Chapter 194 - Planning

After about 30 minutes the conversation was continuing as Ethan was explaining how they could go around the various issues bothering them at the moment, and much to Loki's surprise, Ethan seemed to really know what he was talking about.

In his previous world, Ethan didn't survive all that years randomly, he in fact developed a cunning personality he used only when it was really needed, and that another motive for his submissive acts for others. Since he didn't want to deal with annoying issues, he let others take the advantage of him as they pleased, but now it was completely different from his previous world. His familia was in danger from Freya's thirst for him and differently from before, he wanted to protect everyone who gave him such kindness to make him even feel something like love, so this time he couldn't let anyone take advantage of him.

Obviously, having to deal with this new side of Ethan was certainly stunning even for Riveria, who believed the Ethan who radiated confidence most of the time had something wrong, and it seemed she was right.

'If he can be so calculative, then I can understand why he was so shocked back then...'

Riveria knew that calculative people could be shocked very easily when something didn't go as they calculated, and she had Loki and herself as examples, but now that she knew this side of him, Riveria could understand why Ethan didn't expect her to comfort him.

'He likely understood the way my personality is, but he didn't think I would...'

Even if she was now intrigued with this, Riveria shook her head as she was ashamed of her behaviour. While Ethan and Loki were so seriously arguing at each other for every little thing to 'save' their familia, she was there thinking about trivial things for the moment...

'Really, this is a dangerous feeling to develop after all.'

Her heart told her it wasn't true. But her mind couldn't be changed so easily.

"...Are you sure that would really work?"

Hearing Loki's words, Riveria snapped out of her thoughts as observing the situation, she could see Ethan's expression from her perspective seemed able to pierce steel with a single glance.

"...I can understand your worries, one day I will be able to tell you how, but right now I just can't. Believe in me, and I will make everything work. I need to think about a way to convince them without leaving any doubts, but after that we can start by contacting the first production familias you have ties with, I will make a deal with all of them at the same time."

His words surprised even Riveria. This because normally, Gods made deals with other Gods, but Ethan now was blatantly telling Loki he could make a deal with all the production familias alone, something even she found hard to believe.

"It's not like I doubt your ability, I can guess from the confidence enveloping every single word you're speaking that it's the truth, but what if it doesn't work? They may underestimate you if you don't show them directly that what you say is the truth..."

Gods considered children as children. That's only obvious, so if Ethan didn't show something able to make the Gods stop viewing him as children, they would underestimate him and his words, even if they were the truth.

"...That's something I need to work on, but I will find a way to make them stop underestimating me, and if they don't stop, I would have to show them by force."

Even if Ethan didn't find anything, he could rely on something even Loki didn't know, his very soul. He was told by Light in fact to never turn the [Qienta's Blessing] off, as the moment he did so, his Soul would be seen by the Gods able to see souls, in the proximity.

Even if his soul was rather ordinary as he was only a normal human before, now Ethan even if in a body resembling his appearance, still had the body of an existence many times greater what the Gods in this world wouldn't even be able to comprehend...

But that wasn't all, other than that, Light's soul was fused to his own, bringing his very soul to be very times greater than Gods'.

'I am a little against this though, I'm not sure what the Gods of this world would see, but I'm sure they would understand the entity in front of them is far superior to them, but in the same way I don't want them to come into contact with me just for this reason, I'd like allies to look for advantages for themselves more than people who would just like to try to get in my good graces, that's annoying.'

Ethan didn't want to stand out that much in the end. He wanted to gain their trust knowing what they will end up collaborating with will bring them advantages, he wanted to work with this kind of people.

Hearing him saying if they will underestimate them he would make them understand by 'force', Loki had a puzzled look on her face. She believed Ethan was a mastermind as much as she was now, but if he casually harmed a God, the consequences wouldn't be easy to deal with...

'I believe he won't do such a foolish act...'

Sighing, Loki decided to pass on to the next thing worrying her, but before she could, they heard someone calling them.

"Master, breakfast is ready.."

Hearing Glenda's soft voice, Ethan's calculating face dissipated immediately as he wore a smile on his face.

"Well, we'll have to discuss more after breakfast if there are more doubts, for now I'm quite hungry...don't you agree?"

His words made Riveria sigh as she agreed to his words while Loki, still in her doubts, didn't reply to his words.

"By the way Glenda, how's the house, did you take a look at it?"

Even if a second ago his gaze could be seen as able to pierce steel, now Ethan was calmly talking with his new subordinate as he wanted to first know her better. As Loki said she has strength, so it's impossible for Ethan to not have her help out in his plan too.

"Yes, Master, Lefiya-sama quickly told me about the rooms, but before looking around I helped out in the kitchen..."

Lefiya told her everything she herself knew about the house, and so with their talk deepening, Glenda was interested in knowing Lefiya better, as the latter, in the same way as Ethan, didn't seem to mind her hair at all.

"I see, what about Reyna, is she still helping out in the kitchen?"

At Ethan's question, Glenda immediately replied

"Yes, she didn't want to come seeing you..."

Her words made him smile drop a little. He didn't expect Reyna to be this scared of him, as he didn't do anything to upset her, or at least he believed so.

'...Maybe she's angry because I made Glenda cry?'

This was one of the reasons Ethan believed Reyna would be difficult to approach, but even if that was the case, he knew he would need both girls' strength in the future, so he couldn't help but thinking about this as he wanted to close the distance with Reyna.

Since Glenda's loyalty was ridiculously high, Ethan directly had access to her emotions, and it was very useful for him as if she felt overwhelming fear or rage for example, he would instantly know something wrong happened, and that would be really useful in the future.

'If I can strengthen my bond with Reyna too, It will be really useful'

"Well, it can't be helped. I will gain her trust with time"

His words made Glenda's smile amplify in happiness as she could remember how previously the man who they were working for was very angry at Reyna for her behaviour, enough to force her to serve him, which to Reyna, who was already afraid of people, and men in particular, had left behind only a greater scar than before.

'Ethan-sama... I believe my choice was more than right.. I am happy to serve under such a righteous person..'

These were her true feelings. For the first time, she had the opportunity to look in the eyes of a man whose intentions weren't, in reality, anything but good. Proof of it being the number of girls surrounding him, but even if that was the case, Glenda didn't care one bit, as she believed men like him deserved to be with several women at once...

"If it's you, Master, I believe Reyna will open to you sooner than even I can imagine..."

[[Glenda Acanthus] Loyalty increased by 1]

[[Glenda Acanthus] Loyalty increased by 1]

....

'E-Eh? Wait, why her loyalty has increased so much..?'

It wasn't only one or two, several panels with the same message continued to appear one by one, and Ethan couldn't help but be extremely puzzled by this as he believed he didn't do anything, but in the end, it was only good if she was more loyal to him, as he could trust her even more.

As these events occurred, Ethan and Riveria, followed by Loki, headed to the first floor with Glenda as even Loki didn't want to miss on a good breakfast as by rushing her she forgot to eat...

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"So tomorrow you'll have to talk with Freya-sama...Can you make it before Ais returns? She will be very upset if you're not here to welcome her back..."

Lefiya believed she came to know Ais way better than before, and so she expected her to not talk to him for at least a whole day if he wasn't here the moment she came back, and she was right, as Aki's words made her eager to stick to him as soon as she saw him.

"It won't take long to settle things down with Freya, so I believe I'll make it in time."

He didn't plan to make it a long conversation anyway, but even if he saw, so he couldn't predict what would happen, so he hoped his assumptions were right...

"If you want I can come with you to kick her b.u.t.t, I really hate that Freya's behaviour!"

Hearing Hestia's words, Ethan chuckled as he didn't expect her to be so angry with Freya. He knew she didn't like how she acted, but she seemed to hate her more than he expected.

"You don't have to worry Hestia, I can deal with her myself, even Loki decided to go with the flow of my plan after hearing about it, so I believe you can rest assured."

He couldn't explain to everyone in the room what his plans was at the moment, but that didn't mean he would keep it a secret either...

"I-If that's the case, then it's okay..just be careful around her, her charm is really powerful..."

Hestia was a bit worried about him after hearing he would confront Freya openly, but after he told her confidently that she didn't have to worry, Hestia couldn't add anything more, as she wasn't even his own goddess.

"By the way, can I know why Hestia is in your house now?"

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(Alternate Titles: "Hestia wasn't worried about you, Ethan, she just wanted to kick Freya's butt!", "Ais is craving for some lovey-dovey moment...", "Glenda was already conquered, now the new mission is to conquer Reyna.")