After living for a few days in Babylon… well, we mostly lived in our temple but since it's so close to Babylon, it's the same, right?
I also created a proper pathway to the castle and installed large statues of myself and Freyja. There were also several inscriptions written in the temple. Now the people of Babylon can come up here to worship us. And for the inscriptions, of course, it was mentioned that this temple was built by the efforts of humans from all over the world, and also the help of God.
Sarru-Nadin-ILI, the new King of Babylon, personally attended to us with a large number of servants during our stay here. No, this was not his original name. When he became king, he took on this new name, which literally meant King chosen by God.
I really wanted to tell him that he was chosen by the people of Babylon and not me, but sure, whatever works for them.
"We are finally leaving here? I was starting to get bored... where do we go next?" Freyja asked me curiously.
"We are going hunting," I replied, with a smile.
"Hunting? What are we gonna hunt?" Freyja asked, clearly not very interested in hunting animals.
"Remember those guys who attacked me a few days ago?" I asked.
"Of course, those bastards! They dared to attack you. How can I forget them?" Freyja replied, her face taking on an angry look just thinking about the Eternals.
"Well, I figured out that they might have escaped last time. I got some clues as to where they might be, but I forgot to check up on them... so now we're going to hunt them. Sounds like a plan?" I asked with a smile.
Freyja looked surprisingly excited hearing that.
"Of course! I would kill them all. I thought you had already finished them off, but since they're alive, I'll destroy them myself," she shouted, raring to go.
"Hang on, girl, what are you getting riled up for? You're definitely getting your ass handed to you if you go there alone," I scolded her.
And her face fell hearing that.
"Hey, why are you mocking me? I will train hard. And I like magic too! Just you wait—I'm going to surpass you in magic. Then you'll have to come begging me to learn new and more powerful spells," Freyja said with an arrogant face.
"Freyja… did you eat some strange-colored mushrooms today?" I asked.
"Huh… No? What are you talking about?" she replied, confused.
"No? I thought you did eat something. 'Cause you really are living in delusions—or as I like to call it, Delulu. Surpassing me in magic, becoming stronger than me, making me beg you to learn spells from you… if this ain't delusional, then I don't know what is." I mocked her.
Did this girl seriously think that?
"Hmph. Just you wait. Let's go hunt them first. For now, you can kill them—next time we go hunting, I'll do it myself," she said with a pouting, angry face.
"Hahhh... no need to get that sad. Here, take this," I said, handing her a weapon—a bow.
"A bow? What is this for? Where are the arrows?" Freyja asked.
"Hmph, this is not just an ordinary bow. It's a divine weapon created by me. Even a weakling like you can use it and do a lot of destruction," I explained with a smile.
This bow was something I had prepared for Freyja carefully. It was based on my research of Thena and Kingo's Celestial powers. There was no need for any arrows—this bow could naturally absorb your energy and create arrows with utmost efficiency.
And the arrows were completely made of divine energy instead of Celestial energy.
Furthermore, they were far more destructive in nature and perfectly suited for long-distance bombardment. I even added some anti-creation properties from my divinity of creation into the arrows, which would ensure utmost attack power.
Freyja, although weak, had quite high raw strength. She had a lot of divine power—almost on Hela's level—but she hadn't properly trained in utilizing it yet.
Archery was a basic skill she was good at, and combining it with this divine weapon, she would become someone not to be easily messed with.
"Oh my… is it a gift for me?" she asked with a sweet smile, genuinely happy with the gift.
Now, at this point, I might have roasted her again, but looking at that smile… that damned smile… I just couldn't...
[Back to your simping ways eh, master~]
'Hey, it's not simping if that's my own fiancée, right? I mean, she is my future wife. This is showing affection, not simping.'
[Says every simp ever.]
'I'll ignore you.'
"Of course... I put a lot of thought into creating this. With it, you just have to stretch the string, aim, and shoot. It also has single-target and area-effect mode, which can change according to your desires. It is highly energy-efficient, so until you run out of divine energy, you can just keep on shooting. Nice, right?" I said with a smile, patting her head.
"Yes, I love it! Let's go and try this on those bastards. Now I can hunt them too—you can stand in the front as my shield," she said with an innocent smile.
I just looked at her with a deadpan face.
"Want me to act as your shield? Not impossible... but very expensive. You think you can afford it?" I said with a smirk.
"You insolent fool! You're talking to the Princess of the Vanir, the daughter-in-law of God King Odin, the fiancée of the great warrior prince Magnar Odinson! You think I can't afford it? Name your price," she said, with an arrogant face—one worthy of the Princess of the Gods.
"Name my price?" I smirked, went forward, and grabbed her chin.
"Are you certain? Any price?"
"Of course. Are you too dumb to understand it at once?" Freyja said haughtily.
"Well… I will take you up on that offer. Though, I'll name my price later. Don't back off then," I said with a laugh.
"I, Freyja Njordsdottir, Princess of the Vanir, Goddess of Love, Beauty, Magic, and War, never back off from anything I have promised," she declared loudly.
"Hahaha… what's with the declaration?" I couldn't stop my laugh at her antics.
Though that determined declaration made her look really cool...
"The declaration? Oh, it was nothing. Just the bad influence of being close to an idiot who likes doing this all the time. Some time ago, he was even shouting this continuously in front of the entire town. Can you imagine it? Sounds cringey, right?" she said with a smirk.
Now it was my turn to remain silent...
I should think of a proper response for that one.
She got me good there...
Was it really that cringey though, it was clearly cool, right?
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