𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐘𝐒𝐒. genshin impact

CHPT. 47 Priestess of Watatsumi

"海祇 わたつみ 島 じま"
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Stood frozen as she stared at the dozen soldiers on beds, Kokomi was paler then ever. Young men and women who had fought for the good of their people, were turning old at a rapid pace, as their once colorful hair turn white and grey, as wrinkled formed upon their skin, as their bones gave away until they fell to the ground.

The delusions she had confiscated had done only so much, but the damage had been done. People with futures rapidly enter such and had little time left. They were now old, and she wanted to vomit her guts out. This was because she was foolish and naïve.

She was the Divine Priestess, yet she couldn't do anything with old age. Even if it was a forced acceleration, she did not have that much power. She felt faint as people began to yell, scream, and cry for the soldiers who had lost so much time.

"Your Excellency!" Gorou shouted as he frantically depended on his nose to find the priestess. Once his eyed landed to the drained and exhausted young lady, his brows furrowed as he rushed to her side.

"Gorou... What is it?" Kokomi sounded weak, but she kept a smile up her face. Strained, forced, not natural or genuine. It caused the general to flinch, as he looked around the area with caution.

Gorou looked hesitant, but he needed to relay the information. The traveler had already gone of after seeing his friend, Teppei, on one of the beds, barely conscious. The absolute rage upon his expression had many soldiers cowering in fear, even he, dared not to get in his way.

Aether had looked close to striking down anyone who wanted to stop him. Even his floating companion was extremly hesitant in talking her companion out of it.

"Uh... Lady Nyx... She wishes to see you. Right now your excellency, it seems to be urgent."

Two out of the three Reisenders had left around the same time Aether had, and the only one left on the island was Nyx. The Lady of night had acted like a medical guide during the situation, and had been stabilizing their soldiers from dying.

It was a miracle as their accelerated aging had stopped entirely. To the people og the island, Nyx was like a priestess, but she was not like Kokomi.

While Sangonomiya Kokomi was a sweet, soft-spoken, and mermaid-like priestess, Nyx was nothing like that. Nyx Von Kaiserin was elegant, had a sharpness to her grace, and brutally honest. She did not care if people began to weep to the truth, she would not lie of death.

At first, the people of Watatsumi haf disliked her, but seeing how she had stopped their soldiers, their family grom dying an early death, many people saw her as a dark angel.

"I see... Thank you Gorou, where is she now?"

"She said she would be found by the old shrine."

Kokomi thanked him, and bid the general farewell. Dread pooled in her, as she hurried to old and ruined temple of Watatsumi, even going as far as to running on water to get there.

She panted as she arrived, her gaze falling to the back of the tall woman, as her hair blowed against the wind. Hesitant, she slowly approached her, and flinched as Nyx turned around to face her. Her sharp gaze pierced through her soul, as if looking for anymore faults Kokomi had.

"Good, you've arrived." Nyx hummed, gesturing got the priestess to step closer.

"Is something the matter Lady Nyx?... H-Havs they―"

"They can be saved. Their time can be reversed."

Kokomi gasped, her eyes wide as she stared at the serpentine woman with hope. She wished, prayed, and hoped that her people could be saved from her own foolishness. She almost fell to her knees, but Kokomi held her shoulder and kept her standing.