I'm tied to Athena.

Hill pressed his hand against his slightly hot cheek, and his smile became even sweeter.

"I won't tell you, it's a secret." The girl ran upstairs with a red face, then changed into work clothes and hung an open sign in front of the door.

“Welcome to the Mistress of Plenty.”

With a smile, the girl began to greet the night guests

PS: Okay, good night everyone.

PS: I will always love Athena

Chapter 91: The Athena is sunk

"I'm back." Without mentioning the girl's sweet thoughts, Li Yun returned home. He walked into the room, where Athena and Ai Lei were sitting on the sofa reading.

"Really? Where have you been? You came back later than usual from the dungeon." Ai Lei complained a little. She walked to Li Yun and sniffed. "This is... the smell of a woman!"

"You are the goddess of the underworld, not an orc." He knocked on Elle who was sniffing beside him, and then said to Athena who was sitting next to him reading a book and had no reaction to his return: "Sorry, I came back a little late today."

"Always hitting people on the head." Touching her head and looking at Li Yun who was treating her differently, Ai Lei complained, "You don't dare to hit Athena on the head."

"..." If you can guarantee that you can bring me back after I go to the underworld, I don't mind...

Li Yun really wanted to complain like this, but the gaze of the goddess on the sofa prevented him from complaining in his heart.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that Athena's gaze was much colder than usual. It was like the feeling of a cat that ran to someone else's house to eat cat food - he read this from her gaze.

"Ahem... Let's talk about dinner later. I made a new discovery today."

Li Yun sat on the sofa, closer to Athena. He usually sat in this position, but today... the pressure from beside him was a bit strong.

Am I not allowed to sit so close?

With this in mind, Li Yun planned to move his position. But before he moved, the sense of oppression became much stronger. The previous sense of oppression was scrutiny, but now the sense of oppression was "Move one and let me try..."

"..." Li Yun, who didn't know what happened to his Lord God today, endured the pressure from his side and told him what happened in the underground sewer. Finally, he added: "If you don't have the key, you probably can't get in."

"There's such a thing on Daedalus Street?" Ai Lei put aside the fact that Li Yun had knocked her on the head, "I've lived here for so long and have never heard of it."

"After all, it is built underground." Li Yun said his speculation bit by bit: "And that door cannot be built in one or two years! Mountain copper is refined and mixed with other metals. It is one of the crystallizations of wisdom created by ancient humans to fight monsters."

"Although it will be much easier to refine mountain copper now that I have the gift, no matter how easy it is, it is impossible to refine so much mountain copper in a few years to build a three-meter-high and one-meter-thick gate."

"This is an absolute secret that must be protected by mountain copper... The person who built this door wanted to express this. Right?" Ailei pondered for a moment, "We can judge it this way now."

"The dark faction is hiding behind the door you mentioned. We only need to find the key to open the door, and we can wipe out the dark faction in one fell swoop and explore the dungeon with peace of mind."

"That's true. However, apart from finding their hiding place, there's nothing we can do." The boy leaned back on the sofa with a helpless expression.

"Athena, what do you think about this?" Ai Lei looked at Athena, who had been silent since Li Yun came in, with some curiosity. Could this child be angry just because Li Yun came back late?

"I don't have much to say, except for the conclusion I just came to. What else can I say? It's better to say that not being discovered is a good result." Athena closed the book, "What we have to do now is to wait and see."

"The dark faction is being suppressed by the guild. It is best to let them fight."

To put it simply, it means watching the two groups fight, then quickly developing your own side, and when you are able to overthrow their lair, you can take direct action.

And now they are only one key away from overturning the other party's lair.

As long as he has the key, Li Yun can take them down by himself.

"Instead of talking about this, why not talk about who you went out with today." The goddess placed the book that had not been opened since morning on the coffee table, crossed her arms and leaned on the sofa in the same posture as Li Yun.

"....." Don't you never ask about these things?

Although he wanted to say so, the goddess's majesty made it impossible for him to refute. He could only lower his head and evade the important points and recount the whole story of today.

"So, you would rather accompany Hill than stay at home with my concubine..." At this point, Athena forced herself to stop and turned her head away with a guilty look, "Aile will be lonely."

"Hey... why are you talking about me?" Ai Lei, who was suddenly blamed, blinked cutely, and then retorted with a sound of "Eh": "I won't be lonely!"

"In the one hour since you came back, you've said his name more than a dozen times, an average of once every seven minutes."

"Hmm... why do you know so much!" Ai Lei's face suddenly turned red, and then she became flustered. She looked at Li Yun and said helplessly: "Don't get me wrong, I was... that was... yes, I was hungry, hurry up and cook! I'm hungry!"

"....." Even if you want to put on an angry expression, I don't think it will be dignified...

Li Yun felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, so he planned to get up and cook to escape from here. But Athena did not intend to let him leave.

"Gods don't feel hungry. Even if your divine power is sealed by an unknown force, your body won't feel hungry like humans do."

"....." You're not going to give me a way out, are you? Athena!

Damn it, if that’s the case, then don’t blame me!

"Don't think I don't know, Athena. You haven't been reading since I came back. It's good to use reading to hide your mood, but you don't even turn a page. Do you look down on my IQ?" Ai Lei began to fight back.

"Humph, I guess you have someone's whereabouts under your control. You know everything, but you deliberately let him speak out."

"...." The sudden attack made Athena forget to fight back, but her long-term calmness made her not as helpless as Ai Lei. She said quietly: "I am recalling the story of this book."

"Stop lying. You won't read a book a second time after you've read it once. No book is worth reading a second time for a goddess of wisdom like you."

"But you've read this book several times, right?" Ai Lei rarely argued with Athena: "Don't think I don't know, this is Li Yun's favorite book!"

"....." How do you know so clearly?

PS: I will always love Ailei-chan, you are all my wings (laughs)

Chapter 92 Athena A

The night was filled with silence. The spreading darkness was like a dark ocean. There was no sound of waves in this dark ocean, no clouds passing by, and no breeze blowing. Only the moon, fixed high in the sky, leisurely looked down at the earth.

The cold moonlight enveloped the entire huge city, shining into the room through the window.

"Knock knock knock..." At twelve o'clock in the evening, Li Yun knocked on Athena's door.

"Come in." The cold voice was calm and indifferent.

Li Yun pushed open the door and saw the goddess sitting in the moonlight reading a book.

Her silver hair was as soft as the bright moon, and her dark pupils blended into the darkness, revealing wisdom. Athena seemed to be integrated with nature. The moonlight and the darkness that enveloped the room made her seem very far away.

That is not the distance between man and God, it is just a simple girl hiding in the dark who does not know how to get along with others or how to get close to others.

It was the first time he saw Athena like this, Athena who had shed her divinity and looked like a human being.

"What's the matter?" Athena closed the book and looked at the slightly dazed man at the door.

"I came to see...how are you?" Li Yun closed the door quietly, with an expression on his face that showed he didn't know what to do. "I feel like there's something wrong with you today."

"Because I'm a little worried, so..."

"...I was disrespectful in what happened today." Athena's expression did not change, but her heart was in a mess.

She herself doesn't know why she is like this...

Angry because he went out with another woman? Angry because he didn't tell her? Angry because he wasn't there for her?

Or is it all three?

According to humans, this should be the emotional fluctuation that occurs when falling in love with someone.

But, she is Athena, the oldest goddess of the Trinity, the most powerful former king of gods who reigned over three continents. It is basically impossible for her to have such an emotion as liking someone.

She, Athena, couldn't possibly like someone!

And after all, the time she had been in contact with him was less than four months. Although her opinion of Li Yun had changed a little because of his personality, no matter how much she had changed, he was just a human being who could be trusted, and he also had the bonus of the Gorgon Stone.

Even if he re-evaluated his relationship with him because of Loki and Hestia, they were just the main god and his followers... or barely friends.

No matter how she looked at it, she had no reason to like him.

On the way to Orario, he just tried his best to protect her when the monsters attacked the convoy, just said some boring words to her every night to express his feelings, just prepared food for her every day, just stimulated his sense of meaningless fighting spirit because of her words...

Yes, that's all.

"You are not like yourself at all." Li Yun walked to Athena's bed and sat on the floor. "Or did I do something to make you angry?"

"I'm a bit stupid, and you're too smart. If you don't tell me, I won't be able to guess anything."

"It's my problem. It's none of your business." Shaking her head, Athena pursed her lips. I just...

After arriving in Orario, the space that belonged to just the two of them was reduced, so they took Ellie with them, firstly to have another source of information, and secondly because they were all gods, and the child was too kind, so it would not be good to leave her alone.

But gradually, she discovered that Li Yun seemed to have a special feeling for Ai Lei...it was as if he was heartbroken for Ai Lei.

He had told her about his origins, so it was not difficult for her to guess that Ai Lei should be a character in a work that Li Yun knew, just like her.

However, even if it was a character from a work that I knew, there was no need to be so close to him. His every move was like doting on him.

And Ai Lei, as the goddess of the underworld, doesn't look like a goddess of the underworld at all. She was conquered by Li Yun so easily. Can't she keep her coolness and maintain her goddess image? For example, I am a concubine.

And the others.... They had clearly agreed to go back with me, and that they would go back once they found the way, but now they are flirting with me everywhere...

Obviously....I was the one who listened to his complaints on the way to Orario, I was the one who accompanied him in practice, and I was the one who occasionally gave him medicine...

Before he came here, if he had a day off, he would take her out for a walk and would not disappear from her sight for more than an hour... But now...

She sighed in her heart, and she realized it herself. She began to care about Li Yun's gaze, and began to examine her appearance and figure. She was gradually becoming a human girl.

"Come to think of it, it's been a long time since we've been together like this." Li Yun suddenly said, "It's only been over a month, but it feels like a long time has passed."

"I have not issued any order prohibiting you from entering my room." Athena blurted out subconsciously.

Li Yun was stunned, then smiled, "It's not like there's only one room now."

Although he also missed the smell of the floor in Athena's room...

"....." Athena was silent, her heart was in a state of panic. If she asked him to sleep here at this time, he would definitely agree, but... wouldn't this show that her feelings for him were special?

It was simply impossible for her to force Li Yun to stay here overnight as she did in her habit!

"But you've changed a lot, Athena." As if opening a conversation box, "In the past, you had many facial expressions, but they all looked the same. Now, although you don't have many expressions, I can guess your emotions from your every move."

"You are becoming more and more like a human."

"Perhaps." Athena did not deny it, her voice was as calm as water, "I am just adapting to this world. The more similar I am to the gods of this world, the better I can disguise myself."

"Disguise..." Li Yun smiled, "If it is a disguise, your disguise is a little too similar."

"Are you making fun of me?"

"No, I'm happy. If you can keep pretending like this, I think I'll be even happier."

"Hmph." Athena snorted and said nothing more. Suddenly, everything became quiet.

Seeing Athena calm down, the atmosphere in the room also quieted down. Li Yun touched the floor beneath him, then stood up and left reluctantly.

"Wait....Tonight...

PS: This love line is really hard to handle. The author is so tired (Athena is awesome)

Chapter 93: Two People Without Any Consciousness

The dark night was as cold as water, and the streets were filled with layers of mist. The magic stone lamp that illuminated one side quietly emitted light. In a room somewhere on West Street, a person got up quietly.

Good morning, Athena.

Li Yun opened his eyes and looked at Athena who was leaning sideways towards him. The corners of his mouth curled up wildly, the kind that couldn't be stopped.

After more than a month, he finally saw the goddess' sleeping face again.

The sleeping posture of the girl, without the majesty of a goddess, is just like that of an ordinary girl. The silver hair scattered randomly and the quiet and lovely expression make people unable to stop.

"....." Li Yun blinked and looked at his finger that was three centimeters away from Athena's cheek. His mind cleared up and he quickly withdrew his finger.

Fortunately, if this had been poked, he would have been finished.

He came to see Athena last night because he was worried about her, and then he got carried away and told Athena to stay overnight. He regretted it immediately. Why couldn't he control his mouth?

It was also thanks to Athena that she didn't lose her temper and let him stay as if she didn't care.

He rubbed his hands, feeling the somewhat cold air, and lifted the quilt up a little.

Li Yun sighed a little, it’s almost winter.

After looking at Athena twice more, Li Yun pushed the door open and walked out.

The next moment after he left the room, Athena opened her eyes, a hint of dissatisfaction flashed across her dark pupils, and her little hands unconsciously touched her face, "You have the desire but no courage, you are really useless."

As she spoke, she shrank back again, pulling the body below her head into the quilt, a blush appearing on her face, "I'll let you go this time."