Artes, who had been married, met Liliu for the first time at his partner's funeral. The gods, who could be transformed into swans, could only love one god in their lives. Once one of them fell in love with the other, life will turn to death. Hence, even though Artes perceived Liliu's love, and he could only pretend to ignore it. Artes believed that it should be a struggle of his own, and death.