C17 Chapter 17

Two years passed.

The boy and girl were now two years old.

The entire palace celebrated the king's birthday.

The king showed he was happy even though he wasn't.

Because he was still thinking about Ares.

Everyone fell asleep because of the excessive drinking.

The queen and the prince and princess also slept.

Due to the king's longing for Ares, he went to the place where Ares had saved him, the pond.

The king was on the bridge, watching the full moon.

The moon was also full when Ares saved him from drowning.

The king cried and blinked.

Then he saw a woman sitting by the edge of the pond.

He ran there.

He pulled the woman up.

The woman was surprised, and so was the king.

The king started crying and hugged the woman tightly.

It was Ares.

"Do you know how much I missed you, Ares?! Where have you been? Why did you leave me? I won't let you leave me again," the king said while crying.

Ares also cried and hugged the king back.

"I missed you too, my love."

Ares said while crying.

"I am so happy you showed up on my birthday. I thought you would never appear again. I love you so much, Celestia, or Ares, I don't care if you're a goddess; what's important is that I love you so much."

The king said and kissed Ares deeply before pulling away.

The king whispered.

"I love you, Ares. I love you so much. Let me hold you, my love."

The king said, crying but smiling.

Ares nodded, crying but smiling.

The king immediately kissed her again.

The kiss deepened, and the king pulled her to his room and kissed her again.

The king slowly removed their clothes.

He caressed Celestia slowly and kissed her again.

And that night, they made love, and something was sure to be born that night.

And morning came, and the king woke up happily and looked beside him.

But the king was stunned to see that Ares was not beside him.

The king quickly got dressed and searched the entire palace for Ares.

Until he returned to his room, where his love had pleasured him, and he knelt on the floor.

The king's tears fell to the floor when he noticed a piece of paper.

He read it.

"My love, Dezeus,

Thank you for giving meaning to my life. When I first arrived at the palace, I just wanted to escape Gardellia (the kingdom of gods and goddesses) because I wanted to experience being an ordinary citizen. I never thought I would become a servant. When I first saw your majestic presence, I fell in love with you. I was very happy, but I wondered why your eyes looked sad. Since then, I have been watching you. It was enough for me to see you.

My feelings deepened until I saved you from drowning. I was overjoyed because you noticed me more and more. I was even happier when we started spending time together and talking. You have no idea how happy I was, but I didn't expect that I would have to return to Gardellia. They quickly found me and forced me to return to Gardellia, so I asked them for a week, and I would voluntarily return.

My week was happy because I was with you, but then chaos occurred. I was hurt to see you afraid of me. For more than two and a half years, I endured without visiting you.

When my companions noticed that I was sad and hurting, they allowed me to visit you on your birthday. I was so happy to go, but I didn't expect to see you happy with your two children. I was too late; that was what I thought. It hurt, but I still love you so much.

I was surprised when you pulled me and hugged me. I thought you didn't love me anymore, but I was wrong; you still loved me, and I felt it. I let you hold me because I wanted it too. Thank you for making me happy. I will treasure the beautiful memories you gave me. I will never forget them, especially since something happened between us. I will never forget you and will keep you in my heart, even though I'm far from you.

Forgive me for leaving you again. Forgive me because we can't be together. I wish I could be born as an ordinary citizen, but I'm happy because I met you. Thank you for everything, and forgive me. I don't want to see you sad. Love your wife and children and forget about me. I love you so much, my king, my Dezeus, my love.

With love, Ares"

The king cried uncontrollably after reading the letter.

"I won't forget you, Ares! sob Even though you left me, I still love you so much! sob Please, Ares, come back to me! Don't leave me! sob I can't bear it if you leave me! sob ARES! ARESSS! sob."

The king cried intensely while Ares hid and held back her sobs.

The king and Ares cried.

Because gods and goddesses cannot be together.

It's the law in Gardellia.

Ares held back her tears, and it felt like her heart was being pierced multiple times as she watched her love suffer.

The king cried himself to sleep on the floor.

Ares took that chance.

She hugged the king tightly for the last time and kissed him.

And against her will, she teleported to Gardellia.

Ares returned to Gardellia with puffy eyes.

Her friends quickly hugged her, and she broke down.

She was deeply hurt, thinking about how far she had to be from her love.

Three months passed with the king being sad, and the queen was annoyed, thinking that the king was still thinking about Celestia.

On the other hand, Ares was in Gardellia's garden, picking flowers.

Ares was three months pregnant.

The result of what happened between her and the king.

Initially, she had difficulty with her pregnancy because the authorities in Gardellia wanted her to abort it.

Because it wasn't a pure god or goddess.

But with the help of her friends, she was allowed to keep it.

As Ares sat in the garden listening to the birds and feeling the breeze while rubbing her belly, her friends arrived.

Goddess and God of Fire

Goddess of Air

Goddess of Nature

God of Water

God of Ice

God of Lightning, and others.

They cheered Ares up because her pregnancy was delicate.

Ares secretly watched the king through a bucket of water.

Months passed, and Ares's due date approached.

Because the goddess of fire wanted the king for Ares.

The goddess of fire visited the king.

She told him that Ares was pregnant.

The king was overjoyed and wished to see Ares, but the goddess of fire refused because it was against the rules.

She also told the king that Ares's due date was today and left.

Ever since the king found out, he would go to the bridge every full moon and watch the moon.

But one night, while the king was watching the moon.

The king was surprised when the moon's colors changed.

It turned blue, then yellow, then red.

The colors kept changing.

Then the whole kingdom and other kingdoms heard a voice.

"THE GODDESS OF ALL IS GIVING BIRTH! AND AT THIS TIME, THE ONE WHO WILL DEFEAT THE DARK KINGDOM WILL ARRIVE, AND THEY WILL BE DEFEATED, THE PROPHECY WILL COME TRUE, EVIL WILL SIDE WITH GOOD."

Everyone was astonished, especially the king, because of the voice everyone heard.

The king was frantic because he knew Ares was giving birth.

The moon's colors changed rapidly, while the people panicked and rejoiced at the same time because the savior was arriving.

The king paced back and forth in his spot, and the goddess of fire appeared before him.

"What's happening?! Is Ares giving birth?" asked the king.

"Yes, the goddess Ares is giving birth, and at this moment, the moon will split into three. Something will disappear, but something will arrive, something will sink, and something will rise. Many will suffer, but many will be happy, and the prophecy will begin."

Those were the last words the goddess of fire said before she vanished.

The king was confused by the goddess of fire's words.

A turmoil arose in his mind, the last words his deceased mother said.

"A butterfly carrying a curse will land on a flower, and the petals will gradually fall, and it will end there," his mother said.

"Son, forgive me if the curse falls on you, but the curse will happen if you love someone you shouldn't," were his mother's last words.

The king suddenly thought that he was the butterfly with the curse, and the flower was his beloved Ares.

Fear gripped the king's entire system.

My love will die.

That's what the king thought, and he became frantic, but everyone was startled when the dark sky suddenly lit up.

The sound of a crying baby echoed, and the echo disappeared.

Just two seconds, and the baby's cry stopped.

And as the voice said