The crowd stared at Rael, inspecting him up and down as if he were the bachelor party’s pinata.

But it didn’t take long for gossip to soon spread throughout the training grounds as the gods and the other beings began huddling together and speaking nonsense.

“Aries has been dethroned…”

“A new God of War is here…”

“Why is his hair so long…?”

The last part, Rael had filtered out of his mind.

He quite liked his long hair.

Though, after this fight, he realized that quite a bit of it had been cut off.

Turns out that fighting with such long hair was not very ideal.

Nonetheless…

“Could you correct them?” Rael asked. “I don’t intend to be any God of War, and I don’t want any trouble either.”

Aries’s brow twitched.

“Have you not heard about our traditions before coming here?”

Rael innocently shook his head.

Because of that, Aries let out a sigh.

“When you defeat one of the 12 Olympian gods, you take their place. The gods themselves become your servants, in a way. Although this is not how I intended my day to go, I shall do my best to teach you how to take over in my stead.”

Rael kind of felt like he was being punked at the moment.

Or maybe not, since Aries looked dead serious.

Though, as kind as this gesture was, Rael really had no time to oversee this place, so instead, he simply bowed in Aries’s direction and apologized.

“Since I’m not accustomed to your traditions, I believe it would be disrespectful of me to take your place. Forgive me, but I must go now.”

With that, Rael began walking away, only to be surrounded by a crowd of Olympians who stared at him with puppy eyes, as if wanting him to become the next God of War.

But that title was troublesome.

If it had come with the whole Olympus as a literal bonus, then yeah, he would definitely take it.

After all, more money was always better than no money.

Though since Rael didn’t fight Zeus, that was definitely not on the table.

So with a few feints, Rael hopped over the crowd of people and vanished out of sight, reappearing at another corner in Olympus.

It was yet another one of those gardens that looked the same, but Rael had learned his lesson.

They weren’t for the public.

So he made his way out, and after making a few turns, he arrived at a section in Olympus that was more like a marketplace.

There were dozens of gods selling booze and accessories.

The food didn’t look half-bad either.

So Rael approached one of the stalls and sat down to eat.

A busty waitress appeared and took his order.

Since the menu was so big, after careful consideration, Rael went with the most exquisite dish of them all, fish and chips.

And just like that, he leaned back in his comfortable seat and glanced at the sky.

Olympus was pretty damn beautiful as long as he ignored some stuff.

Still, since everyone seemed to know each other, Rael didn’t fit in much.

Oh well…

The moment his food arrived, Rael dug in.

Though not even two seconds later, someone sat down beside him.

When Rael glanced up, he spotted a frowning Aries.

“Why are you running away from an opportunity?”

“Don’t you think if I was able to defeat you, I have plenty of other responsibilities?” Rael retorted. “I really don’t care about the God of War position. Just keep it, man.”

Aries scoffed.

“Could I try to convince you?”

Rael shrugged.

“I really don’t care. I’ll be eating.”

And so, when Rael dug back into the food, Aries began to speak.

“As the God of War, you are given a monthly allowance of weapons from Zeus himself. Those weapons are the greatest in the universe, because they are made by Hephaestus.”

Rael raised a brow.

“If Hephaestus is the one who made all the weapons, why do you make it sound like Zeus is doing all the work?”

At those words, Aries flinched slightly.

“It doesn’t matter…”

Kind of does.

“You also get a title that increases your stats when there are allies on the battlefield. It’s something you can’t pass up, no matter how important you are.”

“Let me guess, the catch is that I can never cause any harm to Olympus?” Rael asked, stuffing the last french fry into his mouth.

Aries just stared at Rael for a moment, then lowered his head and nodded.

That was the thing with such good deals.

There was always a loophole that would fuck him over.

After all, the only people he didn’t have beef with are those that he had known for a while now.

Olympus? He literally just got here.

So in the end, Rael’s decision remained firm, and upon seeing that, Aries eventually gave up.

“Could you tell me your name?”

“Sadly not,” Rael replied. “I’m somewhat of a wanted individual, you see.”

“Wanted by Olympus?” he asked.

Rael simply shrugged.

“Nope.”

He probably was.

But then again, if these guys didn’t know who he was when he first came across them, they might actually not have any beef between them.

“I see… In that case, would you mind if I showed you around my home?” Aries offered. “It has a few wonderful practice dummies, much like the ones you saw outside. I could also show you my weapon collection, and even my favorite pair of panties.”

Rael raised a brow. “You wear panties?”

“No. Have you heard of Persephone?” Aries replied with a smug look.

Before Rael could say anything, Aries flashed a cheeky smile.

“Let’s just say we once shared a night together. Muhahaha!”

What an oddball.

And that very same oddball was now inviting him to his home.

Ugh…

If only Rael wasn’t bored…

If only…

“I guess I don’t mind taking a look, so long as you don’t ask me to try on Persephone’s panties.”

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