Tiran always thought of herself as quite courageous.

And indeed, that was the case, after all, who would bother with trouble every day if they were normal? But even so, she was still a little flustered in this situation.

Hey, that woman just said she's the goddess, huh... The goddess, the one worshipped as the most orthodox belief by humans, the one who defeated other deities in a mythical war thousands of years ago... The most powerful deity...

Although she was reluctant to believe it, after asking around, Tiran found out that no one in the castle, including the guards Shuma and Beinrich, had any impression of the woman who broke into her room.

The security in the castle has been in a state of being relaxed outwardly but tight inwardly, seeming no different from usual, but in reality, it is heavily guarded like an iron bucket. Not even an ordinary person would be able to sneak in silently, never mind a highly skilled knight.

After confirming that she wasn't hallucinating, Tiran believed it 80%.

"So, does that mean I've seen the goddess...?" Tiran leaned against the side of the corridor, touching her temples as she pondered. If I were to say this to that guy Heinrich, would he stop bothering me?

No, no, no, there's a greater possibility that I would be arrested and executed as a heretic for blaspheming the divine.

"I found you."

With a snap, Tiran felt a soft little hand pressing on her shoulder, the touch slightly cool.

"Phoebe?" Tiran turned her head slightly surprised, seeing Angel girl looking at her with a smirk on her face.

"Hehe, how about that? Surprised? I've regained my power." Phoebe raised one hand and a layer of blazing reddish-golden flames slowly rose, golden wings also appeared behind her, her little face filled with a proud expression.

"No, I mean... what's up with your clothes? So dirty." Tiran wrinkled her brow with a disgusted expression, swiftly brushing off Phoebe's hand and stepping back two steps.

"..."

Angel girl paused for a moment, then blushed and ignited the holy fire to dry her maid uniform stained with dirt.

Calming herself down, Phoebe pointed a finger at Tiran, pouting and glaring at her, "Be prepared, you blasphemer! I'm going to punish you for Lady's sake!"

"...I don't think your goddess cares about this, right? Otherwise, I would've died countless times in the blink of an eye." Despite being in a completely defenseless position, Tiran was not at all nervous, she just pursed her lips and sarcastically remarked, "You just want revenge on me, so just say it."

"Shut up! I'm going to take care of you! If you dare, bite me!"

Although Tiran had already guessed it, when she heard Angel girl say it like that, she rolled her eyes.

Recalling how cool and aloof this girl was when she first appeared, raising Angel's Arsenal and swinging the divine punishment thunder, how did she turn into such an shameless character after only two months in the human world?

Why am I even saying this?

Angel girl may talk shamelessly but her actions were not at all sloppy, even without a weapon, the condensed holy fire was sharper than most swords in the world.

"Well, you still have to be able to bring it down though."

Tiran lightly snapped her fingers and Phoebe's blade stalled.

"Wait, this isn't... Lady couldn't have given this to you!" Angel girl was dumbfounded.

"Not long ago, I just noticed that there is an additional holy sword mark in the Sea of Spirits, besides the spiritual contract with the stupid dragon. Although I don't know what it is, it seems to have some restraint on you." Tiran spread his hands innocently, "This seems to be the idea of your elder sister."

"You, you..."

"Hmm, if I guess correctly, your elder sister seems to have completely sold you to me~" Tiran revealed a devilish smile, "It seems like she doesn't care about your life or death at all. Tsk tsk, it must feel really sad to be betrayed even though you trusted her so much, right?"

Hey, stop talking! Little Angel is about to cry!

"N-nevermind, since I have already been abandoned, why bother insisting so hard? It's better to give your loyalty to me... Ahem, I mean, why not give your loyalty to me? I'm different from the Goddess of the Light, as long as I'm still alive, I will never abandon you."

The princess said so.

...

"Hahaha! I can't stop laughing! This child is truly talented!"

In the Elf temple, Artemis laughed and rolled on her throne, her eyes fixed on the screen in front of her. Maybe for the first time ever, someone was trying to defect the Angel warriors under the goddess's command!

Since the contract was signed between the Goddess of the Light and the Angel King, the Angels have always acted as the sharpest spear and the strongest shield under the goddess's command. Even during the Age of Legendary War when countless Angel warriors died in battle, there was never a betrayal... Wow, maybe this event today could go down in history, better take a good look.

Of course, aside from the spectacle, it would be false to say that the Elf goddess didn't take pleasure in the misfortune of others. After the mythological war, although the gods of each race didn't seem to have a significant difference in individual power, the quality of the strong warriors under the goddess's command was enough to challenge all of them.

—After all, aside from anything else, all twelve of the goddess's blazing Angels were of the Holy Rank, whereas on her own side... there was only one respectable Elf king!

To see the goddess get involved because of this rare occurrence from another world was naturally a cause for joy.

At that moment, the doors of the temple were kicked open.

"Little Light? Hey, what's with that expression?"

Then, the Goddess of the Light saw her with a grieving face and rushed into her arms: "Waaah! Ama, I've been rejected! That child actually rejected me! I even gave her the Angelic Covenant... and she splattered coffee all over me! Every time, humans would worship me, why is it like this?"

(Tiran: Hey hey?! I'm just in a bad mood! It's not intentional! And the coffee splattering was clearly because you suddenly barged in and scared me for no reason!)

"..."

Artemis fell into a momentary silence, then she rubbed the goddess's hair and allowed her to weep in her embrace.

What's going on, when did her mental endurance become so fragile? But then again, Little Light is actually quite cute when she's not being dark and picking fights... It's so peaceful, hard to imagine she could be the one to overthrow the Dragon Gods while wielding a divine weapon.

"Hey... Ama," the goddess still buried her face and muttered gloomily.

"What's wrong?"

"Why don't you use a spell instead? Your breasts are so small, it hurts my face." Xiaoguang lifted his face and glanced disdainfully at Artemis' chest, then lowered his head to look at his own considerably impressive mountains in front of him.

"Get lost! Roll away right now!"

After five minutes, the atmosphere in the temple finally returned to normal.

Under the high dome, two gods sat facing each other.

"Did you see anything from observing up close?"

"I can't see through it. That child...is completely white, but it's like there's a layer of mist on her. No matter what, I can't see her true origin. But luckily, I didn't sense any hostility from her."

"Then why did you give her the Angel's Covenant? You, who used to be so stingy with it. Why were you so generous?"

"...I wanted to test her reaction." The goddess sighed, "I didn't want to be unfair to Xiaonana, but I felt a familiar presence from that child. If she has any connection to him, then she must know about the Angel's Covenant."

"Ares, my brother?" The god of the elves' expression became serious.

"Yes, and there's another reason. That creature in the swamp below is about to emerge again. Let Xiaonana take her to see, maybe there will be some surprises."

...

"That's how it is, I won't do it, absolutely not." Aya firmly refused on the small island in the center of the Dark Swamp.

"Hey, come on, if we can complete this job, not only will we get the bounty, we'll also become S-class adventurers!" Ino persisted from the side, not giving up.

"Seriously, my friend, listen to your sister's advice. You need your life to spend any money; that's someone who used to surpass Holy Rank, you know the concept of Holy Rank? Don't value money and reputation too much." Etras sighed.

"Wait, I know the bounty and all that isn't important, I just wanted you guys to help too! I'm not doing this for such shallow reasons!" Ino argued, dissatisfied.

"And for what? Justice?"

"Yes!"

"Goodbye!" Aya made a fist and prepared to leave.

Well, Aya didn't completely lack the desire to uphold justice, but this kind of job is just asking for trouble!

"Hey, you over there, don't eavesdrop and hide, we absolutely won't do this job." Etras also packed up his equipment and prepared to leave, shouting towards the direction of the small house.

After a while, the wooden door of the small house was gently pushed open, and Angelica poked half of her head out, looking straight at the three of them.

"Really can't?"

Nonsense. We still haven't settled the account of being fooled before. It's a bit too fanciful to think that we'll help you this time!

"By the way, it was the Church that left you here, why didn't they come to reinforce the seal this time?" Aya suddenly thought of the builder of this seal formation and slapped his forehead to ask.

Angelica's expression twitched, then she sighed lightly. "Since my sister left, the people of the Church haven't come here for a long time."