Chapter 115: Special chapter: phoenix (1/2)

This universe was composed of thousands upon thousands of little dimensions such as Sol's mirror dimension or Tiamat's sea of stars.

But, out of them all,  four great dimensions stood above all of them, forming a pyramid while all the other little dimensions were connected to them.

The first layer and the base of this pyramid was the material world. The place where most mortals lived.

The second layer was called the after-life. Some called it the hereafter, hell or paradise. This was the place where all souls resided, waiting to be reincarnated after losing most, if not all their memories. Of course, there were some exceptions who for some reason were allowed to keep their memories.

The final layer was called the divine realm, where the goddesses resided and observed the world from above.

But what will interest us this time is the third layer... The Astral realm.

The Astral realm was the place of residence for creatures bestowed with divinities and spirit creatures. It was divided into fifteen districts, fourteen of them belonging to the fourteen divine beasts and the last one being a sealed place no one could step a foot in.

Access to the Astral realm was generally extremely restricted. Be it when entering or going out. One of the rare exceptions was when the gate opened to allow humans, for a limited amount of times, to try their chance at acquiring a spirit or an offspring of a divine creature.

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[PHOENIX DISTRICT]

”I refuse! Mother! why are you insisting so much!?”

A black-haired young girl, wearing a large white dress adorned with a plethora of jewels that hide her alluring figure, screamed with tears gathering at the corner of her beautiful scarlet eyes.

The woman facing her, while sitting on a golden throne, had similar features as the girl, clearly denoting their relationship. The only difference being her vermillion red hair and golden eyes.

The woman was called Nephtys, the daughter of Gabriel the divine phoenix, and current ruler of all the phoenixes. Still, despite all her power, she could only show a distraught expression at the vehement refusal of her daughter.

Trying to placate her, she explained, ”Isis, my dear, please understand that this isn't something we can refuse. Your grandmother herself received the order from our goddess.”

Isis stamped her feet before leaving in tears, her last words, bringing even more pain to her mother, ”If father was here he would have never accepted this.”

Now alone in her palace, Nephtys could only slump on her throne. Even though she knew it was unbecoming of her with her position, she could not afford to care.

”I guess she threw a tantrum again?”

A gentle voice sounded in her ears while a warm light enveloped her. From a bright golden fire, a tall and well-endowed woman appeared.

”Mother.”

Nephtys did nothing to change her position. She did not need to hide behind rules and such things in front of her own mother. Giving a wane smile, she could only acquiesce.

”She isn't taking it well indeed. I guess she always thought that she would meet her own prince charming by herself, not because of an arranged marriage.”

A bell-like laugh came out of Gabriel as she sat on the armchair.