Chapter 3 – A Flustered Goddess

Chapter 3 – A Flustered Goddess

[??? POV]

I don’t know what to do.

One day, this shabby-looking fluffy thing just showed up outside my temple.

This has never happened before. Everyone’s supposed to avoid my temple.

Despite that, there was this small ball of white fluff huddled up against one of the pillars.

It’s really cute, and fluffy, and... sad?

Wait, why is it sad?

I don’t want it to be sad...

What do I do to stop it being sad?

“Maybe, I can just get rid of what is making them sad?”

But I don’t know what is making them sad.

“Maybe I can go and give them something?”

But I don’t have permission to go down there.

While I was trying to come up with a solution, the fluffy thing suddenly said something under its breath.

“If someone is watching, please give me something... Just a way to hide my hair... Maybe then things can change...”

“I can do that!” I back shouted in response, “I can give you a Blessing of Darkness!”

Without wasting any time, I tried to give my Blessing to the fluffy thing.

But it didn’t work...

Wait, it didn’t work?

Why didn’t it work?

I know that it was my first time blessing someone, but it should just work.

“M-maybe that was just a fluke... I-I’ll just try again,” I said to myself, trying not to lose my previous burst of confidence.

Same result...

But I can’t just not give my Blessing to the fluffy thing.

I don’t know why, but I just do not want this ball of fluff to stay sad. Just watching the fluffy thing cuddle up with its tail to go to sleep while hiding its tears tugged at my heart.

I tried to come up with a solution, but nothing came to mind.

“How could I fix this?... I don’t even know what the problem is.”

Maybe Ellaria knows... She has blessed a lot of people before. She probably knows what’s happening.

Before I had the chance to think about anything else, I had already rushed out of my domain and headed over to Ellaria’s place.

When I arrived, I threw the door open and just blurted everything out, “Ellaria! Fluffy thing! Hair! Hide! Blessing! Not working!”

In response, she just stared blankly at me as if I was mad.

“Ellaria!” I shouted again.

That seemed to force her out of her daze, and she started to talk.

“Sister? What’s going on?”

“Fluffy thing! Blessing not working!” I said with my arms flailing around, trying to act out the situation.

“Hold on.” Ellaria rested her head in her hand, “I haven’t seen you for at least a couple hundred years, and you just suddenly show up screaming about a ‘fluffy thing’ and a blessing that isn’t working?”

I immediately sat back down and gave my full attention to Ellaria.

“Being that I am the Goddess of Light, I should be able to temporarily suppress her Light affinity so that you could try to give her your Blessing.”

“Then, what are you waiting for?”

“You see, I don’t think I’ll be able to completely suppress her Light affinity. Her affinity for Light Magic is even higher than my natural affinity.”

Neither of us said anything for a moment as I processed what Ellaria had told me.

“But, t-there’s a chance?”

“Yes.”

“Then... I want to try.”

If there is even a slight chance of this working, then I want to give it a go. If it doesn’t work, then I’ll just find something else. I won’t stop until I at least do something for the little kit.

“Then let’s get to it,” Ellaria said as she stood up, “No time like the present.”

She placed her hand on the panel that she was using to view the little kit, and it started to glow softly.

“Now’s your chance.”

I closed my eyes and tried to bless the little kit, but it was rejected again.

...

Not good enough.

I kept trying, putting everything I had into getting this Blessing to the little kit.

It was like pushing against a brick wall, it just didn’t want to budge.

Just a bit more.

I pulled what remaining power I had left in me and continued to push. It would probably leave me a bit drained for a while, but that didn’t matter.

Then, after just a little more pushing, it felt like the wall collapsed, and all the energy had been sucked out of me.

It worked. The Blessing actually went through.

“So, does that mean you did it?” Ellaria said after seeing me relax and sink into the chair.

“I... think... so...”

Just to make sure it had actually worked, I gestured towards the panel Ellaria had been using so I could check.

Looking at the fluffy little kit, it was clear that she had my Blessing, although something did feel a little strange.

It’ll probably be fine...

I sank even further into the chair, really feeling the wave of exhaustion hit me now that it had all worked out. Although, it seemed like Ellaria still had something to say.

“It looks like she’s asleep at the moment; why don’t you take this opportunity to send her a message?”

“What... do you mean?”

“You are also the Goddess of Dreams, you should be able to visit her in her dream, no?”

“Oh yeah... I forgot... I could do that...

“Well then, what are you waiting for?”

I tried to force myself up off the chair but wasn’t quite able to, so Ellaria grabbed my arm and lifted me to my feet.

“I wish you luck!”

I just limply raised my arm in response before making my way back to my domain.

I hope I have enough energy left to actually do this.