Lualhati, ⠀⠀⠀ tales of arcadia.

#ㅤㅤ⁰⁰. the downfall of a god.

▬▬▬▬▬ㅤ 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒, it was known by all creatures ━magical, non-magical and all of those in between━ that Lord Cristellua was the solution.

ㅤㅤㅤThe phrase on its own sounds senseless, of course.

ㅤㅤㅤLet us start from the beginning, then.

ㅤㅤㅤLord Cristellua was no ordinary man━ some did not even consider him a man at all. Born from moonlight and a spark of chaos that started in a battle between two powerful sorcerers, he was more of a mystical being than anything else.

ㅤㅤㅤMisteriously, most didn't even believe in his existence for a long time, imagining Cristellua was a ghost or a made-up demon to scare children at night.

ㅤㅤㅤThat is until he made himself known through the powerful forces of his magic.

ㅤㅤㅤIn short, world was chaos for an entire decade until non-magical beings, with the knowledge that they couldn't surpass Cristellua on his intelligence, strength or power, decided to make him their Lord.

ㅤㅤㅤLord of the human race. Cristellua had no problems with the title.

ㅤㅤㅤHe was known by many names, almost like collectibles he gained after every victory in the name of humans.

ㅤㅤㅤHe Who Walks in The Shadows; Owner Of The Moon; Dragon Strengthed Man; and his personal favorite, Lord Lua.

ㅤㅤㅤThe first language he had learned, an ancient draconic that only a few knew of, told him that the name he liked the most translated to The Moon. Not its owner, not its commander, not its lord. Cristellua was The Moon itself.

ㅤㅤㅤFaster than a blink, he was already being used as some kind of Oracle who could see the future and any misfortune that the humans could prevent (he couldn't, in fact, see the future, nor the misfortune of anyone). More and more people would hear of him, more and more would search for his blessings and for his power and for his attention, more and more would become part of the community he had built himself until there was no longer space for there to be more followers of Lord Lua.

ㅤㅤㅤHe was their solution to everything.

ㅤㅤㅤIn all his glory, he expected the people to find a reason to throw him off of his throne, because they were just like that; they feared you, they loved you, they despised you, and they threw you away.

ㅤㅤㅤHe didn't expect, however, the magical creatures to help.

ㅤㅤㅤThey attempted to kill him and take his head as a prize for managing to take The Lord Lua on their own. However, and it made the humans look more stupid than they really are, they didn't know that Lord Lua wouldn't die by the hands of mortals with no intelligence to compare with his own.

ㅤㅤㅤHe refused to die until he found someone worthy. And he did.

ㅤㅤㅤLord Lua, He Who Walks in The Shadows, Owner Of The Moon, Dragon Strengthed Man, was killed by a wizard whom he didn't know the name nor where he came from. A nobody.

ㅤㅤㅤIt took the man a single blow. One cut by his magic, and Lord Lua had been torn apart in small pieces. The man was way too young to possess that much power, Lord Lua noticed one second too late, as his eyes were thrown to one side and his brain to the other.

ㅤㅤㅤAnd still, he refused to die just yet.

ㅤㅤㅤBecause since the beginning of times, it was known by all creatures ━magical, non-magical and all of those in between━ that Lord Cristellua was a cheeky liar.

ㅤㅤㅤHe lied about his visions of the future, and of the misfortunes that could follow if the humans dared to step away from his shadow, and of accepting death if the one who killed was a worthy enemy.

ㅤㅤㅤNever would he give up that easily, to die to the hands of a human? Don't make him laugh!

ㅤㅤㅤWith one last spark of magic ━one similar to the spark that brought him to the world━ he moved his soul to a body that could take his strength and power without noticing what body that was.

ㅤㅤㅤHe was hoping it to be the body of the wizard that killed him in the first place, he hoped to be able to remove its original soul to occupy that body instead, but even Lord Lua wasn't that lucky.

ㅤㅤㅤIf he knew where he would go in his reincarnation, Lord Cristellua would have never even tried.

ㅤㅤㅤBecause he became a filthy, rat-looking, terribly dumb raccoon.

ㅤㅤㅤEven as the disgusting animal he was now, Lord Lua refused to act as such. He walked on his two feet, ate recently cooked and decently looking food, cleaned himself properly and stayed away from others of his kind (not really his kind, as he was before a divine being with the purest draconic blood, but yes, his kind, as now he was that horrible raccoon).

ㅤㅤㅤMore than a few humans treated him like a house pet, and it was almost the same as when he was titled Lord of the humans. He was fed with the finest foods and slept in beds more comfortable than the ones his humans owned. He was passed from generations to generations, from houses to houses, all of which treated him like the God he was.

ㅤㅤㅤHe was living well, after all.

ㅤㅤㅤOf course, Cristellua still missed to be able to bring chaos every once in a while, and now he couldn't do anything he used to because of that stupid body of his, but peace wasn't so bad.

ㅤㅤㅤThat is until his peace was broken by a little girl that liked to set things on fire as much as she liked to eat candy. And everyone knows how much children love candy.

ㅤㅤㅤLord Cristellua decided he despised wizards. They were always ruining his damn life.