"Yes, while it means everlasting darkness and is my exact opposite, I still can't help but love the name. It's truly beautiful. With a beautiful soul like yours, I thought it to be the perfect name."
"I.. Don't know. But you have yet to tell me your own name? What is a family without names?"
"I've already told you, the Primordial Light or the Supreme Deity of Light."
"No, that isn't a name, it's a title. What is your actual name?"
"Name…? I don't have one past my titles."
"Then I, too, grant you a name, Seraphina."
Seraphina let her new name roll off her tongue for a moment, her expression wavering between sorrow and unbridled ecstasy, before a pure, innocent smile appeared on her face, a few tears welling in her eyes. She went to jump into my arms, accepting my proposal in full.
Bracing for the impact, I briefly closed my eyes, waiting a few seconds for her arms to wrap around my own, but her embrace never came. Opening my eyes, I saw Seraphina imprisoned within an endless midnight chain wrapping around every inch of her body.
Multiple beams of light shot off from her body, blasting the chain to pieces, freeing her from its clutches, but her freedom was short-lived, and she was immediately imprisoned again.
"Eldros! Why do you interfere in my personal matters? Release me, or I'll swallow the Vale in a sea of light!"
"You've broken the cardinal law, interfering with death. Due to your meddling, I can't take the boy to the Vale anymore; his soul isn't compatible with the Vale being a mixture of light and human. So I'll take your own soul as penance. You'll be imprisoned on your own throne until I deem you punished."
"Unhand me! You can't imprison me forever, I'm a deity! I'll eventually escape your little chains of death."
"According to my calculations, it would take you at least two years to fully break through my prison. I don't underestimate you, hence why I've taken measures such as this one," declared Eldros, authority and overwhelming power oozed from his voice.
The light from under me disappeared, revealing a network of floating islands, all developed to the max, using every inch of space to add to the plethora of buildings.
"No, Evernight!" shouted Seraphina, releasing a controlled blast of light, annihilating the chains of death. She ran to me, trying to catch my hand, but to no avail, being ensnared by the chains again, pulling her hand from my reach.
"Seraphina!"
"This is one of the many consequences of your actions, Primordial Light. You'll observe your creation helplessly unable to prevent his death in the most dangerous realm, your realm. Whether he survives or not is not yet clear, but if he dies it'll be your fault for designing such a cruel and perilous realm."
"Bastard! Release me!"
"You are no longer the Primordial Light but a helpless spectator. Didn't you know there are consequences to breaking the cardinal laws?"
"I'm a deity! Consequences aren't a thing for us!"
"You are still young; look down at the consequences of your actions. Evernight's final night."
"He's not that weak! He'll survive; he's been implanted with a portion of my power. No one can rival him down there!"
"What? You've made a pseudo deity?! How can you be so foolish!"