"HAVE YOU finished the Bangle, Lord Kyro?" Aku asked the Moon God as soon as he entered his shrine. Elis Ripperton summoned him a while ago and told him that Kyro Nystrom already finished making the bracelet he needed. "That was quite fast even for you."

"It was easy to work using this body," Kyro, who currently possessed Elis Ripperton's body, said. The Moon God stood behind a round marble table where a transparent glass box was seated. Inside the glass box sat a red cushion. And of course, on top of the cushion, a silver Bangle with the symbol of moon was placed carefully. "It wouldn't have been possible for me to finish the job early if it wasn't for him."

"And don't underestimate my darling," Yumi, who know possessed Stella's body, said with a huff. The White Snake was obviously insulted that he questioned her husband's ability. "How dare you even doubt my husband?"

"I apologize if my words offended you, Yumi," he said, then he turned to Kyro. "I'm simply anxious because the Bangle is very important to me, Lord Kyro. It's my only hope to gain control over Kiho and the others again."

"I know that. You're not the only one who needs Kiho to be controlled, Aku Moonchester," Kyro reminded him. "I need my son, too. And that's the only reason why I made sure to finish the Bangle as soo as I got a hold of the materials that I need."

Ah, that made sense.

Kyro needed Kiho's physical body to revive his own after all.

But still, he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong. He didn't know if he was just being anxious to be separated from Nia, or something bad was really about to happen.

"Should we try it?" Kyro asked. Then, before he could even respond, he already picked up the Bange inside the glass box. Then, much to his shock, he wore it around his wrist. "Ah, it fits perfectly."

"I don't like the body you're using right now but I'm certain that it will look good on your real body, darling," Yumi said while looking at Kyro with shining eyes. She could probably see her husband's real face instead of Elis Ripperton's. "I can't wait to see you back in your real body, my dear husband."

The Moon God just smiled at his wife.

To be honest, it felt weird to see Elis Ripperton smile (even though Kyro's soul was inside his body, the one in front of him now was the Blue Dragon).

But it wasn't the strangest thing that he found at the moment.

"Lord Kyro, may I know why you're wearing the Bangle that I asked you to make for me?" he asked firmly. "The Bangle belongs to me."

Kyro, still smiling, turned to him. "Didn't you hear me when I said I was going to try and see if it works first?"

"To whom are you going to test that on?" he confronted the Moon God. This time, his instinct was telling him that he was in danger. "Kyro, don't tell me–"

The Moon God smiled, then he raised a hand. "Halt."

He growled when his body suddenly stopped moving. As soon as he felt Kyro's hostility towards him, he tried to escape. But alas, the Moon God used the Bangle on him. It could only mean one thing. "How dare you use the Bangle to control me," he snarled at the Moon God. "And how did you manage to create a Bangle that can control me? I didn't give you my blood or a piece of my Mana!"

"It doesn't have to be you, Aku Moonchester," Kyro said in an amused tone. "To control a Moonchester, I only need two things: your blood and a piece of your soul."

"What did you do to Nia?!"

"Oh, don't worry. I didn't even touch a strand of your beloved's hair," the Moon God denied. "Her soul isn't a real Moonchester to begin with."

That shocked him.

If it wasn't him or Nia, then where did Kyro get the blood and a piece of a Moonchester's soul in order to have control over him?

"I'm hurt, Brother."

He was startled when Stella, the witch, suddenly spoke and called him "brother."

And he also noticed that Yumi was already "asleep" inside the witch's body. That meant the one talking to him right now was the real Stella.

"'Brother?'" he asked in disgust. "Who gave you the right to call me that way?"

"Well, considering that we were born with the same parents in our previous life, then I guess that gave me the right to call you 'brother,'" Stella said with a creepy smile on her face. "How can you forget the sister that you killed back then? I'm disappointed in you."

The sister that he killed…?

His eyes widened in shock when realization hit her. "Elaine?"

"Thank you for remembering me, Brother," Elaine said, her pink eyes now red and glowing. "I want to be the last face you'd see before you fall into a deep slumber."

Deep slumber…?

He turned to Kyro with a glare. This was frustrating but no matter how much he tried to break free from the binding spell, he just couldn't. Heck, he couldn't even summon his Mana! "What are you planning to do to me?!"

All of a sudden, the fact that he just regained his full power had been rendered useless in front of Kyro. Even without a physical body, the Moon God remained as powerful as ever. He couldn't even lift a finger against a full-pledged god!

"I need a physical vessel," the Moon God said. "Kiho is the perfect choice but since my son is going to a faraway land, I can't use him at the moment. Elis Ripperton has an important job to do so I can't borrow his body for too long. That leaves you alone, Aku Moonchester. You're the only person in the empire who could contain my spirit in your body."

"You should have just told me!"

"Would you let me borrow your body though?"

Of course not.

He knew that Kyro would never return his body again. Especially if the Moon God would use it as a sacrifice to resurrect his own.

Just like what Kyro planned to do to Kiho.

"I won't let you use my body," Aku said with gritted teeth. This time, he was giving everything that he got to release himself from the binding spell. It was working now since he could feel his fingers move on their own. "Kyro, I'll make you regret betraying me."

Kyro just laughed softly at his threat.

"Now, I shall excuse myself. I don't want get dragged into your fight," Stella, rather, Elaine Moonchester said with a mocking smile on her face. "It's nice seeing you again, Brother." She even had the audacity to bow at him. "I hope you're still yourself the next time we see each other because I want to show you my new toys."

***

"TILLY, are you mad at me?"

"No, I'm not," Tilly said, then she turned to Kiho who stood five steps away from her. That was the distance between them that she decided on. "But we have to maintain this distance from now on to avoid getting carried away by our feelings."

And hormones.

"Okay," Kiho said even though he looked like a kicked puppy. "I understand."

They exchanged teasing looks, then laughed at how silly they were.

"Mom, Dad, please," Winter, who just got out of his room with a small sling bag across his body, complained. "Just please try not to embarrass me again, hmm?"

She got down on one knee and showered her baby with kisses on the face. "Mom and Dad are sorry, baby. It won't happen again."

"I will try to hold back," Kiho said in a playful voice.

Obviously, her husband was just messing with their son.

Winter rolled his eyes at his father as a response. "I will make the silver snakes watch you 24/7 if you don't behave, Dad."

She laughed at her son's "threat."

Winter really learned the way I talk.

Their little family moment was interrupted when the three of them felt a strange presence.

Tilly immediately grabbed Winter and carried him in his arms as she stood up. Then, she turned to Kiho worriedly. "It feels like a Moonchester aura."

But it couldn't be Nia since the royal princess had been with them all this time.

"It's not Aku Moonchester," Kiho told her, then he turned to main door. "I have a feeling that it's my sister from my previous life."

***

ELAINE smiled when she saw Nia standing outside the house where she felt the presence of the Supreme and the Black Serpent.

Although she appeared from out of nowhere, the fake royal princess didn't even bat an eye when she saw her. She had watched Nia during her "idle time" in the Plane. The images of the fake royal princess that she had seen back then didn't do her justice.

Nia is more beautiful up-close.

And the fake royal princess was still a beauty even with a blank look on her face.

"Greetings, Nia," Elaine greeted the fake royal princess. She really called her by her first name casually on purpose. After all, Nia was neither a Moonchester nor a princess. Calling her by her name alone was enough. "Do you know me?"

"You released an aura that only a Moonchester could possess," Nia answered calmly. It looked like she didn't care even though she just called her rudely. When did the fake royal princess become an iron lady? "Do you want me to praise you for being born a Moonchester?"

She laughed at Nia's sarcasm…

… then she slapped the fake royal princess hard on the face. It seemed like Nia didn't expect that because she looked so shocked when she turned to her.

"Ah, that felt good," Elaine said with a soft laugh. "I've always wanted to meet the wench that Brother Auro killed me for."

Nia looked at her with cold eyes, her shadow now starting to change into a weird shape. "Do you want to die again, Elaine Moonchester?"

Ah, so the fake royal princess knew who she was.

This is going to be fun then.

"Stop, you two."

She immediately turned around when she heard the deep, husky voice that became familiar to her through other people's memories.

And she was right.

She smiled when she saw the Black Serpent standing by the door. The Supreme and the little Moon Serpent were behind her brother. But she didn't care about the two.

"Brother Kalel," Elaine called her brother excitedly, then she ran towards him. Since she had no hostility or bloodlust towards the Black Serpent, he didn't move to attack her. But he seemed surprise when she suddenly hugged him. After she wrapped her arms around her big brother's waist, she looked up at him with teary eyes. "I finally got to meet you, Big Brother."

Kiho Nystrom looked confused. It looked like his guard was up, but she also saw a look of pity on her big brother's eyes.

"You."

She felt shivers down her spine when she heard the Supreme's cold voice. When she turned to her, she saw Tilly Nystrom giving her a sharp glare. Even her son, the little Moon Serpent, was looking at her like he wanted to tear her away from his father.

How possessive!

"You never met Kiho in your previous life for you to act that way," the Supreme said in a cold tone. "What are you scheming, Elaine Moonchester?"

Ah, so this side already knew who she really was.

Is it because of the people stalking me recently?

"I'm not scheming," Elaine said in a childish tone that she often used on Auro in the past. "I just want to greet my big brother."

"I'm giving you five seconds to get away from my husband before I burn you down," Tilly Nystrom warned her. "Five, four– one!"

Her eyes widened in shock when all of a sudden, a strong force literally "peeled" her away from the Black Serpent. The next thing she knew, she was already being burned alive by the Supreme's hot and unforgiving Black Flame.

"You lunatic wench!" Elaine screamed while trying to use her Mana to put out the Black Flame. "Don't you know how to count properly?!"

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