Chapter 1548: Her Admirers

Hiandoca?! What are you doing here?!

She straightened herself, right as I activated my [Mind Shield] to protect myself from her passive effects.

The entity shook visibly from her presence and it looked like it was shifting between a three dimensional and two dimensional figure.

The figure let out a gasp, "Di--"

Hiandoca did not let it speak as she kicked it in the abdomen without mercy.

Unlike what happened when I punched it where it just floated a few feet back, Hiandoca’s kick sent it flying away.

Its figure disappeared into the distance, showing that the space we were in had no walls at all since I did not see any impact and it just disappeared into the horizon.

I blinked at the goddess who had just appeared out of nowhere in front of me, wondering what made her appear here to begin with.

Actually... I’m more surprised that she used physical force to attack the entity to begin with. I would have thought she would use magic or something...

Not only that... Even though her back was facing me, I could tell that she was especially pissed.

I’ve only ever seen her being horny and perverted so seeing her pissed was definitely something unexpected for me.

Even now, she was looking in the direction of where she had kicked that guy away instead of looking at me.

The effect of making me horny was just her usual passive effect around her and not something she was actively projecting.

"Aster... Are you unhurt?" She asked, not even turning to look back at me.

I looked down at myself, "Err... I got a cut on my chest but I already healed it so it’s fine. No, I am not hurt."

I thought she would be relieved to hear that but I felt an immense pressure settle over the entire space.

I was going to ask her what was going on when she disappeared again, leaving me alone with my Shadow Guards.

I figured that I probably didn’t need my Shadow Guards anymore and stored them back inside my shadow, leaving me standing alone within the white space.

I was just about to consider if I should head in the direction of where Hiandoca had kicked the guy when she appeared above again, this time holding on to that guy who was still in its two dimensional form.

She raised it up above her head and threw it down on the ground, smashing that entity hard on the featureless ground with enough strength to create a crack on the floor.

That was already saying a lot considering the fact that the entire space could withstand my punch without even cracking.

Hiandoca dropped down and crashed her heel into the entity’s abdomen, cracking the ground even further and cratering it.

Not satisfied, she raised her foot again and smashed it down on the entity’s face, shaking the entire space with the impact before she finally leapt out from the hole.

Finally, she turned to me and her demeanour immediately changed as she rushed over to start fretting over me like a mother hen, which I have to say was completely out of character for her if you ask me.

"Aster! Let me look at you! You’re safe right? That son of a bitch didn’t break you? Are you mentally sound? Are you seeing any hallucinations? Does your head hurt? What about your heart? Do you feel like there’s something pressing down on you? Do you see eyes all around you?"

I cleared my throat, "Ahem... Hiandoca... Calm down... I’m fine, really. I’m not experiencing any of the things you just said."

She let out a sigh of relief as she took a step back, still looking weird.

And that was when I realised why she actually looked weird... She was wearing clothes...

And I’m not talking about skimpy clothes that showed a lot of skin, but an actual conservative dress that made her look like a housewife with the flowing skirt and apron.

It looked weirder than seeing Katsuki wearing something other than her maid uniform.

"Err... Hiandoca? What are you doing here?" I asked.

She pouted at me, returning back to her usual self, "Ahhhnnn~ Can’t I just come see you, Aster? I missed you~ And you haven’t been paying attention to me lately too~"

I stared at her, "You definitely didn’t come to me because of that... Tell me the truth."

She opened her mouth to answer but paused before turning back to scowl at the crater, just in time to see the entity crawling out of the hole and pulling itself back up to its feet.

It was still in that two dimensional form except now it looked even more weird because some of the pictures were showing things that were inorganic in nature like tables, chairs, and other things instead of the corresponding bodypart it was supposed to have.

"Wh... Why? I... I don’t understand... You... You aren’t supposed to be like this..."

Hiandoca waved her hand dismissively at him, "Who are you to say what I am ’supposed’ to be like, huh? You pathetic excuse of a thing."

"She’s... She’s a mortal... What... What is so special about her?"

"The fact that you can’t even tell is why you are so worthless to begin with."

I decided to butt in right at that point, "Err... Hiandoca?"

The entity let out a shriek, "You!! How... How dare you?!! How dare you--"

Hiandoca appeared above it and punched down at its head, knocking it back into the ground and forming another crack in the ground.

"No one was talking to you, you son of a bitch," Hiandoca growled, right before kicking it back inside the crater again to get it out of sight.

I watched the thing roll into the hole, which was a really weird sight because it only appeared like it was rolling but it was just a two dimensional picture that was switching pictures rapidly to look like it was rolling down.

I decided to ignore it and turn back to Hiandoca to ask the question I wanted before I got interrupted.

"Err... Hiandoca? What is that thing? Actually, what is this place to begin with?"

"That," She spat, acting as though it hurt her to even talk about that thing. "Is just an idiot who thinks that he is better than he actually is."

"That doesn’t answer my question..."

She sighed, "Before I answer... Please know that I have no interest in anyone else aside from you, Aster."

That’s an... Odd thing to assure me of before answering that specific question but ok?

I gave her a nod to show that I understood before she gestured towards the crater where he had kicked the entity into.

"That’s another God. Not a God from Erednay, but from another World. He was interested in me and made... Attempts to get my attention. One of the ways he tried to get my attention was copying my ideas about Dungeons but he made his own version of it. Unfortunately, his World did not really have anyone who is capable of diving into Dungeons like in Erednay so he kidnapped people from other Worlds to populate it."

I blinked at her, "What?"

"I am not joking," She sighed again while gesturing around the space.

I looked around before turning back to her, "Why... Why would he even think that making a Dungeon would be the answer to getting your attention?"

"It is the exact question I have for him too. Which is why I’ve never shown any interest in him. I never thought he would actually try to take people from our World too. I think even an idiot could figure out that I would definitely be pretty upset at another God taking our own people into their stupid project without permission."

I held up my hands, "Wait, wait, wait... Are you telling me that this was just made by a jealous suitor of yours and he was upset at me because he couldn’t get the attention that you were... Showing me?"

"Mmmm~ Showing? I think I was showering you with it~ And it’s still not enough~ Ehehehe~ That night where you fucked your girls was so hot~" She giggled, moving closer to me to start rubbing herself against me.

No, bad Hiandoca. Place. Don’t make me zap you.

She giggled, clearly having read my mind as she took a step back from me to look at me with anticipation.

We heard another groan and the entity... Ah, sorry... That god crawled out from the hole, looking all battered up and weird with the pictures holding him together glitching out.

"Why... I... I don’t understand..." He muttered, reaching out his hand towards Hiandoca pathetically. "I... I did everything for you... Why... Why won’t you look at me?"

Hiandoca scoffed at him, "Because you are not her."

The god then did the most unexpected thing I never thought I would see a god do.

That guy started to cry... Like full on wailing kind of crying.

Damn... I never knew there were simp gods like this...