Chapter 203 Let's discuss your husband.
Scarlet wanted to yell so many things but even her tongue had been curbed and she could only look on helplessly as the green flames finished refining the soul eaters and the energy was sucked into the tattoo on her hand.
"Perfect," the old deity declared, "It?works perfectly, see, don't you like it when things work out for everyone?" he smiled.
'No, I don't.' she thought. 'I am on the losing end here.'
The old deity had her thoughts and he chuckled, "Tsk, tsk, my favorite reaper, why are you so greedy? You have only been around for a few months and soul cultivation takes years. You need to crawl and walk before you can run, don't be too hasty to take the top spot. The ones up there will tell you that it's not an easy burden to carry. The stronger a reaper is, the more responsibilities they have on their shoulders. In my opinion, you still have way too many responsibilities at the moment to handle more. Like these little failed experiments that keep being dumped on your world, you should find a way to plug that hole. And then there is your husband."
Scarlet's eyes moved around wildly, 'What?' she thought, 'what about my husband?'
"Do you know that it takes someone very extraordinary to sense the presence of a deity? Humans cannot sense us, not unless we want them to. For example, a while ago, I passed by the temple where the feeble number of monks you have were praying. Since they are genuine, I lightly made a veiled appearance and most of them collapsed immediately. It's flattering really, they were overwhelmed by my presence."
'Or they were shocked to see your three faces.' Scarlet thought.
"Oh, that must be it, ah, I should have appeared to them with my handsome face." the old deity touched his face. "I have always been the most handsome deity you know. Ask the female deities, I have the highest charm, charisma, looks and_"
'Please get to it and release me already.' she thought.
"Tsk. tsk, you have no patience at all dear Scarlet but fine, since you want to know so badly then I will tell you. Lythia asked me to check in on your husband so I poked around, touched his clothes, smelled his hair_"
'Creepy much!' Scarlet thought.
The old deity poked her head with an unhappy look on his face, "Not creepy, it's called investigating. I was investigating, but then he sensed me somehow, turned around and sliced the air with that big sword of his. If I was not a deity, he would have got me good. Which brought me to a big conundrum, how does a human sense a deity that is invisible? It's impossible, absolutely impossible unless we want it to happen. I am beginning to think that maybe there is more to meets the eye than your husband. He is human, I checked, but you have a world with a missing creator so for a few seconds I thought he was it. That maybe he chose to be born as a human because some deities like that kind of thing. They are born in their worlds and they become great men but when they get bored they die heroically and leave."
'Great, so you conformed he is human, now let me go.'
"Not so fast, you see, even though most of my suspicions have been eliminated slightly I cannot turn a blind eye on the situation. The most dangerous thing for humans is for deities to directly have children with human women. It upsets the balance of things in our realms. Those children are the most bloodthirsty humans you will ever come across. They are valiant, brave, courageous and they start wars which kill many, making my life harder. So, to nip this in the bud, I came up with a counter measure, I plant one of my own creatures close to the suspected offspring of a deity and when the day comes that they cause trouble they are killed off by a trusted ally. That's why some generals are killed by a close commander, CEO's killed by their most trusted secretaries, presidents by their closest bodyguards and so on and so forth. You must be wondering why I am telling you this and the answer is that, I will continue testing your husband occasionally, and his son too. Should the little one be a danger to humans I will employ my counter measure so take care to ensure that the boy walks on the straight and narrow. I will be seeing you around my dearest Scarlet." The old deity disappeared and everything was as it had been.
The crying children resumed, the nurse injected a little boy, the soul eaters were gone and the soul gourd was closed.
Scarlet noticed that her hand was trembling and she shook it out. "What was that?" she asked Severus. "Why did Lythia tell the old deity to look in on my husband?"
"I don't know but I will go an find out right now. You stay here and feed the children the pills." Severus answered quickly and he vanished.
She returned to her body, very unnerved by what the old deity had said. From now on, she would have to monitor Justin closely and protect him from any suspicious close friends. The old deity was probably screwing with her since he had said it himself that he had confirmed that Esong was human. If Esong was human, Justin was also human, there was nothing to be worried about, she convinced herself.
She roused herself slowly from the chair and stretched her hands, giving off the appearance of someone that had just risen from sleep.
"Hello governor," the nurse in the ward smiled and bowed slightly to her. "Did the children wake you?"
"No," she raised the pouch in her hand, "I came to bring some relief pills, help me distribute them. Every child should eat one and then the other patients in the hospital who are suffering from that unknown chill should do the same."
"Then I should call others to help, if it works it will be such good news. We have already lost one child to the illness and three adults." The nurse buzzed others and called them to the children's ward.
Soon, every child had taken a pill and they were comfortably sleeping. Rosiness was returning to their previously pale cheeks and parents were being updated on the positive turn of events.
As she left the ward, parents thanked her, wanting to shake her hands or kneel down but she would not let them.?Suddenly, when she saw them crying and relieved, the three thousand thirty crystals did not matter anymore.
Passing by the pharmacy, she surrendered the recipe, a few herbs and a cauldron. That last one had her feeling silly because the large jade cauldron looked so ancient in a room filled with smart, modern equipment.
Eventually, Tion came and picked her up, returning her to the castle where she locked herself away in her bedroom after checking in on Justin. She had to cultivate, plan and think. as she awaited Severus's return with some useful answers hopefully.
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