Book 3: Chapter 105
Tiffany
Through the portal, we were inside the personal condo of Harmony, and Xaxas. It looked like any other apartment, even having a small balcony I guess to land on? Likely not. Harmony had potted plants and baby fencing on the railing… with a lock on the glass….
Surely they can’t be crawling around or something already!
The magic of this place could be felt, so maybe they could? I wouldn’t be surprised. Harmony told me that her children were godkin, and Asanguis’s were demigods.
“Welcome to brother’s nest.” Chuckled Asanguis, holding 3 blue haired babies.
I could tell they must have done something to the ceiling too, since he was in his special robes. He had to be about 11 or 12 feet tall, not even including the horns, yet they didn’t scrape the ceiling.
“Ah! They’re adorable!” I beamed. “Mind if I hold them?!”
“By all means, little serpent.” He smiled. “My son is Noxxen, and this one is Nezza.” I was handed his sleeping babies, and he passed one to Zayde. “And she is Nazza… They are gifts from my most treasured mate.” He made a coo sound, and I tried not to giggle at him. “I mean, here.”
“They are little gifts.” I said feeling warm and fuzzy. They slept in my arms, not even stirring from their sleep in a new, smaller set of arms. “Welcome to the Court of Death and Dreams little ones.”
/They are so small./ Said Theo. /They still smell like egg…./
“They are but demigod-lings.” Asanguis smiled. “And your coven houses one of our little one’s mate, but I will not say who, or which child, so none gain special treatment.”
“We’ll ensure they grow up in safety my lord.” Said Zayde.
“I visited Echidnah already; this is meant to be a bit of a secret but… please tell Lia’s Chosen that I am grateful. Unlike big brother… my soul creation and magic is…. Well…”
“His soul magic is shit!” yelled Xaxas, shouting from another room.
“No Swearing!” yelled Harmony.
“And It’s Not A Nest!” The Realm King complained.
“It’s totally a nest.” Asanguis chuckled. “Come. The party’s inside the demi-realm.”
“If you ever need a babysitter, please, by all means allow us too.” Said Zayde as we followed the God of Death.
His smile was so fond, and warm, you wouldn’t know that was his title. Holding little ones… Theo seemed a little conflicted. I don’t know if my body is ready for babies yet… and even if it was, a century of training myself, and becoming closer to my beast would be the best option.
We followed them into the Realm King’s office… there was no party to be seen, but I really liked how well he hid the demi-realm. You’d think it was just a normal office. Two desks were in there, along with computers, a small bookshelf, and a large glass habitat case for the monitor lizard.
I heard about him too. Razza gave Grace and Aureus trouble, so the Great Ruby Dragon is now the Great Ruby Pet….
By the whim of the Realm King, his punishment is permanent, and eternal… Never again will he be a great fearsome drake… but he earned that.
The moment we went through the portal, all the pantheon, and most of my family was here…. Along with the lizard. He looked up to no good with Zairiel *real* close to the Horned One’s plate of only meat, but the master didn’t seem to mind.
I saw Harmony’s two little baby girls too, Zohlliba, and Zulliba, flying around with a bottle in their hands. They were floating next to the Pale Lady, who wore a yellow dress to match moon-yellow skin and hair.
“SKREEEEEE!!!!!” Razza yelled, skedaddling away from the Horned One with a steak in its mouth…. The master laughed, but it was obvious that the lizard stole off his plate.
And a small baby riding him was his accomplice! In one hand was his bottle, and the other was his blue blanket.
“RAZZA!!! Zai!!!!” Yelled Harmony.
“Wee!!!” sang Zairiel…. He’s already like his father.
I didn’t know Harmony could teleport, but she did.
“Awe!” he complained. She picked Zairiel up, and his lizard companion pawed at her legs. I don’t think Razza can talk, but as a serpent, I could tell he didn’t want his accomplice in trouble.
“Don’t overfeed him.” she warned.
“K mama!” he beamed.
“I think they’re mentally toddlers if I put an age to it.” Said Harmony.
“Oh wow.” I mumbled.
“I’m a big boy!” Beamed the little baby in his mother’s arms, and I couldn’t help but smile at that….
The Lady of Judgment will have her hands full, while for a little bit, the Lady of Death will have it a bit easier. I couldn’t believe Asanguis’s kids were still asleep!
“If ever you wish to have any sooner than a century, I can bless you to be ready.” Said Asanguis, standing next to Nixxia.
I didn’t know what to say to that.
Theo didn’t either, but it’s what she wants.
“I wouldn’t take your kindness for free my lord.” I said thinking he was only saying that because his mood was good. I felt like I could ask him anything within reason, and he’d do it. I didn’t want to abuse that.
“No, I mean it. My soul magic may be ‘shit’, but blessings are simple. All I’d have to do is snap my fingers… but… but don’t ask me to *make* your child… I cheated; father made the little ones.”
“Because they are demigod, hybrid souls.” Said a man with blue skin… Wait. The Dairy way twinkled on that skin…. He was taller than the Horned One… something he wouldn’t do unless he were higher.
“Father did say that my lord.” Said Asanguis sheepishly.
Ok *now* I know I was right. Who is he? Why does he sound familiar, like I spent a long time around him…. I thought of the humming I dreamed of after helping Kaizen….
“My my, aren’t you two perceptive.” He said with a slight smile.
Why did I recognize the voice of the blue skinned man? It was a rich rumble, one that as he spoke, one could imagine a stoked furnace blazing with every word… More authority than even my maker, yet… that could not be so.
He held a thin black crown, honestly just a thin ring between six horns, with the longest being decorated. Three were on each side, with each one becoming half the size of the last. Glass disks and bells with different symbols dangled off the longest 2 horns since they were looped, and his robes looked different. They were a darker shade of black with silver trim. He wore no sandals like the others, merely having black clawed feet and bracelets on his ankles, and wrists. All of it was silver… and oddly enough I could not sense a single speck of magic from him.
Theo was silent. She was smiling and cooing over the babies, thinking of baby names until he appeared…. Who was he?
I bowed. “Good morning, Lord of Time.”
“Seems like you owe me that cupcake Calaxious.” Said King Tyson, holding his son. His little boy looked just like him, except he had a white stripe in his hair. … But why did his kid look 5 or 6?!
“I thought Lustros was just a Baby with a flesh form!” I yelled, surprised, while two little boys who looked like Kaizen chased a golden-haired boy holding two stuffed octopi….. That’s Zolotos, Grace’s son. Her mate is King Aureus, the Gold Dragon, but I remember him by his original name, Frag’naw…. He defeated Saiyatok, killing him so he could rest like the other original kings. “I know I hibernated but Wow!”
“The Horned One cheesed their childhood, since all our little ones were born like us.” Said Kaizen behind me. I bet he did that to make me jump, since he’s the one who loves tricks the most, but jokes on him!
“And I’m surprised you remembered me watching over you.” Said the Lord of Time. “You aided Zuviel, and got lost in time while you slept.”
…usually something like that is a death sentence.
“I thank you. Please, feel free to visit us, and we will have a banquet in your honor.” Zayde smiled, giving Nazza back to Asanguis.
“I’m grateful.” I said handing Asanguis back Noxxen and Nezza…. He looked like he wanted them back. I Knew that Look.
“That sounds too much like *veneration*.” The Lord of Time complained. “What about teatime instead?” he asked honestly.
“Of course.” I smiled.
“More teatime companions. How novel.” He smiled.
\----Zayde-----
Tiffany was playing with Harmony’s children, giving her pointers with Isabelle, while I somehow ended up with the Lord of Time. We stood off to the side of the food, quietly standing near each other, drinking wine.
“I’m so happy for them.” It was strange being so casual with him, but he patted me on the back, and refilled my glass with magic.
“Soon you’ll be a father again.” He pointed at Tiffany. “Are you ready?”
“I’m almost finished with the whelping den if she wants to birth the serpent’s way.” I said looking at her… She was so genuinely happy, because we loved our children. “Even now, I still miss Hellinia coming to me for advice, or how to do a spell… telling me about the boy she’s married to now, and I almost didn’t approve.”
“But *Stanley’s* daughters are still around, and that’s in the past. Your future is right there, rolling around with a large lizard and his diapered accomplice.” He chuckled. “Take it from me, do not yearn for the past.”
“My lord, I don’t understand.” I said honestly…
All the children swarmed her. She’d managed to get a guitar, and played their favorite nursery songs… Things seemed to be tunnel vision. This was another repeat…. Another stamp in time to watch all over again… but back then, the songs were instructions for the basics of magic, or how to summon fire.
“I will tell you more come teatime, but I am the god eater who killed his family for power, and lived with the spoils for a time… I was ungrateful. I was selfish; I am why I am alone, yet I have no do-over little one, besides until now, being beheaded for my crimes…. You Have a Second Chance. I heard Asanguis; you two should think about it.” He left me.
I didn’t know his story, or legend, but I understood his warning… I shouldn’t live in the past; she’s right there in front of me. I planned on asking her proper after all this….
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