The New World iv
Book Three
Volume 8
Ch. 103 The New World iv
Pov.
-Kara-
-2 months later
Pov.
-Rhea-
"Yeah, just like that."
"Yay, finally!" Hestia jumps out of her chair "c'mon Poseidon!"
"Yaahhh!!" He follows her out into the garden
"Hmh" I smile and follow the two out
Hestia began counting and Poseidon was running around frantically, looking for a place to hide
"Ready or not, here I come!" Hestia warns Poseidon
He quickly dives behind the sandbox as Hestia turned around
Just then, we hear a loud bang down the hallway
Posideon pokes his head out with a cautious look on his face. I turn around before hearing it again
"It's fine. You two keep playing" I tell Hestia
"O-okay."
That sound..
It's coming from…
Before jumping to conclusions I head down the hallway to investigate what it might be
…
"Coeus?" He was crawling out of the room of spirit and time
"Kghkk" he grits his teeth
"Wh-what are you…"
"Cronus.. i-is he here yet?"
"Wh-what? N-no, not for another few-"
"Good." he smiles
"But why are you-" before I could finish he began crawling back inside
"No, come back!" I open the door before he could close it
"Back off!" He growls
"No, this room is killing you. You can't spend another day in there!" I pull on his arm
"Agh!" He gasps before I manage to yank him back out
"D-dammit" he huffs "I-I have to.. get… stronger…"
"M-mama?" I hear Poseidon
"What is uncle doing here?" Hestia asks
"Hestia, darling. Help me get him up"
"O-okay."
With her and Poseidon's help we manage to sneak him into our bedroom where I quickly began healing him with my magic
A few days later he finally woke up
"R-Rhea?"
"Hey…" I lower my head
The last time we ever talked was when everything went down.. with Kara
"Tch*" he smacks his lips
"What we're you doing in there?"
"Training, what do you think?"
"But why? You know Cronus will-."
"Because I felt like it."
"That's not it. You wouldn't risk your life for something like this."
"Who says I wouldn't?! Seriously, have you had a look around, Rhea?!"
…
"It's disgusting out there. Othrys has become an extension of Gaia. There's so much hate, a-and greed going around, it's pathetic."
He's right. This amount of violence is only seen on Gaia..
"That's out of our hands. You know we can't do anything about-"
"What if we can?"
"What? What do you mean?"
…
"What are you saying, Coeus?"
"What if we get rid of Cronus?"
"Wh-what?"
"Yeah. It's his fault everything has gone to hell and you know it!"
"Maybe.. but…"
"But what?! The answer is simple so let's do it, Rhea."
"But why now?"
…
"Why now, Coeus?" I ask again
…
"Hisoka… He's alive."
"Wh-what?"
How does he know?
"Hisoka. He's alive. Cronus is using him to do his dirty work."
"H-Hisoka?"
…
"You.. you already knew…"
He throws the blanket aside
"Wait!" I grab his wrist
He yanks his arm back
"Don't!" I hold on as tight as I can
"Let go! I can't believe you hid this from us!"
"Cronus would've killed me if he found I told anyone!" I cry
"You know, even after all this time. After everything we've been through, I thought I could at least trust you."
"You have to understand. I didn't have a choice!"
"Bullshit!" He rips his arm back
"Leave now and you'll never hear the truth about Kara…." We hear Hisoka by the balcony
He was just laying on the railing picking at his teeth with a toothpick
"Hisoka!" I shout
"Hisoka…" Coeus' eyes widen in disbelief
"You heard me. Loud… and clear." Hisoka smiles
"What are you talking about?"
"Hisoka.. if Oceanus-"
"Oh please, he was called off three years ago so he won't be back for a while"
Cronus ran into something big. He called Oceanus because he doesn't want to deal with it himself
"Still, you can't.. you can't tell him. Oceanus will find out"
If we act out of our own accord so will… Micheal.
"Tell me what?" Coeus asks, even though he surely knew "what about, Kara?"
"What do you think?" Hisoka asks
"N-no. You don't mean…"
"Yeah.. Kara, he's… alive."
…
Pov.
-Kara-
-5 years prior
I exit the sauna as Yanala walked into the room
"Here it is." She hands me my coffee with a shot of whiskey
She was holding Lalanis daughter in the other arm
"Where's Lalani?" I ask as she set the child into the crib
"She went shopping with Hina." She grabs the towel and starts patting me down
"Hina?"
"Yeah, she arrived today, but wanted to buy you a few clothes before she dropped by."
"More clothes? My closet has been full for the past century"
"Heh, yeah. Most of your clothes have been worn down." She pats down my back
"Right…"
…
"You don't mind taking care of Lalanis little brat? She's been asking you to do a lot lately"
"No. She's always been good to me so I love being able to return the favor."
Lalani is always taking care for her sick parents so Yanala has been helping her with the kids
"Plus, it's good practice before my consummation." She comes around and starts patting my chest
"Yeah…" I sigh
Marriage isn't all that big. Once the girls became of the age of fifteen, the same age Historia and I conceived Colt, they were officially accepted into the royal family.
In her case that happened three months ago and now she is being taught how to be the best mother for our child when the time comes
"It's so silly."
"What is?"
Her face turns beat red, as if she hadn't said anything
I've noticed every now and then random thoughts happen to slip into my head I came to a realization that they're not my own but from those who happen to be around me
It's like mind reading. Though I have absolutely no idea how to use the technique at will
"The way we're taught how to be mothers. I think it's kinda silly anyway.." she stops patting for a second
"Really? Why is that?"
"Yeah. I mean…" she turns around and heads over to the child "look at this cutie."
I follow behind her and peek over her shoulder
"Being the best mother to our children is something every woman is born with, you know?" She smiles, giving me a strange warm feeling in my belly
…
"Y-yeah."
I rest my chin on her shoulder
We watch the child resting peacefully before she finally steps back, into me
She tenses up
"You think you're ready, is that what you're saying?"
I set my hands on her shoulders
"N-not necessarily.. rather…"
"What?" I slowly pull her sleeves down her arms
"I… I don't know…"
Her sundress slides down, revealing her beautiful curves
I grab her arms
I pull her in and take in her scent..
She.. reminds me of her…
Why?
Is it her hair?
It's so straight and blonde
Maybe it's…
The way she…
Looks at me
As if she's curious to know everything
Despite the racial difference pretty much every other feature reminds me so much of that woman
…
Historia..
God, I miss you.
Maybe it's not her..
Maybe I've been at it for so long I'm trying to find any excuse to stay
-present-
"Ah-ha." Yanala gasps in my mouth after I cream her pussy
"Hah-hah" I chuckle before laying down beside her
She throws her arms around my neck and leans in for another kiss
After a few seconds she pulls back
"S-sorry.. I…"
…
I never kiss my woman
Not like this anyway
I don't show them any affection besides the sex of course or occasionally holding them in bed, but besides that I don't bother
Why should I? They'll die eventually. Just like everyone else
…
"It's fine"
I dig my head into her shoulder
After laying with her for a couple of minutes I finally decided to get going.
"Where will you go?"
"First… I'd like to visit an old friend. Then… I'm not entirely sure."
"Oh…"
…
"Will you ever come back?" She sits up, on her ankles
"Yeah… once Malikai is old enough." I pull my joggers on
He's the last of my children that will inherit a throne. I have to be sure he will be a great King to my people.
"Oh.. right…"
"Yeah.. I'll see you then."
"I… I love you."
…
"Goodbye, Yanala.."
"Goodbye, Sir…" she sighs
…
I head outside where I said my last goodbyes to the rest of my woman
After that I met Falco where he was with Khan, his best friend and advisor who is a descendent of Levi and Armin
"Is it time?" Falco asks
I nod
He gets down on one knee and bows his head
I hold my hand out
With the muscle fibers from my forearm, I began to form a heart in the palm of my hand
Slowly it got larger and larger until it was the size of my fist
It pumped once and began oozing blood
"Here now, receive the power of your Founder and lead this nation into the future, Falco."
He cups his hands and I place the heart in his palms
"Thank you, Great Lord of Lords. I will finish what you started and lead this Nation into Paradise"
He raises his head and bits into the right portion of the heart
Khan gets down on one knee, bows and raises his blade over his head
I take his sword.
With it, I slice my forearm off so that it will grow a new
Once my arm regenerated I hand his blade back
I stomp on my amputated limb and it turns to ash
After that, we wait for Falco to finish.
…
"Agh!" Falco gasps
He was trembling and his mouth was oozing with blood, but he did not die.
…
"Very well." I smile
…
I dismissed myself to the cabin.
There I visited everyone one last time.
Sasha, for putting up with my madness. Historia, for always seeing the best in me and Mikasa, for staying by my side until time ripped us apart. I will forever be in your debt
I carefully pull myself up
I head inside where I grabbed Colts straw hat and stopped at the counter where the katana that took Erens life sat
There I saw the photo I would look at for hours every time I visited the cabin
It was a photo of Carla, Historia, Sasha, Eren, Armin and Mikasa. Falco and Colt were sitting in the bottom.
They had taken this photo when they visited the island while I was off training for months.
They weren't the only ones in the picture
So was my daughter Sasha, Carla and Aaron
When Carla was young, she cut out a picture of the three. She taped herself and the other two onto the photo.
So everyone I've ever grown to love is in this single picture
…
I take it out of its frame and carefully tuck it into Colts straw hat
After putting on the straw hat the katana catches my attention
…
It was still perfectly preserved after all these years
Just sitting on the display
…
I switch the katana with the one I had on now and it fit perfectly into its sheath
I head back to the palace where I made my way into the garage
I mount onto my Ducati. After convincing the secret service I was taking my new toy out for a spin I proceeded to head straight for the beach
"Hey." I call out to some kid holding a surfboard
"Hey. Nice ride, dude."
"How old are you, kid?"
"Just turned twenty one, dawg man."
"Yeah? Happy birthday." I toss him the keys
"Whoa, dude. Are you serious, bro dude?"
"Yeah, dude. You know how to ride one?"
"Of course. My Boss Man has a Harley, dude. It's like.. it runs in my blood, you know? Like waves…"
"Yeahhh man" his buddy nods
"Yeah…" I nod. "Everything's under the seat, alright? And buy yourself a helmet." I toss him a stack of cash
"Awsome, Boss Man, you're a real…" his eyes widen after realizing who he was speaking to
"And stop smoking that shit. It makes you stupid."
"Of course, Major Boss Man." He flicks his joint aside and slaps the one out of his buddies hand
"Right." I shake my head
I head over to the pier, where I found Odin waiting for me
"Hey, boy." I hop on his head
He wags his tail and groans as he pulls himself up
I stand up on his snout
"You ready?"
He jumps over the pier
Before he lands in the water I punch the air
A blue flame bursts out of my fists.
It devours the heat inside the waters surface and it freezes in an instant
Odin continues as I freeze the water beneath us for him to run on
-to be continued