“Where am I?” murmured a green-eyed woman.
A pregnant woman looked confused because now she was in a strange place, so she could only rub her eyes. However, when she stopped doing so and then reopened her sense of sight, she still saw the same sight, so fear began to creep into her heart.
The darkness was so thick that it covered the situation around the twenty-year-old woman. The wife of Tristian Varden Writh began to feel anxious as if she was afraid something might happen to her. Both hands began to fumble but could find nothing to hold on to. There was no sound in that place, so her fear grew even more.
Suddenly, the blonde-haired woman remembered something, so as soon as possible, she stopped what she was doing without hesitation. The situation was still the same, and nothing had changed. That moment started to make Lavena believe that the place where she was now was indeed very familiar to her.
“This… This is weird. Could it be that I was in the same place as last night?” Lavena said nervously.
The only daughter of the couple, Alex Martinus Keira and Gabrielle Atventz Meira, had not yet decided to take other actions. In the midst of the silence that hit, the courage and the desire to go further suddenly came. “There is no point in staying silent. I have to brave myself. If later I really have to meet Goddess Magia instead of Goddess Asiles, then let it happen. I need an answer from her.”
A sharp-nosed woman walked into the darkness. Every now and then, Lavena’s right-hand rubbed her stomach as if she wanted to give herself peace of mind, which was still undecided about where she was now. The fetus in the womb responds every time there was a caress from the beloved mother.
There was no sound, except for footsteps from her, so all the petite woman could do was keep walking, keeping an eye on what was going on around her. When the young mother-to-be was walking in an unknown direction, she suddenly felt was already hit something and lost her balance, and something grabbed one of her hands so that Lavena didn’t fall. “Ouch!”
“I am sorry. Are you okay?”
The woman with thin, naturally pink lips was stunned when she heard the question. Lavena seemed to know who it was, so without hesitation, she immediately hugged the other person’s body, whose face could not be seen directly by the woman who loved her husband and the child she was carrying.
Finally, I can meet him here! Thank you, Goddess Asiles! In the midst of darkness, there is always hope for me. I really could not hug him tightly because my stomach area was bulging. But I feel satisfied now, thought Lavena, still hugging the person who had helped her to stay on her feet.
If Lavena felt happy, but the opposite happened to the person who got such treatment; he tried to keep his body away from the embrace of the pregnant woman. “Hey, why do you hug me? Who are you?” asked the man, uneasy. That guy dislikes being treated that way by strangers. He did not realize that she was not a stranger but his wife.
“Hubby, it is me, Lavena. Sorry if I did not answer your question earlier,” replied the wife. She tried to ward off the anxiety of her beloved husband, in which the man was trying hard to release her hug from his body.
When he heard this answer, the man, who had a height of one hundred and eighty-five centimeters tall, was silent and no longer tried to distance his body from her hug. Tristian hugged back, though his wife could not do him tightly. He still could not believe that he could meet his lovely lady in the same place. “Wifey! Thank Goddess because we are both here instead. Are you okay? I am sorry for doing something unpleasant.”
Lavena shook her head, though it could not be seen by the opposite sex, who was rubbing the top of her head. “It does not matter, Hubby. I am okay now. I almost fell when we collided, but luckily you pulled my hand so that it did not happen. After all, the incident was not something that was intentional, because, in such dark conditions, anything can happen. I am glad because I found you here, so I would not be alone.”
That burly man felt relieved that his beloved mate was not angry. However, he began to remember something, so without hesitation, Tristian said to the woman who had been with him in ups and downs during their three years of marriage, “Thank you, Wifey. I also really did not think that we could be in the same dreamland. Usually, we will get a different dream. Is this a sign that we will get an answer from the goddess?”
The intelligent woman was surprised when she heard the question from the other person. She came back to her senses after what they had done in the evening, so she realized the truth of what her beloved spouse had said. A woman with long blonde curls began to let go of the hug so that her husband’s stroking on the top of her head also stopped. The atmosphere was quiet again because the conversation that had been created had now stopped and waiting for Lavena’s comment.
In less than a minute, the woman, who had always been her husband’s discussion partner, began to respond. “I feel the same way with you, Honey. But when I see the situation here, I get worried because there is no clue at all. You can see things around here, Hubby. We cannot see anything because there is only darkness. How can we get an answer if we see nothing here?”
“Hm… perhaps we must wait for a little longer. I am sure that soon or later, we will find the answer. We can be in the same place is a good sign, honey. Do not worry, Wifey.” Tristian tried to calm his wife down so that Lavena would not be afraid, even though, in his heart, the opposite was happening.
“I am not sure, Hubby. What will we do now? We have got no leads here except we meet each other.” Lavena looked around, but there was no significant change. It was still pitch black there, so that they could see nothing but the darkness.
“How if we continue our walk, Wifey? We will throw it all together. Do not give up. We can’t expect to stay here if we really want to get something. Where is your hand? I wanna hold your hand, sweetheart.” The red-haired man thrust his hand forward, even though the other person could not see the action. Meanwhile, Lavena has said nothing yet but has been groping again, so she can reach for her husband’s hand.
“I get you!” Lavena could not hide her happiness when she got her beloved husband’s hand. Meanwhile, Tristian just smiled, holding the fingers of his beloved lady.
“Okay, Wifey. We better walk straight ahead. Do not worry about this darkness because, who knows, a light will appear later, so things will be bright.” The emerald-eyed man told him what he was going to do, so his lovely wife would not be confused.
“Yes, Hubby,” said Lavena obediently.
A husband and wife walked together in the darkness that was so thick. There was the sound of footsteps, but there was no sound other than that. After ten minutes of walking, the two of them saw a light a hundred meters away from where they were standing. However, something was there and could not be seen clearly.
“Dear, can you see that light?” Tristian said, pointing in the direction they would go soon.
The beautiful pregnant lady began thirsty, so she could not comment at all. The man, who had a bushy beard and sideburns, turned his attention to the woman he loved. Anxiety welled up inside the head of the family. “Are you okay, my love? Do you need something?” Tristian asked, worried.
“I can’t walk there, because I am thirsty, Hubby,” Lavena replied sadly.
The twenty-five-year-old man also understood and did not blame his wife, who was in an unfavorable condition at this time. “I am sorry, Wifey. I do not know if you feel like that. Okay, if that is the case, let me carry you in my arms. You can’t walk too far.”
Tristian actually did as he promised, so Lavena was relieved. Without many words, they resumed their journey, which had been delayed. Moments later, the two of them approached their destination. As it turned out, the light they had seen earlier came from numerous torches, so the husband and wife were amazed.
“This-”
A voice cut him off before the well-built man could finish his words. “Tristian Varden Writh and Lavena Isolda Keira. Come here!”
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