In the evening, around 09:30 PM,
In a room, there was a woman with silver hair. The silence made the woman feel anxious. “Today was really tiring,” she muttered quietly.
A curvy woman sat on a wooden chair. The atmosphere in the room was quiet and dark. The only light came from a single candle, so darkness still dominated. The Healer was silent, looking at the candle’s flame with a feeling of emptiness, especially since she was the only one still awake, so she had no one to chat with.
In the midst of the silence that fell, the thirty-seven-year-old woman remembered her conversation with Madame Aufrodine and Loiston, so she heavily exhaled as if something was making her frustrated. “Why do I even think that the ancient prophecy will soon happen? Last night, eight witches came to this orphanage, and that event was an undeniable sign.”
A woman who was used to healing sick people fell silent again. Drowsiness began to appear within the virgin healer, so she yawned and then walked towards the bed, which was located not far from there. When she arrived at her destination, Ethnia lay on the bed and said nothing.
For some reason, Ethnia felt a strong urge to pray to an immortal goddess who was indeed the goddess worshiped by the Healers. Without hesitation, a woman who had worked at the Ztatzav Orphanage for a long time put her palms together to sign that she was ready to pray. “O Goddess Erie, please forgive me because I call your name before I go to sleep.”
That virgin woman who had an assistant stopped talking because doubts were starting to arise, but she quickly dismissed this. “The administrators of the orphanage, namely Madame Aufrodine and Madame Loiston, have received news from Madame Tetrha that the emperor has ordered many envoys to go to all the orphanages throughout Zlatav to look for the Chosen One. I have told them about what happened. I saw your message last night, but they asked for help, to ask Goddess Erie for instructions regarding when exactly the messengers would come here.”
“O Goddess Erie, please give me instructions about when the messengers will arrive. Do we have to do something to be safe? Please have mercy on this orphanage. Once again, I apologize for not asking for help in more appropriate circumstances. If the goddess refuses to help, I can understand. Thank you for your help.” After finishing the prayer, the gray-eyed woman released her palms and began to close her eyes.
Without the senior Healer realizing it, a figure of a woman stood floating not far from the girl’s bed. That strange woman was silent, even though she had heard the prayers of one of her devotees. In less than a minute, another figure appeared, but he had three bodies, a face, and six pairs of hands and feet. Even though there was a distance between them, Goddess Erie seemed to already know who was present. However, she chose to remain silent, as if she was reluctant to say hello first.
“Are you going to help Ethnia?” The other immortal goddess who had just appeared started a conversation between them.
“No.” That was all the short answer from Goddess Erie. That immortal goddess no longer wanted to look at the Queen of Witches. However, Goddess Magia did not seem offended by the attitude of the interlocutor.
“If you reject her wish, I will enter her dream.” The Goddess of Witchcraft had already made a decision because she felt the determination of Goddess Erie, who would not give any answers to poor Ethnia. Besides, Goddess Magia did not want the Healer to wake up empty-handed.
“Do it. I am not willing to interfere in your business.” Surprisingly, as soon as possible, Goddess Erie disappeared after she finished saying that. Goddess Magia just smiled, but it was more accurately described as grinning.
“I am never afraid to walk alone without friends from fellow immortal gods or goddesses because I have my own light. Moon is under my territory, and so is the road to the Underworld.” The woman who originally had a strange appearance blinked once, then she turned into a normal, beautiful woman, and two quite large black dogs appeared, and both eyes were red. The Necromancy Lady smiled when she saw that her beloved pet had arrived.
“Let us go to the world of dreams, Tatvatha and Tegothra.”
The two black dogs with red eyes started barking three times in response to the goddess’ invitation. Without waiting any longer, Goddess Magia and her dogs entered dreamland so that the situation in the room returned to silence as if nothing had ever happened there. The candlelight still illuminated the place so that if Ethnia woke up suddenly, she would not be afraid.
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In dreamland
A woman wearing a simple dress was seen having just arrived near the waterfall. She frowned because she felt something was odd. Ethnia looked around, but there was no one else there. “Why am I here? Is this the place where I will meet Goddess Erie?” muttered the woman who worked at the orphanage.
“Erie? That timid goddess will not come here.”
The woman, who had a height of one hundred and sixty-seven centimeters tall, spontaneously looked back to look for the source of the sound. However, she found no one there, which confused Ethnia. She kept trying to look in all directions, but the results were still to no avail, so the woman with a mole on her right cheek and right nose was surprised. “Was I dreaming? I heard someone’s voice, but I could not find her.”
“Why do you want to meet me? You do not have to see my face, but I can answer all your questions.” The voice without a figure was heard again, and Ethnia tried to search for that immortal goddess, but the girl was not successful in her efforts. Goddess Magia held back laughter because Erie’s devotee was still curious about her.
“Who are you?” asked Ethnia, who was very curious.
Goddess Magia just shook her head, even though the person she was talking to could not see what that immortal goddess had done. She did not want to answer Ethnia’s question about her identity because that was not the main thing for her. “It does not matter who I am. Don’t you remember praying to your coward goddess before going to bed? I am here to replace her,” answered the Moon Goddess.
When she heard these words, Ethnia remembered her last activity before she wanted to sleep as soon as possible. “Yes, you were right. But I prayed to Goddess Erie, won’t she help me at all?”
Ethnia could not hide her surprise because she did not even get an answer from the goddess she was aiming for but instead, another immoral goddess came, even though she did not know who was present. The disembodied voice was silent as if reluctant to answer the Healer’s question.
“You only need to focus on the important questions, Ethnia. Do not think about your silly goddess. She will not be here.” Goddess Magia was too lazy to discuss the same topic, so she again suggested something more useful for the girl.
Ah, then I have to repeat the question, even though before going to sleep, I already said it clearly to Goddess Erie. Alright, I will do it. Thought Ethnia, who had no other choice.
“Goddess, I do not know who you are, but I have a serious problem. Madame Aufrodine is the Head of the Ztatzav Orphanage. She received news that some people who were the emperor’s envoys would come. Was that true?” Ethnia dared to ask for fear of offending that immortal goddess.
“The news was true. Around five troops will come to your place in about three or four days. They will be looking for the girl called the Chosen One.” Goddess Magia answered casually because she knew for sure that Alexa would be fine. After all, the eight witches had created protection in the area where she lived.
The Healer’s expression immediately turned pale because it turned out that the news was true. “So… so what should we do? Are they going to search the orphanage and find Alexa? She is innocent.”
Goddess Magia seemed interested in the last sentence Ethnia had said. She wanted to know the interlocutor’s opinion about the young woman who had to be thrown into an orphanage because she was afraid of the emperor. “Why did you call the Chosen One’s name Alexa? Did you know her well?”
“I am not close to Alexa, but she was nice. She has already been bullied a lot, and it would not be fair if she had to suffer even more. Isn’t there another way so that the messengers do not reach our place, O Goddess? If possible, could the Goddess create a rainstorm so they are forced to return to the capital?” The curvy-bodied woman asked questions, but there was a suggestion to keep the enemy away from the orphanage.
“I will consider it. Do not be afraid, because they will not be able to reach your place. Tell Aufrodine and Loiston that everything is under control.” The goddess worshiped by the witches remained calm, and she was happy because the idea presented by Ethnia could be used to ward off enemies so that they could not come there for a while.
“Thank you, Goddess. Can I ask more questions?”
“What is that?”
“Does the Goddess know that in our underground, there is-”
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