"Oh so it worked!"
"I suppose you can say that," I replied indifferently. "However, it's only temporary, he'll awaken after a while."
"Ah," Nephthys said, "What went wrong? I am sure that my calculations are precise. He should have actually been eradicated."
"You are smart, but you're an idiot," I said.
"Huh?"
"You are quite smart when compared to an average person, but you can't compare to Set. In fact, that's what went wrong, you underestimated Set and also, you overestimated your own abilities, which makes you an idiot."
"Why are you so cold towards me?" she asked with a tinge of doubt.
"I'm the Lord of Ice."
She opened her mouth, caught off-guard by the response. "That's not what I meant."
"I know what you meant. As I said before, I have no reason to be friendly towards you. I know everything you did in your life, well excluding the times that include me in it like right now, and everything that you will do. Honestly, your actions would make my current attitude towards you within reason," I explained.
Nephthys was fuming as she asked, "What actions???"
"Oh, do you want me to make a list? Fine, let's start with how you treat Set, who is your husband and your brother, which is extremely disgusting. Second-"
"Set isn't my brother," she interrupted.
"What does that mean?" I asked, not understanding what she meant.
Nephthys looked at me with a complicated expression that contained pity in it. She sighed but didn't say anything.
I stared at her silently and said, "How do you explain the existence of Anubis?[1]"
Her expression changed drastically and she said quickly, "Please don't tell him!"
"He knew it would happen before it even happened."
She didn't reply. I sighed and asked, "Why did you wake me?"
"I was curious," she replied.
"Fair enough. I want to wake up at some points in time to confirm some things, can you make it possible?"
Her face revealed a thoughtful expression then said after a moment of silence, "I can if I am beside you."
I simply shook my head.
"Why not? Am I that unbearable to you?"
"That's not it."
"Then what's the reason?"
"He'll kill you after he wakes up. Actually, that's what he returned here for. He planned to live with you for a few more years, but..." I didn't continue, the answer is obvious. He will kill her, not in a few more years, but he changed his mind; Nephthys has angered him, that's the whole reason.
"I understand," she said, closing her eyes for quite some time. Finally, she opened them again and blew on my face.
"What was that?" I asked, my guard instantly rising alongside my energy.
"You wanted to wake up without my help at those times you mentioned, well, here you go," she explained. "This will allow you to wake up for two or three times, that's the best I can do. When the time comes to use these opportunities, just think about waking up, and you'll naturally do."
I nodded while making my energy retreat. I didn't express my thanks, because this was a trade to begin with.
Nephthys helped me with the waking up problems, and I gave her Set's intentions of killing her. This would allow her to escape, although I didn't tell her that he will kill her later on. She could sense that, so there's no need to say it.
"Go," I suddenly said after some time of silence. Set was about to wake up. "Osirs' tomb will land in Byblos, Phoenicia."
Her eyes sparkled as she nodded and said, "Thank you."
With that, two wings appeared on her back and Nephthys left.
I looked at her disappearing figure and closed my eyes.
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[1] In the mythology, Nephthys disguises herself as Isis and sleeps with Osiris, for which she got pregnant with Anubis.