After saying goodbye to Lexi, Toto, and Martha, we left them to continue guarding the gate. Something told me things would remain silent for a while, considering that Kadeon almost lost half the Zodiacs he had left in the Underworld. If I were him, I would be trying to figure out a way to make them stronger if they could beat us.
"Galio? Are you ready?" Tallia asked as Eliza came to give me a hug.
"Yes, I have been waiting for this moment for a while now," I said, hugged Eliza back, and kissed her.
"Thank you for coming with us. I will try to get some time to spend with you before I return," I told Eliza, and she nodded before pulling away.
"I will be waiting for you!" Eliza smiled and then ran back to her manor.
Nemoria and Fate were back on Tallia's island, and now it was time for the two of us to finally spend some time together. I turned to her, and she was smiling at me.
"That is a nice look on you," I said, returning the smile which made hers disappear.
"Do we really have time for this?" She asked, and I pulled my neck back and tipped my head forward, lifting an eyebrow.
"You don't think that we, of all people, have earned this? You know that if I had known that I could create my own child, it would have been with you, right? Do you really want to put this off? The time that we have earned?" I asked, walking up to her and pulling her into my arms.
"What about Eliza? She came before any of us, so you should really be doing it with her before me, right?" She asked, looking up, but squeaked when I pinched her ass.
"Eliza will be next. Now, stop making excuses, and tell me where you want to go, okay?" I asked and then kissed her forehead. "From now till tomorrow morning, I am all yours."
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Tallia and I walked hand in hand along the shore of an island she had once visited that was uninhabited, talking while watching the sunset. The bright colors cast an orange glow over the horizon as we paused to watch a school of dolphins swimming near us.
"It's so beautiful here," Tallia said and swung our hands, making me smile. We had spent so much time worrying about everyone else. So, it was nice just to have a day to focus on ourselves and think about our future.
"And quiet. Being here with you alone is almost enough to make me forget about everything else," I said, and she slowed down and looked over at me.
"Do you think that this will ever end?" She asked, and I shrugged.
"That is a very good question, but I don't think so. While I will defeat Kadeon and Matthias, I have no clue what the future looks like after this. Just trying to think about what kind of cosmic glue is holding this crazy reality together makes my head hurt," I chuckled, and Tallia turned her head to the water.
"I don't really have a right to complain. Kadeon is my father, and you were only doing what you thought was right. You saved us from him, and now you are doing it again," Tallia said, slowing down to a stop.
"I came to stand beside her and looked out over the sea with her. "I made the same mistake twice. I let them both live, and we are all paying for it now. We are all in this together, but you are right to worry about what will happen after," I said and then turned to face her. "That is why I have decided that I am not going into the next veil."
Tallia turned to me with a lifted eyebrow. "You think that this reality will let you just stop?"
"Another great question that I don't know the answer to, but I don't care. I will not leave this world until I am damn good and ready," I said and then clenched my fist. "I am going to kill Kadeon and then Helios, but after that, I am done. I want to have a bunch of kids, watch them grow up, and spend time with all the women that I love. I am tired of always having to fight another battle. I love fighting, but it is not the only thing I like," I sighed, letting my shoulders droop.
"I really hope that you can do this. I don't want you to leave," Tallia said to me and then hugged me, resting her head on my chest. "I finally have you back."
"And you have me forever," I said, hugging her back tightly. I meant that, but I was worried about what would happen after Kadeon died.
Would I be pulled straight into a battle with Helios? Then what? Would I be forced into the next veil without being able to say goodbye? I knew that things were starting to get closer to the head of the beast, and the end was close. I was almost positive that I was going to end up in Yaggisdral once I reached the end of the Underworld.
"So many things that are up in the air right now," I groaned, pressing my face into the top of her head, but Tallia pulled back from me, and her smile returned.
"Well, we should make the most of our time, right?" She asked, her smile turning more sensual. "We do want to make sure that we get an egg, right?"
I smiled and gestured with a hand. "Your place or mine?"
"Let's go to my place since we already have memories there. I am sure that mother and Fate are already gone," Tallia said, and she gestured, and a portal opened to her kitchen.
"Oh? You told them that we would be using the house?" I teased, and Tallia rolled her eyes.
"I told them that they would be gone before we got back if they knew what was good for them!" Tallia said as she walked through, but I always could sense them on my island. They were in my living room, so I assumed they were helping themselves to my beverages.
"Well, that is good," I said as I came through and then scooped her off her feet. "Because I have been waiting for this moment for too many lifetimes to count!" I laughed and entered Tallia's bedroom, which was covered in white cats, or as I liked to think of it, Cat God Merch!
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