"Apart from Diya's incredible growth, why did you well..." Aphrodite looked at Benizaten with a pitying look.
The goddess, not willing to meet Aphrodite's pitying look, simply pouted, crossed her arms and looked away. To stick to the cliche, she even started talking about how nice the weather in her domain is.
Frustrated Aphrodite flashed a smile that was not a smile. In an excessively gentle tone, she started "I see, it must have been tough, right?"
Slowly as she walked around to face the goddess, desperately trying to avert her gaze. The slow footsteps of the goddess made Benizaten break out in a cold sweat.
As Benizaten was desperately thinking about what she had done, a cold voice froze her in place while making her panic more.
"Why did you throw a teapot at me, MY FRIEND?"
They both knew that in ancient Japanese culture, something that Benizaten loved, it was extremely rude to do such a thing, especially when it came to the goddess giving her a look that could even scare demons.
Everyone across all pantheons knew that Aphrodite is someone who cares a lot about her image. Although beings like Shiva and Turoq did not care much for it, others knew how much they would suffer if they incurred the wrath of this mad woman.
One did not care as he was the god of change, while the other just outright did not bother, as his reputation meant nothing to him, yet he had a massive following regardless of simply being who he was.
"Explain" Aphrodite spoke gently while gripping the scared goddess's head and forcibly turning her head to face her. Loud creaking sounds were heard while Benizaten's neck is forcefully turned.
After a few minutes of this, Aphrodite finally heard the explanation she pined for. But that answer made her have quite a destructive reaction.
A reaction that involved ripping a bamboo cane and bringing it to a certain delicate area of the culprit multiple times. Though Aphrodite did feel a little bad for Benizaten's treatment, feeling sorry and being sorry are two completely different things.
Yes, she was being petty for the sake of being petty. It was quite sad how pitiful Benizaten was as she a well-reknown goddess, offering someone training was completely ignored after teaching her apprentice method and she failed at making a friend.
Ignoring Benizaten's plight, and after five minutes of punishment, Aphrodite returned to see Diya's progress.
Behind her, Benizaten was nursing her rump while slowly going to her seat in the training room. While she attempted to sit down, stinging pain shot through her.
As if getting tasered, she started shaking and fell on her beautiful face, teary-eyed eyed she glared reproachfully at Aphrodite. But being completely ignored again, she huffed while lying on her belly.
The sight would have been alluring to any and everyone if she had a normal face, but with the currently pouting and teary-eyed goddess, those same people would only feel pity. Especially with the comically large ice block resting on her, making her look like a snail.
While Benizaten was having her own crisis, Aphrodite was carefully studying Diya's soul. Since the moment she walked into the room, she could feel that the faint power emanating from Diya's soul was getting more and more threatening.
If she could put the feeling into words, it would be. "Helping a predator sharpen its fangs." This development speed cemented one very simple idea in her head.
"This small family is incredibly dangerous."
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