Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

That's the truth. Kama accompanied Gavia to fish here more than once, but they always came back empty-handed, as if they were just there to sunbathe.

"This... I want to show you, Kama, that I'm working really hard?"

"Heh, why not enjoy the scenery here? It's much more interesting than fishing."

Despite what Kama said, Eros's gaze did not linger on the surrounding scenery.

Kama stared intently at Gavia, who was fishing with her back to him. Her long, flowing silver hair, which was always so soft and flowing, was right in front of him. Kama longed to touch the hair that he knew so well, but he resisted the urge.

"Kama, you don't eat fish either, do you? But to be honest, you only eat fruit..."

"Of course not! Is there any animal with genitalia that you don't recognize? How am I supposed to eat this?!"

"But you didn't eat it before, did you?"

"That's because I was too busy and didn't have much time. I just finished my work and went to sleep... It's a bit better now."

"It seems my efforts have paid off."

Upon hearing this, Kama felt he was being treated like a child. Although this had happened more than once or twice, he still said somewhat unhappily:

"I just want to train you. You are still far from being a proper Cupid. I have been doing it for hundreds of thousands of years, while you have only been doing it for a few decades. The gap between you and me is too big. This is a warning from your elders. You should listen carefully. I am the Cupid who raised you."

"I know, but you just want to be lazy, don't you?"

"What? How dare you talk like that? I don't recall ever teaching you to be so disrespectful to your parents..."

"I just wanted to see how hard you try, Kama, since I haven't seen it often."

The conversation between the two was filled with warmth, and it must have seemed very cozy to onlookers, even though they were the only two people there.

"...Tsk, damn it, have you forgotten how I had to borrow milk from all over the place to feed you? You really don't understand respect for elders—"

Just as Kama was about to say something, Eros suddenly noticed that Gavia's buoy had suddenly sank. Kama's heart tightened, and he quickly shouted:

"They've taken the bait! Pull harder! Pull harder!"

For some reason, Kama, who was watching from the sidelines, was more excited than Gavia, who was fishing.

At the same time, Gavia skillfully adjusted her strength and angle. After all, although she could use superhuman strength to catch the fish directly, wouldn't that take away some of the fun? Therefore, Gavia limited her strength to that of an ordinary person and struggled with the hooked fish.

The little fish struggled in the water, sometimes darting left, sometimes right, trying to break free from this sudden confinement.

Gavia remained as steady as a mountain. He and Kama kept a close eye on the changes in the float and fishing line, sometimes lifting the rod forcefully, sometimes letting the line out gently, allowing the small fish to gradually lose its resistance as it grew tired.

Finally, Gavia gently pulled the small fish out of the water. It was a silvery-white carp, shimmering brilliantly in the sunlight.

"not bad."

Kama stood with his hands on his hips, a smile on his face, and said with immense pride.

They looked like incredibly proud parents who had accomplished something amazing.

"So you can only catch fish when I'm around, huh—"

While Kama was still feeling smug, he saw Gavia gently stroking the small fish's scales and slowly releasing it back into the river.

The small fish that returned to the river swayed their tails in the water as if to thank him, and then quickly swam to the depths.

"What are you doing! How could you just let it go like that? It's such a waste... Ugh, what a waste of time..."

Cupid was somewhat displeased, but unlike before, he did not show strong annoyance.

"After all, this is your world, Kama."

"……What's the meaning?"

Turning around, I saw that Gavia's blue eyes possessed an incredible charm, captivating my soul.

"In other words, because it is your world, Kama, I will treat it well."

"..."

Kama tried his best not to think about those words, but the blush on his face was hard to hide.

At that very moment, the entire Three Realms were plunged into darkness.

At that moment, the sound of drums rang out from somewhere, creating an atmosphere of terror.

boom! boom! boom!

The piercing sound grew louder and louder.

That was the coming of destruction.

Whether gods, asuras, or humans, they all saw the entire earth begin to shake and lava volcanoes erupt.

In the universe, countless planets trembled, broke free from their orbits, and began to collide with each other.

A great flood also swept through the human realm.

At that very moment, time stood still in Gavia's realm; this was Brahma's power.

According to Hindu mythology, Basmasur, who was blessed by Shiva with the power to turn anyone whose palm he pointed at into ashes, was lusting after Parvati's beauty and thus attempted to turn Shiva into ashes. Brahma, however, froze his time, placing him in a state of being "not in Shiva's presence." Vishnu then transformed into Mosini and taught him to dance, taking the opportunity to make Basmasur point his palm at himself, thus turning him into ashes.

Gavia, understanding this, quietly observed Brahma, who had rushed over, and said:

"Is it because of Andoka?"

"Yes, Shiva tried to persuade Anthaka to turn back from the dead, but to no avail. In fact, it even made Anthaka want to kill everything. As a result, the gods were furious and decided to kill Anthaka before the blessing was lifted."

Brahma said with a worried expression.

He truly didn't want to start the next cycle like this, but he also felt that Antoga's blessing was really hard to break. A genuine pursuit of light? What could he do? Even the Great Heaven couldn't help him… But even if the Great Heaven were to destroy the world like this, Antoga still wouldn't be able to solve the next cycle, and it would all start again…

But now that things had come to this, Brahma felt that he could only rely on Gavia, even if he had been reincarnated, he should still have a way.

However, it is strange to Brahma. Logically speaking, reincarnations or incarnations like Kavia should not have memories. For example, the incarnation Rama, whom Vishnu has entered into, has no memories of being Vishnu. He is like a separate individual who will return to his origin after his lira ends.

However, Gavia's reincarnation clearly possessed memories...

Brahma thought that perhaps some strange change had occurred in the Himalayas to prevent Kama from being burned to ashes.

But Brahma thought it was good that it existed, otherwise, if it didn't, there would be no way to stop Shiva now.

"That's it..."

Gavia smiled quietly, "Well, in fact, Anthaka's blessing has already been broken, but he himself has not yet realized it... Come, Brahma, take me there."

As he spoke, a golden light flashed across Gavia's body, and he vanished from the spot.

Until he disappeared, Kama, whose time was frozen, never for a moment took his gaze off his retreating figure.

The river, like a mirror, reflects a scene unlike anything seen in the apocalypse, with countless stars shining brightly.

……

"You've gone a bit too far, Shiva."

The arriving Gavia urgently used the power of the Himalayas to stop Shiva from killing Anthaka.

The surrounding sea of ​​flowers is just like the scene in the Himalayas back then. This is the Himalayas' love for its owner, and it is also the embodiment of the concept of the reincarnated being equivalent to the 'God of Spring'. The Himalayas' winter and the current spring have occupied two of the four seasons.

“Gavia, Antoga must die. His darkness is beyond redemption. Whether it was his anger towards me, the evil thoughts that arose, or even his murderous intent towards you, he can only atone with his death, so that all things that give rise to darkness may know the price of this darkness.”

Shiva, holding a trident, responded calmly to Gavial, whose voice still betrayed his anger.

"wrong."

Gavia shook his head. "Shiva, you understand. This is a dark age, not just now, but it will be even darker in the future. Anthaka is only like this because he lives in this era."

If Anthaka had been in a state of perfection, the Asuras who were with him would not have been able to humiliate him in that way, and he would not have become the 'Child of Darkness' in the first place. He might have become another Water Guardian. However, the changes of the times would affect everyone except the gods of the realm of appearance, which is something that cannot be helped.

"We never judge whether an action is right or wrong; we only judge it based on the result of the action."

Shiva's trident was once again aimed at the trembling Anthaka. "You understand, even so, Anthaka has already figured out the way."

"No, there is a way, Shiva."

With that, Gavia turned and walked toward Antoga, who was curled up on the ground. He squatted down and looked at Antoga.

Antoka remained motionless. Was she unconscious? However, some sounds could be heard, more like groans than breathing, or perhaps crying, as if she were sobbing.

Gavia touched Antoga's face, just as Antoga had touched him years ago.

Immediately afterwards, Antoga made a sniffling sound.

"No, I had no intention of killing you... It's impossible, I couldn't have done that... Moya..."

"I know."

"But why did I have that thought for such a moment? I, I, I'm so disgusting..."

"maybe."

"In that case, let me die."

"Then what about you, Antoka? Aren't we friends?"

“Anthaka doesn’t think so.”

"That's exactly what I think!"

"that is your freedom."

"Shut up! Do you think I can't do anything without you? Antoga is powerful, Antoga is amazing, Antoga is amazing on his own..."

“I don’t think at all that you, Antokha, can’t do anything without me.”

Then Gavia continued.

“I heard Brahma say that the blessing you prayed for, Anthaka, is ‘the day I truly pursue the light will be my death day,’ right? I know that you, Anthaka, are afraid of the blurry figure of Shiva in the light. Actually, there is no need to be afraid, but because you were born from Parvati’s sweat, you are afraid.”

Antoka did not speak, but listened quietly.

“Father and Mother, no matter what, would never ignore their child, right? Andoka, every time you see Shiva in the light, doesn’t that mean he’s always with you?”

"...But, clearly only Moya is with me..."

“That’s right, that’s how it is. So, Antoka, you have actually been pursuing the light all along. It’s just that in your heart, my existence is the light in your darkness, so there’s no need to pursue anything else. And it’s because you hate the darkness and hate yourself that you want to destroy everything.”

The silver-haired man remarked with emotion.

This sentence also has another meaning.

It is wrong to use these reasons to destroy everything. The reason why we cannot tolerate it and want to destroy everything because of endless tragedy is because we yearn for happiness from the bottom of our hearts.

Gavia remembered saying this to a twisted savior.

“Anthaka, you were born of Shiva’s wrath and Parvati’s sweat. You should not be angry with Shiva, but with me, for I am the child of Kama, the god of love.”

"……what?"

Anthoga looked incredulous at Gavia's apology.

Shiva seemed about to say something, but Gavial gently shook his head, so he didn't say anything more.

“Back then, Kama, the god of love, who was also my parents, was invited by Indra, the king of gods, to make them fall in love. However, Shiva, in his meditation, subconsciously became angry at Kama, who was trying to attack him. Seeing this, Parvati tried to stop him with her hands, and that's how you, Anthaka, came to be. In other words—”

Gavia used his right hand to untie the red cloth covering Anthaka's eyes.

“You should be angry at Kama instead. As a child, it is only natural for me to take on this responsibility. It is normal for you to suddenly want to kill me.”

Water-bearer was born from Shiva's anger toward Indra, and Anthaka was born from Shiva's anger toward Kama who disturbed his meditation.

The former, Gavia, was always taking care of her when she was the god of divination, while the latter's anger was directed at Kama. As the parents of her reincarnated self, the god of love's protection was reasonable. No one was wrong. If one had to say, only this era was wrong. The era ushered in 'darkness' and chose Anthaka as the place where 'darkness' arrived.

Anthaka fell silent, realizing that the reason for his birth was Shiva's anger towards Kama, a member of the 'Moya' family.

In other words, the only target to be killed is Kama. Even though he erred out of ignorance, his sins cannot be absolved, is that right? A sin is a sin?

Antoka felt he couldn't do it, how could he do it, it was impossible.

When I was a child, I was bullied and felt lonely. To heal this loneliness and sorrow, I could only sit alone by the sea and listen to the sound of the waves.

Later, after meeting Moya, everything got much better. Even when he secretly went to the beach and hugged his knees because of his twisted mentality, Moya would still find him, stay by his side, and comfort him.

So, killing Kama, who was like family to Moa, and harming the family of someone who was good to him?

There are people I don't want to lose.

So, in an instant, Antoga covered his face.

"...I can't do it, and it's impossible for me to do it."

"Let's change the subject. I didn't even say I had any feelings for Parvati, so why did you insist on stealing her?"

To Gavial, Parvati was practically an adopted daughter, and he had witnessed her wedding to Shiva several times; how could he possibly be interested in her...?