Chapter 1: Zeus' Jewelry Store
A brilliant light was bursting forth from afar.
When it first started, it was nothing more than a simple dot. Slowly, it grew until it became a line. Once the ray of light had begun to fully burst forth, the brilliant light had become so dazzling to behold. It seemed to fill and nourish the entire world, and yet it seemed to destroy the entire world as well.
The universe. Infinite and boundless.
Behind the light, there would always be darkness.
Staring at that boundless light in his field of vision, he laughed.
"Farewell, Hera."
An enormous shadow appeared behind him. He gracefully retreated, merging into it.
The shadow flashed, and in an instant, it travelled far away.
......
Skyfire Star. Skyfire City. Skyfire Avenue.
This famous lane didn't permit any vehicles or any robots to cross it, much less mecha. Even the patrolling police must patrol on foot, the most ancient of methods. That's because this is a street for pedestrians, a lane for nobles, hidden away within this high technology world.
Fresh yet uniform stones covered this 2048 meter long lane. The buildings on each side of the lane were of completely different types, but every single building had its own unique aspects and history. There was ancient French gothic-style pointed buildings, the sprawling and majestic jade-carved buildings of ancient China, and were even Roman-style buildings.
This street, which seemingly had no high technology present, was set within the most central, most developed area within Skyfire City. Supposedly, here, every single square meter of earth was worth as much as one of the newest, top-tier Michaely [Mai'ke'li] P12-class high atmosphere hovercar.
In the center of Skyfire Avenue, there was a rather unremarkable little store. The reason why it was described as 'little' was only because it was little by comparison to the enormous, noble structures surrounding it. The storefront was only seventeen meters wide, and it was designed in accordance with a combination of the luxurious, classical style with the simplistic neo-classical style. The mirror-like deep blue walls, the brilliant display windows, all showed off several dazzling, gleaming jewels. In the middle of the top of the store, four letters, glowing with a sapphire light, formed the name of the store.
Z, E, U, S.
The door was made from some sort of unknown deep blue metal. It didn't have any decorations, save for an imprint of a jagged lightning bolt.
Zeus, the King of the Gods in ancient Greece, the controller of the power of lightning.
Thus, this store was also named Zeus' Jewelry Store.
The insides of the store was a world of sapphire blue. Sapphire blue carpets, sapphire blue velvet covering the walls...even the bottoms of the jewelry display cabinets were sapphire.
Behind the front desk of Zeus' Jewelry Store were two young ladies. They wore identical, low-cut white gowns. They were very beautiful, but in different ways.
One was tall and slender, with eyebrows high like mountains, a face like a rose, her fine black hair trailing over her shoulders. Whether from up close or from afar, she looked like a clear, beautiful painting, and she had a rather classical feel to her.
The other was endearing and lovable, with neat, short, light blue hair. The low-cut dress revealed her spectacular 'mountain range', but the look in her deep blue eyes changed constantly. She appeared...a bit weird.
