The Moon Goddess and Her Mate

The next day, at Lord Helion’s palace,

A beautiful girl was seen walking along with several rolls of parchment, a bottle of black ink, and an ink feather. Her long silver hair was blowing in the wind, but she ignored this situation. Several servants who had met the young goddess paid their respects and then went in another direction to the place where they would work.

I have to keep diligently studying so that I can prove to Mom and Dad that being in a relationship with a mortal guy does not interfere with my studies. After that, I will introduce Armen to my parents, even though they are very disgusted with my love. There is no harm in trying, Atvertha thought as she continued walking.

The memory of the virgin’s meeting with the man she loved kept coming back to her, so that moment made her happy. She did not care about anything else and continued walking with a feeling of joy.

After studying, I will look for a gap so that I can go to Earth. If my man becomes an immortal god or he becomes one of us, then everything becomes easy. I would instead be matched with Armen than with Toghnath, the fool god! Atvertha grumbled in her heart.

A few moments later, the slender woman arrived in front of a room, but something caught her attention because several bodyguards were there. Two people were on the left, and the rest were on the right. This sight made Atvertha confused because this was out of the ordinary. They looked at the Moon Goddess, then nodded as a sign of respect.

“Why are four of you here?” Atvertha asked matter-of-factly.

“We were ordered to guard this area, Goddess,” answered one of the guards, who was on the girl’s left.

“Why does this place have to be guarded with two extra guards? Is there something in there?” The intelligent goddess asked again because she was not satisfied with the answer she got.

“Inside are Lord Helion and Goddess Avtexia, Goddess.” The same man answered the question again, which made the two-hundred-and-seventy-year-old woman suspicious.

The information I got was truly astonishing. Mom and Dad were already in the same place outside their private room. I felt something was wrong. Could they want to discuss something or force me to marry a brainless god instead? Hopefully, that does not happen, the virgin thought.

“Would you like to come in, Goddess?” This question made Armen Faustus Lugthna’s lover spontaneously turn towards the person he was talking to.

“Yes, I want. Open the door.” A young girl with thin eyebrows answered with her usual expressionless expression.

“Yes, Goddess.” As soon as possible, the two guards who were closest to the door opened it. The young lady and the stationery flying behind her without further ado entered and followed the owner. When the only daughter of the couple, Lord Helion and Goddess Avtexia, entered, the guard closed the door again.

A girl, who had a height of one hundred and seventy-five centimeters tall, walked towards the place she usually visited. However, Atvertha suddenly stopped, then closed her eyes as if something was stuck in her mind, and tried to calm herself.

“Nyx, what kind of powers did you give me?”

The Night Goddess smiled, but it was more accurately described as grinning. “You will find out soon enough, Atvertha. No need to thank me.”

A woman who liked a mortal male stared in disbelief at the person she was talking to. “What do you mean? I do not even know what power you give; how can I thank you? You are so weird.”

“I don’t mind if you say that; what is certain is that it will all be useful for your future life and can be used in urgent situations.” A sister of Lord Havento looked so relaxed that this sight made the other person even more confused, but on the one hand, interested in knowing what Nyx meant.

“For example?” The wallflower tried to get deeper information from his friend.

A woman wearing a dress made of darkness, blue-black like night, and filled with sparkling light sprinkles had not answered. Instead, she turned her face the other way and continued for quite a long time. Atvertha did not let go of the supervision of her close friend. The atmosphere there was very quiet because the conversation between the two immortal goddesses had stopped unilaterally.

“Atvertha… what do you think of darkness?”

The owner of the name still needs to answer this strange question. She was still staring fixedly at the woman who lived in the Underworld. She seemed trying to read Nyx’s mind, although such a wish was in vain.

“Why are you silent? Was my question too strange, or were you thinking about something else?” A white-eyed woman asked again, so Atvertha could not help but answer Nyx’s question, even though it seemed strange.

“Why are you even asking like that? Has something happened, making your attitude so absurd?” That pale-faced woman instead asked Nyx, so the woman with the scary aura grinned again.

“My current question was easy peasy, but you deliberately ignored it: what do you think about darkness? Answer my question honestly because I do not have time to argue with you!”

Atvertha was just about to argue, but when she heard the last sentence from her interlocutor, she was forced to abandon her intention. “For me, darkness is a source of calm. Without darkness, you would not know what light is. Darkness is absolute because it is the first place for living creatures. For example, a mortal baby is carried in its mother’s womb for nine months there, no there is light, and he only feels it when he is born into the world.”

A married immortal goddess laughed a little, but this action only made Atvertha feel even more odd about her. Nyx glanced at the Moon Goddess. “There is nothing wrong with your answer, but one thing you have to know: nothing is comfortable being in the dark. Every creature has a dark side; the difference is that some are immediately visible, and some are hidden.”

“When I hit your body with pain, your dark side came out, and I did not do that without reason. Turns out, you-”

Before Nyx had time to continue speaking, Atvertha interrupted her words. “So, what was your reasoning? I hope it is not just bullshit.”

“Since when do I like sugarcoating my words? I never do it. If you do the wrong thing, I will say what you did was wrong, and vice versa. I do not care if you are angry or offended, and you have to be able to accept it.”

“Then? What does this have to do with your question earlier? Your actions are already strange. Why are you still denying it?”

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Meanwhile, there was a husband and wife twenty meters away. They watched at a point, precisely at the area where a girl was standing, but in an unnatural position. She was not alone because she was accompanied by writing instruments that were still floating in the air as if they were waiting for Armen Faustus Lugthna’s lover, who had not moved for quite a long time.

“Honey, what was wrong with our daughter?” A man wearing a crown on his head asked, pointing at a young lady who had been standing but kept her eyes closed. This sight made them confused. The four hundred-and-twenty-year-old woman also observed the actions of her only daughter, and she also felt the same thing as the opposite sex.

“I do not know either. Since Atvertha met and started hanging out with that bastard bloody mortal, our daughter’s behavior has only gotten weirder.” The blue-eyed woman answered, but her words contained a displeased tone.

“I would better go there first so we can talk to her as soon as possible.” Without further ado, the Sun Goddess got up from her place and then walked towards the target. Meanwhile, a man carrying the trident nodded as a fast response to the opposite sex and did not say anything else.

“What was wrong with Atvertha? She could not fall asleep in the study room. There must be something she was thinking about. Maybe my daughter was remembering memories with her mortal guy,” muttered Goddess Avtexia while holding back her irritation.

It did not take long for the woman who hated darkness to arrive in front of Atvertha. The virgin goddess was still in her original position, so Lord Helion’s wife chuckled in annoyance. “She is still like this. Atvertha’s ridiculous behavior makes her no different from a dumb bloody mortal.”

“Atvertha.” Goddess Avtexia started calling the girl. However, the name’s owner remains silent, and there has been no change in her.

“Atvertha!” Goddess Avtexia’s voice rose so that the virgin jumped in surprise, then was shocked when she found out that there was a woman who was so familiar.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Why are you still standing there? What was wrong with you?” A woman who had a facial resemblance to her biological daughter asked while frowning.

“I… I am sorry, Mom.” The violet-eyed woman answered although she was nervous, so her speech stuttered a little.

“We have been waiting for you for a long time, but you just stay here!” Goddess Avtexia retorted irritably.

The girl who did not like flirtatious guys did not know what to say. She just kept silent because she was embarrassed that the mother would know her actions. Goddess Avtexia glared at Atvertha, making the Crossroads Lady feel uncomfortable.

“Follow me! You have gone too far, Atvertha.” After saying these words, Goddess Avtexia immediately turned around then walked ahead of the person she was talking to. Meanwhile, the violet-eyed woman was still confused and followed.

Why do I suddenly remember Nyx’s words when we were in her own realm? Is she okay, or was that moment just a sign? Ah, that was impossible. My friend must be safe because she can take care of herself, thought Atvertha, who was getting closer to the seat the girl usually used when she was in the library.

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