After that, Anima sought out Shien once more.
This time, Anima not only wanted to make one last attempt to bring Lilith back to the Divine Realm, but also invited Shien to visit.
“Please rest assured, although there are still many questions surrounding the Hero Summoning, there’s no doubt that you are the Hero, and we, the Divine Race, won’t harm the Hero. Please believe this at least.”
Perhaps worried that Shien would have unnecessary doubts and concerns, Anima added these words along with her invitation.
“Of course, I hope to receive Mr. Shien’s assistance. If you can help us investigate the Hero Summoning, the Divine Race will be eternally grateful.”
Anima said these words seriously.
The Goddess of Life’s attitude was sincere, and she humbled herself, showing no arrogance as one of the highest-ranking members of the Divine Race. She treated Shien with courtesy, showing her respect and friendliness towards the Hero.
Shien had also heard that among the Divine Race, the Three Goddesses at the top had very good personalities. Whether it was the Goddess of Fate, the Goddess of Nature, or the Goddess of Life, they were all compassionate and friendly, without any airs.
Therefore, Shien had a good impression of Anima’s sincerity and respect.
Thinking of this, Shien didn’t completely reject her.
“I’ll go if there’s a chance in the future, but right now, I still have some matters to attend to.”
Shien said.
Shien also had many questions about his summoning.
He had always been concerned about whether there was some unknown scheme or conspiracy behind it.
Although Lucy was helping Shien investigate this matter, she was very busy, and since this matter seemed to involve many secrets, there hadn’t been much progress so far.
Therefore, Shien also wanted to take this opportunity to personally visit the Divine Realm and investigate this matter thoroughly.
“In that case, we shall await you in the Divine Realm.”
Anima seemed to have been prepared for rejection when she extended the invitation. Shien’s lack of outright refusal surprised her.
Anima then gave Shien a token, claiming that as long as he carried this token to any temple in the human world, he could go to the Divine Realm.
“So, every temple in the human world has a passage to the Divine Realm?”
Shien took the token and asked curiously.
Anima confirmed Shien’s question.
“Because temples themselves are large sacred places, their layout, structure, and environmental elements can be used as a magic ritual to communicate with the Divine Realm. The deepest part of every temple in the human world has a gate leading to the Divine Realm, unless the temple’s structure doesn’t meet the requirements.” Ra₦ŎβЕs̈
Anima explained that the reason children of the human race had to go to temples to receive blessings was because the goddesses of the Divine Realm would come to the human world through these gates, choose children with talents matching their domains, and bestow their blessings upon them.
In addition, the temple that sealed Lilith could also communicate with the Divine Realm and open the gate leading there. The purpose was to allow the Divine Race to descend at any time and resolve any problems with the seal. Unfortunately, when the temple manifested in the human world, its structure was damaged, preventing it from communicating with the Divine Realm, which was why Anima needed some time to arrive.
Anima also said that this might have been intentional on the part of the Old Demon Faction.
Otherwise, she could have directly descended from the dark temple and prevented everything, or sent another goddess to handle this matter, and things wouldn’t have become so troublesome.
That being said, although this incident caused a great commotion, the final result wasn’t bad.
Beatrice had successfully returned to her main body, and Lilith was finally whole. This could be considered resolving a huge hidden danger and a problem that had plagued the Divine Race for nearly ten thousand years.
As for Shien, needless to say, his reward was obvious: Lilith herself.
This evil god still couldn’t speak, and her rationality hadn’t fully developed yet.
But seeing how clingy she was, Shien felt that even if he tried to drive her away, she wouldn’t leave.
Anima could only give up helplessly and let Lilith temporarily stay with Shien.
“What do you mean ‘temporarily’?” Airi said directly. “This girl has even entrusted her [True Mark]. Do you still expect her to go back?”
That was the logic.
Anima was speechless.
Finally, Anima could only sigh.
“Forget it. Following a Hero isn’t a rare thing for our Divine Race.”
Anima finally gave up and prepared to leave, returning to deal with the aftermath of this incident, sending people to negotiate with the Kingdom of Mitra and the Ragna Empire, and then returning to the Divine Realm.
Before leaving, Anima seemed to give the uneasy Leisha a meaningful look.
“I’ll let you off the hook this time. If you trespass into the Divine Realm again without permission, it won’t be so easy next time.”
These words made Leisha look awkward.
“So, you disappeared without a trace because you went to the Divine Realm?”
Shien was quite surprised by this.
Who would have thought that Leisha would glare at him resentfully?
“Whose fault do you think this is?”
Leisha’s tone was incredibly resentful and bitter.
“What happened?”
Shien didn’t mind but was curious.
After all, according to Lasha, Leisha disappeared because she seemed to have discovered something while secretly observing Shien, prompting her to leave in a hurry.