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Special 5. A Moon's Day Off

What does a Moon do on their day off?

Do they hibernate until their next deployment? Are they stored inside of amniotic fluids like the living nervous systems of CogitO’s Mediators? Or do they enter a state of eternal meditation?

Moons were the strongest entities third to the Corrup...

876. Remember Me (Arc 8 Epilogue Finale)

The Tear Retrievers ripped through the bogs of Grandis. The celebrations had to wait for those who ventured into hell to recover the tears of the innocent. Cara’s team worked tirelessly for weeks following the war.

There was no glory to be had in an unfinished job. So long as there were t...

875. The Season of Love

It had been days since Frost and Jury married.

By now the couple had left the Nexus for their honeymoon. But not without taking Nav to a secret place in Grandis.

Snap was supposed to follow them, but they had a different plan in mind.

“Would you like a grape, or cheese? Hehe�...

874. Of Oaths and Promises

“Ahh!? Snap!”

Ilya exclaimed, awed by the giant spider whose camera shuddered with surprise.

“Hello~! How are you~!”

“Bzzt!”

“Amazing… It feels like I can understand you! Are you… looking for something to eat? Or are you here to ask for something?”

873. Longing For The Future (Arc 8 Epilogue Beginning)

“I’m not the biggest believer in true love.”

Snap panned the camera to shoot a close-up of Cer minutes after Frost and Jury sealed their vows. She sat at the foot of a hill overlooking the celebration with a cathartic look.

“About a million ways it can go wrong. Hah. I wonder ...

872. You Are My Star - The Vows of Eternal Love

Snap peered through the windows of the estate. Frost and Jury exited their separate rooms and stared at each other down the hall. A small ensemble escorted them hand in hand. Emotions burst in their eyes like fireworks as they stood in front of each other, utterly captivated by the other’s beau...

871. Our Special Day

The world goes on regardless of what happens.

Time marched onwards as it always had. The lives lost, the places destroyed, and the visions of apocalyptic events were always temporary. But life had the capacity to remember. What was gone would remain in memory. While the world was indifferen...

870. The Arrival of A Flower That Must Exist

The funeral ended as quickly as it began. Moons, Healers, the Archetypes and familiar faces such as Stella, Ignis, Aster, Revy who were denizens of the Floor of Amalgamation gave their condolences to the red-haired Healers.

“Sanguine Doves. Frost better give them a good name. Scarlet Heal...

869. Rest Well My Precious Moons

Where the Ateliers buried their own out of obligation and tradition, the Nexus mourned the fallen Moons and Aspiring Moons out of genuine grief.

The Floor of Amalgamation was silent. News of the deceased Moons marred what should have been smiles as the Moons, Aspiring Moons and the Amalgam�...

868. Goodbye, Gerina Aztra - The Empress of The Bellum Empire

Gerina finished delivering her speech.

The lump in her chest disappeared after a long, winding sigh. She wobbled on her feet as the strength to stand nearly left her.

Thankfully, a hand caught hers just before she could collapse.

“Your fatigue has finally caught up with you.�...

867. Liberation of Grandis

No one expected to liberate Grandis.

The remark Galia made of liberating it was supposed to be no more than a veil of false hope to boost morale. The Beholders believed this to be the case, as did many Moons and Stars. It was an ambitious prospect, but it was never their primary goal.

866. The Child Who Saved The World

Ilya stood in the open field like a deer in headlights. Her eyes bulged with disbelief as she stared back at the carried Frost. Tiny hands gripped onto the hems of the coat, her parted lips struggling to piece her words.

Frost asked Jury to stop moving. She didn’t want to startle the girl...

865. A Million Roses And Only One Ilya

Ilya, the daughter of Michaela – The Princess of Paradise lived a life that didn’t know what laid beyond the pale walls of her palace. She would hear the commotion and the news of her Kingdom and the wider world carried by the wind.

When night fell, she’d picture them in her dreams as...

864. Virtues of Paradise

Grandis would never be the same.

The morning sun marked the beginning of a new dawn of a Region that had been famished and torn apart by countless wars. What occurred here was no different from the many exchanges in the past.

The bloodshed was the same. Mountains had crumbled and refo...

863. The Cer As We Know It

Frost slumped backwards, lying flat against the sand as Cer stood over her. Her face was tense with restrained emotion, and her eyes shimmered as the last of the blue petals faded from the great tree beneath them.

“No one will be able to bother mom again. Can I believe that Frost? Am I al...

862. The Departure of A Flower That Cannot Exist

Frost knew that Lethe was a victim of circumstance.

However, she also looked at it from an objective standpoint, and subjectively with how Ber was treated. Ber was barely an afterthought, then again, whose fault was it in the first place?

It was a complicated mess.

But the tears...

861. Frost And The Blue Dahlia

Reality shifted to breathtaking field of blue dahlias and star-shaped flowers. The gust of petals that had snatched Frost from Jury’s hands gracefully sat her down beneath a broad, blue-leafed tree.

Her back pressed against the strangely soft bark. Blue petals gently snowed onto her as sh...

860. A Kiss To Remember

It was over.

Nothing compared to the relief of this one small phrase. Its weight was a stern reminder of what was at stake. No one expected to lose, but at the same time, achieving victory felt like a dream.

Nav relayed everything that had happened during the war to Frost in detail. I...

859. Tying Loose Ends

Ara had regained consciousness at some point.

But thanks to her experiences in S7, she knew how to approach the situation. Playing dead was one of the first lessons she had learned, and she used it to stab Beethoven. The attack was hardly effective, but he was not prepared for the follow up...

858. Beethoven, The Teacher and Ara

“Bzzt. The Curse of the Descent is non-binding to Ara. Bzzt. Neither are our instruments reacting. Bzzt. It must be related to the Red Wing’s orders. Bzzt.”

Beethoven stood above the battered body of Ara’s self-proclaimed grandmother. A Greatmage of her caliber was formidable and ha...

857. Cer - The Awakened Star

It was not just Cer who had finished from a grueling battle.

Now that she had a closer look at the other people who roamed across the deck, she noticed that their clothing was in tatters. Wheelbarrows carrying limbs were brought into giant, smoking incinerators.

Cer had thought that w...

856. A Vessel of Pure Lust

Light filled her vision again.

Pink skies greeted her as her eyes fluttered open. Weakness locked her body in place as she found herself laying on a metal deck that stretched over kilometers on all sides.

A vessel, although calling it this did not properly illustrate just how large it...

855. The Cer Hatches From The Egg

White foam and a transparent ocean were the last things Cer saw before her world turned dark. The impact of crashing into the ocean had knocked her unconscious.

It was the speed, she thought. Unconsciousness for Cer was different from how others experienced it. Anytime she fell asleep she w...

854. A Moon Awakens Into A Star

Cer returned from her introspection feeling like an entirely different person. Her body was certainly bigger from what she could tell. Her hands were slightly larger, and her fingers longer and more beautiful than she remembered.

She didn’t grow much, but it was certainly noticeable. Howe...

853. Towards The Star Within Oneself

“Cer. What do you see yourself as?”

A twinkle of light appeared in Cer’s eyes. She shook her head inches away from submerging her face into the mirror version of herself. Her hair disturbed the reflection, distorting it heavily as she slo...

852. We Meet Again, Elysia

“You will chase me to the ends of the world. To hell and back. The tiny, insignificant Cer I locked hands with… following… walking down that same path… it’ll always be the same.”

Raoul also arrived at an epiphany of his own, causing his appearance to further transform. The brimm...

851. The Finale of Our Delusions

One last battle remained. The news of the end of the war had not yet reached Cer’s eyes. Raoul on the other hand received Uriel’s message to retreat. A bloody vial rattled on the side of his hip, indicating that his time here was over.

“The Red Wing calls for our retreat.” The half-...

850. The Battle Has Been Won

Lilith’s words were spoken in code, but Frost understood the meaning behind it. Another reason as to why Dark Memoria wished for her to stop pursuing the future was revealed.

“Given what you are, it’s inevitable that you will become akin to Fruit of Light yourself.” Dark Memoria con...

849. The Name of An Agent of Qliphoth

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