"STOP screaming," Tilly said to Elaine Moonchester (also known as Stella) when Winter's illusion finally lost its effect. Yes, she didn't really burn the true princess. She and her youngest son just played a cruel trick on Elain Moonchester to peel her away from Kiho. "You can't even tell illusion from reality and yet, you have the audacity to touch my man?"

Elaine Moonchester finally calmed down when the effect of Winter's illusion finally ended. She immediately looked at her arms, then she touched her face. She let out a relieved sigh when she realized that she wasn't burnt. After realizing that she was played on, she glared at her. "Just what did I do wrong for you to attack me like that? I mean no harm to my brother!"

"Didn't you hear what I said earlier?" she asked in a cold voice. "You're not close enough to Kiho for you to hug him so affectionately."

The true princess smirked at her. "What? Don't tell me you're jealous of me, "sister-in-law?""

"Don't be too arrogant. You're not relevant to Kiho for me to get jealous of you," she said with a soft laugh that obviously offended the other woman. "I just don't trust anyone with Moonchester blood in them."

The true princess looked like she suddenly wanted to cry.

She rolled her eyes. Is she a crybaby or something?

"What are you doing here, Elaine Moonchester?" Kiho asked in his usual indifferent voice. "Did Aku Moonchester send you after me?"

"I'm not working with Brother Aku," Elaine Moonchester said while shaking her head firmly. "Brother Kiho, I just really want to meet you."

When she turned to her husband, she saw that his face softened up a bit.

She didn't like Elaine Moonchester because she could never trust a Moonchester. But come to think of it, she didn't do anything wrong to them in their previous life. In fact, they never even met her since Auro Moonchester killed Elaine Moonchester in the past.

But still, I can't let my guard down.

"Truth be told, I don't know what to do now that you're standing in front of me," Kiho said, his voice more gentle now. "But let me apologize to you first, Elaine. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to protect you in our previous lives."

The true princess became teary-eyed. "Brother, does it mean you're going to protect me this time?"

"No," Kiho said bluntly. "Not unless you prove to me that you're not an enemy."

Tilly suddenly felt bad for Elaine Moonchester when she saw how shocked and devastated the true princess was by Kiho's bluntness.

Gosh, my husband can really be savage most of the time.

"Brother, I already told you that I'm no harm to you…"

"I heard that," Kiho said. "But I didn't hear you say that you're not a threat to my family."

Elaine Moonchester suddenly fell silent.

"I won't protect people who intend to hurt my family," Kiho said coldly. "It doesn't matter to me even if we were related in our past lives. After all, my wife and I decided that we will live in the present and not in the past."

Awww…

Tilly just fell in love with her husband all over again.

Even Winter looked satisfied by what his father said.

"Are you done talking now?"

It was Nia Moonchester.

Everyone turned to her when she spoke– including Elaine Moonchester.

And as soon as the true princess turned around to face Nia, the latter slapped Elaine Moonchester on the face hard.

It was so hard that the true princess fell on the ground.

"That's payback for slapping me a while ago," Nia said coldly while looking at Elaine Moonchester with glowing red eyes. "You're not on my level so know your place, wench."

Kiho, thankfully, didn't move to meddle in the fight.

After all, both Nia and Elaine Moonchester were their enemies. She was glad to know that her husband wasn't getting emotional just because the true princess was the sister that he unintentionally neglected in the past.

And that sister-in-law of hers was now on the verge of crying because of a slap.

"Gosh, Nia. You made her cry," Tilly commented while shaking her head. "You have a nasty temper."

Nia just rolled her eyes.

"Mom, I don't think you should be saying that," Winter "scolded" her lightly. "You're the one with the worst temper here."

Kiho stifled laughter at their son's playful remark.

Once again, just like a while ago, their family bonding was interrupted because of a strange happening.

When Elaine Moonchester sobbed loudly, she was suddenly engulfed with a blinding light.

Great. What now?

***

AKU coughed blood.

His Mana was almost depleted and yet, he still wasn't able to break free from the Bangle's control. That made him wonder about one thing.

"Did you only create the Bangle to control me?" Aku, who knelt on the floor while clutching his stomach, snarled at Kyro who still dwelled inside Elis Ripperton's body. Elaine Moonchester already left so only the two of them were in the shrine. "Is controlling me more important than controlling the Supreme and the Ancient Beasts?!"

"No, but I had no choice," Kyro said, then he squatted down to meet his eye level. "The "Black Flame" that you brought me disappeared as soon as I opened the vial."

His brows furrowed in confusion. "Nia was the one who gave me the vial where the flame was kept. And I also confirmed that it was indeed the Black Flame. Are you trying to turn me into a liar?"

"The Black Flame is alive, Aku Moonchester," the Moon God reminded him. "It doesn't have a proper master, but it's quite fond of the Supreme. Didn't you notice it? Even if the Black Flame was "stolen" by the Supreme's spirit guardian, that lowly woman wasn't able to use the flame properly. Instead, that wench was the one who was controlled by the Black Flame all this time."

"Are you saying that the Black Flame just disappeared because it knew that you're going to use it against the Supreme?"

"I wouldn't go that far," the god said. "Let's just say that now that the Supreme has gotten back the Black Flame, she will absorb back every piece of it wherever it goes. That's how well her soul resonates with the Black Flame. Didn't you know that, Aku Moonchester?"

He didn't pay attention to the Black Flame before because when he made an enemy out of the Supreme, she was already using Lord Wixx's red flame and not her own.

The only true enemy that he had back then was the Moon Serpent and not the Supreme. And most of all, he made Kalel Nystrom deal with his wife back then so he wouldn't have to. He thought the Supreme wouldn't be a problem to him.

"Because the Black Flame wasn't present, I thought of replacing it with your sister's blood and soul instead," Kyro continued. "Elaine Moonchester doesn't care even if she gets control by the Bangle. She just wants to have her revenge against you."

Aku glared at Kyro because that was the only thing that he could do at the moment. "What do you plan to do to me?"

Kyro grabbed his face roughly until he was forced to open his mouth. "I already told you," he said while he was literally pulling out his soul from his body with his other hand. "Your body is now my vessel, Aku Moonchester."

***

TILLY was shocked while looking up at Elaine Moonchester's unconscious body floating in front of them right now.

But it wasn't that thing that shocked them, to be honest.

Behind Elaine Moonchester was a huge steel gate. It was a bit open, and she could see two long and pale arms slowly wrapping themselves around the true princess's body.

Despite looking strange, she didn't feel any hostility from it.

Kiho, Winter, and even Nia were as calm as her while watching the scene above them unfold. Like her, the three also didn't feel like their lives were in danger.

Tilly turned to her son who was still in her arms. Kiho, of course, stood in front of them as soon as Elaine Moonchester acted strangely a while ago. "Winter, can you feel it, too?"

Winter nodded, then he slowly turned to her. "Mom, that gate is overflowing with divine energy."

"That's right, son," she said, then she looked up at the gate again. "Kiho, do you know where that gate leads to?"

Kiho may have not ascended to the heavens in the past.

But he was still a full-fledged god. He was more knowledgeable than her when it comes to things related to the heavens.

Although she had to say that the gate felt familiar to her for some reason.

"This is the first time that I've seen that gate," Kiho said, then he turned to her. "But for some reason, it feels very familyar to me."

"Oh," she said, surprised that Kiho felt that way as well. "It's strange, isn't it?"

"Mom, Dad, look!"

Both she and Kiho looked up once again.

Ah, the gate was completely now and the arms around Elaine Moonchester were already pulling her inside. None of them moved because for some reason, the divine energy was making them feel too relaxed. Upon realizing that, she suddenly felt restless.

It's making us too lax!

She was about to tell Kiho to put his guard up when all of a sudden, another portal opened up in the air. This time, she saw familiar faces.

Saint Forrester, Solenn, and her son Julian were flying fast towards the gate.

Towards the gate?!

"Julian!" both she and Kiho yelled while Winter called his brother in a voice as terrified as them.

Saint Forrester and Solenn also turned to them.

But their attention was focused on Julian, of course.

Plus, the saint and the young princess disappeared right away when they entered the gate that seemed to have absorbed them in.

"Mother, Fathe, Winter, I'll be fine," Julian said with a smile, then he touched the strange and divine energy inside the gate. Just like what happened to Saint Forrester and Solenn a while ago, their son was also absorbed by the strange energy. "Take care of yourselves."

And when the gate closed, it vanished immediately.

No!

"Julian…" Tilly whispered to herself in a worried voice. "If they entered the gate, it only means one thing…"

Kiho nodded, his eyes filled with worry just like her and Winter. "It must be the gate that leads to the Plane."

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