NOVPUB"What are they celebrating now? An enrollment festival or something?" Kazuma, the dragon king of the Beastkin Continent’s central region, came to visit the Human Continent’s holy central region because his daughter was so eager to meet Goddess Elysia and the demonic black dragon Sylvia as soon as possible.
He looked around in wonder because he saw many food stalls around the town square, attended by many prospective magic academy students.
The enrollment should take place in about two weeks, and it was the same on every continent. Due to an agreement from the World Alliance, each continent was only allowed to build one academy for maximum optimization and security.
The other academies in that continent were demolished and everyone focused on the best one. Therefore, all human students were transferred to the Deterry Academy of Magic to undergo their six-year school term with the best support and supervision from many factions.
Deterry Academy of Magic became the sole academy on the Human Continent, thanks to its prestige and unwritten facts known to everyone. One of the most important things that gave the other academies no capability to compete was Goddess Elysia’s reason. She once experienced her mortal life as a student here five years ago.
*Crack* *Munch* *Munch*
Nara, the little dragon girl, chewed her candied apple. She held hands with her mother, looking left and right curiously. For some reason, she also felt happy when she saw the people around enjoying the festival with laughter and joy.
"Where is God Ely?" Nara looked up, asking her mother.
"Her Divine Grace should currently be at Griffith Palace or the Holy Cathedral. Since we came in incognito, how about we visit the Holy Cathedral first? It’s been a while since we met the strongest human alive." Azumi proposed an idea, and her husband agreed with it.
It had been a while since the strongest human alive withdrew from World Alliance affairs, focusing only on his family matters and the Holy Church.
’You’ve come. We are currently in the Holy Cathedral’s inner square.’ Elysia sent telepathy to Kazuma and Azumi.
Kazuma and Azumi looked at each other in shock, but they immediately responded with the utmost respect through that telepathy channel.
"Uh?"
Someone bumped into Nara and her candied apple fell to the ground, only the stick remained in her hand.
She looked up and found it was a scary, scarred bald head big human. That bald human accidentally stomped her candied apple into pieces and looked at her in a shocked expression. He was big, but she was smol.
"You need to watch where you walk, little kiddo. So, are you walking around the festival alone? Where are your parents? Sorry to crush your candy. Here, accept it as my apology." The bald human spoke with his usual rough voice. He took a caramel candy from his food bag and offered it to the white-haired little girl.
"She is my daughter. You sound like a child predator with that intonation." Kazuma patted the bald human’s shoulder from behind.
"You shouldn’t judge me as a bad person just because of my face and rough voice. Anyway, your papa and mama are with you. Then, you’re not a lost child." The bald human rubbed his head and handed over his compensation to the child. He felt a bit strange because she kept looking at him with an innocent gaze rather than afraid or anything.
"Strange human, but he is quite mindful." Nara took a bit of her caramel candy. She might already blast him into the sky if he didn’t compensate for the food he crushed.
Azumi held her daughter close while looking at that bald human. She guessed that person was one of the hidden human experts.
"Let’s go. We need to visit the Holy Cathedral." Azumi pointed to the most sacred place in this city.
"O-oh!" Nara raised her hand.
"???" The bald human got a lot of question marks in his mind. He had no idea what those dragons were doing in this city, but they didn’t seem like bad people. So, it would be best for him to mind his own business.
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A few minutes later, Luna’s group returned to Elysia’s side to report the results of their mission.
However, what happened after made Elysia and everyone a bit shocked.
"Master, this humble servant feels unworthy to be on your side. Please allow me to take the helmet to lead the world boss raid team." Dory knelt down.
What she had to do was take revenge and increase her self-worth. Due to her previous mental breakdown, she felt unworthy to receive her master’s favor, not before she resolved her heart and proved herself.
"You are aware this raid will target the God-tier world boss and involve many parties, right? Are you confident in rivaling a God’s strength and leading the entire army?" Elysia made a steeple of her fingers and crossed her legs, looking at Dory with wisdom.
"I am aware, and I will gain their recognition with my ability. This is not just my battle, but I have to do it with my own hand. Please allow me to do it, master." Dory bowed, almost prostrating herself.
"You have our permission and blessing. You need to gain recognition from the various parties and factions at the grand meeting in two days." Elysia put her hand to Dory’s head. She would be happy if this mission could put Dory’s heart on the right path.
"Thank you, master. I won’t disappoint you." Dory expressed her gratitude, confident to gain everyone’s recognition with her own power.
"I’ve divined it too. If you wish, we will accompany you to the Lorelei Clan’s territory to bless the fallen and deliver them on the path to the afterlife. They are honorable great warriors, and they deserve liberation." Elysia put her hand to Dory’s cheek, looking into Dory’s pink eyes.
Despite the tears, she could see Dory’s gaze sparkling with determination.
"Thank you, master. Dory is so grateful." Dory bit her lower lips and nodded gratefully.
"That is what we should do. We shall punish the evildoers who took the Sea God’s mantle. Even now, no one knows his whereabouts and his fate." Elysia sighed, but she kept her pristine smile unaffected.
Since the matter was resolved and Dory’s faith remained above 90%, the heavy topic would be cast aside for now. Everything got postponed for the day after tomorrow.
’Ely, we’re done with the investigation. We dare not venture further into the underwater continent in the eastern ocean. We’ll have to fight hundreds of Polluted Sea God’s primary clones if we approach within a thousand-mile radius.’ Lifa reported her situation while observing the distant polluted sea.
’Alright. Please return for now.’ Elysia responded briefly, and her Goddess sisters wrapped things up before teleporting to her side.
However, they also brought in some new people. The Elven Empress Ashera and the Fairy Empress Yralissa with their respective confidante.
And then, two adorable little girls. These two little girls resembled the young Lifa, but with different races, a young elf and a fairy.
"We greet the Goddess of Magic Elysia."
The two Empresses and their confidantes knelt down to pay their respect. Hea and Celes also did it after looking at their mother.
"Arise and please have a seat." Elysia replied with a nod and pointed to the empty seats.
She looked down. Dory was still kneeling right in front of her. "Dory, please tell me what you will do to the enemies and their remains. As you know, the enemy’s soul core fragments and core shards will be fought over by them."
"I shall present the primary divine core to you, master. As for the rest, it will be distributed according to their contribution." Dory responded eloquently like an experienced war marshal.
"Very well. Please have a seat. We’re going to have a family dinner." Elysia stroked Dory’s head gently and asked Dory to sit in the empty seat.
"..." Sylvia felt a bit complicated. Based on what she understood, the next major event would take place with only Vrelenian people as the participants.
Elysia, Elena, and those who were not from Vrelenia would stay in the back row. They wouldn’t join in any mix-ups and would only take action if necessary.
Recalling the previous matter, she felt reluctant to fight those disgusting water demons again. She had just returned from a warm shower to refresh her mind, but she was still reluctant to participate.
"I think... I will join the archer squad with you, Yuuki." Sylvia hugged Yuuki’s arm.
"What does a frontline fighter want to do as an archer? None of your abilities align with ranged classes." Yuuki raised her eyebrows, feeling this demoness had something else in mind.
"Nah, I’d think the way somehow." Sylvia looked aside.
"This is still on my mind. This world resembles Earth in its glorious era, right? It’s just much bigger than Earth, but the population is very small. Why is that?" Darkness ruffled her hair, feeling a bit confused.
"Hmm, that’s because the world residents are blessed with long lives and low birth rates." Lifa shrugged her shoulders.
"Huh, wait, what? Then, does that apply to all races, including the floras?" Darkness was taken back.
"Yes." Lifa nodded in reply.
"Mm, even 500-year-old children are sometimes still called babies by their parents. Isn’t that amazing?" Luna covered her mouth.
"It’s truly a blessed yet wretched world." Darkness shook her head in amazement.
"Master, we have some things to report." Rhea put her hand to her upper chest.
"Alright, share it on our Elysium Channel. Let everyone know the details without missing anything." Elysia nodded.
"Err... is that information we shouldn’t know yet?" Ashera raised her hand.
"That’s not the time yet. Everything will come to light at the grand meeting in two days. We will issue the invitation tomorrow morning to all supreme leaders." Elysia waved her hand.
"Understood." Ashera felt relieved. She felt uncomfortable being excluded in an important matter right in front of her while she wholeheartedly worshiped Goddess Ely. Fortunately, Goddess Ely was so considerate.
"Master, do you know~" Vanessa leaped into her master’s lap as she wanted to tell him some interesting things.
"What, is it? Please do tell me, Vann." Elysia feigned her curiosity. It was easy to guess Vanessa’s intentions without needing to probe into Vanessa’s mind.
Vanessa smirked like a cunning cat before proceeding to her request regarding her uncle and aunt. They wanted to join Elysium’s monster army. She also shared the story regarding Luna’s scheme on the Beastkin Continent.
After careful consideration, she finally revealed the truth about why Beastkin Continent became the safest region in Vrelenia. The Beastkin Race, those demi-humans mainly worshiped the Goddess of Light and Goddess of Magic with hundreds of temples and shrines standing majestically in every major city.
"Erm..." Elysia looked at Luna, but Luna just smiled innocently at her.
She recalled about it. Luna literally did everything to make her the Beastkin Race’s Patron Goddess five years ago. Luna planned it carefully and put everything into action with a deep scheme.
It wasn’t that she complained about having many believers from demi-humans. She did bless her good and fruitful worshipers occasionally, but who would have thought the majority of her believers were those fluffy friends, the result of Luna’s long-term plan?
