Chapter 44 - Side Story: Myoko Hana

At the Aurora Goddess Shrine, a sacred place where not a single drop of sin is allowed to enter.In the chamber that showed the majesty of the figure of the Goddess Aurora who was worshipped and respected by her worshippers, knelt a little girl whose face was covered by a veil and the flame of a small candle that was her source of light in the darkness.

"My Goddess, you didn't even call me immediately when you appointed me as your Saintess again?"

"Isn't that a bit too much because your indifferent attitude has not changed one bit since before?"

"Is this what it feels like to have a Goddess who doesn't care about the problems that have befallen her Saintess?"

"You are a cruel Goddess and enjoy my suffering from above the realm of the Goddess, aren't you?"

Even though her attitude was kneeling, and she seemed to be praying to the majestic figure of the Goddess, the little girl seemed to be talking with her mouth alone without being accompanied by other people.

The little girl was Myoko Hana, a Saintess who was officially appointed by the King and Queen of the Aurora Kingdom. Unlike the fake Saintess who did not have the ability of pure magical energy or received blessings from the Goddess directly, Hana received blessings given by the Goddess Aurora through a sacred kiss that was tied to Lily's Linked Ritual.

After returning from the royal family party that failed due to a monster attack that had an overflow of negative energy that required the Saintess' purification, Hana immediately locked herself in a special room to pray to the Goddess Aurora.

With the blessing connected by Lily's kiss at the request of the Goddess Aurora, Hana was able to find a suitable place to have a private conversation with the Goddess Aurora. Her attitude which changed drastically from the innocent-looking little girl was very different after the memories of her old life as the Saintess of the Goddess Aurora returned to her current memory.

The words of the prayer that Hana prayed to the Goddess Aurora full of her complaints in her previous life which were very difficult because of the rule prohibiting falling in love.

Because Hana at that time had a hidden love for a man kindness, it made her holy energy weaken every year until she got a spiritual condition where Hana became a sacrifice to atone the sins of humans who were lulled by love and fell into the abyss of lustful sin.

The last line that made Hana a Saintess who was trapped in the abyss of sin that slowly polluted her mind has now been brightened again when her fragile little heart felt falling in love again.

The feeling of falling in love was not directed at a man but a little girl who had caught her attention.

The first meeting that caused problems because of the behavior of her heavenly holy dragon spirit had brought Hana into a state of falling in love to a little girl, it was difficult to express in words.

In front of the majestic figure of the Goddess, Hana wove prayers for goodness to her because in this life it seemed that her heart had received a safe answer about falling in love that had been blessed by her own Goddess.

With her hands clasped together in front of her small chest, Hana smiled and suppressed her awkward attitude that remembered Lily's kiss. The kiss that made her return to being the Saintess of the Goddess Aurora as well as the answer to falling in love that was blessed by the Goddess Aurora.

When Hana was praying and communicating with the Goddess Aurora, the radiance of holy magic energy in her small body overflowed and gave off a divine pressure that made the living creatures around her feel comfortable and sleepy, especially with other Saintesses who were interested in the changes in holy magic energy possessed by Hana.

"By the way, can you answer me a little, Goddess Aurora?" Hana asked with her mouth smiling widely expecting an answer from the Goddess Aurora.

[ Aren't you tired of praying like that in my Temple? ]

The gentle reply came from the Goddess Aurora who had been trying to ignore Hana who was talking to her non-stop.

Hana's gaze was fixed on the statue of the Goddess Aurora which was very different from what she remembered in her previous life.

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"I almost want to remake the statue of you that didn't match reality."

In that small talk, Hana tried to restrain herself to remain polite as a responsible Saintess after being directly chosen by the Goddess Aurora.

[ Myoko Hana, I know exactly what you are thinking as one of the Saintesses I have personally appointed. ]

[ Can you please put away your evil plans that are unbecoming of a Saintess from your mind? ]

[ Remodeling the statue of me who has small breasts, are you trying to blaspheme me? ]

Pookkee...

Hana clapped her hands together as the Goddess Aurora tried to get rid of the evil intentions that came from within Hana's mind.

"I don't have such evil intentions. It's just to make other people aware that the Goddess Aurora doesn't have a perfect form like that. For example, like the excessive size of her breasts and hips like that," said Hana with a sweet smile while maintaining her praying position in front of the statue of the Goddess Aurora.

[ That's exactly what makes you an evil character who tries to blaspheme me! ]

The scream from within Hana's mind made her almost fall and her eyes rolled quickly. Her body almost fell when the Goddess Aurora shouted directly in her mind.

"Oh, my Goddess, can you not shout so loudly?"

"You almost made your favorite Saintess faint after feeling the excessive surge of holy energy from your shout."

[ Uh, I'm sorry. I'm not used to communicating like this after so long since your tragic death. ]

Hana's body trembled when the Goddess mentioned her death in the past timeline.

Cold sweat began to pour out when Hana remembered herself as a stupid woman when she fell in love with a man without knowing the condition of her body which had to be pure without knowing love and lust.

"I admit that it was my fault for falling in love with a man."

"But!!" Hana screamed when she remembered her love kiss with Lily.

"This time is different! Isn't that right, Goddess Aurora?" Hana's holy energy exploded and created a special room for praying decorated with dazzling golden light.

[ I didn't know that the effect caused by Lily would make you like this.]

[ Should I have just appointed you as a Saintess without using Lily's Linked Ritual if I knew it would be like this? ]

"Huh? Linked Ritual? What's that?"

Whether it was because of her instincts as a woman or her sensitive ears to anything related to Lily, Hana found something odd that made her little heart uncomfortable.

It was like a feeling when her first love was divided by other thieving cats like Alice and Alyssa. Even though Alice and Alyssa were Lily's twin step-sisters, Hana had viewed them as her love rivals.

Unlike Hana who was still innocent and had no experience of falling in love, now Hana had gained memories of her past line of falling in love and ending up sacrificing herself for the atonement of the sins of humans who were carried away by lust.

[ You don't need to know about that, Myoko Hana. ]

"Oh, come on, don't think of me as a stranger like that, Goddess Aurora."

"Everyone in this world knows about your body figure which has large breasts thanks to me..." Hana said with a gentle smile towards the statue of Goddess Aurora, especially to her large breasts which were very attractive to male worshipers.

[ Are you threatening your own Goddess? ]

"Threatening my own Goddess? There's no way I would have that much courage. It was just a almost coincidence that they knew that the real Goddess Aurora had small breasts. Pftt… I'm sorry Goddess Aurora, I accidentally laughed while imagining your real body," Hana said those words without fear.

"However, if my Goddess tells me what Lily's Ritual Linked is. Maybe I can assume that my Goddess has a large breast size that is unbeatable compared to the breast size of other Goddesses," as if exchanging her words to be more polite, Hana tried to coax the Goddess Aurora to get information about Lily's Ritual Linked.

[ Look at this! You're threatening me! ]

[ After hundreds of years of not seeing each other, you're still threatening me like this! ]

[ Please respect me as a great and wise Goddess! ]

Hana's ears trembled as the Goddess Aurora pouted. The small threat given to the Goddess Aurora seemed to hit the mark as it directly attacked the Goddess Aurora's honor.

[ I understand! You just want to know about Lily's Ritual Linked ability, right? ]

"Yes, if possible please explain it accurately."

Hana smiled triumphantly when the Goddess Aurora wanted to reveal the secret in the realm of the Goddess, especially with the path of destiny that Lily had.

[ Basically, Lily is a Saintess who was directly appointed by my Senpai. ]

"Please skip the boring part."

[ Ugh, you! This is very important to know because my Senpai is the Goddess who is worshiped by other Goddesses. ]

[ That's why... This Senpai of mine gave Lily the blessings of the Yurification System and Ritual Linked. ]

[ Both blessings are intended to make women fall in love and marry with Ritual Linked as Lily's source of power. In other words, the more girls who fall in love with Lily and tied with Ritual Linked, the more her power increases. ]

"Huh?"

"I didn't hear wrong, right?"

Hana's ears felt hot after hearing about the blessings given by Lily's Goddess.

In the midst of the silence of the cold and lonely night, Hana smiled creepily as she listened to the explanation of Lily's power.

Her heart beat fast when Hana understood that love rivals would continue to emerge when Lily obtained a new source of power.

"I can't believe this!"

"How could my pure love as a Saintess have the opportunity for many love rivals!"

"You must be trying to trick me, Goddess Aurora!"

Hana tried her best to deny the future of her love and continued to compete with other girls.