Chapter 159

Chapter 159
Willow
“But Boonazah comes on at 7.” The Lord of Time complained, and they took his remote, snatching it out his hands…. It was as if they didn’t see his true unshifted form?
Yet…. Calaxious was clearly not human, yet they even looked down when they spoke, as if he were still his old man height….
“Fuck your stupid mortal shows. This is more important.” The Horned One hissed.
“Fa-” Xaxas was cut off, and honestly he was freaking out too, even though he was sitting, so he was probably here as long as Izzy and Samira….
“Quiet you. You Knew there was a problem first, and all of them are still here.” Said The Horned One.
\[Warning: Realm Eater Detected. Please prepare yourselves for battle.\] said the tablet Xaxas summons. All the gods have one, while demigods get their orders on scrolls.
\[Ò. Ó\] a little silver ball floated around the room, and showed it was upset.
\[Warning: Un authorized console. Please power down. Thank you.\] Said the little computer ball with real venom… \[The King of Infinity Layer-\]
“Calm down Ziri. Leave Alexis alone.” Said the Lord of Time, or should I say Calaxious?
\[>.<\]
“You chastise him when Were Wrong Too!” Arviel grabbed Zuviel’s left horn and shook with all his might, like bratty brothers. “If you were worried about the kids, father, and the girls you should have Said So!”
“Why can’t I leave?” Said Bryson.
All their magic failed.
All the travel magics they summoned appeared, but couldn’t leave…
Calaxious looked at them half amused, half annoyed…. And we all just… watched Every major god and goddess in the pantheon appear in his living room… but they noticed he was the Realm Eater…. And not eating anything.
I was handed snacks…. You know What.
I let it go.
I came expecting a big battle, doom and destruction, but I’d rather have the sweets instead…
“Thank you.” I said as the ‘scariest’ being in the room passed me a caramel brownie square and some milk…. I should have came….. He tried really hard to be a good host.
“You’re welcome.” Said Calaxious. “I think this is about the best I can do with all them so… excited.” He snapped his fingers. “He isn’t even paying attention…. Here is your family little one.” 
The moment they appeared, Xaxas hugged his children, and his wife. I felt bad for Harmony… She had her babies today, but she was also thankfully fully healed. Their babies babbled, and Xaxas chuckled.
Harmony, their babies, Lia, Lulliba, and everyone else in the pantheon was literally summoned, but they were confused… Well, all the gods except Humblon? Where’s he?
“What…. Oh… oh no…” Said The Lord of Beasts, Pahn. 
“We kneel-” The Lady of Beasts, Basti was cut off.
 The Lord of time lifted his hand to silence them both.
“Have a brownie.” He said, going around the room while Zuviel, and Arviel were arguing. Eskaal appeared empty handed, and just casually came in. Nobody noticed him…. or that the Lord of Time was Sapphire BLUE WITH HORNS …. 
“Where’s Humblon?” I asked.
“Oh, my youngest is on his way here, so I figured to let him get here on his own.” Said Calaxious. “I made them you know…. I raised them.” He sighed looking at them fondly, like how I look at my children. “Yet they do not even pay me any attention, even little Xaxas. But I understand. He’s watching them, and worried about his family..”
I looked outside… The boys were now playing with the cows and feeding the chickens, to distract the rooster. They were gathering eggs and having a great time out there.
Again…. All this panic was for Nothing!
“Mama!” yelled my boys at the same time, proud they were able to ride the albino gorse, a kind of horse- goat hybrid Eskaal invented during the war. They were a nimble goat hooved and headed animal, with some having goat tails, and horse bodies. They can be any coat color, even fantastical ones like neon green, or tiger striped. The verity is nuts.
But one thing was common among them; they’re as smart as a human. The only thing they can’t do is talk, and because of it, they usually only allow one rider their immortal life. They’re picky too. If mistreated, they will report you by contacting Eskaal personally. I don’t know how they do, but Eskaal told me himself. They even use the bathroom in latrine areas on Xaxas’s island and flush….
So I assumed Starshine was content to entertain its master’s grandkids….. 
“The console says he’s Right Here.” Said Arviel, summoning his clear display. It floated there while he looked on the map... It pinged in front of us, yet he STILL Didn’t Get IT…. “We Need to prepare our tributes and get them out of here somehow…. A mortal presence might offend him further…”
“I second that.” Said the Horned One.
“And I Third.” Said Humblon.
“I don’t know…. I’ve never contacted the Upper Pantheon… I don’t even know what he looks like.” Said Zuviel.
I watched this play out, and honestly, even if they’d never seen the Realm Eater’s true face, they should have still noticed that he changed.
“Zuviel, I don’t understand. The console says he’s still here… fuck …. Did Eskaal offend him somehow? Someone this high… not once has the king ever bothered with us…. Until now he was silent.”
“….He’s right-” Eskaal was cut off.
“Shh. Let them keep on. You’ll only piss them off.” Calaxious said shaking his head.
All this commotion attracted the attention of the kids, who came and climbed all over their grandpa Bryson. He was just watching now, finally no longer alert that he’d have to fight this unkillable foe, but since he’s always frowning I couldn’t tell if he actually relaxed or not.
“…. I’ll prepare all 20,000 of my favorite worlds.” Sighed the Horned One. “Damn…. I’m gonna lose Heidi… and Gulteer… and that whole line... and so few worlds will be as an insult... ”
“I’ll be the only one able to match that…. I’m going to lose Uriel…. And his line…. and Micheal too.” Said the Lord of Light. “Damn…”
. Their rule is unlike what I knew when I was human, because it is absolute.
And I hate it, yet I was in no position to voice anything… In this room my mate is a general, but his king was speaking….
“And they would just-” Isabelle was cut off. I don’t know if she felt the same being born a supernatural, but it was clear she didn’t like what they’d said.
“Lady Four, to die for the cosmos is a noble cause…” Said Aris, Lord of War. “If father bade me to die for our realm, I would do so… not because of some grand reason, but because it may give those I care for a chance.”
“Thankfully, he’s right here, watching them make battle plans, and no battle will happen.” Said Eskaal, pointing a thumb at the Lord of Time. “He’s not out to harm anyone. I vouch for him, because the Last Secret is fused to me, well I’m fused to it; there’s a bit of a difference.” 
“He’s right.” Said Calaxious. “They may offer you lot, but that doesn’t mean I have to accept such drastic measures. But I understand where you come from. The human world is envied by many, because they have so much genuine freedom.” He said looking at them with a sigh.
“But still…” I mumbled, getting light gasps from those who heard me. “That they just offer us up…”
“It is but hot air.” Said Calaxious. “And if it wasn’t, I would not accept.”
“Why not?” Asked Isabelle. “I still don’t understand your motives, good intention or not.”
“Even if I did not know you lot, that you mean anything to them… To take you lot would not be a punishment…. It is brutality… tyranny. ‘Give me your firstborns, women, and children.’…. To accept would be a contradiction of why I took this Layer for myself in the first place…There is no excuse for my actions….”
“I have nothing to offer, now that my Priestess is my mate.” Said Humblon, breaking up our side conversation that I doubt he even heard. “Well, no…. the planet… I tried so hard to keep it… It’s my only one I ever bothered to make…. Dad I showed you that one.”
“Bu-” Isabelle was cut off… How didn’t they hear us?!
“Isabelle, they will not hear you. Just let them continue. Eventually they will see.” Said Calaxious. “Look, they are still so engrossed with the thought of trying to appease me, that they do not hear my words, nor see my true face.”
“How?” I asked, and he frowned.
“There is no magic, nor influence of any kind on them. They’re just so used to being so high and mighty, that when they’re worked up, nobody can tell them anything.” Calaxious said that looking at them with a little pity, but not that much…. He ate another brownie. The tray was missing about three.