The Moon Goddess and Her Mate

In a library in the palace of Lord Helion,

“Why are you acting so abnormal, Atvertha? Are you tired of studying with me?”

A two-hundred-and-seventy-year-old girl gasped when she heard those high-pitched words. She woke up from her reverie as soon as possible and did not dare to look at the other person. The atmosphere in the library became awkward because the Sun Goddess had said a sentence that shocked the young lady.

“If you are constantly not concentrating on studying, then that means you are just playing around. I warn you: I can do anything that I want, including take all your powers, so that later you will be like the unwanted goddess. Your condition will be worse than a mortal in that situation because I can abandon you in another dimension. Are you ready with the consequences?” asked Goddess Avtexia seriously.

The virgin goddess suddenly shook her head. She did not want to imagine the punishment she would receive, let alone having to be separated from her male mortal lover. Meanwhile, the woman who hated the darkness seemed to enjoy the panic gripping her biological daughter. However, Goddess Avtexia’s expression remained blank, as if she did not feel anything. “No, Mom. I am sorry if I made a mistake. Please do not throw me away,” Goddess Atvertha begged her mother.

“Why have you been daydreaming lately? If you feel like the lessons that I have been teaching you is a joke, then say so. I will deactivate your status as Moon Goddess and will look for a replacement goddess. Why have I been teaching so much knowledge, spells, culture, and so on if my daughter is not enthusiastic and often makes mistakes? Do not be kidding with me!”

Fear increasingly enveloped the violet-eyed girl. She realized that her mother was not joking at all. However, Armen Faustus Lugthna’s lover did not dare to answer the question. The atmosphere became quiet again, but this time it felt tense because a sinister aura came out of the Ruler of Sun’s body.

Atvertha was confused about what had happened to the blue-eyed woman, but the smart lady did not dare to conclude. Goddess Avtexia kept watching her daughter with a sharp gaze, which made the girl uncomfortable. This situation lasted for more than twenty seconds and during that time, the Moon Goddess felt that time was moving so slowly.

“Um… Mom. I…” Goddess Atvertha stuttered. She felt awkward because the interlocutor was still doing the same thing, while God Helion’s wife seemed to not care about the reaction shown by the girl with thin eyebrows. Goddess Avtexia still remembered about how her only daughter went to Earth and still refrained from confronting the matter.

“Why are you acting more and more strange? Is there something you have been hiding on purpose? Usually, if you have a mistake, then it is definitely your attitude. What did you do behind my back, Atvertha?” Goddess Avtexia asked seriously; even her eyes turned red. The virgin was stunned by such a change, so she, without further ado, lowered her head because she did not want to look directly at her mother’s face.

“Atvertha, I warn you: if you do something useless, stupid, and the effect it can cause our family in a dangerous situation, then I swear I will do anything to save us. If you dare to fight, then I will revoke all the power you have, even I will curse you and abandon you in a place where you can’t imagine it. Do not test my patience or you will regret it.” Goddess Avtexia deliberately emphasizes word for word so that this moment makes the girl shudder.

“Mom, I do not understand what you mean.” The Crossroads Lady tried to look tough despite feeling the opposite inside. The interlocutor grinned horribly. She even raised her right and left palms simultaneously. Atvertha became alert because the virgin did not know what the four-hundred-and-twenty-year-old woman was going to do.

Soon, it was pitch black in the palace, as all light was within the Goddess Avtexia’s two palms. The woman with a tattoo on her upper right arm did not take her eyes off her target. Atvertha still did not understand what kind of problem made her mother so angry, so she could only remain silent. Meanwhile, on the other hand, the incident where the sun disappeared made the whole palace uproar, including God Helion.

“What is this? Why did the palace suddenly become dark?” muttered God Helion, furious.

The man wearing the crown on his head brandished the trident he had been carrying. The object gave off the light so that the darkness was replaced with light, though not as bright as usual. A strange premonition arose in the mind of the Lof the Seas and suddenly God Helion remembered his spouse. “This situation is very weird. This had never happened before in the palace. Has something bad happened to my wife? Where is she now?”

The man, who had a height of one hundred and ninety-seven centimeters tall, was getting agitated, so he immediately got up from his seat and walked out of the room. “There must be something wrong with my wife. If I am not mistaken, he wants to teach our daughter. Perhaps ….”

The palace owner quickened his pace. He could already imagine what would happen, although this was not necessarily the same as what was actually going on at his destination. “Hopefully I am not too late. I do not want to let Atvertha become the target of my wife’s tantrums. I hope I am not getting late there,” muttered Lord Helion softly.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

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Meanwhile, in the library room

The atmosphere in the room was very tense. A virgin looked at her mother, who was already behaving like someone else. In the palms of the Goddess Avtexia, there was a ball of light that was quite large, but its size did not exceed the height of the Sun Goddess. The object seemed to absorb all the light around the palace; Atvertha even saw some lightning appear there, accompanied by a fairly thick dark fog.

What am I going to do? Is she going to attack me with that energy ball? Nyx was right: wherever there was light, there must be a speck of darkness, even if it was dim. What I am witnessing right now is not just a ‘dark speck’; that energy does indeed feel very dominant. How can I get out of here without causing a scene? She is so scary, so I have to run away from this place as soon as possible, thought Atvertha, who was still watching the actions of the woman who had given birth and raised her.

“Look at me, Atvertha.” That mystical voice made the girl who had been thinking a little aghast. That virgin goddess immediately focused her attention on the woman who was still standing where she was. The atmosphere in the room was even more sinister because the other person seemed ready to attack the Crossroads Lady.

“I am warning you, Atvertha. If you want to do something that will be fatal, either to defame us or the immortal gods and goddesses in general, then I will not hesitate to do anything to punish you. Do not you even try to do whatever you want because doing so will destroy the existing order! Do not you ever dare to mess with me because I will send you to another realm.”

The voice that came out of the lips of the Sun Goddess had completely changed and became heavier as if the one who was talking to Atvertha was not her biological mother. This moment frightened the woman with the sharp nose even more, even though she did not openly show her feelings. That young lady could only sit silently, watching Goddess Avtexia’s actions.

“You see this ball that is full of sun energy? This is the light that I control every moment. I can easily make it come and go, and so can you. I can make you like this and I will make you disappear from our realm forever so no one will remember you.”

The wallflower girl could not argue with those words because suddenly, the girl even thought of her lover who did live on Earth. Had Mom been threatening on purpose because I could see she had this planned? Did she know about my relationship with a mortal male? No! I do not want to part with Armen! What should I do? Someone, help me! Atvertha thought, getting more and more agitated.

The girl dared to say something because she saw a sharp look from her mother that made her shudder in fear. Meanwhile, Goddess Avtexia did not blink at all when she looked at her only daughter, which made the situation in that place even tenser. “Mom, I-”

Before Atvertha could finish her words, a voice was heard that distracted the Goddess Avtexia from the Moon Goddess. “Honey, are you okay? Why is our palace so dark like this? Do you need any help from me?”

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