Heavenly Dao Child

Ryuu frowned as he sat directly across the two sisters whom he offered some tea before he spoke, "Is there something wrong sisters you looked worried."

Sylvana frowned as she whispered out loud, "Now where to begin."

"Preferably from the beginning.", came Ryuu's quick retort with a smile on his face.

Sylvana snorted at that as she spoke with a small smile o her, "Ryuu do you know what Samadhi is?"

Ryuu frowned for a moment in deep thought before he replied back in an unsure tone, "I think it is something that deals with death if a cultivator."

Shamiran gave a small nod as she spoke, "Close enough, it is a term is used to define when a cultivator voluntarily gives up their life and reincarnate without their memories and begin a new life."

Ryuu frowned hard as a pit formed in his stomach, 'Why is she telling me this?'

Sylvana sighed as she began to speak again, "Ryuu, a cultivator leads a long, a very long life and over time it becomes monotonous and dreadfully boring, as such cultivators who are tired of leading such a monotonous life often opt for Samadhi since they can begin anew as a blank slate."

As she spoke a look of fear crept up on Ryuu's face as he spoke, "Sister who is going to do such a thing to end their life."

Shamiran sighed as she spoke, "Antariskh."

No sooner did she say the name Ryuu jumped up from his seat as he dashed towards the door only to be brought back to his seat by the wave of Shamiran's hand as she spoke with a glare, "Where were you running off to?"

Ryuu returned the glare as he replied back, "To find Antariksh."

Shamiran simply sighed at his answer as she spoke, "And do what exactly, are you going to do exactly?"

"I am going to somehow convince her not to."

Sylvana simply shook her head as she spoke with a sigh, "That is awfully naïve of you bother, do you think she is the type to be swayed by a couple of words."

Ryuu balled his fist as he looked down on the ground for a moment before he spoke while looking up with a frown on his face, "So what do you suggest."

Sylvana bit her lips as she spoke, "First of all we have to address the root of the problem, which is none other than too much workload, Antariksh after Pangu's death has shouldered all responsibility standing tall for our family, and in the end, we became too reliant on her dropping our responsibilities on her and now she is tired too tired to continue."

Ryuu felt a headache rising as he spoke, "Troublesome, so how do we proceed, we cannot simply take some responsibilities off her shoulder, she would retaliate badly if we try."

"True brother.", Shamiran spoke drawing attention towards her as she continued, "As such we will have to be really sneaky about it, we will have to be subtle."

Ryuu nodded as he spoke, "True, so what can I do? I am not that strong not to mention I have no idea on what to do."

"Actually there is a lot you can do brother."

As Ryuu paid undivided attention towards her Sylvana continued with a frown of her own, "We will do what we can from our side, while you will be little less resistant if she asks for your help, do not outright agree to it show your unwillingness but make sure to be a bit less forceful than before, and if possible spend as much time with her as possible."

Ryuu frowned as he spoke, "Will it work."

Shamiran shrugged as she spoke, "Who knows, maybe it will work, maybe not but it will remind her unconsciously that at least her family is always with her."

Ryuu sighed as he spoke, "Wish I could do more."

At Ryuu's words, Sylvana spoke back with a frown, "Of course you could do many things, what we just said was merely an example, but please be discreet and try to remember that while doing so the talk that you had with us is pushed back to the furthest recess of your mind, no need to let her know about it."

Ryuu sighed as he spoke, "I will try my best."

A small smile blossomed on two sisters' face as Sylvana spoke, "That is more than enough."

With that, the dup decided stood up from their seat as Shamiran spoke, "Ah before we leave I would like to inform you that the dinner is ready so let us leave."

Ryuu nodded but he suddenly remembered something from the talk he had with the Empress as he spoke in an awkward manner, "Umm, big sis Sylvana there is something that I wish to say to you."

Sylvana raised one of her elegant brows as she spoke in a curious tone, "What is it, brother?"

Ryuu's awkwardness and embarrassment reached a new height as he spoke, "About the essence that…"

Sylvana smiled at him as she placed her hand over his shoulder as she spoke, "There is nothing to worry about Ryuu, you are my brother as such I do not regret it."

Ryuu shook his head as he spoke, "No big Sis what you did for me was more than anything anyone could do for others as such.", with that Ryuu gave her a deep bow as he continued to speak, "Please let me take responsibility."

Sylvana suddenly broke into a burst of loud laughter before she pulled Ryuu into a hug as she spoke, "Thank you Ryuu for being so considerate, but there is no need for you to worry about such trivial thing."

"But sister, the essence can only be shared between a husband and wife as such I cannot in good conscience let you be condemned by others, people will talk behind your back and…"

"Let them.", was Sylvana's immediate retort as she spoke with a hard edge on her voice, "Let them, I could care less about what they think or what they want, I wanted to protect you and I have succeeded as such I am happy."

"But, even your friends…"

Sylvana gained a scowl on her face upon being reminded about her friends, as she still remembered the expression of disgust that passed through some of their faces when the Empress had dropped her secret in front of everyone, she gave Ryuu a small smile as she spoke, "Ryuu, for my someone I cherish I can sacrifice my existence what is a mere essence, and I do not regret it, after all without it you would be dead."

Seeing the conflicting look on Ryuu's face Sylvana spoke with a sigh, "How about this, when one day you will be strong enough to defeat me in an all-out combat we will have this discussion, till then please forgot it."

Ryuu slouched forward as he spoke, "If you say so.", then he gained a sombre look on his face before he spoke, "First mother and now you…"

Whatever he was going to say came to a halt upon being swatted on his head hard by Shamiran who spoke with a scowl, "Please brother stop with this sad thoughts, you are back home so sit back and have some fun, stop acting like an old man full of regrets, you are too young to act as such."

Ryuu would have like to point out that he was already an old man but held his tongue, he knew for cultivators of their stature a person who is in their eighties was basically a child, and he did not want to point out their age and end up at the receiving end of their ire.

While Ryuu had his inner dialogue with himself Shamiran, on the other hand, kept on speaking, "Now since we have finished our chat can we move to the dining area, because I believe some rather delicious food cooked by Second Mother is waiting for us, and I for one do not wish to waste something she had worked so hard to prepare."

The words 'Cooked by Second Mother had seemed to have managed to snap Ryuu out of his depressed state as he visibly drooled before he shouted out in the excited state, "Why are we waiting then, let's go, let's go.", with that he took off towards the dining area, while the duo of sisters broke into fits of laughter.

"Something will never change."

"So true, big sister, so true and I hope that it never does, I just hope he does not end up in the hospital again."

Sylvana could not help but snort at her sister's words as she spoke, "That is foolish hope sister, sooner or later he is going to end up in the hospital from overeating."

A few more minutes later Maheswara's entire family had occupied the respective seats around the dining table with Maheswara at the helm.

Seeing the happy and cheery face of Ryuu brought warmth to his heart only to be saddened upon seeing the deep profound sadness hiding behind the façade of happiness.

'No matter how much Ryuu tried to hide I can see the hurt that he is feeling, that woman had wounded him deeply, the betrayal had hit him rather hard, and with that, I once again failed one of my children.'

His musing was cut short as he felt Celestia grasp his hand as she whispered to him, "Your children are getting all restless seeing you in such deep thoughts."

Maheswara gave a small cough trying to gather his semblance before he spoke with a sheepish smile on his face, "Ah sorry I was thinking of something, so without further ado let us begin before we drown from Ryuu's drool."

His words brought out a round of laughter and an indignant shout from Ryuu, "I so do not drool."