Kimi landed on the roof of one of the buildings in the city of Silkdale, a place once ruled by the petite elf’s father. She imdiately found a woman crouched on the roof’s edge, gazing at the other colorful and lower buildings. Those buildings emit dim light from their open windows, illuminating the cloudy night.
Although not displaying a aningful expression, Kimi was actually confused. It had been quite a while since the cursed dress incident, and now it was fall. But why was Lynn still naked, wearing only a belt, boots, gloves, and a black scarf? Yes, maybe Lynn used a magically enhanced item that could dispel cold, but still, this was very strange.
“What are you doing here, Kimi?” The woman turned around, revealing her face, which was now covered by a black mouthpiece.
Basically, Kimi doesn’t like to talk at length. So, instead of asking why Lynn still chooses to be naked in public, the petite elf decides to get to the point. “The world is in danger, and this has to do with the wizard who asked to make that cursed dress. My powers and that of Lord Raymund’s other servants were taken away, so we’re enlisting the help of a few others. You will get a bit of divinity to increase your power.”
“I see.” Lynn looked the other way, lightly stroking her large braided hair in the wind. “Help the world, huh?”
Seen from any angle, the scene is still weird: naked won wandering around at night. Lynn looks like a pervert.
“After the incident that day, I was always on patrol every night to keep things safe.” The woman took a deep breath. “But, the town is now so calm, and there’s no cri at all…. It seems I really need to do sothing bigger.”
“Okay.”
The atmosphere beca quiet. Since Kimi had no intention of speaking again and Lynn was waiting for an answer, it went on for a few minutes.
“I have one question.” Lynn finally spoke again. “Are our lives in danger on this mission?”
“Yes. Very.”
“In that case, I’d like to say goodbye to a few people first.”
“Okay.”
Lynn looked back, sighed, then said. “I’m leaving for a while. You wait here.”
After the naked woman left, Kimi sat on the roof, starting to play her lute.
***
Elise landed on a small, quiet street at night, in front of a building decorated with dull-colored doors.
“Ugh, luckily, no one saw this.” Gina just landed with Elise and adjusted her robes. Since she wasn’t wearing panties, it would be very problematic if she plunged from top to bottom. “Well, maybe your master saw…. Ah, sorry.”
“I didn’t see anything.” Raymund lied. Of course, he saw the curly-haired woman’s lower body in full glory. He could even use the replay feature to check again if he wanted.
Elise approached one of the familiar doors and found a bouquet of red roses at the bottom. Just as she was about to knock, the door opened.
“Hi, Elise.” Olga greeted while raising an eyebrow. Her red hair now looks shorter than before. Sir Raymund didn’t say you were visiting.”
“Hi…” Elise felt awkward because of the sudden opening of the door. “Errr…. This is Gina, my friend.”
Gina waved and smiled. Olga narrowed her eyes for a mont, then returned the smile. “My na is Olga. I’m Elise’s friend too. Nice to et you. Please co in.”
Olga took the bouquet of flowers at the bottom, checked the greeting card for a mont, then went into her room.
While Gina looked around the waffle seller’s room, Elise’s gaze fell on the neat pile of rose bouquets in the corner of the room. Olga put the bouquet of flowers she just got into that pile.
The female warrior tilted her head. Strange. All the flowers looked fresh.
“With a certain magic, flowers can look fresh without water and soil for months.” Gina chid in as if she could read Elise’s mind. Then, the mage asked Olga. “You seem to have a great admirer, madam.”
Olga chuckled and shook her head. “Well, it’s nothing. He may be an important person to , but I don’t feel anything more for him. However, he won’t give up and keeps sending flowers. Soon, this room will be full of flowers. I don’t have the heart to just throw it all away.”
Elise approached the pile and found Lars’ na on one of the greeting cards. If she wasn’t mistaken, Lars was the na of the officer who had helped Olga.
“So, what do you want to drink? Tea? Wine?” The host offered. “Would you like to make so waffles? I have a new recipe that’s really good.”
“We won’t be here long.” Elise sighed. “I just wanted to say we need your help. Do you know about the Scarlet Wizard?”
Olga was silent for a mont, crossing her arms over her chest. “Yes, I know about her, a witch who has lived through millennia. What’s wrong with her?”
“She took my divine power and that of my friends as a catalyst to ascend to the realm of God, to defeat my master,” Elise explained while walking towards the waffle seller. “We could have gotten our divinity back without taking it from the Scarlet Wizard, but that took a long ti, and that’s not really the problem. In the process of ascending to the realm of God, many people will die. An enormous magic explosion will occur….”
“So, you asked to join a group to defeat that Scarlet Wizard.” Olga cut off the conversation.
Gina smirks. “You have a sharp mind, lady.”
“This mission will be very dangerous, so you will get a little divinity to increase your power.” Elise closed her eyes. “My master said that you would have an important role in our victory, but….” The female warrior choked.
Olga raised an eyebrow. “But what?”
“I an…. You’ve got the life you wanted.” Elise’s eyes began to be coated with a clear liquid. “I know you don’t want to be back in the fight again, Olga.”
The waffle seller didn’t answer. She was silent for a mont, then took a wooden crate from under her bed.
“What you said is true, Elise. I’m happy with my life now.” The red-haired woman began to unlock the complex locks on the chest. “However, there will always be sothing stuck in my heart.”
Not long after, Olga took out two swords made of the dark red tal. She looked at the weapons and continued her words. “I’ve always been haunted by my sinful past and thought about how to atone for it. I can’t possibly apologize to the corpses in the grave or visit their families. What will happen is that I will open up the old wounds of the families of those I killed.”
“Olga…” Elise was at a loss for words.
The waffle seller turned around, flashing a huge smile. However, Elise could see a hint of sadness on her best friend’s face.
“I assu this is a sacred mission because it cos from your god.” Olga continued.
“But, you can die, leaving this dream.” Elise wiped a tear from the corner of her eye.
“At least I got what I wanted, even if it was only for a mont.” The red-haired woman widened her smile.
***
I took a deep breath and rubbed Mona, who was curled up next to . The most significant impact actually befalls this dog. Levi guessed that it happened because the animal’s body was now very dependent on the divinity it got. Still, the supre God didn’t know why that could happen.
“Well, soon, you can join the fight with your master,” I said to the creature that couldn’t return to its human form yet. “We can only wait and hope.”
“I’ll make the transfer to the mortals.” Levi, sitting on my other side, said in a serious tone. Earlier, while conducting a transfer experint using Gina, a storm suddenly appeared where the mage had been. “Perhaps it will take a little longer.”
“May I ask, my lord?”
“What’s that?” Levi started to move his glowing hand forward.
“What is the probability that those people will succeed in carrying out this mission?”
It took Levi a mont to answer. “The temporary Divinity bestowed upon an ordinary mortal would be very difficult to predict. So, I don’t know what happened myself. Not to ntion many other factors…. Well, we are gods, but it turns out we aren’t that divine.”
After that, Smith ca to us, imdiately kneeling before Levi. “My, lord. I’ve gathered divine weapons that mortals can handle…. Hey, those are weapons I accidentally dropped into the mortal world long ago.” The God of smithing pointed at the two swords held by Olga. “Looks like she doesn’t need a weapon from .”
“Accidentally dropped it?” Levi chuckled. “I’ve known for a long ti that you found an opening to peek into the mortal world, then dropped your weapons to see what would happen. You were bored at that ti, right? Well, I chose to remain silent because…”
“Anyway.” Smith hastily cut off his boss’s words. “I am ready to send these weapons at any ti.”
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