The Moon Goddess and Her Mate

In a room in the Underworld,All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“What are you going to do now?” A woman with a dark aura asked the immortal goddess, who had three heads and faces.

The goddess she was talking to did not answer yet, as if she was thinking about something. “There will be guests coming to visit here. They want to meet me. What must the two of them do to be allowed in?” Atvertha said something else, so the Night Goddess frowned.

“What do you mean? Who are the ‘they’ you mean?” A woman with many children still did not understand what her friend said, so she deliberately asked detailed questions.

“Lord Athalamaya and Goddess Tathatea want to enter the Underworld, but they can’t do it because there is a thick dividing wall. I can hear their conversation. What should they do so they can enter this place safely?” The only daughter of the couple, Lord Helion and Goddess Avtexia answered Nyx’s question. Lord Havento’s third sister was silent for a moment, and then she shook her head several times.

“No, it can’t be happening. It is complicated for an immortal god or goddess from any realm to get permission from our family or my brother to enter the Underworld. If you want to meet these two, then you go to the mortal world. “I will accompany you so that Lord Athalamaya and his wife will not be too shocked by your new appearance because I will help explain it to them.” Nyx could already imagine what would happen if she let Atvertha go alone.

Atvertha was still silent, so this situation confused Lord Toretz’s wife. Nyx needed to remind her close friend so that Faustus Lugthna’s future wife could, without further ado, contact a husband and wife who came from the same race as them. “Can you contact Lord Athalamaya and Goddess Tathatea if you and I are going to Earth? They can’t come in because they are unfamiliar with me, Havento, or the other members of our family.”

A young lady whom the Lord of the Underworld loved was still silent, so Nyx became suspicious. Nyx began to study the wallflower girl’s expression closely as if she were looking for something there. However, Atvertha seemed to be looking straight ahead, and when the woman who had many children looked in the same direction, nothing was found there.

What was wrong with Atvertha? Why has she been silent all this time? Has something happened to my friend? Since this girl changed her form, her behaviour has only gotten weirder. I have to remain careful because the current Atvertha is very unpredictable, thought a woman who was the same age as the Moon Goddess.

The Crossroads Lady’s attention was diverted entirely in less than two minutes. She looked back at the host who had been watching him. Nyx was happy because the virgin goddess’s mind was one hundred per cent there. “Why are you even looking at me like that?” Atvertha asked, surprised.

“I should be the one asking you that. Why are you silent? Even though I have been asking you to talk,” answered Nyx, smiling sarcastically.

“I had a brief conversation with Lord Athalamaya. They were waiting for me in the area near the gate of the Underworld.” That young lady explained the activities she had carried out so that the person she was talking to could understand what had happened.

A woman who hated sunlight was silent, remembering the place Atvertha had described. “Is there a special picture near the door?” Nyx asked seriously.

“They said that there was a picture of a big tree, exactly like the tree where you took me into the Underworld for the first time. Did you remember that?” answered Atvertha, who did not take her attention away from Nyx. The woman, who wore a dress made of darkness, blue-black like night, and filled with sparkling light, seemed to be aware of the location that the immortal goddess was referring to.

“I know the area. Okay. We have to go there now.”

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Fifteen minutes later

“Did you hear correctly, Hubby?” A blonde woman asked the man, who had a height of one hundred and ninety-six centimetres tall. The husband and wife were standing in front of a vast and spacious gate, but they could not have access to enter there, so the two of them could only wait while waiting for Lebrazht Lugthna and Norah Bitnantzh’s future daughters-in-law to come there.

“I am sure that I heard Goddess Atvertha’s voice. She told me that we should wait here.” The man answered his wife’s lifetime question with a friendly face. A woman with three children looked upset because the immortal goddess she was looking for had not yet appeared.

“Do not worry. Goddess Atvertha will definitely come here. I know she will not break her promise.” Lord Athalamaya tried to calm his anxious wife because they remembered the incident where Armen prayed in front of their statue while crying. They both could not bear the young man, so they wanted to convey these messages to his immortal lover as soon as possible.

“What if Goddess Atvertha instead you-”

Before the six-hundred-year-old woman could continue her words, her husband cut her off first. “Honey, I saw someone coming here! I am sure it was Goddess Atvertha!”

Goddess Tathatea turned to the direction indicated by her spouse. From the left, approximately one hundred or ninety-five meters away, they saw two figures walking towards them, but neither of them could see clearly because suddenly, fog appeared there. Lord Athalamaya narrowed his eyes because he wanted to confirm who these figures were.

“I am unsure if that figure is the Goddess Atvertha, Hubby. There are two immortals, but I can’t know for sure because the view is unclear. Should we move to another spot but still in this area?” A woman who had a height of one hundred and seventy-eight centimetres asked while trying to determine the two figures who were getting closer to them. However, the fog became even denser, which confused her and her husband.

“We have to wait here, darling. Do not go anywhere before meeting Goddess Atvertha. If we change locations, she will get confused and look in another direction.” Lord Athalamaya answered. The black-haired man rejected his wife’s idea because he had already promised the Moon Goddess that they would wait at that place.

“If it turns out that one of the two figures is not the Goddess Atvertha, what would we do, Hubby? I am just afraid of meeting an evil immortal god or goddess who likes to find opportunities to kill without reason so he can take our power and magic.” Goddess Tathatea’s guts shrank a little because she was afraid that bad things would happen. However, the man who had lived together for hundreds of years suddenly shook his head because he could not believe that something like that would happen to them.

“Do not ever have negative thoughts like that, darling. We are one of the senior gods and goddesses, even though we choose to live in different areas. It looks like night here because of the lack of light and thick fog, but on Earth, it is still noon; our day and strength have not disappeared at all. Stay calm because I am always with you.” Lord Athalamaya gave a positive suggestion, even though he was still looking at the two figures who increasingly saw whether they were immortal gods or goddesses.

The Goddess of Patience felt calm because she heard the last sentence spoken by her beloved husband, even though inside, she still felt afraid. The atmosphere there was tranquil, but suddenly, the arrival of thick fog made everything tense even though it was not originally there. The immortal husband and wife were no longer conversing because they were busy watching the two figures walking towards them.

“Are you sure they are waiting here, Atvertha?” The Night Goddess’s voice was heard, so Lord Athalamaya and his wife looked at each other. A woman with thin eyebrows nodded because she was sure she had promised her two guests there.

“I am absolutely sure. Lord Athalamaya mentioned this area to me. Could it be that they have moved? Why is this fog so thick, Nyx? We might not be able to see them, and vice versa!” A girl’s voice was heard, but the immortal husband and wife were unsure if it was Atvertha’s because it sounded very different from what they were used to.

“Wait a moment. Let me clear the fog first so that we can look around clearly.” A woman who was the third daughter of the couple, Lord Hetzh-the Ruler of Darkness, and Goddess Aymenth-the Ruler of Sorrow, held down Atvertha’s right hand so that the virgin goddess stopped walking. They were standing not far from where Lord Athalamaya and Goddess Tathatea were. The distance between them was around thirty meters.

In less than a minute, the thick fog disappeared, making the two immortal goddesses feel relieved. However, without them realizing it, this action had been noticed by the God who gives sustenance to humans and wisdom, along with his lovely wife. They were happy that the fog had disappeared, but when they saw a figure close to Havento’s younger sibling, they were shocked because they could not believe what they had seen.

“Is that Lord Athalamaya and Goddess Tathatea?” Nyx asked her friend where an immortal god and goddess existed while pointing to the right. Their bodies glowed, so Atvertha quickly recognized both of them.

“Yes, you are right. They are whom I was talking about. Hello, Lord Athalamaya and Goddess Tathatea. How are you?” Atvertha tried to greet the guests in a friendly manner, even though her voice sounded strange, because her atmosphere was magical. A young woman with a sharp nose felt sad, but she could not do anything but surrender and hope that the two noble guests would understand her situation.

The faces of the two immortals looked confused. They looked at Atvertha with frowns. Nyx, who had expected such an event to happen, took the initiative to take control of the situation. “Welcome to the doors of the Underworld, Lord Athalamaya and Goddess Tathatea. My name is Nyx. I am Havento’s third sister. Nice to meet you all.”

They turned to Nyx. “Nice to meet you, Goddess Nyx. We are looking for Goddess Atvertha because we carry several important messages that must be conveyed to her immediately.”

“That is Atvertha.” Nyx pointed at Atvertha, who already had a new appearance. They turned to the woman with three heads, three faces, and three pairs of hands, all perfectly connected. Not to mention other changes, namely, the girl’s hair colour, which was initially silver, became black, and her eye colour, which was originally violet, also disappeared because it had been replaced with white.

“You are not kidding, aren’t you, Goddess Nyx? She is not Goddess Atvertha. Her appearance differs greatly from the lover Armen we have always known.” Lord Athalamaya refused firmly, but his intonation remained polite.

“I am not lying, Lord Athalamaya. So, Atvertha could be like this because she experienced-”

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