Kaito entered the castle, entering the former Grand Library of the Raya Lucaria Academy.
This place was once a hall of mages, but now it had become Rennala's self-isolated castle.
Kaito entered here with the expectations of many mages, and soon he saw Rennala, saw her little giant-like figure like Lady Dimitrescu.
Watching her hold an amber-colored crystal with vacant eyes, Kaito's heart felt no ripples, only that she was beautiful.
Breathtakingly beautiful, unforgettable.
"Big brother, are you here to play?"
"Mom, we have a guest~ It's not the mages from outside!"
"Mom..."
Soon, a group of children wearing mage robes appeared before Kaito in various ways.
Some crawled, some rolled.
Regardless of gender or age, their bodies seemed no different from humans at first glance, but Kaito could immediately see their incompleteness.
They could be considered life, yet also not life.
In this incomplete state of life, it was hard to say if they could even live for a few years!
Looking up at Rennala's figure, he sighed.
As a woman who became a hero of the Carian Kingdom, she was like a pure white, noble, and beautiful figure of a calamitous bright moon.
The strength of Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon, was beyond doubt.
Even though the academy had lost the two ultimate glintstone mages, Masters Azur and Lusat, under Rennala's leadership, it remained prosperous. This showed how perfect she was.
She learned ultimate glintstone magic without being corrupted by the glintstone, crossed the stars to encounter the will of the moon, formed a Full Moon contract, and created Full Moon magic that surpassed the masters, leading the academy.
During the great war of the Lands Between, Marika, who had manifested as Radagon, originally led an army to conquer the unsubmissive Carian Kingdom. But encountering such a perfect goddess, he was moved.
Taking action, he bathed himself in a Celestial Dew, washing away the memories of his sins, and forging a new bond.
Radagon took control of the body, then married Rennala.
He didn't even care about the feelings and opinions of the Golden Lion family, elevating Caria to the status of rulers.
The Greater Will was also very pleased. Perhaps a new, powerful individual would be born, an 'Empyrean' existence, capable of becoming a new vessel for the Elden Ring and the Golden Order.
Just as Marika had married the strongest Tarnished, Godfrey, Marika's (Radagon's) male body would naturally seek the strongest woman.
Looking across the entire Lands Between, only Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon, met this standard.
Coincidentally, they were about to conquer the Carian Kingdom. If they formed a marriage alliance, they could reduce many losses.
A political marriage was completed, but how much of Radagon's love was genuine?
Only Rennala took this marriage alliance seriously.
Like the saying 'marry a dog and follow the dog', Rennala quickly assumed her role after marriage. Moreover, since it could reduce unnecessary losses for the Carian Kingdom, sacrificing her own happiness for the safety of the entire kingdom seemed like a good ending.
Under these conditions, Rennala gradually fell in love with Radagon, a true love-obsessed woman.
Before marriage, she was decisive in killing. After marriage, she was a virtuous wife and loving mother.
Before they even started living together, she specially brought golden tailor's tools. A true virtuous wife and loving mother, she started preparing clothes for her future children even before they existed.
Finally, as Marika and the Greater Will wished, a new demigod was born.
In the game, there was Starscourge Radahn, the sorceress Ranni, and the just and stern judge Rykard.
Rennala was mortal compared to gods. Radahn was a noble warrior, Ranni was a clever and brave revolutionary, and although Rykard was somewhat lacking, he was still an ambitious and decisive hero.
Compared to the other two families, Rennala was quite successful as a mother in raising her children.
All three children had their strengths and weaknesses.
Radahn seemed more like a wild warrior like Hoarah Loux, thus not an ideal heir to the Elden Lord.
Rykard, though okay, wasn't great, having great ambition but lacking ability.
Neither son satisfied Radagon, but Ranni was different.
Ranni directly inherited all of Rennala's strengths, her innate talent evolving into an Empyrean almost imminently.
Unfortunately, when Ranni was young, Radagon hardly educated her. Or rather, Marika had ulterior motives, so he was constantly away at war, etc., rarely returning home to visit.
By the time Ranni came of age and he felt she was very suitable as the next heir, Ranni, having been educated by Rennala from a young age, had already become a pioneer with her own thoughts, an independent woman daring to explore and pursue.
After Rennala passed down her magic, Ranni later encountered her own lunar law, the Eternal Dark Moon.
Ranni cleverly discovered that golden blood was both a blessing and a curse. So, in the later stages, she gave up her identity as 'princess' and 'heiress', abandoning her physical body in a special way.
Seeing this, the heir was gone. Marika transformed back into Radagon, returned home, and tried again to produce a new demigod offspring with Rennala.
Unfortunately, Rennala was also on the verge of 'fragility'. Moreover, having already given birth to three demigods had exhausted her potential. Under these circumstances, the demigod that was not to be ultimately turned into amber-egg-like crystals, failing to successfully become life.
That amber also seemed to represent a longing for life. The incomplete Great Rune ultimately transformed into the power of birth: the Great Rune of the Unborn.
And Rennala, due to Radagon's change of heart and abandonment, along with the newborn, became completely insane like this.
The elegant moon in the night had finally lost its radiance.
People who lost their value could no longer hold the gaze of Marika and Radagon. The Greater Will also abandoned Rennala.
Divinity overpowered humanity. Marika answered the Erdtree's call, returning to the royal capital of Leyndell for her own marriage alliance.
That is, the bizarre operation of marrying herself, attempting to produce another demigod, another suitable heir like the sorceress Ranni.
Rennala learned of all this, which made her even more heartbroken.
Because at that time, Rennala had no idea that Radagon was Marika, mistakenly believing that Radagon had long been fooling around with Queen Marika.
Her love-obsessed mind fell into a blame cycle, like in ancient times when a woman kept giving birth to daughters and couldn't produce a son, she became frenzied.
Thus, Rennala used the power of the Great Rune to constantly create new life, attempting to produce another demigod offspring to win Radagon back.
But these lives were all incomplete. The 'children' created by the Great Rune were all fragile and mentally deficient.
Gradually, she began to despair, to self-isolate.
She sealed herself in the castle, in the Grand Library, day and night. Or rather, whenever her power recovered, she would create new life...
Until today.
Until Kaito arrived, she was still like this.
Looking at the many 'children' created using the Great Rune around her, Kaito steeled his heart and condensed a rock spear...