NOVEL NEXT Chapter 96 Renascence Part 3
(***Nyx POV***)
In the Void of Chaos where nothing was said to exist a woman suddenly came into existence. The woman had long flowing white hair that reached her feet but was tied into twin tails flowing at her back. Her face was covered only showing a beautiful pair of rose-colored lips arched in the most dazzling smile ever seen. Her skin was snow-white with only her hand starting from her elbow being completely black. She wore a beautiful black dress that looked like it was made out of the pitch-black endless void itself that had a couple of white jewels that looked like actual stars attached to it. This was the avatar of the primordial of chaos who existed before the gods themselves.
“Looks like my little boy is in trouble again. This time seems very serious, looks like I’ll have to go in person.” said Nyx as she sighed.
Gods of a certain level couldn't descend to lower worlds so a trick was used. Mortal worlds and mortals couldn’t handle the concentrated level of power of deities and the only demigods who were partly mortal could still interact with mortal worlds without breaking them. This trick was the use of avatars a tiny piece of a deity that was heavily restricted would descend in place of the deity. The avatars held a part of the deity's consciousness but formed their own separate identity but were temporary since ultimately, they would be destined to return to the whole.
Nyx vanished from the Void of Chaos and reappeared in the forest that she had first sent Zero to not long ago. She looked around and began to walk around before stopping and saying, “Ah, I forgot to implant the memory of where he is right now.” Nyx leaned on a tree as she tried to figure out how to find Zero when she noticed minuscule amounts of mana that matched Zero's soul wavelength.
Since she had no time to waste she instantly transported herself to the mana signature and found herself in a room with a human woman sitting in a room with a man who also had traces of mana. She smiled at them who were clearly shocked to see someone materialize out of thin air and said, “Hello have you seen my son?”
The woman grabbed the man and pulled out a gun as she aimed at the woman and nervously asked, “Who is… your son?”
“Ah sorry it’d be hard for you to know who I’m talking about if I don’t say his name right? I’ll have to remember that in the future, anyways his name is Zero.” said Nyx who looked as if she just had an epiphany.
At the mention of Zero's name, the woman seemed to relax and lower her gun. She said, “I’m sorry for aiming a weapon at you. If you looking for master he’s in Dracula’s castle.”
Nyx smiled causing the room temperature to drop a little and asked, “Master? Is Zero this master you speak of?”
The woman shivered before nodding. Nyx walked up to the woman and placed her hand on the woman’s cheek before saying, “So, you’re Hikaru and his name is Yuto. I understand the situation now.”
“Yes, my name is Hikaru and this man was placed under my protection by master.” said Hikaru
“I seem to be missing something. What are you 2 talking about? Who is this woman?” asked Yuto
Nyx walked past Hikaru, placed her hand on Yuto's cheek, and said, “Hello little brother, I hope my son wasn’t too much trouble?”
“No, he was a well-behaved kid since he’s just like you big sis.” answered Yuto
“Thanks for looking after Zero, but I need to talk to my daughter here so can you please excuse us.” said Nyx
“Okay, I leave you 2 alone. It was nice to see you again sister.” said Yuto as he exited the room.
“May I ask what you did just now?” asked Hikaru who looked very nervous.
Nyx sat down where Yuto had been seated, motioned to Hikaru to do the same, and said, “Well to answer your question I searched through your memories to understand the situation. Once I understood that Zero had altered that man’s mind to see him as his sister’s son I simply placed myself in that role. So that man now sees me as his older sister. Do you understand?”
“Yes, I understand. What can I do for you?” asked Hikaru
“I’m glad you asked, my foolish son who disregards all my warnings, is in trouble and I need to go help him. I knew where he was but I lacked the physical location of the pocket dimension but I found it now thanks to you.” answered Nyx
“Master is in danger! If I’m not being too forward shouldn’t you be rushing to help him?” asked a worried Hikaru
“Don’t worry I’ll be heading to help him soon. I just need to ask you a question. Why do you care so much for my son?” asked Nyx
Hikaru looked shocked at the question and hesitated for a while before answering, “I’ve… never really had a family. My father wasn’t a good man and my mother died early so I grew up living a life devoid of the love of a family. When I first met my master, he made me his servant and I disliked him. As time went on, we spent time together, and I found that he was a bit like me. I started to look at him as if he really were my younger brother and I felt like he saw me as a big sister of sorts. There were even moments when he angered Mina and asked my advice on how to apologize. I care for him because we’re family.”
Nyx smiled as she stood up and patted Hikaru on the head as she said, “Then I guess I’m also your mother then. Thank you for helping Zero and looking after that naughty boy when I wasn’t around.”
“Then you’ll be going to help Zero? Hmm, why didn’t I feel compelled to call him master?” asked Hikaru
“That’s simply because I broke his mental command. So, you’re free now what do you want to do?” asked Nyx
“May I please go with you to help my little brother!” said Hikaru with conviction as she looked at Nyx.
“Sure, my dear girl you’re so cute.” said Nyx as she pulled Hikaru into a hug.
Hikaru was flustered and unsure of what to do now. She had never been hugged by anyone before so this experience was new causing her to behave awkwardly at first. As time went on she embraced the warm feeling of the hug and hugged Nyx back.