Chapter 139 Two opposite ends
"Who was it?" Athena asked.
"There's no need for you to get angry Athena. Just take care of Rebecca, I'll handle them." Maximus said and left the room, leaving Artemis and Athena to take care of Rebecca, while handling the guests who followed him to Agnus and Servirous.
Though it looked like he was angry at the God who stopped them outside, because of whom his daughter suffered. He was actually feeling angry at himself, for falling into their trap.
"Did you know?" He asked, when he was walking alone through the hallways.
[I expected it. But there's always a little hope for some miracle right. I thought she'd pull it off. But looks like she isn't anything special.] Indra's voice laced with disappointment sounded in his ears.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Maximus asked.
[You're asking, as if you didn't already know. Don't blame us for your faults mortal. We both saw her situation with the same eyes. And besides, how would I know she'd leave if your daughter failed to impress her.] Indra said, feeling amused over his anger.
'You will regret it.'
Maximus clenched his fists as he now understood Indra's intentions, and the goddess who dared to intervene and then leave them to themselves.
'Whoever you are, you will, regret it soon enough.'
The king promised himself that he'll make them regret it. It wasn't even about his daughter now, how dare they play around in his mansion and hurt his people.
Though he didn't know which Goddess it was, but that wasn't going to be a problem, as he can just ask Rebecca once she wakes up.
Since she awakened already, then she must've seen some notifications of that Goddess's arrival in her system.
Once he knew that name, he'll have that arrogant goddess know who she messed up with.
His mind was thinking up ways he'll force that goddess into submission, he was willing to kill all her followers, hunt down her avatars and ruin all her belief -if he couldn't even make her pay, then what the hell was the use of him being the king.
But sadly this was all going to wait a while, as Rebecca simply didn't wake up. Hours turned into days, and days into the night again - but she showed no sign of waking up.
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This is how the awakening of the hero and the heroine was supposed to go in the novel. Where one failed at the very beginning of his awakening and one at the very end.
This was a perfect setup made by the author of the novel to have them relate to each other, and create a perfect stage for them to shine later. While also showing how they are both connected to each other.
One who failed in the beginning and got rejected by the world's system, and the other who failed at the end and got rejected by the world's Gods.
One who awakened fire and the other wielded water.
One adopted by the God of sun, while the other apostle of the goddess of moon.
One so desperate for power that he'd do anything for it, while the other, who was born with too much power, and got crushed in its weight.
Author wrote them as the 2 opposite ends of everything. 2 people who had nothing in common, but in the end love triumphed and they came together crossing all boundaries.
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And this event, is where their story started.
But sadly destiny's plan had a little deviation, as an anomaly that no one expected appeared in the world.
Since Rio knew all along how everything was supposed to play out, he already set his pieces in motion and changed the whole game.
Since he couldn't do anything to stop their awakenings, he planned something else.
Knowing how their failures would end up connecting them together. He simply broke that thread of a single commonality between both of them.
Even though it was funny how protagonist connected with the princess, who's obviously having better of everything there is, and not to those who failed or are unawakened like him, but that's just how the main duo works in the novels I guess.
That's why he just changed even this littlest thing that bounded them together.
How would they ever come close, if they never ever had anything in common.
That's what he wanted to see.
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And its results were showing in the palace right this instant.
As king Maximus poured the high amounts of mana in the room, just like what was written in the novel, Rebecca's body couldn't handle the excess amount of pressure.
'Ahhhhh'
Looking at her mother who was just standing a little distance away from her, a loud scream escaped her mouth as tears started slipping through her pearl-like eyes.
The burden on her body and brain was simply too much, for what a princess who lived all her life walking on flower petals could handle.
Every part of her being was screaming at her to give up, to lay down or fall unconscious.
But she didn't. She didn't want to disappoint her mother. Her father. Herself.
Every 5 year old in Arcadia knew how important awakening was to them, and she didn't want to give up when it was finally her time. She wanted to hold on until the very last second.
She had already awakened and she knew it. She could see the status thing she always read about in books. She could even read the notifications of some goddess watching her with interest.
[Greek goddess Selene watches your performance]
[Your perseverance intrigues her]
[Goddess of moon gives you an offer to be her follower]
[Satisfy her curiosity, and gain her approval]
This is why she wanted to hold on. Just a little bit longer.
She could feel the mana entering her body. She tried to convert the mana surrounding her into external elements, but it was easier said than done.
[Goddess of lumina shakes her head in disappointment ]
Rebecca tried again, but all she did was push her already outstretched meridians further, eliciting another scream from her mouth.
At this time blood started coming out from her mouth. She saw her mother coming forward to help her, but before she could reach her, a heavy pressure descended in the room, and Rebecca watched as her mother got sent away with a wave of a new entity's hand.
A silhouette made out of pure white light stood in front of her, making her eyes hurt as she looked at it.
[Lunar Goddess Selene, awaits your results, as she puts forth her conditions again.]
Looking at this impatient Goddess who simply just wanted her to keep trying and learn to control her element, Rebecca really wanted to cry.
Her throat felt dry from all the screaming, her beautiful lively eyes now lay empty from the countless tears they flowed. She finally thought of giving up. The thought that maybe she wasn't enough and should just let go came to her brain.
She wondered if anyone else can even live through this pain and not give up.
It was then that she remembered the face of a white haired boy with a smug expression.
She remembered how everyone in her home had been praising him for being a genius. Even today on her birthday, people were talking about him more than her.
Before this moment, she never took those words seriously, she thought she was his equal or maybe more talented than him. But now she realized she really was dumb.
'I should just give up. Mother must be worried about me.'
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A/N - Now you know, what was supposed to happen, so let's talk about what he changed. Don't worry, this is still the beginning of the changes he's gonna bring in this single night.
Sadly, there's no system who would stop him from ruining the things, with consequences far fetching, like ripples in the water. But who the fuck cares about that.
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