Kyoya woke up simultaneously with others.
He was shocked by the goddess' move, but wasn't it already expected by him? The husband coped well with this feeling and knew that it would take some time before he actually could speak with the goddesses and gods on the similar ground.
Thus, his eyes turned to the believers whose expressions all were the same.
One could say that they were intoxicated by the goddess' speech with the husband. The content of the speech and even the speech itself were unknown to them, but what came together with it was very well felt with their bodies.
So they wanted to keep Xiaoxiao within their main shrine. Their eyes said so, but it was obvious that every believer had different thoughts and plans within their arsenal. While the most wanted to just act nicely with her and show their goodwill, the man and woman from the highest floor weren't the same.
They no longer could just watch Xiaoxiao and wanted to make sure to lure her into their own ranks.
Their goal was to also secure a good relationship with the orange-haired lady.
And so, the man did the first approach, his eyes glazed with kindness and shock that Xiaoxiao simply couldn't believe in. In fact, she already began to somewhat hate this approach as it couldn't get more fake.
"Miss, my name is Kondre. I am an adventurer from 74th floor and I would like to apologize for my former-"
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Kondre. I am Xiaoxiao, but I just got a message from our lord and I need to recover as it was mentally exhausting!"
"Miss Xiaoxiao! But this is the main shrine of our lord! Where else here would you be able to recover the most?"
"With my loved ones."
"Ah."
There was no response to these words that stunned Kondre. He scratched his black hair with embarrassment as Xiaoxiao's immediate answer was sheer truth. This also caused the woman from the high floor to nod, but she still added some words.
"I am Yokasa, Miss Xiaoxiao. As you have helped me on my path as a believer of our lord, I would like to pass you a present."
"Thank you, I will treasure it."
"It should be enough for your level."
"Yes."
It was clear that Xiaoxiao liked this approach far better and it would be plain weird to refuse the easy treasure that could help both her and Kyoya! Her speech with the goddess also helped all of these people, so it wouldn't be weird if Xiaoxiao suddenly got showered with similar presents.
However, Xiaoxiao wanted to speak with Kyoya the most right now.
She got something from the goddess, but her heart also pained secretly within her. It was because Goddess Fiana hasn't mentioned anything about Akaro to which she just couldn't accept it.
it hurt her, but the goddess' pride hurt even more and so both women hid all of these feelings within them.
As Xiaoxiao finally could leave the main shrine, Kyoya threw a last glance at the most excelling believers, then left together with Xiaoxiao whose arms were already coiled around his.
Both of them looked close and certainly unique!
And as The Goddess Fiana's rampage in heaven would take some time, the believers didn't really feel any of her 'battle emotions' coming down from the highest clouds. Of course, one could also think that those believers were so weak that the goddess' belief wouldn't influence them!
However, a few months later, all believers felt the goddess' wrath as she barred the way of the trickster gods! And so, Kyoya also had some time before the trickster gods' believers became more active.
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"Xiaoxiao, if you say it out loud, then you will feel better."
"It hurt me that Goddess Fiana didn't say anything about Akaro."
"I know. But I have great news that she didn't notice Akaro's consciousness within me, so all that's left is to get back our cat."
Xiaoxiao and Kyoya were already in the restaurant in the Groom Kingdom. It was the one that Xiaoxiao and the ladies from Kyoya's party found where the stuff was cheap, but also great!
Sitting next to him, Xiaoxiao was always in close contact with the husband and each time she spoke or thought about Akaro, her hand clenched his clothes. It was supposed to be a good time, but Kyoya also didn't mind it as Xiaoxiao needed him the most right now.
It wasn't like they couldn't go out with a better mood in the future.
At some point, Kyoya took the fork and began to feed the lady unbeknownst to some adventurers and people cheering for the husband from afar. It was clear that this man needed some normal woman in his life and so they cheered.
A great fame was already on the husband's name!
"I got the technique from the lord."
"I wonder what it might be."
Xiaoxiao finally spoke about the technique that the goddess passed to her during the speech. While the husband was aware that Xiaoxiao got something, he knew nothing about its content.
That was why the husband took away Xiaoxiao's dessert and threatened to only give pieces with each information! He even teased Xiaoxiao's little red nose with it by using his speed concept to assault her smell sense with the delicious desert.
Feeling a little funny and relieved inside, Xiaoxiao turned her eyes to the husband, then spoke a little about the technique. Then, her lips parted as she wanted some of her dessert back!
"The technique's name is Eternal Suit."
In a nutshell, it was a technique that would let Xiaoxiao summon the equipment just from the belief. An eternal flame armor or whatever Xiaoxiao chooses will shine on her body in the future!
Of course, this eternal suit should be and will be blended with the real equipment in the future, but the fact that Xiaoxiao could summon the weapons out of the belief was indeed an amazing and unique feat.
It was a technique that no one should be aware of as even the closest believers could summon only one part of their eternal suit in the world pillar!
"It appeared in the game system too. I can design it."
"Oh, show me."
The husband teased with the dessert again, then Xiaoxiao's desired Eternal Suit appeared in front of his eyes. It was a yukata similar to the one she wore during their time at the festival. This made Kyoya's heart race a little and he heard another cracking within his mind.
Though he was oblivious to this as Xiaoxiao was more important right now.
"I think we have to make this suit a little more suited for a battle."
"Yes, this is just a sketch here."
Of course, if Akaro was here and saw them two like that, then she would've guessed that the husband's fated path, 'A husband of weirdos' couldn't be stopped. The quest wasn't needed to break his sealed state.
But, it could accelerate things up to which Kyoya and close people really hoped for! The duo spent some time and even designed more of Xiaoxiao's Eternal Suit, then the time for adventure to break the husband's seal and save Akaro arrived!