They Who are Divine

Part One: Prologue

Xin Ling cried. It hurt, but he kept going anyway.

He wanted it to bleed. Did he really want to die? He did
not know. He just cried and kept on trying to cut his
wrist. His phone went off, it was probably Eve. She was
the one he most loved, she was his savior. He loved her
more than anything in this world. When he looked at her,
he didn’t just see, he felt. He opened his phone and read
the texts. She was begging for him to stop. It was as if
she knew exactly what to say to him. He didn’t want to
make Eve sad. He didn’t want to make anyone sad, he
just wanted to make himself sad. He felt the need to
punish himself often, he never knew why. After he was
done reading Eve’s texts, he stopped. He was done with
his punishment. He replied to Eve’s texts and he
promised he wouldn’t hurt himself again. He had to learn
to love himself, if he couldn’t, that would mean that he
would make Eve sad again. He got up, and walked to the
kitchen. He had to put the knife where it belonged. After
he was done with that, he talked with Eve for a while.
Eve was like him too. They were both mentally ill and
on medication. She understood him. She was a rational
thinker. Freedom was what she longed for most. She
hated the classic life cycle that is being birthed, going to
school, getting a lover, getting married and dying. She
sought freedom from this cycle the most. Ling didn’t
mind the cycle, but he was up for it whenever she
wanted to vent. They both had gone through a lot to
become suicidal. Xin Ling just wanted her to be happy.
He was willing to do anything to make her happy.
Talking with Eve always calmed him down. Eve always
made Ling happy. Eve had to stop texting so Ling got
inside his bed. He opened a random video from Youtube.
He had to bathe today but he really didn’t feel like
bathing after what just happened. He preferred being
under the covers and comfortable. Ling’s dad appeared
in his room, he had come to give Ling his medications.
Ling hid his wound and took his medications. His father
would yell at him and make a fuss if he told his father
about his little accident. Ling’s cat suddenly jumped on
his bed! Ling smiled. Ling loved his cat Mika. Ling
loved all cats. He pet Mika gently, making sure to pet
him in the way he liked to be pet. Mika started purring,
whenever he purred he would make Ling forget about all
the things that happened to him. “Are you okay? You
seem nervous.”, Ling's dad said. “I’m alright, don’t
worry about me.”, Ling exclaimed. His dad was very
clearly suspicious, Ling had to be extremely careful.
“Okay. Do you want tea?”, Ling’s dad asked. Ling shook
his head in disapproval. Ling’s dad sighed and left his
room. Ling was all alone now, with Mika. Mika went to
the corner of Ling’s bed and laid down. Ling was left to
think about what he did now. “I failed myself…”, he
thought. He laid on his bed, and closed his eyes. He
imagined a world where he is a street racer. He imagined
a world where he is a most wanted criminal. He
imagined himself grown up, as a psychiatry doctor. His
dreaming session was cut off by a yawn. He was too
sleepy, the worst part was that he had school tomorrow.
He was the student of a Science and Technology High
School. He had no close friends at school, so school was
always boring. His grades were fine, but they needed to
be excellent. It took a lot of work to become a doctor
after all. Ling had always been a perfectionist. He
yawned again, he seriously needed to sleep. He got up,
half asleep and announced to his dad that he was going
to sleep. His dad nodded and Ling went back to his bed.
Ling suddenly opened his eyes and found himself inside
of a huge white room. He looked around the room. The
room had a fountain inside and looked as if it was
someone’s room. He could hear people cheering from
outside. He started walking to the window, but he
tripped. His hair was…longer than him. He observed
himself. He had white skin and was wearing light armor
on top of a kimono. His hair was white, with the ends of
his hair being black. He started touching his face feeling
extremely alarmed. He was not in his body. After he
somewhat got used to this fact, he stood up. He walked
to the window, now being careful not to step on his hair.
As he was about to look down the window, he jumped
up.
Part Two:Stranger

Ling was in his room again. He observed his

surroundings, he was definitely in his room. That’s when
he realized it was all a dream. He got confused, the
dream felt so real. He yawned and reached for his phone.
He checked the time, it was early in the morning. This
was his first time waking up so early in the morning. He
quickly texted Eve her good morning text. Eve was the
only person he cared enough to send a good morning text
to. He decided to spice up the good morning text this
time so he also sent Eve a picture of a TGCF meme.
Now that he was done texting, he checked his parsels.
Ling loved being pretty. He loved dresses, so he had
decided to become a lolita. He was waiting for his
dresses to arrive. Sadly, there were no updates. He
sighed. He slowly sat down and got up to get ready for
school. He dressed up, put on his lenses and ate a banana
to take his medications. His dad prepared Ling’s
morning coffee. Ling was all set to go to school now.
Ling and his dad rushed down the stairs of their old
apartment. They finally got inside Ling’s dad’s car. Ling
opened his phone and started playing a video game.
Ling’s dad was awfully silent during the ride, but Ling
didn’t question it. There was no way that he knew what
Ling did yesterday. They arrived, so Ling got out with
his backpack and started walking towards the school.
Now, it was time for his most hated time of the day. He
arrived at his classroom and sighed. He told himself in
his mind that it was going to end quicker than his
expectations. He sat down in his seat, and put his
thermos and pencil case on his table. He put his head
down on his hands and started to wait for the lesson to
start. The people behind him were gossiping about Eve.
It made Ling angry. They were speaking about how Eve
is “a maniac” Ling was hardly holding himself back
from lashing out at them. How insensitive they were also
made Ling angry. They had no idea about why Eve
would attempt the things she did. The arrival of their
teacher shut them up. The teacher stood at the center of
the classroom and said “Hello everyone, we have a new
student with us today. Serene, why don’t you introduce
yourself?” A boy with a white bob entered the
classroom. As soon as he did, he started staring at Ling
with a strange expression. Ling awkwardly smiled, not
knowing what to do in this situation. “Serene?”, the
teacher asked. Serene flinched and said “Uh, my name is
Serene. Hello.” with a cold expression. He walked
towards the teen sitting next to Ling and coldly said
“Move.” The teen looked at Serene with an annoyed
expression and asked why. “Move now or suffer the
consequences of your action” His expression could cut
glass in half. The teen stood up and sat somewhere else.
Serene immediately sat next to Ling. Serene stared at
Ling again, Ling stared back at Serene. They just stared
at each other for a while. Ling felt extremely
embarrassed and pulled out his phone to text Eve. “ This
weird boy won’t stop staring at me”, he texted. “Is he
cute?”, Eve texted. “Why does it matter? He was staring
at me like a creep.”, Ling texted. “Maybe you
misunderstood him.”, Eve texted him. “No. He is being a
pervert.”, Ling texted. “Is he staring at your ass?”, Eve
texted. “No! Ew! He is staring at my face!”, Ling texted.
“Are you autistic?”, Eve texted. “What??”, Ling texted.
The bell rang. The first lesson was finally over. Ling felt
weirded out by Eve’s question but the fact that it was
breaktime now eased him. Ling stared back at his phone.
“Sorry if it seemed rude, I actually meant the question.”,
Eve had texted. When Ling lifted his face up from his
phone, Serene was standing right infront of him. Ling
flinched. “You have brown hair…”, Serene said. “Yes, I
do.”, said Ling awkwardly. Serene looked deeply
interested in Ling. They stared at each other as Ling’s
phone kept going off. Eve was probably flooding Ling
with messages. Serene sighed and went back to his seat.
Ling was now freaked out beyond human understanding.
Why was Serene so interested in him? He opened his
phone again. He texted Eve back. Serene pulled out a
picture from his bag and stared at it intensely. Ling got
curious and tried to see the picture. It was a picture of
Serene and…someone with long white hair..? This
person was wearing the same clothes as who he was in
his dream… Ling stared at the picture in complete shock.
Why did Serene have this picture? Wasn’t it all…just a
dream? Ling wasn’t even sure if he should tell this to
Eve. Would she even believe him? Serene was clearly
not a highschooler. Why was he there? What did he want
with Ling? Ling was now deep in thought. The bell rang
again. It was now lesson time. Ling was still not ready.
Serene stopped staring at the picture and looked at Ling.
Ling got so overwhelmed that he stood up and shouted at
Serene: “What is your problem with me?!” Serene was
dumbstruck. Ling looked around him and everyone was
staring at them. Ling bowed which meant sorry. Serene
silently said “My lord…?” Ling sighed. “I am not your
lord. I am just a highschooler.”Serene looked to the
side.”You have no idea about who you are.” Ling looked
into Serene’s eyes. “Who am I?” “You can’t know.”,
Serene said with a cold expression. “It’s for your own
good.” “You seem serious about this.”, Ling said. Who
was…Ling? Who could he possibly be? He was just a
teenager. Serene for sure looked like he was not going to
tell Ling. The teacher broke them apart. “Ling, Serene,
stop that. Ling, sit down!”, the teacher yelled. Ling sat
down. He was still confused. Serene stalked Ling the rest
of the day and as Ling was getting ready to leave the
school, Serene got close to Ling. “May I walk you to the
gate, my Lord?” Ling stared at him and sighed. “Fine,
but stop calling me that.” Serene looked
down…carelessly. “That is what you used to say before
too.” Ling stayed silent. Serene was some sort of helper?
This whole situation was strange. Ling walked to the
gate with Serene. Serene's cold gaze made anyone who
were close to them move away from them. Serene
dropped off Ling to his parents and watched him as he
left with them. Ling got in the car and was deep in
thought the whole car ride. Ling's dad parked his car.
Ling got off and rushed to his room. He changed clothes
and laid on his bed. Serene was all he was thinking
about, until Eve texted him. He checked what she wrote
and answered her. Talking to Eve helped him stop
thinking about Serene. He decided to tell Eve about what
happened. Eve suddenly started bombarding Ling with
texts. “YOU HAVE TO STOP SPEAKING WITH
THAT GUY! HE IS TRYING TO TRICK YOU! STOP
SPEAKING TO HIM!”, Eve texted. Ling was even more
confused all of a sudden. “Are you okay? Calm down.”
“I'M ALREADY CALM. STOP SPEAKING WITH
THAT GUY.” “Who even is he?” “Just stop speaking to
him, please.” Ling got suspicious. Eve clearly knew
something he did not. “You are acting suspicious. What
do you know?” “I know that you should stay far away
from that guy. They all claim to be good spirited when
they are just mean and cruel. He is just like the rest of
them.” “The rest of what?” “Just forget it.” “I can't. I
keep thinking about the picture I saw and my dream.”
“That guy is right about one thing, you can't know who
you are for your own good.” Ling squinted his eyes in
annoyance. What was he allowed to know? Everyone
seemed to know who he was, apart from himself. Ling
got up from his bed and went to study. He studied
biology and math. He laid on his bed again. It was late
now. He took his medications and took off his lenses. He
received a text from a red number. It said: “Hello. It's
Serene. What are you doing?” Ling thought that red
numbers meant that it was the dead calling. His phone
was probably glitching or something. He texted back:
“Nothing, just lying on my bed. How about you?”
“Thinking about you. I miss you.” Ling was taken aback
by how straightforward Serene was. Eve had told him
not to speak to Serene, but he just couldn't stop. Maybe it
was from curiosity. Ling replied, “Oh really? I'm
surprised that you aren't stalking me right now.” “You
were always funny. The funniest out of all of them.” “All
of who?” “Can't tell you.” “Come on. Please.” “No.”
Ling was desperate for answers at this point. He sighed
deeply. “Fine. You are so cold.” “Sorry. I'll try to be
warmer.” Serene very clearly cared about Ling a lot,
even though Ling couldn't understand why. Ling
yawned. He was tired from dealing with Serene all day.
He texted Serene and Eve goodnight and laid on his bed.
He closed his eyes and saw Serene shaking him, then
saw himself getting stabbed by ungodly figures, then he
saw…pure black. The thing was that…he didn't see
himself going through those things. He saw the long
haired armor wearing person go through those things
but…he felt every single thing that person felt. Ling
was…him.
Part Three:Falling

Once upon a time, there used to be six godly

beings. They were the start of everything, the void. They
wanted more. They wanted to evolve. They wanted
entertainment. They couldn’t just create everything, they
all had their special abilities. One of them created time,
the other created space. They were still bored, so they
had one of them create planets. Planets didn’t entertain
them, they weren’t sure what to create now. One of them
came forward and created what is called a ‘soul’.
Another one of them helped that one and they created
sentient beings together to roam their planets. They were
bored of just being void, so they decorated their
environment and themselves. They called their living
space ‘heaven’. One of them became the judge of ‘souls’
and let only the purest of souls join them in their living
space. The rest of the souls were doomed to live in a part
of void called ‘hell’. This ‘hell’ had no one guiding it,
because of that sometimes bad souls would terrorize
planets. The six gods also had to introduce themselves to
the sentient beings, so they gave each other names. They
were Layla -the Judge of Right and Wrong-, Flyena -The
Keeper of Time-, Meena -The Guardian of Heaven and
Creator of Sentient Bodies-, Darca -The Guardian and
Creator of Space-, Onshima -The Creator of Planets-,
and Mikaela -The Creator of Souls-. They all had their
style preferences, they created themselves helpers in
those preferences. Mikaela was the only one who used
their own piece of void to create one. Mikaela loved
beautiful things. Mikaela loved water and seasides. They
were beautiful to him, so he named his helper ‘Serene’.
Whenever he looked at Serene, it reminded him of a
happy summer day. Serene was very loyal to his master,
way more loyal than the other helpers. He was willing to
do everything for his master. One day, Serene told his
master his new idea. The Earth and humans. His master
told the other gods about this project, and they all agreed
to do their parts. The first humans were now borned. Eve
and Adam. From Eve and Adam came all the other
humans. Mikaela loved the Earth since it was Serene’s
idea. He introduced the gods to the humans himself. All
the humans loved him, one in particular loved him more
than anyone else. It was Eve, Eve would always cook for
Mikaela and take care of him even though he was a god.
Mikaela found Eve so dear that he gave a piece of
himself to Eve. The gods despised what Mikaela did.
They shamed him for it. Mikaela didn’t care, for him
Eve and Serene were the only important people. Mikaela
started to spend more time with Eve, Serene felt…weird.
A weird feeling. A feeling that made his guts feel like
they were deteriorating. That feeling was jealousy.
Serene begged Mikaela to stop spending so much time
with humans, claiming that they were dangerous.
Mikaela did not listen. He just asked for Serene to come
with him. Serene wanted nothing to do with humans.
One of them was who stole his master after all. Serene
decided to prove to Mikaela that humans were
dangerous. He started false religions and saw Mikaela
get denied as god. As they were about to burn him at the
stake, Serene appeared. Making himself seem like a
hero. Eve saw right through Serene. Eve never said
anything about Serene to Mikaela though, to not make
him sad. The souls at hell were increasing rapidly. So
rapidly that they had planned an attack on Earth. Mikaela
was horrified. He still loved humans even after they tried
to burn him. He tried to get the other gods to help him
defend Earth but no one wanted to. Mikaela had to
defend Earth alone. He told Serene what happened.
Serene was terrified. He begged Mikaela to not fight
them. They came from somewhere where no time or
space existed. If anyone fell, they would become truly
nothing. He was willing to do everything to defend Eve.
Serene had to agree to fight the bad souls to appease his
master. Eve was completely horrified too, she was scared
that something was going to happen to Mikaela. Eve
tried her best to motivate Mikaela to not fight them but
she was unsuccessful. The time of the battle had come.
Mikaela fought proudly next to Serene. He gave his
everything, and he won. He won by sacrificing himself.
He won by pushing himself and the last bad soul to their
‘death’. Serene saw his master ‘die’ right in front of him.
He didn’t know what to do. After the news was told to
Heaven, Serene vowed to find his master. He didn’t
believe that he was truly nothing now. He blamed
everything on Eve. Eve blamed everything on the
humans. She killed humans in Mikaela’s name. She was
eventually killed and was reborn in hell. She commited
unspeakable crimes in Mikaela’s name to get the gods'
attention. She believed that they could bring back
Mikaela. The reverse happened. Eve was sealed into
hell. Serene was the one who suggested for her to be
sealed. Serene was going to bring his master back.
Serene was going to be his master's hero. Eve started
being even more violent and finally made a deal with
Onshima to be sealed into Earth. Eve knew that if
Mikaela was going to be back again, he would be reborn
on Earth. She was willing to wait as long as it took for
him to come back. She monitored the void levels
everywhere until one day, she got a high reading. She
was ecstatic, she was sure that it was Mikaela. Instead of
finding Mikaela as himself, she saw a baby. A little
crying baby. He was in a nurse's arms. Eve got confused.
She could feel that the baby had Mikaela's essence inside
but it was just a baby. Eve wondered if this baby was
Mikaela reborn. He had to be. There was no other
answer. She had to be careful. The gods couldn't know
about this. That traitor Serene couldn't know about this.
The only god Eve trusted was Onshima, but she couldn't
even trust Onshima with this. Eve closely monitored the
child until he became a teenager and became friends
with him. She was going to tell him everything when he
was ready for it. She couldn't wait to be embraced by her
love again. She was so happy that he was reborn. She
was taking care of him as much as she could. After
hearing about how Serene was now in her love's school,
she was horrified. Serene was just a jealous selfish
person to her. She blamed everything on Serene. What
happened was in the past, but the future existed. Eve
wasn't going to let his love be taken from her again. She
was going to protect Ling with her life. If Serene even
touched him, she was going to do unspeakable things to
him. Right after hearing about Serene, after Ling's school
was over, Eve went to Ling's school. She pulled Serene
to the side. “Touch him and I'll show you how fucked up
hell is.” Serene was puzzled. “Eve? Is that you?” Eve
held a knife to Serene's throat. “Who else did you
expect? Stay far away from Mikaela. Me and him only
wish for freedom.” Serene didn't expect to be threatened
in this way. “Just drop the knife. You know that it can't
hurt me.” Eve had a fierce expression on her face. “I'll
make it hurt, if that's what you are worried about.”
Serene smiled. “My master is mine. You might have a
piece of my master but you are just human. Don't act like
you were created by him, for him.” Eve pressed the knife
harder into Serene's throat. “You might be the one he
created specially, but you were only created to serve.
You couldn't even serve him properly. I'm not letting you
breathe the same air as him.” Serene laughed. “Really?
You are going to separate me from whom I'm supposed
to serve? That's clever.” Eve felt furious. “Stop talking!
Just leave my love alone!” Serene stopped smiling.
“Your love? Who confirmed that? Not my master. Stop
making fantasies up.” “You are the person who should
stop making up fantasies. He will never look at you that
way. You were only created to serve.” Serene's brows
furrowed. “You forget who you are.” Eve was the one
who was smiling this time. “I know exactly who I am.
You said that because you know exactly who you are.”
Serene threw Eve onto the school's wall. “You are
despicable. You are no match for my master!” Eve stood
up. “If Onshima knew about what you did, she would
have banished you from heaven. Continue ignoring that
fact, sure.” “You are really trying to get on my nerves,
huh?” Eve sighed. “No. I'm simply telling you the facts
that you already know. Just reminding you is what I'm
doing. I wouldn't hesitate to kill you if it came to it, you
know?” Serene smiled. “That's a unique thought. I'd love
to see you try.” Eve opened her knife again. “Now, are
you leaving Mikaela's school or not?” Serene crossed his
arms. “Of course not.” Eve held up her knife. “What are
you two doing?!”, Ling yelled. He put Eve’s arm down.
S erene frowned. “She tried to stab me. I was just
defending myself.” Ling was not happy. “Do you two
know each other?” Silence was the only thing that could
be heard. Ling sighed deeply and asked what Eve wanted
from Serene. Eve got desperate. “I just…want you to be
healthy and happy! That’s all I’ve wanted! Serene is-”
Eve got cut off by Serene, who knew exactly what Eve
was going to say. “I’m your servant! I was created to be
with you, by you!” Serene pulled Ling’s arm, suddenly
all of Ling’s wrist scars were open for anyone to see.
Ling broke free from Serene’s grasp and quickly pulled
his sleeve up again. Serene was speechless. He never
expected something like this from Mikaela. “Why…?”,
he muttered. Eve teared up. “It’s all your fault…”, she
said, with her voice cracking. Serene’s face was red with
anger. “I would NEVER hurt my master! Shut the fuck
up, you devil!” Serene’s voice was shaking. “THIS IS
YOUR FAULT! ALL OF-” “ENOUGH! Calm down! I
did this to myself. It’s none of your fault!”, Ling yelled.
Serene and Eve were shaken up from Ling’s outburst.
They stared at each other, in silence. Serene broke the
silence. “...I’ll get going then, but this is not over.”
Serene walked away. As soon as he did, Eve hugged
Ling. “Are you okay? I’m sorry.”, she asked. “I have lots
of questions but other than that I’m fine.” Eve pulled
away Ling and held his hands. “I’m sorry, but I can’t
answer your questions.” Ling looked down. “ Why
not? You don’t even know what I’m going to ask.” Eve
pulled Ling’s head up. “I can guess. Trust me, if you
knew the answers to your questions, you would have
chosen this life. This was all you wanted before…” Ling
stayed silent. Did he actually like his life? He wouldn’t
have hurt himself if he did. Ling trusted Eve. He
couldn’t act like Eve just said nothing. He just…hugged
Eve. Eve quickly hugged Ling back. Eve just wanted
Mikaela to be comfortable. Eve disliked being touched,
but with Mikaela…she wished that one hug could fix all
of his trauma. Eve was gentle, she shined like a pearl and
she was also as noble as a pearl. Maybe she couldn’t see
it but Mikaela did. Even as Ling, he saw her like that.
“...Can you walk me home?”, Ling whispered. Eve
nodded. “Absolutely.”
Part Four:Shades of Gray Revealed

Serene dissipated and teleported to Heaven. He

had to tell the other gods about Mikaela’s rebirth. It was
the only way to regain Mikaela’s love. The gods had to
get rid of that annoying witch. Serene’s head was hurting
from how much he despised her. She was the childish
one. She was childish for thinking that Serene would just
let her have his master. Serene had to make Mikaela
remember. Serene ran to the Gods’ towers. He had to
speak to Onshima. Onshima had to fix everything.
Serene was running mindlessly, not being able to tolerate
the thoughts of his master being with Eve. It used to be
the two of them together, it was going to be that way
again. He ran to Onshima’s quarters but Onshima was
nowhere to be found. She was probably in a meeting
with the other gods. Of course Serene couldn’t wait.
Serene ran to the meeting room. He passed all the murals
and the other gods’ quarters. He finally reached the
meeting room. “MIKAELA IS ALIVE!”, he yelled. All
the gods looked at him taken aback. “What?”, Darca
said. “How is that possible?” Mikaela gathered himself.
He was breathless from running. “My master was
rebirthed as a human. I saw him with my own eyes!”
Onshima spoke with a soft voice, “Are you sure that you
didn’t mistake a human for him? I know that
Mikaela’s…death has been hard for-” “No! I’m sure that
it’s him! Eve was also with him, that devil!” Onshima
and the other gods frowned. “Eve?!”, Darca shouted in
surprise and maybe a little horror. Meena stood up. “I
had banished that bitch to hell myself! How in hell is she
on the Earth?!” Onshima put on a serious face but she
knew that it was her doing. Her best option seemed like
shutting up and watching the other gods. Serene stood
confidently. “I have no idea, but she is here! She is
friends with Mikaela! We need to bring him back and
make him remember everything!” Vayne was sitting at
the end of the table. Although he wasn’t a god, he still
was seen as a god. He was the balance keeper of the
gods. He gave off an eerie vibe. “My verdict is that there
is a traitor among us. I kindly request this god to come
forward.” No one came forward. “There can't be a traitor
among us. No way.”, Flyena claimed. Vayne emptied his
throat. “There clearly is a traitor. Only gods can seal and
unseal those who are mortal.” The gods stared at each
other, Serene crossed his arms. He was glad that the gods
had reacted the way he wanted them to. Everything was
going as intended. Meena was the first one to speak.
“Who unsealed her is a problem for later. Right now, we
should seal her back into hell again.” Darca and Flyena
nodded. Layla stood up. “Whoever did this seriously
broke our morals! Everything I created! I demand this
person to come forward immediately!” There was only
silence. No one came forward. As the silence went on,
Layla was getting angrier. Onshima seriously did not
know what to do. She was a respected god, she couldn't
just throw her reputation away. She had only made one
deal with Eve. Of course, it wasn't a one sided deal.
Mikaela was like a best friend to Onshima. Onshima
knew that Mikaela was reborn all along. She was hoping
that Eve would find it out too, and she did. Onshima
would always watch over Mikaela as he worked and she
noticed how tired he got. Dealing with souls was hard.
Making creations unique was hard. The only time she
happened to see Mikaela happy was with Eve by his
side. Unlike all the other gods, Onshima liked Eve. She
understood how much they loved each other, since
Onshima had created her helper to be her daughter.
Without her daughter, she wouldn’t know what would
give her motivation to keep going. As much as Onshima
approved of Eve, she also had to protect herself.
Protecting herself meant protecting her daughter. There
was no way that Onshima was going to come forward.
Layla formed a fist with her hands and knocked it on the
table. “WHO DID THIS?” The other gods realized that
Layla was losing control of herself and Vayne had to
intervene. Vayne called off the meeting and sent Layla to
her palace to calm her down. Onshima had escaped
punishment for now. She knew that she had to protect
Eve now. Meena was going to send angels after her for
sure. Onshima had to find Eve and Mikaela before
Meena. She couldn't just send angels after them though,
that would be super suspicious. She had to search for
them herself. Her daughter didn't know about what
Onshima did, and Onshima was going to keep it that
way. If her secret did get revealed, she didn't want her
daughter to suffer. Her daughter didn't deserve to be
punished for a choice her mother made. Onshima slowly
walked back to her palace. Her daughter was hanging out
in the garden. She immediately smiled when she saw
Onshima. She excitedly asked Onshima how her meeting
went. Onshima acted as if everything was alright. She
quickly went to her room and got started plotting. Her
daughter followed her inside. “There is something
wrong, isn't there?”, her daughter muttered. Onshima
covered her face with her hands. “The deal…it can't be
broken. For him…For Mikaela.” “What deal, mother?”
“I can't…I can't do this to you, my Hina.” “Please tell
me, mother.” Onshima knew that her daughter would
persist. She was as stubborn as a goat. “I made a deal
with Eve… For Mikaela. I unsealed her from hell, and
she would make Mikaela happy for me. He…he always
worked. Nonstop. I…I did not know…” Her daughter
hugged her. “Mom…calm down. What do you mean?”
“You need to find Eve. I need to find Eve!” “Mom,
please calm down! Don't worry, I got this! I'll find Eve!
She is on earth, isn't she? I'll find her!” Onshima sighed.
She had gotten her daughter into this after all. That's
when she realized that they were a package deal. Two of
them or no one. She wished that Eve felt that way about
Mikaela too, in case if she saw any angels seeking for
her. Mikaela had to live.