use divine power, my divine eyes are still effective. In my eyes, none of the three of them have been affected by any divine power."
"How could that be? Hestia, you saw their abnormality today too, didn't you?"
Hestia's words made Takatsuki a little strange. He didn't think Hestia would lie to him about this, but if that was the case, how could the abnormality of the three of them be explained?
"Takatsuki-kun, the authority of the love god is not just to manipulate love, but also to make people discover love. After all, it's just calling forth the emotions in one's heart that one has overlooked."
Hestia shook her head and continued: "What Freya pursues are pure and flawless souls, or rather, natural heroes. Whether it's Fu Hua, Mei, Kiana, or Bronya, and even many Valkyries in this Valkyrie Academy, they all have such potential. But it's also because of her divine eyes, which don't require divine power to function, that ordinary mortals cannot enter her sight."
"And you, Takatsuki-kun, the color of your soul, in Freya's eyes, must be disgusting to her.
Takatsuki recalled what Freya had said and nodded. He noticed a faint glow around Hestia's eyes, which must be what Hestia called her divine power.
"The souls of ordinary people are very dirty, let alone flawless. If a pure and flawless soul is compared to a cloud in the sky, then theirs is the mud on the ground."
Does that mean a world of difference?
"However, whether it's clouds or mud, both are acceptable. But Takatsuki, your soul is very special. It is neither pure nor dirty. If I were to describe it, it would be complex."
"Ordinary people's souls usually have a dominant color, mixed with some other colors, which makes them appear dirty. A pure and flawless soul has only one color. But Takatsuki, your soul is like countless colors pieced together, blending into each other yet distinctly separate. So, in Freya's eyes, it's like a random ink dot on a blank sheet of paper, quite displeasing."
This was the first time Takatsuki had heard someone describe his soul like this, and it gave him a strange feeling.
"Uh, does this have anything to do with their abnormality?"
Takatsuki watched Hestia getting off-topic and quickly pulled the conversation back
"Of course it does. Ordinary humans, after all, cannot realize the radiance of their own souls. The colors within that radiance are actually infinite possibilities. Of course, most people cannot tap into these possibilities. And Takatsuki-kun, it is precisely because of these characteristics that you attract such excellent girls to gather around you."
Attraction? Isn't it because of the system?
He gained strength because of the system, saved them because of his strength, and because he saved them, they gathered around him. That's all.
Rather than some profound radiance of the soul, it was more about his own strength.
"Hmph, Takatsuki-kun, you don't believe what I'm saying, do you? Then I'll explain it in a way you can understand.
Hestia put her hands on her hips and said, "Actually, you already held a significant position in their hearts, but because you were always by their side, they didn't realize this feeling. Freya's ability merely helped them discover the emotions they hadn't noticed. The only thing she tampered with in their will was twisting this emotion towards herself. However, that has already been corrected by Fu Hua, so now, the reactions of those three are their true inner thoughts, unaffected by anyone."
"…"
It took Takatsuki a while to fully understand Hestia's meaning: "You mean, they are like this now because they all like me?"