"I didn't expect it to end this way."
"Expect what to end this way?" Kali looked at Victor curiously.
"This situation," Victor explained.
"…Really? You really didn't expect anything?" Kali raised her eyebrow suspiciously.
Victor laughed lightly: "Trust , I have no reason to lie." He was honest. His Family situation was now at a perfect point. He was a very well-adjusted man, married to very devoted Wives, and had beautiful Daughters and a beautiful ho.
He was satisfied, and because of this, he saw no need to look for won.
'Although, I have never looked for won. They all ca to .' It could be said that their relationship developed so naturally that before Victor knew it, he was surrounded by Wives.
He was never the kind of protagonist in the stories he read, the kind of protagonist who would go after a woman and do everything to win them over.
'I think the only ti I did sothing similar was with Scathach… But does that count as stalking her? We had the sa interests, and we kept our 'rivalry' as a spice in our relationship.'
Even after so much ti, Victor never resolved his rivalry with Scathach, and neither of them was interested in doing so. It was more interesting to keep it that way: they were lovers, they were married, they were companions, they were rivals. That was the relationship they had.
Victor and Kali were currently in the mansion's observatory, a place made to observe the view of the planet from a distance.
"..." Kali looked at Victor for a few seconds and nodded slightly. She didn't know what to think about this matter. Should she be sad about this? She didn't know. In fact, she was not feeling anything because she felt that Victor wasn't talking about it to make her sad and was just verbalizing his shock.
'Ugh, I've never been good at personal relationships.' She grumbled internally.
"Don't take my words so seriously." Sensing her inner turmoil, Victor decided to elaborate further: "I only said what I said because I'm genuinely surprised that all of this is happening."
"…I see. So it's not because you don't like or anything."
"Oh, I definitely like you, make no mistake about it. I've liked you since the mont we started training together… Thinking about it now, I think that if Violet hadn't tried to get us together, I would have eventually tried to kill your future suitors… It's good that such a future was avoided."
"..." Kali swallowed hard, and her calm mask almost broke. 'How can he say such shaful things so naturally? … Although I don't dislike it, I can see that he's being truthful, and that feels really good.'
'And why am I so happy even though he's saying such atrocities about a non-existent future partner?' Due to Kali's strength, few Beings could touch her without disappearing from existence, and even fewer could withstand her full Power of Destruction.
When she was practicing the nightly acts, the control she had now would not be the sa, and her Power would kill her partner. Even if she had not experienced it yet, she knew that this was what would happen. She knew her body very well.
Kali shook her head and decided not to think about it. Instead of thinking about nonsense, she decided to observe the landscape in front of her.
It was currently nightti on Victor's personal planet, and because it was nightti, the planet's sky was a veil of stars so dense that it seed to pulse with life of its own. The jungle below vibrated in shades of phosphorescent blue and green, with every leaf, flower, and dewdrop emanating a natural glow. Giant trees with wide trunks and intertwined roots rose toward the sky while their canopies glowed softly, spreading a diffuse light that barely touched the forest floor.
The winding rivers cut through the landscape like crystal serpents, reflecting the bioluminescent glow of the banks. In the air, winged creatures glided in fluid movents between the branches, leaving trails of light that danced briefly before disappearing. These creatures always kept a visible distance from the castle out of both respect and fear of the creatures that lived there.
There were always those brave enough or those who had no sense of danger and entered the castle to explore, but they were usually cubs or small creatures, in which case the castle Maids made sure they were properly returned to nature.
In the silence of the night, the forest seed alive. Vines hung like veils between the trees, emitting a glow that pulsed like arteries of Energy. Nocturnal flowers opened their petals, releasing soft lights and sweet scents that attracted luminous insects. In so parts, bushes covered in shiny lichens ford small clearings where creatures with glowing eyes watched intently.
From ti to ti, sounds broke the silence: the harmonious song of nocturnal birds, the distant echo of light footsteps among the leaves, or the sound of water drops falling from tall leaves. As the wind blew, leaves moved in a silent ballet, scattering the reflection of their lights and creating hypnotic patterns in the air.
With Kali's eyes, she could see that deep beneath the water, there were enormous creatures patrolling. '... Those weren't here before.' She couldn't help but think of the sight of Victor summoning similar creatures, only much larger when he 'visited' her Pantheon.
"It's a beautiful planet."
"Indeed." Victor nodded appreciatively. He and his Family had indeed managed to build a beautiful planet full of nature that had never been touched by anyone but them. This was their Garden of Eden, their Paradise, their final refuge.
"Now that I stop to think about it, you never told the na of this planet."
"I didn't tell you because there isn't one."
"...Why not?"
"Because all of this here..." He raised his arm, gesturing at the entire landscape as if embracing the planet itself.
"It's my ho... Every animal, every plant, every tree, every different bio, every particle of water on this planet, everything is my ho. Dragon Fire is the core of this planet, and fire is not only destruction. It is life, too, the heat that sustains every atom of this place. Everything here was Blessed by . Everything here is mine, this place, this planet, is my ho." He repeated again, emphasizing his point, and then looked at Kali.
"Would you na your own ho?"
"...Only if necessary." Kali nodded.
"Indeed. But in this case, it is not necessary, and 'ho' is a better and much more intimate word... Although... Yes, if I were to na this planet, perhaps I would call it Etherea, which ans sothing ethereal, subli, like paradise, or Amaranthe, which symbolizes sothing eternal and immortal."
"Characteristics that perfectly describe this place... What do you think?"
"I think Etherea is better. It doesn't seem so arrogant, and it feels like ho." Kali gave her opinion.
"The na will be Etherea then." Victor nodded as he sat in the air, propped himself up as if he were in an armchair, and put his left arm behind his head while stretching his legs. "Although I'll just call it My Ho."
Kali laughed softly and then went back to observing nature as she sat in the air in the ditative pose she was used to. These monts of peace like this… she wouldn't mind spending the rest of eternity like this with this man by her side.
His very presence gave her a sense of tranquility that was very natural. Surprisingly, their togetherness wasn't strange, and she didn't feel that it was unnatural. It all happened organically. 'We already had a good relationship, so we fit together well.'
Unfortunately, in the past, despite connecting well, they could never 'fit together' properly because they were both on opposing sides. They were not from the sa Faction, so Victor could not be as 'open' with her as he was with his Wives, and Kali noticed this. But now that she was his Wife in na, such things no longer existed.
Wife in na because they have not consummated the act yet… Kali blushed slightly internally as she thought about this specific matter. Due to being born as Destruction itself, she never really had control over her Powers and needed to be isolated, so it could be said that she has no experience with this matter at all.
"How long can we keep wasting ti like this?" She asked in an attempt to not think about these things.
Which was very difficult since the more she tried to avoid this thought, the more she thought about the matter she wanted to avoid subconsciously.
"As long as it takes…" Victor had already sealed the surroundings and made Ti move slowly. "I can't give you all my personal attention, but I can give you the best ti of your life."
"...What do you an all your attention?" Kali asked curiously. "Aren't you 'here' these days?" She looked at Victor more deeply and saw no difference in the Victor she usually saw.
"Yes, I am, but my attention is divided on other matters too."
"...Huh?" Kali didn't understand anything. To be honest, she had a lot of experience with strange Techniques, but what Victor said just now didn't give her any clue. "Are you making clones or sothing?"
"Hell no," Victor said with disgust. With his Powers, he could make independent clones, but he would never make such abominations because he was too possessive for that. "It's more like I've divided my attention into seven different avatars, and I am controlling each of them perfectly. It's more of a division than clones."
"...How is that not driving you insane?" God or not, dividing his point of view like that was a ridiculous feat. She couldn't even imagine the control required for such a feat.
'I can barely control my Power completely, and this man is dividing his imnse Power into several parts and controlling them perfectly...' She felt her lips twitch at this absurdity.
"Practice." Victor shrugged.
'Practice, my perky ass! God or not, this can't be achieved with just 'practice'.' She sighed. As a Goddess, she was no stranger to this concept since many Gods could make a Mortal shell to observe Mortals. But usually, they had to consciously control this shell while their Divine self rested and couldn't control both at the sa ti.
Victor chuckled gently when he saw Kali's reactions. It was always refreshing to see her breaking out of her calm character.
"... What?"
"Nothing... It's just that you're reacting just like my Wives do now when I do my thing. It's refreshing and quite satisfying to see." He complinted her honestly.
His words dealt critical damage to Kali's defense. Kali herself had to try very hard not to blush too much and turn her face away, but she managed it!
"I think... Anyone with the slightest sense of the difficulties of this Technique would be surprised by what you do." She decided to be diplomatic.
"Maybe."
"... And I'm not mad."
"Huh?"
"I an, I'm not mad or sad that you're not focusing all your attention here. After all, I know this is a turbulent ti for The Empire. I understand."
"..." Victor looked deeply at Kali, and with a thought, so of his more useless selves were undone, greatly decreasing his ntal burden.
"There is always ti for my Wife, Kali. If there is no ti, I will just make more ti."
"…What did you do?"
"I gave you my full attention." Victor smiled lovingly.
Kali blushed a little and gave a small, satisfied smile.
A comfortable silence fell around them, and Kali subtly found herself wanting to feel more of the sensation coming off Victor's body, unconsciously floating towards him. Before she knew it, she was only a few centiters away from him but still didn't touch him.
'She's like a stray cat.' Victor smiled internally at Kali but let her do whatever she wanted. He knew that with Kali, he shouldn't rush things, and the Goddess would do things in her own ti.
"You know… There was a ti when I almost killed Shiva."
"…Oh?" Victor looked at Kali curiously. "Tell more."
"This happened when I was younger..." Kali began to talk about her own past, and before she knew it, those few centiters of distance disappeared completely. She was on Victor's lap, lying with her head on his chest as they both talked.
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