Chapter 22: Epilogue

It's been 80 years since Carol and Hagon got married. This day, 80 years ago, was the real start of their life. Now, Hagon's great-grandson is the King.

The two have taught their six children all the best things in life. Carol gave birth to three boys, but she and Hagon wanted a girl in their family, so she got pregnant again and gave birth to twin girls.

Ashton met his mate during his college days and took over as King when he was 25, after spending a little bit more time with his mate traveling with her alone. He proved himself as a great king—the same way Hagon's grandson and great-grandson later proved themselves.

Hagon and Carol are happy with their lives and their children. Today is their 80th wedding anniversary, and their children want to celebrate, so there is a party, and lots of leaders and business people are invited.

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In god's realm…

Alder, the old King who was forgiven by the current moon goddess, is standing behind his mate and watching his heirs ruling the supernatural people with grace and honor. Even though he was forgiven and reunited with his mate, Celine, he is still ashamed about what he did.

"Alder, do you see? The couple is ready to take the positions of god and goddess. Their time in the world is over, so we can hand over our jobs to them and become free. We can travel and roam around. We can do whatever we could not do during our mortal lives," Celine says happily like a little child. This makes Alder feel guilty. He is the one who took away the life she desired from her, so now, he is going to make up for that during his immortal life with her.

Then, they see Hagon and Carol go to bed. This is the couple's last day in the mortal world. At midnight, they will separate from their bodies and join the Alder and Celine in god's realm, the start of their immortal lives.

Together, Hagon and Carol take their last breaths. Still holding hands, they travel to the other world, as in love with each other as the first day they met. They enter a place that has only two colors: white and gold. No other colors can be seen. They, too, are wearing white clothes and golden crowns, and they look young again.

They meet a beautiful lady and a handsome man who is dressed like them. The other couple greets Carol and Hagon, welcoming them to god's realm. They introduce themselves as Alder and Celine, their ancestors, and Carol and Hagon are happy to see them.

"Hagon and Carol, listen to us carefully before asking any questions," Celine starts. "We are the Moon God and Goddess. We are retiring from our position starting today, and you will be taking over our positions. There will be a ceremony. All the gods and goddesses will be here. In their presence, we will hand over our titles."

Hagon and Carol are shocked to hear that they are going to become the Moon God and Goddess. "But we don't know anything about it," they say.

"You will know when we transfer our title to you. It automatically comes to you, so you don't have to worry," Celine says like this is all very normal.

"But I only heard of the Moon Goddess, never of a Moon God," Hagon says.

"So, are you ok with being separated from your mate?" Alder asks mischievously. He knows how much Hagon loves his mate.

"No! That's not what I asked. I just want to clear things up," Hagon exclaims.

"Listen, son, from the start, both the Moon God and Goddess protected the supernatural people, but they split the work between the two of them. Mostly because of her motherly nature, the Moon Goddess always protects her children and forgives them if they do wrong. Her job is to pair them up and provide them with everything they need. But the Moon God always punishes them to make things right. He stops war, and he is responsible for keeping the peace among supernatural folk, so he punishes whoever does wrong, cheats, or so on. But you all only worship the Moon Goddess because of her kind and forgiving nature and forget about the God," Alder explains to them.

"What will happen to you when you retire?" Carol asks.

"Every Moon God and Goddess will be given a place to stay in god's realm if we want to stay, or if we want to travel, we can do that, too. So we are planning on traveling the world for some time, and then we will come back to stay here," Celine explains to Carol.

"So we can stay together for eternity?" Hagon asks them.

"Yes, you can, and if you want to become human again, you can always go for it together. But at the end of your life, you will always come back to god's realm," Celine answers.

After their conversation, the soon-to-be-former Moon God and Goddess arrange the ceremony. All the other gods and goddesses are invited, and with all their blessings, Carol and Hagon start their journey as the new Moon God and Goddess.

Celine and Alder are happy to hand over their titles to such a deserving couple. Even though they didn't know that their whole lives were a test, Carol and Hagon proved themselves as the best option. Hagon's devotion to his mate and protectiveness of his subjects have proved that he would do good things in the future as God, and Carol's kindness, sacrificing nature, and timely instincts when protecting herself have proved that she will take special care of her children. She will be the perfect Moon Goddess.

Most importantly of all, their devotion towards each other proved that they could be together for eternity.

The End