Chapter:71 - Is it wrong for a Godslayer to Have a harem goddesses

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Something bad?" Loki ventured, not bothering to hide her ignorance.

Hestia resisted the urge to groan loudly in frustration. How did someone so stupid make such a powerful Familia?

"Don't look at me like that, Hestia. It's not like people make them often. I've never even heard of someone breaking one. How am I supposed to know what happens?" Loki complained, pouting.

"Yeah, because it's serious business." Hestia sat straight, trying to hide her exasperation with a facade of seriousness. "You put your Divine Name on the line, Loki. It's basically offering your Divinity in exchange for the trust of a mortal! Loki, you could lose your Godhood."

"Oh. That's pretty bad," Loki said blankly.

"No, it's even worse, because you've definitely lost Godou's trust!" Hestia exclaimed. Gods, wasn't Loki supposed to be crafty and sly? How could she be so dense?

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" the redhead asked confusedly.

Hestia couldn't hold it in anymore. She balled her hand into a fist and knocked against Loki's definitely-empty skull several times. "Loki, think about it. Why would Kusanagi Godou tell you his greatest secret? He probably hasn't told another soul, so out of everyone in Orario, why would he tell you?"

"I..." Loki shrugged hopelessly. "I dunno."

"It's because he trusted you! It's because he cares about you! Your Divine Vow must have terrified him. He realized your were diving into the deep end of the pool, and he wanted you to know just exactly what you were getting yourself into! He wanted to make it clear to you just what kind of a person he is, because he didn't want to you to get hurt even worse if you ever found out another way! And maybe, just maybe, a small part of him was hoping that you'd accept him for who he was!"

Panting, Hestia felt terrible. She pitied Kusanagi Godou. That poor boy. She couldn't imagine how it must have felt for him.

"He...he what?" Loki looked equally horrified.

"Who knows how long he's been holding that secret? Who knows what it must have been like for him, knowing that a single slip of the tongue might result in the world turning against him? Who knows how long he's had to bear that burden all by himself? And then one day, he meets a goddess willing to shed her Divinity for him. So past the sheer shock and fear, he decides that, just maybe, he can share that load with someone else. And when he finally opens himself up and reveals the truth, what does that goddess do?"

"She calls him a monster," she admitted ruefully.

"And that's that." Hestia shook her head sorrowfully. "She proves him right. That whatever secret he shared should've remained one. That he was wrong to think that he could've believed in others. And so he cements within himself the idea that in this world, he is truly alone. That no one, not even the God that made a Divine Vow to him, can be trusted."

Hestia felt Godou's pain course through her. Poor child. The Gods had wronged him once more.

Across her, Loki closed her eyes. "I..." Her lips parted slightly as a lone tear squeezed out from the corner of her eye. "I may have made a terrible mistake."

"Yes." Hestia didn't bother to hide her honesty. "Yes, you have."

Loki looked up to her. Desperation and guilt marred her pretty face. "What...what should I do, Hestia?"

Hestia bit her lip . "I don't know, Loki." But then she forced herself to smile. It was wrong to give up now. "But Godou must have picked you for a reason. Only you can come up with the way to fix this."

Loki looked doubtful. "Will it really be enough?"

"It has to be. Or else, if what you say is true, you've just unleashed the most terrifying monster in history on us all."

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Kusanagi Godou was surprised when he walked into the kitchen and saw that someone was already there. It was still a couple hours before the Hostess opened, and the only reason he had come so early was simply because he had nothing better to do ever since the Loki thing.

He frowned at the mere thought of it. He shook himself out from the past. There were more pressing matters to deal with in the present.

"You don't work here," he said, alerting the boy to his presence. "Why are you washing the dishes for us?"

Bell Cranel nearly dropped a dish in surprise. "Ah!" The boy's face turned as red as one of the many alcoholics that frequented the tavern. "Master Godou!"

Godou arched an eyebrow. Master?

Bell Cranel leaned forward and bowed deeply to him. "Lady Hestia told me about what you did for us. Thank you very much for the Grimoire! I wouldn't where I am today if it weren't the magic I learned from it!"

Oh. So that was it. Like he'd expected, Hestia had chosen to give it to Bell.

"And so, you're washing the dishes to repay me?" he asked uncertainly. It was unconventional, and maybe a little bit late...but he wouldn't refuse free help if it was offered.

"Um..." The boy raised a sheepish hand to scratch the back of his head. "Actually, Syr asked me for a favor...so here I am."

Syr? Then he suddenly remembered. The girl was supposed to work overtime today as punishment for leaving work early the night before. He paused and looked around. The gray-haired girl was nowhere to be seen.

So that was she was going to play this. She'd probably fed Bell some sob story and gotten him to do her work for him. Poor boy didn't even know he'd been taken for a spin. It'd taken him more than a month to realize that the ditzy, bubbly girl was not quite as innocent and absent-minded

as she made herself seem like. Sighing, Godou rolled up his sleeves.