Behind me of course the king was having a fit of indignation that someone would dare attempt to usurp him. Those around him were more on the level, trying to warn him that this was an actual goddess and doing whatever she said was the absolute best chance for things to go well. While most things he said were forgivable there was one thing he said that was a certified mistake.

Puffing up his chest and pointing an accusatory finger Alphonse shouted at my back.

"How do we know you're a real goddess?"

My anger was triggered. I spun around with eyes glowing brightly, a look of barely contained fury on my face as my eyes narrowed. My arms were held at my waist and my hands were clenched into fists. The internal anger heated me up so much my hands ignited into flames.

"What did you say?"

The king immediately recognized his mistake and shrunk backwards, the look of fear on his face a dramatic one. All those around him were similarly terrified.

"Well... er-" he stuttered.

To be honest this was the first time someone actually questioned my goddess status since arriving in this world. Out of fairness I could see how it might be possible to replicate my immense size with some kind of magic. Though that would surely be illusion based, not carrying real weight like my body. Maybe I just needed to demonstrate my power so that this pompous king and everyone knew for certain who they were dealing with.

I stomped back towards the castle, my massive feet thundering down and shaking the very stones it was built from. The heat from my body created an aura around me that caused the snow to sizzle as it instantly vaporized on touch. All the fire enveloping my fists spread all the way up my arms and onto my shoulders. My book whipped out on my left attached to its ribbon, then to my surprise another book of the same kind appeared on my other side.

"Perhaps I should eat you and be done with it?" I said through clenched teeth.

No. This wasn't me. What kind of goddess has her fury so easily provoked? That the words of a fat and greedy little man would bring up such an emotional response. Of course my appearance struck fear into the hearts of everyone gathered here as they all could see. I didn't want to be this kind of goddess. No. It is better to be loved than feared.

I closed my eyes and shook my head. "No. No."

My pause caused the tension in the air to freeze, everyone waiting on baited breath to see what would happen next. This was the moment I proved to the world that the goddesses from those stories weren't representative of me.

I opened my mouth and took a deep breath, sucking in an enormous amount of icy winter air. The fire on my body was snuffed out in an instant as I held the cold air inside me. Then with concentration I breathed out slowly and deliberately. As you could see one's breath in this weather the hot air I exhaled rapidly cooled down into a thick mist. It formed a small cloud in front of me and even began falling down to the ground as snow.

With a quick hand motion I dismissed my book and its new counterpart, the two blue ribbons wrapping around my waist and reeling them in until they vanished into my hips. Then I opened my eyes. They no longer glowed though they remained their vibrant violet.

The shocked silence continued, no one really knowing how to react to me now. They had seen me actually furious and witnessed even a king's life teetering on a razor's edge. But just as quickly as this young goddess's rage had been inflamed it had subsided. Great patience and self control had been put on display, proof that even the divine could be reasoned with and linked to morality.

I didn't say anything else, simply turning back around and looking down at the crowd that was in my way on the main road. All it took was that look and they all fanned out to the sides of the street.

"Golems away." I said quietly.

Both of the stone golems that I had summoned and stationed at the gates began to crumble away like a cookie that had been sitting out to dry for way too long and was finally poked with a fork. All the cobblestones that had made them tumbled into a messy pile on the ground and sent up a cloud of dust. They were unneeded now and there was no sense keeping them around.

With luck there was just enough space to step down into the streets, the people surprisingly not panicking and fleeing in all directions. My foot did boom down right in the middle of the parted crowed and yet this stoic reaction was what I got from them. Maybe that display of self control was more impactful than I thought. Were they really not afraid of me?

Only a couple thundering steps took me out of the crowd and into more open streets. That's when I heard someone yelling my name. They sounded strained and out of breath. Curious I looked around and also scanned with my goddess vision. There coming down a side street to my right was some running adult man.

"Wait! Goddess!" he shouted up at me.

He was running and waving with his right hand, clearly desperate to meet me. His voice was one I recognized from prayer's I'd heard before though I couldn't quite place it. Certainly a newer worshiper.

"Well? What is it?" I asked plainly.

The man continued running until he was several of my steps away from my feet and almost collapsed from exhaustion. He spent over twenty seconds catching his breath and I waited patiently for him to recover. Strangely he was dressed in the garb of some kind of priesthood. I thought there weren't any gods worshiped here. Was there already a state religion I didn't know about?

He finished panting and stood up again, trying his best to stand tall and presentably.

"G-Goddess Jenna! Please come to the temple!" he said still light on breath. "Its ready to be dedicated to your majesty!"

So there wasn't a state religion though? But there was a temple, possibly from times long ago. The wanted to dedicate it to me did they? This wasn't something the king thought up, and besides I had just met him so he didn't plan this ahead of time. It certainly would be good to have this temple dedicated to me, though I feel I've already spent too much time in public. I need to get back to Doovlin where its quiet and less people can look at me.

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Miya chimed in.

"I've heard there's a great temple in the capital. Its supposed to be dedicated to all the goddesses that came before, or least it was. I'm not sure I'm sorry."

"It's fine" I thought back to her. "I just don't want to be out here anymore. Its embarrassing."

With a wave I acknowledged the priest.

"It sounds lovely but I simply must be going. I'll come visit the temple another time ok?"

I gave him a small smile.

This caused the man to blush red and he clutched his hand to his chest. He looked to be in his twenties at the oldest and he clearly wasn't used to getting positive affirmation from the opposite sex. It's also understandable that having a goddess give that affirmation would be exhilarating.

"Y-Yes of course goddess!" He said bowing.

With that settled I turned to continue walking away towards the city walls. However I was stopped before I could begin when a knight on horseback came galloping down the street behind me from the direction of the castle. It was the knight Quintrell from before.

"Oh what now?" I exclaimed in frustration.

With an annoyed huff I turned around to face him, my arms crossed on my belly and my weight back on one leg.

His horse finished galloping up to me along the snowy street and came to a halt with a whinny. Whatever he wanted he had chased after me and gone to great lengths to catch up. The steam was billowing off the horse after exerting itself for such a sprint.

"Great Goddess Jenna!" He said bowing while mounted.

He probably didn't want to dismount in case I took another step away. This must be pretty important then.

I shifted weight onto my other leg. "Yes what is it?"

"The king sent me after you immediately oh goddess!" He continued. "You- You left without enacting any decrees or creating any new laws."

Huh. Well I guess that is something a new ruler is expected to do. I kinda just took over the whole kingdom as a formality as there weren't any current plans to actually rule it. Being responsible and ruling over an entire kingdom of people sounds like a total pain in the ass and I'd like to keep myself as far away from bureaucracy as possible.

Besides its important for this human government to continue with as little alteration as possible. Radical changes in governance lead to chaos and I'm not even sure how good of a ruler I'd actually be. It really is just best to let this king Alphonse keep kinging it up and interject my input whenever and wherever its actually necessary.

I relaxed my pose a bit. "Well its like this Sir Rabben. I'm perfectly content with allowing this monarchy to continue like it always has. When I want to influence decisions or make changes I'll let the king know." I tapped my chin and thought for a moment. "Think of me as a chief advisor that can't be ignored."

He seemed shocked I addressed him by his title. His eyes had gone wide and when he recovered his composure he bowed deeply. This shifted his weight on the horse and cause it to shuffle its feet with a snort.

"Of course Great Goddess! I shall inform King Ferenik immediately."

Whatever. Its not like he can't hear me from here anyway.

I waved my left hand around a little. "As far as new laws the only one I can think of for now is that every Tuesday is Taco Tuesday. Is that good enough?"

Quintrell looked up at me in confusion and was attempting to be as tactful as possible with his next sentence.

"Erm... I apologize if it displeases the goddess but I've never heard of this ta-co before."

My arms drop to my sides and I let out a short sigh.

"Yeah of course ya'll haven't. How can I describe it? Its like a hard thin piece of dry bread that you put things inside of. Stuff like ground meat, veggies, beans, and sour crème."

"So its a food goddess?" Quintrell asked pondering.

I throw up my arms in exasperation and roll my eyes.

"Well who's the one demanding I make new laws? Just forget it!"

That priest from moments ago had still been standing there and he had walked closer while I spoke to the knight. He had been waiting patiently and just listening. It was clear he took an interest in my behavior. When he saw me exasperated he spoke up in a gentle voice.

"Perhaps the goddess can make another appearance some other time to pass new laws." He said. "She did just only now gain control of the kingdom. I'm sure her kindness and generosity cause her fatigue."

Perfect timing! Saying that this public appearance has made me tired is the perfect excuse to bow out of this whole situation and back to Doovlin. Its not like they'll know where I went. Plus being out in public does make me unironically tired. Its actually draining having so many people watching me. Being an introvert sucks.

I nodded my head. "Yeah yeah! I'll be retiring for the day. Don't worry I won't forget the temple thing."

Without another moment's hesitation I opened a teleportation portal directly to the outskirts of Doovlin. The village was so chock full of my worshipers that it's easy to pick a location somewhere outside it in the forest to land at.

The portal zipped down my body and I almost jumped up into it as it passed over me. With a flash of yellowish light I found myself standing once again on the edge of my beloved hometown. That's really what it is to me: my hometown in this world. Well home village anyway.

It was so nice to finally have that fresh mountain air and see those beautiful forests. My hair was glowing golden like never before and I felt a surge of raw power flowing through me. I felt powerful! My visit to the capital must have really boosted my worshiper count to record numbers. Of course that meant more people to worry about keeping happy. I'm sure I can handle it!

Miya spoke up from inside me.

"Jenna... Forgive me for asking if it's inappropriate..."

"Go ahead" I replied softly.

This gave her a bit of bravery to speak her mind.

"Well it's about how you acted at the capital just now" she continued. "It just seemed like you were... More human than I've ever seen you before. I know you were one in your previous life but is it really ok to behave that way to the king?"

"Whaddya mean?" I thought back.

Her response came back with a soft sigh, as if expressing her thoughts was difficult here.

"Well...You're a goddess Goddess! Shouldn't you have exerted your power over everyone and taken control of the kingdom with definitive action? Everyone should be bowing at your feet and offering you praise and offerings! Why didn't you create any new laws or change how the kingdom is run?"

Reasonable questions I suppose. The way I acted was not that surprising from my perspective as really I was just being myself. Was that the proper way for a goddess to act though? Who know? And really who cares! Being pigeonholed into a specific archetype was probably the reason many of the old goddesses ended up the way they did. I should be free to be myself and rule however I saw fit! Even if it meant taking a backseat to human affairs. Honestly that was more fair in the long run. No one wants to be told how to live their life and even as a goddess I have no true right to do such a thing. I'm not perfect myself, not like my father.

After pondering for a few moments how to explain this I thought back to Miya.

"Well look at it like this Miya: Do you think everyone in the entire kingdom wants me to tell them how to live their lives? I mean aren't there going to be plenty of people that fear or even hate me because I'm a goddess?"

Miya replied sounding dejected. "I suppose..."

"Now don't sound like that" I replied with a smile in my voice. "I'm perfectly fine with not absolutely everyone worshiping me. I feel that only those that want to worship me should, as its better to be loved than feared. Though I do deserve to be respected! And sometimes fear is necessary to demonstrate that."

I sighed internally and looked up at the sky.

"At least that's how I remember my father acting with his people. I don't know why I can't hear his voice. He is all powerful and perfect. If only I had his guidance here."

"I'm sure he's watching over you Jenna" Miya said smiling herself. "If he really is as amazing as you say this Elohim surely had a plan in sending you here! I know I'm happy I met you!"

I smiled externally this time. "I'm happy I met you too Miya! Now I'm gunna change into something more fitting and head over to the village ok?"

With her affirmation I cloaked myself in mana once again, completely altering my outfit and manifesting the winter garb from before. There was the flowing white fur coat, tall cuffed boots, thick embroidered pants, and large white ushanka. This time however I put a large pom on top of the hat that mimiced my galaxy hairpin. It was pretty fuzzy but looked like a galaxy well enough.

After my outfit change into more winter approriate clothing I walked the last mile or so towards Doovlin. Once I arrived I'd have to tell them all about my meeting with the king. It was actually pretty exciting and I was looking forward to it!