Hearing her cry I became hesitant to approach her. Why did I suddenly appeared here?

As if answering my question, the goddess of light turned to look at me. She had a bright golden hair and white eyes that seemed to be full of light.

『Thank you, thank you so much! I cannot express my gratitude good enough!』 The goddess of light said tearfully.

She stood up and approached me as her layered speckle dress was dragged, holding both of my hands she said 『You were able to save not just him but also the other believers!』

"What...do you mean?" I asked with doubt and the goddess of light said 『Asher, actually, his story went astray from what I intended to』

My eyes widened slightly and the goddess of light said 『I'll show it to you』with that the surroundings changed and images appeared.

It was Asher when he was still a baby and- his parents which the mother was the goddess of light!

The goddess of light then explained. 『Asher was actually given birth by me and my beloved husband who was a human. The moment he was about to be born 'they' appeared and killed my husband saying that it is a sin to fall in love with a human, and I knew it very well....』

『Although I felt so sinful because of the death of my husband I still couldn’t let our child die and so I gave him to the believers.』

『Unfortunately the day he was about to be blessed by me I was attacked by 'they' and so had to flee, that's when I lost my presence to the believers which caused for Asher to be misunderstood and became an outcast』

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Listening to this I became horrified of the truth and also aggrieved. I then noticed some flaws and asked "Why is Asher's appearance like that then? Is his father like that?"

The goddess of light shook her head and said 『No. I gave him that appearance as a disguise from his true one so that 'they' wouldn't be able to find him』

I nodded before asking another one, "Then what about Choi Kwan's village? Why did you disappear before Asher was even born?"

The goddess of light bit her lower lip, that's when she said the truth. 『I was selfish at that time because of love and so I went to this village instead and where my husband lives』

『And because, I searched for help at that time』

"What?" I was surprised and the goddess of light said 『The Angel of Dream foresaw a future about the village and told that they'll be abandoned by the capital. I couldn't do anything to intervene except to ask for help from the prophet in the capital.』

『But that's when I found that the prophet was evil!』

『The prophet lied to the higher ups of the capital and told that the capital would be in danger if they help that village and so abandoned it.』

『That's also when I found that it was because of me interfering that the foresaw future actually came true』 She said and cried even more.

『I don't deserve to be their god』

I became silent at her words and couldn't express my opinion. In the end only silence was left and the sound of her crying.

After some time she wiped away her tears and said 『Fortunately, you and Choi Kwan came and was able to give kindness towards Asher. It is also because of you that the villagers were saved.』

I bowed my head in a respectful manner and said "There's no need to thank us"

『No』The goddess of light shook her head and said 『My words of gratitude is not enough, that's why I want to give you and Choi Kwan something』

"Ah! N- No need!" I stuttered in embarrassment but the goddess of light just smiled before she placed her palm on my forehead before I lost consciousness.

『The 'Goddess of Light' has bestowed her 「Blessing」to the epitome "Kim Su-Jin"』

『The 'Goddess of Light' has bestowed her 「Blessing」to the epitome "Choi Kwan"』

....

Opening my eyes I found that i was still standing before the statue, as if all of that was just a dream.

I held my chest, still being able to feel the divine-nest of being able to stand before a God.

'It was not a dream'

Suddenly I heard a familiar voice calling out my name and I knew it was Kwan and Asher. I turned around and was about to leave but still looked back at the statue before finally leaving.

Unbeknownst to me the moment I left the statue of the goddess of light had a tear dripped down from her cheek as a ghostly voice sounded.

『Thank you』