I finally fell asleep when I was awoken by the sudden coldness.
Groggily checking the windows, they were clearly closed. I was about to get up and inspect it further when the coldness increased once more. To be exact, the coldness came from the foot of the bed and it’s creepily spreading fast!
Nervously reaching out for the bell, I locked my gaze upon the base of the bed as ice seemed to be swirling around and forming something!
I was about to ring the bell when a beautiful woman clad in white appeared. She looked like an ice goddess! Silver hair, pristine white fairy dress and deep blue eyes! She is very mesmerising but she also holds mysterious aura at the same time.
[Oh, seems like you were waiting for me too.]
That voice! It was the cold voice I longed to here before!
[I came here to announce that I liked the offering. Bring me more of that rose styled stuff.]
“Ah?”
[You haven’t guessed my identity yet?]
Identity? Don’t tell she is the Sun God?
The woman laughed and though her voice was tinged with coldness it was somehow such a nice melody.
[No dear, I’m not the Sun God. I am the Moon Goddess.]
Huh? I clearly did not write that!
[Of course, you haven’t written me as I created myself!]
Gasp! She could clearly read minds!
[To be exact, only your mind my dear.]
“You… so how would you turn me back home?”
[Hmmm… don’t be too hasty. As you can see I could only borrow powers from the water and wind to form my body. I still need time to digest the power from Sun God’s artifact so I could fully appear in the surface.]
What?
[To explain it, it was like this in your world too right? The moon appears at night and borrows the light from the sun. Here I could only fully create my body after absorbing enough power from Sun God’s artifact. As you know, it was your own fault that I was now reduced to this.]
“Huh? Why was it my fault?”
The self proclaimed Moon Goddess looked at me sharply. I really thought she was about to devour me!
[Do you still need to ask? You the creator of this world has only written appalling delicacies! For a decade I sacrificed eating those unpalatable stuffs! 10 years!]
Her anger caused the room to turn to frost almost instantly! I should at least be thankful that I only felt cold and I was not turned into an ice statue here. After a while, the woman seemed to have released her anger as the frosty walls turned back to normal.
“So you were saying that you brought me here just so I could cook you some sweets?”
[Yes and No. Actually, I wanted you to suffer from your own work but I did not think that you would introduce sweets yourself. You even claimed to be an enlightened.] I could clearly see mirth from her eyes.
[Never mind that, Starting from now you should offer me those delicious things. I’m even craving for one now.] She looked at me and with a raise of her hand I floated above my bed. [Let’s eat those things you have created while we talk.]
Urged and being swept up by the cold wind I had no choice but to move out of the room. I guided her towards the ice cellar. There should still be some chocolates there. While waiting for the cellar dwarf to open the door, I asked her the very thing I’m so concerned about.
“Since you have brought me here, you could turn me back right?”
The woman in question stayed silent with her brows creased. The coldness from before also seemed to be dwindling, something seems to be happening to her.
[I need to go. Bring me sweets daily. You know how I could get those…]
Right after that the coldness disappeared and the beautiful woman claiming to be the Moon Goddess was also nowhere to be found.
What was baffling was that I found myself lying on the bed! Judging from the bed sheet’s creases, I haven’t even sat up what’s more leaving the bed!
The current situation was so baffling. The memory of going towards the ice cellar was so clear but why the hell is it that I’m now in my bed?!
Don’t tell me I’m dreaming this whole time?
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