“Man, what do I do now”
Having nothing to do, I walk around aimlessly. I can’t return to the training ground after that mess, and it’s still morning, return home to sleep is a bit…
Looking around, I find myself before a big tower with a big statue on top. It is a sculpture of a nude woman surrounded by snakes. This is the temple of our goddess,Echidna.
Hm, maybe I should ask for a “revelation” about my recently strange dreams. I’m free anyways and that voice starting to annoy me.
With that kind of thinking, I walk into the temple.
“My, it’s unsual for you to come here,Reus. How is your father” A priest donning a black suit with a snake mask welcome me.
“Her Reverend, my father is all good and he want to send to you his most sincere apology because he can’t attend our ritual last month due to his research.”
“Oh, don’t worry about it. But I guess you wouldn’t come here just for that. This is not his first time skipping the ritual”
Old man, you suck.
“Umm, about that. Recently I have some problems that I don’t know how to resolve. That’s why I come here, seeking a revelation from our dear Goddess”
“A revelation, you said? Very well, come with me then” The priest take me to a closed room and explain “Write your problems and put into this box. After that, stay in this room and pray to our goddess Echidna. If your pray can reach her, the goddess will give her answer in the box”
“Thank you very much, her Reverend. May the goddess’s wisdom always follow you”
“I pray for your succeed,my child”
After seeing the priest walk out of the room, I breathe a heavy sigh.
“Man, talking like this really tire me out. No wonder old man hate these kind of meetings so much”
I take out a letter and write
“Dear goddess,
There is some strange voice in my head every time I go to bed. Please tell me what to do with it.
Your sincerely follower, Reus.”
After putting this into the box, I ponder about what to do next.
Pray? How do people pray?
Can just stay in this room count as praying?
Never got a revelation before and asking the priest after coming this far is rather… embarrassing.
Oh well, our goddess is quite generous, I hope. I will just use this time for meditating. Okay, clear and serene mind. Imagine the form of….
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Hm?
Crap, did I overslept?
I check the magic watch on my wrist. It’s a convenient magic tool that can show you the time of days, you only need to recharge it with your mana once every months.
Already past noon.
Sigh, no reason for crying over spilled milk, let’s just hope that our goddess doesn’t mind the fact that I slept in her temple.
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Carefully, I take out the letter inside the box. There is only one word in it.
“Hmph”
???
Eh?
What in blue world is this?
A divine message from gods should have … some meaning right?
Or at least, one sentence.
Is she …. Angry because I slept?
No, I mustn’t think like this.
Our goddess is benevolent, she wouldn’t mind something like that.
Yeah, that’s right. This word must be written by God’s language. How foolish of me, to think i can understand an immortal’s thinking.
I should take this to the priest and ask him the meaning of this.
When I come out, the priest is standing at the centre of temple, looking absentmindedly at a mini version of the goddess’s statue outside.
What’s he looking so intensify at? Her face, the snakes or....
“Oh Reus, is anything wrong with your Revelation” The priest asked, stopped my delusional.
“Her Reverend, I had received her guidance. However, the foolish me can’t understand her wise words. Can you help me decipher the Revelation?”
“That’s strange. Her answers were always straightforward. Can I see the words, please”
He look closely to the note I handed to him.
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1 minute.
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2 minutes.
Is God’s words that hard to decipher?
Why doesn’t he bring out a dictionary?
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5 minutes.
The priest is still looking at the note.
Seriously?
“Umm, Her Reverend?”
No reaction.
“Excuse me” I wave my hand before him.
“Ahh, Reus. You still here” He seems surprised. Strange.
“About the Revelation”
“Oh yeah, about that. Can you tell me your problems”
“Recently, I have the same nightmare, about a voice keep calling me. That’s why I want to ask Her Highness to give me guidance about that”
“Hmm, I think the goddess want you not to worry about it. However, you need to pray at this temple frequently to strengthen her blessing”
“You think so?”
“The goddess’s power is beyond our imagination. What we can do is believe in her and pray that no harm will come to us. As long as we keep our belief, the goddess will protect us”
“Thank you, her Reverend. Your wise words has cleared the fog filled in my head. I bid you farewell”
“Good bye, my child. And remember, the goddess always watching”
I walk out of the temple with a best feeling, just like a weight lifted off my chest.
Look like I can have good long sleep tonight.