"Is it still not over? It's been, like, half a month already!"
"Half a month? Feels more like half a year to !"
Deep inside the Sepulcher of the Sacred, two figures—one large, one small—huddled together, looking utterly pitiful.
When they first hid behind the door, Holy Maiden Aeliana didn't want to lose her dignity as a Holy Maiden, and Azura, the Dragon King, didn't want to lose face either. They both tried their best to act like they weren't scared.
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But after half a month, dignity was long forgotten. The two were now clinging to each other for warmth, their eyes brimming with tears, looking as miserable as could be.
"Wait, why is it so quiet outside? Could it be that the situation in the Sepulcher of the Sacred has been resolved?" Azura wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, surprised by the sudden silence after the constant howling they'd been hearing for days.
"Or maybe those Holy Emperor corpses are just pretending to be quiet, waiting to lure us out so they can eat us. No way we're opening that door," Aeliana replied, instantly crushing Azura's hopeful thought.
Azura's heart sank, falling back into despair. "Aeliana, aren't you supposed to be a Holy Emperor-level powerhouse? Why are you so scared, clinging to and crying?"
"And you're always bragging about being the purest-blooded Dragon King since ancient tis, but here you are, hugging and soaking my clothes with your tears," Aeliana shot back, pointing to her chest, where her clothes had beco almost see-through from Azura's crying.
The atmosphere fell silent for a mont. Then…
"Waaahhh."
"Waaahhh~"
Their pitiful sobs echoed through the dark space, and the two clung to each other even tighter.
Even though, with their powers, they could easily survive here for decades without food or water, they had no idea how much longer they'd be trapped.
But just then, the door that had been sealed for half a month—seemingly impossible to open—suddenly moved.
"Who's there?"
Aeliana and Azura both stared at the door in shock. They knew that the Holy Emperor corpses wouldn't dare touch that forbidden door.
Could it be…?
At that mont, the door slowly opened.
Blinding light poured into the pitch-black space, a light they hadn't seen in what felt like forever.
And through that light, they both clearly saw the figure stepping through the door.
"Timothy!"
In an instant, Aeliana and Azura's gazes froze, and the entire space seed to fall into silence.
Through the light, Timothy could see the tears glistening in Azura's eyes, a mix of excitent and grievance.
"This is too much! You left us here for so long!" Azura couldn't hold it in any longer. She flew over, crying, and wrapped herself around Timothy's leg.
The proud Dragon King, Azura, was now rubbing her face against Timothy's leg like a child throwing a tantrum.
"Waaahhh, too! If you'd been any later, I was ready to open the door and fight them myself!" Aeliana, following Azura's lead, couldn't hold back her own feelings of injustice and threw herself at Timothy as well.
Aeliana clung to his chest, crying like a delicate flower in the rain.
Azura held onto his leg, looking utterly pitiful.
Anyone who saw this scene would feel a pang of sympathy for the two.
As his chest and pants quickly beca soaked with their tears, Timothy couldn't help but chuckle at how pitiful they looked.
He stood there quietly for a while, waiting for them to cry it out. Once they seed to have cald down a bit, Timothy gently asked, "You didn't run into any danger while you were here, did you?"
"Well, no, not really… but the thing is…" Aeliana hesitated, embarrassed to continue.
Suddenly realizing that she was still clinging to Timothy's chest, and that she'd soaked his clothes with her tears, a wave of sha washed over her. Aeliana quickly stepped back, trying to wipe her tears with her sleeve.
But the embarrassing scene from just monts ago had clearly been witnessed in full.
Suddenly rembering sothing, Holy Maiden Aeliana lifted her head and glanced outside.
Sure enough, the blood-red sky had begun to fade, returning to the soft, sacred golden hue that originally filled the Sepulcher of the Sacred. The eerie atmosphere that had once perated the place had completely vanished.
"Wait, why did the Sepulcher of the Sacred suddenly return to normal? Did you and the Goddess go to the Netherworld and fix everything?" Aeliana asked curiously.
"Yeah, the Goddess and I went to the Netherworld and found that the one behind all of this was Supre Emperor Verena. After we dealt with her, the Sepulcher of the Sacred, which had been under her control, returned to its original state. The corpses of the Holy Emperors have also returned to rest," Timothy explained briefly.
"Supre Emperor Verena?!"
Aeliana's face imdiately showed a hint of surprise.
In the Sepulcher of the Sacred, even just a fragnt of Supre Emperor Verena's soul had such terrifying power. It was hard to imagine how fearso her complete soul must have been.
Thinking about this, Aeliana unconsciously lowered her head, a trace of guilt appearing on her face.
After hesitating for a long ti, she finally spoke up honestly: "Facing Supre Emperor Verena… I imagine the mont you arrived in the Netherworld, you must have been locked in a fierce battle. I'm sorry. I had originally thought that you two had been gone for so long because you might've gone on vacation… or even on a honeymoon. I feel ashad for even thinking that."
"I'm sorry too. I thought the sa thing. I can't believe I actually judged you both so unfairly," Azura, usually so mischievous, also felt a deep sense of guilt.
Seeing the two—one large, one small—standing there, honestly ashad and even avoiding eye contact, Timothy couldn't help but laugh. He quickly reassured them, "It's fine. The Goddess and I just did what we had to do. Besides, you two have been stuck here for so long, and it hasn't exactly been easy for you either."
"Hmm…"
With that, Aeliana and Azura's feelings of guilt seed to ease a little, as if a heavy weight had been lifted from their hearts.
Azura nodded seriously, and as if trying to change the mood, she forced a smile and looked up at Timothy. "By the way, how was the scenery in the Netherworld? It must've been pretty nice, right?"
"Oh, absolutely. The Netherworld's scenery is way better than you'd imagine."
Timothy's eyes lit up with excitent as he continued, "You probably don't know this, but the Netherworld has towns and kingdoms just like the human world. There are wheat fields you can farm, taverns where you can drink… and of course, beaches where you can wear bikinis and enjoy the Sacred Sea…"
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