"I beg your pardon?"
Noah asked incredulously, instantly sitting straight at the outrageous words of Light.
"Please, my friend." The Soul Ruler sighed, looking at Noah with his one eye as if he was being unjustly bullied.
"It was embarrassing enough to say it one ti. Now you want to do it twice? Just ask for my death by embarrassnt."
"Wait, are you serious?" Noah tilted his head, "Love loves my mother?" 'Damn, it feels weird to say this! He added inwardly.
"Yes." Light nodded curtly, shooting a scornful glare at the laughing Yuki and Elira, "and can you, good friend, tell your two wives to stop laughing? If they continue, I will send them outside my dominion."
"That's harsh." Yuki said between laughs, "I thought we were friends too. Right, Elira?"
"Hahah, yes!" Her sister supported.
Light spared them a dark glance, then completely ignored them, as if not worthy of his ti.
"Love... isn't she the fourth Soul Ruler?" Noah questioned, still surprised by the unexpected revelation.
"The one and only."
"Okay, now let's get this straight. Love isn't she a she?"
"She is."
"And she loves my mother?"
"My friend Noah, you are being surprised by the wrong thing. A she
loving a she is as common as weeds nowadays. What you should worry about is how I am going to get my Love back."
Noah was not, in fact, surprised by that. It wasn't the first ti he t people of the sa gender loving each other. The thing that surprised him was the fact the subject this ti was his mother.
Then again, why was he surprised?
Maryam was at a level of beauty even higher than any immortal being he had ever t until now.
"My friend," Light's voice interrupted Noah's spiraling thoughts. He raised his head and saw him floating an inch away from his face.
It was hard to guess the facial expression of Light, but Noah could strangely tell that Light was serious at that instant.
It wasn't anything new. Since the first mont they had t, Light neither laughed nor joked. Even when he said sothing funny, he said it with a neutral voice and face that actually showed he was not joking.
Noah always found it even more funny.
"Are you listening to ?" The Soul Ruler asked.
"I am."
"Good, I thought I lost you for a mont, my friend. Now, tell , how can I get back my Love?" He asked once more, "we were living happily until your mother ca. She is a ho wrecker, my friend."
"She should thank you, or otherwise I would have done anything to take her down."
Noah smiled, "Well, I understand your frustration. But don't worry. Love will soon co back to you."
"How?"
"If Mother rejected her, wouldn't she co to you to seek refuge and comfort? It will be your ti to shine and take back what you have
lost."
Light paused, tilted his head cutely. His face remained neutral, but Noah, Yuki, and Elira noticed his wings flapping more erratically and excitedly.
"You are very insightful, my friend." Light said, nodding pleasingly, then gave a sidelong glance at Yuki and Elira, "Not every ti I can see. But no one is perfect. I will allow you so mistakes in judgnt, my friend."
Yuki and Elira imdiately flared red, voices raising.
"What are you implying?" Elira said, eyes glowing, "Yuki, how about
we test our Gift and Aspect on a Ruler?"
"You stole the words from my mouth." Yuki grated, taking out her
Sword of Severance.
Light That Was Once didn't even look at them. Instead, his eye was fixed on Noah in a way that said, I told you, didn't I?
It angered the won even more.
Noah suppressed a laugh.
It was rare to see Elira out of her pocket. Still,
"You said I am not perfect," Noah said, instantly gathering the attention of others, "true, but I believe I am not that far away from it,
don't I?"
Yuki and Elira imdiately fell silent. This topic was sensitive for
Noah.
For a man who practically obtained anything he wanted with
moderate struggle since he was reborn the first ti, Noah only viewed Perfection as the only goal that would make him evolve and
reach a higher state.
That goal had given him a path to walk and sothing to look forward to. Still, like any man, Noah sotis wished to know how close he
was to reaching his goal.
So he asked Light, expecting an honest answer. For no matter how his wives could be honest, their opinion of him would always be biased
because of their love.
"Perfection?" Light finally answered, looking at Noah as if he was a fool, "why do you wish for perfection, my friend?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Noah was confused by the weird question.
"Perfection is uninteresting." Light shook his head in disappointnt, "Being perfect ans to stop."
Noah parted his lips to speak, but Light didn't let him. He continued
sharply,
"It ans to stop walking forward, to stop loving, to stop finding things beautiful because they are imperfect, to stop getting angry at stupid things and laughing for no reason, to stop enjoying the simple sight of a mortal struggling to work hard for his family."
He paused, glaring deep into Noah's mismatched eyes, "Perfection ans losing as a friend, Noah. For I don't know about
your two annoying wives..."
Yuki and Elira's eyes twitched.
"...but I know for a fact that I cannot connect with perfection. So you
will lose ."
Noah listened intensely to the Soul Ruler's words, trying to absorb
them.
He might have the advantage and even managed to bring him to his
side, but Light That Was Once had lived far more than him and had a unique view of existence.
His background was even more special, making him soone even Noah was interested in.
That was the reason he ca to him. And the reason he made him a
friend.
Noah had scarcely any friends.
And those he had had been so far away in terms of power and path
from him that Noah barely experienced the beauty of friendship.
Now he began to understand.
"One day or another," Noah finally replied, "we are all going to stop.
Life is made of endings. And one day, everything of us..."
He said by waving his right hand, encompassing them, "...will be nothing but a finished story people from later generations
might or might not learn."
"So if that's the case, what is the problem of finishing sothing with
perfection?" Noah continued, voice strong, "We cannot escape the end of things. After all, sothing that doesn't end loses its aning. But we can make it a perfect ending."
Yuki and Elira stared at Noah with emotions. They could feel deep
within them that he ant his words.
"This is mainly why I search perfection." Noah concluded.
Light nodded, "True. However, my friend, here is the thing."
Light approached even further Noah, putting his own fluffy forehead
on Noah's own, boring his one eye deep into him,
"A perfect ending is as bland as your two wives here."
"FUCK! I AM GOING TO KILL THIS GODDAMNED-!"
Elira plastered her hand over Yuki's mouth, stopping her from saying
more profanity.
With how long she had been with Apollonia, Elira knew Yuki had been corrupted by that wannabe Celestial.
Those two mouths could kill soone by either anger or
embarrassnt.
Still, Elira's face was filled with angry veins, glaring at the Soul Ruler.
Again, Light continued smoothly, not caring about them, "Imperfections make things lovable and interesting." He said, "Tell , will you enjoy more watching the universe killing each other with
politics and trauma and lust and hatred all mixed together than a universe where everyone acts...perfectly?"
Strangely, the very thought of such a universe made Noah shiver in
horror. What a boring thing, then. He doubted anyone would seek
higher realms in that case.
Still,
"Then what?" Noah asked, frowning slowly, "If not perfection, then
what?"
He was confused.
Perfection had been his goal for a while now, and now inside a place and in front of a person he never imagined...his whole view about perfection seed to take a wild turn.
"You are looking too far." Light shrugged, "Just experience all these
lives as they co to you. Enjoy, be sad, cry, laugh, hate and even kill
anyone and anything. Just live your story." "What about the ending?"
"Will you spoil yourself your own ending? It doesn't sound fun, my
friend."
"Because you think I write my own ending?"
"If not you, then who?"
Noah fell silent for a mont, then sighed, rolling his eyes at Light,
"You just confused only to say so damn bullshit!"
"Hey, it's not my fault if you can't understand my words, my friend!" Light retorted, defending himself, "Try to think at least, I am giving you life advice!"
"Just shut up and tell about the Principality."
Noah's face beca serious.
"What do you want to know about Him?"
"How did he die?"
"Of course, he was killed. That idiot was the biggest idiot I knew.!"
Noah cocked his head, "Who?"
"Who?" Light smiled strangely. He paused, looking around at the won staring at him with both curiosity and anger.
"You don't know him." Light said, "But he is very well known around
here."
"Say the na."
"The rchant."
-End of chapter 480-
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