The Moon Goddess and Her Mate

Somewhere on Earth,

A well-built man looked up at the sky. He stood alone in the middle of the forest, unconscious, near the cave where he had been lying. The light breeze felt on the young man’s skin, and he heard even the sound of an owl.

A thirty-five-year-old man’s expression looked restless, as if he was waiting for someone’s presence, but the target had not yet arrived. He kept glancing up at the black sky sprinkled with stars, but that was not enough to ease the anxiety that was welling up in Armen’s heart.

“Is Atvertha coming? She told me to wait here, but until now, she has not been here yet. I was really worried about her,” Armen muttered, uneasy.

Just as the man finished saying his sentence, suddenly Armen saw something moving from the sky, then descending towards where he was standing. The sight gradually disappeared the man’s anxiety and was replaced with extraordinary relief.

Thank God because Atvertha has arrived. To be honest, I was already worried about her. It does not matter if she is late. The most important thing is that my beloved Moon Goddess is still here to meet me, thought the man who never gave up.

“Good evening. I thought you would not come,” said Armen, friendly.

A slender girl was flying toward the brown-skinned man, which was caused by many activities outside the home. Tonight, the Queen of Witches, wearing a long white dress, tried to smile when she heard such words. However, this action was in vain because she created no smile.

Now, she was already standing to the left of that male mortal. Armen looked thrilled with Atvertha’s presence and did not hide it. He beamed at the girl so that such a moment made the only daughter of the couple, God Helion and Goddess Avtexia happy, even though she had not been expressed openly.

“Good evening. I will definitely come here because I promised you,” said Atvertha softly.

The eldest son of the tribal chief in Tatkhion smiled. The young guy kept staring at Atvertha in awe, as if there was no feeling of satisfaction. Meanwhile, the violet-eyed girl was confused, seeing Armen’s strange behaviour, but she chose to remain silent.

“You are getting prettier, Atvertha. Do goddesses in the sky wear anything on their faces, so that their beauty, let alone yours, shine even more?” Armen asked earnestly.

That virgin goddess suddenly shook her head. Inside, there was a happy feeling because this was the first time for her that someone of the opposite sex had praised her sincerely. “The immortal goddesses wear nothing to enhance their beauty, especially me. So, what you see is a natural thing, and there is no addition at all in the facial area,” Atvertha replied seriously.

“You are really lucky. If so, where are we going? Do you want to take a walk or do you want to stay here?” Armen again asked questions. He kept smiling at the interlocutor so that the young goddess realized something.

“I want to take a walk because I want to see the sights of the earth. Do you have any ideas for visiting someplace interesting?” Atvertha gave answers to these two questions, and she gave a new question to the muscular man.

“Okay. Interesting place, huh? Hm… I am not sure if there are any delightful spots around here, except for the three colour lakes around Tatkhion.” Armen told the girl.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Atvertha was silent for a few seconds as if she were considering these words. Meanwhile, the handsome man was still waiting for the reaction from the goddess he liked. “I have never seen that before, so it is interesting. Okay, I will come with you. Come on, let’s go to that lake you mentioned. I want to see that place.”

Armen was even more pleased to hear this statement. “Follow me, Atvertha. I guarantee you will not regret it.”

“Is that place far from here?” asked Atvertha, full of curiosity.

“Yes. The three-coloured lake is far from here because you have to pass through my village first,” Armen answered frankly.

“It does not matter. I have no problem going there.” The Crossroads Lady replied softly.

Armen and Atvertha looked at each other. A light breeze hit the skin of the two of them. Without both of them realizing it, a pair of eyes watched every movement of a couple with so many differences, especially their status.

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In the night’s silence, they heard the faint sound of footsteps. A beautiful, long, silver-haired girl occasionally glanced at the man she adored, and Armen did the same thing. They walked in the dark, but not completely, because the dress worn by the immortal goddess shone in the darkness, making it easier for both of them, especially for that male mortal.

“Is the lake you said far away?” asked Atvertha gently.

That pretty goddess deliberately opened the conversation first because Atvertha could not stand the absence of conversation between them. The brown-haired guy who heard the question smiled. He felt even more pleased because the pale-faced woman had tried to strike up a conversation.

“Yeah, it is still far. We will be there in a bit,” Armen replied, trying to calm her down.

Goddess Atvertha tried to understand the situation, then decided not to ask further questions. While Armen chose to be silent while continuing to walk so, he could reach his destination. The conversation between them stopped again. However, suddenly… “Atvertha, is life in the sky fun, or is it the other way around?”

The name’s owner was stunned and, as soon as possible, turned her attention to the opposite sex. She could not hide her astonishment, even though her expression was flat, as if nothing had happened. “What do you mean, Armen?”

“I have always been curious about life as the immortal god and goddess in the upper world. Is it so much fun there? Sorry if I was presumptuous to ask that.”

The two-hundred-and-seventy-year-old girl was silent for a moment, then looked up at the sky. There was no smile created on her face. There were only mixed feelings about life as the Moon Goddess, and most of it was certainly not pleasant for her. Armen stopped walking, feeling that something was wrong.

When looking back, a young man saw that the thin-browed girl was far behind. Now, they were about twenty meters apart. Atvertha was still staring at the sky without blinking at all. This moment made Armen confused, so he walked in that direction to approach Atvertha, who had not changed her position.

When he arrived at the left side of that girl, the handsome man also stared in the same direction as Atvertha. He only saw the sky sprinkled with stars, while the moon was covered by clouds, so they could not see it.

“Anything interesting there?” Armen asked, confused.

The first son of two siblings has been interested in wanting to know the opinion of the immortal goddess who lived in the upper world. That male mortal had yet to receive an answer from the other person, but he seemed patiently waiting, thinking that Atvertha needed extra time to answer.

“Life in the up there is not what mortals think. At least that was what happened to me,” Atvertha answered slowly.

“If I may ask, why did you say that? Has something happened there?” Armen asked again.

This time he was careful when he did this so if he did not want to offend the other person who was still keeping her eyes on the sky.

Atvertha exhaled heavily, and this made the man stare at her. A gentle breeze hit them, but the goddess paid no heed to it and kept observing the same object. Meanwhile, Armen became very curious, and he already wanted to get satisfactory answers to his questions quickly.

“I-”

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