AURO Moonchester sipped his tea while watching the mountain explode from afar.
He knew that it would happen so he didn't dare to get near the mountain. Instead of doing that, he just asked his servants to set up a table and a huge umbrella for him. After that, he enjoyed his tea while simply watching an interesting event unfolding in front of his eyes.
"Ah, he failed again," Auro whispered to himself. Since he asked his servants and knights to wait where they parked his carriage, he was currently alone. "Lord Kyro failed to create a perfect human body once again."
He seriously didn't understand why Lord Kyro was so obsessed with being human.
But since a pure god like him couldn't be reincarnated as a human no matter how many times he died, the Moon God's only choice was to create a perfect human body for himself.
[Unfortunately, Kalel's body isn't human so he cannot use his son as a vassal for whatever it is that he wanted to do. He could only use Kalel's body to procure the ingredients that he needs to create his ideal physical body.]
The thing that bothered him was Yumi though.
Yumi, the White Snake and Kalel's mother, had been stuck in the North all these years. When he asked his men to investigate, they found out that Lord Kyro's real physical body was apparently buried in the snow.
[If Lord Kyro needs a human body, why is Yumi still taking care of his real body? Moreover, how can a god's physical body descend from the heavens in one piece when the soul of that body is occupying someone else's?]
Ah, he felt like his brain would explode from thinking too much.
"You're here?"
Auro smiled when he saw Lord Kyro in Kalel's body. But soon, his smile disappeared when he felt a pang of jealousy in his chest. "Why is Kalel's body still look like he's just in his early twenties when he's supposed to be old like me?"
"It's because my son is a god, dimwit," Lord Kyro said bluntly, then he occupied the chair across from him. "His physical body stopped aging when he reached his prime in his twenties."
"That's unfair."
Now his desire to become a god grew bigger.
The Moon God chuckled while shaking his head. "You want eternal youth?"
"Of course," he answered immediately, then he looked at his old, wrinkled hands. "Look at me, I'm old and weak now." He raised his head to meet Kyro's gaze. "Julian ages slow, too. I look older than that bastard."
"That child is the son of Kalel and Soleil Rosenberg," the Moon God reminded him, then he sipped his tea. "My blood runs through his veins since he's my grandson. Of course, he'd age slow."
"Everyone around me remains young!" he complained out of frustration. "Even Nia!"
The Moon God sipped his tea before he asked. "And who is that?"
"Nia is my wife, Lord Kyro," he reminded the god. "The "daughter" of the Spirit of the Great Fire Tree."
"Ah, that child," Lord Kyro said, then he chuckled again. "Of course, she won't grow old. She's a Guardian."
He bit his lower lip in annoyance.
It was because he suddenly remembered how Nia turned cold after his youth disappeared. Now that he was old, his youthful wife would look at him with disgust. She even tried to escape from him, claiming that she wanted to return to the Eternal Garden.
Thus, he locked Nia up in the tower just like how he had locked up Elaine (his real sister) in the past.
"How do I kill a Guardian like Nia, my lord?" he asked curiously. "Nia won't be easy to kill. She acts like a child but she's a lump of Mana. Moreover, she knows my physical weaknesses. If we fight, she'd kill me before I even get my hands on her."
That was the reason why he stayed as far as he could away from the tower.
"You went all through the troubles in the past just to make her your wife," Lord Kyro said while shaking his head. "And now, you want to kill her?"
"We will meet again anyway because of the curse that Lady Soleil Rosenberg has cast upon us," he said casually. "Even if Nia dies earlier than me, her soul would just get stuck in the Plane. She would only get reincarnated once my soul joins hers."
"Don't you want to spend more time with your beloved?"
"Not when I'm old and ugly."
"As expected, a human's love is shallow."
"You can only say that because Yumi is eternally young like yourself, my lord," he complained to the god once again. "Would you love Yumi if she gets old and wrinkly?"
"Of course," Lord Kyro said bluntly. "There was a time that Yumi couldn't turn into a human because she was badly hurt from a civil war within the snake clan. She had to stay as a white snake for fifty years. I never left her side then. And I wouldn't even if she turns into a worm."
"How romantic," he said emotionlessly, then he changed the topic. "I have been sending you the bodies of the most beautiful, the most royal, and the most talented young people all over the continent as tribute all these years."
Apparently, Lord Kyro had used those young people for his experiments to become a full human. But of course, he failed again and again.
"Since you failed again, I'm sure you'd ask me to bring you sacrifices once more," he said carefully. "Don't you think I deserve some reward?"
"I can't make you a god yet, Auro," Lord Kyro said. "We failed to acquire all the necessary materials to open the gates to the heavens for you. We have to wait again."
"I've already accepted that," he said. He had waited for so long to become a human in the past. Waiting some more to become a god soon wouldn't be a problem. Moreover, he didn't want to be a god when he was imperfect as a human. "But when I get reborn, I want to gain eternal youth, too. Since Nia is destined to be reborn as my sister with the same soul that she has now, I'm certain that she'd retain her eternal youth. I want that kind of ability, too."
"Well, that's simple."
"Really?"
"Do you know that Julian has two hearts?"
"Excuse me?"
"I said Julian has two hearts," Lord Kyro repeated patiently. It seemed like the god understood why he was shocked, thus he was being patient. "I can't tell what the other heart is for since I'm not interested. But if you eat his other heart, the smaller one, then you'd regain eternal youth. Since it's the heart of my direct descendant, your eternal youth wouldn't disappear even if you get reincarnated."
He clasped his hands together. "It's like I'm going to be an immortal."
"Hardly," the god said. "Only your appearance will remain young. Your body will weaken as it should when it gets older. Moreover, once your body weakens, you'd start aging again albeit it is slow. Thus, instead of saying 'eternal youth,' I guess it would be more appropriate to say that you'd age slow."
"As long as I retain my youthful appearance in my next lifetime, I don't care," he said confidently. "You've blessed me with strong Mana and immunity to certain people anyway. I'll be fine."
Lord Kyro sipped his tea. "If you say so."
"I must return to the Royal Capital at once," Auro said with a wicked smile on his face. "I guess it's time to finally end the Fire Mage Clan."
***
"YOUR MAJESTY, the number of children born with a strong affinity to fire this year is outstanding."
Auro smiled when he heard the report of Brandon Denver– the head of the Fire Wielder Clan that he raised with love and care. "Is that so? I'm pleased to hear that."
He was pleased indeed.
It wasn't easy finding Fire Mages these days because most of them had disappeared already. Acquiring the flame of the Fire Mages was necessary to create weapons that people with an affinity to fire could use.
He didn't need the Fire Mages. But the fire was a strong weapon that he needed to make the empire stronger. Thus, he created the Fire Wielders clan.
[They are fire users that are loyal to me.]
Thus, the Fire Wielders were more important to him than the stubborn Fire Mages even though the latter was stronger.
Brandon Denver smiled before he continued with his report. "Your Majesty, what should we do about the Fire Mages in our force? They've grown weak recently." An evil glint sparkled in the Fire Wielder's eyes. "Do you we still need them when we, the Fire Wielder clan members, have grown significantly stronger than them?"
"I suppose you are correct, Lord Denver," Auro said, then he laughed softly. "Those bastards aren't loyal to us anyway, are they?"
Moreover, it was time for him to eat Julian's heart.
***
"LORD JULIAN!"
Julian, who was on his way to see his newborn grandchild, halted when he heard his subordinate's desperate call. "What is it?"
"We are under attack, my lord!"
He was surprised to hear that because it had been long since their clan last fought in a war. In fact, they had been living quietly for the past ten years. Still, as the clan leader, he remained calm. At least, on the outside. "Who dares to attack our clan?"
"F-Fire Mages…"
"What?"
His subordinate took a deep breath before speaking again. "They are Fire Mages led by Lord Winchell, the Red Phoenix, himself!"
Julian was shocked to hear that. "The Red Phoenix has resurrected?"
AURO Moonchester sipped his tea while watching the mountain explode from afar.
He knew that it would happen so he didn't dare to get near the mountain. Instead of doing that, he just asked his servants to set up a table and a huge umbrella for him. After that, he enjoyed his tea while simply watching an interesting event unfolding in front of his eyes.
"Ah, he failed again," Auro whispered to himself. Since he asked his servants and knights to wait where they parked his carriage, he was currently alone. "Lord Kyro failed to create a perfect human body once again."
He seriously didn't understand why Lord Kyro was so obsessed with being human.
But since a pure god like him couldn't be reincarnated as a human no matter how many times he died, the Moon God's only choice was to create a perfect human body for himself.
[Unfortunately, Kalel's body isn't human so he cannot use his son as a vassal for whatever it is that he wanted to do. He could only use Kalel's body to procure the ingredients that he needs to create his ideal physical body.]
The thing that bothered him was Yumi though.
Yumi, the White Snake and Kalel's mother, had been stuck in the North all these years. When he asked his men to investigate, they found out that Lord Kyro's real physical body was apparently buried in the snow.
[If Lord Kyro needs a human body, why is Yumi still taking care of his real body? Moreover, how can a god's physical body descend from the heavens in one piece when the soul of that body is occupying someone else's?]
Ah, he felt like his brain would explode from thinking too much.
"You're here?"
Auro smiled when he saw Lord Kyro in Kalel's body. But soon, his smile disappeared when he felt a pang of jealousy in his chest. "Why is Kalel's body still look like he's just in his early twenties when he's supposed to be old like me?"
"It's because my son is a god, dimwit," Lord Kyro said bluntly, then he occupied the chair across from him. "His physical body stopped aging when he reached his prime in his twenties."
"That's unfair."
Now his desire to become a god grew bigger.
The Moon God chuckled while shaking his head. "You want eternal youth?"
"Of course," he answered immediately, then he looked at his old, wrinkled hands. "Look at me, I'm old and weak now." He raised his head to meet Kyro's gaze. "Julian ages slow, too. I look older than that bastard."
"That child is the son of Kalel and Soleil Rosenberg," the Moon God reminded him, then he sipped his tea. "My blood runs through his veins since he's my grandson. Of course, he'd age slow."
"Everyone around me remains young!" he complained out of frustration. "Even Nia!"
The Moon God sipped his tea before he asked. "And who is that?"
"Nia is my wife, Lord Kyro," he reminded the god. "The "daughter" of the Spirit of the Great Fire Tree."
"Ah, that child," Lord Kyro said, then he chuckled again. "Of course, she won't grow old. She's a Guardian."
He bit his lower lip in annoyance.
It was because he suddenly remembered how Nia turned cold after his youth disappeared. Now that he was old, his youthful wife would look at him with disgust. She even tried to escape from him, claiming that she wanted to return to the Eternal Garden.
Thus, he locked Nia up in the tower just like how he had locked up Elaine (his real sister) in the past.
"How do I kill a Guardian like Nia, my lord?" he asked curiously. "Nia won't be easy to kill. She acts like a child but she's a lump of Mana. Moreover, she knows my physical weaknesses. If we fight, she'd kill me before I even get my hands on her."
That was the reason why he stayed as far as he could away from the tower.
"You went all through the troubles in the past just to make her your wife," Lord Kyro said while shaking his head. "And now, you want to kill her?"
"We will meet again anyway because of the curse that Lady Soleil Rosenberg has cast upon us," he said casually. "Even if Nia dies earlier than me, her soul would just get stuck in the Plane. She would only get reincarnated once my soul joins hers."
"Don't you want to spend more time with your beloved?"
"Not when I'm old and ugly."
"As expected, a human's love is shallow."
"You can only say that because Yumi is eternally young like yourself, my lord," he complained to the god once again. "Would you love Yumi if she gets old and wrinkly?"
"Of course," Lord Kyro said bluntly. "There was a time that Yumi couldn't turn into a human because she was badly hurt from a civil war within the snake clan. She had to stay as a white snake for fifty years. I never left her side then. And I wouldn't even if she turns into a worm."
"How romantic," he said emotionlessly, then he changed the topic. "I have been sending you the bodies of the most beautiful, the most royal, and the most talented young people all over the continent as tribute all these years."
Apparently, Lord Kyro had used those young people for his experiments to become a full human. But of course, he failed again and again.
"Since you failed again, I'm sure you'd ask me to bring you sacrifices once more," he said carefully. "Don't you think I deserve some reward?"
"I can't make you a god yet, Auro," Lord Kyro said. "We failed to acquire all the necessary materials to open the gates to the heavens for you. We have to wait again."
"I've already accepted that," he said. He had waited for so long to become a human in the past. Waiting some more to become a god soon wouldn't be a problem. Moreover, he didn't want to be a god when he was imperfect as a human. "But when I get reborn, I want to gain eternal youth, too. Since Nia is destined to be reborn as my sister with the same soul that she has now, I'm certain that she'd retain her eternal youth. I want that kind of ability, too."
"Well, that's simple."
"Really?"
"Do you know that Julian has two hearts?"
"Excuse me?"
"I said Julian has two hearts," Lord Kyro repeated patiently. It seemed like the god understood why he was shocked, thus he was being patient. "I can't tell what the other heart is for since I'm not interested. But if you eat his other heart, the smaller one, then you'd regain eternal youth. Since it's the heart of my direct descendant, your eternal youth wouldn't disappear even if you get reincarnated."
He clasped his hands together. "It's like I'm going to be an immortal."
"Hardly," the god said. "Only your appearance will remain young. Your body will weaken as it should when it gets older. Moreover, once your body weakens, you'd start aging again albeit it is slow. Thus, instead of saying 'eternal youth,' I guess it would be more appropriate to say that you'd age slow."
"As long as I retain my youthful appearance in my next lifetime, I don't care," he said confidently. "You've blessed me with strong Mana and immunity to certain people anyway. I'll be fine."
Lord Kyro sipped his tea. "If you say so."
"I must return to the Royal Capital at once," Auro said with a wicked smile on his face. "I guess it's time to finally end the Fire Mage Clan."
***
"YOUR MAJESTY, the number of children born with a strong affinity to fire this year is outstanding."
Auro smiled when he heard the report of Brandon Denver– the head of the Fire Wielder Clan that he raised with love and care. "Is that so? I'm pleased to hear that."
He was pleased indeed.
It wasn't easy finding Fire Mages these days because most of them had disappeared already. Acquiring the flame of the Fire Mages was necessary to create weapons that people with an affinity to fire could use.
He didn't need the Fire Mages. But the fire was a strong weapon that he needed to make the empire stronger. Thus, he created the Fire Wielders clan.
[They are fire users that are loyal to me.]
Thus, the Fire Wielders were more important to him than the stubborn Fire Mages even though the latter was stronger.
Brandon Denver smiled before he continued with his report. "Your Majesty, what should we do about the Fire Mages in our force? They've grown weak recently." An evil glint sparkled in the Fire Wielder's eyes. "Do you we still need them when we, the Fire Wielder clan members, have grown significantly stronger than them?"
"I suppose you are correct, Lord Denver," Auro said, then he laughed softly. "Those bastards aren't loyal to us anyway, are they?"
Moreover, it was time for him to eat Julian's heart.
***
"LORD JULIAN!"
Julian, who was on his way to see his newborn grandchild, halted when he heard his subordinate's desperate call. "What is it?"
"We are under attack, my lord!"
He was surprised to hear that because it had been long since their clan last fought in a war. In fact, they had been living quietly for the past ten years. Still, as the clan leader, he remained calm. At least, on the outside. "Who dares to attack our clan?"
"F-Fire Mages…"
"What?"
His subordinate took a deep breath before speaking again. "They are Fire Mages led by Lord Winchell, the Red Phoenix, himself!"
Julian was shocked to hear that. "The Red Phoenix has resurrected?"
