Chapter 744: Eyes at the Horizon

After taking another look at where Lucien’s sister and mother lived for several years, he and Eve leave the ruined tower and head back to the old kingdom of Michael.

Lucien flies carrying Eve so they can return as quickly as possible, and both, like the Sins, have a lot to think about after the latest discoveries.

But Lucien is also curious about the story of his missing sister, so he asks Eve about it. "Can you tell me what happened to our sister?"

"Oh, I forgot to explain it to you." Eve quickly comments and then explains their story.

"I don’t remember exactly when it happened, maybe I was seven or eight years old when Michael told me I had a twin sister." She speaks in a neutral tone.

Before, she would have been very sad to think about this, but now that she knows her sister is fine, only a bitter resentment towards Michael as a bad feeling remains.

"Why didn’t he ever tell us about it?" Lucien can’t help but ask.

Eve makes a disappointed expression. "I don’t know, he was always a failure as a father... anyway, he said our sister was taken by the leader of the Silver Legion as a way to punish him for rebelling."

"That and killing my mother..." Eve becomes sad thinking about it. "Couldn’t he have simply killed Michael?"

Lucien feels no pity for Michael, but he understands how such a punishment could be horrible.

Having his wife killed and daughter kidnapped would drive any man insane, so a part of Lucien begins to understand how his father became such a detestable person.

"Why didn’t he take you too?" Lucien wonders out loud.

"Michael said he only found out about me when he arrived at my mother’s body... I guess I was lucky to be born later, or..." Eve wonders about that. "No, it was better this way, otherwise I couldn’t have taken care of you hollow heads!"

Lucien is glad that Eve is in a good mood and can’t resist hugging her tighter and kissing her lips while they fly.

She doesn’t try to avoid the kiss but gives him a fake annoyed look. "You can’t just keep kissing me like this in front of others!"

Lucien nods and kisses her lips again. "Then let me enjoy it now."

Eve lets Lucien kiss her, after all, she enjoys it very much too.

"Well..." She starts feeling very excited and before things get out of control, she goes back to talking about their sister.

"Michael told me that I should grow strong and help my siblings be strong too so that one day we could rescue our missing sister." Eve explains.

"He shouldn’t have put such responsibility on your shoulders... especially when you were just a child." Lucien becomes angrier with his father.

"That’s what he always did, with all of us," Eve sighs. "But I don’t understand why he needed us to do his job if he had such a strong ally like your mother..."

"I don’t think she can be considered his ally." Lucien comments. "She even said she owed him nothing and we could decide his fate."

Eve wonders about that. "It makes sense; maybe he knew that and didn’t expect her to help him... but what about us? She knew how he was treating us and didn’t do-"

"Anything?" Lucien notices that Eve doesn’t want to speak ill of his mother, but indeed the whole story seems very strange. "I don’t know what to think yet, we need to understand what really happened."

"Mm," Eve nods. "We’ll do this, together."

"Together," Lucien repeats and kisses her lips again.

He also kisses her dozens of times more until they cross the old border between kingdoms and Lucien starts to feel the presence of his wives closer.

"Lucien?" Sophia is the first to sense him and manages to communicate even hundreds of miles away.

"We are back, love," he responds to her. "Is everything alright?"

"Yes, everyone is fine," Sophia reports. "But Naomi and Donna are quite stressed; they have been searching everywhere for any clue about what happened..."

"We have news, let’s meet at the mountain fortress." He tells Sophia and also begins sending mental messages to his other girls.

The girls didn’t stray far from the fortress at Maya’s request, who stayed vigilant, taking care of the group.

After a few hours, everyone returns to the fortress and Lucien arrives last with Eve.

Everyone seems eager for the news, but Naomi is clearly the most nervous and quickly approaches them.

"What did you find out???" She asks Lucien and Eve.

Lucien wants to read both letters to the girls, but before that, Eve steps forward and looks at her sisters with a loving expression.

"Before showing it to you, I need to tell you something..." She tells them about their missing sister and then she and Lucien share the contents of the letters.

Everyone is shocked, even Maya, as this story involves other Primordials beyond the Water Spirit.

Like Lucien and Eve, they are all filled with assumptions and questions.

But again, Naomi is the first to speak. "So, Michael went to the Shadow Star, taking all our people and resources from this world?"𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"That’s what it seems like." Lucien responds honestly, after all, they can’t be absolutely sure of anything.

"What are we going to do now?" Donna asks.

Lucien and Eve look at each other. "We think going to the Shadow Star is the best choice, but we can discuss it."

"I agree!" Naomi quickly says.

"Me too," Amelia and Claire speak simultaneously.

Sophia also nods, and Lucien’s other wives mentally assure him they will follow any decision he makes.

However, some women, especially Saria, Kamala, and Maya, are concerned about something in particular.

"We need to warn my mother about this threat," Kamala comments.

"Yes, it’s a threat to all the Seven Stars." Saria adds. "Also, my mother still has good allies in the Shadow Star, it could help us get a good start there."

"A good start?" Lucien thinks out loud. He can’t deny what that implies. "She expects me to..."

"Become the leader of the Shadow Star and then of the remaining five stars, as you did in the Blue Star?" Pride comments in an expectant tone.

All the girls look at Lucien with curious eyes; they too see how this seems to be his destiny, or at least someone’s plan, probably his mother’s.

Despite not knowing the situation of the other six Stars, they agree that all the people of the Blue Star love Lucien as their ruler, so he could potentially do the same good for the people of all the other Stars.

The Sins, on the other hand, fear they might be too manipulated by mysterious figures.

"Are we really going to do what this woman wants?" Gluttony comments doubtfully.

"And if it’s good for us? Why not?" Greed responds.

"You want to do what? Run back like a scared puppy to Hell?" Wrath gives her sister a mocking look.

Greed returns it with a hostile expression and eyes shining gold. "You’re not the one to decide that!"

"Nor are you." Pride speaks calmly, but her increasingly powerful aura exerts enormous pressure on the other Sins.

"Hey girls, now’s not the time to fight." Lucien also speaks calmly, but his emotions are still quite agitated.

He’s very excited to soon see his mother and meet his missing sister, but he also wants to go to the Shadow Star to understand what’s happening. And of course, to help them if possible.

"Be careful, Lucien," Envy speaks in a loving tone. "You mustn’t let anyone manipulate you."

"Of course, my dear." He smiles at her and the others. "But as it’s written in this letter, we are the only ones to decide which path to follow."

"And you’ve already made up your mind, haven’t you?" Sloth asks.

"Yeah, we’re going to do it." Eve holds Lucien’s hand and smiles confidently.

Their other sisters and the other girls also smile; everyone agrees to follow that path, even the Sins, although they continue to be wary of the intentions of Lucien’s mother and possibly the other Primordials.

"So, how are we going to do it?" Donna asks.

Lucien organizes his thoughts and begins to make plans. "We don’t know the progress of the secret alliance between Gods and Shé Dragons, nor what’s happening in the Shadow Star, but first we need to ensure the safety of our people."

"But our people are in the Shadow Star already." Naomi quickly comments.

"It’s not just them who are our people now," Lucien comments while casting a loving look towards Cassidy and the other girls from Argerim.

"We don’t know how many enemies are lurking, so we need to take those loyal to us in Argerim to the Blue Star, only then we will head to the Shadow Star." He declares.

Naomi and Lucien’s other sisters can’t help but be concerned about their mothers in the Shadow Star, but they support Lucien and agree to help him migrate the people of Argerim before anything else.

"Don’t worry, this process should be quick due to the magical portal of the Water Spirit." Lucien comments.

"Yes," Saria nods. "And we can accommodate everyone in the Mermaid Kingdom until the Water Spirit finishes preparing lands for them."

"Nice," Lucien smiles at the cute Mermaid Princess before turning his attention back to the other girls. "So, we’re going to Argerim right now, and then to the Shadow Star."

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