Atlas smiled finally because the bond between Axel and Kevin would only grow stronger.
At first it was Axel who was helping Kevin reaching the top but as soon as Kevin became a Priest, it would be him whom would be helping Axel to break through new levels.
Their mutual growth would surley surpass the one that Miguel and Elias have, and one day, Kevin and Axel would be the strongest of their Universe.
He always thought that because he had fallen for Lena whom was the complete opposite as him, he would be doomed.
When he confessed his feeling for her, he thought that she would reject him because for her he probably represented the evil but he was so wrong.
And even though Lena didn't accept him right away, she never rejected him either. She let him court her and they had slowly learned to know each other.