Monarch of Darkness, Arsene

“Oh, come on, Arsene,” Lily said sternly as cosmic energy serged around my Soul Flame. “You need to envision it. You have Tenebrae’s everlasting grace, the Abyss’s blessing, and my Abyssal fragment, but none of that means shit if you can’t envision what you wish to be.”

“That’s kinda hard when I don’t know what that entails… I’m a Mid God capable of killing elder Gods… not to toot my own horn, but can I get any more perfect? Literally. I’m so broken I can’t get any better.”

Lily sighed. “Well, you need to think of something. You are literally in a position to cheat the system—”

“I know,” I begrudgingly moaned, cutting to the point. ” But I’m immune to everything. I guess I could adapt instantly, but Zariel did it smartly. He made it, so my body, or I guess, soul, needed time to adapt at a steady rate. If I increase that, I may end up as stone for messing with genetics faster than I can think… what can you give a man that has everything?”

“…we both know the answer to that… she gave you half.”

She did, didn’t she… what Tenebrae gave me was something no man nor God can grasp. I would represent the laws… no, I could ‘be’ a law.

‘!!!’

I could be the Darkness or at least half of it. I’m sure Zariel did something similar. The highest power we mortals have is the soul: If I were to turn half my soul into darkness due to my commitment to Tenebrae and the other Abyssal due to Lilith.

“Son of a Bitch!” I snapped, thinking out loud. ｂｎ𝚘ｖ𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

“What? Have you decided on if you want your cock to have a slight bend? Some think it’s strange but let me tell you, if you—”

“Lily, shut it! That bastard Zariel did it. He thought of the beginning and the end.”

“What do you mean?”

“Lucifer… you’ve met him, right?” I asked.

“We have.” She answered.

“And have you scanned him?”

“I have.”

“What about Tenebrae?”

“I scanned her too. What are you getting at?”

“The soul Lily! The bloody souls are the same? Did Lucifer merge with the Myriad Sin of Pride?”

A sudden gasp echoed through my mind as I felt my soul struck by a cord.

” you scanned Mephisto too… did you also find The Myriad Sin of Pride? Of course, you did. To reach the next level, past the confines of a mortal, Fallen or Angels for that matter, must become said Sin or Virtues. Zariel knew this. He had to. He probably merged with the Weave. They are emulating the Avatars of Heaven and Earth.”

“Hellmaster, Hell. Tenebrae, Darkness. Mithra, Light. Lunafreya, Moon. It all makes sense. They might not have reached the true level of Hellmaster or Tenebrae, but they are getting close.”

“What if adaptation was only a by-product? What if it really was meant to acquire two supreme powers? Like Darkness and Abyss?”

“That doesn’t make sense,” Lilly said after some silence. “So many things had happened outside his control. He couldn’t have known you’d become the bridge. Shit, not even Mephisto could have known.”

“That’d be the beauty of the plan… he didn’t need to. It was for me to pick anyway. I don’t need a new body. I need a new soul. One that’s on a path set to rival Zariel or Lucifer. I want to merge my very being into the darkness and the Abyss. And not some surface-level shit. I want to become them. I’d truly be whatever the hell Tenebrae is.”

“Shit… no one’s ever merged with more than one. Even Mephisto… he’s the only one with all seven Virtues and Sins, but he can’t use them all. He’s got to switch them out like slots. That’s how he wanted it.” Lily figured in a murmur or two

“The Monarch of Abyssal Night… seems like someone figured out my ending.” I mused, thinking about the creator of this mantra. “Will I need Lilith?”

“You will,” said Lily. “You might have to beg. To grovel on your knees like a common consort.”

“You got me fucked up and confused with someone else. What the hell would I beg for?” I snapped, feeling the nebula of stardust shutter at my anger. “If anything, she ought to kneel before this King. And prostrate herself before my—”

“… Are you high on fumes? The chances of that happening is zero… What kind of woman do you think your wife is? She may submit a little, but I don’t think she’ll bend over backward like some common whore. She, not your goddamn toy.”

“I never said she was… And if anything, she bullies me! Answer me this? What have I done to her?”

“I-I—”

“See! I haven’t done shit! She tortured me for years! Do I have to bring up how she threw dozens of bloodlines in me just to make sure our future kids would be—

“Are you even mad about that, or are you fishing for something?”

“…”

“You’re a damn devil. Do you even still care? In fact. Were you even that mad?”

“A little~. ”

“You little bitch.” Said Lily with a giggle. “Just call her up. Iza is a daddy’s girl. So obviously, the name wasn’t an issue.”

I smiled at that.

“Get Lilith… Me marrying another woman will infuriate her so much that she might pop a fuse. And since it’s a woman she can’t kill, I’m sure she’ll be even angrier.”

“Who knows… maybe Father and Daughter will share a ‘meal’ together. I don’t see it fucking happening, but yeah. A father can dream… Gods, are you hard? What the fuck, Arsene!”

“First off! I don’t even have a physical body, so stop making shit up! And summon my wife.”

Immediately sensing a change in the chaos surrounding me, a pair of Amethyst eyes caught my attention… filled with worry, something in me dipped.

“Sene… I think… I think I may have fucked up. I pulled a, you.”

If I truly had a physical body, I would be nodding at this moment as my very soul burst with pride. ” Don’t tell me yet… did it feel good? Did it feel good to join the dark side?”

“Sene! This is serious. I pissed off the Pale Lord.”

“She a damn loli. Give her a lollipop.”

Eyes wide as stars, her lovely gaze instantly turned to fury. “You can’t possibly think that’ll work!”

“Well… Maybe. My sister loves Lollipops. Especially the ones bigger than her head. It’s like heroin to her… that and pastries, but who doesn’t like pastries. She loves fruit custard tarts. That’s her favorite. ”

“Sene, I swear to god I’m going to kick you in the balls!”

Chuckling, having laid the trap, I decided to drop the nuke. “Well, I’m a little happy, is all… Tenebrae just proposed.”