(Ellion's POV)
It was a dream.
I know it was a dream, since I remember drinking more wine that night and ignoring Rose's advances to fuck. I ended up drinking so much that I collapsed on her bed and passed out, drifting off into sleep.
Everything was too much for me at that moment, I didn't know what I wanted to do. Maybe I just wanted to sleep, which is why I collapsed.
And in this dream, I was standing in a familiar setting; a small hill next to a river. I recognized this to be the Riverlands, near Fairmarket. I remember spending my childhood in these hills, traveling the Riverlands with Old Lyonel, being taught how to ride a horse and how to wield a sword.
It was nostalgic, this sight.
I looked at the river, hearing the sound of the flowing water made me remember of those times back then. I remember a day where I got lost in the middle of the night and I fell into a river, nearly drowning.
It was a terrifying experience, being so young and alone, nearly taken away by the currents. Fortunately, the Old Man was able to find and save me.
The lecture I got right after was one for the history books.
I couldn't help but chuckle at that memory.
"Hm..." I said, moving my arm, "A dream...huh?"
"Yes." a Voice said, "A Dream."
I turned to see something I didn't expect to see in such a long time.
It was her.
The Goddess.
She was standing tall, with her ethereal form glowing and radiating light, causing what seemed like a distortion in the air around her. Her flowing hair had the beautiful sight of the night, bright stars slowly cascading down. Her eyes were divine, constantly shifting colors, which were still ethereal.
She wore a misty dress, white and grey in color. It was cut in the middle of her chest, slightly revealing her cleavage. Her skin was both fair and dark, like the void. It was hard to explain, but her very appearance was ever changing.
Yet, she was still divine.
She was more than beautiful.
It is as if she was Beauty itself.
I fully faced her, "You."
She nodded, "Yes...." She said, her voice was ethereal as well, a sweet tone entering my ears, "It is I, Ellion."
I had so many questions, so many of them. I wanted to ask her what my purpose in this world was. She had visited me once before, telling me the truth of my existence here. But that question was drowned out by the many others that I had.
Eventually, I couldn't help but ask one.
"What am I?" I asked her
She tilted her head, "What do you mean?"
"Exactly what the question asks." I said, "What am I?"
"You...." She said, "You are a man, are you not?"
"Am I?" I asked, "A man?"
"Yes." She nodded
"I spoke to her." I said, "I spoke to Elayna."
"I know." She said
"You know, huh?" I asked, "Well, you should know that she told me the truth. I have no Father. She was visited by a woman in her dreams and after that event, she was with child. I found it completely impossible to believe. I was angry, angry at the thought of her not wanting to tell me the truth. But no matter how much I tried to reject it, I couldn't.....I have no Father. I believe her. Because at the end of the day, I am not from this world. I am a man with a power that is not from this place. I was given life....I was reincarnated by something beyond the Gods of this world. It was you.....was it not?"
She looked at me with a solemn expression, "...Yes."
I looked away, "Elayna is my Mother...." I said, "And I laid with her."
"You did." She said
I then looked back at her, "So....I have no father...." I said, "How did it happen? Did you just give life to her?"
"In a way." She said softly, "I gifted with her with life. I gifted this world with a Conqueror. You.....you come from me."
"From you?" I asked
"You have a Father." She explained, "But at the same time, You do not."
I frowned, ".....you mean....?"
She nodded slowly, "Elayna is the woman who birthed you." She said, "But it is I who planted the seed. You are my son as well."
I scoffed, "Please." I said, "Your son?"
"That is correct." She said, walking towards me, "I am your Mother...."
I shook my head, "Do not say such absurdities. Me? The son of a Goddess....?"
She placed her hand on my cheek, her touch was soft and warm, putting all of my body at ease. All anxiety left my body as soon as she touched me.
"I gifted you the power to stand above everything else." She said softly, "I gathered your soul when you passed away in your old world and I turned you into a seed. I planted you in that woman's womb myself. She did not tell you this, but in that dream....she laid with the Goddess....I planted the seed myself, I performed the act. It was.....intimate....."
"Why?" I asked
"I wanted to feel something like that...." She said softly, "Just once."
"Hm...." I said, narrowing my eyes, "And what was my purpose here?"
"The truth will be revealed...." She said, "In time...."
"Why not now?" I asked her
"You must reconcile with Elayna first." She said softly, "Please, my boy."
"I fucked her." I said, "That is Taboo...a sin."
"It may be so." She said, "But it is also my sin. For it is my desire for lust that was passed on to you. I am responsible for those urges of yours. It is mine own fault that you laid with your own mother...."
I gently pulled her hand away, "I...." I said, "I don't know what to do."
"First...." She said, giving me a warm smile, "You must speak to her. Heal your wounds. And you will take a step closer to your goal, Ellion."
"To be truly free."