Kingu: I Have a Father Now? (Continued)

Have you eaten? Originally, no, but after drinking an unknown amount of the Sea of Life, Rovey felt that he couldn't eat normal food for a while.

Because the food might be revived by the Sea of Life inside the stomach as soon as it enters.

As for losing weight? After swimming freestyle in the ocean for so long, even if you haven't mastered the explosive punch, it's definitely a form of fitness training. How could you not lose weight?

And although I really want to go to your place, but...

"Can you give me a chance first?!"

Looking at the black waves rushing towards him again, Rovey sighed helplessly, then swam towards them at an even faster speed. Compared to the situation at the beginning when he was about to be swept away by the waves, his current situation was clearly different.

His own regenerative abilities were already strong enough, and now, with his wounds constantly being soaked in the Sea of Life, plus what he drank, his regenerative abilities have made a certain leap forward. Although it cannot compare to Tiamat's immortality, his physical body has indeed become stronger.

Similarly, during this time, his communication with Tiamat became closer, and he sensed more affection from her.

He had only one feeling—contradiction, so much contradiction, contradictions in every aspect.

Even Rovey couldn't quite understand this contradictory and complex emotion. Deep down, Tiamat wanted to kill all humanity on Earth, intending to return the world to its original state, yet she also desperately tried to prevent her own awakening and the world from being devoured. She resented and grieved over the children's betrayal, but also hoped they could break free from her constraints, grow up strong, and live happily ever after.

Guided and called by Goetia, Tiamat, as Evils of Humanity and the Beast II, began to unleash the hidden impulses within her body. The most primal impulse was "Return"—to make Tiamat uncontrollably return to the earth, wanting to restart everything, to devour and transform all life in this world, turning it back into her child, returning to the origin, and starting a new cycle of creation. This was her instinct.

However, although instinct is hard to resist, her inner reason and maternal instinct still love her children, even if these children rebel against her, kill her, or even dismember her, she still loves these children and hopes to watch over them.

Even though she knew long ago that she was not recognized, needed, or accepted, and even though she was helpless, as a mother, there would inevitably come a day when she would let go.

"Goetia, you've done so many terrible things..."

After personally understanding everything, Rovey couldn't help but sigh.

Tiamat never thought of returning, not even when she was suffering or lonely. For her, the happiness of her children outweighed everything else in life.

However, the First Beast, Goetia, forcibly awakened the sleeping Tiamat through her own means and bewitched her child, making Kingu, who did not understand his mother's true intentions, believe that his mother wanted to return and take revenge on these treacherous humans, which led to all these tragedies.

It can be said that it was Goetia, who had committed countless evil deeds, who caused all this tragedy.

When I first played through the story, I was only focused on humanity's resolve and King Hassan and the C-rank King Gilgamesh. Even though I could vaguely sense that Tiamat was holding back, I still couldn't grasp the emotions and inner world she evoked. All I felt was fighting for Uruk's revenge, seeing her as a monster that had to be defeated. However, after personally experiencing Tiamat's life in the primordial ocean of life, Rovey realized that there was no pure good or evil, only clashes between stances, factions, beliefs, and ideals. It's just that humanity currently lacks the capacity to accept this mother figure.

That dead pigeon has really created a huge problem for itself.

This is a test, a test, this test is way too much.

For Tiamat, salvation was not about putting her back down, but about letting her walk among humans again. But... was that really something she could do?

This is the Creator God! How could I possibly solve such a problem with my current level? I might as well give the Holy Spirit a try. As for the reshaping of the Primal Mother, what right do I, the Holy Primal Mother, have to lay a hand on her?

Are we going to let her go out and walk around?

But that would be an irreversible disaster for all of humanity.

She is the Beast II who loves humanity and destroys humanity, a mother who is Human Order by everyone.

The gods have failed her; humanity is incapable of bearing her feelings and love.

Just as a child who has made a mistake and betrayed his mother will inevitably feel pain and shame afterward, after sealing Tiamat, no god dared to use this method to open their heart and get close to this hurt mother. Therefore, they could not feel Tiamat's true feelings and love. As for humans, because the difference in their life levels was too great, they were completely unable to take the initiative to approach this mother.

He was brought here not just by Tiamat's guidance, but more by fate. It was meant to make him understand Tiamat's feelings, comprehend the truth, and then act from the bottom of his heart. After all, salvation is relative: saving humanity, saving his mother, saving the world, and understanding is the first step in that process.

"The wounds on my body have healed, and the Sea of Life has not changed at all. It seems that I have reached my limit... This method can only achieve this effect."

The good news is that Tiamat is indeed much more lucid than before, and her behavior is more like that of a human than Demonic Beast. It seems that communication between them can be mutually transformative. At least she finally understands how uncomfortable it was to be tossed around by the waves. She's not some happy little sea tiger with no attachment to the ocean. And then— Tiamat is so cute!!

Okay, enough with the random thoughts. Now I should think about what I can do and how I should do it.

These are the most important things.

Rovey swam out of the sea. After soaking in the Sea of Life for who knows how long, he felt much stronger. At the same time, he began to think about whether there was a way to truly save without killing. Tiamat, seeing that he was no longer approaching her, couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. She tilted her head to express her confusion.

The action is so cute, it's almost unfair...

If it weren't for the fact that Rovey still needed to think about how to properly solve the problem, he could have stayed here with Tiamat for a long time without getting tired of each other.

Although I really wanted to communicate with her face-to-face, the size difference was still too much of a problem. Whenever Tiamat opened her mouth, it was like a small boat drifting on the waves. But if we communicated with the Voice of Heaven, it would be like Sun Wukong listening to the Tightening Spell – it was just too painful.

However, some things are hard to understand without face-to-face communication, especially after feeling the other person's emotions. So, Rovey gritted his teeth and decided to directly activate the Voice of Heaven to listen to Tiamat's heartfelt performance. However, this time the situation was a bit different from before.

Tiamat's arms, bound by chains, were slightly raised and began to swing awkwardly.

Then the entire ocean of life began to churn at a visible speed, and the visible red color in the ocean was precisely extracted, like ribbons of wine-red liquid being drawn and gathered in Tiamat's palm to begin to condense.

"This is... my blood?"

Seeing the condensed blood, Rovey knew without a doubt what it was. Wasn't this the blood he had released into the Sea of Life? At this moment, the wine-red liquid flowing from his body was gathering in Tiamat's palm, and then—shaping?

The clumps of blood began to tremble before Tiamat's eyes, and soon formed a blurry, petite human figure in the final stage, which then jumped up from Tiamat's palm without hesitation.

--thump!!

Then the giant Tiamat behind him began to wave slightly at him, mimicking the human gestures he had learned from Rovey's memories.

Although I was curious about who that petite figure was who had just jumped down, the gigantic Tiamat is definitely more understanding and adorable...

Rovey's heart was filled with turmoil. If he could, he really wanted to feed Tiamat the Holy Grail right now!

So he began to politely wave in response, and the enormous Tiamat seemed somewhat pleased as she slowly opened her lips once more:

"Not good!!"

This was Rovey Wei's first thought, and then—

"AaaaAaaaaAAaaa~~"

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

'As expected, I'm still a happy little sea tiger.'

Despite his already formidable strength, Rovey still couldn't do anything to Tiamat, and this was his lament before being washed ashore.

Cough cough, where have I been swept away to? Somewhere on the other side of the Sea of Life? This is really...

"This is terrible..."

Drenched, Rovey opened his eyes, staring blankly at the sky above, though all he could see was a deathly darkness.

"Great, after all this trouble, while it's not like we've come up empty-handed, we still haven't found a way out. Am I going to have to wait until the very last minute to get out with Tiamat?"

Sighing, Rovey rubbed his head and prepared to get up, but as soon as he raised his head, he felt something soft and warm covering his forehead.

'This is?!'

This feeling, this warmth... ahhh, this is undoubtedly the taste of mother's love...

"Ah... yes, what has suddenly blinded my wise eyes?"

"Aaaa?"

A familiar and pleasant voice rang in my ears, but this time, because the size difference wasn't so great, I wasn't blown away. Instead, it made me feel comfortable.

"This is..."

Realizing he had been tackled by Tiamat, Rovey didn't rush to get up. Instead, he relaxed and lay back down, starting to think about the situation.

The scent of my mother, the scent of myself... um, the scent of my own blood.

It seems Tiamat created a psychic medium for herself using her own blood?

That should be it.

If one were to create a spirit medium out of thin air using only the seawater from the Sea of Life, it would be very likely that the beastly side within one's body would regain control of one's reason. However, this would not be the case if one used the Blood of the Son. Given the right materials, it would indeed be easy for the Mother of Creation to create a Spirit Origin.

No wonder it felt so familiar; it even smelled like my mother's scent. After all, that's the feeling of being connected by blood.

A mother who was originally unrelated to me has suddenly become my blood-related mother, and in fact, I was the one who came before her... So what kind of bizarre logic and situation is this? From a physiological point of view, this is undoubtedly an extremely strange situation.

However, this is fine too, at least I don't have to continue being a happy little sea tiger swimming freely in the ocean.

Let's take a break first.

After struggling for so long, seeing the results of his efforts, a somewhat exhausted Rovey closed his eyes in Tiamat's arms.

"Aaaa..."

Tiamat didn't say anything, but gently stroked Rovey's face and hair, patiently accompanying him as he gently fell asleep, enjoying the only warmth and companionship he had experienced in all these long years.

Because they had shared their memories, while Rovey understood her, she, as his mother, also saw through Rovey's life and inner world, and knew his weariness and his desire to help her.

During this process, they have come to understand each other.

The Sea of Life exists within a sealed Imaginary Space, where there is no concept of time, or even a clear sense of space; the boundless surroundings consist only of static darkness and dynamic darkness.

Rovey had no idea how long he had been there. All he knew was that he had been swimming in the Sea of Life for a long time, then had taken a nap, and now Tiamat was right beside him, trying to suffocate him with that enormous human heart, the symbol of life.

'No dreams, no apocalypse, no strange beings entering, and no being dragged into the prison tower—did I really just have a peaceful sleep?'

"What a rare rest..."

Rovey stretched, looked up at Tiamat's concerned face, and smiled slightly.

"Anyway, thank you, Tiamat. It's been so long since I've slept so soundly and peacefully."

Rovey expressing his gratitude, Lowe rose from the warm embrace and stood on the shore again, looking out at the boundless black ocean. In the distance, Tiamat's enormous body still stood silently in the very center of the ocean, without any movement, like a sleeping giant statue, or as if it were trapped in some deep dream.

Clearly, she had successfully transferred her consciousness into this body, and now the Sea of Life and her voice would no longer harm Rovey.

"Aaaa, Aaaaa."

On the shore, Tiamat sang simple notes as she reached out her hand and awkwardly stroked Rovey's head, her eyes filled with care and affection.

"Are you feeling guilty for using so much of my blood? Are you worried that something might happen to me? It's alright, it's alright, I won't die so easily."

Rovey, who possesses the Voice of Heaven, can understand the meaning of Tiamat's words, and immediately responds to the mother's words, realizing that she is worried about him.

"Aaaaa, aaaa".

Upon hearing Rovey's answer, Tiamat nodded in relief, while Rovey sighed and continued to gaze at the enormous body sealed in the center of the ocean.

Although he has no concept of time, he must have been here for some time now, right?

How many Tokiomi? Or how many days? A month? Or even longer?

In this place where time is distorted, anything is possible.

But what worries him most is what he should do.

Thanks to Goetia and Kingu's efforts, Tiamat's return is a foregone conclusion. Even if she herself is unwilling to be resurrected, there is no way to change this outcome now.

Therefore, the people of this era must defeat Tiamat, kill her, or reseal her.

This is undoubtedly reasonable and correct for humanity and the world, but he is unwilling to do it in his heart.

It makes sense for humans, but it doesn't make sense for mothers, and it's even more incorrect.

She had already been hurt countless years ago, but she still loved her child. To make Tiamat experience that pain again is truly too cruel.

But what should he do?

Betray humanity and side with Tiamat?

No, that's definitely impossible.

Similarly, this is definitely not something Tiamat wants to see.

But to kill her, really—

It's equally difficult to do, especially for Rovey, who has already become an confidant of each other.

It's so painful, so agonizing...

How can we achieve perfection? Is there really a way to have a happy ending for both parties?

"Father, please help me this once, I'm begging you, please save Tiamat, okay? If it's you, you must have the ability, right?"

Rovey closed his eyes and used the Voice of Heaven to convey his request to a supreme being.

"—In the name of the Son, I make a request to the Holy Father and the Holy Spirit, hoping for a response."

This time, he was not as unruly as before, but for the first time humbled himself and took the initiative to plead with the heavens.

Although he might face difficulties and lose face by doing so, he would not put face and self-esteem above anything else. If his reputation could bring him a good outcome, he would not hesitate to sacrifice it.

Only--

It seems that the Holy Spirit had already anticipated that Rovey would do this, or perhaps it was worried that he would be unable to resist asking for help, so the Holy Spirit cut off the [Voice of Heaven] in advance, fundamentally eliminating the possibility of Rovey asking him to take action, leaving the outcome entirely to Luo Wei's own choice.

"Aaaaa..."

Clearly, his request was not conveyed to the Holy Spirit, but rather to Tiamat.