A Villainess Should Be Strong

Chapter 105: Sol

Estraea was bubbly and would liven up the space. At first, he had a hard time matching her dynamics, but he then later learned how to control and manage his ways safely.

The Absolute lived with Estraea for thousands of years, just enjoying the universe to themselves and interacting with each other. Sometimes, they would create new inventions that would then be applied to the universe.

Just like the Absolute, Estraea had the power to create because she was bestowed with the Creation Magic as her core.

She was the sole wielder of the magic because it was very imbalanced and would impact the universe severely if held by multiple people. It would stay that way even after many years passed. He couldn't think of another person or being that would be more suitable in taking care of the power other than Estraea.

Either way, it would be a great way to separate her identity from the others. She was his special companion.

She particularly liked to create beautiful things, as she had a preference towards those that pleased her eyes. She happily spent her time designing things that would be implemented to the world.

After a few years of brain consuming procedures, they also managed to formulate a language that they could use to communicate with each other clearly.

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One day, the Absolute called her name out to travel across the wide universe they had created.

"Rae," He called. "Let's go for some sightseeing?"

Rae was a nickname, obviously taken out of the name Estraea.

Although the name was pretty, Estraea was quite the mouthful to say out loud. A shortened nickname helped tremendously.

Extending his hand, the Absolute waited for the Goddess in front of him to take the hand like usual, but that never happened. Estraea liked travelling a lot, so whenever they had plans to go 'sightsee', which contained in depth exploration and touch ups on their creations, she would be very excited about it.

However, on her face was now an unsatisfied pout that came out of nowhere.

The Absolute raised his brow, confused as to what made her mood worsen like this. He gulped, silently preparing for what she was about to say. Did he unconsciously do something that triggered her?

"Rae?" He called once more, trying to work his way around the matter carefully.

'Rae' then raised her face to look at the Absolute and voiced out her complaint.

It was a question that the Absolute had never expected and couldn't answer right off the bat.

"Why do I have a name, but you don't?" Her voice turned sad as she pondered on what to call him. Tears started welling up.

Confusion and dismay bloomed inside her eyes, staring right up at him in distress.

At the gesture, the Absolute Being panicked. His creation was very emotionally unstable because of her purity.

The astounding amount of purity he gave her made her incapable of hiding her intentions. As such, the moment she felt something, she wouldn't be able to  hide the emotions and would display it right after.

That was why she broke into tears out of a sudden without warning.

The Absolute coughed, squatting down to face Estraea. He pursed his lips, finding her actions quite funny. Of course, he hid that sentiment.

"No one was there to name me, Rae," The Absolute replied nonchalantly.

"Then, who named me?" Tilting her head, Estraea became even more confused.

"Obviously.. it was me!" The Absolute proudly announced. The name Estraea was something he was heavily fond of. He liked everything about her because she was the realization of his ideals.

"Then, then, who will name you?"

"Hmm.. nobody, I suppose? Besides.. I don't really need a name," The Absolute thought.

"But that's... that's... why don't you want to have a name?"

"Rae, we are the only ones who possesses a consciousness. Our creations can't think. Why did we name our creations? It's because we want to identify and separate them from the rest. But I am one entity that will never be reproduced. I don't need a name because I am distinguishable even without a name,"

"..You insulted me! Aren't you saying that Rae isn't distinguishable if it wasn't for her name?! Bad, bad, bad!" Estraea pouted, turning her head and refusing to look at the Absolute.

Estraea broke into larger sobs. She was now fully crying. The Absolute looked trouble as to how he could possibly pacify the Goddess.

"...I didn't mean it that way, Rae," The Absolute sighed lightly. "Why don't you try naming me? I named you, and now you'll name me," The Absolute offered.

A name. To him, those things weren't important at all. What mattered was what came from within. A name was ultimately just an address towards whoever you're talking to.

It didn't affect him at all. Furthermore, being named by Estraea seemed to be the most suitable thing because of their statuses. After all, who else could give him a name if even his 'Rae' couldn't?

"A nameeee? Waaaaah~!" Estraea was still bawling as she thought hard about what name she should give to the Absolute.

"Sshhh, don't cry, alright?" The Absolute tried to pacify the woman.

"But, but.. it's so sad that you don't have a namee? You lived for longer than Rae did, but Rae got a name earlier than you, and, and, waaaah!" Estraea whimpered.

"That's why you are going to name me now. It's not any different, Rae. I'll be really happy if you name me. Won't you calm down for me? My heart will ache if you continue to cry,"

After so many years of dealing with Estraea, naturally the Absolute was quite the expert in handling her.

"...Okay," The cries quietened immediately after the Absolute launched his threat. "But what should I name you?"

"That.. I don't know. I'll leave it up to you, my Goddess," The Absolute snickered, backing off after making the Goddess calm down.

For the rest of the day, the Goddess Estraea did not create anything. This was a rare occurrence, because the Goddess usually couldn't stand doing nothing and had to satisfy her boredom with all the actions she would perform.

The Absolute did not bother her as he knew that she was focusing hard for his sake.

Estraea treated her name as her beloved treasure. She wished for the Absolute to have a great name too, so she had to think about it a lot.

One day passed with minimal interactions, which was a surprise since Estraea loved mingling with the Absolute. She loved the presence of another life.

That day, the Goddess came looking for him with a special purpose. She had a wide smile plastered on her face as she stared right at the Absolute's figure.

"Sol," Estraea said out of the blue. She had just arrived, and didn't utter a single word after that.

"Sol!" Once more, she reiterated.

The Absolute then realized that she was calling him. He pointed his index finger at himself, trying to confirm whether she really meant him.

"Am I Sol?" He asked.

"Mhm," Estraea giggled. "Your name will be Sol... Because you're the AbSOLute Being, right? A fitting name. Sol!" Estraea was very happy with the name she chose. She thought of herself as a creative being.

She like the name Sol, it rolled off the tongue smoothly and had a double meaning.

"That's.. fine, I guess. Is there a meaning to it?" The Absolute Being, who now received the name 'Sol' secretly wished that she had attached a definition for the name. He wanted to know what Estraea wished for or thought.

"It means.. uh, it means...?" Estraea was taken aback.

From just one glance, the Absolute was able to tell that she must've not thought about the meaning at all. He burst into laughter as he watched the girl slowly unfurl with chaos, not knowing what to do.

"...Peace!" Estraea shouted out.

In response, the Absolute blinked his eyes multiple times. "Peace?" He repeated.

"Yes, peace! Peace for all of us. I wish for us two, and the future lives we are going to create to be peaceful. Won't that be great?" Estraea giggled.

Not a trace of her former anxiousness that sourced from her lack of preparation was visible. She was now proudly stating her answer, as if she had prepared it for years.

"Sol.. Sol! Sol!" Estraea started chanting his name.

After being called multiple times, the Absolute snapped out of his thoughts.

Peace.

The meaning she gave her was so simple.

How pure was she to think of peace of all things? After all, the world was only there for the two of them.

What could possibly happen in the future?

Unbeknownst to him, the Absolute was thinking from an idealistic point of view. His matter of reference in regards to lives were ones that had a personality akin to Estraea, even though they might not be exact.

If everybody was like Estraea, then there truly wouldn't be a need for peaceful wishes.

Sadly, that wasn't going to be the case, especially as the universe separated into its own individual realms. The individual realms would grow to have their own separate generators, and the entities that were granted a consciousness wouldn't always use it for the greater good.

They were in the earliest stages of the world's development, so they wouldn't know such a thing. And yet, the world continued turning, and turning, until it reached a point where everything was separated and there was even a destroyed realm.

"Yes, yes. I'm here. Your Sol is here,"

However, for now, Sol would reflect his name's meaning. Living in peace with his Creation Goddess.

A peaceful life that would eventually be destroyed.