Reincarnated as the Only Human

Chapter 451: Harvest Festival (25)

Chapter 451: Harvest Festival (25)

Astra PoV

"Hah... Miss Astra, really, I think the Duchess would have much preferred telling you herself eventually, but you need to understand that you aren't going to be 'disingenuous' to the Duchess. She knew what was likely to happen, knew that you had the ability to accept or deny, and yet she remained quiet? She gave you the choice and obviously doesn't mind if you allowed my sweet to partake in you or not... otherwise, she would have been more adamant about you coming with us."

I remained quiet as I looked between the tall, confident Deerkin who was completely unbothered by everything, and the gentle, curvaceous Goddess who was looking at me with a neutral gaze.

Both were swiftly altering my very small preconceptions of what they would be like, and as if she sensed that Dryatra just snorted and said "Many people become 'disappointed' when they realize that most of us Goddesses are merely reflections of you mortals. We have Ego, we bear our own sins... none of us are perfect, none of us are idiotic enough to believe that we are truly above everything in the world... We reflect you - the mortals - and have many of the same issues, and the only difference is we can only die by being forgotten or by being killed by another Goddess. I myself am selfish and uncaring of most of you... I love my people, don't get me wrong, but I've watched generations rise and fall too many times now to truly care about everyone. So I pick and chose whom I shower in my love, and currently..."

Snuggling up to the Queen, Dryatra smiled happily as the Deerkin draped her arm around her shoulder, allowing the Goddess to move even closer as she added "I shower this arrogant, prideful Deerkin each and every night... She makes me happy, makes me feel many things and helps stave away the boredom. She's my lover, my sweet... and having her children only adds to that. You'll find that most of us are just bored, Miss Astra, and we don't care to do much unless we can stave off that boredom."

"If you want to hate us, or blame us, go ahead. It changes nothing. Rhefia was still outcast, Giselle still accused her of a heinous crime... the result is set in stone and cannot be changed. But we can continue to carve away at the rest of the stone, to make it into something that we want. That is what I've been doing. I have my rocks, and I am doing my best to ensure that they are as well kept and durable as I can manage..."

Dryatra's smile remained, and even though I was beginning to dislike the way she acted - the way the illusions of grandeur I had for a Goddess gradually fell away - I couldn't help but take a deep breath and stand up, deciding that the best thing for now would be to step away from this, to not escalate this any further.

So I grabbed my clothes and began to dress, all while the two watched me closely, the Queen with lust and the Goddess with amusement, and as I tied on the veil, Dryatra said "It might not be much - hells, it isn't anything at all, really. But... here. The Cornucopia is usually booked and reserved an entire year ahead of time, so I doubt the Duchess bothered to look into it, especially since she didn't think of having someone with her. Go, enjoy a nice dinner and show with the Duchess, on us. Talk about yourselves, about this... I imagine you'll have much to discuss on many different topics."

I glanced back at the Goddess just in time to see a golden leaf floating through the air towards me, drifting over my shoulder and into my hands as soon as it could, and I frowned beneath my veil as I looked at it.

"Go. You and the Duchess need to have a chat, and why not make it a chat in the most expensive restaurant in the city, hm~? Set the mood for the night~! Maybe something miraculous will happen~? Wouldn't that make an excellent story..?"