33 The Goddess Reques (2/2)

I open my mouth to say something else, but she raises a finger to her lips.

”We've spoken enough about these topics; I've got other matters to attend to now. Enjoy my gifts and remember my request. I'll send you back now,” she leaves no room for negotiation.

I try to speak, but the world and her start to contort, and then the pavilion completely vanishes. I find that I'm no longer in that barren wasteland either, instead, I'm sitting in a room that completely covered in smoke.

Instead, I was sitting in front of a statue of a three-eyed woman, that looks a lot like Muheia. Twisting my neck around, I see that I'm back in the temple. That means that this must be the statue of the Goddess of Death.

”Was it all just a hallucination from the smoke?” I mutter to myself.

However, looking down at my clenched hand. I open it and find that the egg that she'd given me was still there.

That meant that everything we talked about happened! I'd even gone as far as to accept a request from her, in exchange for an egg that I knew nothing about.

I want to slam my head into the ground, this was so frustrating! Why in the world had I done that?

Laying back on the ground that's cool to the touch, I twist the little egg between my fingers.

”Appraisal,” I say softly.

「Appraisal」

「This item is a unique item created by the Goddess of Death. Feed it the spirits of the dead and hatch a mythic beast. Feed it with your own will and thoughts to shape a creature that you want! A total of twenty of these eggs have been gifted to the Vampires under Muheia! They're only obtainable by accepting a grand quest for the Goddess. 」

「The item's name is 'The Egg of Mythic'」

「More information about 'The Egg of Mythic' will be displayed as you feed and grow your monster, please be aware that it's important to nurture your creature!」

”Well, at least it let me appraise it!” I say rubbing my finger along the egg. It wasn't any larger than the palm of a child.

It seems that I was the twenty-first soul to receive this egg, it looks like this was a pretty good item. At least she wasn't a stingy Goddess and gave me a good item, instead of a trash one.

However, I now owed that Goddess a request, it wasn't even a simple quest either, it was vague, and/or would probably put me in a lot of danger.

I want to cry, willing the egg into my storage bank. I push myself off the ground and take another look at the statue.

It was a spitting image of the woman that I had just seen. Except this statue was made out a thick fog, that was somehow condensed into a huge image of her. Around her, I saw the little spirits, that look like cats.

”You're also a real piece of work aren't you!” I growl, turning away from her.

When I remember the words of the woman that I'd seen before Muheia had appeared.

She said, 'be warry of all God's if you wish to live.' Just what or who was that person, was she perhaps another Goddess?

But I'd never read anything about a Goddess that looked anything like her…

If I can't recall anything then I'd have to search for a book or anything about a horned Goddess.

Not dwelling on the topic any longer. I wander out of Muheia's room, and another startling thing happens. Instead of entering the hallway that was full of the door that showed the statue of the God's and Goddess.

I was out on the steps of the temple. It was still busy outside, and I turn back and look at the entrance of the temple. A cold sweat running down my back.

Just what the hell was that?!

How did I manage to get from there to out here?

Rubbing a hand over my eyes, I decide that I should just leave. I had another appointment to be at anyways.

Heading down the stairs, I throw one last glance at the temple, before I scurry off towards the restaurant district of the town.