Chapter 260: Maia, I’m Hungry Again
However, this fierce glare, in Zeus’s view, was so cute and charming, even reaching the point of being infinitely alluring.
In reality, the already enamored soft and cute goddess, unaware of it herself, had naturally revealed a unique charm and beauty belonging solely to her.
It was the ultimate pure tenderness intertwined perfectly with ultimate seductive allure, a “pure desire” like the radiance of the setting sun sprinkling on cherry blossoms, or like a peach blossom blooming from roots in a clear spring.
Seeing Amalthea like this made Zeus’s heart burn hot; he could no longer hold back, lowering his head to kiss her slender jade neck, which had turned ruby red.
Amalthea weakly pushed at Zeus, scolding him in a coquettish voice laced with a sob: “Zeus! You, you, you’re the worst!”
“I, I, I…”
As she spoke, the cute goddess’s tone gradually softened, just like a cotton candy slowly melting between his lips and teeth.
“You bad guy… I, I missed you so much… You just fool around outside! Forgetting all about me! Not replying to a single message!”
“You’re finally back, and you… you still bully me!”
“Zeus~ Zeus is the worst!”
Hearing this, Zeus felt inwardly ashamed.
For the expansion and harmony of the cosmic laws, he had truly been too immersed in his work.
Only now did he spare a thread of his mind, glancing briefly at the divine thought channel that was nearly exploding.
Hmm…
Too many messages, not looking!
Right in front of him, there was something more worth seeing.
The aggrieved soft and cute goddess had a pair of golden eyes brimming with tears, on the verge of crying.
She looked at Zeus so pitifully that he felt his heart melting under her gaze, his entire thunder heart simmered into sweet soup by her tenderness.
The thick-skinned God King rubbed cheeks intimately with his beloved big soft and cute one, coaxing her affectionately: “Maia, I’ve been thinking of you all the time too. How could I bear to really bully you?”
“Feel it carefully; can’t you sense my surging, overwhelming love for you?”
Zeus grabbed her boneless little hand, letting her feel that most obvious love.
The dazed and cute goddess, who had been feeling sad, was stunned for a moment.
Immediately after, her pretty face flushed visibly at a speed perceptible to the naked eye.
Extremely rarely, she even lightly spat once.
That voice became even more soft and tender: “Zeus~ You… you’re the worst~ You just know how to bully me…”
She said that, but she didn’t let go of sensing Zeus’s love.
Zeus stared straight into that pair of golden eyes the same color as his own. The goddess’s gaze flickered evasively, not daring to meet that aggressive look.
The fire in the God King’s chest was now almost impossible to suppress.
He said in a slightly hoarse, highly magnetic voice, “Maia, I… I’m hungry again…”
Amalthea tightly closed her eyes, her little face fully turned to one side, flushed and burning hot.
But though she said nothing, just like countless times before, her trembling little hand undid the final blockade for her beloved Zeus.
Silence is louder than words; quietly, everything that needed to be done was done.
This bout of movement finally quieted a bit, merely covering the order center of the universe.
Golden clouds surged like waves, golden rain like silk; endless golden clouds and rain completely shrouded the entire Olympus.
This dazed and cute great goddess who wielded “nourishment,” “healing,” and “purification” was instead thoroughly nourished by the God King’s vigorous and vast divinity.
Her divinity received another unimaginably massive elevation.
Like a well spring suddenly injected with a heavenly river, it directly overflowed to perfection.
The God King also felt his restless heart thoroughly purified by his beloved goddess’s purest divinity.
Temporarily…
Zeus had not yet granted Amalthea a child.
He figured that having Amalthea raise a child would probably… be a stretch for her.
Better to take it slow for now.
But this reason did not satisfy Amalthea.
She curled up contentedly yet weakly in Zeus’s broad embrace, like a little deer that had drunk its fill of warm milk.
Her mouth mumbled complaints: “Zeus, you just talk nonsense. I’m much older than you; I fed you from small to big, and didn’t you grow up just fine?”
“And you say I can’t raise a child well—you’re the biggest nonsense talker!”
“Don’t you think about who fed you bite by bite when you were little? You’re such an ungrateful bad guy!”
“You, you—even now, aren’t you still being fed by me?”
Zeus chuckled speechlessly at her words, his large hand stroking the pair of dazzling long horns on Amalthea’s head—this thing was just too useful!
Though when holding her in his arms, they occasionally poked his face.
But no big deal; his face was tough enough!
He couldn’t help but complain: “Weren’t Adrasteia and Ida the ones mainly taking care of me back then?”
“As for you,” his tone full of teasing, “besides feeding me, you just dragged me around to play. Did you ever properly care for me for even a day?”
“If you hadn’t played so roughly with me back then, I wouldn’t have accidentally snapped off your horn.”
“Also, stop always saying you’re older than me! You were created by the Mother Goddess of All Things while I was being gestated by the Mother Goddess. We’re not that far apart.”
“Besides, you were regestated once by the Ocean God. Strictly speaking, you’re now just a youthful young goddess in your prime.”
Zeus grinned smugly, while Amalthea, having her secret exposed, instantly flew into a shame-fueled rage.
She lifted her head and used that pair of dazzling long horns to poke Zeus’s cheek.
Unfortunately, the God King’s face was too tough; this bit of attack did him no harm at all.
Instead, he smoothly reached out with a large hand, gripped them, turning them into a different kind of intimate plaything.
Amalthea struggled a few times but couldn’t break free, so she gave up.
She pouted her pink and moist little mouth, starting to coquetry in a pitifully aggrieved tone: “Zeus~ They all have cute children; I want one too~”
“You, you always fool around outside; most of the time, I don’t get to see you. If I had a cute child to keep me company, I… I wouldn’t be so bored~”
Zeus was amused yet helpless, holding her long horn and gently shaking her head. “What? You want a child just to relieve boredom?”
Amalthea was quite dissatisfied with Zeus’s excessive action but endured it.
She spoke a bit embarrassedly: “This… this is just one of the reasons. You know I love children the most.”
“You don’t need to worry about me not teaching well. With Adrasteia and Ida helping me, the three of us together can definitely raise the child properly.”
Zeus blinked, thinking to himself: Well then, this lineup is almost as good as his own treatment back then.
No, even better than his own treatment back then.
After all, these three goddesses were far from as powerful as they are now, nor did they hold such exalted status before.
Zeus nodded, suddenly remembering that since returning, he hadn’t seen Adrasteia and the others, so he said: “What you say does make some sense.”
“I can seriously consider this matter. But ultimately, it depends on your performance.”
Amalthea beamed with joy at the first half of his words.
But upon hearing the second half, she immediately pouted again, her puffed-up look like a little cloud just puffed up by the wind.
Zeus continued: “By the way, why haven’t I seen Adrasteia and Ida? Where did they go?”
Amalthea’s unhappiness came fast and left just as fast.
Hearing Zeus’s question, she immediately set aside that bit of emotion and replied: “Didn’t a new race appear in the mortal world? You should know—the ‘humans.’ They were bored, so they went down together to see the excitement.”
“They probably messaged you too. You… didn’t check again, did you?”
Amalthea narrowed her golden pupils, full of scrutiny and obvious disdain.
Zeus smiled awkwardly, finally remembering that he should check the messages.
He sent a wisp of divine thought, sinking into the nearly exploding divine thought channel.
Just one glance—hmm… even more messages.
His treasure daughters’ daily greetings needed individual replies, accompanied by fatherly encouragement.
As the Father God, timely praise and encouragement were essential lubricants for maintaining father-daughter bonds and key to the children’s healthy growth.
His little destiny daughter Atropos was being mischievous again; she clearly needed a proper “education.”
The Muses daughters sent a “work progress report” on human civilization, which needed high affirmation and praise.
Dear Mnemosyne also sent messages of longing, needing quick coaxing.
Oh, dear Themis had messaged too.
But she only asked about a minor detail of the laws.
For such a trifle, with her wisdom, why would she need to ask me?
Zeus’s heart skipped a beat, suddenly burning hot.
It seems dear Themis missed him too but was too shy to say it outright.
Thinking of that flawless holy goddess who wielded the holy justice order, Zeus’s heart throbbed, heat surging in his chest.
This most just and resolute vice-regent of the universe never pestered him as directly as Nyx…
But precisely because of that, the love suppressed beneath her restraint burned even hotter.
He immediately replied with several segments of sweet talk enough to melt an iceberg before continuing downward.
Dear Hestia, Demeter, and Hera had also messaged, informing him they had gone down together to see the humans.
Plus Adrasteia and Ida… well, basically all of them had run off to the mortal world.
Humans’ luck was truly good.
All those who went down were the most gentle and loving goddesses.
After handling all these messages, Zeus turned his gaze to the conversation box with the highest unread count and most “eye-catching” one.
Goddess of Night.
