"Where did you find him?" Adira asks him calmly.
"The sa place where Qeshaya was summoned." Noras exhales, "His body isn't young either. It seems that only his essence is gone."
"What about Kresi?" Adira corrects himself, "Chaos."
"She hasn't appeared yet," Noras replies, creasing his brows. "Is she behind this?"
"It's too early to say that." Adira folds his fingers, recalling everything that Chaos has done. Whether she was Amara or Kresi, Chaos had always caused a problem. Could she have done sothing to Qeshaya too? Even if her mortal form couldn't rember, Chaos would subconsciously rember everything that happened before the ti was turned back. She might have known that she would be in danger.
He has no intention of letting her go for her misdeeds this ti.
"She might appear later." Adira tells him solemnly, "Now, we know that Qeshaya is behind this."
"Qeshaya is not a person." Noras crosses his arms. "It's a prison that we built to keep things that are too powerful to control."
"Seeing how it's been feeding on the gods for a long ti," Adira ponders. "Maybe you are right. But Qeshaya should respond to your command."
"That's why I am telling you to try it." Noras scowls at him. "You haven't left the castle since the ti was turned back. Did you forget that you have a responsibility toward the people of Iravan?"
"Ari is my priority." Adira stares at him darkly. "Everything else cos second."
Noras sighs. Is he the only God of Iravan? Why is he always taking care of other people's ss? Mirinae and Sion are looking for blood. If Chaos is really behind this, it would be 'chaotic'. She would definitely get what she wanted.
"I am leaving." Noras disappears right away.
Adira walks to the window and looks out at the Dark Realm.
"Is it Chaos?" Adira wonders. This thod is too sneaky for soone like Kresi. As much as he knows Kresi or Amara, she doesn't like using these thods. Besides, what would a primordial god do with essences of other gods?
***
Exactly after a week, Noras finds himself facing a new problem at his palace.
"Where is he?" Amami, who has lost her chubbiness because she travelled all the way to Iravan, questions Noras with a dark look in her eyes. "Where is that man who ate my tofu for ten years and decided to abandon ?"
"Tofu?" Noras is not familiar with words like 'tofu'. He eyes her, confused.
"Tofu." Amami's eyes well up. She hiccups. "Tofu Everywhere slept with for ten years..."
"Dear, did you sleep with her?" Ea pretends to be shocked. "Don't tell that she's your concubine?"
"Ea, don't joke." Noras glares at Ea. "I don't sleep with anyone else other than you."
"Geez!" Ea clicks her tongue. "Why are you so boring? You should take so concubines. Then, I can also pick so lovely n to warm"
She closes her mouth when Noras grimaces at her.
"What I an is" She clears her throat. "If it's not you who are her tofu, who did it then? Why is an earth goddess here?"
"That's what I want to ask her." Noras looks at Amami questionably.
"I am looking for Cina." Amami sniffles, covering her face. Her thin figure trembles, swaying to her right. It looks like she would fall on the ground anyti. The journey has taken a lot from her. "I was halfway to Iravan when I found myself back on Earth. I realized that soone turned back the ti. I started for Iravan again."
"But why are you looking for Cina?" Ea walks closer to Amami. The young goddess is quite beautiful but Cina isn't the type who looks at won. As much as she knows, Cina has always loved his creations more than people.
"He married ." Amami's voice breaks. "Then, he left after he rembered everything. He said that I can divorce him if I want."
"Cina married you?" Ea frowns. Then, she realizes that Cina's personality was different when he didn't rember. It's not a surprise if he chose to divorce Amami. However, marriages between gods aren't simple. Divorces need mutual consent, just like marriages need mutual consent. Then, the ti-turn can't dissolve marriage either.
"Then, are you here to divorce him?" Ea asks her. "You could have done it in your world."
"No!" Amami raises her voice. "I am here to tell him that I will never ever divorce him. I love him. He also loves . He should stop being an idiot and consummate our marriage already."
"..." Noras' head throbs with pain. Why does none of the gods of Iravan act like one? Now, he has to deal with an earth goddess who wants to consummate the marriage with a God who has lost his essence.
"I don't think that he can consummate it." Ea breaks down the information to Amami slowly, "Cina has lost his essence."
"What do you an?" Amami creases her forehead. "How could a god lose his essence?"
"That's what we are trying to find out." Noras beckons her to follow him. He takes her to the room where Cina is kept.
Amami widens her eyes when she sees Cina. Only his body is lying on the bed. The colour of his eyes, hair, and skin are washed out. It's like soone has stolen his soul, leaving only an empty body behind.
"We are trying to find out what happened." Amami hears Noras say. "But there's no guarantee that he will ever beco who he was. You should divorce him and leave Iravan."
But Amami isn't listening.
"Husband." Amami breaks into sobs. "Why did you co here? You should have stayed with . This happened to you because I wasn't there to protect you. I love you so much. I will protect you now. No matter how long it takes, I will wait for you to wake up."
"..." Why? He wants this Earthian goddess to go back. Noras looks at Ea. Maybe his wife would help.
But he finds Ea crying silently.
"Such true love." Ea shakes Noras' arm. "Why don't you love that much?"
"You already know that I do." Noras takes a deep breath. "Can't you focus on the prob--"
"We don't have a kid." Ea complains to him, "Isn't it easy for us to separate if we don't have kids? Is that your plan?"
Just how did this Noras scowls at her. "Who said I don't want kids? Even Adira is having kids before . I didn't say anything because you didn't say that you want kids."
"Do I have to say these things?" Ea puffs up her cheeks. "You should understand it already. Do you want to say, 'Husband, please let your seed impregnate my eggs'?"
Noras shakes his head, half-embarrassed by her words. A male God can control when to impregnate the female. But she didn't have to say it like that. "If you had said that you wanted kids at any ti when we were on the bed, I would have done it right away."
"I want kids." Ea leans closer to him. "Let's go to bed."
"Both of you get out!" Amami yells at them. "Cina is sick and you are talking about sex here."
"We didn't say the word 'sex'," Ea mutters as she drags Noras out of Cina's room. "Say, Noras, when should we do the good deed?"
"Let resolve the current problem first." Noras plants a kiss on her forehead when she makes a face. "I will give the reins of Iravan to Adira before we have more mbers in our little family. I don't want problems to take away from you."
Ea rolls her eyes. "Do you think that I can't take care of myself? I am also a goddess. Besides, Noras, you won't be able to sleep if you give the control to Adira. You will be telling him how not to destroy Iravan."
"I won't do that. I promise that I will be with you." He holds Ea's hands. "I also need rest. Adira has changed a lot since then. He's turning more responsible. His children are also the people of Iravan. I am sure that he will make a good ruler of the gods."
"I don't think that there would be anyone better than you are." Ea pauses for a mont. "But I don't dislike the idea. You should spend more ti with and our future kids. I will make preparations for bed tonight."
Preparations? What is his wife planning? Noras knits his brows. "Ea, I told you that --"
Ea chuckles as she puts her finger on his lips. "I will make you forget about your control tonight. Let's see if you can truly rember to hold back."
What is she going to do? Noras swallows. If his wife is determined, there's no way that he can stop her. While he is always responsible, Ea has always been the opposite of him. She's the goddess of wind, and she represents freedom. It's strange that she married soone like him.
"Look forward to it." Ea winks at him before she walks away, swaying her hips. Noras smiles. If she wants a child that much, they should have it then. Problems always appear in Iravan. It will take ti before the Qeshaya matter is resolved.
A black paper spirit appears on his window. Even without looking, he could tell that Adira sent it. It speaks with Adira's voice: "Co to the Dark Realm."
"Is there any problem?" Noras asks the paper spirit.
Adira's voice is laced with fear. "Ari isn't waking up."
Reviews
All reviews (0)