Chapter 922 A Mother's Love
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Aquarina's Sea Dragon Breath completely engulfed her mother into a tremendous explosion, so big that it completely darkened the skies for a few seconds. The citizens of Azurite panicked, seeing the huge explosion almost reach their city...
However, the one that took it directly had yet to even be taken down, her body floating in midair, her orichalcum skin bruised, cracked, and falling apart, only to reveal an even darker metal color beneath, covered in many white-colored and red-colored tattoos.
While Orichalcum was believed to be the metal of the gods, there was something unique that Nepheline had developed, by cultivating, synthetizing, and transforming the metals and ores within her body... She created something even stronger than Orichalcum.
And she called it... Adamantium, just like "Adamas" how Diamond is said in the language of the Gods. However, this metal might as well have even tougher properties than the mightiest diamonds. nOve-lb(In
And it was one of the things that made Nepheline and incredibly indestructible powerhouse...
"Hahh..." Nepheline sighed, looking up at Aquarina, who quickly started gathering more and more water, shaping it into hundreds of sea snakes. "You're going too far now, Aquarina!"
She was growing furious as she saw her daughter irresponsible use her abilities and powers, endangering the city of Azurite, where her dear friend had come to visit her sister's family!
"I'LL STOP YOU NOW!"
With a furious roar, Nepheline rushed towards her daughter, punching hundreds of sea snakes made of sea water one after another, meteorically rising towards the skies and catching up to her daughter!
"Get AWAY!"
Aquarina cried, her magic powers harnessing into her claws as two gigantic draconic claws made of sea water clashed against her mother, whom she easily destroyed using her powerful fists, coated in several layers of reinforced ores!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
"Cut it off already, you damn BRAT!"
With an angered and furious expression that Aquarina had never seen before, her mother's fist reached her, clashing against her stomach and launching her down. An enormous shockwave interrupted her magic conductivity and dispelled all her spells, the seas finally going calm as Nepheline glanced her daughter descend, her eyes closed, her mouth vomiting blood, and her face covered on her own tears.
"Hahhh... HAHHH...!"
Nepheline was having a raging attack, her emotions taking over her body as she felt her entire body blazing with anger, growing redder!
Yet... as she saw her daughter falling with tears in her eyes, blood coming from her mouth, and her little body falling unconscious, she suddenly realized what she had done.
"Hahh... A-Ahhh...!"
She looked into her own hands, covered in the blood of her own daughter, as memories of her giving birth to Aquarina rushed through her mind, of holding her tenderly in her big arms, breastfeeding her peacefully, as she smiled with such bliss.
Of her daughter slowly learning to talk and walk, to her little princess running towards her, screaming "Mama!" as she hugged her legs with her tiny arms.
And of her beautiful, shiny blue eyes, and her innocent smile.
"Mama, I love you!"
And of that time when she was just six years old, when she first told her mama that she loved her...
Tears started falling from Nepheline's eyes, her hands trembling, her breathing starting to get faster and faster, as her heart couldn't stop beating faster as she panicked.
"W-What have I done?! A-AQUARINAAAAA!"
She cried, rushing down towards her dear daughter, and catching her before she were to land above the sea, carrying her on her big arms.
Nepheline desperately conjured her strongest healing spells, covering her daughter with her own vitality and lifeforce, which she shared into her body to heal her rapidly.
Tears constantly flowed from her eyes, as she gritted her teeth, incapable of forgiving herself for having harmed her daughter...
The most precious thing in her life, more precious than her own life.
"I'm sorry, Aquarina...! I'm so sorry!" She continued crying, carrying her unconscious daughter. "I love you so much... I just wanted you to be stronger, I just wanted you to be stronger so you could protect yourself, so you could live longer, so you could... be happier with Sylphy!"
"M-Mom...?" Aquarina slowly opened her blue eyes, looking at her mother weeping like she had never seen her before.
"I just want you to be happy..." She continued crying. "You can stay with her forever... I won't keep trying to convince you, okay? Y-You can do whatever you want... Just please, don't say that you hate me... I'm so sorry..."
Her mother embraced her in a warm hug, kissing Aquarina's cheeks and caressing her white hair.
"You're the most precious thing in my life..." She kept weeping.
"Mom..." Aquarina suddenly came back to her senses, tears started flowing from her sapphire-colored eyes, as she hugged her mother back. "Mooom! I'm sorry... Sniff, I didn't wanted to hurt you either...!"
"It's fine... It's okay!" Nepheline cried. "It's fine... I'm sorry, I won't ever hurt you anymore... I don't know why I did it... I wanted to stop you, not to hurt you! I-I... I...!"
"It's okay..." Aquarina cried, tears constantly flowing from her eyes. "I'm sorry mom... I shouldn't had... done that... Sniff... I love you mom... I'm sorry!" She kept weeping with her mom, hugging her tightly.
"M-My little princess..." Nepheline hugged her daughter.
Despite having fought so much, after such a conclusion, the two realized their mistakes, feeling tremendous guilt over what they have done, of the childish behaviors they had.
As they slowly reached the port, Aquarina noticed Sylphy and her friends running towards them, probably about to ask them a million things...
"Aquarina, just forget about what I talked to you before, don't even think about it." Nepheline smiled. "You don't have to do any of those things... It's okay, I will... and dad too, will always love you, no matter what."
Aquarina silently heard her mother's words, as she gripped her fists tightly.
"But I still lost against you..." Aquarina sighed. "I'm weak... I got too cocky because I gained some strength... You were right mom... If I don't sacrifice some things to gain others, I will never be able to protect what truly matters to me..."
"A-Aquarina..." Nepheline felt shocked by her daughter's sudden resolve.
"I'll tell Sylphy about it..." Aquarina smiled faintly. "I hope... she can understand..."
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