Morning at the land of death, Ivern.
The mountain ranges in Ivern had always been covered with ice and snow. The winter fall is sporadic and no one could guess whenever a hailstorm or snowstorm would come. But this is a land full of resources, a lot of people were greedy for it. Unfortunately, no one is yet to be able to successfully cross this forbidden land.
Those who dare either lose half of their lives or stayed in there as ice statues for eternity. This is a place that can be considered as hell for adventurers, a dead-end land which they could step inside in their whole life. They say a demigod lives within those ice-capped mountain ranges. Well, they were not wrong. At the only hidden paradise within the forbidden land lives an Ice Spirit King whose strength is enough to rival the Gods.
Rumors say that his appearance is extremely divine like seeing a God in flesh. They've also said that by meeting this Demigod of Ice, you can ask for one single wish. A wish that could even bring someone back to life. This is the legend of Ivern. This is why even though it is a forbidden land that kills anyone who enters, it is also a famous fairytale land that evokes hope in anyone's heart.
There are so many stories and legends about this Ice land but no one would expect that right now, the Demigod in the myth is currently having a headache looking at his newly awakened lord whose tummy is aching from gorging gallons of ice cream late at night, not knowing what to do.
"Argh~ I overate. Now my tummy is hurting~ ah!" said Eirwen who is now laying on a soft mattress made of some cloud-like thing as bedding.
[Who told you to eat ice creams in gallons!? Host, you are supposed to register at the adventurer's guild today!]
While carefully rubbing his throbbing tummy, Eirwen retorted, "Stop shouting in my head. We could still register in the afternoon. Let's just directly teleport in the location after the pain in my tummy subsides~"
Neige looks at his lord worriedly, "My lord, do you truly not wish to see a doctor? I can grab Araysh and have him get a doctor for you."
"Haha~ there is no need. He is busy himself with paperwork Rienne left for him as punishment. There should be a few mountains of paper in his office right now." said Eirwen.
As Eirwen had guessed. In the territory of the Damian duchy, Damian Araysh is in the office surrounded by mountains of paperwork. He hadn't closed his eyes yet all night and now had huge eye bags under his eyes. The newly appointed duke is now buried in paperwork his predecessor left behind after his said death.
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Events before the death of Duke Damian and the Pope.
Meanwhile in Agios, at the temple of light. The high priests, priestesses, and light mages were all busy in preparations for the incoming descent of Light God Lucien. It was a few months ago before the death of the ageless pope. The highest person in Agios, the pope, had invited all of his believers.
Pope Damian spoke, "Children the brightest God in the heavens had passed a prophecy directly to me. Everyone rejoice! At the expense of this immortal body, the God of Light, Lucien decided to descend back into the mortal realm.
You are to serve him undying loyalty and listen to his words as commandments. Make necessary preparations. We need at least a million believers praying during his descent to welcome his arrival.
Completing his mission, God Lucien had promised to give his blessings and miracle only for that day. The destined day is 3 months from now. A month after this pope takes my eternal sleep, only when I close my eyes will our Lord would come to our humble place."
"Hail Lord Lucien. Welcoming the Lord!!!"
All residents of Agios rejoiced upon hearing this delightful news. The God of Light, Lucien had never once descended in the mortal land after the ascension. This is the first time in history that a prophecy of this kind had been received.
The same thing is happening in the abyss where the demon and fallen races live. With the current demon king seated at the throne, he looks down on his subordinates kneeling in front of him. His expressions were nonexistent and his eyes were lifeless.
"The demon god had spoken. Prepare for a sacrificial ritual. In order for our lord to descend we need 1 million sacrifices. This is regardless of any race. Make sure to capture a million living beings to be used as an offer to the God of Darkness, our Demon God, Adrienne.
The preparation must be finished before the end of the third month. Everything must be prepared for this lord to awaken our God. It needs to be fresh but bring me anything rotten!" says the demon lord to his subordinates.
"As you wish our King!!"
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Back to the current timeline, it was already in the middle of the day when Eirwen Night's hurting tummy had subsided. He just finished taking a bath at the spring within the hidden paradise of Ivern.
With his lower body covered with water, only the upper half was bare naked in the air. The spring dew was slowly strolling down on his white jade skin. From his sharp jaws down to his collarbone shapely strolling down on his chest only the twin cherries were in a different color of his whiteness. Even his silvery long hair was like a streak of moonlight above water reflection.
His features were refined to perfection yet his beauty is androgynous and it is useless to guess his gender as no one could really tell, phoenix shapes eyes were closes enjoying the warm temperature of the spring, tall yet small nose, thin lips but shaded with scarlet.
With his presence irrefutable, his icy temperament matches his cold nature yet when his lips hook up for a bit, all eyes on him couldn't be helped but linger for more than a second. Like a tempting seductress who could hoodwink anyone with a single smile. Sadly, his current expression is even colder than that of glaciers in the north and south poles.
The Ice Spirit King, Neige, who understood this Lord's nature and made sure that no one else was around in the spring when he took a bath. This person had always been territorial by nature. Except for his other half, his child and System who could hide himself in the system space no one else is allowed to join him when he is bathing. He left his clothes by the edge of the spring as he was told to do so.
[Host, you look like you want to do something bad.]
System Yue who was expressionless the whole time suddenly grins with hints of mischief as if he is thinking of something naughty.
Eirwen replies, "Nothing much. I just feel like teasing them for a bit." he murmurs as he controls his mana to lessen the defensive formation in the area of the spring. This allows those twin gods who've been peeping at him 24/7 to finally have a slip of opportunity to see their beloved at this moment.
Divine Realm.
Gods never need sleep. They can only think of something to pass their eternal time on their own way. The twin gods had the water mirror in their place activated the whole time. They didn't know when and where their beloved would suddenly appear unless they did this.
But whenever the two of them could see his figure, these twins knew that Eirwen must be back at Ivern once again. That is the only piece of land they could see through. Things became like this after Eirwen's death 2 years ago.
As if keeping something from the eyes of others, the ice spirit king placed a defensive formation with stealth attributes at the center of Ivern where the Ice spirits live. It used to be the place they could survey anytime they wanted but had no interest in it. Until Eirwen Night was taken back by the ice spirits to Ivern after his death.
Lucien asked, "Addie~ is Eira still in Ivern? ~"
A grumpy Adrienne because he could see his beloved's figure, "Look for yourself! You have your own eyes!" said the God of Darkness.
All of a sudden his younger twin brother stood in front of him. He stood tall as a mountain and straight as a pole. But even Adrienne could see him stiffened for some reason. He could even hear Lucien swallowing sounds as if thirsty.
Gulps. Gulp.
Adrienne, who had his head leaning on his right fist by the chair's arm, slightly raised his eyebrows upon seeing his brother's strangeness.
Adrienne asked, "Hm? What's wrong with you? Is the screw in your head gone for good?"
Only when he heard his brother's sarcastic words that Lucien jolted for a moment and lifted his hand to his face as if wiping something. He even stuttered when replying to him.
Flinched!
Stuttering, "Ah~ N-Nothing. R-Really~" responded Lucien.
The strange reaction of his twin made Adrienne annoyed. He pulled him back by his back collar and then finally saw his face. He saw his twin brother wiping his nose, there were traces of blood coming out from his nostrils.
Adrienne frowned at his brother's stupid appearance. Lucien acted like he got caught by an elder watching something naughty secretly.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Lou?" asked Adrienne.
Still wiping his blessing nose while grinning embarrassedly. "Hehe~ look for yourself, Addie. Behind you~" said Lucien with a perverted smile.
Adrienne did what his brother told him to do. He moves his gaze and looks at the water mirror connected to the mortal world.
"What? Did Eira come… out?…!!!!…" his words halted immediately when welcomed by the juicy scene that entered his line of sight.
Pale back and wide shoulders, flowing silver hair damped by water, flawless chest with perky pair of cherries which seems ripened to be plucked, slender waist which can be carried by one arm, and tantalizing sight of his naked self. Except for not seeing the scenery of the lower half, the current site is enticing enough.
Gulps. Gulped!
But unlike his younger brother, the elder one reacted more calmly except for the gulping sound he couldn't control. The twins' eyes were entranced by such a seductive scene. Before the two could even change the angle they saw Eirwen looked directly in their direction making both of them flinched.
Startled!
His unworldly beauty was openly seen by the two brothers. He then mouthed few words,
"Do you like what you see?"
Clicking tongues!
Then their perspective was once again blocked but the formation within Ivern. The two could only click their tongues in disappointment. The scene of their beloved's bear self almost made them change into a beast. If not because they couldn't directly descend, they would have punished such a naughty little devil who dared to light the fire but didn't help calm it down. The two could only walk away with hurried steps, wanting to return to their own chambers and cool the lit fire within them on their own.
'Little devil~ We'll remember this!' The thoughts of the twins become one.
