The Venerable One, Reincarnator Extraordinaire, has lived through all. Nine lives showed him many shades of life; he was a Hero once and Demon Lord in another; again a Heavenly Beast and a Time Manipulating Vampire in another. Finally, a Cultivator...
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!" Ai snapped her head at Quetzalcoatl as she held her son in her arms, as carefully as a flower, yet as firmly as a sword, only for the Dragon Goddess to rub the back of her head. "I trusted you to not get him in trouble, and you return with him in this state?!"
Blue had fallen to her knees at the sight of her Lord bleeding from all the pores in his body. She held her face with her hands, tears running down her cheeks, while Serafall looked at the scene with wide eyes and a mind-boggled expression.
He was the man who kept her and Yohtli safe through the battle, and she took it for granted at one point. But it was at this expense?!
"Well, I..." Quetzalcoatl didn't have much to say.
"Fucking hell, fuck!" she growled and turned to Aqua. "The Empress, right, her..." she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. A moment later, she opened them with the pupils lighting up. "Wardrobe: Empress of Mankind."
Just as she spoke, smoke burst out of her, and her outfit changed. Her body also grew more robust, and she grew taller. Her pajamas were replaced with golden armor, and her hair turned black, divided in the middle. Her pink eyes were now golden, and her earlier angry expression was replaced with calm worry.
"Do not worry," she spoke with regal dignity, "I'll keep you safe, my so-" her voice gave in as her head swayed and fell to the side. She passed out as the spell went off, the smoke dispersing out of her as she returned to her usual self.
"Uh, I don't think that was supposed to happen..." Yohtli said, looking around, but the other two ladies beside her had frozen in their spots. Quetzalcoatl's eyes were wide, beads of sweat on her forehead. Footsteps filled the air, and the sound of piano keys accompanied it.
Someone came down the stairs, with the slow piano strings of City of Stars following her. The [Crown Icon] shone overhead as she stopped under the stairs, stepping into the door of the living room. The tall, busty woman from a second ago, who Ai had transformed into, now stood at the door with a thin smile on her face.
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-「City of stars... Are you shining just for me...?」
Quetzalcoatl stared at the entity with wide, spinning golden eyes. Earlier, the pressure that Empress Durga exuded made her tremble in battle lust. Now, she felt her blood flow calm in the presence of this woman... the truest of Empresses.
She tucked down to get through the door and slowly walked over. The Empress did not meet eyes with anyone, only briefly glancing at Ai, as she stopped above Aqua's unconscious body.
"...So much pain, for who?" she asked the air, and the air nudged her chin to look at the sleeping goddess on the couch. She recognized her right away, although having never met her before. "Ah, Galaxara, his Goddess...''
