673 – Fire and Blacksmithing (5)
I expected it to some extent. That Luminus, the son of the supreme god and the earth mother, had a child.
On the contrary, it is more strange that it does not exist. Luminous lacks nothing in authority or power.
However, I did not know that Dalos, the god of fire and blacksmith, who was expected to be a brother, was not a brother but a son.
Then, who exactly was Luminous’ companion? Was he one of the brothers like in Greek/Roman mythology?
“Her first wife was, after all, her brother. She was the source of her life and her father, the sea-born goddess.”
“Your name is…”
“Terra, the goddess of life. She was my first wife.”
“I see… Wait a minute. First wife?”
Incest, which is common in mythology, can be overlooked. In fact, it is ambiguous even though it is her close relative, so there is nothing unpleasant about being born in the sea.
But it is jarring that she was the first wife. The fact that she was the first doesn’t mean that she was also the second.
When I asked with my eyes wide open, Luminous explained with an analogy.
“War is a law that must always be accompanied by wisdom. When I was a fool, she was a goddess who helped me when I was demoted to a saint after losing all authority to her father.”
“Can she also tell me the name of the goddess?”
“Aris, goddess of wisdom. She was one of my brother’s children.”
Aris means wisdom in the ancient language. The first wife, Terra, who was revealed at the very beginning, also means life in ancient words.
The names of the gods were hidden in the ancient language. She openly revealed the names of the gods, but most of the records were lost and she did not notice.
I couldn’t hide my bewilderment at Ruminus’ confession that he had two wives.
In fact, if you look at the location of Luminous, there is a feeling that that is also lacking.
“Have you had more?”
“There are only two wives officially married.”
“Then… No, I almost made a mistake.”
She almost said if there was a goddess she was having an affair with. Do I have the right to ask such a question right now?
It is better to ask questions like this slowly. If you really had an affair, your image of Luminous would be shattered.
“She tells me in advance, but she doesn’t have a goddess with a partner.”
“I’m glad.”
“That’s why I went to war.”
“··· ···”
I don’t know whether to say good or bad. It is the difference between a widowmaker and a Casanova.
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Still, I think it’s fortunate that I didn’t touch this woman like Zeus. She must have liked the gold thread.
As much as the gold thread was good, the sense of despair when losing those two must have been great. When I thought about it, I was stunned.
She calmly revealed her past, but from Luminous’ point of view, she wouldn’t even want to think about it. It was a mistake and a tragedy.
Moreover, Dalos, who was said to be his son, was in a state of brain death, and the people who worshiped that god were swayed by devil worshippers.
“······I didn’t ask a useless question, did I?”
“Of course. Rather, it feels more comfortable to reveal the past that I have been hiding.”
Ruminus smiled softly and answered. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to have healed the wound.
But it is true that she lost her loved ones to the war. I don’t know anything else, but I think I’ll have to take this out carefully.
“Aside from Mora, who are your other siblings?”
“Me and Mora were the first to be born. It can be said to be the first generation. Then, starting with Terra, the goddess of life, Scanya, the sky god, and Gra, the earth goddess, and then…”
I listened in silence like a grandson listening to old stories from his grandfather. I also wrote it down in my notebook so I wouldn’t forget it.
Notebooks and magic pens are things I always carry around. As I said before, I don’t trust my memory either.
“Then how did mankind come to be? Evolution or birth?”
“It’s up to you whether to interpret it mythologically or scientifically. We can do it with just a little genetic manipulation, but from your point of view, it’s a myth that’s far removed from science.”
“Keep······”
If you approach it scientifically, it is an evolution theory, but if you approach it religiously, it is a birth theory. There is nothing different from the previous life.
As the abilities of the gods are ridiculously high, it seems that the analysis will be quite different. I think I have to take a mythical route unconditionally.
“Beasts, dwarves, and elves… Were angels at the time, so let’s go over them. Were there other races? Like dragons and lizardmen.”
“There was no such thing. Instead, each race had a different race. Humans are Asians in terms of Earth, dwarves are red beards, and beasts are pandas and other various animals. Perhaps they remain beyond the sea.”
“Ah. I also heard from Mora-sama. You don’t know what kind of world lies beyond the sea.”
In a few decades, ironclad ships will be invented, and navigation will be developed in the meantime, so it may be possible to travel around the world.
Of course I have to do what I have to do now. Maybe there is a god across the sea that I didn’t even know existed.
“That’s not true. If there really was a god, Mother the Earth Mother would have recognized it. We are the only remaining gods.”
“Don’t you realize there is a human being?”
“It’s hard to use this analogy, but to my mother, human beings are like microbes inside the body. I know they exist, but I don’t know how many they exist.”
In the end, it means that we have no choice but to look through a microscope. Even if you have it, it’s okay if you don’t have it.
Anyway, coming back to the main topic, I tried to ask questions I’ve always been curious about. But I can’t keep dying here.
Time goes by slowly, but I think it’s best to deal with the wise man first.
I don’t know anything else, but I can’t forgive the wise man who forced me to commit immorality.
“Let me ask you one last question. Did Mora have a husband and children?”
“Hmm…”
I thought it was an easy question, but surprisingly, Luminous seemed to be worried. It seems that he is sensitive because it is related to his younger brother.
However, just as Ruminus had wives and children, there is a high probability that Mora will exist. Since they are beings close to the primordial gods, they must have given birth to numerous children.
But the answer from Luminous was far from what I expected.
“It’s ambiguous to say there was, and it’s ambiguous to say there wasn’t.”
“Yes? What does that mean?”
“In the past, Mora had her husband and children.”
“?”
I didn’t understand what you meant. I don’t know why I insisted on emphasizing that it was the mora of the past.
As he was making a puzzled expression at this, Ruminus smiled bitterly with an embarrassed expression. As you can see, there seems to be a complicated story.
She was about to say that if you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to, but Luminous confessed with a somewhat determined expression.
“It’s true that Maura and I are twins born to a father and mother. This is one of the undeniable truths.”
“I know that.”
“But Mora was destroyed during the Great War. As a result, there was no night and only day existed in the world.”
“······· Huh?”
What do you mean by that? Mora was destroyed in the Great War. Then what the hell is the mora that exists now?
At this, I stared at him blankly, and Luminus continued. It seems to build up the build-up step by step.
“Even when the Great War ended and the world was submerged in the sea, night did not exist. To restore the world to its original state, the existence of night was absolutely necessary. Night is the time to bring rest to living beings.”
“··· ···”
“So at that time, I briefly borrowed the authority of the supreme god and resurrected Mora.”
“It’s a normal story, but why are you hiding it? Could it be that Mora-nim doesn’t remember what happened before?”
I can understand if that’s the case. I would be surprised if I had a husband and children I didn’t know.
However, Luminous shook his head. I mean no.
So what is it? What kind of truth is hidden that Luminus is so reluctant to tell?
I squeezed my notebook and pen tight as if I wouldn’t miss a single letter. I have a feeling that something interesting is about to happen.
“In order to resurrect in a situation where only divinity remains, conditions are necessary. You must have heard this.”
“Yes, but I heard that it is possible if you rise to the position of the supreme god.”
“Yes. The problem is the conditions for birth… My dear.”
“Yes.”
“Do you know how a child is born between living things?”
I put on a puzzled expression. It’s weird not knowing that.
Isn’t a new life conceived just like that between Marie and I?
Although the process is a bit masculine, the process itself is not embarrassing. Even the elves considered sexual intercourse as a sacred ritual.
“Of course I know. Can you explain it scientifically?”
“That’s it.”
“·······?”
I narrowed my eyebrows because of a brief brain stop. Scientifically speaking, sperm and egg must meet.
Even if it is cultivated artificially, the truth itself is not different. The male symbol and the female symbol meet each other to form birth.
“It’s like a kind of truth. Just like I was born between my father and mother, divinity is in a form close to an egg, not a sperm. The seed of the world tree you received from your mother is also in that form.”
“Uh… Um… Then, the present Mora-sama is…”
“You and Ariel have a similar relationship.”
What kind of a family tree is this? I was at a loss for words and opened my mouth.
But at the same time, he nodded and agreed. This is like a myth.
Last time in Gerios Kingdom, I had an impure thought and a thunderbolt fell.
At the time, they said it was because they were siblings, but a more serious truth was hidden.
“Do you know Mora?”
“Of course I know. Furthermore, I am aware that I do not know myself.”
“Are memories transferred?”
“It’s not like that. For a human, it’s like replacing the brain, so the memories of the past are virtually meaningless.”
Somehow, I think I know why Luminus is particularly mature and Mora is playful. Most of the people who got scolded were Mora.
Still, the shocking thing is the same. If it’s like a myth, it’s like a myth, but especially since they’re gods I’ve always been friendly with.
“There are so many things I can’t understand because I’m still a human. If the fact that Mora-sama was actually Luminus-sama’s daughter was known to the world…”
“Please take care of me.”
“I can’t ask for this and turn it around and say it?”
It feels like the difficulty has risen sharply.
Common god myth moment