Norbert looked at the district, wondering which temple would be the best place to help him. Walking through, seeing the god of the hunt, the one of war and the other for laws. None of them tickled the itch that he thought could help him.

At this time of the morning, his presence stands out compared to everyone else. Only the priests, priestesses, and messengers are about at this time in the morning. There are no worshippers of the gods there at the moment other than Norbert.

Hoping what he was after would come out to him, Norbert walked through, quickly passing through the district undisturbed, feet clopping on the cobblestone under his feet.

Whenever a priest approached him, Norbert would just walk past, not giving them a second of thought as he continued to his prize, the fountain that held Lady Luck.

Knowing he had recently talked to her, I hoped she could use her godly connection to weed out the one who could help him the best or the combination of gods to go to for his task to be completed.

Walking with his eyes closed, letting his feet take him where he needed to be, Norbert stopped as he felt something hit his toe. Silence surrounded him as he looked around, wondering what took their attention.

He realized he was all alone in the back reaches of the temple district, the hill that it overlooked dropping away on the other side. The city wall beneath where he was as Norbert stared at the lady sitting in front of him, idly playing with the water in the fountain.

"Are you sure you're not a priest?" Luck asked, Norbert.

Stifled by the question, Norbert looked towards the fountain, remembering the first time he had been here, with it muddy and clogged. Half hidden by things growing on it, not even a drop of water came out of it.

Unlike now, Norbert could see it was recently clean, the stone shining in the morning sun. The golden colours of her hair came out now, reflecting on his face and making his eyes and teeth sparkle in the golden light.

Not knowing how it was possible, Norbert looked at Luck, not seeing a difference in her attitude. It was not like he knew what to look for in the first place with his investigation.

Norbert looked towards Luck as she waited for him to say something.

"I’m guessing the state of this fountain —no longer in disarray—due to my actions," Norbert asked.

"What you said to that little girl, just that slight sway of wording, and not shoving it down her throat. For many years, hopefully, in her lifetime, she will remember your story about Jack." Luck explained to Norbert.

Sitting on the fountain next to her, a strange sparkle in her eyes, one that Norbert had never seen before in the woman or the goddess. As Norbert looked closer, staring as it slowly diminished away.

"I find it funny, the woman so scared of being forgotten recently is now boasting to her champion on her own popularity." Wiggling hi" eyebrows to cause ire free woman.

"How the tables have turned."

“How the turns have tabled.” Norbert corrected her.

Norbert received an annoyed look momentarily as if Norbert had not relented in the stare. Receiving a nod of giving in from the goddess, Norbert looked back to the fountain on his side—the sound of water droplets falling and landing rhythmically.

"Any other reason why you showed up here. Wasn't expected up like this?" Norbert asked.

"It is rude for a god to appear before another champion without that champions backer there already." Luck said, to Norbert, her voice louder than before.

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Norbert was just staring at her. "But how come Arstech contacted me randomly the first time I was here?" Norbert asked the goddess, still remembering the priest's reaction and the entire crowd around him. He was happy that the sort of moniker didn't follow, didn't round lace, shaking slightly at the thought of everyone following him about like that.

"Because it's still iffy if you were claimed by anyone or just up for grabs." Luck sighed, remembering the past times and the council meetings she needed to sway over to allow her to gain a champion. Lucky with Norbert’s introduction, she could claim for herself the most significant claim out of all the other lesser gods and the main ones.

"So, who is going to come down and ask for assistance?" Norbert asked as he looked out across the crowd, not seeing anyone come to him or appear as he thought they should.

"Not the best but someone that you've interacted before. Still feels slightly in debt and something their champion wants to help with anyway." Luck said, the newcomer seemingly popping out of the ground, walking from a thirty meters away towards them.

The duo was silent as they waited for their newcomer to arrive. Their slow steps became increasingly frustrating the longer they took. Norbert held himself back so as not to start whistling once again.

A thought came to me: "Then, what about people like Hyeon, those not picked to be champions?"

"The rarity of them surviving often gives them something in return, like yourself. One could say you became lucky to get picked by one of the divine." Lady Luck added on the end, giving a half smile to Norbert.

Half opening his mouth, Norbert saw Luck close it again, stopping the conversation as she grabbed onto his jaw, moving it about to look at their guest. Norbert could now hear his glasses clittering against each other with every step that the person made.

Stopping a meter away, orange spotty robes around them as he opened his arms out, "Welcome; I hope you have something for me?"

Norbert looking towards the guest, providing the sack out to him as well as the candy from his coin pouch. "Copy whatever this provides onto the ones in this bag." Norbert said, the words coming out coldly as Norbert sized up the person in front of him. Something raised his suspicions about the figure even though they were technically helping him with something he had done previously.

"Grosly?" Norbert asked, piercing the items together that the alchemy god made to him.

"Sadly no, just a follower of the great god. So what do you need help with, other than your copying help?" The priest asked Norbert.

Turning to the side, he saw Luck still there, the priest only staring him down as he wondered what was happening. Knowing not to seem entirely crazy, Norbert began his explanation, ending it with, "So it would be helpful for the kids if you could add whatever the cure part of the candy added to the rest. Created by the Pink Pair's saying half can be done by someone here." Norbert finished with a wave of his hand out to the near empty temple district in front of him.

The priest nodded as he started walking away. "I'll be back in four rotations."

Norbert watched as the man once more seemingly disappeared into the ground once he went far enough away.

Norbert turned towards Luck, who still sat there like she had before their guest arrived. He opened his mouth, the words coming out of his own volition. "Was that a priest or just Grosly?" Norbert asked her.

"That's for you. That's for you to decide on your own, champion," Luck said, half paying attention to Norbert's words.

Leaning towards her, Norbert moved a strand of golden hair out of the goddess's eyes, sending a shiver down her back as she returned to earth, looking to see what Norbert was doing.

“Is that really necessary?”

“Is zoning out like that really necessary?” He replied back straight away

“If it wasn’t would I do it?” She rebutted back to him.

Norbert stared at her, trying to think of what she had done previously. “For myself, most defiantly, but your really not that type.” After a moment of thinking, letting the words hang in the air before nodding his head in confirmation of his words.

Norbert focused his eyes back on Lady Luck, who was staring at him. The two of them were silent as his hand continued to fall down her hair and finally reach the end. Dropping down, Norbert placed both his hands in his lap, dragging his eyes away as he sighed. He looked out towards the temple district, and it started to become increasingly crowded as the day started.

"I wonder how long this is going to take?" Norbert asked aloud, unbeknownst to Luck, changing the topic of the conversation.

"Like the man said, about four hours, give or take." The goddess responded.

Hearing the normal hours and not the twisted but usual time scheme of this place brought the feeling of home greater onto him.

"Not that, this entire thing. How long do these games normally last?" Norbert asked.

Silence filled the room as Norbert saw out of the corner of his eye the goddess shake uncontrollably, starting off with little jerks and slowly getting bigger and bigger until pearls of laughter came out.

“The time has just begun, more perils and journeys await you, young champion.” The goddess Lady Luck told Norbert.