CHAPTER 16. She Has Arrive
Somewhere far away from where the people of Zlatav live,
A silver-haired man is seen bowing down to worship a statue with three heads, three bodies, and three pairs of hands and feet. The atmosphere in the room was silent because there was only that person. There was the smell of incense there, precisely at the foot in the middle of the statue. There were various kinds of food, drink, and flowers that were offerings to the goddess worshiped.
“O Goddess Magia, our Lord. We are always faithfully waiting for your promise to be fulfilled. The promised child will definitely come to defend Your people." A voice came from the man. He was still in his original position and had not moved at all.
“Please give us Your sign, so we will know that the time has come, and the promised child has been born to us. The ancient prophecy that has been running for more than two hundred years, especially the revenge for what the emperor did to Your people, will definitely be fulfilled. We believe that You never leave us forever, Goddess Magia.”
Suddenly, the sound of thunder boomed, and even heavy rain immediately occurred, even though the weather was still sunny. This strange natural phenomenon has made even middle-aged men shocked. He had never smelled flowers before, but the atmosphere in the room became cold. The one hundred and seventy-five-centimeter man noticed something, then lifted his face from its original position. It shocked the person when he saw that a familiar woman was already there.
"My loyal servant." He heard there the mystical voice, making the owner of the name goosebumps so that the atmosphere there was increasingly tense, and he heard again the sound of loud thunder.
"Yes, Goddess Magia." The man returned to worship and his face lowered to the ground. Feelings of fear, happiness, and curiosity had all been mixed into one in the heart, so he could not wait to hear what the goddess had to say.
“The time has come. Today, the chosen one will soon be born into the world. She will come to you, in this place, when the moment is right. Prepare yourself." After saying this, the heavy rain immediately stopped, and the tense atmosphere gradually disappeared.
“Thank you, Goddess Magia.”
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Elsewhere, in a delivery room
A woman is pushing hard. She looked in pain because her beloved baby had not yet come out of the womb. Meanwhile, a female doctor and two nurses of the same sex were seen accompanying her. The sweat dripped on the forehead of the wife of Tristian Varden Writh. “Madam, let's push again! Soon the baby's head will appear."
The twenty-year-old woman still tries to push as hard as she can, but she has not gotten the maximum results yet. Lavena tried not to scream, despite the endless pain she was feeling. "Ugh!"
A female doctor sat at the feet of the patient, who was struggling to give birth. The mother-to-be's face turned red, because all the pain that hit, was unbearable. The fetus that is still in the womb continues to move, as if it is trying to find a way out of the stomach, and can soon be born into the world. “Ugh… Alexa!” Lavena screamed, pushing as hard as she could.
Meanwhile, a tall man was waiting outside the room. He was surprised when he heard his beloved wife even shout a name, so Tristian, who had been pacing near the door, now stopped there, while trying to peek at what was going on in the delivery room.
“Madam, the child's head is starting to show! Come on, push even harder!” The doctor's voice was so excited because he had seen the patient's baby coming out soon.
"Alexa!" Lavena again called out her beloved daughter's name.
There was a baby crying in the room, so Tristian, who had been waiting outside for a long time, immediately became moved, even holding back tears of joy.
The woman who had just given birth was exhausted, yet happy because the child she had been waiting for had finally arrived. A desire arises to see her beloved baby. When she wanted to ask the nurse or the doctor about this, a woman came closer, holding a little baby. "Here is your baby, Mrs. Writh."
The green-eyed woman turned her head and saw a beautiful baby who was crying. A sense of emotion welled up in his soul, so he wanted to cuddle the baby as soon as possible. The nurse placed Alexa on the patient's chest carefully. "My baby," Lavena said, softly.
"Madam, if your baby is thirsty, then you can immediately breastfeed her," ordered the nurse.
"Well noted. Thank you, Sister,” said Lavena, smiling. The young mother also tried to bring the baby closer to the source of milk, then soon the child was suckling. Her left hand caressed Alexa's head affectionately. "I love you, my daughter."
A few moments later, a red-haired man came into the room. He walked over to his lovely wife, who was breastfeeding their first baby, while his life partner had not realized this, because he was focusing his attention on baby Alexa. "Wifey," said Tristian, softly.
Lavena slowly turned to the person who had called her name. "Hubby," she said, happy.
"How is our child doing?" Tristian asked. He regarded her as his spouse, then his left hand caressed the tiny cheek of the baby, who was still suckling with her mother.
“Our baby's condition is fine, Hubby. I find it very difficult when I want to get her out of the womb," said Lavena. The wife still remembers how the pain was whacked, even now the same thing is still felt by her. However, all of that seemed to disappear, because she saw the child she was waiting for had been born safely into the world.
The man who has a height of one hundred and eighty-five centimeters lowered his head slightly, then kissed the forehead of the woman he loved. Lavena was surprised and happy at the same time. She smiled because she was treated like that. “Thank you for giving birth to Alexa, Wifey. You are a strong woman," Tristian praised, sincerely.
"Thank you, Hubby." Lavena's expression reddened when she heard those words.
The man who had just become a father smiled. He looked at their first daughter, who seemed to have stopped suckling and was fast asleep.
The atmosphere in the room was indeed quiet because there were only them and no one else. The family man continued to observe the little one who was still asleep as if no one was bothering him. Lavena's hands occasionally rubbed the head, and the little baby's cheeks lovingly, so a feeling of fear of loss began to appear in the heart of a new mom.
“Can I carry her, Wifey?” Tristian asked hopefully.
The instinct of a father grew stronger in him, so the man already wanted to hold the tiny baby that the head of the family and his wife had been waiting for the three years they were married.
His lovely lady who heard this request immediately smiled, and nodded. "Yes, you can, Hubby. Take her slowly."
"Thank you, Wifey." The emerald-eyed man slowly took the baby still in the mother's arms.
Not long after, the baby girl was in the arms of her biological father. Tristian's eyes filled with tears because the man did not expect that their wait would finally bear fruit. Suddenly, he was reminded of the ancient prophecy, so the look of happiness diminished, and at such a moment, was clearly visible to Lavena. "She is so pretty, Wifey."
"Yes, she is." The intelligent woman chimed in on the other person's words, but there was bitterness in every word.
The atmosphere became silent because the husband had said nothing else. Tristian's inner feelings were turbulent, especially since his baby girl was already present in the world. He stared intently at the beautiful baby, while his lovely wife just watched all his actions. “Beauty, this is your father. Welcome to the world, honey. I and your mother always love you, Alexa.”
A voice was heard so that the attention of the new parents who were there became disturbed, and both of them turned their heads to the source of the sound. As it turned out, there was a woman dressed as a nurse who came into the room, then she said to them, “Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Writh. We would like to inform you that we will bring your baby to another room, to be placed with the other babies, and also—”
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