How It Begins Part 2 (Edited)

After an exciting tale of how my dad took a nap on a barren hill in a prehistoric world only to wake up a few years later to find himself entombed in a giant stone building. The newly evolved humans made for some form a deity due to anyone physically touching him instantly dying (turns out it's a self-defense mechanism when he's not conscious), I couldn't keep my curiosity down, so I had to ask.

"Hey, dad, whatever happened to mom?"

He let out a sigh and looked a bit older when he responded

"You see son, your mother was a very strong-willed woman, after our night when I discovered that she was pregnant and discussed what to do with the pillar god I sat her down and told her the truth about myself and that there was no way she could survive giving birth to a child of mine.

I couldn't enhance her due to my restrictions in that world, and the pillar god absolutely refused to allow any living soul out of his grasp. Only when she died could I collect her.

Even if I really wanted to have a child, I gave her the option of abortion, and I shit you not I have not been as scared the moment she heard those words from me in my entire existence. She was one hell of a fiery woman when angered.

In the end, she decided to have you, and I spent the next nine months without leaving her side. It was a special period in my life. When you fully formed in her stomach and I saw what your affinities were, I was speechless. Every god and goddess has a main affinity, and one or two minor affinities, only in incredibly rare circumstances is a god born with more than two. In other cases, some gods take minor divinities from others, but that's a different situation."

"Wait wait, what are my affinities?? I know about shadows, so I guess that's my main one, but I have minor affinities?"

"Yes, magus, you possess three minor affinities. Death from me, a special branch of space originally from sleep from your grandfather, your main affinity for shadows which branches from your grandmother's night, and a purely unique minor affinity for magic."

I couldn't help but jump up at that. Magic is every child's dream! "Damn, that's awesome, does this mean I'm instantly powerful!?"

"No, it means you're a level 1 noob with unlimited potential. You literally just had half of your existence die you brat. I could kill you by breathing too hard in your direction."

I deflated at that "Oh…well, that's life I guess or um…death"

"Haha, it's a work in progress. Now then, when I discovered your affinities, your mother made a difficult choice. You see, as gods, our affinities both main and minor, create a package of sorts that becomes our abilities. We can learn to use them differently as long as it falls under the strength of our divinity's combinations.

The combination of your shadows, death, and magic allows you to devour the souls of others as long as you defeat them or overpower their will and turn them into your 'shadow soldiers' or subordinates for lack of a better term.

To give you an idea ill insert this memory of a light novel called 'solo leveling.' It's surprising incredibly similar to your ability."

As he was saying this, he leaned over and tapped my forehead. The knowledge he wanted me to know of the novel flowed into me. It wasn't a painful feeling, but it was a weird feeling.

"That was….new, I'll just take it in stride. Anyway, this looks cool! I feel inspired by looking at this! Wait, you're not telling me I…devoured my own mother, right?" I couldn't help but nervously look at my father asking this, but he gave me a reassuring smile.

"No, don't worry, you didn't do anything. You see, until you died, I was not allowed to interfere with your life, and your mother would pass on and join me after giving birth. Your stubborn mother refused to leave you alone and insisted that I connect her soul to your shadow.

You might not realize this son, but throughout your whole life, your mother has been guiding and comforting you from your shadow. She exists in a unique way, and she protected you when you never knew.

That pain you felt in your final year was mainly held back by the seal, but it was she who held it together for as long as it did. She wanted you to live a free and happy life as long as you could."

I don't know when, but it seemed when he stopped talking, I realized I was crying. I couldn't help but think back to how comfortable I always felt in the shadows.

Was it because of my affinity, or was it my mother that was always with me? She gave up 26 years of being with the man she loved to stay by my side in the form of a shadow.

As my thoughts started sinking in depression, I felt a strange feeling of comfort, I looked down to see my shadow wrapping around me almost as if it was embracing me.

"Mom…?"

I felt the feeling become stronger, and my dad decided to explain.

"She is right there son, she has always been there. You see, your powers are still not matured yet, so we can't safely extract her without causing her damage. I explained the risk she was taking and she stubbornly stuck to her choice. The only way for her to be extracted and join us is for you to mature your abilities enough to make it safe. Don't worry though, I will assist you in getting there."

As I sat there listening to him and crying while being embraced in the 'shadow hug,' even if it was only a mental feeling and not a physical one, I could only think of my gratitude for my mother. A fire ignited in me to grow strong enough to set her free.

"Thank you mom…, thank you for always being there, I promise I'll quickly grow and allow us to be a family."

"You don't have to rush magus. While I want to be with her again, it won't take long for you to mature. A world or two maybe a few decades.

It doesn't mean much for me, and as a shadow, she will perceive time much differently. When she comes back it will be like everything that happened was only a few minutes even when she remembers everything."

I got myself back in control and wiped off my face feeling relieved. Then something else that was bugging me popped into my head. "Thanks dad, this has been one hell of a day. By the way, what does the E in my name stand for?"

"Haha, well, you see, your mother's name was Lena Mor. Mor is another word for death in Latin. It's what initially got my attention with her.

I let her choose the name magus, and after seeing your primary affinity, I named you Erebus after my uncle, who is literally shadow given physical form. I haven't heard from him in many eons, and I'm afraid his consciousness may have faded, but he was a great uncle.

So your full name is Magus Erebus Mor. Or another way of looking at it is 'the magus of deaths shadow,' what do you think?"

"Honestly, it's a bit chunni, but damn, it is still awesome! I was curious about that initial my entire life! Would it kill you to write it out instead of just leaving a single letter on my basket!"

"Damn brat! The mystery is half of the fun!"

I quickly debated trying to punch my dad in the gut, and after a very quick logical decision decided it's probably not in my best interest to punch death.

Almost as if he heard my thoughts, he got a smug smile on his face. "HA, that's what I thought."

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!!" I instantly used the super instant kill move of an incredibly famous man.

Just died or not, I was gonna give this old man a piece of my mind. That is until the door of the room burst open (was there even a door in this room?), and a hyperactive loli appeared.

She was wearing an all-black dress and looked like a pale doll with perfect features that even put my old man to shame. She had black hair and pure black pupils, which in contrast with her wide smile and bright white teeth, made her look quite frightening.

She was dragging what looked like a human body wrapped in a heavy blanket. She stopped when she looked down at us wrestling on the ground, and I swear her smile got even larger while what looked like a tear fell from her eye.

"My baby grandson…only a few hours in and already performing a dynamic entry…I'm SO PROUD! HEY! WAKE UP YOU BASTARD AND LOOK AT THIS!!"

Just watching the tiny loli violently shaking the sleeping man made me very nervous, but after processing her words, I'm pretty sure I can tell who this is.

"Mom, what the hell??! How the hell did you know to come? How did you even grab dad?!? No one can ever find him!"

"Oh hush Thanatos, I can find anyone I want at any time. You think anyone can actually run from me?"

She gave him a look so intense I almost pissed myself. It was at this moment I confirmed the identity of the two beings in front of me. The sleeping one is my grandfather, the primordial god of sleep Hypno, and the tiny loli in all black is my grandmother….Nyx, the primordial goddess of the night. Yeah, maybe I should sit back down.