I am Lykian, the god of happiness. I always try to be a nice, kind, and thoughtful god. But other gods don’t treat me as I treat them. So, I will tell you a story about a fight between me and the other gods. We live together in a place called Caladwen. I have always been lonely in Caladwen. The other gods are jealous of me because, no matter what happens, people always find a way to be happy. The gods want to be the most popular god, and they never think of the people. They only care about themselves. This is what sparked a war between us.
We often analyze the rates of emotions in the world, and we call it Emotion Rankings. One day, the gods were angry with me because I was always at the top of the rankings. The goddess of sadness, Lunara, and the god of anger, Vexora, yelled at me. Even the goddess of love treated me badly. After this fight, they made a plan. They created a maze and locked me in it. They thought it was a good way to get rid of me. However, the gods were wrong because happiness is the most important thing in the world. While I was locked in the maze, people were very sad or angry for no reason. They thought it was normal. They kept going on with their lives. Eros used the power of love, but it didn’t work because people were always sad or angry; they didn’t focus on love. This helped Eros understand the problem. People needed happiness to fall in love. Lunara also realized that the world was falling into chaos because fights started spreading. Vexora ranked first in the Emotion Rankings as the God of Anger. He didn’t care about the people; he just cared about winning. Eros and Lunara talked to each other and decided that a world without happiness is wrong. They came to save me. At that moment, Vexora understood their plan, and he captured Lunara and Eros and locked them in prison.
After that, the most popular god was the god of anger, Veroxa. He was happy about it for a while. One day, he realized that the world had lost its colors. Every day felt the same—people were always angry, and nothing ever changed. Besides, he found himself completely alone. There was no more competition, and Caladwen had become a boring place without friends. After everything that had happened, he finally admitted his mistakes. He lost to his ambition and selfishness. He regretted what things had become, especially because, during this time, people had made many wrong choices and caused harm in the world. He decided that he wanted to fix the situation and make things right again.
First, he rescued me from the maze. Then, we saved Lunara and Eros together. They apologized to me; then, Veroxa apologized to them. Everyone accepted each other’s apologies, and things started to get better between us. Life returned to normal. People went back to their comfortable lives. We all forgot those bad days. They learned from their mistakes. Nowadays, we are best friends, and I am no longer alone. That is the best part of going through those difficult days. I also feel stronger than I was before.
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