91 Sage

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Just a small notice. I think you all should just ignore this story's uploads for a few weeks, until Ch 96 at least. I have begun with canon timeline on Ch 97, but I don't get enough time to write, which means the uploads on Pat-reon are rare.

Even I, as an author, know that my story is not that interesting during these next few chapters. Or, I'll just dump until Ch 97 rapidly, like one or two a day, and then take a pause until my Pat-reon goes ahead once again. Depends on the reviews and all that I get.

Sorry for the inconveniences!

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Lila and Atharva, my two wonderful children. It has been 100 years since Atharva was born, and 140 since Lila was born. And I had enjoyed every moment of this time.

They were still babies, since they aged approximately a hundredth of the speed that mortals do. But now, they were beginning to toddle around.

It was a bit worrying, at first, since Chhaya and Kali weren't used to kids ageing this slowly. Well, Eternals rarely had kids, if ever, but Kali and Chhaya were both born naturally and not turned into Eternals by the Celestials. And they were fully grown within 500 years, after which they were.. eternally young.

But Lila and Atharva had taken my slowed ageing speed, and amped it up times ten. It was relieving too, since we didn't need to worry about not learning before they're too old to care for.

And we had more time to teach them some basic morals. Like, no Lila, hitting Atharva on his face is not the right way to wake him up. It was a work in progress, because her first instinct was still to slap him awake.

"Dadda!" Lila says, raising her hands up from where she was playing on the ground, and I obediently pick her up, placing her on my shoulders. Lila immediately grabs my hair to steady herself, and watches silently as I pick Atharva in my arms. 

Lila had begun speaking a few words about a decade ago. Much to Chhaya's displeasure, her first word wasn't a variation of mother. Much to my displeasure, it wasn't a variation of father either. Her first word was Gaga, which she called my mother.

My guess is, she heard someone call mother by her name, Gaea, and just.. took it. Mother was ecstatic, and that immediately brought an end to our pretty morose talks.

Along with Gaga, Lila can say Dadda, Ma(Chhaya), Ka(Kali), Masi(Manasi), and Ath(Atharva). It was funny, when the Lokisons realised they still didn't have a designation from the Princess.

Atharva, as cute as he is, is yet to start talking. He was still in the Gugu gaga stage.

Right now, the kids were with me, on Donna, while Kali and Chhaya were enjoying some solitude flying around Space. Manasi was incharge of Andalok, and I trust the Lokisons to not try anything. After the thrashing he had from Kali, a comparatively tiny woman, no way is Vali risking anything.

Speaking of, Vali and Manasi's fun had come to an end. It just wasn't that serious, and Vali was too wild to settle down so soon.

Once Atharva is in my hands, he starts waving his hands around, and starts telling me a tale, which I don't understand. All Speak does not include baby talk, for some reason. Who'd have thought?

I feel Lila nodding at Atharva's babbling, and add on with her own additions with meaningless syllables.

Sighing, I conjure an illusion of fireworks for them, to keep them distracted, and focus on my work once again.

You see, the Symbiote that was once in me, was nothing dangerous. It didn't have any sentience, beyond the basic instincts. It didn't hate fire, or Light, and was practically immune to it. But, it did hate the All Black with a passion, which is really odd, considering it doesn't have a mind.

The Black Berserker that I exposed the white Symbiote to was immediately torn to pieces, without any warning.

But, I was still unsure of it not being a trap. So, I called in Mother. Well, mother laughing with tears in her eyes, at the very sight of the white blob of moving Symbiote was a big hint. But mother did explain something.

She had said, "Madonna would play around with it, when she thought I wasn't looking. Either that, or she didn't care if I saw it. The first time I saw it, it was a bit darker in colour, almost off white, but closer to grey than white. And I didn't notice it at first, but it was getting whiter and whiter every time I saw it. If it was in your body, then Madonna is the one who kept it there, and it definitely won't pose a threat to you."

Well, that ended my invasive tests on the Symbiote. It had returned back to my body, in hibernation, almost as soon as it had touched my skin. I don't, however, think that it is even remotely similar to the Symbiotes of planet Klyntar.

What, if any, abilities it has, have yet to be revealed to me.

So, my next project came in the form of my Armour. I had figured out how to make the material the Armour is made out of, a few years after the War of Ragnarok. But I hadn't tried it due to some reasons.

One, I didn't need it. And two, I was waiting until I had carried out my experiments with the material first.

The Celestial Material is a lot more complex than any other material I've ever seen. It has atoms, yes, but at the same time, it is made up of pure Cosmic Energy. My Cosmic Energy, when condensed, a lot, becomes solid, and turns into the Celestial Material.

The only reason I figured out I could do this, is because the Celestial Json, that's buried under my planet, had been digested completely. Well, I know a lot more about Celestials now too, but I had yet to begin with that.

My priority was still the Celestial Material.

Condensing about 0.1% of my Cosmic Energy, which is already pretty potent thanks to the Power Stone's constant presence in my Armour, I hold out my hand.

Atharva gasps, being the first one to see it happening, and tries to touch the pretty lights. I gently hold his hand, and pat his head to stop him from hurting himself. Lila, meanwhile, grips my hair tighter, and leans a bit forward to watch.

Over my right palm, with green lights emitting constantly, a small blob of silver material forms. This silver material is my Celestial Material, made only for me.

While the one mother made is good enough, it was made when I was literally a baby. So much has happened since then, to change me. Json, Ragnarok, Cuchulain, Satannish, Gorr, Mangog, Brood, etc. Every fight had a hand in changing my very being, making the Armour that much less compatible with me. But, it still tried to work for me, and worked pretty well.

It just.. wasn't completely right.

"Sir?" Sonny's voice interrupts my observations of the material, and when I look up, he says, "You told me to inform you when the Celestial is ready to be born. The Celestial has finished gestating in the Sun above us and will be born in a few hours."

Sighing, I store the silver Celestial Material in my Dimension, ignore the pouts on the two faces, and open a portal to Andalok.

Once in the Throne Room, I see Manasi sitting on her throne, with just Jormungandr to keep her company. The other two Lokisons were nowhere to be seen. 

Manasi nods at me in greeting, and asks, "Back so soon? I thought you'd be there for a few years in the least."

I shrug, handing Atharva to her, and say, "Something came up. Kali and Chhaya haven't returned yet?"

Manasi rocks Atharva in her arms, shakes her head, and says, "No, I don't even know where they are, right now."

Sighing, I say, "Last I heard from Chhaya was 3 months ago. They were on some planet helping fight them against the Brood. Haven't heard from them since then."

Their own race's extinction at the hands of the Brood had made them an eternal enemy for the two sisters. Any time they encountered the nasty insects, Chhaya and Kali would jump into battle without asking who they're even defending.

Opening a portal on Earth, I keep it open, knowing that mother will know I need her. Once she walks in, I hand Lila to her, ("GAGA!" Lila exclaims), and say, "Something has come up on Donna, mother. Please stay here to protect them if needed."

Chuckling, Mother hugs Lila close to her chest, and says, "They are as much my family as they are yours, Theos. Plus, Jormungandr is here to back me up."

We both don't mention that if something can harm mother, then Jormungandr won't be much help either. Well, unless he turns into his snake form, that is, but even then it'll be almost hopeless.

Jormungandr nods, and says, "Vali and Narfi are out on Induk, but I'll be sure to stay here to keep an eye."

Nodding, I give a couple more kisses to my children, and my mother, and then leave through another portal for Donna.

Looking up, I see that there was a black spot on the surface of the Red Sun, which is no doubt the Celestial eating its fill. But it didn't look like the Sun will be eaten completely, like I did. My Sun was literally a white dwarf, while this is a Red Giant.

The birth still looked a couple hours away, so I sit down to look at the Sun. Snapping my fingers, I summon the Celestial Material, my Celestial Material, and poke at it.

It was definitely better suited to me than the one mother made, and I could just feel it.

Should I do it now?

Well, I still have time, don't I?

Shrugging, I form my first Celestial Armour around me, grey and orange in colour, and hold the newer Silver and green Celestial Material in my right fist.

Clenching my fist, I put pressure on the material, and just let it happen. 

It starts slowly, like a virus that was taking over my armour. My Armoured hand starts changing colour from grey to silver, starting from the tip of my fingers. It then slowly begins changing my forearm, and then moves on to my body.

Slowly, bit by bit, my entire Armour goes through a transformation on the outside, changing it from grey to a shinier Silver colour. The accents and lights, meanwhile, change from Orange, to Green.

But this is just on the outside. The Armour also changes from the inside, to better suit my needs. It becomes a part of me, an extension of my own being. The Power Stone, that once just settled in nar my chest now completely merges with my armour on the inside, and I feel a surge of Cosmic Energy flow within me.

Letting out a breath, I summon Anugoptr, my spear, in its Celestial form, and slam it on the ground. This.. is not an insignificant transformation, this is.. my mini ascension.

I look right up above me, focus my Cosmic Energy in my voice, and say, "I am no longer Theos, the Celestial. Henceforth, my Celestial name is SAGE, THE GUARDIAN CELESTIAL!"

The last proclamation is heard all around the Universe, signalling everyone that can hear it, that there was a new Celestial in town. Sage, the Guardian. No one will know that Sage and Theos the Celestial are the same person, other than the ones that are completely Omniscient, and the ones that know already know me.

As if the proclamation was a signal, the Red Giant gives out a significantly large Solar flare, and with a blast, the Celestial Egg is thrown out of the Sun, and towards Empty space.

I smile, seeing the gestation pod go through changes to form the Armour around the new-born Celestial. With a green flash, I disappear from Donna, and appear a few thousand miles away from the Gestation pod, which begins growing in size.

A new Celestial is in town, and it's not just Sage. I wonder what this means for the very chaotic future I know is meant to be.

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