A Cliché Multiverse Story

Hermes snapped out of his shock and approached Asahi. The distinct clack of his boots halted the gods' surprise. Hermes sat down before Asahi, an amused smile playing on his lips.

"Who are you?"

Only the great gods like Ouranos, Zeus, and Odin could conceal their 'divine' aura. None of the great gods looked anywhere close to Asahi.

"For starters, my name is Asahi Marikawa, and I'm from another world if that makes sense."

His answer easily raised the curiosity of the 'starving' deities. Even though they had fun and all in Orario, the mere mention of a different world filled their eyes with lust. Asfi, despite being a mortal, showed similar if not more curiosity. She had seen Asahi's capability firsthand and knew how deadly he could be.

'Can he see me?'

As though confirming her guess, Asahi looked in her direction and winked. "Hide and seek is fun."

Asfi grimaced. "Curses…"

"Another world?" Hermes raised an eyebrow. "How can we believe you?"

Hermes acted as the voice of most of the deities, saying words that they wanted to say.

"Astraea can vouch for that." Asahi shrugged. "It's up to you to believe me. I don't really need to prove anything."

Asahi silently marked the gods who were planning to bother him and Astraea Familia. Hermes might or might not be one of them. It was hard to get a read on the whimsical god.

"It's true." Astraea nodded. "I have been there."

Astraea's confirmation brought the matter to another level. As the Goddess of Justice, she had a solid reputation for presenting facts and truth.

"A new world?" muttered Demeter. "Did Ouranos ever mention it?"

Apollo shook his head. "This world is far from ours. In a different universe."

Natsumi had told him a few things about Earth. After all, both of them were Asahi's slaves.

Hermes raised his hand to silence the crowd. "Apollo, my friend. Are you also allied with Asahi?"

"That is so," Apollo confirmed with a wry smile. It's not like he had a choice in the matter. His loyalty had to be unshaken, or the soul-shaking agony would consume him.

"He is a demigod," Loki answered with a solemn expression. Her serious face only lasted for a moment before she snickered. "I ain't lying here."

"I have confirmed that with my own eyes," Hephaestus added.

Hermes didn't need Loki to tell him that. He was at a loss for words when the three goddesses showed relentless support for Asahi.

"This lad got heaven-defying luck," Hermes muttered. "Back to our talk. Asahi, are your parents considered the deity of your world?"

Hephaestus and Loki became silent, awaiting his answer.

Asahi shook his head. "I got my powers from my wife."

Klyscha had given him everything. Only Astraea was aware of that in this room.

Demeter sat beside Hermes and raised her hand. "If you don't mind satisfying our curiosity, can you tell me more about your powers?"

She finally realized why Asahi had so much vitality, even more than the strongest gods in Heaven. That was considering the gods at their peak in Heaven. The goddess of fertility naturally gained an interest in the foreign lifeform.

Asahi looked at Demeter. "Oh, it's you. Thanks for the curry that day."

He hadn't talked to her since the day he arrived at Orario.

Demeter giggled, recalling their first meeting. She had unconsciously blabbered something about Asahi being the most fertile man.

Just as Asahi was about to chat with the beautiful goddess, the familiar scent of another goddess drifted into the room.

Freya descended the stairs, seizing everyone's eyes with her refreshing look. Well, Asahi had seen it during the dinner, but that wasn't the case for the gods. They were smitten, gazing at Freya in a never-ending daze.

"Apologies for the delay." Freya diffused everyone's charmed state with her voice. She arrived at the table and put her hands on Hermes' shoulder. "Hermes, can you please?"

Hermes immediately stepped aside. "No problem."

Offending a woman brought misfortune, but offending Freya brought calamity. He and his small Familia wanted no part of it.

"Thank you." Freya settled down on the seat, her eyes gazing at Asahi sitting across her. "Did you enjoy last night?"

Her cryptic words spread a wave of jealousy through the deities. Some glared at Asahi, declaring war through their

Asahi grinned at Loki. "It was fun."

Loki coughed dryly. "Ya should focus on the War Game."

With a smile, Freya leaned forward. "I'll keep the rules simple. You'll fight against my finest warriors in an arena. A one versus all battle. Do you agree?" 𝗳𝘳𝐞e𝙬𝙚𝚋𝗻𝚘𝚟𝗲l.𝑐𝑜ｍ

Hermes and literally every deity had their mouths opened in shock. Hermes cleared his throat. "Does your finest warriors include Ottar?"

"It was Ottar who requested a fight with Asahi. I cannot exclude him from his battle, can I?"

Hermes felt like his world had been flipped around. Ottar, the current strongest, requested a fight with a level 2 adventurer? As cunning as Hermes was, he never thought of the possibility of Asahi having any special ability outside of skills earned through Falna.

'Are they fighting for Freya's love?'

He couldn't help but shake his head. Asahi hadn't shown any signs of being charmed by Freya.

"That's so unfair!" Demeter protested. "Fighting Ottar and others is suicidal."

"I agree with Demeter," said Miach with a smile. "Why don't we sit and talk about the conflict? Maybe we will find a solution."

He wasn't about to let Asahi leap into this fight. Naaza owed Asahi her life, and she wouldn't want Asahi to take this fight.

"Don't worry about me." Asahi smiled at the worried gods before reaching out to Freya. "Yup. I agree with the fight rules."

He had been fighting multiple opponents since day one of his journey. Only that his opponents grew in both strength and intelligence.

Freya grabbed his hand. "Lovely. As for the victory conditions, should my Familia emerge victoriously, Asahi will leave Astraea and join me. If he rises to the victory, I shall give up on my residence in Babel and follow him as his maid."

Suffice to say, Freya's conditions made the room lively.

Asahi frowned. "You changed it."

The original condition was for Asahi to bring Freya to his world.

Freya stuck out her tongue. "I thought about it. Since I'm putting my freedom on the line, it's only fair you do the same."

Asahi swept his gaze across the room. The deities looked unconvinced of his strength, even Asfi stared at him as if he was a madman. Breaking their confidence in 'levels' was going to be fun.

"Alright. I accept your conditions."

Freya clapped her hands. "My fellow gods, do you approve of this War Game?"

"I do!" Freya raised her hand. "I approve!"

The gods under Freya's charm voiced their agreement. The rest of the gods also agreed, fearing Freya's wrath.

Thus, a contract was formed with both Asahi and Freya's signatures.

Astraea couldn't hide her worries throughout, prompting Asahi to pat her head.

"You can't lose," Astraea whispered. Should he lose, he will become Freya's slave in all but name.

Asahi didn't say anything and just kissed Astraea. The goddess of justice fell into a stupor, blushing furiously.

"Astraea, ya can't be this easy—" Loki's eyes widened as she saw Asahi's face closing in on her. She tried to move away, but an invisible force gripped her.

Loki could do nothing but stare as Asahi stole her lips under the eyes of every god.

Freya pushed back her chair and walked out of the room.. Her cold aura pushed back any pursuits from her admirers.