Chapter 12 -Aerith Gainsborough

"Why do I have to read this," Cloud shut the book, throwing it on the table, sitting in the garden along with Arthur and Eve, both studying history.

"Those who forget history are bound to repeat it," Arthur eagerly read the history book, "King Uther forgot the history of Demons and he paid the price for it. He was a powerful King, able to raise Camelot from ground up but he became a tyrant, having forgotten what that history brought before. You are from different land.You should know the history by heart!"

Cloud crossed his arms, "Hmph. Tell me after you win against me."

Arthur froze up. He puffed his cheek, sulking, "I'll read faster than you and train harder! You won't win for long!!"

Eve silently chuckled. It wasn't Arthur's fault that he kept losing. There were millions of people, and humans were special, for they could use abilities during the Phase 1. Demons were allowed that. In turn, Demons possessed greater physical powers than a Half-Human Half-Demon Artificial Cambion.

Though, what was rarer, even more impossible to see were beings whose Phase 2 Abilities were so strong that they leaked into Phase 1.

The only other being she knew of such capability was King Aurum, the absolute powerhouse of among the Demons. Cloud held the same potential to achieve that level.

Even if she assumed Phases were the same as Gene Lock, then it would be possible only if Second Lock was partially open. But for the ability to leak into First Gene Lock without the Second Lock opening didn't make sense. It was such an impossibility.

'Stupid author didn't provide the details,' she turned the page of the history book. She needed to understand the Phases if she wanted to figure the mystery out behind it. There was a lot of information on Artefacts and Houses, their unique abilities, but nothing on Phase 2.

"Where's Tifa?" Cloud hesitantly asked. Since that night, he rarely saw Tifa, let alone spend time with her.

"She's with the King," Eve clasped his cheek, kissing his forehead, "Don't worry. Once her training is over, she'll be with you for however long you want. Till then, study up. Or she will have to learn that too."

"Fine," Cloud broodingly picked up the book, noticing Arthur rest his face on the book, glaring at him with envy. He wasn't even reading the book, "You are a child."

"You! So annoying!" Arthur hurriedly read, planning to run over and train to kick Cloud's ass.

Eve softly giggled, not paying attention to the two when she felt a familiar presence behind her. She didn't even notice until he was standing behind her, covering her eyes, "Guess."

"Big brother!" Eve leaped on her feet to turn and face the person behind her, throwing herself on him. She hugged him, burying her face in his chest, "Where did you go? You've been away for so long!!!"

"I had to do something for His Majesty. It kept me away from the Palace for the last month," Augustus hugged her back, gently stroking her golden hair.

"Uncle Augustus," Arthur excitedly stood up, his eyes sparkling, "Please help me train!"

"Training won't help you beat Cloud," Augustus sat down on the chair, pulling Eve into his arms. She sat down on his thigh, holding onto his arm as it wrapped around her waist, "You should know the best. Only a chosen few people can live in the Palace alongside His Majesty. Even the guards only keep changing each week. They have to rest for three weeks before returning to duty."

Cloud curiously looked up from the book, "Why?"

"Because of the intensity of Father's Aura. We can't sense it because it's too grand to be sensed so easily. You can only sense it once you are far away from the palace," Arthur proudly explained.

"Arthur has Artefacts of Pendragon Dynasty protecting him. I can resist with my own aura. Eve is special, she readily accepts different kind of Aura. You are special in your way. Your Phase 2 leaks into Phase 1, granting you strength higher than your Rank. The only other person I know being able to do that is His Majesty," Augustus stroked Eve's thighs, taking in her scent, "if you are able to pass through His Majesty's test then you will get adopted by the Royal Family."

"Mm..." Arthur fluttered his eyelids, "Does that mean Cloud will be my brother?"

A radiant smile appeared on his face. He grinned, patting Cloud's shoulder, "Alright. Fine! I forgive you. You can call me big brother in the future!"

"Not interested," Cloud didn't pay any attention.

Arthur froze up. He clenched his fist, puffing his cheeks, turning to look at the book, muttering under his breath, "can't beat him now doesn't mean I can't beat him in the future! First study, then swing sword a thousand times!"

Eve rested her head against Augustus's shoulder, smiling at Arthur and Cloud. She closed her eyes, "will you see the King today?"

"I will."

"Can I come too?"

"What's wrong," Augustus clasped her cheek, raising her face, "You sound upset?"

"Not upset," Eve shook her head, kissing his shoulder, "His Majesty has been busy since the coming of humans. Little time he gets, he spends training Tifa into an Aura Furnace. I want to talk to him."

"You are the Queen. All you need to do is walk in the Throne Room and sit down beside him," Augustus gently kissed her lips. Eve shivered under the touch of his lips, parting her juicy lips, wanting more. She clenched his clothes, pulling herself into him, taking his lower lip in her mouth, sucking on it. He let his hand rest on her lower back, caressing it, making her tingle, "you have gotten more beautiful over the time I spent away."

"Oh, big brother," Eve purred in his arms. She pressed her hands on his chest and climbed into his lap, straddling his legs.

Cloud glanced towards her from the corner of his eyes. Her lustrous skin was flushed with color. The sun shining behind her, giving her an angelic look, making her glow in the sunlight. His eyes couldn't move away from the soft and delicate skin of her thighs that wrapped around Augustus, and the curve of her hips that pressed into her brother. He bit his lower lip.

Arthur continued reading the book. He couldn't concentrate when he noticed Eve sitting on Augustus's lap, her thighs caressing her brother's waist. Arthur saw the shape of her body through her dress, her soft curves, the roundness of her ass and her supple breasts, her small waist.

Arthur flushed, quickly looking back at the book, reading the book on Demons in the past, sensing Eve's body rubbing against his uncle's.

Eve clasped Augustus's cheeks, looking deep in his eyes, her own filled with love, affection and need for him. She put her hands in his shirt, gliding her fingers along with collarbones. Her body pressed into his, soaking in the warmth of his skin. His body was so hard, she loved to press against his muscles. The smoothness of her skin rubbing against him was maddening.

He stroked her back, holding her close as her fingers glided through his shirt and under it. The tips of her fingers traced along the lines of his abs, "big brother," she whispered in his ear, nibbling the skin just below, her teeth tugging at the earlobe.

He tugged her closer, his hand reaching her ass while he pressed her on his groin. She squirmed in his embrace, hearing his loving whisper, "Eve…"

Eve was filled with warmth at his touch. Augustus kissed along her shoulder, biting softly. Her back arched as he moved lower, kissing her breasts, his hot breath against her skin, his tongue.

Her fingers curled into fists. Her lips pressed against his ear, kissing the lobe. She clutched on the collar of his shirt when he nibbled on the flesh above her nipple. The soft silk, the way the fabric bunched in her fingers.

Augustus closed his eyes, tracing the curve of her ass and bit into the side of her breast, making Eve jump. She yelped, squirming in his arms and letting go of his shirt. She grabbed the arm of the chair, looking at him with puffed cheeks.

"No pouting," Augustus put his hand under her skirt, rubbing the soft ass under his palm, cupping her cheek. Eve shuddered. Her back arched and her eyes widened as she moaned, his finger moving along the side of her thigh. He let it slide over her panties, "I like how your ass feels," he watched her with a loving, wanting look, squeesing her ass, kneading it.

His finger glided over her panties. Her body was flushed with color, "Oh..." her hand covered his as she pressed herself into his touch. His lips pressed against her cheek, moving down to her chin as he kissed the corner of her mouth. He let his finger stroke along the front of her panties, rubbing her pussy through the fabric of her panties, making her shiver, "You are soaking wet..."

She clasped his hand, his fingers pressed into her, pushing her panties in the fold. She pressed her head on his shoulder, enjoying the fingers slide along her slit. A moan escaped her mouth from his touch, "Oh, big brother," her legs pressed against his body, her back arched. She rocked into his touch, being made to moan even more when his other hand found her sensitive nub, "please...mmmnngh!"

She squeezed her eyes shut and moaned louder. He didn't stop rubbing her through the panties. Augustus bit into the soft flesh of her boobs. Eve gasped as he took her into his mouth and bit hard on her soft, warm skin.

She grabbed at his arm, rocking against his hand faster, and fasters. Whimpers of pleasure escaped her mouth, leaving her body trembling in his arms.

Augustus pressed his finger on her clit, making her jerk. Though he pulled away moments later, leaving her confused and wanting. She tilted her head, her gaze hazy and needy, "big brother?" Augustus pulled away from her, "turn around."

Eve didn't even debate his orders. She slowly raised her body, turning around when her eyes met with Arthur and Cloud's. Her cheeks turned flushed red, they made her hesitate, but he didn't allow her to change her mind.

He pulled her down on his groin, making her gasp, feeling him pressing between the cleft of her ass, "big brother!" her voice was soft, her face turned red, her body was trembling with the sensation of his hard cock, rubbing against the curve of her ass, "I..."

Arthur's eyes were fixed on her. She felt him staring, and her eyes met with his. It sent a shudder through her body. She felt Cloud looking at her too, his eyes tracing the curve of her body. The way they stared at her, their aura touching hers only made her wetter.

Arthur tried to look away, but the shape of her body, the softness of her skin was too enticing to ignore. Cloud held himself, acting nonchalant to the sight in front of him. He glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, noticing her soft ass change shape from her sitting on her brother's crotch.

Her thighs were spread apart, her dress rising, letting him see the shape of her ass in her panties. He swallowed as Eve leaned against her brother, rubbing herself into him, moaning, "mmnn~!"

She closed her eyes from the heat of his cock lodged between her ass cheeks, separated only by his pants. Augustus clasped her breast through her dress, fondling and teasing her through it. She shook her ass, rubbing her ass up and down his cock, "big brother~!"

She couldn't resist him. He had trained her so well that even after awakening her memories from the human world didn't help her escape from his grasp. Only King Aurum ever managed to break her brother's hold on her. But when he wasn't around she couldn't resist him.

Eve lifted her skirt, pushing her ass into him as he held her breasts with his hands. She rocked her ass over his cock. Her legs spread wider, giving him a good look. Eve raised her leg, lifting it off the ground as she sat on his cock. She pressed her body into his, rubbing her ass up and down over his cock, moaning and shaking her ass on it, "big brother!"

Augustus groaned, her head pressed against shoulder, her hair brushed against his cheeks. His hand squeezed her breasts. Eve shivered. Her pussy ached for his touch. Her nipples throbbed under the cloth as they pushed into the fabric. Eve pressed her thighs together, and her ass pushed down, rubbing against her brother's cock, her legs shaking as his hands slipped under her panties, stroking her slit, making her rub herself against his hand and fingers.

Augustus looked at his two boys. They were too stunned to say anything or even look away. Augustus pushed his fingers in her pussy, pushing them in and out of her wet pussy, enjoying the wet sounds it made as his fingers pushed deeper, her body squirmed against him. Her nipples, hard and aching. She could barely keep still as he slid his fingers deeper. He leaned over her, whispering in her ear, "You like this? Having Arthur and Cloud watch you?

"Oh...oh...oh..." Eve panted as she rode her brother's fingers. She opened her eyes, seeing their expressions. Both of them couldn't look away. She put her hands on Augustus's arms as she held on, grinding into him, his fingers pushed deeper inside, "Nooo~!! Noo~!!! No~!!!!!!!!!!!"

She thrashed around, mewling as his fingers teased her, the two of them were too mesmerised by the sight. Eve shuddered as his fingers rubbed the side of her walls. Eve gasped and panted. She continued to move over his cock, her body shaking when she tried not to move, her legs clenching around his arm. His fingers rubbed faster, his fingers pressing on her clit, "I want to cum so hard! So bad!! Please~!"

She turned her head and looked up at Augustus, pleading, "Please!!!"

Augustus pushed her dress up. She whimpered as it got stuck under her breasts, the cool breeze brushing over her skin as it pushed over her head, her long golden hair spilled out behind her. He kissed her cheek, looking at his boys, "Arthur, come over here."

Arthur dropped the book, trembling as he moved, "Y-y-yes...sir!"

Arthur knelt in front of the two, his eyes drawn to Eve's bare chest and stomach, her smooth, milky skin. Her legs spread wider for him, revealing her panties. He looked up, meeting her eyes and seeing them pleading for him, her cheeks flushed with color and lips parted as she moaned and gasped, her body rocked against Augustus's as his fingers teased and tortured her, "Please~!!! I want to cum so badly!"

Augustus's lips brushed her cheek. His finger ran over the top of her panties, slowly tracing the edge as her pussy clenched around them. Eve shivered. Her legs shook, and she looked at him, "Arthur. Put your fingers inside."

"Fingers," Arthur gulped, reaching out. He slowly took hold of Eve's thighs and squeezed them as he leaned forward. He reached down between them with his fingers. She was so wet, so soft. His heart had already reached his throat. He pushed two fingers inside of her.

Augustus held her panties to the side, his lips brushing over her cheeks, "Put another."

Eve twitched, she was coming down from the high because of the break but Arthur put another finger inside, filling her, "Mmmmfh! Nnnnggghhh...!!!!!!"

Her thighs quivered, and she moaned in pleasure, "ahnnn~ !" Arthur couldn't hold back, moving faster, harder, when Augustus ordered, "Another."

"No...that's~!!" She jerked when Arthur put all four fingers inside and thrust his hand into her. She let out a long, low moan, her whole body trembling, "Mmmmfff...!!!!! Nnnngghhh!!!!!"

Arthur moved his fingers, pumping his hand. Augustus stroked Eve's cheek. He covered her mouth to keep her from being too loud. He held her tightly and pressed his face into the side of hers, watching her shake in pleasure. Arthur became harder, seeing her shaking, thrashing from his touch.

He pumped his fingers faster, making her jerk forward. He gasped, froze when her fingers went into his hair, his eyes staring at her thighs, her pussy being spread by him, her toes clenching. Even the arch of her foot when she pressed herself against his Uncle, her brother.

"Make a fist now."

Arthur's heart nearly stopped, something he shared with Eve in that moment. Her eyes were wide, her mouth hung open as she panted, "No..." she gasped. She couldn't speak, she couldn't move as she panted. Arthur's fingers slowly curled inside her.

He tried not to look at Augustus. He was too scared and excited. His whole body shaking as he pulled his hand out of her and balled it into a fist. He tried to push it in but Eve went crazy, "Noooooo~! It won't go in~!!!!"

Arthur pushed harder and harder. It wouldn't go in. She was too tight and he could see Eve was trying not to push her hips into his hand. She looked like she wanted to. Arthur clenched his teeth as he pushed. The sound of Eve moaning was too much.

Arthur's knuckles stretched her entrance. Her whole body went taut. Eve let out a long moan, her orgasm rushed through her before it even went in. Eve fell forward and pressed herself into him, wrapping her arms around him. Arthur held onto her. He was breathing so hard and fast. His heart was racing.

He watched her gaping hole stretched around his fist. Her hand pushing against his head, "it hurts..." Arthur's heart dropped at those words and bounced on the next, "it hurts so good~! Arthur~"

She clung to Arthur as her pussy spasmed and jerked. He pulled out, hearing Eve moan from the sensation and fall on her back in her brother's lap. He stared down at her quivering shaking legs. Augustus stroked her clit, her gaping hole twitching, her breasts heaved with each breath she took, making Arthur's heart pound harder.

He stared at her breasts that heaved and rolled with each gasp of air, the way they quivered from those pants. He started rubbing his cock through his pants.

Eve put her hands between her legs, cupping herself. Her eyes slowly opened, her hands helped her big brother rub her clit, increasing the intensity of it. Arthur couldn't help himself, not when he was so close to her. His hands slipped inside of his pants, taking hold of his throbbing shaft as Eve let out a soft gasp of air.

Her eyes closed. Her legs parted slightly wider. Arthur was too stunned to do anything except stare at Eve. She let out another low moan and whimper as her pussy throbbed. Augustus raised her, pulling his cock out.

Eve's legs were weak, shaking when Augustus lowered her, "mmmmm~yesss," Eve let out a long, please moan, accepting him inside of her. Her big brother's cock effortlessly slid inside of the gaping hole.

Her hands clutched at his pants as she panted. Her pussy clenched around the huge cock that stretched her out and filled her up. He was so deep inside of her. She moaned out loud as her legs jerked.

"Yess~ Yesss~! Oh goood~! Big brother~!" Eve cried out in pleasure as her body tightened and spasmed around him, her whole body shook, and Augustus grabbed her golden hair, watching her bounce. She weakly tried to push Arthur's face away, wanting to cover his eyes, "don't...don't watch...Arthur..."

Arthur didn't listen. She couldn't cover his eyes properly, not when she was being pounded by Augustus who held her in the air, swinging his hips faster and faster until Eve was a sweet, blissful mess.

He moved to grab hold of Eve, trying to steady her and hold on to her, his eyes widening at how hot she was to the touch, her skin was damp and glistened. Eve was breathing so hard, her juices soaked into her skin and dripped off of him as she bounced. She moaned, her breasts jiggled with each movement.

She couldn't do anything but let herself be used, her eyes rolling back as her legs hung in the air and her brother took control. He moved his hips, slamming his cock inside of her already gaping, wet cunt, but it was still tight, "yes~! Yes~! Big brother~! Love you~! Love you~!!!! Eve loves you~!!!!"

"So good~! Oh...mmmmmfh~!"

"Mmngnhhhh~!!" Her toes curled as she writhed and thrashed on top of her brother, her cries getting louder. She was in ecstasy, her eyes closing as her entire body convulsed and spasmed and her brother thrust deep, her legs quivering. He could hear how much she wanted him and was so turned on and her back arched.

She bent forward, getting pounded harder. She held onto Arthur, who couldn't move. He remained stuck hearing the slutty noises his gentle, elegant mother made. He had no idea how Eve was even still conscious, the way he fucked her made her scream and moan out loud, "Big Brother!!!"

"It's ok," Augustus held her. He pressed his lips against the back of her ear, kissing the top of her head, and the top of her head. Eve whimpered, reaching for Arthur. Her breasts swayed in front of his eyes, her hands clung to his shoulder.

Her boobs hit him in the face when his Uncle stood up, forcing Eve to use him for support, being held in mid-air. She was completely helpless to stop Augustus. She covered Arthur's eyes, holding his head, her breasts pressed on his face when her big brother started slamming into her, his balls slapping against her ass cheeks as he thrust deep into her, burying his cock all the way inside of her and stretching her out with each thrust.

"Huffuufufufufufu~!!!!" She shuddered and trembled. She wrapped her arms around him. Her legs shook from the powerful thrusts, "Cumm~! I am~!!! Cumminnnnnnnnnnng~! Big Brother~!!!!!!!!!!"

Her pussy clenched around his cock, and Arthur's mouth fell open, "She's...so loud...her voice...it sounds so..."

Her hands clenched on Arthur's clothes as Augustus kept pounding into her, her whole body was flushed with color. Arthur stared at her. His mother was trembling from her climax, her breasts bouncing, and the way her lips were parted made him want to kiss them, and Arthur wanted nothing more than to bury himself into her.

Her legs hanging in the air as her brother took control. It was like Arthur could see it from outside his body, Augustus moving her up and down. Eve cried out in pleasure and lust. She panted as she came, "I can't~!! Too good~! Oh god! Please~!!! It feels so~! Nnnnnnggghhh!!!!!!"

Augustus didn't stop fucking her until Eve was shaking so bad she could barely hold herself up even with Arthur's help. She could hardly speak. Augustus finally pulled himself out of her, lowering her on Arthur.

Eve held onto him as she whimpered, her face buried into his shoulder, and he held her tightly. She was shaking. Arthur didn't want to let go, his body trembling as Eve held him close, and his hands touched her soft breasts. Arthur pushed his head into them, taking her nipple in his mouth and sucking on it. It was so soft, so warm, he wanted to suckle on them forever. He wanted to do more, "mother..."

"Arthur," Eve stroked his hair. Her lips were so close to his. Her body trembled and shuddered from the phantom sensation Augustus' cock stretching out her insides. Eve used him to calm herself down, stroking his hair and back. Arthur's body pressed against her, making her shudder in pleasure, "I'm sorry, baby..."

She kissed him.

Arthur was completely mesmerised by his mother's body and touch. Her tongue glided over his and he trembled at the touch of her warm, wet mouth, his tongue slipping into her mouth. Eve gasped softly. Her hands ran down his back. Arthur put his arms around her neck as she kissed him. Arthur shivered in pleasure and desire, "Mother..."

"My little baby," Eve kissed his neck and hugged him to her chest. Arthur moaned quietly as her lips brushed his ear. He shivered again. Her voice was soft, "my baby."

Eve's voice was soft and gentle, but when her fingers brushed the back of his neck, Arthur's breath hitched. Her touch was so light and soft, but when her fingertips touched him, it was like his whole body lit up. Arthur didn't even realise it but he had gotten harder than ever before, his cock throbbed for her and his body ached with the need for Eve. She could see the look in his eyes, looking at him pant in lust, her eyes filled with love. He wanted her. His fingers dug into her back and she smiled down at him, "I love you baby," he whispered, "Mother~..."

Eve turned away from him, leaning over the chair Augustus was on, grabbing the chair's arm, pushing her ass out towards Arthur while she looked deeply in her big brother's eyes. He could see the look of love, desire, and need for his cock. He held her hair as his other hand stroking her golden hair, making her moan.

Eve raised her head to lick his palm, pressing her ass against Arthur's, whose cock pressed into her slit. She held her breath, looking back at Arthur with lustful eyes, her eyes full of desire, her breasts bouncing from each thrust as his cock buried itself deeper and deeper in her cunt, her breasts heaving, her legs shaking, "Yes~! Arthur~! Take me! Take your mother~!!!!"

Arthur didn't need any further encouragement. His hands sank in her ass cheeks, strands of her golden hair reaching his fingers. He slammed his cock inside her already gaping, wet cunt, but it was still tight, "Mother~!!"

"Oh Arthur~!!! Fuck your mother! Fuck me!"

His mother was so lewd. She wanted him. She wanted him so badly that he could hardly hold back, but he knew he had to go slowly, she was so tight that Arthur was worried about hurting her. Eve was panting so loudly. Arthur could hear how much she wanted him as she moaned, her ass pushed against him, and he grabbed her breasts with one hand.

He started thrusting his cock deep in her cunt, and she gasped out, her back arched. She fell in Augustus's arms who kissed her head, making her feel so loved and aroused at the same time. Augustus smiled, "Arthur. Unlock Phase 1."

"Huh," Arthur didn't want to. He was worried he would hurt his mother but his aura wasn't listening to him. His strength surged in his body in the middle of the thrust as his cock broke all resistance, ramming into Eve, whose eyes went wide as she climaxed. She was wrecked with pain and pleasure.

She lost control of her aura. She felt so free, her power raging out of her body, feeling Arthur's aura mixing with hers. It was euphoric when he thrust inside of her. The two of them were truly one, and she came for a second time in a matter of a second. Arthur groaned in pleasure as Eve's body was hotter than fire.

"Mother," Aurthur hugged her waist, pressing his face on the back of her shoulder. It felt so good. He could feel her desire and love for him. It was warm. He wanted her more. He lost track of time, becoming one with Eve, who swung her ass, taking him all in. His mind became cloudy, a fog settling over his mind. He didn't realise the time he spent thrusting his cock inside his mother, and his aura and her Aura, the two became one, burning and mixing as their pleasure grew. Arthur couldn't think straight. He wanted his mother.

It was like the world was moving around him, but Arthur was lost in pleasure. His body trembled, his heart pounding, his muscles shaking, his skin sweating and burning as the pleasure of fucking Eve built inside of him. He didn't realise when they had crawled on the table, when he had climbed on her and hammered his cock deep inside his mother. His hands clutched her hips as he rammed her cunt, pushing his cock deep into her pussy as far as it could go, and she hugged his head, their lips locked together.

His whole body was burning from her heat. Arthur wanted to do so much more with his mother. His whole body tensed and he cried out in pleasure as he came, his cum filling up Eve. He slumped over her as Eve pulled him closer and kissed him again.

Augustus was amused to see Arthur passed out, and Eve holding onto him with his cum leaking out of her pussy. Eve hazily turned her head, seeing Cloud sitting near her. She tried to reach out to him, stopped by Augustus who grabbed her hand, "No."

Cloud shot a look at the man with dark blue hair, seeing him button his shirt. Augustus met his eyes, "Do you know why I invited Arthur and not you to join?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Cloud turned his eyes away.

"No. It's not that," Augustus shook his head, "this is how Demons truly mate. Their aura mixing with each other, sharing all their feelings, their hearts and souls with the other. Though, it comes with a price. Arthur and Eve have reached Apprentice Rank. If I did what Arthur did, then she would die. In your case, your Phase 2 abilities leak into Phase 1. If you lost control, she will die. Same goes for Tifa."

"Don't like, nothing happened before."

"Because Eve was there, keeping you under control. Her compatibility with the wide range of aura is beyond amazing. She can synchronise and keep you in control, barely though," Augustus patted his head, "His Majesty only needs to a moment to train Tifa. It doesn't matter how great a vessel she is, his aura can fill her."

"Problem is you. You can explode any minute. Until you have it under control...hold back."

"If I didn't have to study I would have had it under control..."

"Knowledge is important, Cloud. If you don't have it, then you'd have to rely on the knowledge of others. You could be a soldier who only knows to follow orders and be controlled by those who have that knowledge. Or you can be a General, who decides where the army will march. Which do you think you need to be to protect that you love?" Augustus smiled, bending over to kiss Eve's forehead.

Eve stopped his from pulling away, whispering in his ear, "Big brother...what Rank did you reach in Phase 1?"

Augustus stroked her palm on his collar, "I want it too, Eve. Reach Inhuman Rank."

"Yes...big brother..." Eve lowered her eyes in disappointment. She didn't know when she would reach such a Rank.

"Rest," Augustus stroked her head. He gave Cloud one last look, feeling bad for the boy, "don't worry. I'll arrange something. I plan on taking Tifa under my care. You can work for me, which would allow you to see her everyday...or you can visit when you have time."

Cloud scratched the back of his head, fond of that idea, "thank you," his eyes trailed after the man who walked away.

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Augustus made his way to the throne room after leaving the garden to meet King Aurum. There were a few people in the Throne Room, sitting behind the pillars where table and chairs were hidden from view, allowing them to work. A few guards patrolled near the room.

The guards saluted Augustus when he walked in.

Augustus made his way to the throne, which looked different from the last time. Wider. He bowed towards the man with snow-white hair, lying sideways on the throne with a deep glow in his crystal blue eyes. He didn't know what King could see. No; he had an idea what King saw. He didn't know how much King saw while being on the throne, "You could have done that yourself."

"Are you complaining?"

"No, Your Majesty. It was nice being able to see Eve," Augustus lightly replied to the King who wasn't even paying attention, "You could go see her."

"Aren't we in the same boat," Aurum finally turned his eyes towards Augustus, smiling, "you don't want to see her too for fear you would become too comfortable, want too much and lose control. After all, now you have hope that a day might come when you can truly be with her."

"Do you really want to push the boy that much?" Augustus changed the topic. He knew what King was alluding too. When Eve couldn't train Aura, it didn't matter how much he loved her. He went through a thousand precautions so not even slightest bit of aura leaked and hurt her. But now that she could, 'hope can be such a burden.'

Aurum didn't answer him, there was a mysterious smile on his face, "anything else you want, Augustus."

"No," Augustus turned to leave. His eyes went towards the girl entering the Throne Room, she had black hair, reddish-brown eyes and an enthusiastic smile on her face. She bowed towards him, hopping towards the Throne.

"Augustus, wait."

Augustus paused, "Yes, Your Majesty?"

Aurum sat up from the throne, climbing on his feet and walking towards the wall behind it, "Take Tifa with you. She'll be great company."

'Can he read minds? He has to be able. I was thinking about how to keep my promise with Cloud,' Augustus paused to look at Tifa, who looked even better with the hint of blush on her cheeks. He didn't reject the kindness, "thank you, Your Majesty."

"Tifa, come."

"Yes!" The black-haired girl bowed towards King, following Augustus. Aurum waved his hand, watching her leave. He stood up from the throne, making his way to the wall behind his throne, opening to his presence. The passage got darker with every step. The sound of his steps, the hum of silence and the rattling of chains greeted his ears.

He opened the green door, entering to meet his woman, one of the unique specimens Marchioness had brought to him from the other side. She looked human; she was half human with long brown hair, green eyes, beautiful with a slender body. Chains were on her hands that were tied to a stone on the wall. The chains were also attached to the wall. She was leaking with his aura. He stopped in front of her, raising her head by her chin, "Aerith Gainsborough. Lady of Cetra Race."

The two of them appeared beside a life-stream, emerald, filled with life. Though half of it encroached, having become snow white, snow coming out of them, flowing towards the sky.

"It's beautiful," the girl with green eyes appeared beside him, leaning forward to look at his face with a smile, "Do you want to keep going?"

"I do. Mind accompanying me? Aerith?"

Aerith gazed at the land stretched out in front of her. She took it, "Gladly."

He walked on the snow-white path, "Zack Fair came to see me."

"He did," Aerith lowered her eyes.

"He doesn't know about you."

"I know...we haven't met...yet...he hasn't met me yet."

"I keep my promise. I should be able to allow you to go out soon."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Aerith pulled him forward, "let me help you."

Aurum gazed at her infectious smile, "It is beautiful."

Aerith nibbled her lip, blushing, giving him a sidelong look, turning her head away to pull him on the green path, "it won't work..."

"I am sure."