Chapter 117
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Ascended Realms
BISHAMONTEN
The Infernal Palace was a different place any time the goddess of All-That-Is chose to take up residence with her husband, but today as he was summoned, it struck the Cherubim god that except for its ebony ramparts, the Dark Lord's palace positively glowed.
Two singing unicorns opened up the enormous, black-carved doors, and as he stepped through, Bishamonten had to cover his eyes until they adjusted to the blinding, brilliant sunlight. Birds sang up upon the ceiling, and grass obscured the chess squares on the floor. Vines had grown up to mask the chess pieces and make it appear as if they were trees, and everywhere SHE had stepped, there sprouted flowers in every color of the rainbow.
She-who-is danced happily in a circle,
