Chapter 445: 445
If she was to display her true feelings, her belief in herself and her moral superiority would crumble, as her righteous hypocrisy would be dragged into the light!
At least that was Eva's evaluation of the situation .
Amaterasu saw this in a different way . In the Goddess' mind acknowledging her thoughts from back then, would result in her becoming 'corrupted' . Someone who was self-righteous and bigoted like her would never be able to see past their own hypocrisy .
Tsukuyomi, knowing that this was his chance, pushed on . "What are you waiting for? A Supreme Goddess of the Light and Justice should never hesitate! There is nothing dark to be found in you, so why take so long?!"
Amaterasu's hands began to shake as she was pressured into a tough spot . Eva's eyes narrowed as she tsked . "Enough! I didn't come here to help you, Moon God . You've had enough of a break as-is . "
Tsukuyomi looked away with annoyance as he tsked under his breath . Amaterasu, realizing she had been played by her ex-husband, became red with fury and was about to attack him for his insolence, but before she got the chance, Eva raised a hand .
"However, I've come to stop this meaningless fight . "
Both deities looked at Eva with confusion . Eva folded her arms and began explaining in a slow tone, like she was talking to idiots . "I'm not a part of her . I'm an alternate version of Amaterasu . "
"You should know about the Immortal Adventurers, right?" Eva asked .
Both deities nodded . In truth, they had only learned about them recently through Eva's actions, but now it seemed like commonplace knowledge thanks to the implementation of the AI .
"Well, we Immortal Adventurers come from is this world, only more than 500 years in the future . " Eva pseudo-lied with a straight face .
"In my timeline, I'd eventually killed Tsukuyomi after a long, strenuous battle and purged the world of the night for good . This however, did not bring benefit to the world but extreme trauma and horror . "
"Without the night, there was no more balance to the day . All Humans started to focus on being good and purging their evils as well as their chaos . At first, this seemed ideal as the world entered a long era of peace . I only noticed it after a couple of generations that human minds had begun to lose their color due to this extreme order . "
"They had become slower, duller, and less motivated . Eventually, they reached a point where many either committed suicide en masse or just… stopped . They stopped thinking, moving, or doing anything . They just stopped living . "
Tsukuyomi blushed and rubbed the back of his head while looking away, while Amaterasu still wore a totally incredulous expression, like this was the last thing she expected to hear in her life .
"I'm telling you all this to avoid the loss of almost 90% of all human life due to your bigotry and advise you to reconcile . You are a Goddess of the Light and Justice, what purpose do you have to exist if there is no evil for you to vanquish or crimes to judge?"
BOOM!
Eva's simple question blew Amaterasu's mind open, for it was something she had never even considered up to this point . All Eva had said so far had largely passed through one ear and out the next for Amaterasu, so deep was the Goddess into her own play that she was incapable of seeing much of the world around her .
But this line hit home and forced her out, especially when contrasted with Eva's earlier bullshit- *cough* story . Amaterasu silently simulated what would happen if she were to defeat Tsukuyomi and vanquish all evil .
With there being endless light, there would be no purpose for her to exist per se . She would have no motivation to continue, just like the humans who eventually killed themselves, and would also end up with the same fate unless she brought back Tsukuyomi or any form of evil as it were .
It was this realization that made Amaterasu's heart go cold . What a terrible thing that would happen if she continued! As a paragon of virtue and justice, she couldn't let such a thing occur .
Tsukuyomi though, rubbed his chin as his eyes narrowed . He was skeptical about this whole story, but when Eva gazed at him and threw over a 'look', he understood .
Smiling he moved to his ex-wife and spoke in a comforting voice . "My love, you should know I've never meant any evil or harm to you . Think back on our history and tell me whether I've ever directly wronged you or shown you anything but adoration?"
Amaterasu frowned but couldn't reply . Her ex-husband was right, he had actually been very hospitable all their lives, and it was she who had usually been… unreceptive of him .
Realizing this, Amaterasu felt extremely ashamed of herself . Normally, she would scoff at thinking of her own faults, shifting the blame to something else in typical fashion, but with an alternate version of herself here, Amaterasu felt naked .
Especially since this alternate-self came from the future and seemed much more developed and mature . She felt like a child being scrutinized by an adult, which was why Tsukuyomi's words hit harder than usual .
Seeing that his words were super effective, the Moon God approached the Sun Goddess and held her hand . "All I want is for us to return to the way we were . I never wanted to fight you, Amaterasu, only love you . Why won't you allow me to?"
Amaterasu showed visible struggle on her face as she gazed at the handsome deity before her . "In truth, she actually still loved Tsukuyomi, as she obviously would not have married herself to him otherwise, but her nature and her emotions clashed, leading to her nature winning .
Now that battle was revived and her emotions were in an advantageous position, she felt like she had been too harsh with her lover and had not treated him right, even going as far as seeking his death .
Yet according to her alternate future self, even after being revived, he had forgiven her and had chosen to bond afterward . This moved Amaterasu greatly, as women with her personality archetype loved nothing more than a partner who could willingly put up with their shit .
While Tsukuyomi continued to butter up his babe, Eva just folded her arms and shook her head . She had expected the Moon God to follow her cue, not take the reins and gallop away!
Was every pretty boy born with a MAXed out 'fuckboy' skill? Or was Tsukuyomi just styled after Lucifer . The mythological Amaterasu may have been married to Tsukuyomi, but that wasn't the case in reality .
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