For many years after achieving everything he had ever set out to do, Ash's retirement began just as one might expect.
For three hundred cycles, he fully embraced the peaceful pleasures of eternity.
He spent endless days and nights wrapped in the arms of his wives, their laughter and whispered conversations filling the golden halls of the Origin Realm.
With Vaeloria and Nia, he would lie beneath the ever-shifting skies, their bodies entwined as they shared stories of old battles and softer, more intimate moments.
Katherine would challenge him to sparring matches that always ended in passionate embraces. At the same time, Raven would tease him with her sharp wit before pulling him into quiet, tender nights filled with deep conversation and even deeper connection.
Also, the other wives tugged him in every direction, but his daughters gave him a different kind of joy.
They were all powerful, confident women who carried pieces of his spirit.
