Inside the room, the steady breaths of a sleeping young man echoed faintly.
Although the room was dimly lit, Aurora could see her lover clearly as if it was day.
She looked at him affectionately and gently brushed aside the hair that clung to his face. 'His hair had grown longer,' Aurora thought as she lightly caressed the side of Lux's face. The Half-Elf was in deep sleep, so he remained undisturbed by her loving touch.
She felt a faint ache in her heart, knowing that her lover looked very tired not because of their lovemaking, but because of everything that had happened since he had been freed from the block of crystal.
The news of his lovers losing their memories of him was a heavy blow that he was unable to easily recover from. Yet, just as things were getting a bit better, the Abyssal Lords attacked Agartha, forcing him to leave Iris and Cai behind in order to accompany her in protecting her kingdom from those who wished to destroy it.
Unfortunately, Nyarlathotep didn't care whether he destroyed friend or foe alike. He simply wanted chaos and destruction, so he chose to sacrifice his subordinates in order to empower his suicide attack, which would have wiped Agartha from the face of the world.
In order to prevent that from happening, Aurora made the ultimate sacrifice by activating the Pillar of Eternity that rested inside her soul, protecting everyone from harm.
After her death, Lux didn't waste any time in order to come and find her.
Even though the connection of the Abyss from Solais and Elysium had been severed, he still found a way to come and save her, arriving on time before the Incubus Lord, Narcissus, claimed her as his woman.
Right now, Aurora's heart was overflowing with love and happiness for the man who had risked everything to find her again.
The moment Lux took her innocence for the second time, Aurora recovered her memories as well as the memories of times long past.
The power that had been lying dormant in her soul for hundreds of years had finally awakened, sharing her essence with the Half-Elf, whom she had chosen to be her partner for life.
Even though Aurora didn't remember Lux right after she hatched from her cocoon, her instincts were calling out to him, trying to find him.
This was why when Narcissus tried to kiss her, she pushed him away.
She didn't want something that was important to her to be taken away by someone whom her heart didn't choose.
Her primal instincts knew that there was someone who loved her very much, and she would give only that person her everything the moment she met him again.
"For hundreds of years, I've been born as the unluckiest girl in the world," Aurora muttered softly. "Now, I feel like I'm the luckiest."
After saying those words, she planted a kiss on Lux's forehead, marking him as her man.
The reason why Lux managed to reach the Supreme Rank was not just because he absorbed Aurora's Yin Essence, but because he had also absorbed a bit of her Divinity.
"I didn't think that I would fall in love with a mortal," Aurora said with a smile. "But it doesn't feel so bad. If it's you, I'm sure that this lifetime will be filled with happiness and love."
Lux didn't know that his lover was not only a Transcendent Succubus, but also the former Goddess of Solais. The person who stopped Daniel from achieving Godhood. With her sacrifice, she saved the world, but in return, her soul was cursed, taking in all the misfortunes of the world.
After countless cycles of birth and reincarnation, her suffering only stopped after her fateful meeting with Lux.
Now, she was no longer alone.
She had a lover, who would go to the Abyss and back only to find her.
She had a family in Agartha who loved her.
She had sisters who shared her love with the Half-Elf currently sleeping by her side.
Last, but not the least, she now had a little sister, born from the seed of the same man whom she had made love to just an hour ago.
"So is Dia my sister or my stepdaughter?" Aurora said in a teasing tone as she lightly poked the sleeping Half-Elf's nose. "To think that you were able to make the Succubus Queen give birth to your child. I don't know if you are lucky or unlucky."
A giggle escaped her lips because she thought that Lux's bad luck was all because of her. "Rest, my love," Aurora wrapped her arms around the sleeping Half-Elf before resting her head on his chest. "You deserve it."
Indeed, Lux deserved his rest.
The former Goddess of Solais knew that the moment her lover opened his eyes, he would need to fight once again in order to save Elysium, as well as the dying world of Solais.
If possible, Aurora didn't want him to carry this burden. But she understood that only he would be able to turn the tide of battle in their favor.
"If you succeed, and we live through this ordeal, I will give birth to lots of your babies." Aurora smiled. "I hope you'll be ready for that, Lux."
This was the first time in all of her lifetimes that she had considered giving birth to children.
It was a very mysterious feeling. Aurora simply felt that if it was with him, then she would be able to handle that much.
While the former Goddess hugged her lover to sleep, Antero finally stood up and walked toward the castle in the distance.
Daniel had stopped attacking the portal from the other side, so there was no need to worry.
The seal he had placed in the portal was nearly indestructible. As the first being born since the creation of Abyss, Antero had a lot of control over it.
Sealing portals was not a big deal for him. If he wished for it, he could instantly travel from one Layer to another Layer, without needing to pass through any of the portals.
The castle was silent as everyone rested for the night.
Although day and night were not really a concept in the Abyss, there were still times of the day when everyone felt like resting.
Antero had still not seen Dia because he had left right after she was born in order to find the little one's father.
Now that he had some free time, he would ask Little Rhiannon to show him her baby, which he now considered to be his granddaughter, whom he decided to call Little Dia.
