The gentle shroud of darkness blanketed the world and left it muffled when compared to the day. Of course there were still plenty of sounds to be heard in the deep of the night, though most of those dredged up primal fears in most people to hear them. The night brought with it uncertainty and the unknown. However the night also brought with it the pale light of the moon and brilliant twinkling of the stars. Even the air itself was cool and calming without the harsh light of the sun around.

I was sitting on a large log out in the middle of the trees. The town of Vemdelen was just within sight, the warm lights of the torches along its walls like grounded stars themselves. Sometimes it was nice just being alone, especially when you were a goddess that everyone wanted the attention of.

It had been a couple days since the incident with Timothy and the cake. Gosh just remembering that whole thing was extremely embarrassing. It it hadn't been for Miya trying to keep me calm inside my head things might have gone very diffrently. What even made me act that way? In the end I had just chalked it up to the fact I've been suppressing my emotions heavily since arriving in this world. Even a goddess needs to be able to express herself in a healthy manner. Sure I'm a divine being or whatever but I still have needs. The biggest fear I have about expressing myself of course is ending up like the gods and goddesses of myth, so finding a balance is going to my be difficult task.

Thankfully that whole ordeal ended without any major incidents. The fact that so many people saw me in such a state really made me nervous, but I've decided to take it as a hard lesson and just be better in the future. I could technically erase everyone's memories of the whole thing but I figured it would be too far across a line.

On another important topic there was a thing I've noticed more and more recently. I've been having to protect my worshipers from attacks and persecution lately. Of course there has been a social stigma against worshiping goddesses for like a thousand years or whatever, so the fact people are worshiping one now was going to cause problems. Thankfully its easy enough to protect people here and there, mostly in big settlements, from their attackers. I'm working on a better system for answering prayers too.

At the moment there were no major prayers to be answered and so I was just relaxing in the night and enjoying nature. Miya was sleeping inside me on a new fancy bed I had made for her in there. We both decided it was best for her to keep up a normal sleep schedule to keep her mental health in good condition. Pretty much the same deal as with me, as I sometimes slept just because I've been so used to doing it. Even though I didn't need to now.

My peace was soon interrupted as a new prayer came in that caught my immediate attention. There was some woman crying out to me to save her from being raped! This was one of those to be addressed immediately sort of prayers and I decided to go into action to address it in person. As more women and men started believing in me I'm sure I'll get such prayers from both groups. So this was going to be my first chance to figure out how to address it.

With one smooth motion I jumped to my feet and opened a portal below me that led directly to where the woman was. It was a small bedroom in some large structure in a city, probably an apartment complex. Then within only a few seconds I found myself dropping into the room.

As I appeared in the room the first thing I did was take note of my surroundings. The room was indeed pretty small, about twelve by twelve, with only a bed and dresser as furnishings. There was pretty old wood flooring and walls, with one small table with a normal lamp on it. The bed was also pretty fancy I suppose considering the other décor.

Laying on the bed was the woman who had made the prayer. She was naked of course and laying on her back. On top of her was a rather strong looking man who was also naked. They were obviously engaging in intercourse and she was fighting back against his advances. The first thing to do was to get him off of her so that's what I did.

Smooth green vines burst forth from cracks in the floor and whipped up onto the bed to grasp the man, pulling him off of the woman before releasing and vanishing again. Both of them were incredibly surprised and the man slipped off the bed and stumbled into the wall.

It was now that I announced myself with the clearing of my throat.

The man shouted angrily and pointed at me.

"What the damn shit is a little girl doing in here?"

The woman was just as confused as he was and was instinctively pulling the bed sheet up to cover herself with. She was just staring at me with wide eyes, too shocked to say anything.

My senses were suddenly assaulted by a horrific smell and caused me to start choking. I put my right hand over my mouth and nose to try and mitigate it. Having enhanced senses was turning into a negative here.

"Oh god... What's that smell?"

Describing it in detail would be too disgusting but it made me do a cursory scan of the rest of the building. After doing that it was pretty clear where I was. A small apartment building with lots of people inside it of both sexes, the lingering stink of bedroom activities, and the woman who called me in. This was a brothel.

At this point the man was angry he was being ignored as took steps towards me. In response I simply lifted my left hand and blasted him with air. He was sent flying back against the wall where he hit with a grunt of pain.

The woman gasped seeing that and looked at me in fear.

"Wh-Who are you?"

Deciding to just take the smell on the nose so to speak I lowered my hands and adjusted my posture. I then looked at the woman with a honestly judgmental look.

"I'm your goddess? The one you just asked for?"

This made the woman's eyes lose their fear and instead a hint of malicious intent could be seen hiding in the back of them. She pointed to the man agaisnt the wall with full indignation and anger on her face.

"My goddess! That man raped me! Please kill him so he can't hurt another woman ever again!"

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The man stood up from the wall and glared at the woman with intent to kill and then moved his gaze over to me. The look I gave him however made him look away instantly and he instead directed his anger towards the woman. It was apparent to his instincts that I was in control here.

"This whore is full of shit! I paid for my night and I deserve to use her however I like!"

This of course led into them both accusing each other again and was draining the last of my patience. I threw my left hand up and swiped it through the air as I shouted.

"Enough! Both of you put your damn clothes on!"

Neither of them made any moves to obey me with the man taking on an aggressive posture.

"I don't have to obey you!" he protested. "Little bitch you're not in charge here!"

The entire room started to dim as my eyes began glowing brightly, the low light allowing my hair's glow to be noticeable as well. My eyes widened and I gave him and the woman a very intimidating look.

"You'll both obey me or I'll turn you into ants and step on you."

This display put both of them on their best behavior and they immediately started dressing themselves. They both complained in their own way as the light returned to normal and my eyes stopped their glow.

"This night couldn't get worse..." the man grumbled. "First some uppity whore and now some mage girl butting in."

The woman was dressing herself in her simple dress and glared at me.

"You're supposed to be a goddess that protects women. Its good to know you're full of lies and would rather let men run wild."

As I listened to these two dumbasses I lifted my left hand and rubbed my temples.

"Just because you regretted having sex with this man doesn't make him a rapist. He paid for this and you agreed to it." I then looked at the man. "As for you. Just because she agreed to it doesn't make her an object for you to do whatever you want with. You should have gotten a refund."

Neither of them had much to say in response to this and glared to each other.

I then pointed at the man and then to the door.

"You're dismissed. Get out of my sight."

The man left without further protest and his steps could be heard stomping down the hallway. This left me with the woman who was now standing up next to the bed and looking nervously at me.

"You then" I said pointing at her. "Take me to whoever's in charge here. Make it snappy!"

"Yes maam" she replied sheepishly.

She didn't really have a choice of course. Regardless if she believed I was actually the goddess she had been praying to it was clear I had magic powers. There was also the fact I had tossed around a fully grown man and bent him to my will, so what chance did she really have against me. So regardless of her reasoning she walked from the room and began leading me through the brothel.

That horrible stink was more powerful out here in the hall. I'm sure in this tech level they didn't care that much about sanitation which made me feel more nauseous the more I thought about it. So yeah I pretty much tried to forget all about that aspect. For the most part the whole place looked like a normal inn though, just the noises people made were not like a normal inn.

As we walked the people who saw me were not really confused as to why such a young girl was in the place and no one said anything. Come to think of it they probably didn't react because such a sight could be more common here then I'd like to imagine. In fact a select few of the women I saw on this little walk looked to be in their teens. Not really a surprise considering how the cultures of antiquity operated. I still didn't like it.

Eventually we reached a set of double doors that upon scanning with goddess vision appeared to be the VIP suite. There was a middle aged woman inside who was laying on top of a rather buff man, both of them being almost naked of course. Standing outside the door were two bouncer type men armed with swords.

As we approached one of them held out his hand to the woman with me.

"What do you think you're doing? The miss didn't order anyone as young as this today."

That checks out. From what I remember from history it was usually the women trafficking their children by selling them off to make ends meet, a sad but despicable practice for most of human history. It was also mainly women who bought the children before "training" them and then selling them off again.

I glanced at the woman. "Dismissed."

The whore quickly scurried away and disappeared somewhere into the brothel. There was fear in her eyes as she had noticed my rising anger. Neither of the guards had noticed this though.

"I'm here to see your boss" I said firmly.

Both of the men chuckled as one of them reached down to grab me. He pulled back his hand in panic though once he noticed the cackling electricity arching around my body.

"Who are you?" the one on the right asked in confusion.

I smirked as the electricity stopped. Instead my eyes literally lit on fire due to my growing anger at this whole situation.

"I am the goddess Jenna. Goddess of Light and Knowledge. Now step aside."

The two of them decided not to test my claim and stepped to the side of the doors. Of course as I didn't want to touch the gross door I tipped my head and they took the signal and opened it for me. After the door was open I walked into the room as the fire in my eyes went out.

This room was much larger than any of the others and was really setup like it was for nobility. The furnishings here were of much higher quality and the bed in the center of the room would be equivalent to a king size bed. All the light for the room was actually provided by pretty floor braziers and there was even a small bathtub in the far corner.

On the bed in the center of the room was a middle aged woman with flowing red hair and lots of makeup on. She was half dressed really in what one would call a bikini where I came from. The man under her was only wearing a small loincloth. It was clear she was the dominant one here. Just one look into her eyes revealed the gaze of a predator staring back. Creepy.

When she heard the door opening she turned around on the bed of course. She honestly seemed pretty surprised to see me standing there. Not everyone had seen the new goddess so it was understandable she wouldn't recognize me. Just having some random little girl enter her room wouldn't be something that caused her any alarm.

"Yes little girl?" she asked. "Did you lose your parents?"

Her voice dripped with venom. The look in her eyes was cunning and sadistic as she sized me up.

My anger had advanced into fury and this woman was close to divine judgment. Controlling my temper was getting more difficult the longer I looked at her. I didn't say anything as I had this internal struggle.

She smiled. "I heard what you said outside the doors. A very brave claim."

The man under her on the bed was looking between us with fear in his eyes. I gave him a nod.

"You're dismissed."

As he began moving to get up the woman pushed him back down onto the bed.

"He'll be staying. He's my toy for the night."

My left eyelid twitched and I flicked my left hand as the bed. Smooth green vines once again burst forth from the floor and whipped out towards them both on the bed. Right before they made contact however they were suddenly frozen as if hit by a blast of ice. Now completely frozen solid they crumbled into chunks of ice on the floor.

The woman gave me a mocking grin.

That's it! I'm pissed! I lifted up my left hand and held open my palm. A blazing flame burst forth from it and engulfed my forearm as well. Then I sort of turned my hand around as watched the flames twist and turn in the air.

"Ice meet fire."

This made the woman's eyes go wide, the smirk disappearing from her face.

She was a mage of some sort and clearly one that had more debauched tastes than the average magic user. Her element was ice and even if she had another one, which was unlikely, she was still being met with her direct opposite. This was a fight she knew she couldn't win as I had already displayed two elements now, thus making me the more powerful mage. That was of course assuming she continued refusing to believe my divinity.

After only a few seconds the woman slid off the man and to the side of the bed. He then instantly jumped up off the bed and hurried past me and out of the room, not even glancing backwards at his assumed doomed mistress.

Once he had left the room the doors closed with a thud due to my telekinesis, my eyes glowing as my forearm was still ablaze. It was time for a private conversation.