In a small building in Froststone City, Deirdre covered her ears, reclining on a chaise lounge on the first floor, glaring angrily at the ceiling. (Please search on Baidu.)
The creaking and shaking of the bed, along with those indescribable words, seemed to penetrate every obstacle and reach her ears like air that could seep into anything.
Looking out the window at the sky, which was gradually turning white, Deirdre, with dark circles under her eyes, covered her ears with a pillow and sighed.
In the bedroom upstairs, Todd, lying on the bed, looked at the tall woman sitting on top of him and whispered, "Evie, perhaps we should..."
With her face flushed, Ivy looked at the man beneath her and said irritably, "What do you want to say? We agreed beforehand that I would be in front of you."
"No, no, I'm not talking about positions. Look out the window, it's almost dawn."
"So what?" With that, Ivy quickened her movements, her body stiffening briefly before going limp.
Gently supporting Evie, Todd helped her lie down slowly. He first used a dry cloth to wipe away the sweat from her body, and then covered her with a blanket.
During this time, Ivy neither moved nor spoke, but simply watched the gentle man quietly.
After Todd finished doing these things, Evie asked him a question: "What kind of place was your original world?"
Todd was somewhat surprised, and after a moment's hesitation, he replied, "To me, there's nothing special about it; it's just an ordinary world."
"I've seen those machines in the heavens. The gods there can ride in spaceships and fly into space; they can also predict the future by observing celestial phenomena..."
Todd smiled and said, "To say you can predict the future is a bit of an exaggeration; predicting the weather is more like it."
Lying on the bed, Evie turned to her side, propping herself up with one arm, and looked at Todd, asking, "So what about you? What was your past divine status? Was it the power of life?"
"Controlling life? Perhaps... research would be a more appropriate word."
Ivy was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Why are the gods of the two worlds so different?"
Todd asked, puzzled: "Differences?"
"The gods of Beidao revere force, are ambitious, and value pleasure. But you are completely different. You possess rare qualities such as perseverance, humility, dedication, and courage, qualities that I could hardly have imagined in a deity. What's most interesting is that the two worlds have completely opposite attitudes toward women."
"Valkyrie, the grim reaper of the battlefield, Odin's handmaiden, the guide of the heroic spirits... It sounds like a name of glory. But in the legends of the gods, the Valkyries are nothing more than a group of servants who do odd jobs. We serve the gods food and drink, search for the dead on the battlefield, and even have to use our bodies to please the heroic spirits."
Todd gently put his arm around Evie: "It doesn't sound like a pleasant job."
The latter allowed the former to hold her in his arms: "Whether it's pleasurable or not is not important. The key is that women are always treated as appendages by men, even those who possess divinity are no exception... However, you are different..."
Breaking free from Todd's embrace, Evie grabbed the sword from the bedside and walked naked towards the second-floor window.
Todd said helplessly, "The main door is downstairs."
Without turning her head, Ivy walked to the window, gently pushed open the windowpane, and said, "This world is cruel and heartless. If there were more gods like you, perhaps there would be more beauty and more hope."
Before Todd could react, Evie climbed out the window and jumped into the flower bushes outside the building.
Watching the sun slowly rise outside the window, Todd sat on the bed and fell silent.
Froststone City, Tyrant's Temple.
Todd, now in human form, first looked up at the enormous statue made of gold and jewels before him, then at the endless stream of worshippers in the temple, his gaze calm yet complex.
Alfonso, standing beside Todd, hesitated, "Your Majesty..."
"Speak your mind without hesitation."
"Are you... planning to give up on Muxi City?"
Todd turned around in astonishment: "Give up Twilight City?!"
Alfonso was not good with words, and when he did speak, he was very direct: "You handed over the jurisdiction of Twilight City to the cabinet, and then voluntarily limited your own power. Now, you have come to Froststone City to begin establishing a new kingdom. As we all know, the Southern Empire's offensive against the diocese is inevitable. Is it possible... that you originally intended to abandon Twilight City and make Froststone City the new heart of the empire..."
"shut up!"
Enraged, Todd transformed his right hand into a tyrant's iron claw and slammed it heavily into Alfonso's chest.
The knight in iron armor flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into a huge stone pillar.
A mouthful of blood spurted from Alfonso's mouth, and the parasite's limbs fell off his armor like frost-bitten wheat stalks.
Amidst the screams of the believers, Todd walked up to Alfonso, his anger still simmering as he looked at the dent in Alfonso's armor: "Twilight City is the kingdom I built with my own hands! I didn't abandon that city even in the most dangerous and difficult times! Do you think I would back down now?!"
Alfonso coughed and then laughed: "Your Majesty, I knew you would say that... If you still care about Twilight City, may I ask you a favor?"
Todd looked at the knight who had followed him through thick and thin for many years, closed his eyes, and nodded gently.
“If one day the Southern heretics really launch an attack on Muxi City, I hope you can send me back to the front line of the war.”
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