Chapter 172: Demeter’s Intention
Zeus also formally bestowed upon the children the honors they deserved: the nine Muses goddesses, and the Goddess of Love and Beauty—Aphrodite—who had just arrived at Mount Olympus and was warmly welcomed by all.
And at the end of the declaration, Zeus even emphasized—Goddess of Wisdom Metis is the God King’s eternal, first wife!
The gods must respect Metis just as they respect the God King!
No matter who!
Even His other wives must respect Metis!
All the other wives, on the morning of the first day of the first “Zeus Month” of every year, must personally go to the divine palace of the Goddess of Wisdom to offer her the sweetest honey wine.
Those who cannot do this are voluntarily giving up their status as the God King’s wife.
Zeus, pitying his beloved goddess for the huge sacrifice she made, also spared no effort to maintain Metis’s face and majesty.
Such a practice was more than sufficient; even those goddesses who were of higher birth than the Goddess of Wisdom and of senior generation, as long as they wanted to become Zeus’s wife, would also have to show sufficient respect to Metis.
These pieces of news caused a thousand waves with a single stone!
That the Civilization Memory Goddess could become His Majesty the God King’s wife was already within the expectations of the gods.
There was no god who did not know about the relationship between Them; the nine beautiful Muses goddesses had made the whole Olympus much more lively.
And it was also normal that the Goddess of Wisdom did not object to this.
After all, the Goddess of Wisdom had personally gone to welcome the God King’s lover and child.
Moreover, His Majesty the God King’s attitude was very clear: even if other goddesses became His wives, the Goddess of Wisdom would still be the “greatest”!
And all the gods must show the greatest respect to the Goddess of Wisdom; under such circumstances, the Goddess of Wisdom had no need to object further.
But when did the Goddess of Sacred Justice Order also become the God King’s wife?!
There had never been any rumor of this; it was too sudden!
Now it was great: the two goddesses who originally limited the God King’s power—His right seat and left seat—had both become the God King’s wives.
What could they limit now?
Although everyone had never really expected these two goddesses to truly limit the God King.
But at least everyone could slightly comfort themselves in their hearts.
After all, the gods completely trusted the Lady of Justice’s divine quality; if anything happened, at least the Goddess of Justice would stand up and speak out for justice.
Now it was good; everything had completely submitted to the God King’s will.
Nowadays, the God King’s power and authority had completely surpassed that of the Old God King.
One must know that no ruler would ever dislike the Goddess of Order.
The former Old God King had also coveted the Goddess of Order immensely, but He had no hope at all.
The fact that the Goddess of Order did not personally oppose Him was already because the Lady of Justice adhered strictly to her own principles.
And even stranger was that Dione goddess was not recognized by His Majesty the God King as a wife.
Clearly, such important authority had been bestowed upon the child, but the Mother Goddess was instead just an idle god, with her status not formally acknowledged—this was too strange.
However, although the gods had various thoughts, no god dared to speak up.
This was, after all, the God King’s family affair; since the God King and the goddesses involved had raised no objections, where was it the place for Them, these onlookers, to speak more?
After thinking it over, the gods all felt that His Majesty the God King must have done so out of consideration for the Goddess of Wisdom’s face, and thus temporarily had not announced that the other was His wife.
Dione goddess was, after all, the younger sister of the Goddess of Wisdom, and His Majesty the God King had also bestowed honors upon His own child, which could be considered relatively balanced.
And one most explosive piece of news quietly spread throughout Olympus.
It was said that as long as His Majesty the God King was willing to acknowledge a goddess as His beloved, and as long as that goddess herself was willing to become His Majesty the God King’s wife, then she could rightfully become the God King’s wife.
And the Goddess of Wisdom, as the first wife, would not make any obstruction to this.
It was said that this news was personally announced on behalf of the Goddess of Wisdom by the sacred Goddess of Justice Themis.
Although there was no formal declaration, the Goddess of Justice had never denied it either.
This meant that the rumor was indeed true!
Upon hearing this, the gods could only sigh deeply in their hearts: the God King was indeed worthy of being the God King!
After these events, plus the spread of this news, many goddesses who had originally been melancholic and depressed instantly perked up!
Since the God King already had three publicly announced wives, He presumably would not mind having a few more, right?
As for sharing the beloved with other goddesses.
Well, get her first and talk later!
Strive to become the sole beloved later!
The Goddess of Wisdom was truly not wise; she actually tolerated the God King openly having multiple wives.
By the end, whether she could keep her position as first wife would be another story!
Several goddesses were already rubbing their fists and wiping their palms, full of fighting spirit and determined to succeed!
Of course, there were also goddesses who could not be happy.
A certain ancient goddess currently in the Underworld who did not wish to reveal her name expressed: Why am I not on the list of publicly announced wives?!
However, after thinking about the humiliation of having to offer wine to the Goddess of Wisdom every year, this proud goddess immediately dismissed the idea.
If she could not be publicly announced, then so be it.
To make her bow her head and act subservient to another goddess was absolutely impossible.
Anyway, as long as Zeus was in the Underworld, He could only be hers!
However, there was one even sadder, and everyone knew who it was.
Of course, it was that pure love war goddess, the loyal Hera who guarded love faithfully.
For her, love absolutely required exclusivity and fidelity.
She herself was like this, and she also required her admired husband to be the same.
Zeus’s blatantly promiscuous behavior hurt her heart even more deeply.
It seemed she also had the same opportunity, but she would rather not have such an opportunity.
This was not because she did not love Zeus; she loved Zeus to the core of her bones.
Rather, her proud divinity and loyal divine quality constantly demanded of her—she could only choose a unique, sole love!
Regarding this, Zeus responded: Just watch my methods!
In fact, there were quite a few goddesses with strong subjective initiative.
Right after the meeting adjourned, a goddess could not suppress herself and came knocking.
Zeus knew there would definitely be goddesses taking the initiative, but he never expected it would not be the Hestia he imagined, but rather the most gentle and delicate Demeter!
He had just returned to the divine palace and sat down when a faint rice fragrance filled with the aura of life quietly drifted in.
Immediately after, Atlas’s daughter, the eldest of the Seven Pleiades—Maia—hurriedly came with her long legs to report: the Goddess of Harvest and Agriculture Demeter was outside the hall requesting an audience.
Zeus pondered for a moment, then had Maia invite her in; he had indeed neglected Hestia and Demeter during this time.
There was no method; there were simply too many goddesses, and he could not be in multiple places at once.
During this time, he had to busy himself weaving the Heavenly Dao System, hurriedly uniting with goddesses to gestate offspring, and soothing his dear goddesses—he truly had not idled for a moment.
His Majesty the God King was truly too overworked.
After all, His Majesty’s shoulders bore the universe and all its worlds!
As the lovely and gentle Demeter entered the hall, Zeus very considerately dismissed the nymphs by his side; for a moment, the magnificent divine palace contained only the two of Them.
Today’s Demeter wore a bright pear-yellow gauze skirt carefully woven from sunset clouds, with a flower crown on her head, soft green waist-length hair cascading down, and a gentle golden belt around her waist; her attire was as fresh and pleasing as always.
Zeus felt boundless affection in his heart just from seeing her.
The Goddess of Harvest and Agriculture was both gentle and maturely beautiful; both delicate and lovely.
Anyone who saw her would genuinely and deeply love her from the heart.
Who in the world would not like the grain of harvest?
The Goddess of Harvest and Agriculture quietly glanced at the empty divine palace, and after confirming that only the two of Them were there, this goddess who was always shy and delicate immediately turned into a gentle breeze filled with fresh and sweet aura, rushing straight into Zeus’s embrace.
Just as she rushed into Zeus’s embrace, her eyes reddened instantly; with a soft, grievance-filled sobbing tone, she said: “Zeus~~~”
This Goddess of Harvest, the mother goddess, had already wrapped her soft jade arms around Zeus’s neck; she said with grievance and heartache: “Zeus… my most beloved Zeus, have you forgotten me? After having Metis and the others, have you completely forgotten me?”
Dear Demeter, this passionate and direct fiery display truly stunned even Zeus.
He thought to himself: Demeter must really be anxious; otherwise, the always shy her would never say such words or make such bold actions.
Or not necessarily.
Demeter had always been open about her love for him.
She appeared shy and delicate, but many times, she was bolder and more direct than Hestia and Hera.
Zeus immediately held the charming Goddess of Harvest tightly in return; his handsome face revealed a heartfelt gentle smile, and this perfect smile directly dazed Demeter.
The amorous God Lord said very tenderly: “My dear Demeter, even if I forgot myself, I could never forget you. Look, how could you say such heartbreaking words?”
The goddess of agriculture and harvest was in no way inferior to the Daughter of the Ocean; upon hearing Zeus’s words, she was on the verge of tears, her beautiful emerald green eyes already welling with shimmering tears, as if they would fall at any moment.
She said softly: “Zeus, you… you only know how to say nice words to coax me. If you really haven’t forgotten me, then why haven’t you come to see me during this time?”
“Don’t you know how much I miss you? Don’t you really know my feelings for you?”
