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The King ranks. Something that was chased after by many people. Some people went their entire lives without even taking the first and most important step in entering that powerful realm.

Finding a True Name.

Be it in the Mortal Realm or the Astral Realm, King rank beings were all respected and even worshiped by some. It was the theoretical summit for most people in the Mortal Realm and Even Divine Beasts rarely had more than four or so Kings in their clans.

So, when Sol heard Nuwa’s words felt endless shock, followed by immeasurable amusement.

Not even people as talented as Lilin or Setsuna had managed to completely form their names yet. It was only a question of time now but they were still slower than Nuwa and as far as he remembered, Nuwa did not particularly train.

In a way, wasn’t she what people would call a Genius?

“What is your Name?” Sol was curious. His memories on earth were mostly blurry nowadays. But for some reason, memories of history and mythologies were incredibly clear in his mind. Sol did not remember much about what he did as a university student. Perhaps he was studying mythology?

Hearing Sol's question, Nuwa closed her eyes for a moment and focused on the shining name in her soul. Six letters were floating silently, their light was weak and yet seemed to be full of power.

Her name was,

“Aergia.” She muttered. Instinctively, she understood the power and concept linked to that name and she smiled to herself. It was a simple name and she loved it.

Sol was surprised. “Aergia, huh…How suitable.” He sighed, his thoughts a little complicated. Fate was truly wondrous.

From what he remembered, Aergia was not particularly popular or strongly represented in ancient Greek myths and yet, it was impossible to call her weak.

Aergia was the personification of Sloth, laziness, and indolence. Not a “god of” but a true primordial power in the truest sense. A titan. Born from two Primordial entities, Gaea and Aether.

This was more than a little fitting for Nuwa. Be it in terms of personality or parenthood.

Though it was quite funny how someone born from Lust and Gluttony ended up focusing on the concept of Sloth.

One thing that interested him the most was that Aergia in mythology was the subordinate of Hypnos.

While obviously there was a difference between the Hypnos of Earth and the one here, Sol was not one to dismiss such “coincidence.”

Hypnos was not someone Sol wished to take carelessly. He did not underestimate any of the old golds for he knew that it would be most unwise.

Is it Fate's way of telling me something will happen between Nuwa and Hypnos? Is he targeting her?

Sol thought for a few moments, his mind moving around and he gazed quietly at Nuwa. Until a flash of inspiration struck him.

Now that I remember, didn’t they say I was the key to unlock the seal of Echidna?

During the war of the Astral Realm. One of the Wings of Freedom wished to capture him. One of Echidna’s creations.

“Well, this is something to consider.” He looked up. His senses were telling him that one way or another, Echidna and Nuwa were going to be pretty important for incoming events.

In moments like this, he wished his ability to observe the future was stronger but even for him, it was quite complicated. The number of powerhouses involved didn’t help in making it easier.

Nuwa could see that Sol was deep in thought. This would always happen. She thought that Sol was quite the scatterbrained man. He would randomly stop talking and gaze at the sky or far in the distance as if the weight of the whole world was on his shoulders.

Such a tiring life. Wouldn’t things be better if everyone could sit and enjoy life quietly?

“Do you want candy?”  She asked, showing him the bag she was holding. There was nearly nothing left in it but her offer was sincere.

Breaking his thought, Sol smiled and lowered his head before biting on the candy. A crunch sounded as it was neatly split in two with the other half remaining in Nuwa’s hand.

“Thank you. This will be more than enough.” Chuckling, Sol licked his lips and continued walking away. He had a meeting to arrange after all.

Meanwhile, standing behind him, Nuwa looked down at the half candy left in her hand with curiosity. Then, she put it in her mouth and started licking it.

Recently, she heard some of the girls talking about things such as indirect kisses. She had been wondering how it would feel but, in the end, ---It was pretty average all things considered.

“I will have to tell that to Isis.” She shook her head and continued working on the candy. Though, far more slowly than she generally did. She ignored the heat on her cheeks and simply walked behind Sol. Her mind wandered, her head mostly empty.

She had a feeling that she would be able to become a King pretty soon. But she was more interested in knowing how the discussion about Echidna would go.

***

A few hours later, still in Sol’s dimension, Nuwa found herself sitting in front of a round table with mostly the adult group of Sol’s harems sitting around her.

Camelia, Pandora, Lilith, Persephone, Theresa.

“What about the duchess join?” Nuwa, despite her mostly empty thoughts, was not stupid. She was simply carefree. She understood that Sol had gathered the women, who were all part of his father’s adventure groups.

Yet there was one missing person.

Arachne Milaris.

In the somber atmosphere covering the group, no one thought about this deeply but her question startled them.

Sol, who had been waiting for the right moment to speak, was also a little surprised as he gazed at Nuwa, “You do know that she is perhaps the one that will hate you the most out of everyone, right? Even though you aren’t Echidna. She will most likely ask for her head even if it might hurt you.”

Sol had not invited Arachne because he had no particular reasons to care about her opinion. She was not one of his women after all. She was also the one with the strongest feeling for Mars and he doubted she would be able to act very rationally in this situation.

Nuwa shook her mind, “Since you want to have a fair judgment, then shouldn’t she be considered?”

In her mind, she could hear Echidna talking about trying to kill her with a borrowed knife but she was not such an insidious person. She simply wanted this situation to be done once and for all.

But if Milaris was not included now, sooner or later, she would make a fuss, which would be a waste of time. It was clearly more efficient to add that woman now and make a decision.

The other women gazed at each other and in the end, Theresa raised her hand.

“I really don’t know why you called me for this but…I think Nuwa is right. Let’s call Duchess Milaris. We can continue this talk outside if you don’t want her to visit your dimension.”

Sol hesitated for a short moment but in the end, he relented. He was the one who insisted on calling them. If they wanted Milaris then so be it.

As for bringing her to his dimension, “No problem for me.” He had no more reasons to hide from her after all. Milaris had more than proved her loyalty to the crown.

He simply needed to make sure no one would have access to her thoughts. After all, she was a simple Duke Rank. Too weak to prepare a proper mental defense.

Thinking about this. He clapped his hand and the entire venue seemed to move under his control. The surroundings continued to change until he clapped once again and everything stopped.

The woman, surprised, gazed around them. They were still in Sol’s dimension but now they were outside of the part he could fully control and were able to see the world outside.

What they saw surprised them a little.

Dozens of paintings depicting Mars in different positions and clothing were hanging and even sculpture of him could be seen in the corners.

“Well, Nuwa. Still sure you want to add Milaris to this?” Sol asked, teasing light dancing in his eyes. 

Nuwa gulped. This reminded her of what she had seen in Milia’s bedroom. If this woman Milaris was anywhere close to the level of obsession Milia had…

Should I have simply kept my mouth shut?

She was starting to regret this decision a little.