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"What do you want?"
Luna's smile faltered montarily, uncertainty clouding her expression as she contemplated the question.
What did she truly want? The desire to kill Lucian burned within her, but she knew that wasn't the question Eli was asking. With a heavy sigh, she confessed, "I don't know... I really don't know what I want."
Eli simply patted her back and sighed deeply, concern evident in his eyes, "Are you... going to leave ?"
Luna had no words for that. She felt a lump in her throat, the question weighing heavily on her heart.
Eli took her silence as an answer. His shoulders slumped slightly, the unspoken words hanging in the air between them.
"..."
A heavy silence descended upon them, filling the room with a palpable tension. After a mont, Luna tried to break the tension and cheer him up, "C-Co on, Eli..." but her voice was shaky, and her own eyes were filled with tears as if she might cry at any mont again.
Eli gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, his touch tender. "Could you allow into your heart?" he asked softly.
Luna tilted her head, not fully understanding the depth of his question, but she nodded. "Of course!"
In response, Eli hugged her tightly. She felt like a small rabbit caught in his arms, and she blushed, feeling a strange warmth spreading through her body. "W-What are you doing?" she stamred, but then she suddenly felt an even deeper warmth inside her, sothing almost magical.
Eli was already standing inside her soul realm, a place of ethereal beauty and mystery.
"Two entities... ah," Eli mumbled, observing the scene before him. The white space was dominated by two crystals. One was shining brightly, pulsating with life, while the other was dull and lifeless.
Eli understood that the bright one was Aurora, while the dull one represented her deceased child.
He hoped, that his daughter's soul was still alive within the crystal. But it seed futile. With a sad expression, he touched the dull crystal and mumbled, "Your mother really loves you... Please don't hate her."
Eli stared at the dull crystal. Just rembering Aurora's silence to his question made him tremble. "I wish... I could do sothing..."
At that mont, pink mist, otherwise known as divinity, began to emanate from Eli's body. The mist flowed into Luna's body, which was gently embracing him.
The sky within the soul realm suddenly filled with flickering pink colour, and soon, like pink thunder, it struck the dull crystal.
"THUNDER!"
Eli stepped back and looked at the crystal with a frown. The once dull crystal suddenly flickered with pinkish-white light and slowly began to morph into a different form.
"Luna?" Eli frowned as he tried to touch her, but she stopped him.
"No," she said firmly. Even though she looked like Luna, her deanour was different. She curiously looked around with a fascinated expression and asked, "Where are we?"
"Who are you?" Eli frowned, his fingers flickering with reddish-black energy in preparation for whatever might co.
She glanced at Eli and sighed. "You're always like this, ready to solve everything with violence... You know."
"Thank you," he replied, still wary.
"Haha... I was complinting you, idiot," she giggled, though Eli didn't lower his guard.
Seeing Eli's serious face, she sighed again and said, "Take care of my mother... Step-father."
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Eli was starting to understand the situation. "What exactly happened?"
"Hmm? I don't know what exactly happened. All I know is that I've always been with my mother, even though she wasn't aware of it..... I've been with her since I/she opened my/her eyes. I wanted to speak with her, but I always remained dormant.
But suddenly, sothing pulled , giving enough power to move around."
Eli pondered her words. Seeing no clear answers, he shrugged. He wasn't going to overthink it, even if it was sohow connected to Morgan's sches. Yes, he began to believe it was all part of Morgan's grand plan..... and wondered why.
"I see... Hello, my na is Ash—" Before Eli could officially introduce himself,
She interrupted, saying, "I know everything... Eli, I know since I saw everything along with my mother."
Eli nodded and said, "I think she would be happy to hear that her daughter is alive."
However, she shook her head. "I don't think it is the right ti to tell her... Eli?"
He already had the space. He wasted no ti in telling Luna about this.... He was really over the clouds.
"Sigh... He is really over-the-top sotis..." A faint blush crept over her cheeks as she considered Eli's eagerness.
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Eli suddenly pushed Luna, who was startled by his sudden action. "W-What happened?" she asked, confusion in her eyes.
"I love you... tsk... I an, I have so good news," Eli said, his expression serious but his voice betraying a hint of excitent.
Luna giggled at Eli's sudden tongue twist and asked, "What good news?"
Just about to answer when,
"THUD!"
Eli and Luna looked to the side and saw Mariel and Rose standing there, looking at Luna with trembling eyes.
Luna's eyes widened in shock. She had totally forgotten that her room and Rose's room were connected.
"A-Aurora...." Mariel mumbled, her voice trembling as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing, tears threatening to spill down her cheeks.
It didn't take a second. Mariel had already jumped at Luna, wrapping her in a tight embrace along with Eli. Even Rose, who rarely showed such vulnerability, lost her composure and joined in, hugging Luna as if she might disappear at any mont.
"W-Why?" Mariel could only manage to ask, her voice choked with emotion.
"I-I am sorry..." Luna whispered, her voice trembling. That's all she could offer, the weight of her apology hanging in the air.... Yet, Mariel wasn't buying.
She heard... She heard Everything!!!
Even Rose shouted, "I really thought you left , Mother!!!"
Their pain was evident in their eyes... Luna... no, Aurora could only lower her head pain.
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