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" Identified- Starlord."
Peter stepped into the room, looking at the men and the women in the room with a heavy look. He felt selfish about doing this, but he didn't have any choice but to do so as only Arthur was able to do something for him.
" You have a request for me, right?"
Arthur gestured for his wives and Kyle to wait outside while looking at him. Kyle slightly narrowed his eyes, knowing his father was giving him a chance to Peter. Yet he seemed to be plagued by his past, pathetically clinging to his father's leg. Hence, he clicked his tongue and held his mother's hands.
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Arthur sighed, believing his son was dissatisfied with Peter's outrageous behavior since he thought Peter was the cause of their defeat in Titan. Furthermore, he also understood Arthur was in no mood to help others for a period of time due to his family situation.
" Let's be honest, Peter. You are here for Gamora, right?"
Arthur asked, showing his rare serious side to one of his best friends and teammates. Honestly, he thought Peter had no nerve to ask him about her, but looking at his depressed face, he could guess it.
" I don't want anything except for her. I know I was at fault back then, so please."
Peter pleaded with Arthur with a serious face. The memories of the past were haunting him like a shadow that was always under his feet. The painful feeling of loss constantly choked him from his dreams.
" Sigh, listen. In this world, nobody is omnipotent and omniscient. Even if I bring her back from death, the price would be huge and I doubt you would be willing to pay for that."
Arthur rubbed his temple with stress. He could bring her back to alive though with his powers and magic, but nothing was free in this world. Especially in order to bring one back from death, one must pay one in exchange or something similar like that.
Therefore, Arthur wasn't willing to do that and he guessed such grand magic would distort the laws of the universe, preferably causing antagonism among the higher beings which he didn't want to face.
Besides, death and life are normal cycles of life, so in other words it was bound to happen sooner or later.
" Art, I..."
Peter didn't know what to say since Arthur was right. He consulted with Strange earlier and he said the same thing to him. He also warned him about the mortal cycle and time power won't help him at all.
" Then, I will excuse myself. Ah, I know I am not in a place to tell you about this, but Gamora wanted me to tell you that you had to move on."
Arthur spoke, showing him an orange gem in his hand. As the most powerful sorcerer and spirit power holder, he was able to access the soul space of the soul gem without any problem and he was even able to converse with the will of the gem.
" Also, for your information, the gems are indestructible since they are a manifestation of the universe itself."
Arthur said lightly, leaving the room with confused Peter. He didn't care whether he got his message or not because he had done his part.
That day around 8 pm.
" Do I look good? Your great grandma and grandma would scold me if I don't look good and uncle Lorenzo would tease me."
Arthur asked Natasha who was fixing his tie. Natasha giggled when she heard his worry because she found this adorable for a huge man like Arthur who had a height of over 2 meters.
" Dear, you will always look good even in your armor, so don't worry about it."
She rustled his hair and sniffed his smell after a long time. Tears filled up her eyes because she wasn't able to feel his heartbeat for a long time and she missed her other half.
It felt like centuries without him. The only reason for her to keep going was her family that supported her through a hard time.
" Is that so? Thank you for the compliment."
Arthur replied, scratching his head with embarrassment. As he grows older, Arthur's life goal has been slowly changing and he found his family was the reason for his new life and he wouldn't waste it.