My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 193: Head Pat of Comfort

"Sorry to make you all worry. Everything is fine now..." Elysia gave the adorable little pink spirit a good head pat.

Her answer was simple, but it relieved almost all the disciples.

The current Ely was different because the usual graceful shrine priestess grew smaller and became an adorable little baby.

However, that didn’t reduce the respect of the disciples. They wanted to touch her due to some excitement, but Zera prevented them.

"Rua..." Sakura hugged Elysia. She knew this baby girl was different from the Ely she knew, but it was still Ely. Regardless, she was glad that Ely could return in good condition.

"Is there something you’d like to tell me?" Elysia then turned her gaze to Evelyn and Yuuki.

"Welcome back, Master Elysia."

"We’re happy to have you back to us, Ely."

Yuuki and Evelyn replied in turn. They had a thousand words to express, but they could only convey it with simple sentences to welcome their master’s return.

As the master, the central figure of Elysium, Elysia could understand what her pantheon members felt. Her friends, who often introduced themselves as her faithful servants, tried their best to find and help her.

Unfortunately, some Agents and Gods of Heaven deliberately hid her from her own people. The reason was still unknown, but she still felt grateful to them. Without them, it would be difficult for her to send her plushie avatar out of the divine seal to unseal her someday.

"Mm, I’m back... thank you for everything. You did your best all these years." Elysia replied with a tender smile as she had received their feeling.

"We are unworthy to receive your praise, master. We almost did nothing to help you." Yuuki knelt down, feeling somewhat frustrated.

"No one blames you for what transpired. Raise your head, and look at me. Come here." Elysia beckoned to Yuuki and Evelyn to come closer.

Yuuki and Evelyn nodded in understanding and approached obediently. Elysia then gave them a good head pat.

It gave a sense of relief that soothed one’s soul and lifted all the burdens from one’s mind. Unfortunately, the head pat session lasted only three seconds. They then stared at their master up close. That was still the Elysia they knew, the Compassionate Goddess loved by everyone.

However, Elysia’s current appearance was a smol adorable baby, awakening a sense to protect their master soaring so high.

"..." Zera remained silent, carrying Elysia in her arms with tender affection. She felt uncomfortable because everyone’s sight was on her and Elysia. Still, she had to bear with it for now because Elysia wished to say a word or two to these people.

Elysia nodded happily when she saw her friends were relieved to hear her answer.

Jophiel and a few disciples were about to talk to their master, but a particular devil girl suddenly came and made a bit of a fuss.

"Wha! Wha, woo, wonderful and so adorable... Can I hold you, my baby master, Elysia?" Sylvia suddenly came like a gust of wind and circled like a curious bee.

"Shoo." Zera grabbed Sylvia’s arm and threw the noisy devil into the sky.

"Hey!" Sylvia flapped her wings, stabilizing herself mid-air.

"Ma, master... You are a baby now?" Gabriella ran rather hastily. She stood before her master. Sakura lay on her master’s head as usual... she wanted to say something, but her focus was solely on her baby master’s condition.

She knew her master possessed transformation skills, but she felt her master was currently more divine than ever despite the baby’s appearance. Regardless, she could faintly sense that her master was weakened.

What Sylvia had previously said came to her mind. The Divine Goddess was her master’s Goddess form.

’Master’s real name is Elysia. Ely is Goddess Elysia’s avatar? Then, what is an avatar?’ Gabriella asked in wonder in her mind.

"Mm, but it won’t be long. I’m pretty much healed and just need time to recover." Ely held out her hand.

"..." Gabriella lowered her head reflexively, and her master gave her a head pat. It truly soothed her troubled soul into an ethereal serenity. Regardless, Goddess Elysia was also her master, her Goddess Master, to be exact.

"Greetings, Supreme Goddess of Law. It is the greatest honor for this servant to be blessed with your presence, O Divine Grace, the ruler of the Supreme Law." Kirara came closer and lowered her head, offering deep obeisance with genuine respect to worship her Goddess.

"Raise your head, Priestess Kirara. Your prayers reached me. However, I am currently weak, and not worthy of such a grand title." Elysia replied gracefully, but it sounded cute because of her baby voice.

"That’s not true, my Goddess. Even if you suffer a tremendous backlash because of your past battle that almost destroyed the distant universe, you are still the Supreme Law, who defeated the Supreme Evil of the distant world. We, the Temple of Law, shall worship you forever and ever." Kirara clasped her hands in prayer, smiling softly as she tried her best to suppress her euphoria.

Meeting with the Supreme Goddess put so much excitement and reverence within her. However, she didn’t want to leave a bad impression on the divine being she worshipped.

"The good shall be blessed by a good fortune." Elysia gave Kirara a head pat too.

All nearby disciples also received a head pat and a comforting sentence. It sounded like a reply that appeased any worry and soothed one’s soul over the incident that had just happened.

Almost everyone was so stressed out when they found their master was seriously injured yesterday. Still, it truly relieved them when their master comforted them like this. Even though their master became a baby, their love for their master only increased, along with the great sense to protect their smol master.

"She is Zera, the Chaos Goddess of Destruction, our friend. She may look cold and indifferent, but she is nice and considerate if you know her better." Elysia introduced Zera to everyone.

"..." Zera remained silent, but she nodded slightly as if she was saying hello.

"Go, G-Goddess, what!?" Zi Xuan just came over, and that statement truly shocked her. The Goddess of Destruction was here, but she couldn’t see any chaotic aura from the said Goddess.

"Why are you so surprised? You are the Immortal Saintess yourself, but we are all mortals here. This mortal world’s laws suppressed us." Sylvia was amused because the cheeky junior priestess could no longer show off before the other divinity.

"Fwahh..." Elysia yawned. She talked too much and felt a bit tired.

Zera covered Elysia’s mouth with her hand. She knew a baby would feel tired easily, and her master would fall asleep again soon.

"Please go inside the humble abode and let our master rest." Yuuki ushered Zera to go inside.

"Hm." Zera just nodded and brought Elysia into the humble abode, leaving everyone behind.

*Bam*

Zera immediately closed the bedroom door, not allowing Yuuki to enter.

"She’s so reluctant to let us care for Master Elysia, huh..." Yuuki muttered softly as she opened the door slightly and peeked inside.

"Does she still not trust us? She’s being so overprotective." Evelyn nodded in agreement.

"What do we need to do? Master Elysia still hasn’t opened the Elysium Chat Group or responded to anyone’s chat. She may still suffer from something, but she doesn’t want us to worry..." Sylvia also peeked inside, feeling perturbed.

Zera put Elysia on the bed carefully before lying down next to Elysia. She then chased everyone away so as not to disturb the sleepy baby.

"..." Gabriella and the other disciples wanted to see their baby master again. Yet, the door was blocked by the three elders.

Yuuki then asked everyone to return to their respective duties as their master still needed much rest. She guarded the door, and everyone then left one by one.

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"It’s done. Are they gone?" Elysia looked up, staring at Zera’s mesmerizing dark purple eyes.

"Yes, only one left." Zera picked up the little pink spirit on Elysia’s head.

"No, don’t throw Sakura-chan out. She is good. Let her stay here." Elysia immediately caught Sakura. This little pink spirit was as light as a feather, quiet, obedient, and wished to help her speed up her recovery. It would be best for Sakura to stay around.

"Rua!" Sakura protested and smacked Zera’s hand. She then fell into Elysia’s arms.

"She has a fragment of the Tree of Life, but she is not that green lady..." Zera squinted her eyes, but the little pink spirit did not fear her.

"I need to heal and recover my avatars before sleeping." Elysia clasped her hands and focused her advanced self-recovery to heal avatars inside her body.

"What are your instructions, master?" Zera nodded slightly.

"Stay next to me and protect me." Elysia brought her body closer to Zera for some warmth and comfort.

"Understood." Zera then spoke no more. She put a blanket on Elysia. She then cuddled her baby master to sleep.

The snow slowly fell on a cold and calm day. More visitors came to the Sacred Mountain’s regional area. Ely’s disciples and the forest dwellers were still busy dealing with the said visitors because not everyone had good manners.

As for those with bad intentions and deliberately causing a commotion, they received some lessons. They were beaten by many people at the scene before being thrown away somewhere. Therefore, nobody dared to cause trouble again.