My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 628: Caused by an Affair
Elysia and her Goddess sisters tried to ask about the events in Heaven Realm. Unfortunately, the Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou barely knew anything. Its knowledge was limited to the Shinou Island’s circumstances.
"Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou, do you perhaps know anything about the lady in this photo?" Erina showed the old photo of her mother to the talking tree.
’This one can’t recall anything just by that blurry old photo... Your aura is still a mortal, but why do you need to inquire about it? Give me more details.’ Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou responded telepathically, not understanding why a mortal would raise such a question, but it would still try to help.
Erina took a deep breath before continuing. "She once fell into the mortal world twenty-eight years ago. Her name was Nozomi. Earth Mother said this lady was the angel, one of the Tennyo of Shinou. Do you know anything?"
’Twenty-eight years ago, a fallen angel, Nozomi... I think I know who you are looking for. Before I continue, may I inquire why you are looking for her and what is your relationship with her?’ Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou felt a bit suspicious.
"I am her child. I wish to know whether she is still alive or not." Erina replied with a flat tone as if she was not the related.
’W-what!? This lady, this angel you are talking about is your mother? How is that possible?’ Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou was shocked, feeling disbelief.
"Tell us what you know, and we shall lend a helping hand to free the sealed survivors from the forbidden domain. The experts from higher skies may need a few more years to salvage the situation, but we can help them now." Elysia crossed her arms, waiting for an answer.
It was a fair deal, and it didn’t mean she took advantage of the situation considering the favor was not equal. She also didn’t feel too burdened because Rhea had just got the news from the sky spirits. Most of the residents of Heaven Realm had indeed fled to safety in the 6th and 7th Heaven’s layers.
The first three layers of Heaven much or less got abandoned temporarily, leaving the survivors who couldn’t even leave even if they wanted to their own devices. Those who chose to flee left the others without care for the world, and the ones who fought the invaders mostly perished or got sealed in the other dimension with their respective sect’s forbidden art techniques.
"Hmm, so the war is still going on in the higher layers. Alright, thank you." Rhea returned the sky spirit that happened to be passing by back to the sky.
"Ciao!" The sky spirit flew away as it was still on its patrol duty.
"..." Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou pondered about it. Upon careful consideration, it would still be fine to sell out the crucial information even though it was related to the other elder, considering that the possible survivors couldn’t wait for too long or everyone would die along with the monster invaders in the forbidden seal domain.
’Alright, so here’s all I know. I’m sure they are the same person because there was only one angel who fell into the mortal world twenty-eight years ago and returned a year later. Her name is not Nozomi, but Tenma Kikyou, the fiancee of the 4th seat elder, Oiwa Kazoku.’ The Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou then sold out information about the mentioned Nozomi.
Nozomi was apparently just a pseudonym, but it resembled the real name. Nozomi would mean a rare beauty, and Kikyou would mean a rare noble. She was a young miss of the Tenma Clan, one of the major noble clans in Shinou.
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Due to internal war and political turmoil three decades ago, several noble angels went missing, and Kikyou became one of the victims of a scheme that caused her to fall into the mortal world.
The timeline was accurate because Kikyou returned twenty-seven years ago and then married her fiance a year later. However, who would have thought that Kikyou had already lost her virginity and even gave birth to a child in the mortal world...
If the news broke out, it would cause a big commotion from both the Oiwa and Tenma Clans, especially Oiwa Kazoku. he would surely furious beyond measure.
"So, I’m an illegitimate child..." Erina covered her face with a self-deprecating smile. She finally understood why her mother left her and her father without a word.
It was probably to keep them safe from the mentioned fiance but to think everything that happened was caused by an affair. The young master of the Oiwa Clan got a green hat from her father.
"..." Elysia glanced at her Goddess sisters awkwardly because the truth was shocking.
After a moment of pause, Erina regained her composure because she didn’t really care about it anymore. "So, if she managed to survive, she is either in the sealed forbidden domain or in a refugee camp in the higher sky."
’That’s beyond my scope of knowledge.’ The Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou didn’t dare to guarantee anything because it couldn’t even leave its place.
It was lucky to survive that long, but its comrades sacrificed themselves to ensure one of them could stay alive until the envoys arrived to restore the peace. Yet! Instead of the envoys, the more promising group arrived to the rescue!
The Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou shifted its attention to the nearby divine ladies, especially to the Earth Mother and the Goddess of Fate and Fortune, expecting something from this group to fulfill their part of the deal.
"Well, even though you couldn’t answer most of our questions, you at least gave a relief to one of us." Fortuna nodded slightly. The promise was still a promise.
"Eri, are you okay?" Elysia spread her arms in case Erina needed a hug.
"I’m perfectly fine, Ely. I appreciate your sentiment." Erina responded as if she was fine, but she accepted Elysia’s hug regardless. She then looked at Elysia’s angelic face, reassuring her Goddess with a smile. "We should try to get the possible survivors out of the sealed forbidden domain."
"Mm, the otherworldly immortal beast and its minions that invaded this land are most likely still alive there. So, please prepare for a battle, everyone." Elysia reminded everyone in her group, including those who were exploring the Shinou Island.
As the news reached everyone, they immediately gathered at the top of a ruined hill, where the last remains of the sacred temple once stood majestically. Among the ruins and debris, a glowing tree stood among the dead trees, and their master waited for them next to it.
After Elysia obtained the exact coordinates of the entrance to the sealed forbidden domain from the Elder Sacred Tree of Shinou, she dispatched her people as if they were ready to fight against thousands of monsters at once.
Armed with Xentia’s advanced equipments, everyone boarded the spaceship for a rescue operation.
"We’ll unseal the trapped immortal beast and its minions to save the possible survivors. We are currently in Heaven Realm, so feel free to use your full power here." Elysia stood on a wooden box, telling the gist of their mission to everyone.
"O-yeah! Full power!" Sylvia jumped happily. They could go to beat the monster with no restraint, and it would be fun!
"I need more power." Vanessa was also eager to test her divine power against the immortal creature.
"It would look like we’re bullying those poor monsters." Yuuki felt a bit sorry for those poor monsters, but they would become her punching bags today.
"Oh my~ Everyone is itchy for some action." Luna covered her mouth, amused by everyone’s enthusiasm.
"This will be our first direct mission against the immortal creatures. Remember our master’s teaching. Just like the simulation." Gabriella briefed the battle formation to her junior brothers and sisters.
"We will capture some immortal materials and specimens today." Alicia announced the main objective of this mission to her fellow witches.
Just like the core disciples and Sanguine Occult’s witches, the other representatives also formed their faction teams and discussed their combat strategies.
When the spaceship arrived at the entrance location of the sealed forbidden domain, Gaia and Fortuna flew down to break open the entrance by force.
"Main cannon recharge." Xentia commanded the spaceship.
The flagship-class space battleship opened its star-shatterer main cannon from its front hull, recharging power as Xentia wished to send the first welcome shot at the immortal monster.
"The preparation is complete. Please help me disrupt the dimensional seal after the entrance collapsed." Fortuna installed a spatial bomb at the entrance and nodded at Gaia.
"Okay, leave it to me. We should retreat as soon as my formation is activated, okay?" Gaia also installed her spatial distortion formation. She then gave a signal to Elysia and everyone on the spaceship. "Everything in the sealed domain will be thrown out, so please keep a safe distance."
After Xentia made the spaceship retreat to a safe distance, Gaia raised two fingers and glanced at Fortuna. "Detonate it."
"Explosion!" Fortuna channeled her divine power to trigger the immortal-class bomb.
As the first ray of light exploded like a flashbang, Gaia activated her formation and immediately pulled Fortuna’s arm to teleport directly to Elysia’s side.
*Boom!*
A super explosion collapsed the sealed space’s entrance, and a dimension-shattering explosion soon followed, disrupting the seal and melting the sealed domain into the outside world.
The sight was like a hidden dimensional bubble that was blown up from one side, spewing out countless monsters everywhere.
When the colossal extraterrestrial monster emerged from the collapsed domain, Xentia locked her target and pressed the virtual button. "Target locked on, fire!"
