Chapter 151 – Advent of the Goddess (2)
18. Goddess Advent (2)
[Hey, Goddess! What are you talking about?]
‘Why? Watching from above, do you know how dumbfounded this rambunctious child is every time he says mother-in-law?’
[Yes? Are you your mother-in-law? Oh, no, but why did you say that!]
‘But listening to it, doesn’t it make you feel strange? It’s not that I like that title, but if I don’t hear it, something feels empty… Anyway, there’s something like that.’
[Goddess… !]
Justitia passed Shay’s words lightly. She sighed slightly. She thought she had minimized the difference in class, but the wild child fainted just for a moment when her eyes met. She had quite a few stories to tell, but she regretted it.
“Children of Raella.”
“Yes, Goddess.”
“Yes, Goddess.”
“I want to say thank you for taking good care of my child who is lacking in many ways.”
“Thank you, Goddess. Shey Crusader was already great, so there wasn’t much else to do other than take care of it.”
“You?”
“Me too. Without Shay, I would have missed the opportunity to meet the Goddess today. I didn’t take care of Shay, she took care of me. He is a very good colleague to me.”
Justitia smiled. Because there was no lie or exaggeration in their words.
“And, um?”
“I’m sorry, Goddess. I’m a bard called Illumina, but I’m trying to see the Goddess’ eyes…”
“I have nothing to apologize for. By the way.”
Eustitia tossed her own symbols behind her from her hands. Before hitting her scales and the black floor, she turned to silver dust and disappeared.
“I think she’ll be able to stay longer than I thought, maybe she can move around a bit?”
“Of course, Goddess.”
“Hmm.”
Eustitia followed Cestia, who, with her deft turn, turned her body on her lap and rose to her feet. Kaya decided to stay behind to take care of Hendrick and Illumina, who had passed out.
“Goddess. As you are well aware, there is a monastery close to her that enshrines the goddess.”
“No. What bothers me is the specifications. It’s not for the Church, it’s for this child.”
“Goddess. From this front, the floor is a bit dirty to walk on.”
“Are you okay. I won’t die like that.”
“Goddess.”
“It’s Raella’s child. Can’t you just guide me to a quiet place instead of talking? I just want to walk on my own.”
“… I will take it to a place out of sight of others.”
“Huh.”
Cestia led Eustia to her course, where she enjoyed taking walks with Hendrick, a course that had been sparse from her beginning. She was Cestia, nervous that the goddess following her was walking barefoot on her dirt road, but she said the goddess was fine, but the mere human couldn’t help it.
“It’s the dirt I step on after a long time.”
“Is that so?”
“Huh. I can’t even remember how many years it’s been. She had descended a few times before, but it didn’t last long.”
Cestia did not dare to guess the eternity of time felt in Justitia’s words ‘before’ and ‘long time ago’.
“It’s Raella’s child. Are you curious about why I am doing this?”
“For Shay Crusader…”
“No, not that. For a more fundamental reason.”
“Um… Sorry. I don’t know that far, Goddess.”
“He is a strange child. I asked if I was curious or not. Well, anyway, you’re La Ella’s favorite child, and she’s also made many accommodations for my child, so you might as well tell me.”
The beeping sound stopped. Cestia carelessly tried to turn around and managed to restrain herself.
“It’s okay to turn around, Raella’s child.”
“Goddess.”
“It’s okay now that I’ve covered my eyes. It must be my greed to directly capture the scenery of the earth with my own eyes.”
Cestia turned to her irresistible voice. As Eustitia had promised, most of the enormous pressure she had before had disappeared. It was because before she knew it, a black cloth was wrapped around her eyes.
As Sestia turned her body, Justitia extended her arm and pointed in one direction of her.
“The most essential reason why I descended on this child is to uproot and eliminate the one that has been lodged in the depths.”
“Dungeon, are you talking about it?”
“Okay. My child has a mission of his own to destroy that place.”
“The Shay Crusader…”
“But it’s Raella’s child. I’ll ask How long has it been since that dungeon opened here in Salem?”
“I know it’s been at least a hundred years, Goddess.”
“Were there no dungeons before that? Before that, were there no minor creatures who fanatically worshiped him? Was the dungeon in this place the first and only one? Have you ever thought of something like this before?”
Cestia’s expression, understanding Eustia’s meaning, turned into shock. She was the word of an existence on the same level as the goddess she believed and followed, but she was in direct conflict with what she had been aware of. She dared to contradict the goddess’ words.
“Hey Goddess. The entrance to the dungeon is only in Salem, and there are no records of dungeons before that.”
“Even if you guys have a habit of recording every little thing, you can’t record everything. In order to record something, in order to convey it, at least it must be accompanied by memory.”
“… Yes?”
“The guy hiding deep in the dungeon is on the same level as me or Raella, or even higher. Do you think you guys who pass out without being able to face it even when I have lowered my level to the fullest will be able to properly witness, remember, and record it?”
“… .”
“I replied that this dungeon has been around for at least a hundred years. It’s also a hundred years from your point of view. Actually… It’s been a lot longer than that. It’s only been about a hundred years since the city of Salem was created and recorded.”
Cestia was shocked by her secret story that shook all the foundations of concepts such as history, knowledge, experience, and doctrine that she had learned. She stumbled over her body for a moment, but she managed to keep her centered. She was not alone.
“The things I just said are very likely to evaporate in your head after I leave. It must mean that it is a fact that has not yet been allowed to you. That’s neither my will nor Raella’s will. We didn’t want to hide this fact.”
“Then…”
“Fear. It must be his strength. A lot of people, including me and Raella, pressed him countless times. But it couldn’t be completely eradicated. The more he trampled on him, the more persistent, insidious, and strong he became. A place called a dungeon is its hideout and a place to recharge. It is a fortress for extorting and recovering power from the many small creatures that are lured by the bait by using small creatures that follow him like fire moths.”
“Then the dungeons in Salem… !”
“It’s where we most recently suppressed him and created it. The suppression that was close to being sealed was not, and eventually released…”
Justitia smiled bitterly.
“He is more tenacious than a bug. He’s a guy you want to get rid of, but you have to admit some of the things he says. That fear is an emotion based on basic instincts, that even if you die, you won’t die…”
“… It can be.”
“But I saw potential in these kids. Maybe, these kids. Even if not right away, he could defeat him in the truest sense. Total eradication may not be possible, but even if that’s not the case, he’ll greatly weaken it.”
Eustitia lowered her hand. A silvery glow emanated from her body again.
“Oops, it looks like it’s reaching its limit.”
“Goddess.”
“I want to go see the children with this child one last time.”
“I will guide you again.”
“Thank you.”
Cestia walked faster than before.
“By the way, it’s Raella’s child.”
“Yes, Goddess.”
“The child in your belly, what are you going to do?”
“… Yes?”
Cestia’s body suddenly stopped.
“I was wondering what to do.”
“Ahhh.”
“What’s the matter?”
“Oh, nothing.”
“You can talk to La Ella and give her a blessing.”
“… Thank you very much for your words. But I don’t want to reveal.”
“Huh. Okay.”
Eustitia replied calmly, as if her interest had disappeared, and Cestia secretly let out a sigh of relief and took her steps again.
**
“… Hey.”
“…”
“… Child.”
“…”
“You foolish child. Are you going to make me say the same thing three times?”
“… Miss Justitia?”
“Okay. Didn’t you say you wished you had answered right away?”
“I’m sorry!”
“Huh. Anyway, I haven’t heard of it yet.”
“Yes?”
“Are you going to keep pretending you didn’t hear or understand? You said you wanted to hear it. So tell me. My mother-in-law.”
“Uh, uh…”
She seems to have passed out, but when she opened her eyes, she saw the white instep of Eustiti again. No, it wasn’t just pure white, it was wrapped in a silvery glow.
“I have to go up soon, but I don’t know when I can come down again. So tell me quickly.”
“That, that…”
“I’ve said it well so far, why? Can’t you?”
How could I spit out my mother-in-law to the Goddess? Unless you’re crazy
‘Ah. That madman is me.’
No, but this goddess is also very awake.
She said to come down and call her mother-in-law. What can I do though? I don’t know if Shay is wrong, but it doesn’t seem like that, so I have no choice but to blame it.
“Hurry.”
“Ruler…”
“…”
“Mother in law…”
“Under.”
Derision?
It wasn’t.
When I looked up, a smile bloomed on Lady Justitia’s face, who had a black cloth wrapped around her eyes.
“I don’t feel bad. Good. I will allow you to continue to call me mother-in-law.”
“Yes?”
“It’s not the daughter I gave birth to with a stomachache, but it’s my daughter. How wonderful this child thinks of you, she is still clamoring at me… Okay, so stop whining about her, kid.”
“Yes?”
“I want you to cherish it even more, but not to regard it as a nuisance. Because my child is a warrior after all. From what I’ve seen so far, I think you’ll do well if you’re a wild kid.”
“Go, thank you.”
“And…”
Hmmm, Lady Justitia cleared her throat. His face seems to be slightly red… Why?
“With my child, do that in moderation. Moderately.”
“… Yes? That’s Rani. What are you talking about?”
“You have that. That. Rather, in moderation, often. Don’t do it too hard at once. Is my child hurting… Oh ok ok this is true Aren’t you worried? Isn’t that what a mother-in-law might say to her son-in-law?”
I was dumbfounded.
“If you’re bored, you can always visit my monastery to play, son-in-law. Ah. I really wanted to say this at least once.”
“Ah, yes…”
“May the light be with you on the path ahead of you who have upright self-righteousness.”
After those words, a silver glow completely covered Lady Justitia’s body. At first glance, the light seemed cold and sharp, but it was extremely divine, reassuring and reassuring.
As the silver brilliance gradually diminished, the height decreased slightly, and the figure became slightly voluptuous instead. His hair grew longer around his wing bones and returned to a golden color. The eyes and eyebrows were the same, and the nose and mouth were slightly enlarged. The shape of his face has also returned to normal.
Finally, when the unusually shaped dress covering her body disappeared, Shay returned to her naked body and stood with her eyes closed. Justitia-sama’s descent had ended safely. The appearance of the Goddess returning to her Shay was a rare appearance in itself, but…
“Oh my god… !”
“Hall-Lee…”
Shay’s body, which he saw again in a few days, was completely changed.
