"I'm about to give birth, what should I do?"
Zeus, touching her increasingly large belly, was a bit worried. Although it was already her third pregnancy, the unforgettable pain still made the 'strong' Zeus a little timid. It wasn't that she wasn't brave; this pain was incomparable to an injection. It was like having one's tendons pulled and skin flayed, yet not being allowed to die or faint. Zeus now greatly admired her Mother God. Although she was a bit timid, she had, after all, given birth to six (including Zeus) and was still so spirited. This made Zeus admire her from the bottom of her heart.
"Right, let's see if there are any divine spells to transfer pain?"
Suddenly thinking of this, Zeus's mind couldn't help but diverge a bit. She recalled a joke from her previous life: a man whose wife was giving birth in the hospital. He was busy and hadn't gone to the hospital. The hospital called him and said, "We have a machine here that can transfer the mother's labor pain to the father." They asked if he was willing. Finally, he gritted his teeth and agreed. The doctor said they had given him twenty percent of the pain, but he felt nothing. So, he generously told the doctor to give him all the pain. Finally, the child was born, but the neighbor, Old Wang, died.
"Ugh! I'm really bored, actually imagining this."
After recalling this joke, Zeus shook her head in amusement. She actually really needed that machine now, but whether it existed was another matter. However, with the thought of having nothing to do, Zeus still began searching in her earring space.
Finally, Zeus looked at the three books in her hand with a face full of black lines, not expecting them to actually exist.
"'Love and Pain,' Type: Curse Book, can transfer one's pain to those who love them."
"'Connected Minds,' Type: Prank Book, can swap one's body with the other party's."
"'Pain Grafting,' Type: Curse Book, grafts one's pain onto someone else."
Zeus looked at the three books, then sighed and threw them back into her space. It wasn't that she didn't want to use them, but their level was too low to possibly work on Hades. So, in Zeus's eyes, these three books were like chicken ribs—tasteless to eat, yet a pity to discard.
"What's wrong, Zeus? Are you feeling unwell?"
While Zeus was troubled, Hades pushed a dining cart in. Seeing the somewhat unhappy Zeus, Hades quickly walked up and took Zeus's hand, asking.
"I want to transfer the pain of childbirth to you." How could she say such a thing? Finally, Zeus, whose words didn't match her thoughts, awkwardly said to Hades.
"It's good that you're fine. Tell me if anything happens, and I'll figure something out."
Hades, unaware of Zeus's 'sinister intentions,' looked at Zeus with deep affection, gently stroking Zeus's big belly. For the two little ones, she had prepared many things to let the two little ones know who was the emperor who could embrace the beauty.
As if sensing a malicious intent, the two babies, who had not yet developed their own consciousness, shivered in unison.
"Hey! They moved!"
Zeus felt the movement of the two little ones immediately and said curiously. Normally, these two little ones were quite quiet, not at all like the mischievous one from the previous pregnancy, who didn't cause any trouble in her belly. Now, their sudden movement made Zeus feel a bit surprised.
"That means the two little ones are very healthy. Come, have some soup!"
Hades looked at Zeus with a brilliant smile and took down the soup she had made from the dining cart, preparing to feed it to Zeus.
"Is that so?"
Zeus, unaware of Hades's inner 'opportunity to establish family authority,' gently stroked her belly. After all, they were flesh and blood from her body, and she had feelings for them. At that time, she was just having a spat with Hades because her 'male' dignity had been completely trampled and shattered. After the anger passed, a hint of maternal love in her heart gained the upper hand, and she no longer cared.
Because of this maternal love, when Zeus learned she was pregnant with Gaia's child, she did not abort Athena but chose to give birth to her. Otherwise, even with Alaya's letter there, she would not have kept such a small life in her belly.
After drinking the fish soup Hades made, Zeus began to feel sleepy again. Under Hades's care, Zeus fell into a sweet sleep.
After Zeus fell asleep, Hades tidied her blankets and left. She now had to quickly deal with her accumulated affairs, otherwise, the Underworld would be in chaos. Moreover, as long as she was there, no one would suspect that she had found Zeus, which would allow her to cover up their tracks and buy time for Zeus's delivery.
"I know you're there, stop hiding."
After walking for about ten minutes in the dark corridor, Hades said to a pillar beside her.
"Hehe~! How are you, Hades? Long time no see."
A one-meter… cough, loli with a brilliant smile on her face said to Hades.
"You did that, didn't you! The 'Desire' Flower, besides Gaia, only you could possibly possess such a thing."
Hades looked coldly at the loli in front of her. In truth, there was a hint of gratitude in her heart, but thinking of Zeus's 'life-weary' expression after waking up, she felt a surge of anger.
"Thank me! If I hadn't helped you, would you have been able to embrace your beauty so quickly? But Hades, I didn't expect you to be into this kind of thing. It truly opens my eyes."
A certain loli, who knew no restraint, had an expression on her face that seemed to say, 'Quick, thank me! Quick, worship me! Quick, pat my head (Yamete! cough 'Author dies')' This made Hades's already gloomy face even darker.
Hades, unable to restrain herself, swung her sword at a certain loli, but the moment the blade connected, Hades knew she had missed. The sword qi directly split an unfathomably deep crack in the ground, even hitting the massive stone pillars on the path, which were cut in half and then shattered.
"That was dangerous! Wasn't it, youngster?"
Not far from Hades, Uranus patted her flat chest and said to the enraged Hades.
Calming down, Hades sheathed her sword, brushed the dust from her robes, and turned to leave. Since neither of them could truly defeat the other, this matter was temporarily put aside.
"Hey~! Leaving like that is so boring, no fun at all."
"Oh right, I remember there are a few other little ones. Should we go play with them?"
"Not for now. It's better not to make too many moves, or that bastard Gaia will notice."
Uranus, in a playful mood, felt like causing some trouble, but reason suppressed her. She was not Gaia's opponent yet and needed more people to help. Hades was just one of them, but she couldn't act recklessly now that Gaia had suddenly made a strong comeback.
"One day, Gaia, I will make you pay back what you owe me."
Saying this, Uranus slowly disappeared into the darkness. She wasn't so kind-hearted as to only help Hades. She needed more cannon fodder to attract Gaia's attention, so she could deliver a fatal blow to Gaia at the most crucial moment. That was the real plan.
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