Hera stared at me unblinkingly.
I stared back at her.
"Do you know? A lot of people under me are very dissatisfied with you."
I nodded. Of course I knew. No matter what, Poseidon and Diana had both been taken away by me, directly or indirectly. Then I had offended Venus as well.
Calling it an offense was putting it lightly. Venus's arms were still in the Doctor's possession.
Thinking of that, the Doctor's lecherous face surfaced in my mind. I wondered whether he would have any other thoughts while holding Venus's arms.
The corners of my lips curled up.
"What are you laughing at?" Hera naturally had no idea what I was thinking. I said, "Nothing. I just thought of something funny."
"So you dared to come here alone and make such excessive demands." Hera's face darkened.
I said flatly, "Excessive? This is Great Xia's territory. Did you get our permission before opening up a space here?"
"But this isn't your first time here. You didn't say that before." Hera seemed to be getting angry as well.
I smiled. "Before, it was only you people. But now, as you can see, others have come too. Even the Church has sent people. They're all following suit and creating their own spaces. If it were only you, I wouldn't say anything. But if every force entering does this, it creates a huge security risk. Besides, I'm doing this for your own good!"
"For my own good?" Hera raised a delicate brow.
I said seriously, "Yes. After all, this concerns you. You're the ones trying to revive Zeus, and you said yourselves that you hoped for our support. Don't you want to know how many enemies are hiding in the shadows? Take the Church, for example. Do you really think they want