WINCHELL let out a long and deep sigh while looking at the huge egg that was born from his Red Flame.

Yes, it was an egg that probably the size of an ostrich's egg.

And yes again, it came from his flame.

Just for the record, I didn't lay an egg.

The process was hard to describe. When he was creating the guardian, he asked his Core to create a human-like flame, just like Sentinel, that would only follow one person--- Soleil, of course.

He didn't need a guardian since he was already capable of protecting himself.

Anyway...

If an ordinary human touched the egg, it would burn them alive. After all, the inside of the egg was filled with his flame. He didn't even know if the creature would come out of it would look like a human.

"Creating a guardian made out of my flame isn't as easy as I thought it would be," Winchell, seated in front of the egg in a lotus position, said to himself. He brought the egg to the rooftop of the shrine. "I plan to make at least five guardians. But giving birth to one almost killed me."

Well, that was an exaggeration.

Still, he wouldn't deny that giving birth to one guardian was exhausting. Thanks to that, he wasn't able to spend as much time as he would like with Soleil. What a wasted opportunity when it was only him and his little sister in Mount Sola at the moment.

"Brother, did you just lay an egg?"

He flinched when he realized that Soleil was now squatting down next to him. The fact that he didn't notice her until he spoke crept him out. Was he too distracted or his sister just got strong enough to hide her presence even from him?

It's probably the latter. It has only been ten days since I taught Soleil how to use the Core of her heart to control the Red Flame that I lent her. But she already mastered it to the point that it seems like she owns the Red Flame instead of me.

To be honest, he wanted to teach her how to control the Black Flame.

But in the end, he decided to keep forbidding Soleil from using it. The Black Flame had a life of its own and he didn't trust it enough.

"Brother Wixx, are you alright?" his sister asked her worriedly.

He blinked when he realized that she called him by a different name. "Who's Wixx? Why did you mistake me for him, Soleil Rosenberg?"

She laughed and flicked his forehead. "It sounds cute, doesn't it? I rested in the shrine a while ago. To entertain myself, I read the ancient inscriptions on the wall. Apparently, the older gods refer to their rebellious children as 'Wixx.' I thought it suits you, Brother. It also sounds cuter than Winchell."

Actually, he didn't find the pet name 'cute.'

But since Soleil looked happy, he didn't oppose her. Moreover, the fact that his precious little sister gave him a pet name was special to him.

"Alright," he said while patting her head. "You can call me anything you want, Soleil."

"Thank you, Brother Wixx," she said with a bright smile on her face. Ah, she seemed proud of the nickname for him that she came up with. "Anyway, did you really lay an egg? Is it because you're the Red Phoenix?"

"I didn't," he said firmly. "It came out from my wings when I tried to create a guardian for you. But I guess since I'm the Red Phoenix, my "child" came in the form of an egg first."

"That's amazing," his sister said excitedly. Good thing she didn't find the process gross or creepy. "Are you saying that there's a life inside that egg, Brother Wixx? Is it going to turn out as a human or a phoenix like you?"

"I don't know yet," he admitted. "But since the process is similar to creating a spirit guardian, maybe it will also look like human just like Sentinel. I guess we just have to wait until the egg hatches to confirm it."

"Maybe you should stay with it until it hatches, Brother," she said seriously. "We don't know what kind of being will come out of that egg. But staying with the egg while sharing your feelings with it might give it the same feelings as you, Brother Wixx. Wouldn't it be nice if your "child" takes after you even in terms of beliefs?"

"Oh, that's a nice idea," he said, then he gently placed a hand on the egg. "I also want this child to inherit my unconditional love for you, Soleil. After all, my goal is to create guardians that will live and die only for you." He snapped his fingers when he realized something. "What if this kid comes out with only one personality?"

She scowled at that. "What do you mean by that, Brother?"

"Aside from loving and adoring your forever, I want this child to hate the Black Serpent as much as I do."

"Brother!"

"I've always known that you are smitten with the Black Serpent even in your past life, Soleil," he said seriously. "I'm sorry but I saw and heard it when the Black Serpent rejected you."

Her face turned red from embarrassment. "Y-You were watching?"

"You know that I have sharp eyes and hearing, don't you?" he said with a bitter smile. "I didn't mean to witness that pathetic scene, Soleil. But when I was keeping an eye on your practice session, the Black Serpent appeared. You know what happened next."

"I-I didn't get rejected," she said, now her ears were also red. Moreover, this was the first time he heard her sister stutter. "If you really witnessed that scene, then you should know that I was the one who turned him down." She clutched her chest tight, and this time, she looked like she was on the verge of crying. "I was the one who told Lord Kalel that we're better of as friends."

"But he walked away with a nonchalant look on his face, Soleil," he told his sister bluntly. He hated hurting Soleil on purpose but he had to do it to snap her out of her silly puppy love. He would support her if it wasn't the Black Serpent. But for some reason, he couldn't trust that man. "You were the one who cried pathetically."

The fact that the Black Serpent made his precious sister cry almost made him kill his fellow Beast God.

But then, he realized that he should be grateful that the Black Serpent rejected Soleil. He didn't want Kalel Moonchester to be his sister's husband. After all, he also didn't like Kyro and Yumi– that Black Serpent's parents.

Soleil sobbed and covered her face with her hands. "You're so cruel, Brother Wixx. Do you really have to remind me that?"

"I brought you here to help you move on from the Black Serpent," he told her, then he changed the topic. "How's your training with the Golden Bow and Arrow that I gave you as a present? The god of weapons personally made that for you so it should be sturdy."

"I think I've already mastered it," she said, her hands still covering her face. "But I want to get stronger, Brother Wixx. I want to be an archer and a close-combat fighter."

"You're being greedy," he said, then he stood up and extended his hand to his sister. "But I like that resolve so let's continue our training, Soleil."

Soleil, who seemed to have gotten over her embarrassment, finally pulled her hands away from her face. Then, with burning determination in her eyes, she grabbed his hand and allowed him to pull her up. "Brother, let's fight," she said seriously. "I am done using the Crades in the Redsun Desert for practice. I want to be stronger by fighting you."

He already expected that from her.

In fact, fighting Soleil was the final part of the training menu that he created for her.

"Alright, let's do it," Winchell said with a smirk. After all, Soleil was easily provoked. And she would get crazily strong when she was pissed. "Just don't cry if I accidentally hit you a little harder than intended, my baby sister."

"I'm no longer a baby!"

***

"DARLING, our babies are about to get born," Yumi informed her husband excitedly while rubbing the bump of the woman lying on the bed unconscious. "Our little Nystrom will finally have younger siblings soon."

She had to leave her little Nystrom in the country of Solarium to return to Kale Kingdom.

Then, she went to the throne room when the stupid king wasn't there. To be precise, she went to the basement right under the throne. It was a secret room that only Auro Moonchester (among his family and followers) knew about.

It was the perfect place to hide Selena– one of the half-human-half snakewoman that belonged to her clan. Whenever she would leave Nystrom's body, she would possess Selena's body. And she also used the woman to conceive children with Fersby, the second prince of the Crades's royal family.

Fersby, on the other hand, was possessed by Kyro's spirit.

Although the bodies that she and her husband used didn't belong to them, they created a forbidden spell that would put their "divine fluids" inside the bodies that they used. Thus, the children conceived by Selena and Ferby would belong to her and Kyro.

Yes, it was an abomination.

The act itself was disgusting.

But she was willing to do anything and everything for her darling husband.

"I wish you were here, darling," Yumi said, missing her husband dearly. "Nystrom and I wish you'd come home sooner."

***

SOLEIL couldn't move her body after her sparring with Wixx.

Although she could tell that he held back a little, he still managed to defeat her. During the five rounds of sparring that she asked from him, she never won once.

My brother acts dumb but he's seriously strong.

And thus, right now, she was laying on the sand while looking at the starry night. It was already safe to do that because she already eliminated the Crades in that area. She was alone because her brother was making their dinner.

"I seriously thought that I'm strong because I was able to beat the little tiger," Soleil whispered to herself. "Is Ainsworth too weak or my brother is just stupidly strong?"

"It's because you're not using the Black Flame."

"That's right," she agreed to the voice that came from her side. "The Red Flame belongs to my brother. But unfortunately, he doesn't allow me to use the Black Flame so…"

She trailed off when she realized that she was talking to a stranger.

But since she didn't feel any hostility, she let her guard down. Still, she instantly got up and summoned her dagger.

"Oh, relax," the pretty woman said while raising her hands in surrender. "I'm not an enemy."

She believed that but of course, she didn't show it. Her brother often tells her that she trusts people easily. So even if her instincts told her that the stranger wasn't a threat to her, she still put her guard up. "Who are you?"

"I'm Luna," the beautiful stranger said. "I'm the banished Moon Priestess."

"Why were you banished?" she asked, confused.

"Because I don't want to serve the Moon God anymore," Luna said with a soft laugh. How could this woman laugh while practically confessing that she just betrayed the god that she served? "I didn't like his son so I turned my back on them."

"Are you talking about Lord Kalel?" Soleil asked, putting her dagger down. "Just what do you not like about him, huh?"

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