The Moon Goddess and Her Mate

In the Underworld,

“Why is it so hard to get in here? I realized to reach your place must take a long time, meet a lot of difficulties, and be confusing,” asked Atvertha, full of curiosity.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

The silver-haired woman opened the conversation. She was holding a cup of hot tea in which the smoke was still rising. Meanwhile, the host, who was sipping her tea, still could not answer as soon as possible. Atvertha waited patiently, although she really wanted to get a satisfactory answer soon.

When she finished, the Night Goddess turned to the other person. “That was a good question. You are the only goddess from the sky to ask that.” She had not answered directly, so curiosity was growing inside the sharp-nosed girl.

There was silence for a few seconds, and then Nyx seemed to want to answer the other person’s question. “From a long time ago, at least that was I knew from my father, the gods and goddesses were divided into two territories: the upper world, namely the sky and the Underworld. For the area of the earth, we called it a neutral area, in the sense that the upper world and Underworld can work together to handle it, but regarding which god’s or goddess worshiped by mortals, it was all depended on each person.”

Atvertha listened intently to each word as Nyx spoke. While a woman who was wearing a dress made of darkness, blue-black like the night and filled with sparkling light, seemed ready to continue her speech. “Gods and goddesses from the upper world could not enter the Underworld unless invited by our family, whether it was me who invited or my father, my brother, my mother, and my children. We did this in order to maintain security here. As you can see, in the beginning, before the legendary tree, there was a path where the spirits of the dead, especially from humans. We will send two soldiers to pick up the humans as soon as they die before finally being judged by my second brother. They would judge based on their activities while they live in the mortal world.”

Such an explanation intrigued the intelligent girl. She seemed to have found a valuable treasure and wanted to extract more information from her best friend. Meanwhile, Nyx took another sip of tea, making the atmosphere quiet. “How about the spirit that came from witches, fairies, and mermaids? Were they taken to the Underworld too? Mom has not told me this yet,” Atvertha asked honestly.

“The spirit that came from witches, fairies, and mermaids were not going to the underworld, but to a special place. That place was on earth and was handled by God Erlion and his wife, Goddess Tuthmina. They have their own dimension even though they live on earth,” answered Nyx, who had finished drinking her tea.

“What? Who is God Erlion and Goddess Tuthmina? I never heard about them before.” Atvertha seemed to remember, and she was sure that her mother had never mentioned the two immortal names, so she felt strange. Nyx, who saw the other person’s confusion, just smiled faintly as if she understood what the young lady was going through.

“No wonder you never heard their names. Your mom might introduce you to them later when you become a full-time goddess and carry all the heavy duties and responsibilities.” The woman with the sinister aura expressed an opinion, so the thin-brow girl could only remain silent, digesting all these words. When Atvertha did not know what else to say, she started sipping her tea. While Nyx looked the other way and she saw someone was there.

“Brother.” The woman put the cup on the table and stood up from her seat. Nyx had to lift her head towards a man who had come uninvited because the opposite sex was taller than him.

The only daughter of the couple, God Helion and Goddess Avtexia, also turned her head because she heard the words of her best friend. A cold-faced man with long black hair and clothes similar to his hair was standing not far from them. Atvertha blinked twice as if afraid of mistaking a member of the Nyx family.

“Who is she?” They heard a baritone voice from the man, so the Night Goddess, who understood her brother’s intentions, immediately turned to Atvertha. As it turned out, that girl had stopped drinking her tea and was staring at them without blinking at all.

“She is my friend. Her name is Atvertha.”

The burly man was silent for a while, then looked at his younger sister, who was still waiting for his reaction. The atmosphere became awkward because there had appeared one of the family members of the ruler of the underworld appeared. However, the virgin, who liked a male mortal, looked wary and even had a feeling of regret because Nyx had been willing to invite her to visit there.

“Where does she come from? Her skin is pale, and her face looks like the Sun Goddess.” The man’s gaze seemed to pierce Atvertha’s heart, so the Moon Goddess was confused and worried because she did not know what to say and could only stare. Meanwhile, the woman who hated sunshine nodded in the initial response.

“You are right. She comes from the upper world and she is Goddess Avtexia’s daughter. I brought her here, Brother.”

The handsome man’s expression with a sinister aura changed, so he turned to Nyx, who looked a little scared. Atvertha still did not understand what was going on but put the cup on the table as if she already had an inkling about her best friend, who always spoke out loud.

“Are you crazy? Why did you even invite that goddess to come here? Have you lost your mind, Sister?” asked the man, who was indeed two meters tall.

The young man’s eyebrows rose, and an aura of terror was felt there, so the upper-world goddess had to wave her hands not to be affected by this situation. Atvertha looked at Nyx and the man she called brother. She felt confused about what to do, even though he was still thinking about the best way out of the situation.

“No, Brother. She is my friend. Her parents already know about our friendship, so there is no problem.” The white-eyed woman tried to reassure her brother, although the man’s expression showed no sign of change. Atvertha, who had been watching their argument, was determined to help Nyx.

“On what basis did you invite her here? You know the rules, and now do you want to break it?” The man asked again. However, the intonation of his voice used sounded intimidating to the opposite sex, who was his biological sister.

“Excuse me. Please do not be angry with her. I will be the Moon Goddess, so I will interact more with Nyx later, because, in the future, I have duties and responsibilities, one of which is related to the activities of the witches at night.” The smart lady interrupted when the atmosphere there was tense around them.

The two people who were arguing simultaneously turned to the virgin lady. That guy walked closer to the girl from the upper world. Nyx looked at her best friend while Atvertha stared at the man with firm jaws who had just arrived and was now standing in front of her.

The naturally pink thin-lipped girl now received the cold gaze. There was no fear on Atvertha’s face, so her friend was confused and afraid because she did not want her brother to be angry with the innocent immortal goddess whom she had invited there.

“Who do you think you are? This is my territory!” The man said quietly, but an aura of terror had already radiated from within him. Meanwhile, Atvertha’s eyes, which were originally violet, had now turned orange, so it surprised Nyx because it was the first time she saw that moment.

“I am Atvertha. I live in the upper world as you already know it. I will be a Moon Goddess and the Queen of Witches. I am here because Nyx invited me. Even though this is your territory, you can’t just evict or intimidate me. I am not a thief nor a robber. One thing you must know, she has a right to invite any friend to come here. She is not your slave that has to obey your order.”

Now, a cold and dense aura was emitting from the girl’s body, causing the man to be flabbergasted. However, he did not want to back down and chose to stay put.

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