粉红的窗帘

As they gathered in the garden after the meeting for the personal talks, Usha tried to break the tension between everyone, since Nikol wasn\'t there to ease the mood. He decided to visit some places on his own, and reassure his presence so Leviathan had to wait with other girls.

"So, Lady Leviathan, we\'ve heard so much about you. Nikol has told us so many stories and we were really impressed by your power."

Leviathan didn\'t seem amused, by her words as she sipped on her drink with an uninterested look.

"Is that so? I guess it\'s good,"

Eva quickly jumped in. "Yes! He\'s told us about the stories of how you raised him, and he really talked about your talents,"

Lydia tried to keep the conversation going. "We\'re all really impressed by what you can do."

Leviathan didn\'t seem impressed at all to talk with any of them, she felt these small talks are just their way of trying to build up a conversation so she questioned.

"And what exactly do you want from me?"

Hearing her words, Alva spoke up. "We just want to get to know you. Nikol is very important to us, and we want to make sure we\'re all on the same page."

Leviathan looked each of the girls up and down.

"I don\'t trust easily. And I don\'t make friends easily either. besides it is a bad idea for an immortal like us to develop feelings for lowly beings,"

Usha tried to reassure her. "We understand that. But we really care about Nikol, and we want to make sure he\'s happy, at least for now."

Leviathan\'s expression softened slightly, as she said those words. "He\'s always been, my little brother. And I\'ll do whatever it takes to protect him and his heart, the main reason I\'m not okay with your relationship is that you girls will die before him, it will only bring him despair."

Everyone\'s face darkened as they were forced to face the bitter reality by Leviathan\'s words.

Eva nodded in agreement. "We feel the same way. We want to support him in any way we can while we can."

Lydia added, "We\'re not here to cause any trouble. We just want to make sure we can all work together."

Leviathan didn\'t know how to respond to them.

Should she be happy that there are girls that are even willing to die for Nikol?

Should she be sad that they are just lowly begins?

Should she be angry with them for seducing her brother?

Leviathan didn\'t know anymore, but she knew one thing. Even though she didn\'t fancy the idea of these girls hanging out with Nikol, the same cannot be said for the life inside Usha\'s womb, as she felt obliged to protect her brother\'s child. Even though her love for it cannot be compared to Nikol, still she loved her to be born nephew or niece, at least more than these girls in front of him.

She couldn\'t help but worry about the safety of the child, as it was the first of her brother\'s children to be born, and she didn\'t know what kind of a child it would be since apocalypse beings are supposed to be infertile.

She had to guess that the reason, Usha was able to get pregnant was because Nikol is still a human, at least until his seal break.

"Usha, you\'ll have to be careful with my nephew," Leviathan pleaded, placing a gentle hand on Usha\'s stomach without even asking her permission, showing she wasn\'t going to bow her head for them.

"Don\'t worry," Usha reassured her with a smile. "I\'ll do everything in my power to protect him."

Leviathan sighed, "I know you will, but I just can\'t shake this feeling of unease, it will be hard for you and this child,"

"What will be the race of this child? Won\'t they be like Nikol?" Worried about her sibling that is yet to be born, Alva asked since she knew that Nikol is not a human. At least, not internally.

"Most probably human, because there are no real changes and from what I feel, his offspring will be slightly more powerful than normal humans,"

"Is it the same with us?" Tisha questioned curiously about the matter.

"With elves, yes. But I don\'t know about you, since high elves are something abnormal, I\'m immortal but I\'m not omnipotent, so I don\'t know everything,"

Everyone was really surprised with how they managed at least become a little friendly with their sister-in-law, and it made them really happy as they felt truly like a family that is waiting for the approval of their relatives.

Leviathan sat at the edge of the chair, her slender fingers tracing the intricate embroidery on the quilt. She was lost in thought, her mind consumed by the complexity of her feelings for Nikol. He was her sister, yet she loved him but she couldn\'t express her love physically because she knew the moment they try to have sex, his seal will break and something bad might happen.

*Sigh

"I wish I could be a lowly being like them, that can die, at least then I wouldn\'t have to suffer with this eternal life and constant memory loss," Leviathan muttered in a low tone until she saw Nikol coming back after his trip across the city and greeting the girls.

Leviathan\'s heart quickened, and she felt a flush of heat spread across her cheeks. She looked up to see Nikol\'s tall, lean frame fill the garden they were talking about, at the same time, she noticed the face of the other girls and couldn\'t help but wonder, what kind of face she was making.

"Looks like everyone is having a great time," Nikol said, his voice deep and husky.

Leviathan swallowed hard, trying to push aside the guilty feelings that threatened to overwhelm her because of all the past incidents. She forced a smile and stood up, walking over to Nikol and taking his hand and guiding him to his chair.

"How are you feeling?" Nikol asked Usha with a soft smile forgetting everything for a moment.

"I\'m feeling okay, just a little tired," Usha replied, rubbing her growing belly.

Nikol\'s sister, who was among the girls giving them the side-eye, spoke up.

"Nikol, after we defeat Fenrir what are you going to do? Are you going to stay here and have sex with everyone until they die?"

Leviathan acted as a true stick in the mud throwing those depressing questions, when everyone is excited, but she wanted to know what her brother is going to do.

"I want to find something, I want to know the reason why I got killed and my real relationship with Artemis, but first, I have to take care of these girls, I won\'t abandon anyone," Nikol said with a determined look causing Leviathan to sigh in satisfaction knowing that her brother had some goals in his mind.

"Sister, why did you make moves on me knowing that I was your brother? I don\'t think it\'s needed, you did it for fun, you even drank my-"

"Ahhhh! StopNikol, why did you have to bring that up?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper and stopped him before he say more embarrassing things,

Nikol sat on the other side of the place where she was seated, his legs crossed and a mischievous grin on his face. He didn\'t want to hold onto the past grudges and not enjoy the moment, so he decided to forget about everything for a moment and enjoy some good old teasing.

"What? I just thought it was funny, you were really passionate, don\'t tell me you\'re a brother-con," he replied, chuckling.

Leviathan groaned and buried her face in her hands.

"It\'s not funny, Nikol. It\'s embarrassing. Why would you even tell anyone about that?"

Nikol shrugged. "I don\'t know. It\'s not like it\'s a big deal or anything. I don\'t think you have knowledge about anything sexual, at the end of the day you are my uptight sister unless your whole personality was fake one,"

Leviathan peeked out from between her fingers, her eyes narrowing. "I knew perfectly well what I was doing," she said, her voice firm, but nervous showing she had another cute side to her.

Nikol raised an eyebrow. "Really? Because as I recall, you kissed me at that time, it\'s something lovers do"

Leviathan glared at him with her face red like a strawberry.

"That doesn\'t mean I didn\'t mean it. I love you, Nikol. I still do. But that\'s not something I want everyone to know."

"Ahhhh! What are you making me say? I don\'t know why I care about an idiot like you this much," She said and tried to leave the place embarrassed but Nikol quickly stopped her.

"Sorry! I was just teasing, I know you did that so you can convince me that you\'re someone, I don\'t know or evil," Nikol said but it caused Leviathan to be disappointed even more.

"I did that because I love you, idiot," Leviathan muttered but her voice was so meek that it went unnoticed by everyone.

After everyone settled down again, Nikol brought an important topic to everyone\'s attention.

"The full moon is in a week, and I\'ve decided that\'s the day I\'m going to take down Fenrir. We should get ready for that, Sister and I might be enough, but in case unexpected happens, I want everyone to support me,"

Everyone listened to his words carefully and wondered what they are going to witness on that day, and they couldn\'t help but feel anxious about it.