The girls all sat down, patiently waiting for him to wake up. Hours passed, and suddenly, Archer moaned as he began to move.
Instantly, he sat up, looking around with groggy eyes. Spotting the girls, all staring at him with excited smiles on their faces, he watched as they rushed over to him.
Archer spoke, "Where am I? Wasn't I in the church?"
His head felt foggy, but it soon cleared up when Nefertiti beat the rest of the girls and took hold of his face, giving him a kiss.
It shocked Archer for a few seconds before he returned her kiss, making the girl extrely giddy.
After a couple of minutes of kissing, Nefertiti stopped and stared at him as she spoke, "What were you doing, idiot? Why were you so injured?"
When she spoke, everyone else listened. Archer looked at her and sighed, "The creature caught off guard. At first, its tentacles got my arm and tore it off. My healing kicked in, but soon it got again and chewed through my legs."
Feeling really dizzy, Archer decided to lie back down and closed his eyes as he checked his status.
'Status.'
[Experience: 2000/15000]
[Level Up: 173>192]
[SP: 2>40]
[HP: 5220>5900]
[Mana: 25600>28000]
[Strength: 4600>4800]
[Constitution: 4500>4700]
[Stamina: 4600>4800]
[Cosmic Sword: 5>6]
[Elent Bolts: 6>7]
[Dragon's Breath: 4>5]
[Celestial Beam: 0>2]
[Elental Fury: 1>2]
[Solar Flare Barrage: 0>1]
[Stone Wardens: 0>2]
[Arua Detection: 4>5]
The girls started talking amongst themselves, assuming he had gone back to sleep, but Archer was actually doing so math and realized that their chatter annoyed him.
He stopped their discussions and calculated that he had earned 266,500 experience points since he last checked, leaving him content with his gains.
Archer proceeded to upgrade his stats, putting ten points into HP and five into every other stat. He checked it again.
[HP: 5900>6000]
[Mana: 28000>28150]
[Strength: 4800>4850]
[Constitution: 4700>4750]
[Stamina: 4800>4900]
[Intelligence: 4410>4460]
Feeling better with the improvents, he sat up. This ti, each girl, except for Hera, ca over and gave him a kiss.
Hera's mother, Cassandra, stepped forward and replied, "We sent soldiers to the church where you were found, and they discovered a caved-in hole. Was that your doing?"
Archer looked at this woman, who had the sa golden blonde hair as Hera but had bright green eyes and the sa skin tone.
He nodded, "Yes, Empress, it was . More creatures appeared from there, so I collapsed, but so managed to sneak through."
Just as Cassandra was about to reply, the chamber doors swung open with a loud thud.
In walked a tall and imposing man, his eyes searching the room anxiously until they found his beloved daughter.
His face brightened with relief when he saw Hera, and he hurried over to her, embracing her in a heartfelt bear hug without hesitation.
She was taken aback but quickly returned the embrace, her surprise turning into a radiant smile.
He held Hera at arm's length, his eyes filled with love. "Hera, my dear, I was so worried about you," he said, his voice filled with emotion.
She smiled and reassured him, "Father, I am safe and with good friends. There's soone I want you to et."
"I can't help but worry for you, my precious gem," he said, "Your well-being, along with your mother and sister, is my greatest concern."
He stopped fussing over her and realized what she said, asking, ''Who do you want to et? And why are you in here?''
That's when the brown-haired man saw all the girls and spoke, ''You must be the friends Hemi ntioned. I'm Emperor Agamnon Helios, Hera's father.''I think you should take a look at
The girls gave a small bow with a smile before Hera introduced them. ''They are Ella, Teuila, Aquaria, Sera, and Nefertiti Sharifi.''
She then turned to her father and continued. ''Rember my friend Hatshepsut, who used to attend the academy with ?''
Agamnon stroked his chin and nodded. ''Yes, I rember that crazy girl. You two caused havoc at the academy. I'm honestly shocked you've been attending for years and t so many people, but she stands out.''
Hera smiled as her father spoke about her friend with whom she shared many fun mories.
''It's the unique pink hair; well, Nefertiti is her daughter.''
He turned to Nefertiti, and his eyes widened as he nodded in response to his daughter's comnt. He greeted all the girls with a smile and then turned to Nefertiti.
"So the little girl grew up and had a child herself. She was a spirited girl full of jokes. Ti sure does fly by."
Agamnon approached her and said, ''Well, the sa privileges your mother had are extended to you, Nefertiti, and you girls. We welco you to the Solari Empire.''
As the man was talking to Nefertiti, Archer tried to get up but ended up falling and slamming hard into the floor.
His head hit the cold, unforgiving stone floor, and an explosion of mories erupted inside his mind. His past flooded back to him, overwhelming him with a whirlwind of emotions.
He saw the mont of his birth, his mother Larka cradling him tenderly while recovering from the arduous process of childbirth.
Old mories continued to surge, forcing him to relive the hardships of his childhood and the relentless beatings endured by his siblings.
Painful monts of his mother's neglect resurfaced, adding to the weight of sadness tugging at his heart.
As the girls rushed to his side, their faces etched with concern and worry, Archer found himself unable to bear their touch.
Gently pushing them away, he distanced himself, seeking so space to process the overwhelming flood of mories.
The deluge didn't stop there, as everything he had learned on Thrylos and Earth rged seamlessly, no longer fragnted.
Finally, he ca to the realization: he had never been two different people but one being.
Archer understood that when Tiamat gave him her gift, it had put up a dam blocking off his old mories.
The shock of finding out he reincarnated on Thrylos and not rely transmigrated hit him like a thunderbolt.
He grasped the passage of countless years, his heart hurt knowing that his family on Earth had moved on without him and probably forgotten about him.
The weight of these revelations bore heavily on his soul, leaving him with a mixture of sorrow and a sense of loss for the life he was forced to leave behind.
Empress Cassandra and King Agamnon stood back, observing the strange and unexpected scene before them.
They watched in concern as the white-haired boy, adorned with four white horns and covered in white scales, clutched his head and mumbled to himself, clearly in distress.
Cassandra's eyebrows furrowed with curiosity and worry, and she exchanged a knowing look with her husband.
They both understood the importance of this mont. Not wanting to add to the boy's distress or interfere with whatever might be happening, they made a silent decision.
With a mutual understanding, they left the chamber, allowing the girls to take charge of the situation.
Archer sat down on the floor as everything returned in full force making his head spin and giving him a splitting headache.
mories of neglect from his mother, Larka, echoed in his thoughts as he recalled the tis she put him down for not being like his father, leaving him feeling unloved and abandoned.
Then there was Ksara, the sharp-tongued and cold-hearted woman, who never missed an opportunity to belittle him and put him down.
Her hurtful words replayed like a broken record in his mind, chipping away at his self-esteem. Archer rembered when she ordered her children to bully him at every opportunity.
Gianna stood there and watched him with judgntal eyes, her disdainful gaze slicing through him like icy daggers.
He rembered every punch, kick, and barrage of nasty words his siblings hurled at him, leaving scars that ran deep.
As these painful mories returned, Archer found himself overwheld and couldn't contain his emotions any longer.
His anguish spilled over, and he began talking to himself, worrying the girls who had co to care for him deeply.
That's when the mories of the two people who cared for him surfaced. Ella, the half-elf maid who had always been by his side since they first t, and all the ti they spent together.
Then the last person appeared in his mories, Sia Silverthrone, with her bright blue eyes and black hair.
The older woman claid him as her husband, and if he was honest with himself, he would marry her.
He rembered that their trip to Riversong City wasn't just a mory from the old Archer but his own experience.
He smiled when he recalled how caring she was. But that's when the girls approached and started comforting him.
Their presence started to calm him down as his fractured soul began repairing itself, causing him to relax while still mumbling about his Earth family.
All the girls heard him and wondered what he was talking about. Hera walked over to the door and locked it, but before she could turn around, Nefertiti and Sera were there.
Nefertiti grabbed Hera by the scruff and spoke in a nacing tone with lifeless eyes, "What's your goal? Why are you always watching him? Why do you smile like that when you look at him? Tell now!"
Hera was shocked at their sudden change. She turned to the redhead, who was watching her with narrow eyes while her claws appeared.
She decided to tell the truth and spoke, getting embarrassed as she rembered the dream she had a while ago. "Artemis."
Sera heard her and quickly spoke, "What's this Artemis?"
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