"The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it." — Mark Twain
POV - David.
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I slowly wake up to the annoying notification sound. I groan and sit up, but before I can get a sense of my surroundings a soft voice says "Easy there little prince, thou have been asleep a few hours." I turn to look at who spoke. I see a tall woman dressed in a silver Hunting outfit with a tiara on her head. "Who.. who are you?" I ask cautiously. The lady? girl? woman? just smiled and said "thy mother will answer all thy questions." Before leaving.
As soon as she leaves I pull up the notifications of my system.
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Quest complete: (You are mine.) - find a way to get your godly parent to claim you. Reward: full access to parents domains, 1 'uncommon grade' gacha token
*Rolling Gacha*
*Congratulations*
[New Skill]
(Language Savant) - User can learn any language at unrivaled speed. ERROR ERROR… Skill has resonated with title [Anointed One] - As user is the chosen of ####. Skill (Language Savant) has evolved into Skill (All Speak).
(All Speak) - User innately knows how to read and write in any Human language and learn all non human languages extremely fast. This skill also cures user of dyslexia.
*Ding* Titles are now updated.
[Son of Artemis] - User is the son of Artemis the Greek Goddess of the moon. As Artemis' firstborn User has access to all of Artemis' domains. User gains strength at night, in a forest, when protecting children, and or with The Hunt. (You are the son the infamous huntress, and now target for any monster, immortal, or god who is to weak or cowardly to go after Artemis herself. *cough* Aphrodite *cough*)
[Heir of The Hunt] - User is the firstborn child of Artemis. Her little prince, should Artemis fade everything belongs to you. (User be warned revealing this title will have you hunted by Gods or Goddesses who share Artemis' domains.)
[My little Bambi] - Given to you by Artemis. User will alway be loved by Artemis and The Hunt. Artemis and her Hunt will always do their utmost to protect their precious little Bambi. (User be warned as the soul recipient of their affection Artemis and her Hunt are obsessed with your safety).
'At least my guess was correct, but that means the person who just left is one of mom's? Artemis'? Hunters. She is definitely on the older side judging by how she spoke but the age is off she had to at least be in her 20's physically. Ughh problems for latter. Wait she said she was getting mom! what will I say.. I don't remember growing up, the orphanage, nothing.. calm down David mom can't possibly know if I lie right..?'
I barely notice as two people walk in the tent. "Bambi! You are awake.. how do you feel? are you alright? can I get you anything?" Said who I can only assume is my mom.
I shift uncomfortably trying to prepare some kind story. "Umm who are you aga—" before I can even finish the sentence the guy behind Artemis interrupted "If you are going to try and lie nephew make sure a god of truth isn't in the room. Though in all honesty if you weren't her son Artemis would have caught it just as easily." Said who I now know as Apollo.
I sigh. "I'm sorry ok I know this seems bad. Yes I know you are Artemis.. well at least my mom is Artemis but I've only known for like five minutes, and since the huntress watching me said she was getting my mom well that must mean you. I just have a bigger issue and I don't really know how to say it."
'My mom glares at Apollo? Wow I really thought she would be upset with me.' Before she answers "it's ok Bambi whatever it is you are my son."
It is either now or when it causes even more damage later on. I take a deep breath "I.. this isn't the first time… I've been alive.." I say looking away "Secondary related big issue who I was before being your son, wasn't in this world? reality? universe? multiverse? I am not sure how that works." I take another breath to steady myself "When I died I met this weird entity god thing that basically said haha you died now prepare for reincarnation and after a few small gifts it sent me here."
Before I can get another word out mom grabs and holds me tightly. "Everything is ok Bambi you are still my son." She refuses to let go until I calm down.
- 10 minutes later
Mom finally lets go and sits me in a chair. "Ok now Bambi just to review a few things: one you are a reincarnation, two your soul comes from another world, and three it was done by an unknown god. Does that some that up?" Artemis asks gently.
I nod as Apollo starts speaking. "How come you are so sure you aren't just a normal reincarnation. I mean the Greek pantheon alone has had several cases of reincarnation."
I take another breath. "This is the going to slightly tougher to prove. Ok umm how do I put this, so apparently fictional books are for the most part real. In my old world there was a series of books that were written about what should have been this world? But apparently a bunch of extra worlds were put into this one." I look up and see them holding back laughs?
Apollo breaks out laughing first "kid we are gods not mortals of course the multiverse is real terrifying but real nonetheless. Sorry about yanking your chain but we believe you, now go ahead and continue."
I give a sigh of relief "at least you don't think i'm insane. Anyway this world was supposed to revolve around a book series called 'Percy Jackson & the Olympians'. Percy is the son of p— the king of the sea. An incredibly long set of stories short he had to find gramps' taser, the Golden Fleece, rescue mom from holding the sky and fight great gramps the stop watch. All that happened before and as he turned 16, and it only got worse afterward." I say as Apollo can't decide if he wants to laugh or become a ghost.
Artemis decides to cut in "every thing will be ok son. You said father's taser goes missing first?" She says with a snort.
"Yeah that is the beginning of the start of events." I say while nodding "but I don't know if that will stay the same, like I said multiple other worlds were mixed into this one but I have no idea what those worlds are. All I know is that they and those worlds plots are happening at the same time, and to make matters worse I'm in a matriarchal world that has at least 10 women for every 1 male. Finally I know I'm cursed." I say making both of them freeze.
"Who dares to curse my Bambi." Artemis says shaking in rage
"It was the same god thing that sent me here. He called it (Curse of Femdom) - he described it as 'a blessing to some and a curse to others. You are seen as prey by women.' Apparently I get physically weaker if I am tied up by a female, or if one puts a collar on my neck I will be unable to disobey. Oh and one of the gifts the asshole gave me was called (Sweet scent) - that one he described as 'you always smell amazing, women are more likely to take interest in you.' However it has the nifty side affect of making my demigod scent even stronger and especially appealing to female monsters." I say exasperated.
I expected sympathy or something but apparently Apollo couldn't hold back. "BWAHAHA!!!" And all mom does is take a small sniff and comment "well you do smell nice Bambi." which only made Apollo laugh harder.
AN: Hey guys consider this as my apology for the lateness of the previous chapter. Also for slight clarification purposes: Yes there will be gods that know about the multiverse. However unless their domain is directly related to the multiverse in some fashion only Major level gods and above know about it. This is for various reasons won't explain because spoilers on that front. Leave a comment if you have any questions
Rankings of gods (across all pantheons) this is not a perfect list but will be my guideline for how I depict gods. There will always be exceptions to the rule.
1. Primordials (these are origin level deities and are in multiple pantheons. Aka beings like Gaia who is also know as Mother Earth, Terra, Danu, The Great mother, etc.)
2. God kings (these are the rulers within pantheons. Aka being like Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Odin, Ra, Amatarasu, Indra, etc)
3. Major Gods (these are gods who hold important domains and/or received enough faith to elevate their domains. Aka the rest of the olympian council, freya, Thor {before he becomes king of Asgard}, etc.)
4. Minor Gods (this is more of a gray area where the god has either to few domains, feats, lack of faith, or have had domains stolen. Aka Pomona, Kymopoleia, Ullr, etc.)
5. Immortals (while not strictly deities this is also the largest category. These beings are usually referred to in groups, but these could also be heroes who were immortalized. However gods in the process of fading also fit in this category as they are losing their domains. Aka The Hesperides, The Muses, The Valkyrie's, nymphs, dryads, spirits, etc.)