A TALE OF FIRE AND ICE

The Sky God's Remorse

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"TO BE HONEST, I'm not really sure about what happened between the first Supreme and the Black Serpent," Sentinel said. "I was just a little boy when the conflict among the Beast Gods occurred. All I know is the Black Serpent ripped the heart of the Supreme and gave it to the Moonchesters. To save the Supreme, the Red Phoenix gave his heart to her. And that's the reason why the Red Phoenix hates the Black Serpent."

"But why does the Black Serpent hate the Red Phoenix?" Luna asked curiously. "And when Duke Nystrom almost awakened, his behavior changed. It was as if he suddenly hated Lady Nystrom and the heart. Did the Black Serpent hate the Supreme in the past?"

"I'm not sure," the young boy said. "It was very complicated. I think the Black Serpent was forced to choose between his love for the Supreme and his duty to the Moonchesters."

Her brows furrowed in confusion. "The Supreme and the Black Serpent were lovers?"

"They were married."

She gasped in surprise. "So, the history is repeating itself with Lady Nystrom and Duke Nystrom now?"

"Let's hope that the history wouldn't repeat itself, Luna," he said while shaking his head. "Another bloody war would break out if it happened again. And to prevent that from happening, the Black Serpent in Lisa Nystrom should never awaken."

"If they're not supposed to be together, then why did the heavens let Lady Nystrom and Duke Nystrom conceive a child?"

"Because the Moon Serpent has to be born," he said firmly. "Only beings as powerful as the Supreme and the Black Serpent could conceive the child that the gods favor."

"The Moon Serpent?" she asked in surprise. "The duke and the duchess's child is the Moon Serpent? And how come the Moon Serpent is favored by the gods? I thought it was a monster that ate the moons out of greediness."

"That's not true," he denied. "The Moon Serpent is a god in his own right. He was summoned to stop the war among the moons."

"But if I remember the legend right, the last moon was sent by the sky god to earth to kill the Moon Serpent, right?"

"The last moon tricked the sky god," he said. "I don't know how or why but the last moon managed to make the sky god believe that the Moon Serpent must perish."

"The last moon is the first Moonchester, right?"

He nodded. "Despicable, aren't they?"

"Uh-huh," she agreed. "The Moon Serpent died unfairly."

"That's true," he said. "The sky god regretted trusting the last moon. But when he turned the last moon, he blessed him with divine powers that not even him could kill the Moonchester anymore."

"So, that's the reason why the Moonchesters are very powerful."

"Yes, it's because they are blessed by the sky god himself," he explained. "But the sky god hasn't lost hope yet. To punish the Moonchesters, he tried to bring the Moon Serpent back to life. The only way to do that is for the Moon Serpent to be reborn again. The sky god knew that only powerful beings could conceive the Moon Serpent. So when the first Supreme Fire Mage and the Black Serpent had fallen in love with each other, the sky god chose them to be the Moon Serpent's parents."

"Did they conceive the Moon Serpent before?"

"Yes. But the Moonchesters had realized that the child that the Supreme had was the Moon Serpent. They killed the child even before it was born."