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S-Saintess?

I was very surprised by the Goddess's words.

Saintess? I-I became a Saintess?

Is that possible?

Eh? Doesn't every kingdom only have one Saintess?

Right after the Goddess said that sentence, I could feel a small vibration in the ground that was getting stronger. The morning view suddenly brightened and bathed in warm light.

The increasingly strong shaking of the ground made some of the people gathered in this place panic.

From a distance, I could see a giant white fox with nine tails bathed in golden light.

Um, Goddess..

Is that giant fox dangerous?

Eh? That fox is the Saintess?

She came to see me?

From a distance, the fox changed its appearance into a small fox and walked towards me.

Mio stood in front of me while holding a sword in her hand.

"Mio, calm down. She came to see me," I said to calm the situation.

Unlike Mio who stood in front of me to protect me. Alice and Alyssa hugged my arms tightly to calm their fears.

Marquess Rommel immediately formed a circle formation to protect the Queen who was still sitting kneeling on the ground.

The golden-tailed fox walked past Mio and sat in front of me.

"Um, nice to meet you. My name is Lily Schwartz De Rommel," I said to introduce myself.

The fox noticed my body shape then her body was bathed in golden light and formed her body into a fox-human figure wearing a Shrine Maiden outfit.

Her appearance was the same as the fox girl I had seen but the difference was her tail that was bathed in golden light.

"Nice to meet you, Lily-chan. I am the Saintess who serves the Goddess of Nature, Ciel. When the Goddess of Nature told me about the new Saintess who would be born, I was very curious and surprised when I found out that the Saintess was born from human descendants. Humm.. Hum... Huuum..??" the fox who introduced herself as Ciel again observed my appearance.

"Um, is there something wrong with my appearance?"

Ciel shook her head.

"I am very interested in the clothes Lily-chan is wearing. It looks very fitting for a Saintess," Ciel replied.

"Ah, Uhm, Thank you."

"Lily-chan, may I copy the shape to share with other Saintesses?" Ciel's question made me think about how to answer it.

However, I could see Mio's smile which felt proud when her handmade clothes caught the attention of other Saintesses.

Ah, speaking of Saintesses.

Is the other Goddess' not chosen Saintess of human descent?

The sky suddenly darkened. The figure of a large red-skinned dragon decorated the ceiling sky. The large dragon flew down towards me and enveloped its body using a golden aura. The shock of the dragon's body did not cause much damage when it landed.

"Ara~ Ciel is already here?" said the dragon in a loud voice.

"Welcome, Sia. Did you come to visit our new friend?" Ciel replied.

"Huuum~ this little girl is our new friend?" the dragon now noticed me.

The dragon figure slowly turned into a dragon girl wearing the same clothes as Ciel.

Eh, does this mean that the Shrine Maiden is the official uniform for the Saintess?

"Pretty nice clothes! Little Saintess, what's the name of that outfit?" the dragon girl asked me.

"Ah, it's the Shrine Maiden. Clothes made by someone special for me," I replied.

I immediately pulled Mio's arm to stand beside me.

"She's the one who made it," I said with a proud smile.

"For the creativity of human descendants, that looks like comfortable to wear. I like that outfit," said the dragon girl.

"T-Thank you," Hearing the praise for her hard work, Mio was a little embarrassed.

"Little Saintess, what's your name? My name is Sia... the messenger of the Goddess of the sky who watches over the situation from the sky," said Sia as her introduction.

"Um.. nice to meet you, my name is Lily Schwartz De Rommel. Messenger of the Goddess of Yuri... I guess?" I replied in question tone.

"Nyaaa!!" Ciel was surprised after hearing my reply.

"Woooh!!" Sia suddenly looked excited.

Eh? Why were they surprised?

"I-I didn't think that Goddess would be able to do it!" said Ciel.

"Um! I think she'll be a lonely Goddess without a Saintess but now she has cute Saintess," Sia said.

G-Goddess...

Are you lonely without a Saintess?

I understand that feeling.

Um, does that mean I'm your first Saintess?

I don't think so, for me you are a great Goddess that leads me to a new path.

"Um, is there another Saintess coming?" I asked to change the subject.

"It seems like there are only the two of us. Unlike us, their kingdom gives them jobs that limit their free time. As the messenger of the Goddess of Nature, I am responsible for keeping the uncontrolled destruction of nature but I have subordinates spread far and wide to deal with it. So, I came here because I have quite a lot of free time," said Ciel.

"Um! Same as me. The messenger of the Goddess of the Sky is responsible for the destruction of the sky and I have a lot of free time because most of the causes of the sky destruction have already extinct," said Sia.

Hearing Sia's explanation, I became curious about the extinction of the one thing that can destroy the sky.

Wait a minute!

If I think about it, they are Saintesses who have special duties, right?

Then..

What about my duties?

Goddess, what should I do as your Saintess?

Eh, nothing?

What does that mean?

Helping other Saintesses? Maybe I can try to do it.

"Little Saintess, did you have a holy task from your Goddess?"

"Um, for now, I only have one special task, which is to help fellow Saintesses if a certain problem occurs," I said.

"That will helps me a lot, Lily-chan! Sometimes humans have strange thoughts about cutting down a forest without thinking about the damage to nature that can be a disaster," said Ciel.

"Um.. your task to protect nature is hard to do, Ciel. But, because Lily-chan's task is to help fellow Saintesses. That's very good news for you, right?" said Sia.

"Umn!! This is very good news. For now on... Um! Lily-chan.. please help me hunt Wolf Devour around the forest!" said Ciel while holding my palm.

"W-What? WOLF DEVOUR!!" the Queen who heard our words was surprised after hearing Ciel's request.

"Niiin! It seems like you know what Wolf Devour is... a human I don't know," Ciel's words seemed to stab the Queen's heart.

"Ugh!!" said the Queen to hold back her inner wounds.

"Wolf Devour? What's that?" I asked because I didn't know what Ciel meant.

"Wolf Devour is a black-furred wolf monster created from drops of dark monster blood. They move by eating anything including the life force of plants. They are quite troublesome because their numbers are too many," said Ciel.

Hearing Ciel's explanation, I remembered my first fight against the black wolf.

"Maybe... it's like a monster I've fight before," I replied in low tone.

"Unm, maybe we can hunt it together," I continued.

Hearing my words, Ciel felt happy and pulled my arm to hunt with her.

"What are you waiting for, let's hunt that disturbing monster!" Ciel shouted while running pulling my arm.

"Wait for me, Lily-sama!!" shouted Mio who was chasing me from behind.

"Ara~ having fun without inviting me? Let's chase them, human who called Mio," Sia followed Ciel's movements while carrying Mio on her dragon body.

"HIIYAAAAA!!" Mio screamed throughout our journey.

It seems like this is my first task as a Saintess.

Helping fellow Saintesses?

That doesn't sound bad.