Chapter 35: Kissing and Fucking
Elio was going to return to his chair when the goddess reached for the ice creams.
"Thank you," she said.
’Did she just thank me?’
He could not believe his ears. He had only approached the goddess because he wanted to break the silence between them so that he could ask her to send him back to the real world.
He just wanted to go back to his Queen, back into a world where he was the King, respected and not choked every now and then.
The ice creams were just his attempt to bribe the goddess. He didn’t expect her to thank him for them. He was instead worried that she might get even more angry at the idea of him thinking he could bribe her.
"Don’t mention it," Elio replied, trying to hide how surprised he was. He was trying to make it look normal. To make it look as if it was a casual thing for arrogant goddesses to thank mere mortals.
The goddess wasn’t done surprising him though. She didn’t eat the ice creams. She placed them in the air beside her. Literally in the air. There was nothing to hold them, but they didn’t fall down.
While Elio’s gaze was focused on the floating ice creams, he felt the goddess’s soft hands gently clasping his.
"Elio," she said, staring into his flabbergasted eyes. "I really mean my thank you. I have been mean to you from the second I summoned you to my realm. I told myself that it was because I was suspicious of you, that it was because you could have turned out to be a dangerous being, but even after I confirmed that you are human I continued to be mean. I ate all these sweet things you gave me but instead of thanking you, I choked you. I’m so sorry. I mean it."
Tears flowed down her cheeks, her face full of remorse. Elio couldn’t believe it. Did the goddess just call him by his name? Did she just apologize? He was just too stunned to say anything.
"If you forgive me, you will have paid your debt. No. Actually, there is no debt. There never was. It’s okay if you don’t forgive me, but I beg you."