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After turning seven or eight corners and passing through three or four brightly lit, bustling streets, the two of them finally stopped in front of a clinic. Just as Xiu thought that Mengdie might be ill and was about to ask her, she crouched down, searching for something along the clinic's wall.
"Hmm... It's too dark to see clearly. Xiu, can you provide some light?"
Xiu nodded, pulled out a match from his pocket, and lit a glass oil lamp hanging on the clinic's door, bringing it closer.
With the flickering yellow flame, Mengdie searched meticulously around the corner of the wall. Soon, her face lit up with excitement, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew... Good, it looks like they haven't run into any trouble."
Xiu leaned in and saw a red symbol on the corner of the wall, resembling an inverted number 3, its meaning unclear. The symbol, evidently redrawn many times, had almost become ingrained in the wall.
Mengdie lowered the glass oil lamp and began searching the ground around her. It didn't take long for her to find a red brick, with which she drew a normal number 3 beside the inverted one. Instantly, an image of a butterfly appeared.
Xiu had an epiphany! Clapping his hands, he laughed, "The little girl has quite a unique way of communicating～～～"
Mengdie dropped the brick, dusted her hands, adjusted her cloak, and even held her tail to prevent it from lifting the cloak as it moved.
"Alright! Now, we just wait for Nia to see the sign."
After settling her cloak, the two of them sat side by side at the corner of the clinic. The area was teeming with drunkards, so Mengdie and Xiu didn't stand out.
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As the three moons rose higher, casting a clear halo, they added a hazy beauty to the city's nightscape. Mengdie gazed at the castle atop the distant mountain, its high towers twinkling with lights. "Is that girl, Shashala, also looking at the city's night view from under some light?" she wondered. But she shrugged, thinking that even such a view could become tiresome after ten or more years.
The night grew deeper, and even in this city that never sleeps, the surrounding noises gradually subsided. The streets slowly emptied, leaving only the flickering lights swaying in the night breeze...
A gust of wind made Mengdie tighten her cloak around her. Glancing at the time, she doubted Nia would come tonight. She yawned lightly, coiling her tail in front of her, and was about to fall into a deep sleep when...
"Mengdie, are you cold?" Xiu suddenly asked.
Mengdie looked up at him, slightly weary but smiling, "Not cold, just tired. Aren't you sleepy, staying up like this?"
Xiu shook his head and began to drape his cloak over Mengdie, but she immediately refused, insisting he wear it himself.
"Mengdie, I've noticed something during our journey. There's something unique about you – not just your actions or mannerisms, but even your combat abilities. All of this doesn't seem like something a person with amnesia could do. Have you... hidden something from me, Nia, and Edward?"
Mengdie smiled at him. The magic apprentice was not too dull after all. But her own matters, even if spoken of, would be hard for many to understand and irrelevant to the current situation. She decided to give a noncommittal response.
"What about you? The 'great genius scientist'? You've been following us on this journey, running around without any time for research. That's quite contrary to the title of a 'scientist'. So, why are you so tirelessly traveling with us? What's your purpose?"
Mengdie's tone was slightly teasing, which Xiu picked up on. He turned serious, nodded solemnly, and said, "Mengdie, do you know the legend of the goddess?"
Mengdie shook her head. Since arriving in this world, she had heard much about the goddess but knew nothing of the world's myths and legends.
"It's strange. Even those not from the Great Church should know some stories of the goddess. Didn't your mother scare you to sleep with tales of gods and demons when you were little?"
Mengdie was speechless...
"Haha, okay, okay, I'll be serious. Now, let me, Xiu Mula, the genius scientist, tell the beautiful lady the legend of the goddess of this world——！！！"
"Oh～～～," Mengdie clapped twice, symbolically.
"Long ago, so long ago that it's unknown exactly when, a supreme goddess was born in the chaos. She lamented how empty and void the world was. After roaming the world for countless years, she finally decided to use her powerful and limitless power to create this world."
"As she wielded her power, the world began to take shape and color. Everything thrived. There were the moon, the sun, white clouds, blue seas, green plants. And finally, including humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and other creatures, life began to flourish in this world."
"One could say that this world is all of the goddess. Human actions are all in compliance with the goddess's will. The most typical example is magic, which is the best way for humans to borrow power from the goddess."
"The goddess is powerful, unimaginably so. But... even this most powerful and beautiful goddess was driven into a corner by the first two races she created."
"That is, what we now call the divine race and the demon race."
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