More Mysteries of the Universe

"The ordinary son of a Russian spy... Oh, or what do you call it? "Second secretary of the embassy"? Oh, come on, I'm not from the FBI. And besides, one aspect of my Domain is just rogues, adventurers, heroes, spies - in general, this whole brotherhood.

In any case, don't be shy. You are far from being as ordinary as you want to appear. As for sexuality - there is nothing irreparable. You can make both a square jaw and a square head ... But is it necessary? In my opinion, your blond hair and a small, soft, but thick beard and Slavic blue eyes are much more sexy than all those brick chins promoted by Hollywood. And, at the same time, you don’t go to the other **** - all this feminization of men .... Brrrr ...." - the beauty shrugged her shoulders in disgust - "A man should be a man! Defender, knight, earner, cavalier. What are these, in skinny jeans, with a hollow chest and a wheel back, good for? Well, these are not crawling out of "instagrams", "twitters" and other "facebooks"? Personally, as a goddess, they are simply not interesting to me. Speaking of which!

As I said, we are connected with you, people, by one very important detail, but before I get to it, I will reveal to you one more secret of the Universe: you, unlike us gods, are REALLY IMMORTAL!" - the last maxim she gave out in such a pretentious whisper, and her eyes bulged so much that I could not help it and laughed again. In general, it was somehow very easy and fun with her. Like with a friend whom you have known for a hundred years.

"Ha! I'm revealing the secrets of the Universe to him here, and he's roar with laughter at all the cafe!" - the "goddess" jokingly frowned and pouted her lips, but lasted in this state for about five seconds, at most - "Well, listen further, my loud one. I'm serious - you are immortal. The fact is that when it comes time for you to be born - Varda appears. She scoops up the Immaterium itself, the material from the inside of our Universe, and molds from it the soul of a new little man. The Immaterium is, in fact, the same thing that the Creator himself consists of. At least, that's how we feel it. You - By birthright you are made up of what constitutes the Foundation of the Universe. And you are endowed with His power of Creation. Albeit on a much smaller scale." - to my surprise, her voice became firmer, deeper, but at the same time sonorous. It sounded like steel. Frivolity is gone. Yes, she was still a gentle, sweet and soft beauty, it was still comfortable with her - but for the first time I felt behind all this image the shadow of a powerful being who was now talking about something extremely important. So I tried my best to focus on what she had to say.

"One of your features is that what many of you unconditionally believe in is embodied. One way or another. Sooner or later. You create our World without even knowing it. Ironic, isn't it? And when you first began to invent gods - they ... We - appeared.

The first of us were as wild as you are. When cruelty ruled your kind, we were cruel. Lust - oh, we were very lustful... But you have evolved. You, people became better, stronger, more human... And we changed after you. And not only because you started to think differently about us. Sometimes we acted ahead of the curve, because without you and your love - we could not exist. We are feeding on you. ABOUT! Finally, I managed to surprise you! No, we do not eat you like you do these chips. You, being a part of the Immaterium, let the energy of Creation pass through you. And in you it is transformed into energy, which in turn we can assimilate. Bahion. Divine food. Energy, passing which through ourselves - we receive Grace. The power with which we just can change reality.

Difficult? Would you like to take a break? It seems to me that any of these girls will gladly distract you from difficult material and entertain ... In their own way" she waved her hand at the waitresses, who seemed to be just waiting for us to pay attention to them.

"No thanks. I'm somehow not used to ... "fun" with girls I don't know. Old-fashioned upbringing, you know. First, take the girl out to dates a few times, find out her interests, give her flowers and sweets, and only then, when there are mutual feelings .... "- I, frankly, expected her to portray terrible boredom and disappointment on her face. To my great surprise, I saw in her eyes exactly the opposite: unconditional approval. At the same second, the waitresses in much more modest outfits than they were a couple of moments ago - went about their business. The outfit of my companion has also changed: excessive frivolity has disappeared. From a sex symbol, she became "the girl next door."

"And again, I was not mistaken in you, Yar. Your decency - incredibly touches and pleases me. You passed another test. And you can't imagine how glad I am about it. But let's continue my story: if they stop believing in God, if they stop love - he can die. A forgotten god - gradually melts and disappears. However, more often you do not forget your gods, but mix them with strangers. Here a tribe lives, worships the god of fertility. Conquerors come, conquer this tribe. What will happen to their god, after that, the conquerors will tear down his temples and put up temples of their gods? People will not stop believing in him immediately. But gradually, from generation to generation, his image will be mixed with the image of, say, the goddess of fertility of the conquerors...."

"So that's what it was!" - it dawned on me - "That guy, at the beginning of our acquaintance. You once absorbed him, and now you can use his image?"

""Swallowed" is a very rude word. We call this process - Blending. And this is not absorption. Well, not quite absorption. We mix. The personality of the stronger, at the time of Blending, god becomes the dominant personality. "The new God - becomes, as it were, a certain sum of the previous ones. The character, appearance changes .... The gender may also change. Don't be scared like that - most of my life, I was a woman. And this is not a formality - for me it is the most comfortable and only female form, female soul... Well, as far as we can talk about the presence of the gods of the soul "- my interlocutor, whose name I still did not recognize, gently wrapped her arms around herself. There was a hint of sadness in her eyes.

I looked at her carefully. I don’t know where, but the image of Aphrodite from The Adventures of Hercules with Kevin Sorbo appeared in my head. The beauty's cheeks immediately flared up like poppies, and the sadness in her eyes was replaced by perky fun.

"Don't even think about it! That is, yes, you got the idea right, and yes, once they knew me as Aphrodite ... But, damn it! Nothing to do with this stupid series. Well ... Almost nothing. Yes, I was just as sexy. Even much sexier. And yes, I was that teaser. Did I already say that any normal woman is pleased and aroused by male sexual attention? And I am the very embodiment of femininity. Literally.

But her incompetence is something with something! That is, if you are a goddess, it is not enough to be very beautiful and cause risers in all the men around. You also need to have brains! Wow, how this annoys me! - The "goddess" made an angry face and .... blew a stream of steam from her left nostril. I could not stand it and applauded, which instantly brought her back to a cheerful state of mind.

"So where did I stop... Oh yes. We developed, evolved together with you, became better, more humane, went through countless Blends... And acquired our Domains. Here we must understand that if at the very beginning, the gods were, essentially embodiments of some aspects of nature or abstractions such as love or reproduction, then over time you have reached the concept of monotheism ... "

"But by the way, yes!" - I thought to myself - "how did you come to our time in such a way, taking into account the fact that I, something, have not met the temples of Aphrodite for a long time."

"You hit the patient, villain. However, this is from ignorance. And besides, I'm not Aphrodite. Call me ... Well, let's say Stella. I like this name and in some way it refers to many of my former names. Is it okay? " She smiled disarmingly.

"Stella ... A star, which means in Latin ... In Greek - "aster" ... Aphrodite, she is Venus - the morning star. And also "aster" came from Astarte ... Which, in turn, Ishta "- my reasoning was interrupted by probably the most passionate kiss in my life. And this kiss lasted, as it seemed to me, an eternity. Extremely, extremely pleasant eternity, it should be noted.

When the reddened, radiant and sexually breathing beauty came off me, it took both of us a few minutes to restore our breath. No, to be honest - only me. She just all this time was in a very happy and dreamy mood, with a defocused look wandering somewhere on the ceiling.

"It... Was...." - I tried to formulate.

"Yeah! I liked it too! I have a thing for smart men! I love them madly! But you ... I hope you haven't imagined that you can fuck a goddess yet? Keep in mind - firstly, not "fuck" but "love each other together "and secondly - it still needs to be earned!" - she playfully shot her eyes - "let's continue our, mmmm ... lecture. Yes, you managed to cram the vast majority of the gods that existed for millennia into five main figures. And yes, your god also exists. But there is a whole long story with him, so we let's not discuss it. And besides, I, in a way, stole you from him. Just don't start denying the obvious, okay? There is also the Absolute - this is what unites all Buddhists. There is Varda - although she was never a goddess , and with no one, for this reason, did not blend. The Great Ancient One.

The trick is that all the gods have their own Domain and do not have an Aspect. More precisely, their Aspect is "universal".

The domain of each god is limited, mainly, by the area of ​​dense settlement by people who believe in him.

Here in Russia, for example, your god rules almost undividedly. And, say, here, in the United States - he has practically no power left. People here forgot about him, turned away from him... Here the Sixth established his own domain, by intrigues between people... But I don't even want to mention him once again. Imagine the embodiment of the idea of all the religions of the world about Darkness? Well, here it is....

So. As you understand, I do not have my own Domain and cannot have it. And yes, there was a moment when I almost lost my strength, faith and... Brrr...

But! But I'm adorable! And everyone loves me! Even you. Do not deny.

In general, I was able to negotiate with other gods. Both Varda and I are aspecters.

I don't have any specific territory. But my believers are all who rely on luck. All who believe in love. All those who aspire to exploits ...

In general, it somehow happened that my people were all people, one way or another - outstanding. Adventurers, crazy inventors, talented writers or warriors who found themselves in battles. Explorers and creators.

Each of them can believe in anyone. And the main flow of Bahioni will go to the one whom they consciously worship.

But!

But I'm always there. I help, inspire, motivate, support, protect... Take care of them... About you.

And you subconsciously feel it. And just a little, a small part of your bahioni flow - goes to me.

Well, a small one for those who don't know about me. Whoever found out - he gives me all his bakhion. Myself. Voluntarily. Because, well, you understand - it’s impossible not to fall in love with me! ”- again a touching look. And she’s right. If she were a real girl, I probably would have really melted away from all-consuming love. Now I was saved only by the realization that that she is, whatever one may say, a goddess, although she is corporal, very corporal, I thought, remembering the kiss.

“I can see in your eyes that you understood everything, realized, corrected yourself and became my faithful follower. So, it’s very funny that different people “produce” different amounts of bahion. Some more. Some less. then - right on foot Niagara. I'm talking about heroes. About outstanding people.

By the way, keep this in mind - I do not open myself to everyone. And so, on a date, with kisses and hugs .... "

I was surprised to find that, starting this phrase on the sofa opposite from me, she finished it sitting on my knees, gently holding my head with her small thin hands and lovingly looking into my eyes. The latter, however, I attributed to my quietly floating psyche. Well, what is the love of the goddess?

"By the way, I am not only a goddess, but also a woman! However, you are partially right. There are certain restrictions. Although nothing insurmountable. Well - we will still have plenty of time to sort out our feelings." - I was rewarded with another incredible kiss, after which this "stealer of hearts" was again on the next sofa.

"In general, this is the alignment. Your world is completely different than you thought. And you are on a date with a goddess. By the way, very powerful. And, I myself don’t know why, but I really, really like you. Which means - what a lot of adventures are waiting for you! You must become a real hero and get the most beautiful girl in the world at the end?

Well, how?

Let me give you a choice:

You can get from me just my patronage. Beauties will fall in love with you, you will be lucky in life, you will live a happy, albeit somewhat relaxed life ... And we will not see each other again.

I can fulfill three... No, FIVE of your most cherished desires. And mind you - I'll be performing them as a woman... errr, a goddess who really, really likes you. Have you heard of the "evil genie"? Well, imagine its complete opposite.

And - I can give you a life full of adventure. The life of my knight and cavalier. Paladin of Stella. My chosen one... And who knows what will happen next? But in any case, on this path - you will be completely mine. And I will do everything so that you never regret it. However - keep in mind: there will be no easy walk. One of my main Aspects is adventure, after all.

Well, what will you choose?" - She folded her hands on the table in front of her, laid her head on them and tilted her touchingly to one side. Just like a child. Only this "child" was at least five thousand years old.

I felt her sympathy with all my skin. I felt no evil in her. I didn't feel any danger in it...

But when dealing with higher powers, one should remember that it is not in human power to recognize their deceit.

In general - there was something to think about.