Chapter 409: Interlude : Trickster (1)
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With
waking up late and making a whole lotta pancakes for myself - which put
in a slight food coma lol - I'm writing this during the football gas, so no Festival just yet since that's going to be rather... heavy.
So enjoy another story about the Goddesses of Teran I guess lol~!
Which... is going to be a two parter because I really like writing about these Goddesses, and this one felt like it deserved two Chapters... sorry not sorry XD
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"Aka, stop squirming! Ahem... Let's see here... ah, here we are. The story of how a River Goddess was tricked to allow a sneaky Foxkin woman escape detection from another Goddess... Sounds interesting, doesn't it~?"
Looking down at the three children sitting on my lap, I smiled at how each of them nodded, their eyes glued to the pages as they waited for
to continue, filling my heart with joy as I leaned down to kiss each of them, before I began to read the words written on each page, weaving together a wonderful story for their imaginative young minds to latch onto.
Sothing that would help bring them to sleep eventually, and sothing that would likely have a lesson sowhere inside that they could learn from...
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My na is Floviatra, Goddess of a small, yet impactful river that was hidden deep inside a mountain range... in other words, I was a lonely, yet content Goddess as I dozed in my cool, pure water, nourishing the abundance of caves beneath the mountain and allowing my waters to trickle down into the valley, where a few mortals gathered to nourish themselves.
Sotis, when I was bored, I would watch them from the edge of my riverbank, looking down at them and observing the things they did to pass the ti, finding it amusing to see how they fought over who had claim over which portion of the river, only to realize that the things lurking inside the river didn't care about their claims...
The animals and monsters that lingered within my waters were necessary and beautiful things, keeping the surrounding swathe of grasslands nourished and healthy through the cycles of nature.
Thanks to my 'ho' being so far up above them, I never had to deal with anyone, be it mortals or Goddesses; so Goddesses related to the winds, the temperature, the mountains themselves... all of them would occasionally co and chat with , with so of them helping
stave off my loneliness with so more intimate ti spent together.
Now though, nothing had happened for months, and I was about to go back to sleep and drift aimlessly amongst my waters when I felt soone dip their hands into the water nearby, startling .
No divine power could be felt, so it wasn't a Goddess who was here, which ant a mortal was visiting ?
But... why?
There was little of interest up in the mountains, and for the mortals, it was far too harsh up here to live comfortably; cold and little stability in the surrounding mountains ant this ho of mine wasn't good enough for them, so they usually remained in the valley or at the base of the mountains...
Curious, I swam through the crystal clear, frigid waters and found the mortal in question, pausing for a mont as I drank in the beauty in front of .
Long golden hair fell straight towards the water, whilst two fluffy, triangular ears just as golden as her hair twitched on the top of her head; startling turquoise orbs stared into the gentle water with an intensity that made
shiver slightly, but that only made
more curious...
Her simple blue robes were slightly dirty, and yet she looked so elegant and beautiful as she knelt beside the river, her hand subrged beneath its surface for what felt like no reason at all.
My eyes road her figure as I tried to get a better idea on what she was doing, and yet... all I could determine was that the golden Foxkin was a curvaceous woman, her bosom threatening to burst free from her robe, whilst her thin waist was hugged closely by a soft green sash.
"Was this not the right river..? Hmm..."
Muttering to herself, the Foxkin looked around and sighed, taking her hand from my waters and shaking it off, her plump lips pulled into a frown as she muttered to herself again, this ti far too quiet for
to hear.
My curiosity - and the lack of contact with anyone over these months - made
do sothing I still have no idea if I regret or am happy I did, which was swim closer and rise out of the water, staring at the Foxkin and taking in her lack of surprise.
"Ah, so I was right~! Goddess Floviatra, correct?"
"Yes..? Why are you... here?"
My voice was raspy due to its rare use, which when compared to the silky smooth lody that slipped past her lips, well... I felt sothing... a few things, actually.
Tilting her head, she looked up at
with those sharp, beautiful turquoise and smiled, making my heart skip a beat as I took in her appearance once more, realizing that she could compare to even so of the Goddesses I had seen...
"Well, you see... Your river trickles down into the valley, right? But recently, the heat of Sumr has gotten far too hot, so the water down in the valley is diminishing. Furthermore... well, there's a monster that's blocking the river a ways down the mountain, creating a second, larger pool and stopping the river from flowing into our own pool. aning..."
"You mortals have nothing to drink, nothing to grow your crops with?"
I raised a brow, her beauty not taking over my entire mind, so I could see the beginnings of her wish, which amused
greatly.
"Hmm... well, yes, if I cared about the people down there, I would say that, but I don't. After all, they've been trying to get rid of
for a long ti now... so... yeah, I decided to take my chances up here~!"
"Take your chances..?"
The Foxkin chuckled, covering those plump lips and nodding, which caused the two big orbs attached to her chest to jump around and almost leap out of her robes.
"Yes, take my chances... after all, the reason they want
gone is because I refused to be a sacrifice to Goddess Venatra, who demanded they give
to her so that she could bless the lands below with rain~!"
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