Chapter 118 Past Memories: Aurelianne II

"You came."

Amidst the vastness of the universe, a place in which only those that rule space and time can coincide, two entities remained, this time it had been different, and there was no paradox but things were fated to vary since the major secret had been exposed.

Nova stood in front of Isabella's soul, ready to take that light wisp of memories and existence left behind from the other timeline's Nova, the fruit of her sacrifice. But somebody stood in front of her with a rather aggressive stance, accompanying them as they cruised amidst the endless existence of the universe.

Primordial God of Time, Toki.

"Erase her." He said, no ordered.

There was a brief silence between them in which Nova's eyes fluttered, in some other times, she would have heeded her husband's words, done whatever he said, but the current predicament wasn't one of those times.

Things had changed, and to regain a greater truth, even one of her 'selves' had to sacrifice.

"A single timeline will have to be extinguished in order to stop the paradox." Toki said began, "It is not enough with her stopping you from committing the same mistake, in order to completely erase the Paradox, you must eliminate those two!" He pointed at a confused Isabella and also, that small wisp of light, for him... that wisp of light was the evilest thing ever, it was the living proof of his wife's betrayal.

"..." But the Goddess didn't care, for her sake, for Isabella's sake... and for her sacrifice, she did what was correct, that was her desire, to understand love and happiness and finally regain herself after receiving a serious blow from Toki.

And this small wisp of light was everything she needed.

Nova took the small cluster of light from Isabella's soul and passed it into her brain while Toki literally exploded with fear, he extended his hand forward, stopping everyone's time, including Isabella's, but his power was fated to not deter Nova.

"STOP!!" He wanted to stop her, but he was unable to.

Nova fused with her previous self's memories and all the experiences came about, she sensed it right away, a gargantuan crack formed with Loki proactively trying to erase Isabella from the vast existence, he used enough power to destroy several stars, something Isabella wouldn't ever be able to survive from even if she was merely a soul, but Isabella wasn't by herself.

*BAAANG!!!*

Toki's entire power came forward, clashing against hers.

"You show your true face." Nova, now with all of her memories, smirked... yes, she smirked with a smile between evil and amused. She finally comprehended... those memories extended, covering her myriad selves across all timelines, Toki's greatest fear.

Henceforth, Nova wouldn't ever be the same regardless of where he looked, just like he was also not the same Toki. The Primordial Goddess now had secular feelings and they would remain with her until her existence declined together with the universe, her feelings towards that mortal would never be erased.

And this irked him to no end!

"DAMN HIM!" Unaware that he'd be unable to slaughter Isabella, Toki found himself intending to back in time to slaughter that bastard while he still could, but Nova's words stopped him abruptly yet again.

"You and I have a deal, Toki... I choose him, you are not allowed to harm him." There was still this evil smile on her face, totally unlike the beautiful and sacred Nova he knew, Toki realised that she had been corroded, tainted... his wife had been tainted for forty years by that bastard.

'That son of a... he corroded her, I have to kill him!'

"NO... NO! I REFUSE!" For him those words impacted worse than a sledgehammer, the words of gods were as valuable as the laws themselves, he made a deal, he couldn't back off, but endless wickedness was seeping through, to the point he no longer felt like he cared about a mere deal.

Nova was his, that's all that mattered.

"We have a deal, for there to be balanced, you have to allow me to do with him the same that you did with her~"

"You have already spent a lifetime with him!"

"That wasn't me, it was my other self who sacrificed herself for me to be able to regain myself, it doesn't count." Once again Nova released that characteristically snicker side of hers that didn't exist a few seconds ago, let alone billions of years prior.

"... you have learned to lie and deceive."

"Haven't you too, Toki? He will undergo the trial." She declared that there was nothing he could say in this matter, it was their word as Primordial Gods at a stake.

"He won't even reach half of the trial, I will make sure of that, Nova." His threatening words made her wrath resurface, and it was then that in this empty world yet another creature capable of transcending space and time appeared in the form of a gigantic head.

"The two of you are causing trouble again." The mighty voice said with a sort of boredom as if he was already used to them getting like this.

"Galantis." Both Primordial Gods regarded the Dragon God whose powers were equal if not greater than theirs, this existence that always got involved in matters that didn't concern him, as the lord of a neighbour universe.

"First it was this mortal, Canelle. Now, what is the problem?" He asked, prompting Toki to evade his gaze the moment that name 'Canelle' was mentioned, in Nova's case it was a mixture of ridicule that was quickly rendered into indifference.

"There is no problem at all... Toki will follow our agreement, the one we did in front of you by the way."

"It has been a few thousand years, allow me to recall... ah yeah... the partner you choose has to undergo the God Trial together with your avatar, then your avatar is allowed to stay with that individual until the end of his cycle, correct?"

"Precisely."

"So you have found the mortal you choose to undergo this process with."

"I have found him... and now Toki and I shall begin the trial for him."

"I REFUSE!" Toki yelled but none of the gods seemed to pay attention or care about what he said.

"And where is your avatar?" Galantis, the dragon, looked around and only managed to see Isabella who was still frozen in time and space, being protected by Nova from Toki.

"I'll make my avatar right away." Nova smiled, raising her hand were just as she had promised herself, a small bead of brilliant white light appeared.

A Life God Spark, the compiled embodiment of the laws of Life, and also... the remains of her last daughter.

*RUMBLE!!*

"Are you going to use MY daughter's spark!? Nova, do you dare!?" Upon seeing this, it was as if Toki reached his limit, he couldn't believe she was going to use their daughter's spark to create herself an avatar, just so she could go and cheat on him with that bastard.

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This was beyond outrageous!

"She was my daughter too... I loved her more than you possibly will, that's why I kept the spark and sent all of her sisters to Dragoncrest while you wasted your 'time'... proud of our son's bloody achievement against Centrino. Don't come talking to me about morality, Toki. We both know you don't care." The Goddess growled in disdain as she made that small white bead go towards Isabella.

"..." The God clenched his hand, was this still Nova? his obedient Nova?

While he remained in disbelief, Galantis the Dragon God witnessed how Nova placed that small bead of white light into Isabella's forehead, making the latter's entire body shine, her soul was being transformed.

It all merged together, giving way to a silver-haired beauty as flawless as anyone.

Nova sighed with slight tears in her eyes, she then placed a finger in her brain and lost a lot of her strength in one go, almost feeling weak and having the entire space shake all around, Galantis' eyes shone and only then did space recover its normalcy.

"Thank you, Galantis."

"Are you so infatuated with this mortal that you no longer care about your universe's integrity, Nova?" He asked with concern, existences like them were extremely aware and careful about their actions, a small sneeze from him could obliterate endless stars in his universe, but this Goddess didn't seem to care about her own.

"I don't care..." Nova's answer was brief, she didn't even look at him, instead, that purple light that she took out of her forehead, she placed inside Isabella's shining body, on her forehead.

"..." Galantis sighed and said nothing.

After a while, Isabella's body stopped shining and Nova witnessed her 'creation'.

In front of her was the beautiful appearance that she felt melancholic about for several reasons, that silver hair was Isabella's, its shining lustre was hers, those blue eyes were her daughter, Aurelianne's... that flawless body was a mixture of them all, this was her new avatar, perfection.

"Aurelianne..." She called, caressing her avatar's face.

At that moment, the avatar's eyes gained light for the first time and Nova was able to see and feel herself from two perspectives.

"A-Ah..." The avatar, Isabella, was momentarily confused, just now she had been talking to this person and all of the sudden, her perspective changed and she felt different.

"It is me, Nova."

"I am..."

"You are Aurelianne, The Goddess of Life. Nova and Isabella Greenwood as a single existence merged together... your name is Aurelianne, you are my avatar." Nova hugged her other self, she wouldn't be able to ever leave Isabella, a fundamental part of her life, those forty years had passed to the apex of her existence, a period in which she lived together with Isabella.

She was like her blood sister, perhaps even closer.

"M-My son... where is my son? where am I?" Isabella seemed to nod in understanding, feeling a slight headache, she had memories of her previous life, fussy but they were there, the most important name was always a single one 'Constantine'.

"He is not your son anymore, he's not our son." Nova said rather deterministically, words that Aurelianne comprehended and gasped as a result.

"N-Not my son..."

"Yes, I will explain everything to you... you will see everything."

While Nova and Aurelianne had their first ever chat, Toki could hardly withstand what he was seeing.

"This is the result of your actions, Toki. Gods never go back on their words. Since her avatar has already been created and the 'chosen' already picked, it is time to go to the next phase of this agreement." Galantis spoke without mercy, for him 'word' was the most important asset and its value must be maintained.

"There won't be balance like this, Galantis! we won't go back to how we were!" Toki grit his teeth, he knew this was hopeless, his wife wouldn't come back, he would have to force her to do so, but... the moment she merged with those memories, that possibility slipped away.

"I am afraid, that is not up to you to decide." The dragon opened his mouth and his laws connected with the local time laws, in specific, a particular jewel. The fate jewel.

But at that moment, Toki the jewel's host, clenched his hand directly destroying the link between Galantis and the jewel, making the former glare at him while Nova too prepared for a fight.

"Nova, you will regret this."

"I won't... be a man for once and uphold your word, Toki."

Toki, unwilling to receive any more insults, complied.

The power of the fate jewel, connected to the laws of time, started rotating.

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[Subject 'Constantine Lionheart' shall be subjected to the God Ascension Trial.]

[Checking compatibility, faith and karma.]

[Faith Requirement, Complete.]

[Blessing Requirement, Complete.]

[Karma Requirement, Failure...]

[Karma Regulation Module active-"$^£%&$%&^"£!!]

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"What did you do, Toki!?"