286 – Betrayal
“···Sister?”
Eterna was embarrassed.
It was indeed a long time since she had reunited with her older sister after a thousand years, and her frowning expression contained dark emotions that could not be expressed as joy.
If I were to ask you exactly that… She looked much closer to distress.
But even that disappeared in an instant, and only a faint smile appeared on her sister’s face, as if it had never happened before. As if she were saying that it was all an illusion, that she was just seeing things wrong.
“It’s been a while. Eterna.”
The Goddess of the Night gave her a quiet greeting and walked closer to her, gently embracing her in her arms.
As the warm touch enveloped her entire body, she felt puzzled at first, but now she surrendered her body to the moment of emotion.
She had been hiding alone in the forest for a thousand years. She continued guarding the sleeping boy without encountering anyone.
Of course, it wasn’t that difficult. For she was the goddess of time to begin with, no matter how long it lasted, it was only a moment.
Plus, there are beautiful natural scenery and cute forest animals that you will never get tired of no matter how many times you look at them.
Rather, each day was so warm and peaceful that the time spent in the sky felt boring.
The only problem she has is taking care of the boy who is in a deep sleep and won’t wake up no matter how long she waits. Thinking over and over again the memories of just one day and struggling with thoughts was an ordeal that even the goddess of time could not easily pass over.
But that wait ended today.
We may still have to wait a little longer for the boy to wake up, but from now on, her older sister will be with her, so it will go by much faster than before.
“Sister! “You created the entire dream dimension, right?”
“···Ah. Huh.”
The goddess gives an answer with some hesitation.
Afterwards, she did not feel any discomfort and was immersed in chatting with her older sister for the first time in a long time.
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“What excuse did you give to come down to earth? “Are you going to bring me with you like you originally planned?”
“···Well, similar feeling.”
“Then… When do you think it will happen?”
When the topic of boys finally came out of her sister’s mouth, the goddess, who paused slightly, answered quietly in a slightly subdued tone.
“Well.”
After hearing that careless answer, I saw her frown slightly, but after trying to shake her head and shake off her negative thoughts, I began to lead her older sister back to the forest.
It’s okay. Because I was used to her waiting.
If she joins her sister, she will be able to spend her days smiling, even if she has to wait longer than before.
So as not to ruin her reunion with her older sister after a long time, I tried to cheer her up by chatting in a bright tone.
But even hand clapping has to meet to make a sound. There was no way her mood was getting lighter as the goddess following her continued to walk with her head down without saying a word.
The two sisters finally reached the cabin through the awkward atmosphere.
After walking ahead of her, I turned around in front of her door, faced her older sister, and spoke brightly.
“Oh indeed! “I forgot, but there’s a kid I’d like to introduce to you!”
“···Introduction?”
Then, seeing her older sister react for the first time, her younger sister slowly opened her door, feeling happy.
Inside the cabin, I felt the presence of not only the boy who was sleeping on the bed, but also another person.
When she came out, it was surprising that she looked exactly like her.
Her small body and cute face. It seemed like if she grew up like that, she would go on to become a writer.
Of course, because she was a goddess, she had no childhood. From the beginning, she was born as a perfect saint.
Then what is that child?
Not only did she look like her on the outside, but even her inner energy resembled me. She seemed to have a faint sense of divinity.
It feels safe to say that she is Eterna’s daughter.
“The name is Hayang. “I am grateful to the child who first brought me to this cabin.”
“···Did you give away your divinity to make them part of your family? “If you do something like that on earth, other gods will catch you.”
Of course, Eterna is well aware of this fact. She
Now, if she uses her divinity carelessly and her location is discovered by another god, what kind of situation will she face?
“No. I just stayed with this kid all along. “It seems as if she herself absorbed the subtle divinity that had been flowing out from me while she was by my side for a thousand years.”
It is impossible for an ordinary fox to absorb divinity and raise her status.
In the first place, it is, of course, absurd to have survived for a thousand years.
In other words, unless Eterna was lying, that white fox was not an ordinary animal from her birth.
“It’s a spirit object.”
“It will definitely happen.”
The spirit creatures absorbed the divinity flowing from God for a thousand years.
Of course, it is a transcendent being that goes beyond the general category. There was nothing sufficient to become a member of God’s family.
Afterwards, I looked at her white cat with affectionate eyes and gently stroked her head.
“Without this child, she would have been much more lonely… What was her sister like? “She had a hard time, right?”
Reunited with her older sister after a thousand years, her mood was definitely quite different from before.
If she had waited quietly and lonely in this forest with Hayang, she would have been focused only on realizing the dimension of her dream, suffering from the scrutiny and stares of other gods in the sky.
She may have been going through a much more lonely and difficult time than herself.
Thinking like that, it seemed natural that her older sister looked listless.
But it’s okay.
Now, even the pain is coming to an end.
Just a little more.
“Sister. “Let’s quickly let you dream.”
“···I see.”
The goddess carefully took something out of her arms.
It was a beautiful bead shining pitch black. Eterna realized that there was another world unfolding within that small bead, decorated with amazing precision.
The goddess slowly approached the bed and opened her sleeping girl’s mouth small and made her swallow the bead.
Finally. Eterna looked at her boy, unable to control her pounding heart and breathing heavily.
No. You must remain calm.
He had only just fallen into a dream, and it would still take some more time for the boy to wake up and fully realize the uncertainty as planned.
Of course, that will only be a moment compared to the past thousand years.
20 Years at most would be enough time for the boy to firmly establish new values in his dreams.
For the remaining 20 years, the three of us, along with her older sister and Hayang, can just wait leisurely.
But unlike Eterna, the goddess’s expression did not brighten.
In fact, it was darker than before, with many shadows cast.
“Sister…?”
When I cautiously called to see if there was any problem, she lowered her head and muttered quietly.
“···I’m sorry.”
“Huh?”
Then, a cage of black light suddenly appeared around her, trapping her.
The goddess looked coldly at her younger brother, who did not understand her sudden situation and had a bewildered expression on his face, and then waved her hand in the air.
Then a black door appeared in front of her goddess and the boy floated from her bed into the air.
After belatedly realizing that the current situation was real and not her sister’s prank, I shook her bars violently, looking at her shocked expression.
The problem was that she had sealed her power in case she used her divinity unconsciously and was discovered by another god. As of now, she was practically no different from an ordinary human being, so she was powerless against the Goddess of Night who had just descended on the earth.
Eterna, unable to understand this series of developments, was in a panic.
The shock of the betrayal of her older sister, whom she trusted and trusted the most, was too great for her to respond calmly.
Why…?
Such meaningless questions were floating around in her head, but unfortunately no answer came to mind.
She probably won’t be able to figure it out even if she thinks about it for the rest of her life. No, she might be forced to ignore the truth because it would be so painful that she would die if she found out.
The goddess took her boy with her and was about to leave somewhere.
Keeping herself, her younger sister, locked in this cage.
She freely used her divinity without hesitation. So, the gods of the sky will also notice the abnormality on earth and pay attention to this deep forest.
If that happens, her own existence, which has been hidden in her land for a thousand years, will also be discovered.
Even though her older sister knew it, she used divinity.
···No. She knows that, so she deliberately used her divinity.
To make sure to separate herself from her. She was caught by the gods and taken away so that she would never come down to earth again.
“Why… Why···!?”
The correct answer was already vaguely appearing in her mind.
But the Goddess of Time could not bear to admit the answer, so she denied it until the end.
Instead of answering, the goddess tried to leave without even looking at him.
Her white dog blocked those cold steps.
“Get out of the way.”
A horribly callous command.
There are few beings who can resist the voice of God, but Hayang was one of those special beings.
“If you don’t get out of the way, there’s nothing we can do.”
“No!!!”
She went out and screamed and begged her sister.
But the goddess snapped her finger without blinking her eye.
Then, in an instant, Hayang returned to her original form of a small fox.
In that state, a jet black chain covers her mouth and tightly binds her entire body.
The chain extending from the black door was dragging, slowly pulling the fox in as if trying to devour her.
Afterwards I cried out at her with tears in my eyes and shook her bars violently.
But that was all, the cage separated the two spaces without any movement.
I couldn’t deny it now. Trying to pretend she didn’t know what her sister’s actions meant was simply impossible.
Nevertheless, finally.
Afterwards, I asked her in a very hoarse voice, filled with her last hope.
“Why on earth…?”
The goddess responded with cold eyes she had never seen before.
“Because it has to be like this.”
She disappeared, leaving behind only those words.
There was only one goddess left alone in the hut, having lost everything she had.
And after a while.
The gods of her sky came down to punish her for breaking her precepts.