Married A Snake Goddess

Luxine is a world being protected by the five important flames Goddess Lux left to her people: White (Puti), Blue (Asul), Red (Pula), Orange (Kahel), and Yellow (Dilaw).

With the power of these flames, Luxine became prosperous, life became much easier. White flames are the strongest flames that focus on electricity, supernatural strength, and light.

Blue flames are the second to the strongest. These focus on healing, no matter what your wounds were, and depending on how skilled you were, could heal someone.

Red flames are in the middle. These give the heat from the cold world the Luxine people live in. Orange flames are the fourth one. They're the builders of the place. With their power, they could create not just metals but materials they could use for building and making things.

Last but not least, the Yellow flames are one of the most important flames because, without food, people won’t continue living. Yellow flames are also used to make and create foods.

All of these were left by the Goddess Lux before she disappeared; the reason why she left was unknown to all of the creatures residing in Luxine.

A few people got worried about her whereabouts, but many decades have passed and things haven’t changed. The flames never left the left, so all of the creatures claimed that she was somewhere out there watching over them.

“So, is that why flames are surrounding our whole world, grandma?” Athena asked while tilting her head. She was listening to her grandma’s stories while cooking some dinner in the kitchen.

Her mother died after she gave birth to her and she has no idea where her father was because he left before her mother could even give birth to her.

She’s been living with her grandma for as long as she can remember. It has been a blast, so Athena doesn’t have any problems with it.

Plus, her grandma is the nicest person in the world. She teaches her a lot of things that could be useful in life.

“Yes, without those flames, the Pitch Demon could easily enter this world,” Athena’s grandma informed her, so she snorted before smiling.

“Grandma, I’m not a child anymore, you can’t scare me with that Pitch Demon thingy,” She giggled while frying some hash browns.

Her grandma used to scare her a lot about that Pitch Demon lurking outside of Luxine. She said without those flames surrounding the whole world, they would consume the creatures and eat their life forces.

“I’m not kidding around, Athena, you should always remember that I don’t tell stories that aren’t real,” Her grandma firmly said, so she just sighed before turning off the stove.

“Alright, grandma, I’m sorry,” She pouted before preparing their dining table, “Here’s my specialty!”

Athena revealed the hash browns, and melted cheese together with a fried chicken, “Are you trying to kill me, Athena?” Her grandma asked, so her eyes widened.

“N-No I’m not! This is healthy grandma, we had okra and soy sauce for lunch so I think this is acceptable for dinner!” She exclaimed.

Her grandma just sighed before smiling at her, “Just admit you’re excited tomorrow, you’re finally going to register yourself at Luxine Academy,”

Athena flinched before averting her gaze at her, “No, I’m not grandma, do you know what that school contains? It’s full of beasts!” She almost screamed.

She shook her head before raising her fists, “But, that’s not going to stop me from studying hard! I’m going to prove to everyone how capable Wights are in this world!”

Her grandma got worried for a moment. Athena is different from the rest of the teenagers that she knows. She will do whatever it takes to reach the goal that she’s been wanting to achieve.

Athena’s will isn’t something that could be broken easily like some glass, even if it’s already broken, she will do whatever it takes to repair it again.

Wights have always been discriminated against in their world. They’re non-magical creatures, which means all they could do was work their asses off to fit into the world that’s full of magical and powerful creatures.

They work under those magical and powerful creatures, so she knew Athena wanted to change things. She wanted everything to be equal.

“Be careful out there, sweetheart,” Her grandmother worriedly said, so she just smiled before nodding.

“I will, let’s eat dinner early so that I can wash the dishes early and think about what I will wear tomorrow,” Athena beamed, so her grandmother just smiled.

It wasn’t a while until Athena decided to surrender to her bed. She clutched her chest and looked at the pendant that she had ever since she was a kid.

Her grandmother said that her mother left this for her, so she treasures it like it’s their family heirloom. It’s a symbol of flame, the borders of it look like they are embedded with gold when her hands grazed on it. She just smiled and gazed at the top of her ceiling.

“I’ll make sure tomorrow will be a good day,” She whispered before drifting off into a deep slumber.

***

The next day came, and she was full of high spirits, “Good morning grandma!” She flipped her jet-black hair while fixing her big circle glasses.

It makes her sky-blue eyes big enough to see how she shines so brightly so early in the morning, “Tone your voice down dear,” Her grandma smiled, so she just bit her lower lip.

“I just can’t help it! Though I’m still a little nervous, you know?!” Athena exclaimed, so her grandma knew she couldn’t be stopped.

“Alright, I understand, but you have to eat your breakfast first before starting to set off to school,” After her grandma said those words, she sat promptly on the chair and smiled.

“You made my breakfast extra special, is this a blueberry pancake?” She hummed, so her grandma chuckled.

“Dig in,” She playfully winked, so Athena cheered before thanking the food that she had in her front.

After she ate, she brushed her teeth and grabbed her bag from her room. She fixed her big glasses and combed her jet-black hair one last time.

“Okay, I’m done and ready to go!” She beamed before revealing herself to her grandma. She’s wearing an elegant black and white uniform.

At first, Athena thought that the Luxine Academy had an elegant taste, “You look wonderful, dear, have fun okay? And remember, try to blend in,”