Chapter 23 Its a Floating Garden (2/2)

I see, I have the image of nobles as people who value connections, and the opportunity to possibly get to know a high-rank God who doesn’t normally live in the Human Realm should be really precious. So, it’s understandable why everyone is heading to the royal palace.

That’s why Lilia-san must have thought of getting our blessing on this day when the temple would be empty, but when we actually visited, it was unexpectedly crowded……

Then, just as I was receiving an explanation from Lilia-san, Lunamaria-san came back with a somewhat panicked look on her face.

[My Lady! I think I found out the reason why this happened…… It seems that we had a really outrageous timing on coming to this place.]

[What do you mean?]

[Actually, it hasn’t been confirmed yet as it’s only a rumor…… but I heard that the “Goddess of Time” might stop by here today……]

[The Goddess of Time!?]

If I’m not mistaken, the Goddess of Time, was one of the Three Supreme Gods that were second only to the Creation God in the God Realm.

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[Yes, I heard that the priests themselves don’t know about the details of the situation either but…… Perhaps, she has come to check on the summoning magic circle because something out of the ordinary happened this time, and while she’s at it, I think she’ll also come to see the Gods of these lands……]

[I see…… So it’s not only the neighboring nobles, but that’s also why so many priests…… have come to this place huh. This was really unexpected.]

[I guess we can’t just…… come back for later huh. I’ve already informed the temple of our visit using the name of our Duchy……]

[Yes, as expected, the ones who aren’t receiving the blessing won’t be able to get into the main shrine, so let’s go to the main shrine for the time being.]

Perhaps, there’s a pretty big difference between a high-rank God and a Supreme God. Rather than the high-rank Gods who always visit the royal palace every year, many people might be thinking of seeing the Supreme God, which their arrival isn’t a sure thing except for when the Festival of Heroes happens.

Especially for the priests who serve the Gods, this may be a situation where they would willingly throw out other things to rush toward this place.

I’m pretty sure that we haven’t walked for quite a distance, but it took us quite a bit of strength just to get through the horrendous crowd of people to reach the temple, and just moving around was a moderately fatiguing experience.

[Ueeggghhh…… I feel really nauseous from the sheer number of people here.]

[I can understand how Hina-san feels. As expected, even I think that this is quite……]

[Although it’s only a rumor, it’s still an opportunity for a Supreme God to remember your face. To begin with, it’s very unusual for the Supreme God to visit the Human Realm outside of the Festival of Heroes, so this kind of situation happening is probably something that can’t be helped.]

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In response to Yuzuki-san’s mumbles as if she were fed up, Lilia-san agreed with her words, as if she was fed up with it herself.

[Kusunoki-san, too, are you alright?]

[Yes, thank you very much. I’m glad Miyama-san is walking in front of me.]

Just as Lilia-san said, there aren’t as many people inside of the temple compared to outside, but even so, there seem to be several times as many people in the temple compared to how it usually is.

The impression I got was that there were a lot of people who looked like priests especially from what I saw, and all of them seemed to be visibly on edge. This may give a lot of credibility to the rumor that a Supreme God is visiting.

However, it seems that the blessings are still going on as usual, and Lilia-san and Lunamaria-san are taking care of the procedures. We’ll be guided by a priest to move, and on the way, I’ll be the only one who will be separated from Lilia-san and the others.

Because there appears to be a rule of wearing special vestments when receiving the blessings, the men and women are separated so that they could change their own clothes.

I had expected that we would be wearing light clothing from the fact that we were separated based on gender, but when I changed in the room I was led to, I found that the clothes were almost like underwear, they were made in a material similar to fine silk.

It’s not that it’s transparent, but it’s an outfit that shows quite a bit of my body line because it’s white and light…… I honestly feel that it’s a shame that I won’t be able to see Lilia-san and the others in these clothes.

Moreover, it seems that after this, we’ll be waiting in a spacious room and will be called out to receive our blessing in turns. This means that I would be inevitably led to a place filled with men dressed in vestments that look like this white dress I’m currently wearing…… How should I say this… I’m kind of tempted to turn back now.

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From what I heard from the priest who was leading me, it doesn’t look like it’s packed to the brim, but apparently, there are still dozens of people waiting for their turn over there, and we would definitely need to wait for over an hour. That doesn’t sound like a blessing anymore, it’s almost torture for me.

When we came before a door in the hall, the male priest bowed his head deeply as if he had another person to lead and left right away.

I honestly want to leave without opening this door that leads to a sausage fest, but after taking a few deep breaths, I make up my mind, opened the door and entered.

[……………………]

As I entered, the scene I came upon in front of me—- wasn’t the sausage fest that I thought I would find.

I could feel the breeze blowing gently caressing my cheeks comfortably, bringing the scent of flowers along with it.

[……Huh?]

Colorful flowers bloom beautifully in front of me and after moving my eyes around, I could see the border between the blue sky and the earth. The scenery has a beautiful yet majestic atmosphere, as if I was looking down on the earth……

[Eh? Ehhhhhh!?]

No one responded to the shout that reflexively came out of my mouth. Rather, it even looks like there’s no one else in this place but me.

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Dear Mom, Dad—– I visited the temple to receive a blessing, but when I opened the door, I didn’t arrive in a guest room—– It’s a hanging garden.

Hey, LazyCat here. Not sure if I’d translate another novel aside from this one and the Hazure chapters that come from time to time after dropping Overlimit, and if I decide not to translate another novel, I will change the schedule to Mon-Fri.

-LazyCat