"Mother."
"Yes, sweety!"
"Can I ask a question?"
Xander asks in a rather interesting voice; Michaela on the other hand was shocked. From the moment Xander was born, to the point of his immense growth spurt he has never shown interest in the fairy tales he had read him till he decide to read this book.
[The Butterflies Love]
Michaela wonder for a moment; could it be his child was the romantic type?
'Weird, I thought boys love action and mystery. That's why I never read him any serious romantic fairy tales; hmm... Fufu... Well well, you might take after your mother after all.'
Michaela snuggles up with Xander, her arms wrapped around him tightly; meanwhile in her hands is a large book, to which Xander eyes down with great interest.
Michaela then responded.
"Ask away; is there something you don't understand?"
Xander eyes focused on the woman in the book; she was a purple-skinned woman with butterfly wings, she had multiple eyes, a pair of three a total of six showing a shadow of sorrow behind its majestic maroon.
The woman was sad but not in a bad way; the man, yes the brown hair man stabbed a knife into her heart; he had a sense of regret and realization, and yet the woman who was a Diva hugged him with love as she whispered these last words in his ears.
"I did it; I save you and more; I made you both a hero, and I also save you from the curse that would have taken your life."
This scene puzzled Xander greatly. You see to summarize the story, it tells the tale of a man who fell in love with a Diva pretending to be a human; albeit the man and woman couldn't be together, Divas hate humans, and humans hate Divas, and yet the woman disguises herself as a human just to get closer to the man she fell in love with at first sight.
Although there was one problem that would have spelled the man's doom, the man is the most beautiful and handsome person in the village; because of this both man and woman wanted him alike; and this didn't settle well with the woman who was in love with him. In desperation, the woman cursed the man, and use a forbidden technique that would make the man unattractive to everyone by making them see what their heart think of as disgusting.
She did this out of envy, however, she didn't think it would cause this much destruction to the man's life; he was seen as a Diva to allow, and to most that was something horrendous in the eyes of the people; back then Divas weren't taken as a slave but were slain on the spot. The man was being attacked by his villager, his mother, his sister, his brother, his aunt, his grandma, his friends, and even his childhood crush, along with the entire village tried to kill him on sight.
The man manages to escape but he could never return to his life; however, the Diva that cursed him on the other hand was happy, as this moment provides an opportunity, and so she made her move, days would turn into weeks, and weeks would turn into month, and months into year's.
At this point time; the Diva didn't reveal her identity. But that didn't matter she got what she wanted; he and him alone, the two fell in love and started a happy life together, they even ended up having a daughter, however from the day he was shunned; he could never forget his old life and family.
He would watch his family from the shadows, and from afar. It warm his heart, the man was kind, too kind to be honest, but whenever he did this he would cry alone in sadness; the woman, the cause of that sadness couldn't bare to see him cry, and not a single day would go by when he doesn't go to that spot.
He watches some of the most heartbreaking things from afar, the death of his mother and aunt, the funeral he couldn't attend, the day his sister became a mother and a wife, and the wedding he couldn't attend either. But the most heartbreaking thing of all, the love of his life, the woman of his dreams, the person who he thought his heart had forgotten was about to be married.
He loves his wife, but that woman was his first, the man's wife's guilt reaches its limit, so she decides to live the course from him, however, the technique couldn't be lifted, so she journeys to her old home, and enter her mother archive and that's when she found out that the technique she uses was forbidden for the fact that it can grant the greatest desire of a person at the cost of their own happiness ten years down the line, by killing or taking away that momentary happiness that said user had acquired.
And that's when she realized; that her twisted desire was never meant to be, and instead she doomed her family for being selfish, yes she, her husband, and her daughter was now under the inescapable curse of the "Flawed Bliss technique" a bliss that was flawed and a bliss that was never meant to be.
The woman had one year to make things right, one year to save them, and one year's worth of happiness left; but she didn't want to lose either her husband or daughter, so with her remaining time left she went to seek out assistance from her elders.
And she manages to find a back door to the technique's sadistic dead end. Albeit it wasn't a back door for her, however at least it was a way to save what she loved; at the ten-year mark her happiness would die and she must live to see all she loves destroyed, however, if she could twist around the scenario the flawed bliss curse would be revoked.
The price was simple, yes the only way out, would be that her happiness would have to destroy her, because if she died by her own wish before the ten-year mark by the very wish that was meant to make her happy by granting her deepest desire, then the flawed bliss curse would be countered
And one week before her time ended she decided to switch the scenario by sneaking out of the house and reverting back to her true form; she knew her husband wouldn't kill her even if she explain what she had done to him; the man just didn't have what many call hate, to begin with. And so she created a scenario where his hands would be forced to make a tough decision.
And yes she began to attack the village, killing, and even burning down the house of the villagers; the man saw this far afar, and without hesitation, he rushed in to help the very people that cast him aside, in the end, when the woman target his brother and childhood friend, he stabbed a large knife through the heart of the beast.
At that very moment, the Diva's last words were followed by a loving hug and a kiss, the man knew the touch, the voice, and even the smile it showed him right after, and that's when he realized that the monster he killed with his own hands was his own wife.
"I love... you, forever, and always."
And that's how the story ended, and what was sad about this horrid tale of love; was the fact that the man throughout the entire story didn't know what was going on, as it only showed the woman's point of view.
But Xander knew what he wanted to ask, something he couldn't understand.
"Why didn't the women just kill the childhood friend instead, honestly if she was afraid of the competition eradicating it would have been a better choice instead of stupidly using a forbidden technique; if she had done that then all of this could have been avoided, this story is just stupid for the mere reason that she could turn human at will; if the female Mc was so worried about losing the man she loves to another woman then just get rid of said competition, that seems like the most optimal option to me; maybe im bias but the author has no brain cells."
When Michaela heard Xander answer her eyes opened in surprise; this tale was famous among young girls, in her opinion the choice the female Mc made was just stupid, Xander was right if the competition gets too heated, then find a way to make it cool again.
However, this made Michaela love Xander even more, they are so similar in personality.
Her patience with Agnus having a harem was because Agnus uses his other wives as 1ups, so if he dies, he has nine more lives to depend on, and if all of them die, his children would, and grandchildren would be his other lifeline.
Of course, they don't know this, but this was the case.
But Michaela answers Xander as such.
"That's right, this woman is stupid, but a story needs a plot right?"
"Fair point, albeit I have grown tired of these stories for the day Mother, I will be going back to my room now."
"Alright sweetheart; although please remember that my mother wants to see you next week, so make sure to study your language etiquette, along with your table manners, she is a very strict person; who knows if you impress her mother might give you the go-ahead to become an angel assistant, despite your heritage."
Xander's face remained stoic, as he looks at Michaela and bow respectfully while saying.
"I will keep your advice in mind, Mother, now if you will excuse me I shall call it a day and head to my sleeping quarters."
With those words said, Xander went back to his room, as Michaela watch him with a smile.
"My they grow up so fast... Don't you think brother?"
Michaela look to her side and commented.
However at the same time; a figure hiding in the shadows of the room said.
"... So that's the major talk of the high table, A632: The Unorthodox One, the first-ever special class hybrid to exist, I heard in terms of early intelligence he is up there with A111 the Young Celestial, despite being born a mere four months, but after watching him for a week that child is far scarier than what the high table is giving him credit for... Tsk. I honestly don't know why you don't kill that thing while it is still weak."
When Michaela heard this she had veins popping out from her forehead as she said with anger.
"That thing you call A632-TUO has a name, you bastard remember it, his name is Xander Overdeath."
"Ohhh, please just save it, little sister, you are as naive as ever, you are playing with a force that stems from a bloodline that is known to kill Gods, a force powerful enough to end this world when it reaches maturity."
The mysterious man said in an uncaring way. To which his little sister responded.
"Hmm. This why no one like you brother, you are always such a hassle and pain to listen to when you start your blabbering about the anomalies, honestly maybe if you had company in your life you wouldn't be this unlikable."
When he heard this veins began to pop from his head as he said.
"I- I am not disliked by people you bitch, I have plenty of friends, and unlike you, I don't mingle around with humans."
"Friends hahaha. Like who mother... And then there is your love life, honestly, your nickname is the pure one for a reason... You have zero bitches, my dude, I pity you, and to think the strongest seraph out of all of us is the only virgin in our ranks, hell you might be just as if a not a little bit under mother in terms of skills and raw power."
"Shut up you sadistic slut; or maybe I should tell your toy what his name is again ahh yes the legendary Agnus about the other husband you have before him."
"Make no mistake brother; that may be true, but I do love that man with all my heart; but a woman has needs you know, ohh yeah that's right a virgin like you wouldn't understand."
"And so what if I am a virgin, I will have you know this virgin beats you any day by merely breathing? Unlike you who drown yourself in lust, I train nonstop to reach further levels, hell even as we speak my other clones are conquering other universes, oh... Would you look at that I accidentally destroy this universe that is the size of a Zettaverse... Oh. Damn, there goes another one, honestly, these vacant realities are weak, im barely moving, and there goes another one, lol this one's Gods is bowing to me."
Michaela had veins on her head and she felt irritated.
"So what if you're doing an 8th-dimensional feat by merely moving; it still doesn't change the fact that all your clones are virgins as well."
"Shut up slut."
"Fuck you asshole."
"Bitch!"
"Virgin!"
"Thot."
"Dick rider."
"I'm not GAY YOU BITCH!"
"AND IM NOT A THOT YOU FUCKER!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Tsk. Whatever im leaving I have better things to do; although that boy has potential, so much so, even I can't see the limits of it. I'm telling you he is a threat."
"Oh is my sweet annoying older brother afraid of a little boy, how adorably sad."
"Shove it you cunt, im gone, honestly I don't know why I even put up with you."
"Aww please you know you love your little sister."
"That will be the day when A697 smiles."
"So you say annoying brother of mine... But you know im the only one who talks to you, Samuel."
However, Samuel didn't answer as he was already gone meanwhile Michaela got up and said while stretching.
"Well that was fun; although I need to confirm something about Xander, there is something faint inside of him that is making me a little uneasy, and with Mother arriving im afraid things will be chaotic if I don't make it at very least doable to have around."