Chapter 85 Marriage

She was the most beautiful goddess on the mountain of the gods, a beautiful being that all male beings in the world flocked to, and she couldn't believe that Hephaestus was actually willing to let her go? 'Hephaestus, are you really willing to give up Aphrodite?" Ares stood up excitedly as well, looking over at his older brother with excitement. Hephaestus was silent and didn't want to bother with Ares, because of his betrayal of himself, Hephaestus decided that in the future, when people from the Temple of the God of War came to repair and build things, the payment they needed to pay went up tenfold. 'No, this marriage is given by me, after you give up what face will you let me have in front of the gods of God Mountain!" Hearing Hephaestus' decision, Hera subconsciously objected, as a marriage god, defending marriage was her instinct. However, after seeing her eldest son's somewhat hurt and despondent expression, the motherly love in her heart made her feel guilty and heartbroken again, and she hurriedly explained, 'Hephaestus, my child, you have to believe that this marriage I arranged for you is not for nothing, you are the god of fire and forging, and the goddess of love and beauty is able to provide you with a constant stream of inspiration, and she is the most suitable partner for you! ......" 'But I am not the most suitable for her ......" Hephaestus shook his head, he no longer held any attachment to this forced marriage, "The goddess with a grudge can no longer provide me with inspiration, a separation would be better for our mutual good." 'But ...... there has never been a separated god on the mountain of gods." 'Mother Goddess." Hearing Hera's words Hebe's heart moved, she took Hera's hand and said softly, 'You are the ruler of marriage, but your understanding of marriage is incomplete. You let the marriage to benefit as the starting point, but did not take into account that love is free, which caused today's misfortune, marriage has become the tomb of love, love also caused the destruction of marriage." 'But in fact love should be the starting point of marriage, and marriage should be the shelter of love. A marriage without love should also have the right to perish, just as there must be light when there is darkness, and since living beings already have the right to enter into marriage, they should also have the right to cancel it." Hebe's words shook Hera's heart and soul, and she could feel the Marriage Sigil within her body resonating with these words, as it continued to tremble and emit crimson divine light, as if it was thirsting for something, and something was about to break out from within it. 'Hebe, my daughter, I feel the tremor of the divine lattice, your words are right, but I don't know what to do ......" The marriage divine lattice, which has been riddled with cracks for thousands of years because of Zeus's betrayal, is now showing a strange movement, which makes Hera a little overwhelmed for a moment. 'Aphrodite, you still have some love desire essence in your body, right, take out a part of it to exchange, my mother goddess will exchange it with an equal marriage essence, getting this part of marriage essence, you will obtain absolute autonomy for marriage, there will be no god who can force you to marry anyone." Hebe said as she looked towards Aphrodite, certain that Aphrodite, who had suffered from an unfortunate marriage, would not be able to resist this temptation. Sure enough, Hebe's words made Aphrodite's eyes light up, although she was a bit reluctant to part with the little origin she had left, but with Eros in the Temple of Love nowadays, there was no need to worry about being held accountable for failing to fulfill her duties, and being able to decide on her own about her own marriage was more important than anything else to Aphrodite. A small pink glow appeared in the alabaster-like hands of the goddess of love and beauty, illuminating her stunningly beautiful face with even more seductive power, and she gently opened her mouth, 'In the name of the goddess of love, and under the witness of the law, I voluntarily offer this Origin of Love and Lust in my hands, to reach an exchange with the goddess of marriage, Hera." The Marriage Goddess' thirst for that origin was so clear that Hera couldn't refuse and didn't want to. A mass of origin emitting crimson divine light appeared in her hand, and Hera spoke, 'In the name of the Goddess of Marriage, and under the witness of the Laws, I voluntarily offer this Marriage Origin in my hand to enter into an exchange with the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite." Invisible greatness descended, and in the witness of the law, the deal was struck. The crimson divine light flew into Aphrodite's body, the goddess of love and beauty only felt her body clearing up, the invisible shackles that bound her had disappeared, she gained absolute autonomy over her own marriage, as long as she wanted to, she could end her marriage with Hephaestus anytime she wanted to, she could also enter into a new marital relationship with Ares anytime she wanted to. And the pink light also detached from Aphrodite's hand and merged into Hera's body, like a milk swallow throwing itself into the forest, intertwining with the Marriage Godhead. The Marriage Godhead emitted a dazzling light, and a Godhead that was extremely similar to the Marriage Godhead, with a faint broken heart-shaped shadow suspended in its core, was born. The two divine grids were attracted to each other and slowly approached each other once again, and the conclusion of marriage and the end of marriage merged with each other, allowing Hera's understanding of marriage to reach a whole new level of sublimation. The beauty of love, the making, guarding, breaking and ending of marriage formed the absolute autonomy of marriage. Hera opened her eyes and felt the brand new power within her body, her complexion somewhat complicated. Once she, too, how much she longed for this autonomy ...... At this time, Hera, as if she had let go of some knot and obsession, she said to Hephaestus, 'Hephaestus, my child, since you are determined to end this marriage, then I will also defend your autonomy over the marriage, do what you want to do." Hephaestus' demeanor relaxed as he turned his head to Aphrodite and said calmly, 'I can take nothing, the artifacts, jewelry, and weapons that were once gifted to you, you can keep them all. I only have one request, the father god of Eros can only be me." '...... Okay, I agree to your terms." Aphrodite nodded her head in agreement, although she had no love for the other, she had to admit that Hephaestus was indeed a competent husband. Besides, with Eros having his shelter, her love pantheon would be less affected by the divorce. 'In the presence of the Marriage God, I declare that the marriage between Hephaestus, the God of Fire and Forge, and Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, is hereby ended." The Marriage God's lattice shone, ending the connection between the two gods, their chi no longer connected, and their bodies lightened as if some kind of shackles had been removed. 'Hephaestus, thank you for fulfilling me and Aphrodite, I will definitely make it up to you in the future ......" Ares saw Aphrodite restored to her free body, could not restrain the joy in his heart, and walked up to his own brother with very no eyes to thank and apologized. '......" Hephaestus looked at Ares' smiling face and found it very obtrusive, his fiery red eyes stared at Ares and Aphrodite, suddenly spreading a deep smile. 'Our marriage is over, but as an offense to the dignity of a Lord God by the two of you, you will receive my punishment and revenge." What a smiley face usually given too much, today I will teach you who is the brother. Hephaestus suddenly raised his hand and threw out two golden nets towards the two gods, the golden nets instantly wrapped and bound them, there were spell formations engraved by Hephaestus on them, which were similar to the ones on Hera's Golden God Throne at the time, and could trap even the Goddess Queen, let alone the two of them. The golden net emitted light, and Hephaestus' curse descended silently, and when the golden light dispersed, Aphrodite turned into a white dove, while Ares turned into a boar. 'As punishment, Ares will wander the earth as a boar for ten years, and Aphrodite will become a dove for five years." Considering that Eros might miss the mother goddess, Hephaestus reduced Aphrodite's sentence by half. He released the dove and kicked the boar off the sacred mountain. Neither Hera nor Hebe stopped it; Hephaestus had a sense of proportion in what he did, and it was just as well that he didn't die. Ares got what he deserved. Hephaestus confined the divine power of Ares and Aphrodite, the two gods can only survive in the most primitive form of animals during the punishment, you can imagine that their days will not be too good. Hephaestus was in a much better mood, and after saying goodbye to his mother goddess and sister, he was about to return to the banquet to spend some father-son time with his newborn son, Eros. Hebe accompanied her mother goddess in the middle of the Marriage Goddess Temple, and both mother and daughter had their own thoughts and did not speak. The change in Hera's Marriage Godhead was also unexpected by Hebe, after knowing the effect that the curse carried by Zeus would have on the mother goddess, Hebe's original intention was to get her hands on the origin of the remaining three seasons, fusing them into the Four Seasons Godhead, and using the divine power of the four seasons' cycle of reincarnation to feed and grow her own Reincarnation Godhead. When the moment Hera's Marriage Sigil shattered in the future due to Eros's curse, she would replace the Four Seasons Sigil into Hera's body, and this Sigil would be able to ensure that Hera wouldn't fall off the main god position, and the authority of the Four Seasons Lord would be able to keep the goddess's glory intact.