Destroying My Own Novel

Mykel sat at his desk as he read the [Story] of Mara and Lucifer without even moving a muscle. His eyes were focused on the summary of the conversation between those two.

“Looks like she hasn’t given any answer to his offer,” Mykel said as he stared at the city with his left cheek resting on her left fist. “Looking by how slow for those two to reach this point, it might be because the time moves slower here than up there. Maybe I still have a few days before she can give the answers,” Mykel sighed with his eyes closed.

“It has been four days since the breakout ends. Things are going well here, and the Aersland World is being rebuilt by everyone. Beldathiel and the others are also still unconscious. Maybe I can enjoy this peaceful time for a bit?” Mykel opened his eyes and stared blankly at his office.

Mykel stood up and was about to leave his desk, but then he heard a familiar chuckle in his head. He stopped just to make sure he wasn’t imagining things.

“(Don’t you have anything to say? Are you not curious where I am and how I have been doing?)” Loki asked and he sounded a bit sad and sulking in his tone.

“(I know where you are and what have you been doing,)” Mykel answered as he left his office and got inside the lift.

“(Hmm? So you have been stalking me this whole time?)” Loki giggled and he sounded a bit happy from the tone of his voice.

Mykel didn’t bother to answer his question and just enjoyed the silence inside the lift.

“(But that’s not why I’m talking to you, Mykel. I’m here to ask you to come to Niflheim,” Loki said, and Mykel realized Loki’s voice sounded like he was tired.

“(Right now?)” Mykel asked.

“(It’s up to you, but everyone is there already,)” Loki answered.

Mykel hummed and warped to Niflheim and checked what it was all about. The moment he entered the hall, everyone was indeed already gathered as Loki said including Thor. They all looked at Mykel and they all went quiet for a moment and stared at him in disbelief.

“What’s with the look?” Mykel asked and stared at Hera and the others.

“Everyone is surprised, not because you’re here, but because of the battle you had with him. You should know that all the Constellations were watching you back there. Thanks to that, now all the Gods are scared of you,” Gaia said as she stood up and looked Mykel in the eye.

Dionysus hurriedly approached Mykel and offered him a cup of wine.

“I don’t think I should spread the rumor anymore because they have seen it with their own eyes. But, since I have been asked to spread the rumor, I will keep doing that, and bring fear to those who try to go against you,” Dionysus said with a huge smile on his face.

“Also, there’s someone who has been wanting to meet you,” Dionysus slowly walked to the side and then pointed at someone who was hiding behind Athena’s body.

Mykel tilted his head and saw Astraea slowly rise from her chair. Her glowing gold wavy hair was like stars in the middle of the night, and her eyes glowed like stars as well. Her skin was blueish green.

“We finally met, Mykel Alester,” Astraea said.

“Haven’t we met in the Heptagon? But I believe this is our first conversation,” Mykel answered as he walked to the table. “If you’re here to thank me personally for helping Alberta, then you shouldn’t because she has been a huge help to me,” Mykel said as he sat next to Hera.

“Yes, that’s one of the reasons, but I came here because I heard a lot of things about you from Hera, and Goddess Gaia. The other reason is because of Nyx,” Astraea answered.

Mykel closed his eyes as he nodded his head. He already knew what Astraea was going to say the moment she mentioned Nyx. The earth, the night, and the star. The three of them were a part of the Major Arcana, and thankfully the Sun Arcana was taken by Ra.

“There’s nothing to be worried about because Lucifer is currently up there with her. He lost all his power and without him by her side, she can’t do anything to you or anyone,” Mykel explained as he looked at Astraea and Gaia.

“But he won’t be up there forever. Once he came back, isn’t it dangerous for you, and all of us if we don’t do anything to anticipate his revenge?” Hera asked as she looked at Mykel.

“Yes, and I already have something in mind to deal with that. This is something that I’ll take care of myself. Just wait and see,” Mykel emptied the cup, and then Dionysus refilled the cup immediately.

Everyone was looking at each other, and they all looked curious about Mykel’s plan.

“Do you care to share it with us?” Freyja asked with curiosity.

Before Mykel could open his mouth, the door was kicked open and startled everyone. They all looked at the door and saw Loki standing at the door with her messy hair, and he looked so skinny that his collarbones and cheekbones were so visible from the distance.

He looked so weak as he walked slowly to the table with his messy hair. Mykel could tell that Loki had lost or exhausted most of his power and could easily be killed by just a single punch.

“Loki? What happened to you? What happened to your power?” Freyja asked since she barely sensed Loki’s power within him.

“They drained my power,” Loki answered as he looked at the cup in front of Hel. He immediately emptied the cup, and then slammed the cup on the table.

“They?” Thor furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Loki with a confused look.

“Do I have new siblings?” Hel asked as she looked at Loki.

“Yes, and I can’t bring them here in a confined place like this. Let’s go to the open space behind the castle,” Loki answered.

Everyone was shocked while Loki teleported to the outside. They all then went to the back of the castle to see the new siblings as Hel said.

They looked at Loki standing in the middle of the vast rocky field and watched him from the distance. Loki said about confined space, and that only meant one thing. Those new siblings would be too big to be called in the hall or to avoid unnecessary damage to the castle since it had been rebuilt and repaired many times.

Loki snapped his fingers and a portal opened up right above his head. Two creatures came out of it and landed on his shoulders. The first creature was a small fluffy white cat as big as a hand with fluffy owl wings and its tail was like a lion where the end of the tail had long fur. The second creature had the same size as the first one a black rabbit with the same features as the lion.

Everyone looked at the creatures and noticed both of them had heterochromia. The cat had a black left eye and a yellow right eye while the rabbit had a yellow left eye and a black right eye. They noticed those yellow eyes and they reminded them of Mykel’s eyes, in fact, they looked so identical that it felt like they were staring at Mykel.

Mykel walked toward Loki and looked at both of the creatures on his shoulders. “What’s their name?” Mykel asked as the cat and the rabbit stared Mykel in the eye.

“Angra Mainyu and Spenta Mainyu,” Loki answered with his tired eyes looking at Mykel.

Mykel was dumbfounded when he heard those names. Not only because those names belonged to two deities that belonged to Persian mythology, they didn’t exist in the original story nor were mentioned anywhere in the story.

“How did you get those names?” Mykel asked with his eyebrows furrowed.

“They just came to my mind,” Loki answered. “But moreover, they’re your children,” Loki smiled weakly.

Mykel looked at Angra and Spenta, and then they both pounced at him so suddenly. The moment they landed on his shoulders, his whole body felt like it was being crushed by a mountain. He realized why Loki looked so drained, and it was because those two were draining magic power and stamina from him.

“You must be joking,” Mykel said as he chuckled in disbelief.