"Ahahahahaaaa!" Sause barked with laughter, baffling Quillith and Mohrane, who had been happily floating around Skullius, trying to get a reaction out of him. "You have children?!"
Skullius sighed exasperatedly. In all fairness, it was probably a warranted reaction from Sause, given that he had experienced firsthand just how far Skullius had co. How did a frail skeleton Undead unit end up becoming a father?
"You see? I knew what I was talking about! I would have missed this had I not co, ahaha!"
Quillith gave the Giant a disapproving look and pointed at him. Sause shuddered when Ju`wtte sparked from that tiny finger. He knew for sure that he was…
"Now, now, Quil," said Skullius, drawing the little boy's attention. "We don't kill people just because they annoy us. Stop that."
The scolding was surely ant for a child older than a few hours, but it worked even in this case. Quillith was dazed for a mont, perhaps taking a little longer than the average person to understand what his father had said, but ultimately, he lowered his finger. Even Skullius wasn't sure how or why his sons could already understand speech and reason as well as the average three-year-old, but he went with it. It was still the least surprising thing about the twins.
While Sause caught his breath, muttering sothing about whether he should have gone straight to the ship after all, Queen Embrell and her husband approached. As expected, they were stiff in Skullius' presence.
"We are not worthy to be the grandparents of these children," said the Queen, her long ears flopping down. Her husband's did the sa.
Only Suzate knew how much they had been delighted at the prospect of having grandchildren, even if said grandchildren were horrifyingly powerful.
"Work up to it, then," said Skullius. "Sif live longer than humans, right? You have the ti and the resources to grow strong. There are a lot of things I can't teach these boys. My strength can't compensate for everything." A lancholic look fell over his face all of a sudden. "Take that as your role."
Queen Embrell's eyes turned glossy. "It shall be done. I will impart everything I can. I swear it." It went unsaid, but she understood the deeper aning behind Skullius' words just as much as Darwel, who frowned.
Perhaps it was because the princess hadn't spent that much ti with Skullius, so sotis she failed to see it, but his past haunted him more than he let on. It wasn't just about his missing soul. She had seen it whenever Skullius held the children. So part of him remained distant, afraid. It was as if he rejected or felt that he shouldn't involve himself with the gentle, sacredness of a young life.
'Perhaps that's the real reason he decided to leave Quillith and Mohrane on Aigas until he returns,' she thought.
Right then, a deep hum, like the groan of so colossal beast, shook the entire world. The seas quaked, the trees shivered, and the ground shook.
…And then, from the massive fra of Amanas, soaring high and still in the sky, a thin, sharp beam, imperceptible to all except Skullius and the Deities, fired, aid at Opungale. It died the whole continent in a baleful, purple hue.
Violet destruction. It would level the continent and Aigas with shocking ease.
Suzate and Luserus were baffled, but Skullius was only made to feel exasperated. Again.
With a thought, he commanded the Apostle above his head – hidden – to conjure a Lifeless Waver. The great sheet of paper unraveled and caught the oncoming beam, taking it within itself before becoming a Rune that swiftly flew into one of Skullius' hands.
Quillith and Mohrane bead. They hadn't seen what had happened, but they sensed the sudden appearance and disappearance of danger. Sohow, their father had protected them. They began laughing and slapping Skullius' arms and chest as though urging him to do it again.
A part of Skullius was amused, but the other…
"I get it already. It's ti to leave," he said, sighing.
Suzate's shock turned to horror as she turned from Amanas. She gawked at Skullius.
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