Ode to the Starry Sea, Part 2

Hestia’s explanation plunged Selina into silence, yet her voice, from the perspective of the soul, had a deafening effect on the girl.

“Are you kidding me? Vampires and elves are from the same origin?”

Selina felt as if her worldview had shattered in that instant, as if her decades of life on the Seraphis Continent had been lived in vain.

The shock of this truth was no less than a self-proclaimed superior sentient species discovering they shared an ancestor with pigs.

“Given the relationship between vampires and elves, these two races, tracing their origins, actually share the same ancestor? But why did the same ancestor lead to these two races now being mutually hostile and wary?”

However, there was no time to answer these questions now.

Along with a segment of unfamiliar magic star map information being forcibly transmitted into her mind, the small crystal sword hanging from Selina’s chest suddenly glowed and grew warm.

In a holy golden light, Hestia’s figure was projected into reality for the first time.

The dazzling brilliance instantly illuminated the dim space. The Goddess of Lampfire gently shook the lantern in her hand.

The lamp light flickered, and the hopeful glow transformed into countless fine threads of light, gathering towards the struggling clone lying on the ground.

Its originally crimson body, on the verge of explosion, seemed to be temporarily suppressed upon contact with the continuous strands of light.

The self-destruct process was forcibly paused.

“Don’t hesitate, do what you must!”

Hestia turned her head to remind them, then softly closed her eyes.

The divinity subtly contained within her body was like a beacon fixed in the ethereal gloom.

The divine source erupted with god-tier radiance, piercing through the void to transmit divine thoughts to the distant Star Sea.

In this moment of crisis, Selina had no time to hesitate. She turned and firmly placed her hands on Avia’s shoulders, her expression resolute.

“Avia, let’s do it!”

“Ah?!”

The silver-haired vampire girl’s cheeks flushed, and her crimson eyes instantly turned into spiral eyes at that moment.

Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm.

“Ah, what a delightful game of chess~”

The awakened Chaos Aemisia seemed to have personally experienced a perilous battle, her crimson eyes filled with joyous light. Her cherry-red lips parted slightly, exhaling a faint orchid scent.

“It’s a pity, though, some people just sit here watching, like a block of wood, and don’t even bother to help.”

As she spoke, she turned to look at the ethereal figure behind her, surrounded by countless elements.

“Hestia dislikes me meddling in Her affairs. Furthermore, if I were to intervene, I fear it would attract the attention of other ill-intentioned individuals.”

The Elf Ancestor God Themis, hearing the sarcastic remark, slowly opened her beautiful eyes. Her expression in her divinely emerald eyes was calm and unperturbed.

“Heh, so many years have passed, and you’re still so reserved. If that Hestia dislikes outsiders interfering, then why would She seek help from other deities?”

Themis’s crimson eyes narrowed slightly, her tone carrying a hint of displeasure.

“I respect Her choice. Moreover, in this situation, the Star Sea Goddess’s abilities are indeed more suited to solving the problem than mine.”

“Are you making excuses for Her?”

“It’s just the truth…”

“The truth? How laughable. I only know that if you don’t act today, your beloved Goddess of Lampfire will be embraced by the Star Sea Goddess. Even so, can you still sit still, my dear elder sister?”

At some unknown point, Aemisia had closed the distance to Themis.

Their faces were almost touching. The girl’s delicate face, like a porcelain doll, was alight with a playful smile.

For some reason, she deliberately emphasized the last four words of her sentence.

And upon hearing this highly significant title, Themis, surprisingly, did not retort.

“You’ve overstepped, little sister…”

When the term “little sister” was uttered, even an existence like Themis experienced a momentary trance. She even hesitated for a moment.

‘When was the last time she called the person before her that?’

‘The river of time will eventually wear down everything. Even gods can fall, let alone memories?’

“I, and She, are merely friends, allies, not the kind of relationship you imagine.”

“Friends? Allies? Ahahahahaha…”

Silver bell-like laughter echoed through the empty, pure Divine Realm.

The laughter was originally as clear and childlike as a child’s voice, but within that clear laughter was a strange madness.

“Elder sister still thinks of me as that child from before?”

“Among deities, it’s already fortunate if they’re not enemies. You can use those words to deceive a younger sister, but this younger sister won’t be fooled~”

“If it were truly just friends, you wouldn’t have used your divine source to preserve Her existence. If it were just friends, you should have been the first to end Her back then, seize Her power, understand Her pain, and then avenge Her. If it were just friends, you wouldn’t have wasted this precious royal birth quota.”

“Ultimately, your heart has long been set on Her. It’s a pity that the grand principles of ‘salvation’ you speak of are truly laughable, yet she absurdly ascended to the divine throne based on this ethereal wish.”

“However, what’s even more absurd is that it’s understandable for foolish humans to make such wishes, but even the gods gathered around Her because of Her thoughts. It’s the height of absurdity~”

“If you ask me, Hestia shouldn’t even be called the Goddess of Lampfire anymore; call her the Succubus Goddess. Everywhere she goes, gods are attracted to her, it’s absurd and ridiculous!”

“Little sister, you shouldn’t be like this…”

“Shouldn’t be like this? Is elder sister referring to how I shouldn’t have left the Blood-Red Spider Lily at Her feet, or that I shouldn’t have used the blood mark to incite your displeasure?”

“Elder sister~”

At this moment, Themis’s tone was like that of a mischievous younger sister.

She knew Themis would absolutely not get angry with her over this, her voice playful and unrestrained.

“After all, your heart is always cold, like a block of ice. Except for Themis, everyone in your eyes is merely a tool. I remember the Elf Queen herself once asked you if that human who reincarnated as an elf princess was a descendant or a pawn in your eyes?”

“I remember the answer then was: both a descendant and a pawn. What an ambiguous and rogue answer.”

“Enough! Themis Ye!”

“Don’t be angry, elder sister. If you don’t want to hear it, little sister won’t say it. But if you get angry and hurt yourself, little sister will be worried~”

Her obscure and moody statements released her anger in an unusual way, but looking at the person before her, no matter how much her fury burned, she ultimately could not vent it.

These were all her own choices, and choices must have consequences.

Even now, having turned her sister into a monster, her responsibility could not be shirked.

‘If she transformed her sister into her current state, her responsibility can never be avoided.’

‘It must be admitted, perhaps from the perspective of the elf race, providing shelter for thousands of years without any slack, she is indeed a good deity. But from the perspective of her own flesh and blood sister, she has never been a competent sister.’

“Alright, alright, don’t be angry. In my opinion, there’s nothing to worry about in this matter. The final outcome will definitely be a happy one. The Star Sea Goddess will act, Hestia will be fine. Everyone’s goals will be achieved, and a world where only Lilith is hurt will be realized!”

“Heh heh, of course, assuming my goals have also been achieved~”

Aemisia’s emotions were fickle. At this moment, her face was alight with a cheerful smile. Her bright, youthful smile made her look like an innocent little girl.

“Is this the future you saw?”

Themis frowned, a hint of unnaturalness in her tone.

“Of course, elder sister, don’t you trust your little sister?”

“Don’t forget, back then for the Throne of the God of Destiny, I, your younger sister, was one of the most favorable contenders, oh~ In the entire Seraphis, only Cecilia and Lilith, those two women, could match me in ancient divination. The one who originally sat on that divine throne was me, but unfortunately, my dear elder sister, for certain reasons, pushed me to another extreme…”

“But it doesn’t matter, I don’t care. As an obedient younger sister, I can forgive elder sister’s momentary mistake. After all, even without sitting on the Throne of the God of Destiny, I still created a divine position that originally didn’t exist, didn’t I?”

“A divine throne stained with blood. At first, I thought this divine position was very dirty, but now I find that compared to a blood-stained divine throne, who has less blood on their divine throne than me, besides elder sister?”

Themis was about to speak, but in the end, she swallowed the words that had reached her lips.

What she said was true; she couldn’t refute it.

Even if she had ample reasons then, as the God of Elements, her failure to assist her sister in seizing the divine throne, instead pushing her from the altar, was, in any case, a serious dereliction of duty as an elder sister.

In the Divine Realm of the Star Sea.

The deity, who had been sitting quietly on the Star Whale, seemed to sense something and slowly opened her eyes. Her dreamy, watery blue eyes gazed at a faint flicker of firelight drifting towards her.

A strong sense of familiarity made her eyes widen slightly.

The Star Sea Goddess gently extended her hand and caught the rootless, flickering firelight. The candlelight swayed, reflected in the goddess’s eyes. All the information Hestia wished to convey, she understood.

“Indeed, Hestia, you are still alive.”

Gazing at the gradually weakening flame, ripples of emotion surged in the Star Sea Goddess’s watery eyes.

The candlelight transmitting the message was about to extinguish, and the Star Sea Goddess quickly injected her divine power into this faint spark, helping it to continue burning.

She carefully placed the seed of fire into a bottle, as if preserving an extremely precious treasure.

Then, divine power condensed at her fingertips, and the immense power of the Star Sea solidified into countless Star Sea threads, weaving into a Star Sea White Dove, symbolizing a miracle, out of thin air.

The white dove’s claws tightly gripped the goddess’s index finger. A pair of nimble eyes respectfully looked up at its creator.

“Go, bring the power of miracles to them. May the blessings of the Star Sea forever protect their journey~”

The Star Sea Goddess’s voice echoed like a song, soaring over the divine realm, transforming into starlight and disappearing. The Star Sea Goddess gazed in the direction where the white dove vanished, her expression contemplative.

The Star Whale in the Star Sea swayed its tail, letting out a lingering cry.

“Tusu~”

“What do we do? There’s still no feeling of resonance at all.”

Opening her eyes again, a flushed Avia was panicking. Almost ten minutes had passed since they attempted the so-called resonance, but in these ten minutes, no matter what position they tried, they couldn’t enter the state of resonance as described in Hestia’s information.

‘Is it because I’m not gay enough? Is it because I’m not hugging her tightly enough?’

Selina panted, her cheeks also flushed.

Every second of these ten minutes was bought by Hestia using her precious stamina. Hestia herself was in a weakened state; holding on until now was already very difficult, yet they were making no progress, which was incredibly tense…

“It can’t be. I’m already hugging you really tightly~”

Avia remembered that when Selina hugged her tightly to enter the resonance state faster, she personally saw the two well-developed “white fruits” on the girl’s chest being squeezed somewhat out of shape.

They were already squeezed out of shape, so it definitely wasn’t an issue of hugging tightly enough.

“What do we do now?!”

Selina was so anxious she was almost enraged.

But at this moment, a sudden cry of a white dove attracted their attention. At some unknown point, a white dove radiating brilliant starlight appeared above them.

The white dove circled and flew, its flight path scattering countless shimmering starlight like glittering powder, which integrated into the bodies of the two girls.

As the starlight entered their bodies, the anxious emotions were instantly smoothed as if by a spring breeze.

The two girls looked at each other with much clearer eyes. An invisible, wondrous power seemed to pull their hearts together.

Their heartbeats, their spirits, miraculously reached the same frequency in an instant.

“I, I think I know what to do!”

Suddenly, Selina, who had been completely at a loss, felt as if she had been enlightened, and Avia, before her, also blushed and nodded.

“Don’t worry, I’ll cooperate with you.”

The girl’s voice was firm and serious.

Selina blushed, but the girl’s voice was firm and serious.

Saying this, she closed her eyes, her flushed cheeks carrying a natural allure, as if inviting one to pick her.

Selina stared at Avia like this, momentarily stunned, but she quickly shook her head vigorously, clearing her mind of distracting thoughts.

‘Now is not the time to think about such things. Kissing is only for better resonance. All of this is a necessary procedure!’

Thinking this, Selina also closed her eyes, and then kissed her without hesitation…

Under the guidance of the Star Sea’s miraculous power, the primordial depths within the two different bloodlines were awakened! Whether it was the dazzling elemental power erupting from Selina or the blood-red power that seemed to ignite from Avia, when the two forces intertwined, the bond named ‘Origin’ connected across the dimension of time at this moment.

At that moment, in a scene spanning time, the elder sister, named Themis, held the hand of her younger sister, named Aemisia.

[Miracle Magic: Star Sea Chant]

In an instant, countless starlight intertwined, and countless ethereal miracles descended.

The mysterious core of deep blue resonance, like an aurora, shone brightly, even the cold rocks vaporizing…

Hestia instantly stopped the transmission of power from her hand.

The golden flames returned to her lantern, and the goddess’s phantom returned to Selina’s body just before the arrival of the deep blue light.

Without Hestia’s divine power suppressing it, the body, which had already reached its critical point, suddenly exploded. The terrifying shockwave threatened to destroy everything.

However, when the aurora of miracle met destruction, all active force fields, the starlight scattered across the sky!

Above the underground auction hall, in the mid-air of the city.

Two phantom figures suddenly appeared.

They sensed the expansion of terrifying power from underground.

Just as they were about to act, suddenly, brilliant starlight erupted from beneath the ground, instantly illuminating the dark night.

The deep blue aurora shot up into the sky like a swimming dragon, spreading the Star Sea Goddess’s divine will across the heavens.

The towering dark figure silently retracted his hand.

“Cough, cough, it seems we don’t need to act.”

The Plague Knight looked at his companion beside him and said.

“Miracle Magic? Why is there the power of the Star Sea Goddess here?”

A man in a black suit, wearing a black top hat, but with a sallow face and sunken eyes, looking almost starved, asked weakly.

“Who knows?”

The Plague Knight looked up at the Star Sea totem reflected in the night sky, muttering to himself.