As Zeran was feeling that he can't control his body in the trance, he just let it flow, such as letting the water flow in the river. The only thing he could do was to observe what's happening in some kind of first person point of view. Soon enough, Zeran spoke to the Ru in front of him in a terrifying manner unknowingly,

"Ah...yes I'm back...Ru...or should I say..."

"Evil Goddess Ruhime...".

His right hand brought out a radiant silver knife suddenly, unbeknownst his own will. Ru's welcoming smile was replaced with a scared look upon her face that somehow didn't show anything about the dark/evil Goddess but instead, a concerned and shocked lover that had witnessed her partner had gone deranged in the swelling abyss. Later on, she responds with her terrified and surprised voice,

"Wha-what are you talking about?!"

"What are you going to do with that?!"

"I'm not the Evil Goddess...please believe me Lyon!".

While she held unto the light brown-haired Zeran's hand and pleaded with all her heart with falling crystal tears from her face to convince him yet, the the only response she got was a forceful swing that flung her inside the room, that depicted the utter denial to her plea. More than that, since he was feeling pissed-off with her, he exclaims with great defiance and burning hatred,

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!"

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"DIE!".

His expression was letting out dire flames of wrath such as a driven-to-kill face. The atmosphere was like it was engulfed in dark miasma yet, Ru wasn't the one releasing it but, the crazed-off light brown haired Zeran. As for Ru, having lost her affectionate lover and changed into a demonic killer, she expresses with her crying heart and soul terrified for her dear life,

"N-NOOOO!".

She ran inside her home as she was scared of him though, she tripped over and fell clumsily. While, she noticed that she can't move her cold feet, she crawled her way out with her shaking arms to escape from being killed by her former lover but, her fate had already been sealed. Having found an opportunity, he stabbed Ru from behind that penetrated through her left chest, crushing her dear life totally. That let her deep blood to leak out from her chest and mouth, painting the floor in crimson red. Her life flashed before her eyes. The wrathful Zeran wasn't fazed by the death he himself had done to her. Rather, he looked as if he was grateful that he totally killed her and said with a relieved look,

"Good thing...I haven't married her yet..."

"Nor BONDED with her too..."

"So long...lady Ruhime..."

"The evil Goddess...".

Ru's dead and shocked eyes left out a crimson blood tear that depicted her deep sadness and broken heart, even if she was already dead. The only thing that was worse than being betrayed is getting killed by your loved one. Afterwards, the dense miasma in the atmosphere dispersed. He calls unto someone with his loud voice,

"I'VE DONE WHAT YOU SAID..."

"HOLY GODDESS ANGEHIME...SO GIVE ME MY REWARD..."

"AND AWAY FROM THIS TRICKSTER!".

Soon, the air became still and a holy aura was shrouded around the room, in which it was the opposite feeling from before. An intense ball of holy golden light emerged in front of him and a divine goddess-like voice spoke from it, that reverberated around the place,

"Very well...".

Suddenly, the light shone so strong that even blinded the real Zeran. A little while later, he noticed that he can move his own body and the color of his hair was back to being blonde, although he saw the whole place devoid of any light again, as it was shrouded in the endless darkness. His face wasn't angered like the one he had felt from the trance, rather his face was leaving out great pity and sorrowness for the treacherous thing that had happened to Ru there, that made him to feel sorry for her in his thoughts,

("I guess...that must've been Ru's memory...")

("Ru...I never thought you had a rough life going through...").

Suddenly, he had second thoughts, since he noticed that there might be other reasons for that vision to happen. He held his chin. His face was no longer leaving out pity but, a very convinced one, as he had puzzled thoughts and feeble-minded interpretations about it,

("Or...she's just trying to get me to pity her...and be even merciful...with all these ILLUSIONS!")

("Hells! That's what a usual evil/dark Goddess would do...")

("But I wanna know it directly coming from her...").

A little while later, he was no longer in the dark endless trance and regained his full consciousness. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the intense-eyed diva Ru carressing his head with her delicate and warm hand softly, such as letting him a gentle breeze to touch his forehead. He also noticed that his head was on top of Ru's soft and soothing lap, while his whole body was lying down on her bed, as they were back in her own comfy home, in which it made him to feel a mix of comfort and utter disturbance, since his head was on the lap of a sinister Goddess that alot of people would be afraid of but, her aura was a loving and caring Goddess to him at the very moment. Ru noticed that he's already awake, so she felt glad and relieved. Her eyes sparkled in amazing bloom. Her grateful and relaxed smile was expressed on her face, even though she has an intense diva-looking appearance. Later, she tells in a warming welcome to the recovered Zeran,

"Ara??"

"Rise and shine dear Zera?...".

Zeran replies,

"How are you Ru?".

As she heard that from him, her ears twitched in a subtle way. Her face was in a little shock and she had butterflies in her stomach since, she wouldn't expect him to say that to her. Making the air to feel unusually warm with fluttering hearts all over, though to not let the tensed air to condense any further, she responds with a calm smile and manner to him, that'd depict a maiden's appearance,

"I'm just fine..."

"More importantly...we got more artifacts now...".

Zeran scratched his head and sighed very weakly but, he didn't let Ru to notice that, since there was something that was disturbing him in his mind other than those artifacts, especially the vision in the trance he had seen before. It seemed he also had a suspicious look about those artifacts she mentioned, though she didn't mind it that much. A little while later, Ru offered him a slice of strawberry shortcake that was very pleasing to the eyes, as the strawberry was pure, freshly red and the fluffy whipped cream at top looked very well done. Zeran tried to deny her offer and told her that he doesn't want anything at the moment yet, when he saw her brimming eyes and a radiant maiden's smile, he couldn't say no and he blushed with an embarassed face, so he took the offer of eating the slice of cake. As he took one bite, his tensed up feeling was gone and the atmosphere around was steaming in a warm sensation of vanilla. That made him to taste the sweet blend of the succulent strawberry inside his mouth. The blend of the soft whipped cream and firm base of the cake was in perfect harmony in his mouth. His body was wreathed in a soft sensation of both fluff and sweet decadence as he continued to take each bite of the strawberry shortcake while, Ru was feeding him with her gentle hold on the stainless fork. More than that, as she was seeing Zeran eating with a delighted look on his face, her ears were twitching with glee and her appearance was showing a divine smile of immense happiness, hiding her terrifying demonic aura. She went to carress his head again, while she was feeding him the slice of cake, that depicted the two were in a very sweet relationship that would give anyone a sugar rush. Despite the two were seen as the anti-heroes of the said story. As soon as he finished the slice of cake, Zeran felt relieved but, as soon as he saw the silver bread knife on the plate at the desk, his face turned back to a deep curious expression and asks her,

"Listen Ru...I'll be straight here...".

Ruhime replies back,

"Hm? What is it Zera?".

He closed his eyes for sometime. He sighed and composed himself with a very serious look. The air of the tingling sugary sensation was now gone into the void. Later, he opened his eyes. He looked at Ru directly and asks several questions straight,

"Why are you so obsessed on retrieving those artifacts?"

"What are you REALLY after here?"

"And why is it that instead of doing EVILLISH things you somehow do GOOD instead?"

"Are you really the evil Goddess or not?!".

As soon as she heard that, Ru looked flattered with her hand touching her chest that was very lady-like. A little while later she closed her eyes. As she opened her eyes, her intense-looking eyes, menacing grin and terrifying appearance was back, making the dark miasma to leak-out at the place. Soon, she let out a sinister response to him,

"I'm still the evil Goddess Ruhime..."

"But let's just say...I do things...quite differrently...".

She held his face that let him feel her warm touch afterwards. Zeran wasn't fazed by that and it even made him more infuriated. He was feeling like he was in great battle against Ru in the quest for truth, even though they were only exchanging statements. Ru tells him more, added with her seductive voice and pose this time,

"The more you'll be with me...the more you'll know why..."

"So in the meantime...relax my dear Zera...".

Her eyes were such as the guardian angel's serene look. She went close to his ear gracefully and she let out a very humming voice softly, that'd soothe anyone's senses,

"Just relax?..."

"On my calming lap my dear Zera..."

"Let all your troubles and pain go away?..."

"Your answers will come to you sooner or later...".

Moreover, she blew a weak breezing wind unto his ear to ease off his tensions and problems even more, yet he didn't feel any change nor had a relaxed feeling. His face was even more enraged with leaking flames, that made him to utter out deep hatred in his thoughts, since he wasn't convinced of her answer,

("Da*n...she just dodged the question again...")

("And relax?! How can I relax when I'm with the evil/dark Goddess!").

Soon enough, he just sighed since, he noticed that the conversation is going nowhere. Thereupon, he looked at her and saw that she was even more evangelizing and divine than ever before, since she's too close to his face. His expression was more utterly surprised that he felt butterflies in his stomach but, flowing in light harmony, soothing down anyone. He doesn't want to feel that unusual sensation again so, he turned his face away from her and murmured with grave emphasis,

"Also..."

"Those ILLUSIONS with that some guy called LYON upon KILLING YOU won't work on me...".

While Ru heard that from his talkative mouth, she was gravely shocked and moved her face away from him. Then, she shrouded her appearance in immense cold darkness. Her angelic smile was gone, she felt a very chilling feeling around her body that numbed her warm feelings, since she felt that her deep scar had emerged from the dark abyss to crush and haunt her very heart again. Suddenly, she released a strong slap at his left cheek that echoed around the room. Next, she left her own home immediately and slammed her door with great force, while she was crying out sorrowful tears on her broken face. Zeran was shocked when he saw her react like a heartbroken woman. Thereon, he exclaims with a clueless look upon his face,

"What the?!"

"Why'd she slap me?!".

As for Ru, she was outside the cavern. Specifically, she was curled and sat down at the cave entrance of the sea green plains of Nathaqua plains but, she was soaked by the strong rain pouring along the fields. The sky was heavily dense and dark. Her ruptured eyes were dropping deep crystal tears. Her face was letting out a scarred expression and said,

"Those weren't any illusions...Zera..."

"Those were my own...precious memories..."

"Why'd you have to let me remember him...Zera..."

"And why do you know that...".

Meanwhile, in another sophisticated grand place. Queen Fae was at the throne room. The whole place was decorated in lavishing gold and with a mix of white. The area was huge and spacious. There was a red velvet carpet laddened at the very center hallway. The walls had golden intrinsic designs and hollowed armor of black knights standing proudly. The center hallways have brilliant golden pillars striking out a focussed path. Queen Fae was sitting at the single throne that has a very detailed and grandeous design of a golden radiant sun. Moreover, at the near entrance were two amazing-looking Angehime Goddess statues side by side, that the whole place totally represented a blend of holy and royalty, except for the vile sadistic queen sat at the throne. Moreover, there was a golden masked person shrouded in a full black cloak that was kneeling nobly to Queen Fae at the very center. She quaiantly recalls what the masked person told to her, while she was holding her fan in a maiden-like way,

"So now he killed that pigsh*t mayor..."

"Well atleast he contributed on cleaning up some of my dirty mess..."

"That mayor is so full of himself...serves him right..."

"Good work...Nassus...".

As soon as the masked person heard that, he removed his mask and it truly revealed Nassus' cold and manly face. Afterwards, Nassus says with great respect and deep gratitude to the queen before him,

"Much obliged my queen...".

While, Queen Fae witnessed his manly face. Her face was shrouded with deep interest in her eyes, that turned her holy maiden face into a lustful succubus, yearning for more pleasure, as it seemed Nassus was one of her preferences for males. She put her finger on her lip to depict great engagement for him. Soon, she had some lewd thoughts in her mind,

("Oh? So he's intimidatingly handsome underneath that mask...")

("Maybe...I can TASTE him...")

("Like I DID with those other masked watchers...")

("Honestly...Zeran doesn't have that much SEX appeal...")

("But his STAMINA was something else...").

As for Nassus, he was also analyzing the very appearance of the queen. He noticed that she had a devillish smile on her gorgeous face that was even more terrifying than the evil Goddess Ruhime he encountered before. Queen Fae has a nice racked body but not as majestic as the Goddesses Otorine/ Ange/ Ru in his carnal vision and imagery, even though he hasn't seen some of their full naked body, but he still piqued an interest on Queen Fae and he says in his thoughts,

("So this is the queen that Zeran married before...")

("She seems interesting even though she's not a Goddess...")

("You just don't know how to handle a woman such as this...Zeran...")

("You are such a fool...").

As she can't hold her pent up lustful urges and eagerness for bloodrush, she went near him and offered her maiden hand. Her vile grin had cracked out and she said in a very slutty way that would bring shame to the evil Goddess Ruhime's own set of expressions,

"By the way...why don't we meet those other Kings of the alliance..."

"I'm sure you'll appreciate the BLOODBATH you'll do to them..."

"But first...why don't I INVITE you to my BEDCHAMBERS...".

The atmosphere around the royal place became dire and a truly dark romantic relationship was budding at the royal area, although it seemed the two were just engaged upon each other on the intimate passion they shall experience in the mere future, unlike Ru and Zeran's case for their unusual passionate moments. Afterwards, Nassus left out a demonic smile and took her offer. Thereon, his eager voice and look leaked out,

"Thank you for the offer...your highness...".