"I will never lie to you, Master." Then, a big smile appeared on Nux's face and, "Or would you like to use the Truthblood Amulet? That artifact helped us quite a lot when we used it inside the Illusion." "We used the Truthblood Amulet?" "Well, we were forced to. *Essence* comes from another world, so you were worried about my origins and since I couldn't tell you that everything around you was simply an illusion, I had to come up with another way." "Oh? So what did you do? I highly doubt I would let a being who uses energy from another world get close to me." "Well, I have my ways." Nux smiled playfully. "So you managed to fool me." Aeliana commented as she glanced at Nux. "That is no-" "You are sharper than I thought, Nux." "I didn't fool you." "But you still managed to hide the fact that we were all living inside the Illusion despite me using the Truthblood Amulet, No matter how I see it, That is my Illusion self's loss." "…" Nux didn't know what to say and seeing that, Aeliana's smile widened. "What is it?" She questioned. "Nothing. Now I am having a difficult time talking to you." Nux chuckled. Aeliana laughed out loud as well. "I will admit it, I am doing it intentionally."
She then glanced at Nux and, "I do not like the fact that you have so much advantage over me." "This is not an advantage, Aeliana." Nux replied with a heavy smile on his face. Aeliana frowned, Nux then looked into her eyes and, "Only I remember what happened between the two of us, it is now my responsibility to continue the same journey again and ensure the two of us reach the same destination again.
It is not as easy as you think." "…" Aeliana stared at Nux in silence. "Once again, it doesn't feel like our relationship was that of a normal master and disciple." "I never said it was a normal one." Nux laughed. Aeliana narrowed her eyes and Nux continued, "We were two broken beings living in a ridiculous world they both hate, Aeliana. We couldn't possibly have a normal relationship. Just thinking about it is a foolish thought." "Two broken beings…?" Aeliana frowned. Nux continued to explain, "I was living in a ridiculous world where I couldn't get close to my wives. Aeliana, I exist because my wives do. They are the sole reason I do what I do, they are why I feel most of my emotions, in a world where I cannot get close to my wives…
I would hate that world with the core of my being, Heck, the only reason I even lived in that world was because I wanted to leave and meet my wives again." Aeliana stared at Nux, listening to him talking about his wives was… She didn't know how to explain this feeling. At the same time, she saw that overwhelming emotion that overpowered her before, this time, it was directed somewhere else, only that this time, that emotion was… much, much stronger. "What about me?" Suddenly, Aeliana questioned. "What?" "Two broken beings living in a world they hate, I understand your case, you knew the world was illusionary and you hated it because you couldn't be with your wives, But what about me? My illusionary self didn't know that the world was an Illusion, so why would she hate the world?" Aeliana questioned and hearing that question, Nux couldn't help but smile, "So I guess the old man is doing a good job, eh?" Nux looked above and nodded. He didn't know if Azriel was watching or not, no, he was sure that he was watching, very intensely at that. He just nodded at the old man and then glanced at the confused Aeliana again, "The Aeliana I met hadn't met her father. So she was different from the current you." Nux spoke and Aeliana's expression changed. In an instant, her mind went back to where it all began. The time when, in her eyes, Nux became much more than just a disciple of her friend, or husband of her disciple, the time when Nux stood in front of the strongest being in the world and confronted him directly. 'Primordial Stage? Absolute Law? Leader of the Ancestral Order? Eternal Life? Bullshit! What is the point of all this when you hate every second of this!? You! You, Azriel Ruinous, made your daughter's life a living hell! And then you are bold enough to come out and call her your daughter!? How ridiculous!'
Aeliana remembered everything Nux said word for word. Others present there were all horrified, yes, they were also surprised, Progenitors treated Aeliana like their own daughter, after their children who died a long time ago, Aeliana was the only child they had all worked together to raise and they all pampered her a lot. The group practically adored her and the little Aeliana had the power to do almost anything she wanted because all the bigwigs moved around her like her legs and tails. But to be told that the child they doted on hated everything around her and felt like she was living in hell, obviously, the Progenitors were shocked, If it was any other time, their faces would have fallen and their eyes would have turned moist, but at that moment, nothing like that happened. Why? Because Azriel was silent. It wasn't just the Progenitors, even Nux's wives were looking at Azriel with wary looks on their faces, that was simply how deafening Aeliana's father's silence was, However, Nux didn't care, he continued to glare at Azriel with his eyes burning with rage, his anger was so strong that even Azriel, the strongest being in the world was taken aback. His rage, hatred, frustration, and… affection, Aeliana felt it all. Nux's words affected her, in an instant, she felt a strange connection with this man standing in front of her and all this while, that was the only thing she had been thinking about. She wanted to find out what this feeling was. She wanted to understand why her heart felt heavy every time she recalled Nux's eyes burning with rage when he glared at her father. And at the same time…
She wanted to understand what emotion she was feeling when Nux was looking at her with a relieved smile on his face right now.
"I changed quite a lot in the last few years huh…" Aeliana muttered with a light smile on her face. "You did, you look a lot brighter and your smile now looks a lot less fake." Nux was brutally honest. Aeliana raised her eyebrows.
"What?" Nux just smiled, trying to change the topic but, "Did you just call me fake?" "Don't bother, Lady Aeliana. Even you yourself would call yourself fake if you met you. It is glaringly obvious, especially when someone knows more about you than he or she should. Even right now, you haven't changed, yes, you are much better than before and your smile seems a lot more natural, but… You still seem to be thinking about quite a lot of things." Aeliana stared at Nux for a while, then, "Everything in my life fixed itself a little too quickly, which makes me wonder if the only thing I had to do instead of taking it all in was to step out and speak. Who knows? I could have solved everything on my own and if that is true, Then all the years I spent feeling stuck, would be a waste. It would turn out to be a comical situation." Nux nodded in understanding. Despite her being vague, he could understand what Aeliana was going through, a child who was barely a thousand years old 'solved' the problem that had been haunting her entire life, how could she possibly take it well? Even if she was truly thankful with all her heart, somewhere in her mind, she felt… insignificant. However, "Who said everything's solved?" Suddenly, Nux glanced at Aeliana and questioned with a light smile on his face. Aeliana frowned and Nux continued, "I only mended the relationship between you and your father, Lady Aeliana. Yes, this impacted your life significantly, yes, this was the reason everything happened the way it happened, but…
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