OSHUNS
Negotiate

"Icarus, come here!"

The same woman's soft voice continued to echo in Ouranos' head. Who Icarus is, Ouranos doesn't care. He just wanted the voice to disappear from his head.

"Emperor!" Hector shouted out to Ouranos who looked extremely agitated.

And not long after,

"Arghhh..."

Hector, Mantis, Oshun and Elenio gasped when they saw Emperor Ou suddenly wake up and shout. Ouranos is very sweaty. His current condition was similar to that of someone who had run out of nightmares.

Seeing the Emperor Ou who had finally regained consciousness, Mantis, and Hector suddenly forced Oshun from his position.

They took their place near the Emperor.

Thank goodness I succeeded. Inner Oshun relieved.

"Ouranos, what really happened to you?" Ask Mantis who is very worried. He actually really wanted to embrace her, but the intention was to be stopped so that her life remained long.

"Ah, I don't know either." Ouranos said softly while holding his forehead which felt still throbbing.

"We better discuss that later, for now the Emperor should rest first." Elenio.

Mantis, Hector, and Oshun nodded in agreement to the suggestion.

"Emperor can be aware, all thanks to the help of the Goddess, thank you Goddess." Added Elenio while bowing in salute to Oshun.

"That-that's it..." Oshun stammered as he saw God Elenio instead bow before him.

"really. On behalf of the Sky Palace, I also thank you." Mantis bowed respectfully, followed by Hector.

Unpleasant, Oshun also bowed lower than the three of them,

"To-please don't be like this. I don't deserve the honor of the Gods." Said the woman.

"Why not worth it? You've worked hard, thank you." Ouranos said with a smile looking at Oshun.

Hearing that, Oshun spontaneously raised his head staring towards the source of the sound.

Degg

Oshun was amazed, his heart did not stop beating hard when he saw the Emperor's smiling face on him. Although the smile was a bit restrained because maybe the man was holding back the pain, but his good looks were truly extraordinary.

Shit!! This.this... The...!!! Inner Oshun praised the man he saw.

"Ecchem..."

Upon hearing Mantis's deheman, Oshun quickly turned his gaze in the other direction. Then when he realized that Mantis, Hector, and Elenio had not bowed anymore, quickly Oshun also straightened his body.

Ah, how embarrassed he was when he clearly looked in admiration at the Emperor earlier.

"So, what were you looking for me? What do you mean negotiation?" Ask Ouranos.

"Eum... that, say—"

"I'm sorry Emperor, I think it's better for you to rest first. Pembi—"

The Emperor raised his palm, thus making Hector's speech cut off.

"I'm sorry Emperor." Hector looked down at Ouranos.

"We'd better finish this. I don't have time to do something like this later. So let's just say I'll listen to you right now because you've helped me." Cold Ouranos.

Degg

Ouranos' words seemed to pierce Oshun's heart.

"What does that mean" that's what? Am I a burden? Troublesome? Am I a trivial thing in his eyes? Inner Oshun was sad.

"Well, I understand the Emperor." Hector bowed his respect to Ouranos.

"Then, please explain your purpose, Goddess." Mantis Vocabulary.

Oshun nodded.

"Actually I came looking for you to bij—"

"SILLY!!"

Suddenly there was the sound of a woman's screams loud enough.

Oh my gosh, until this moment I was still hit by shit! Oshun shouted in annoyance in his heart.

BRAKK...

Suddenly someone slammed the door of the room open from outside. Those in the room were shocked and stared at the source of the sound.

"SILLY!! Brother, what happened to you?!"

A woman ran in. The woman reached Emperor Ou who was sitting drowning.

Huh, who told Alena about this? Ouranos said in his heart.

"Sister? Why is my sister's face so pale?"

The goddess was about to touch the face of Ouranos, but her hand was immediately blocked by Mantis.

"You don't have to worry about Goddess Alena, the Emperor is better. He just needs a break." Mantis Clear.

"But why did you become like this?"

"We don't even know the reason, Goddess." Answer Elenio.

Who is this Goddess Alena? Ask Oshun in his heart.

Accidentally, Oshun's inner voice was read by the Emperor.

Those who were in the room, turned to look at Emperor Ou. While Oshun, he was wide-eyed and shocked because the Emperor knew what he was thinking.

Is it just a coincidence? Ask Oshun in his heart.

"Why is the butler in Brother's room?" Alena asked while looking at Oshun.

Huh uh? Did Goddess Alena not notice it? I thought he was strong. Oshun.

"Sa-I am the Goddess Oshun, from the tribe of life. Sorry I was late greeting the Goddess." Said Oshun in a polite manner.

Alena looked cynically at Oshun, "Goddess Oshun? Cih, did you do this cheap trick just to get close to the Emperor?"

"What's? No? Ah, it is true that I went undercover like this just to meet the Emperor. But I have no intention of teasing him." Oshun.

"really? Then what's your goal in getting into this place?"

Alena moved closer to Oshun, intending to intimidate him.

"Stop Goddess Alena, be nice to Goddess Oshun, because she already helped the Emperor earlier." Mantis tries to stop Alena's childish actions.

"This woman? Sure enough, my brother couldn't possibly need the help of such a weak Goddess."

"Goddess Alena, watch your words!" Mantis raised her voice.

"Why? It's true, isn't it? If he's strong, why is he still stationed in the Zoi dimension?" Alena said with a small expression.

"Alena, should I get you out of this place?" The Emperor opened his voice, speaking in his heavy voice.

With just that one question, Alena kept quiet and did not continue her insults anymore.

"Goddess Oshun, can you answer my question?"

"May-can be Emperor." Reply Oshun while bowing respectfully.

Then he continued his words,

"As I said earlier, I would like to meet the Emperor to negotiate and acknowledge my mistake. The scroll was my negligence, I was the one Uncle ordered to bring the report scroll. But I brought the wrong scroll, my uncle had nothing to do with this incident. So please let go of my uncle. In exchange what if you punish me only His Majesty the Emperor?!"

Oshun begged Emperor Ou to release his uncle.

Cih, you pathetic bastard! Ledek Alena when she saw what Oshun was doing.

"How is it? But your uncle is serving his sentence now waiting for your father to finish his duties. I can't just let go and punish those who aren't direct messengers, Goddess."

"Dad? Why are you involved?" Oshun stared nervously at Ouranos.

"God Athan promised that he would take full responsibility if his tribe made a mistake at this meeting. I received his letter even before this meeting took place." Ouranos.

Oshun's eyes began to glow with the tears that would come out.

"But.but Father and Uncle are not guilty at all..." Oshun. Now her tears are starting to fall.

"I know they're innocent. And I'll keep punishing her so you understand responsibility, and learn to be more mature, Goddess." Said Emperor Ou.

"I hope you regret this, and learn from this." Add the cold-hearted man again.

"Sorry Goddess Oshun, this man next to me is indeed this kind of person." Mantis chimed in.

"You don't have to worry about the Goddess, the God of Avram will be restored when her sentence ends. He'll be fine." Hector's words comforted Oshun who looked very sad.

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"But Ouranos, since you rejected Goddess Oshun's request just now, it means that Goddess Oshun can still ask for something else right?" Ask Mantis.

"Of course." Answered Ouranos with a difficult-to-read expression.

Alena did not accept it and wanted to protest the statement, "Request? What does that mean?"

"Yes, as a gift from the Emperor because the Goddess Oshun healed him earlier." Mantis answered Alena.

Mantis wanted to get Alena out of the room. But he felt it was better to undo his intention so as not to add to the problem.

"Ask something else, Goddess Oshun." The Emperor stared at Oshun's body still resting before him.

Other matters? How could I ask for anything else in a situation like this? Oshun said in his heart.

"I am. for the moment I don't want anything. May I use this opportunity another day, Emperor?" Oshun replied in a voice that was no longer excited.

Oshun felt devastated, futile, and deeply regretful. None of his plans had worked until this very second, as if the Universe had not authorized him to have fun in the Sky Palace.

His intention was only to live a pleasant event while in the Sky Palace, but now he turned around instead. Not a pleasant event, but a very sad event.

"You want a lot of it." Alena half-cried, and glared at Oshun who was still struggling.

"Well, if that's what you want."

"Sister!" Alena did not accept her brother's decision.

He did not like it because the decision meant that there would be a further meeting between Ouranos and Oshun.

Slowly, Oshun lifted his body which began to ache because it was long enough to rest on the floor.

He looked down at his clothes, and with his eyes reddened and swollen from crying, he looked at those in the room.

"De-Goddess, You—"

"I resign, Emperor." Typhoon Oshun cuts Mantis speech.

He looked down respectfully, then with his magic, in an instant Oshun disappeared from that place.

Ouranos only stared at Oshun's departure with a difficult expression to decipher.

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