The Moon Goddess and Her Mate novel Chapter 16

In the underworld

“Why is it so hard to get in here? I realized, to reach your place, must take a long time, meet a lot of difficulties, and be confusing,” asked Atvertha, full of curiosity.

The silver-haired woman opened the conversation. She was holding a cup of hot tea in which the smoke was still rising. Meanwhile, the host, who was sipping her tea, still could not answer as soon as possible. Atvertha waited patiently, although she really wanted to get a satisfactory answer soon.

When she finished, the night goddess turned to the other person. “That was a good question. You are the only goddess from the sky to ask that." She had not answered directly, so curiosity was growing inside the sharp-nosed girl.

There was silence for a few seconds, then Nyx seemed to want to answer the other person's question. “From a long time ago, at least that was I knew from my father, the gods and goddesses were divided into two territories: the upper world, namely the sky and the underworld. For the area of the earth it is neutral, in the sense that the upper world and underworld can work together to handle it, but regarding who is worshiped, it all depends on each person."

Atvertha listened intently to each word as Nyx spoke. While a woman who was wearing a dress made of darkness, blue-black like the night and filled with sparkling light, seemed ready to continue her speech. “Gods and goddesses from the upper world cannot enter the underworld unless invited by our family. Whether it was me who invited my father, my brother, my mother, or my children. We did this in order to maintain security here. As you could see, in the beginning, before the legendary tree, there is a path where the spirits of the dead, especially from humans. We will send two soldiers to pick up the humans as soon as they die before finally being judged by my second brother. They will judge based on their activities while they live in the mortal world.”

Such an explanation intrigued the intelligent girl. She seemed to have found a valuable treasure, so she wanted to extract more information from her best friend. Meanwhile, Nyx took another sip of tea, so the atmosphere was quiet again. “How about the spirit that comes from witches, fairies, and mermaids? Were they taken to the underworld too? Mom has not told me this yet," Atvertha asked honestly.

“The spirit that comes from witches, fairies, and mermaids is not going to the underworld, but to a special place. That place is on earth and is handled by God Erlion and his wife, Goddess Tuthmina. They have their own dimension even though they live on earth,” answered Nyx, who had finished drinking her tea.

"What? Who is God Erlion and Goddess Tuthmina? I never heard about them before.” Atvertha seemed to remember, and she was sure if her mother had never mentioned the two immortal names, so she felt strange. Nyx, who saw the confusion of the other person, just smiled faintly, as if she understood what the young lady was going through.

“No wonder you never heard their names. Your mom might introduce you to them later when you become a full-time goddess and carry all the heavy duties and responsibilities.” The woman with the sinister aura expressed an opinion, so the thin-brow girl could only remain silent, digesting all these words. When Atvertha did not know what else to say, she started sipping her tea, while Nyx looked the other way, and there was someone there.

"Brother." The woman put the cup on the table there, then stood up from her seat. Nyx had to lift her head towards a man who had come uninvited because the opposite sex was taller than him.

The only daughter of the couple, Goddess Helion and Goddess Atvexia also turned her head, because she heard the words of her best friend. A cold-faced man, with long black hair, with clothes similar to his hair, was standing not far from them. Atvertha blinked twice, as if afraid of mistaking a member of the Nyx family.

"Who is she?" They heard a baritone voice from the man, so the night goddess who understood her brother's intentions immediately turned to Atvertha. As it turned out, the girl had stopped drinking her tea and was staring at them without blinking at all.