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Chapter 62.5 – Nebulus Fragment 1 (Volume 4)
Llyra’s POV
My name is Llyra I am a young Goddess of war, my father is a God of order, the God King of Truth Shagas and my mother is a Goddess of war, God King Neala. This is what I look like; I have a very long platinum colored hair tied to a braid up to below my waist with blue eyes. All of them say I am beautiful but I think they are just trying to gain my attention as my father is one of the direct men of the God emperor.
I also found out that I am a variant God… to be precise; I am a Goddess of Revolution a variant God of War. My mother told me to keep it to myself at all cost but I think some rumors about me has already circulating causing more and more of them trying to recruit me, good thing that my mother is super scary once provoked or some of them might have forced me to join their clan. Because of the circumstance I usually distance myself from the other Gods…
My father then told me that it is better to find friends that I can trust so he tried to get me to come to different pantheons during his “visits” as ordered from the God Emperor to see the state of each pantheon. Each and every one of the pantheon all had different Gods but with the same old thing… while my father isn’t paying attention or at least “planned” on not paying attention all of them tried to get my favor in hopes to get themselves in a higher position in the God’s political struggle. All of them wished to be a God Emperor so gaining my father’s favor was very necessary as he is the God Emperor’s most trusted as he has a “Unique Skill” A skill that only he can learn. It was “Absolute Truth” where everyone is forced to tell that truth especially if my father asks them a question. One time a God King tried to gain my father’s conversation and it went as follows…
???: Lord Shagas! Quite an honor to have you in our pantheon, I hope you will have a good stay.
Shagas: The honor is all mine.
???: Mind having a drink with me? I have a very delicious elixir from Quadik.
Shagas: Quadik? Truly exquisite indeed but first may I ask you something?
???: Wh-what is it?
Said the God King while stuttering as my father suddenly looks at him with disdain.
Shagas: What are your intentions?
???: To gain your favor and become the God Emperor someday… eh?
The God King was dumbfounded as he suddenly started to panic. Shagas then gave him an even colder look making him shudder.
Shagas: Oho? Surely you know of my powers then what makes you confident enough for you to approach me for such a reason?
???: I have searched for millions of years to find the third God Empress Talisman “Mavuhati” which prevents being affected by skills for 3 times a day…
Shagas: Too bad for you that my skill is “unconditional” meaning no skills or artifacts can affect it. Don’t worry; I’ll put a word about you towards the emperor.
???: R-really?
The God King said with hope in his eyes.
Shagas: Yes, I’ll tell him of your deception as well as your demerits for your actions.
Shagas said as the God King lost the power within his legs and fell on the floor. Now it was truly near impossible for him to be the God Emperor as he gritted his teeth and Glared at Shagas.
Llyra: I-isn’t that a little too harsh father? That look on his eyes.
Shagas: Don’t worry Llyra, I am used to it and if they plan something against me I can just ask them and even if they try no God is as strong as your mother, I mean she once battled the God Emperor to a duel for it to end to a standstill that led on for years.
Llyra: If you say so…
I was quite young by then; I was just a few hundreds of thousands of years old. Each time I come to a pantheon with my father it was all the same… trying to gain my favor instead of my father’s. I started to understand my father’s action towards them that it wasn’t really harsh as if we let them be they will just do the same thing over and over again which is extremely annoying… after a while this led on until…
Shagas: Llyra will you come with me? My next visit will be the 182nd pantheon.
Llyra: Isn’t that the pantheon where that God King that has been giving you trouble lately?
Shagas: Ah, you mean Mesira? Don’t worry I expect him to be absent as usual.
Llyra: I see, well if you say so and it will just be the same thing all over again… the God Kings will try to gain my favor in hopes to get yours… hahh… so tiring…
As we went there it was as I suspected… all the God Kings immediately approached me to get their favor… seven of them… wait… seven? Isn’t the only one who is usually absent, Mesira?
Llyra: U-uhm, why are there only seven of you?
???: Ah! It is because Mesira is absent again and there are 8 of us present. See there is still one of us right there. Hahh… still reading as usual I see…
The God King said as he pointed at the man seated in one of the 9 seats around the round table… I guess I was just used to them approaching me that I never did consider any God King not approaching me… that man was reading something… he was incredibly handsome, more so than most Gods that I have met. He had brown hair and red eyes… Noticing my gaze at the man my father spoke.
Shagas: Why are you staring at him?
Llyra: Who is he? And it’s so unusual… I heard from you that “every” God King wanted to be God Emperor.
Shagas: Well… he is kind of special… all he wants to do is read and read hahh… a good man like him would be worth my word for the God King’s favor but he refused my invitation. Too bad… I don’t want to recommend those Gods as their lust for power is too obvious…
Llyra: Do you know that man?
Shagas: Of course! I am well acquainted with him due to “certain reasons” as well as one I can trust, his name is Nebulus.
Llyra: Nebulus…
Shagas: Oho? Don’t tell me you are interested in him… I know he is handsome but…
Llyra: Its not that it’s just that it was the first time I met a God King who didn’t try to gain my favor so I was just surprised.
Shagas: I see… (He can be quite peculiar.)
Llyra: Do you know anything else about him?
Shagas: The most well know thing about him was that he was born a God King as well as he isn’t interested in making a clan as it will only decrease his reading time.
Llyra: B-born a God King!? Is that possible?
Shagas: I don’t know… only he was born like that throughout all of our history.
Llyra: Hmm… (Well if father trusts him so much then he must not be such a bad guy.)
Ever since then, I can’t leave him out of my thoughts, I became more curious about him the more I think… day after day… month after month… year after year… that reading figure still lingers within my mind. The impact he gave me was far too great… just the facts that father told me gave me a deep impression making me to want to know more about him… until… I couldn’t take it any more… using father’s authority, as every God King knows of my identity as God King Shagas’ daughter; they let me visit the pantheon, more specifically the 182nd pantheon.
Once I arrived I looked around trying to sneak through… I once heard that during this time was the time Nebulus goes out of his Realm to buy new books… I then waited… when I felt that it was hopeless and wanted to get back to my father’s realm I saw a portal open… it was him… I then immediately hid and used an artifact to hide myself and my aura. I then started to follow him…
He then entered one of the shops in the main pantheon handled by Wallis, God King of Knowledge… to be precise a book shop, as well as information shop. He then looks around to find a book he is interested in… it took… days before he found it… well I know that the shop was extremely large as seemingly countless amount of shelves full of book, scrolls and such so it was understandable… I wanted to approach him but I can’t as he was too focused on finding a book as well as somehow it was the first time I thought of approaching someone as mostly all the people I met approaches me first so somehow it kind of made me nervous… he then opened the book as he smiled obviously happy to have found it… huh… when I saw his smile… what is this feeling… that smile was unlike those of the other God’s smile full of deceit… it was a pure smile…
Once I saw that it made me want to know more about him… maybe I can finally have my first friend… I then stared at him with a daze obviously excited as I immediately shook it off as it seems he was leaving… I need to approach him or he’ll just return to his realm in which I cannot follow anymore… I was scared… scared of being rejected once I ask him to be my friend… it went on until… we reached the 182nd pantheon… he opened a portal which leads to his realm… why… I can’t call out to him… why am I so nervous… I thought as my heart started to beat faster as suddenly…
???: Why are you following me?
I heard a voice… it was him, Nebulus…
Llyra: E-eh?
Nebulus: I said why were you following me…?
I was shocked, he was looking towards me despite my artifact being active so I decided to release it and said…
Llyra: How did you know?
Nebulus: before your aura disappears earlier I felt it as I walked out of my portal. I just decided to ask on a whim just to be sure, who knew you would answer.
Llyra: Gahh…! (So cunning… he fooled me…)
Nebulus: What are your reasons for following me?
Llyra: I-it was… please be my friend!
Wh-what am I saying!? I just followed him sneakily for goodness sake! Now I really will be rejected now…
Nebulus: Alright.
Llyra: E-eh? (D-did he just say yes?)
Nebulus: Your father is an acquaintance of mine so he sometimes talks about you so I believe I could trust you as you don’t seem the kind who would lie.
Llyra: Ahahaha… (I forgot… my father did tell me that he was an acquaintance so the chances of him not knowing about me is very low… I did all this just for… hahh… wait… he said yes then that means…)
Nebulus: I can’t just send you back after all the trouble you took to get here so why don’t you come in if you don’t mind?
Llyra: Ah! Then sorry for intruding…
As I entered the portal to his realm my heartbeat accelerated further… in the common world a realm is like a house for mortals, a realm is a home for Gods. I then looked around me… it was unlike my father’s which only holds a few stars; his was filled to the brim with it. I asked why he took the trouble to have it created as making stars is troublesome. He just said it was for reading as I just smiled wryly.
It was very awkward… we just sat on a chair with a table in between us… I didn’t know what to say as it was usually others who starts the conversation, what do I say? How about politics? No… I think he is not interested in the state of our society, the thing he is only interested in are books as father told me once… wait… that’s it!
Llyra: U-uhm… may I ask about the book you just bought?
I then looked at his face as his eyes were wide open as he hesitates to speak at first but as a bit of time passed he decided to tell me… apparently it was about certain objects created in the common world… Hmm? What is so interesting about the common world? I didn’t pay much attention to it as I don’t need to because father only taught me about the Gods and our culture, surely their culture isn’t as different? So I decided to ask…
The results were… I was surprised… he sat besides me as he opened the book… my heart thumped for a second as I suddenly dismissed it as my eyes were directed at a certain picture… it was a peculiar object made of metal with round things under it… it was unlike anything I had seen before… I then asked him what it is… it seems it was a thing called “car” which was a device used by those of the common world for transportation it was quite astounding hearing about such a thing.
He then flips it to the next page as he explains the object on the picture of the next page… he kept explaining each part with great detail towards me making it easier for me to understand. I was quite interested in all of it which made me quite surprised… we went from one book to another… then at one part I was confused at something so I decided to ask him… as I look at him… he was genuinely smiling… he then looks at me as our faces were a few inches apart as my face reddens a bit… huh… what is this feeling…
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After that incident it made it harder for me to follow his words as my thought was filled with the image of his smiling face inches apart from mine. Still, I did my best to follow which in the end I did and during that time we had a lot of fun. I then remembered that my father must be looking for me by now as a few days have passed. I told him I was training with mother. I need to get back immediately before be finds out…
Llyra: Nebulus… it seems it is time for me to go back…
Nebulus: I see… be careful on your way back.
Llyra: C-can I come back sometimes?
I asked in hopes to see my first friend again.
Nebulus: Of course, there are still a lot of stories I want to tell you.
Llyra: Then it a promise okay!!
Nebulus: It’s a promise.
Hearing his words it made me very happy as I felt a fluttery feeling in my heart.
After some time had passed, as much as possible I visit him during my free time as he gave me access to his realm. It was very enjoyable to be with him. All the things I never knew I learned from him. I was very happy to be with him. When I am not with him, I wish to be so and when I am with him I wished for it to go on forever… is this the feeling to have someone as a friend?
Time has passed… days to months to years… until one day… I tried to get a book for myself as I was left hanging at the first volume of the story Nebulus bought… I want to buy it and give it to him as a gift… once I found it there was a book besides it… a book which has a title of “Romance of Sacrifice, Life of Venture”… I decided to buy it too just because of my curiosity.
It will be the next week where I will be meeting with Nebulus so to pass the time I tried to read the book… it was about a hero who ventured throughout a mysterious land… fighting monsters and evil. One day he met a princess in which was kidnapped by the demons… I was completely immersed with the story… in the end he saves the princess’ life which he loves in exchange of his own as he loves her… that part made me cry… as I then thought… love… it said that it is a kind of emotion… my father loves mother and they both love me but it was clearly different… are there different kinds of love? Why am I suddenly bringing this up?
I then started to investigate… about love… even I was confused at why I wanted to find out more about it… the more I researched the more I understood… the things I felt for a long time wasn’t really the feeling of “friendship” it was… love… longing to be with him… wanting to know more about him… his smile where I am most fond of as if it was a treasure. I… love Nebulus… all these years why do I only notice now… but the question is how should I deal with it now that I know that what I am feeling is love so I decided to ask father for advise… I shouldn’t hide it from him anymore… he will find out eventually so I decided to go talk to him.
Llyra: Father…
Shagas: Llyra…
Llyra: I want to tell you something…
Shagas: Is it something about a God you met?
Llyra: H-how did you know?
Shagas: Do you think you can hide about sneaking out with the excuse of “training with mother” as well as only telling me by letter?
Llyra: Ah…
Shagas: Did you make a friend? Who is she?
Llyra: (She?) He is a man…
Shagas twitched as a menacing aura which is unexpected from a non-combat God like him. Non-combat Gods are Gods who mostly cannot fight as most of their skills and capabilities as mostly support and such. Nebulus is one of those Gods who are both but he is more on the non-combat side.
Shagas: Who is he… to dare get close to my daughter…
Llyra: Its Nebulus…
Shagas: Nebulus!?
As my father tries to walk out the portal I stopped him as he looked quite angry.
Shagas: How did he managed to get close to you?
Llyra: I was the one who approached him!
Shagas: S-still I can’t let a man get close to my daughter!? Tell me what have he done to you so far?
Llyra: Telling stories and reading books.
Shagas: And?
Llyra: That’s it…
Shagas was dumbfounded as a wry smile appeared on his face… so many years had passed and that’s it? Well he kind of expected it from such as someone like Nebulus but still he could not let his guard down as his daughter was extremely beautiful more so as years passed developing her further. Well Nebulus was her first friend now that he thinks about it so what was the harm in letting them be as he jokingly said…
Shagas: I see! well he is just a friend after all, as if you have feelings for him ahahaha!!
Llyra: I do…
Shagas: Huh…?
Llyra: I do have feeling for him…
Shagas twitched once again as he asked reluctantly…
Shagas: Is it… love?
Llyra: …Yes…
Shagas became dizzy as he tries to calm himself… he then thought that at least he could trust Nebulus… I mean with the amount of time had passed he would at least have done something if he was like that of the other Gods. So he believes that Nebulus would be a great partner for Llyra as he thinks that he will not betray her. The problem is that if HE loves her or not. So he planned something… he will used his unique skill when…
Shagas: Will you tell him?
Llyra: I-I don’t know…
Shagas: I see… but… do you want to know how he feels?
Llyra: Yes…
Shagas: Then tell him your feelings.
Llyra: Wh-what if he rejects me?
Shagas: Then don’t give up! Believe it or not it took countless of years for me to get your mother’s heart even so I didn’t give up and ended up marrying her. It is better to tell him now. 3 days later you should tell him to go to the great tree in the forest of miracles inside the main pantheon… it was the place that I confessed to your mother when we were younger. You can do it, you are my daughter after all!
Llyra: I… I…
Shagas: Do you want to be with him?
Llyra: Y-yes!!
I said with determination filling my eyes… I then decided to do as my father had told me… I asked Nebulus to come in front of the great tree…
Nebulus: What is it you want to tell me?
Llyra: Nebulus… do you dislike being with me throughout these years?
Nebulus: I don’t dislike it.
Nebulus answered without hesitation as if the truth was drawn out from him as Llyra sighed in relief and said…
Llyra: Nebulus… I love you… do you love… me?
Nebulus: I do… I love you…
Suddenly Llyra’s heart tightens as tears welled up from her eyes, no matter how much she wipes off another set of tears replaces it. She then walks towards Nebulus and embraces him. She was happy… extremely happy that he accepted her confession as well as knowing his feelings, she then saw her father walking away not seeing his smile as he was turned around.
Llyra: (So this is what father had planned… so sneaky… thank you…)
Llyra thought as she smiled… afterwards they became lovers. After some years had passed they started to live together, everyday was filled with happiness for them. Once another set of years had once again passed he called her again to the great tree and said…
Nebulus: Llyra, will you marry me?
Llyra: Yes!
Llyra said as she kisses Nebulus as she was filled purely with love towards Nebulus so it was no wonder that she would say yes. They then planned to be married though they wanted it to be a secret except for those they know and trust which were, Shagas and her mother, Nebulus’ most trusted acquaintances as well as a certain someone on top of the veranda watching over them smiling. After a few months it was successfully readied. A black ritual garment for Nebulus as well as a white ritual garment for Llyra. Both looked stunning on them as those around them had their breaths taken away. As the marriage starts, after a long process it was finally near the end…
God King of Marriage: Will you, Celestial God King, Nebulus accept her as your beloved wife and live through eternity with your heart belonging to only her?
Nebulus: Yes, I do.
God King of Marriage: Will you, Goddess of Revolution, Llyra accept him as your husband and live through eternity with your heart belonging to only his?
Llyra: Yes!
God King of Marriage: I cast thy fates to be bound!!
The God King then releases a certain magic as the red string representing our fate was tied together forming an eternal bond. Nebulus then kisses her as she cried tears of joy.
As time passed, they were a happy couple… it was the start of their happy lives together… or at least it was supposed to…
One day after a few years after the wedding when Llyra was headed towards her father’s realm at that time Nebulus was at a meeting… a group of Gods appeared and trapped her using an artifact… they were all cloaked while wearing masks the only thing she could discern was the black tattoo of the dark syndicate of Gods who was thought to be only a rumor… “The Black Circle”. They then forced her to eat a certain pill that lets them manipulate a God but little did they know that she was a variant so the medicine was ineffective… it was specifically used for a God of war but a variant is like a whole another kind of God.
???: Sir it was ineffective!
???: Grr… we wasted such a precious item… she has seen too much dispose her… and I hope we should dispose of her, she has seen us! It is not time to reveal ourselves yet.
Luckily the meeting ended early so once Nebulus was headed towards his realm he tried to call her by using their marriage link.
Llyra: (Nebulus… it seems… my time has come… I love… you…)
Nebulus: (Llyra…?)
Hearing her words he immediately dashed to find he but it was too late… holding her pale body was a group of men wearing a mask and a cloak. They had injected a curse inside her that only such as the God Emperor can heal… but they don’t have time there is only a few minutes left of her time in this world… In his despair his heart pulse as a voice was heard…
???: Yes!! Your despair! Use me! Give me your memories, your emotions and feed it to me!!
Darkness swirled around Nebulus hand forming a glove like shape, 4 horns of darkness protruded on it emanated an ominous feeling… then it was a slaughter… due to his complete and utter despair he roared and cried as his emotions were being drained by the darkness as well as his memories slowly turning his hair to white and reason started to dull from his eyes… after a moment the group of Gods were killed with no trace of them left eaten by the darkness… as the darkness slowly consumes him the voice was heard again.
Equinox: Feed me your will, give me your body! I am the embodiment of the darkness that is born since your coming, I am Equinox!
As Nelus body was slowly disappearing he felt something warm… using Llyra’s will she crawled towards Nebulus with all her might and embraced him while he was kneeling on the ground.
Llyra: My beloved… don’t let the darkness consume you. I will become your light, I may not be in this world anymore because of this curse binding my soul but this will be my final parting gift to you.
Llyra then kissed Nebulus as tears flowed from her eyes as well as Nebulus. They both closed their eyes as the darkness slowly dissipates…
Equinox: How is this poss…ible…
The voice then fades as well as Llyra leaving Nebulus kneeling on the ground with his memories erased, once he opens his eyes it has become purple due to Llyra fusing a bit of her soul to his, giving him the properties of the Goddess of Revolution which was to overcome the power that overtakes them together… that is “Revolution”…
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