My eyes opened. I got up with a curious expression and looked around, finding myself in a pure white space. I got up and stretched a bit, walking across the reflective surface of the floor. A few locks of silver hair blocked my view of myself, but I pushed them aside and looked at my reflection.

Light pink eyes and a cute face framed by silver hair stared back. My face and figure reminded me of an innocent younger sister type character, one that people would protect no matter the cost. 

I couldn't help but form a weird expression on my face as I envisioned all the deities I was finally able to admire after arriving in this physical plane again. Before I knew it, my thoughts got more and more perverted. I couldn't help the blush that formed on my face…

"Stop smiling like that, it's disgusting."

A voice startled me out of my thoughts. I felt eyes burning into my back as I slowly turned around with more confidence than I felt.

A tall and sturdy man stood behind me, placing a hand on my right shoulder. I must have jolted a foot off the ground at the sudden contact. My eyes snapped upwards past his well-built body and to his face.

He looked a bit older than I did, maybe around 25 years old. Despite his soft dark hair and sharp features, he carried himself with stoicism you find mostly in grizzled old men. He watched me disapprovingly, most likely witnessing my embarrassing earlier actions. 

I was staring right into the face of Erebus, one of the supreme gods and the one who had just summoned me. No matter how much he acted like I was a bother, I always thought we’d been together for far too long not to get attached to each other. 

Despite myself, I stumbled forwards, bringing him into my arms as if he was five times more precious than the grumpy god he was. He always said he hated my hugs, but in my mind he was only pretending. He never bothered to fight me off after all.

His eyes flashed at me venomously. Oh- awkward. I swallowed. I’ve been alone for far too long was hard to interact normally with people again. ‘I-I’m sorry about that, master-.” I started.

"What the hell!? Myu, don't call me that!" He clicked his tongue and squinted his eyes at me. He had such a childish way of speaking it clashed with his strict appearance. I had to suppress a giggle.

His arm grabbed hold of my shoulders, pushing me a fair distance away and studying me carefully. He always managed to look so effortlessly gorgeous it was unfair. 

I felt my knees go a little weak. From this angle, I had no problem admiring his sharp, mature eyes. There was no hiding the flush on my face now. It was no wonder master was one of the more popular gods in heaven.

“Erebus?” I internally cringed. When I was nervous, my voice always turned into this meek, pathetic thing. 

“Erhm.” He cleared his throat awkwardly, before letting in a long inhale if ready to begin a long speech. My ears pricked. I guess master had something important to tell me this time.

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“It’s about Zeus.”

I jumped slightly at the name. I had known Zeus to be an ambitious yet amicable god from my time with him, but master wasn’t too fond of my interactions with the king of gods.

“His familia was recently destroyed, and he was cast out from Orario by the others.” Erebus seemed to delight in these words. 

I almost couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Zeus couldn’t just get wiped out like that. He seemed powerful, invulnerable even when he descended to the lower realm.  It sounded like a batch of half-baked lies, but master never lied. Was the dungeon really producing such strong monsters that it threatened the gods living in the lower realm?

“I’ve put up with Ouranos’ complaining for far too long. Apparently, Loki’s the only one who is making any progress descending the dungeon.” The words came out matter of factly. I didn’t like where this was headed...

“You currently have the strongest blessing out of all of us, so you’ve been selected as the newest god that will descend. It’s also nice to have someone representing me down there.”

What? I opened my mouth to protest the work thrown onto my shoulders but decided against it. Erebus glared at me, a silent threat that foreshadowed what was to come if I dared complain. I had to settle for jutting my lip out and scowling at him angrily. Was I really just a servant to him? Didn’t I get to have a say in this?

I looked away. Getting to explore the lower realm was perfectly fine, but perhaps he could give me some wiggle room when it came to dealing with the dungeon. If I could just push my duties onto someone else...

“Don’t even think about running away.”

“...”

...

For the past hours, I had sprawled on my bed and poured over the details of the new world I would be entering. It was known as Gekei by the gods and goddesses there: the 'lower world'. It was mostly thought of as a vacation spot by most deities, but the situation down there was actually much worse than most of us realized.

Ever since the Zeus’ familia was wiped, the dungeon had become increasingly harder and harder for Ouranos to control, to the extent where he had to ask Erebus for help. Strong monsters were constantly threatening to come to the surface, so gods were encouraged to create familias and “explore” the dungeon, killing the monsters in the process. Since gods were not allowed to use their divine power once they descended, exploring was completely reliant on the adventurers who received a powerful blessing in return for devotion.

I suddenly felt a familiar presence enter my room uninvited.

“Are you still here? Shouldn’t you have left by now?” Erebus called from beside my bed. 

I didn’t respond, much to his disapproval. I felt like hissing at the uninvited visitor and sudden light that invaded my room. I was still angry at him, so screw listening.

“Myu!” He tried again, reaching over to pull the blanket wrapped around me. I was physically weaker than him, but that didn’t stop me from using my magic to firmly nudge him away.

“Get up!” 

“No!” I said childishly in defiance. 

“Yes!” I could feel him trying to drag me off the bed, so I pulled back harder, using my feet to push him away. It didn’t work as intended. Erebus instead grabbed one of my legs and dragged me off the bed, causing me to fall flat on my back.

“Y-you!” I stood up to face him. He was leaning against my bed frame with an impish grin on his face, as if seeing me fall amused him. I tried to scowl harder than I already was.

It wasn’t like I asked to be driven out like this. I didn’t want to leave this plane at all. In a final act of defiance, I slapped master’s butt as hard as I could before skittering off, summoning a beam of pure light that would take me into the lower realm.