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Prithvi, who didn't even have to think twice to know who gave such ridiculous information to Aelin, just clenched his fist tightly. After all, he knows who wants to harm her.
"Then, why did you harm her?" Prithvi asked, the main point. As if he just listened to a boring lecture.
"Oh, Your Lordship thinks, The Great Deitiness won't like to know.
Anyways, you know very well what type of person I am. If it hadn't been for the fact, she is your woman, then I would have loved to grant her wish. After all, who cares whether she burns Hell or Heaven.
For me, it would have been worth it. But, the last thing that I want is to take, or snatch, what belongs to you. Be it that Phoenix, this Heaven, This Throne, This Position, This Rank, This respect, the love or anything, Dear Brother." Akshura replied humbly.
"Yet, you hurt her. Dear son of Athena." Prithvi spat angrily. After all, the last thing he wants is to discuss this family thing with this person.
"She loves you too. Even more than me, brother. Just move on, from the past. My mother has always loved you, respect your feelings and emotions. It's been 800 years. Why can't you just move on?
Just why can't you accept her? It's not like I want you to accept me. But at least, accept her. Please." Akshura pleaded, as a normal human.
"She is not my mother. Nor are you my brother. My Half Brother. So, just stop this family history. Why did you hurt Aelin?" Prithvi asked, still in the same chilling voice. As if this person is nothing more than a stranger in his eyes.
"Well. I didn't have any choice. In order to protect my virtue, I had to. Otherwise, she was all set to forcefully manhandle me and rape me.
And as far as I know, It's called self-defense. If The Great Deitiness thinks this one is lying, then you can check the events, from your Vision." Akshura replied defeatedly.
He failed again. He so-dearly wanted this mother and son pair to meet. But, nope. Just like every other time, he failed. His brother. His half-brother. He just couldn't accept Athena, the woman, who took his Mother's position, after the death of Devi Nainavati.
Devi Nainavati. The mother of Prithvi. She died 200 years after the birth of Prithvi. He was no less than an 8 years old human child at that time. As a comparison.
But, naah. He never accepted Athena or Akshura.
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So, Akshura just sighed, after watching this heartless, cold, arrogant brother of his. After all, who has the guts to catch him, if The Great Lord Akshura denies it.
No one. Literally no one. But all no-thanks to his own mother, who has always taught him to respect Prithvi. He let those godlings drag him from his very throne to his brother's place.
But what did he get in return? Nothing. His brother's heart is. Oh. NO. No. This person just doesn't carry a heart, to begin with.
Otherwise, how could a deity be so heartless, to ignore his own brother? Alright! Half Brother. But still brother.
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The only person who made this heartless creature a little normal was that phoenix; Aelin. The only reason why he allowed her to do as she pleased in Hell. One of the major reasons why Hell-residents are on the brink of extinction.
It's not like he cares about their lives, to begin with. They all commit sins, grave sins, and then get reincarnated in Hell, to pay for the sins, committed by them, in a past life.
So, it doesn't matter to him whether they live or die. But, that damn Phoenix tried to rape him in broad daylight. How could he let this slide, easily? Damn, at the end of the day, he is a man. Alright.
So, he fought with her for the first time, while using just 0.0001 % of his actual power, but she got injured. And now, here he was explaining it to this stone-faced and stone-hearted creature, why she got injured.
Can't anyone think about him, too? He is a true victim here. Can't someone at least sympathize a little with him? Only he knows how traumatic that feeling was. How terrifying she was at that moment! How grave that moment was!
Yet. All that he is getting is this stoned creature with a stoned expression.
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"Are you done?" Prithvi asked. After checking the authenticity of Akshura's words.
"Don't you at least sympathize with me, just a little?" Akshura asked baffled.
"Go back to Hell. Get out of my sight." Prithvi simply spat, then left to meet Aelin.
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As for the person who was left alone, he just stared back at the cold back of this stone-hearted deity and sighed deeply. His future will be bad. He can sense it. With that phoenix and this deity entangling around him.
After sighing, he gets back his dominant, regal, poise, stern, noble aura. Then, he simply left-back to Hell, as ordered.
After all, he was left unharmed, that already is more than enough for him. Otherwise, he touched Aelin and left unscathed out of it. It was already Unbelievable.
But the moment he was in the Milky Way. [ The path which connects Hell, Heaven, and Earth.]
He stopped, turned around, then stared back at Reive, Raven, and Aden. And Slash. Slash. Slash. Before the deities could even blink their eyes, their spiritual root was destroyed completely.
[The spiritual root is the part of the body, where all the power, all the energy, all the Qi, is stored, which makes deities immortal. Until and unless, that could be destroyed, then the deities are the same as humans. Good for nothing.]
The three of them started screaming due to the utmost pain they were feeling. Filling all the heavens, with their cries. But no one dared to help them. After all, only Prithvi can stop both Akshura and Aelin in This Entire Universe.
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Finally, the cold, deadly, killing look disappeared from his beautiful, enchanting eyes and a smile appeared. After all, he doesn't care about the people who committed sins. But he won't let any innocent get harmed, in his presence, either.
Ahem. Ahem. He means he won't let anyone harm him. After all, he is an innocent demon, till now. Just like Dhara. Another she-demon, who has never ever harmed anyone in her entire life.
So, after avenging his disrespect. He left.
[ Edited chapter.]