My Husband... Is God?

Silence.

Complete, suffocating silence.

No one on the battlefield moved.

No one even dared to breathe.

The weakest demon in the Eastern District had just looked at the Supreme God...

...and called Him—

"Ethan?"

Every angel stared in disbelief.

Every demon looked as though their souls had left their bodies.

Riven, however, couldn't hear any of them.

His entire world had narrowed to the man standing before him.

The man who kissed his forehead every morning.

The man who always reminded him to eat lunch.

The man who insisted on making breakfast every day.

His husband.

"...No."

Riven shook his head weakly.

"This... this isn't funny."

The Supreme God stood frozen.

For the first time in thousands of years...

He didn't know what to say.

"...Riven."

His familiar gentle voice made Riven's heart ache.

"No..."

"You..."

Riven slowly stood despite the pain in his body.

"You can't be Ethan."

"My Ethan is just an office worker."

"He burns pancakes."

"He cries during sad movies."

"He complains whenever Pumpkin scratches the sofa."

"He..."

His voice broke.

"He can't be..."

The Supreme God closed his eyes for a brief moment.

Then—

Golden light surrounding Him quietly disappeared.

The magnificent six wings dissolved into countless glowing feathers.

The divine halo faded.

The majestic robes transformed into the ordinary black overcoat Riven had seen countless times.

Within seconds...

The terrifying ruler of Heaven was gone.

Standing before Riven...

Was simply Ethan.

The same gentle smile.

The same silver hair.

The same warm golden eyes.

"...I'm sorry."

Those three words completely shattered Riven.

"You lied to me."

"...Yes."

"For three years."

"...Yes."

"You let me believe you were human."

"...Yes."

Tears welled in Riven's eyes.

"I..."

He wanted to be angry.

He wanted to yell.

He wanted to demand an explanation.

Instead...

The first thing that escaped his lips was—

"...Did you eat breakfast?"

Ethan blinked.

"...What?"

"You left so early."

"You didn't answer my messages."

"...Did you eat?"

The angels stared.

The demons stared.

The battlefield had somehow become even quieter.

One of Heaven's commanders looked utterly confused.

"Our Lord..."

"...is being asked about breakfast?"

Ethan suddenly laughed.

A soft, helpless laugh.

"I did."

"You cooked for me yesterday."

"So I warmed the leftovers."

Riven's shoulders relaxed.

"...Good."

Only after those words left his mouth did he realize what he'd just done.

He covered his face.

"What am I doing...?"

"I should be furious."

"I should hate you."

"I..."

"You lied to me."

Ethan quietly stepped closer.

"So did you."

Riven froze.

"...What?"

Ethan looked at him gently.

"My husband..."

"...is a demon."

Riven's face instantly turned white.

"...You know?"

"I know now."

"You..."

Riven hurriedly covered his tiny black horns.

"I..."

"I'm sorry."

"I never wanted to deceive you."

"I was scared."

"I thought..."

"If humans knew..."

"You'd leave me."

Ethan's expression softened.

"I was afraid too."

Riven looked up.

"You were?"

"I thought..."

"If you learned what I really was..."

"...you'd be terrified."

Riven blinked.

Then looked around the battlefield.

Thousands of demons were kneeling.

Thousands of angels had lowered their heads.

Even the Demon Generals looked terrified.

Finally...

He looked back at Ethan.

"...I think they're the terrified ones."

For the first time that day—

Ethan smiled exactly like the husband Riven knew.

A few angels nearly fainted.

"When..."

Riven asked quietly.

"When did you become God?"

The battlefield fell into stunned silence.

One angel covered his face.

Another whispered,

"Our Lord..."

"...was never anything else."

Ethan coughed awkwardly.

"I was born this way."

"Oh."

Riven nodded.

Then his eyes widened.

"...Wait."

"You mean..."

"You've been the Supreme God..."

"...the entire time?"

"...Yes."

"..."

"..."

"...Seriously?"

"...Yes."

Riven suddenly remembered every ridiculous moment from the past three years.

He had complained about Heaven while eating dinner.

He had called angels "overdramatic pigeons."

He had once jokingly said—

"If I ever met God, I'd tell Him to stop making Mondays."

He slowly buried his face in his hands.

"...Please tell me I never said anything embarrassing."

Ethan smiled.

"You did."

"...How much?"

"I made a list."

"...You what?"

"It was surprisingly long."

"..."

"I especially liked the one where—"

"Stop."

"I don't want to know."

The battlefield remained completely speechless.

The Supreme God...

Had kept a list...

Of his husband's complaints.

Before anyone could say another word—

A deafening explosion echoed across the battlefield.

BOOM!!

The ground split apart.

Black flames erupted from beneath the streets.

Every demon immediately looked horrified.

"The Abyss..."

"It's opening!"

Riven's eyes widened.

The black box.

The package!

He looked around frantically.

"I dropped it!"

"What?"

"The package!"

"I have to find it!"

Without thinking—

Riven ran toward the center of the battlefield.

"Riven!"

Ethan reached out.

Too late.

The black box had landed beside a massive crack in the earth.

The crimson chains around it were breaking.

One.

By one.

By one.

Crack.

Crack.

Crack.

Riven's face turned pale.

"...No."

The Seventh Demon Lord's warning echoed in his mind.

Guard it with your life.

The final chain snapped.

Click.

The lid slowly opened by itself.

A blinding crimson light burst into the sky.

Every angel.

Every demon.

Even Ethan's expression changed for the first time.

His golden eyes narrowed.

"...Impossible."

Something ancient...

Something that should have remained sealed forever...

Had just awakened.

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