…Letis? Who is that?

Echidna furrowed her brow at the name that seemed familiar from somewhere.

As she quietly looked down at the lower sea god who kept repeating just one name, Echidna suddenly remembered a nymph.

The nymph from the golden palace who strongly hated Livia, whom she had used as a sacrifice for her curse.

A foolish woman who despised the deep sea to the point of disgust, and who, despite living in the sea, yearned to become a being that sparkled in the sky.

Le…tis…. You… smell… like… that child…

…Letis. Yes. That seemed to be what she was called.

When she went to the underwater apothecary looking for needed ingredients, she immediately grabbed the woman who was searching for angler fish liver.

A nymph looking for poison was obvious – it meant she harbored hatred strong enough to want to kill someone. Such evil power to harm others was excellent material for Echidna.

Moreover, since she was a nymph from the golden palace, Echidna thought she might fortunately harbor hatred for Triton or Livia.

Echidna’s speculation hit the mark. Fortunately, the nymph even carried the blood of a lower god. She was a very useful woman as a sacrifice.

Thus, after using her hatred-filled body as a sacrifice, Echidna showed what she considered mercy to the nymph. She made her into a sparkling being above the sea, just as she had wished.

…Perhaps she was now reaping the benefits of that kindness?

Echidna looked down at her rotting legs caught by the lake’s lower god. Though they were beings not even worth noticing above the sea, when buried in the depths, they were as fearsome as death gods.

Skin so pale it appeared gray, a grotesque face with mouth and ears atrophied from disuse, and a strange pressure containing quiet darkness.

‘Perhaps I can use this…’

Having finished her thought, Echidna grabbed the chin of Legas, master of the deep sea lake, and whispered, “Are you Letis’s father?”

Yes… that’s right…

“You must know that your daughter has disappeared?”

…..

At the witch’s whisper, the master of the deep sea stared at her in silence. Though his quiet eyes seemed hollow, within them burned an intense paternal love.

For his daughter was the only thing loved by Legas, who lived settled at the bottom of the deep sea.

The eyes in his sunken sockets gleamed ominously, but not enough to frighten Echidna, who had returned from true h*ll for revenge.

Rather, she brightened her eyes as though she were pleased and whispered in an evil voice, “I know where your daughter is. If you cooperate with me, I’ll tell you where that child is.”

***

Triton placed the sleeping Livia on top of his body, gently caressing her smooth skin as if savoring it.

Every time her elastic and soft skin brushed against his palm, his member embedded in Livia’s womanhood twitched and responded again, but as this was a regular occurrence, he ignored it lightly and continued caressing her.

The supple flesh that yielded to every touch never grew tiresome.

Triton liked that Livia wasn’t weak but sturdy. If she turned red and tore at every touch, that would be concerning in its own way, but Livia’s skin was elastic enough to withstand Triton’s moderate desires.

Triton gently kissed the round forehead of Livia, who was sleeping peacefully with her cheek resting on his chest.

When Livia stirred as if having a sleep tantrum, he held her tightly and patted her, and she breathed softly again as if she had never been restless.

Sometimes she would twitch as if his member inside her was burdensome, but like a good girl, she would fall back asleep after a few pats.

The small heartbeat transmitted through their touching chests was peaceful. Just as he thought they could stay like this for thousands of years, he sensed movement outside. Triton spoke quietly without moving, as if whispering.

“What is it?”

Though his voice was soft as he gently stroked Livia’s hair to avoid waking her, Actius outside had no trouble hearing it.

“I’m here to report that the area cleanup is complete. All the ‘black gaps’ have been sealed.”

Actius reported quietly, also lowering his voice.

The black gaps from which Titans and insects had crawled up.

There wasn’t time to deal with each of the endlessly pushing creatures one by one. So Triton decided to block the entrance completely so they couldn’t emerge.

He awakened dormant underwater volcanoes and made them erupt to cover everything with magma. Though persuading Gaia wasn’t easy, even she didn’t want the Titans appearing on land again, so it was doable.

When underwater volcanoes erupt, various natural disasters occur as a result.

Waves grow higher, tsunamis become larger, and marine life dies en masse due to sudden temperature increases. If there are islands or land nearby, earthquakes can occur too.

Triton had to expend his power immediately after the volcanic eruption to prevent such things from happening. As a result, he had to patrol the deep sea to regulate water temperature, calm tsunamis, and prevent ground tremors from spreading far.

His body’s recovery power had decreased because he used so much strength then. That was why the wounds from the Titan’s claws weren’t healing quickly.

‘Even so, who exactly is worrying about whom?’

Triton smiled faintly as he nuzzled Livia’s cheek. To think this woman who used to constantly try to strike at his heart would make such a weak face over mere wounds like these…

When he felt how Livia’s feelings toward him had changed, the annoying wound became quite pleasing.

If left alone, the wound would disappear by tomorrow, but Triton deliberately decided to leave it as is. This small one’s worry wasn’t unpleasant.

As Triton caressed Livia’s cheeks and shoulders, he slipped his hand into her limp hand resting on the floor. Their two hands, without scales or webbing, interlocked like gears.

Though her skin was soft and smooth everywhere else, only her hands were still somewhat rough from all the hardship these small hands had endured.

Triton deliberately kissed Livia’s fingertips in detail while removing each callus from her palm.

Livia no longer needed such traces of being human. For this sentimental woman, traces of the past were just shackles holding back her ankles.

She was a woman who would live the same life as him by his side. Though she wasn’t born a god, she would rise to become a demigod, so it would be safer to erase traces of the past. Especially if those things held back this woman’s ankles.

“….”

In that sense, Triton pondered for a moment.

The only thing Livia was clinging to, the single attachment that made her hesitate and make wrong choices… Lete Horn.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to just get rid of him?’

He had heard that her father had already become a new soul, and her other brother had disappeared to become the ferryman of the underworld. Then the only one Livia would continue to be attached to was just her younger brother.

It seemed like everything would become easier if just that troublesome soul disappeared.

Since Echidna had set up the board, it seemed like everything could be resolved if Triton just pretended to fall into the trap.

But…

Triton traced the face of Livia sleeping soundly in his arms. The woman breathing softly with her cheek fully resting on his chest looked as innocent as a newborn baby.

Truth tends to pop its head up at some point no matter how well it’s hidden.

Of course, Triton wouldn’t hide it so carelessly, but there were too many variables in the world of gods. If by any chance Livia found out that Triton deliberately destroyed her brother’s soul…

‘With Livia’s personality, she wouldn’t just let that slide.’

She might leave him, or hate him enough to want him dead. He wouldn’t let her leave his side, so she would probably look at him with resentful eyes for the rest of her life.

Both options were terribly undesirable. Livia suited being happy and comfortable by his side.

Therefore, there shouldn’t be any risks that could break his and Livia’s peace.

Rather than leaving such anxiety, even if it was a bit troublesome, it would be a hundred, thousand times better to save the soul of the brother she was so attached to.

So, he would have to let him live.

The moment he made up his mind, a thin beam of light seeped into Triton’s bedroom.

“…!”

Triton immediately rose and hid Livia behind his back, then coldly addressed the small peacock that appeared through the light.

“How discourteous of the Guardian of Marriage to appear so abruptly in another couple’s bedroom.”