Dimensional Descent

Adawarth's frown deepened. Ancestor Quarius had only taken a single step forward, and she hadn't even seemed to release her aura, but the pressure on him was considerable. His grip tightened slightly on Vega's hand.

For the longest time, their relationship was entirely a secret, but that was mostly because Vega didn't want to outright accept his advances. She was focused on other things and didn't want to be distracted. She had always been a very serious woman, far more enamored with her own legacy and the history she would leave behind that even most men would be.

Plus, due to the usual unspoken rules of the Heir Wars, members of the Constellation families wouldn't participate regardless, so there was no need to talk about such things.

But that was when everything changed. The Morales family was suddenly being pressured from all sides and this silly girl, not wanting him to misunderstand her intentions, actually decisively abandoned her family all so that he wouldn't think that she had chosen her family over him.

Ironically, if not for the pressure of outsiders, it might have taken several more decades for their relationship to reach this level. But now, it seemed that because of these very pressures, she might be ripped from him in the next moment.

Vega weakly leaned onto Adawarth's shoulder, her breathing shallow. Breathing now felt like an incomparably difficult task, her breath coming in sharp whispers from time to time that sounded as though she was pulling air through her teeth just to minimize the hurt in her chest.

She slowly breathed in his scent, knowing very well that it would be the last time for a very long while. Not once did she consider the fact that it would be the last time indefinitely. If she was taken away today, then she would simply wait until she was powerful enough such that one in her family could command her any longer.

She may very well be old and wrinkled by that point, but she hoped that Adawarth would still accept her.

In truth, the reason that she had kept First Nova at bay for so long wasn't just due to her ambition. The women of the Quarius family had always fallen in love quite hard, and once that barrier was broken, it was difficult to bottle it up once again.

the origin of the Quarius family's Lineage Factor was quite unique. Originally, at its lowest evolution, the strength of the Quarius family was only in their ability to be containers. They could store far more water in their bodies than normal people, allowing them to had access to a large

be any more normal. It was simply known as the Cupbearer Lineage Factor. However, the meaning of this name would change greatly when they appointed their history's first

that in the hands of this Matriarch, the meaning of cupbearer changed forever, and their Lineage Factor became a vessel of both

nothing more than a metaphor. In reality, what happened was that they gained the strength to pour their emotions into their "cups". Akin to Leonel's King's Might, they were able to

the Quarius family soared by leaps

the stronger the Water Force in their cup began. Eventually, it would reach a point where it overflowed. On this day, they would become an Ancestor level character and

because their emotions were stored in their cups like this, they felt and experienced emotions harder and more forcefully than

there were many instances of Quarius family women dying due to their bodies being unable to handle the outflow of their cups. If they loved too hard too early, the only path left for them was

felt like she was truly dying on the inside. Her Water Force was already stronger than most due to her talent, if it was also matched with the emotions she had been burying and refusing to face, she might die

Ada... I'm

beading with sweat as he faced off against the stare of Ancestor Quarius, suddenly forgot

failed. I swear that there will come a day when no one will be able to take

didn't mean that. I mean that I'm sorry I never gave you my body, I'm sorry that we never shared a bed, that

froze, his face suddenly

of Adawarth like this dauntless leader, but she knew the true him. This First Nova that everyone

the Ancestor deepened. The Human Domain was still a place that was quite harsh on the requirements for a woman's chastity. Vega saying these things before so many people was akin to outright ruining her opportunity to marry anyone else at the level of Adawarth in the future except for Adawarth himself. But

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