Not long after, Hephaestus arrived with tools and materials.
I sat on Zeus's palm and watched Hephaestus bustling around my cage.
At the end of the day, my house had been replaced with a cannon! The entire cage looked like an imperial palace!
"Thank you!" I walked around the cage a few times.
He shook Hephaestus's index finger.
"You look much better!"
"No need," Hephaestus answered briefly. He packed his things and left.
I climbed into the cage and turned around in the little compartment that Hephaestus had built for me.
Satisfied, he sat on the balcony on the second floor and swung his legs. "It's so good to be a craftsman."
"That's one of his few strengths," Zeus replied coldly.
Zeus really looked like a scumbag father in a novel.
I think that Hephaestus's quiet personality is quite good, and it would be great if he was a smart and skillful engineering man.
"Hehehe.
I want to thank him properly.
I shook my legs happily. "Of course, I'm most grateful to you, Daddy Zeus.
If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have these things at all. "
A smile slowly appeared on Zeus's cold face.
"I don't have anything else on me.
If you don't mind, I would like to give you the only thing I have. " I ran down from the second floor and took out the chocolates that Lambda Lacertae gave me.
"Thank you!"
"Is this your offering?" Zeus took the chocolate in his hand.
In my hand, the tiny chocolate turned into a normal size. He peeled off the wrapper.
He threw a piece into his mouth.
"That's not it. I offered the sacrifice because I have a request for you.
However, this was a gift of thanks.
Thank you for agreeing to my request ~ "I looked at Zeus with envy as he ate the chocolate.
Although I didn't feel hungry, I felt a craving from the bottom of my heart!
"The taste is just so-so," Zeus commented. He smiled when he saw my hungry eyes. "You want to eat too?"
"Yes!" I answered loudly.
"But this is the thank you gift you gave me. Are you going back on your word?"
I looked at Zeus pitifully and almost burst into tears. I replied in a choked voice, "I definitely won't accept it if you give it to me, but I really want to eat something too."
"This is already mine." Zeus held my hand and hid the chocolate. I hugged the railing and looked at him pitifully. "Indeed, it is human nature to chase after beauty."
I watched him pick up a bottle on the table and drip a drop of honey on his index finger. "Here."
It's really good to be smaller. I can eat to my heart's content!
I held Zeus's finger and licked the honey on his fingertip. It was super delicious! I couldn't help but eat and eat. I didn't feel anything as I sucked the honey dry.
"Thank you!" I hugged Zeus' fingers happily and rubbed my head against his. "I'm so happy!"
Zeus smiled and rubbed my forehead gently. "Do you want to eat anything else?"
"I want to eat strawberries!" I answered loudly. "One strawberry is enough for me to eat until I'm super full. There's also grilled meat, seafood, shredded steak, cantaloupe, grapes, mangosteen … There's so much more!"
"These are all food from the human world. If you're still so obedient, I'll bring you to the human world."
I gave Zeus a genuine thank you hug.
"Father, the banquet is about to begin."
"I know." Zeus stood up and tapped my forehead. "Be good and stay here."
"Okay, Mister Zeus." I waved at him and watched him leave the room.
After Zeus left, I was left alone again. I walked around the cage twice in boredom and returned to the small two-story room that Hephaestus had built to study what was inside.
Hephaestus was so skillful. Although he had built a super mini room, it had everything. Even the bowls in the cupboard in the kitchen were very comfortable to touch.
I like a quiet, down-to-earth, and hardworking engineering guy!
It was seven days later when I saw Zeus again. He returned to the room in high spirits and tapped my forehead affectionately. Then, he played with a flower excitedly.
"Look, this is the flower that the World Tree bloomed."
"Huh? You have a World Tree here? " I popped my head out curiously and looked at the flower in Zeus' hand. "Then, why did you keep me?"
"Every World Tree has to travel through different worlds, experience different things, and absorb different powers in order to sprout and grow. Hence, every World Tree is different."
Zeus passed the flower to me. I hugged the flower that was about the same size as me and looked at Zeus.
"I like to get beautiful things, no matter if it's a human, an animal, or an item." Zeus tapped my forehead. "You should grow up quickly too. I wonder what you'll look like as an ugly duckling."
… He's calling me ugly again! I really want to smash Zeus's head!
"If you want to collect seeds because you like beautiful things," I popped my head out of the flower and looked at Zeus. "Then, why do the Outer Gods want seeds?"
"Probably because the days in captivity are too boring. So, the Outer Gods came up with a new game." Zeus turned around and lay back on the bed. His eyes were still slightly tipsy. "They probably think of the World Tree's seeds as a new recipe."
"Aren't you going to stop them?"
Zeus said casually, "After thousands of years, they will have had enough of this game. Then, order will naturally be restored. It doesn't make sense to go against those lunatics over such a trivial matter. You don't have to care. You are sprouting and growing here under my protection. The Outer Gods can't do anything to you. "
I thought of the world where I met the Outer Gods and the people who were killed … It turned out that in the hearts of the Gods, it was all trivial.
"If the Gods are like you, I still want to be a human."
Zeus was surprised and asked me with interest, "Why? Don't you humans all want to become Gods? "
"Because I want to be a good person."
"Humph … Hahahahaha!" Zeus looked like he'd heard a joke. His eyes were as blue and emotionless as the real sky. "I have heard this countless times. What about feelings, justice, heroes … But these things are all for us."
"Only the most ignorant fool would believe these things."
Even so, what's wrong with being kind and righteous?
"Then, let me be an ignorant fool." I glared at Zeus. "Anyway, there's nothing about you Gods that I like!"
Zeus narrowed his eyes. The shadows made the blue sky even darker. He clenched his fists. I felt the air pressure around me suddenly increase. I hugged myself into a ball, but I still felt the huge pressure around me.
My bones seemed to be creaking. Time seemed to stretch out endlessly. Just when I felt like I was about to be squeezed into a ball, the pressure finally disappeared.
I cried and wiped my tears as I looked at Zeus. He looked at me coldly. "Do you have anything else to say?"
"… I'm sorry. I was wrong." I sniffled and admitted timidly. "I like your face."
Zeus's face was still cold and angry. "Your repentance is always so easy, but it's even shorter than the morning dew. I doubt if you have realized your mistake."
"Please don't be angry." I looked at Zeus pitifully. "Although, although I don't like other Gods, I like you!"
Zeus raised his eyebrows and looked at me.
"I am so shallow. What's wrong with liking your face? Who asked you to be so handsome? After all, I'm just a human! "I held out my hand to Zeus." Can you hold my hand? "
After a while, Zeus finally extended his hand and let me put my small hand in his palm. "Forget those human thoughts. You should learn how to please me. From now on, your happiness will be bestowed by me."
I had a lot to say, but I reckoned that Zeus would punish me if I said anything now. I rested my head on Zeus' hand and asked, "Does the place where I hurt you still hurt?"
"That was just a small injury," Zeus answered.
"Then, have you been hurt more seriously before?" I looked at Zeus curiously. "Aren't you the King of Gods?"
"I thought my story had been spread around the world. Haven't you heard of it?"
I'm sorry. I only read an introduction to the twelve constellations before I realized your true nature as the Cannon King …
"Because I'm a girl! Of course what I like is to eat, eat, eat, and play! "I looked at Zeus with great self-confidence.
He laughed. It was a mocking laugh!
"You are just ignorant."
… Nonsense! I can name a hundred types of snacks! I'm not ignorant at all!
However, Zeus seemed to think that I was an ignorant and incompetent person. Hence, he started to teach me about the Gods of Olympus. After listening to him talk for a while, I got a headache from the long names.
Zeus prodded me, and I writhed on his palm, dying.
"Do you understand now?"
"Yes!" I looked at Zeus confidently. I put on a fearless expression as if the teacher was checking my vocabulary.
"Is that so?"
Zeus laughed as if he saw through everything. "Human's ability is too weak. You will naturally remember it when you become a tree fairy."
Why do I have to learn to become a god?!
I suddenly had a strong resistance to the idea of becoming a fairy, but I couldn't tell Zeus about it. I just smiled at him and asked, "Is there anything good to eat today?"
Zeus took out a strawberry the size of my head and gave it to me. I took it and held it in my hand. Then, I ate it happily.
"Stay here. I will bring you a present when I come back."
I waved to Zeus and watched him walk briskly out of there.
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