My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 332: The New Hero (1)

The next morning, Elysia stared at the Tree of Life with several thoughts in mind.

Based on Gaia’s confession, she has actually gone through several reincarnations. So, her life as Ali was just one of her cycles of reincarnation.

Although the reasons remained unknown, Gaia told her it was all for trials. No one intervened with her string of fate.

However, what remained mysterious was a higher entity that made a deal with Gaia thousands of years ago. He asked Gaia to guide her when the time came.

"That’s hard to understand." Elysia smiled slightly. Her brain couldn’t comprehend beyond it because Gaia also knew nothing about that higher entity’s identity.

"Shh, don’t think too much about it. Stay still, Ely. I’ll do your hair for a moment." Elena styled Elysia’s hair into a high ponytail, putting on a purplish black crown-like ponytail cone.

For their visit to Earth, Elysia wished to disguise herself as a human cultivator. Because the magical disguise could be tricky and troublesome, Elysia only used a few tricks to disguise her feminine divine body to avoid attracting too much attention.

"Uhm..." Elysia looked down, letting Ai adjust her black-purple cultivation robe. Her chest felt a little tight, but it wasn’t too bothersome.

"Just breathe a little. I’m going to tighten this up." Ai gave notice before flattening Elysia’s breasts with an inner silk cloth. After that, she helped Elysia put on the cultivation robe.

"Really. Why do you want to play the male cultivator now... the beautiful hero at that." Gaia rested her head in her arms on the table.

"There’s no particular reason. The males on Earth get more privileges, and I don’t want to be targeted by hungry predatory thugs like last night." Elysia smiled in amusement when she remembered last night’s events.

"Pfft. They kicked the iron plate to target our Ely. If you want, we can destroy that gang of pests in seconds. Hum~ Alright, now it’s perfect! Ely, the Daoist Emperor. Do you want me to accompany you in this role-playing, Ely?" Elena brought a large glass in front of Elysia.

"Thank you, but dear sister, your ethereal, gorgeous Goddess appearance is too striking. I want to look for Linda and the Avery Family in Bandung first. After the world’s chaos, I need to know about their well-being. They should still be in that city. And then, Erina..." Elysia looked to the side with the obvious hint, demanding an answer.

"They are still alive, I guess... Indonesia is indirectly protected by several superpower countries. Erina is also still waiting for you. She is now in North America." Gaia pressed her fingers together, unsure about her statement regarding the Avery Family’s well-being.

After all, she was so busy and overwhelmed by the outer entities in the last four years. She also barely had time to check Erina’s situation, even though Elysia specifically asked her for it.

"Alright. Ai, and I will accompany you from inside." Elena put her hand to her cheek, blushing slightly as she looked at Elysia’s appearance.

Elysia was always good in any clothes, but it was rare for Elysia to disguise herself as a man.

Because it was rare, she took out a camera magic device and took several pictures of Elysia like a professional.

"What about Gaia? Will she stay here, join us in the Elysian Realm, or-" Ai hadn’t finished her words, but Gai suddenly interrupted her.

"Earth is my domain. I will go with Ely. I will transform like this." Gaia immediately transformed her divine avatar into a bracelet and attached it to Elysia’s wrist.

Her true body was still hanging on the Tree of Life like a ball of yarn, and she didn’t want her divine avatar to be bullied again.

"Okay." Elysia gently stroked Gaia, the bracelet.

"Hum? I just noticed. You’re wearing a lot of divine bracelets, Ely. Also, what’s with this heavenly mark?" Gaia was surprised but more shocked by the faint soul mark that she could feel on Elysia’s left hand.

"It’s the heavenly entity from the higher dimension. Sera marked me. I have an appointment to visit her dimension in about five months." Elysia held her left hand with a troubled smile on her face.

She then looked to the side, checking her current appearance.

Her feminine divine body was disguised properly by the fancy black-purple cultivation robe. She truly resembled the young hero, the human cultivator from another world.

Her face was still as beautiful as always, but Elena put a little makeup on her face to make her role-play as the Daoist Emperor perfect.

"???" Gaia wondered about the heavenly entity in question, but she assumed Sera was Elysia’s friend.

Elena and Ai entered the Elysian Realm shortly after. Elysia bid her farewell to the Earth Core and the Tree of Life before leaving the Nature Realm.

She also checked her Elysium Group Chat and left some instructions to her people, especially Megami in Quadtria’s Divine World.

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"Hmm~ Let’s visit the Heavenly Moon Palace." Megami closed the scroll and put it back into the pile.

Her mother arrived on Earth safely and finished her business at this Divine Library. It was time to leave.

"Finally..." Yuna breathed a sigh of relief. It had been six days since the Supreme Goddess had stayed in the Divine Library to explore and study many things related to the Divine World.

They could finally move to the next place. After the Heavenly Moon Palace and Mystic Stellar Sacred Ground, they would return to the Heavenly Palace to handle the primary matter related to the Nirvana Realm.

"My lady, would you like to notify the Moon Palace regarding our arrival?" Mytic held her hand and asked politely.

"No need. This is just an ordinary impromptu visit, not a formal one." Megami raised her hand. She got up from her seat and walked away from the Divine Library.

The elders and various high-ranking officials in the Ancient Academy sent her group away with joy. Megami was also happy because she learned much about the Divine World’s divine magic.

Her mama’s divinity would be expanded by the new knowledge she acquired. However, she soon noticed the girl next to her felt incredibly nervous.

"Rest easy. We’re here." Megami tried to reassure Zi Xuan with a simple reminder.

"Mm." Zi Xuan meekly nodded.

"Hmm?" Yuna sensed a particularly strange scholar among the crowd at the Ancient Academy.

Those people wished to see her group, but a particular young man gave her a bad feeling for a moment before he mysteriously disappeared.

"Did you feel it? Don’t ever assume it’s just a fleeting feeling or misconception. Send someone to investigate." Megami gave a bit of advice in a calm tone.

She could also sense the faint malice from that particular apprentice. Someone bold enough to harbor that kind of negativity towards Heavenly Palace would definitely bring bad omens in the future.

"Affirmative." Yuna nodded in understanding and immediately contacted her intelligence on Heaven Channel to investigate the Ancient Academy, especially that strange scholar.

"..." Mytic was clueless about the conversation between Agent Yuna and Goddess Ely, but she just shrugged her shoulders. She focused and controlled her flying artifact to bring everyone to the Heavenly Moon Palace on the 5th Heaven.

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Meanwhile, Miko still took the command to assist everyone during their exploration experience in the unknown secret realm with Xentia.

"That’s been six days, and we will visit Earth in eight days. Now we’re just at the command camp, Sister Xentia." Miko looked at the Elysium Group Chat virtual screen and chatted with her mama.

"Hum." Xentia nodded slightly, responding passively.

She was too absorbed to keep an eye on the recent traps placed by the Goddesses to catch the realm core, which kept moving and hiding.

One of the traps gave a signal, and she notified everyone. The Elysium members were so busy hunting that one.

This unknown secret realm exploration should serve as a precious experience to face the corrosion-type monsters, the weak version of Ruvoid. Fortunately, the Elysium members received no problems.

The Sacred Sakura’s side faced some hurdles, but they overcame all the obstacles nonetheless. Only the guest participant who was lulled in greed suffered the greatest setback.

Around fifty people have died in this unknown secret realm because they were too greedy and did not heed the rules regarding personal safety established by Sacred Sakura. Thus, they have no one to blame but themselves.

"Slurp, alright... we need to catch the realm core for mama in eight days. We can do it!" Miko drank her warm tea. She also kept an eye on the virtual screens before her, checking anything out of the ordinary.

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When Elysia started her search, the lucky hero she rescued finally woke up from his deep slumber.

His name was Satria, and his name would mean Knight. He was a young man caught in huge debt and a work contract with a black company.

He repeatedly thought about ending his life because of the pressure of life and great stress. Still, deep in his heart, he wanted to become a superhero to save everyone like he had always dreamed of.

Unfortunately, he was just an ordinary person with no superpowers. Even though he couldn’t be a superhero, he at least had to die as a hero.

That was what he thought that night, and he tried to save a tomboy-looking girl from those thugs with his half-baked martial arts. Unfortunately, those thugs were tough, and he should have already met his demise.

"At least I died a hero, right?" Satria’s mouth curved into a smile.

His sacrifice might be enough to give that girl time to escape. He couldn’t be a superhero, but he at least died as a little hero.

While he hoped to find Heaven, he found a white ceiling when he opened his eyes.

The distinctive smell of a hospital immediately assaulted his nostrils, and he suddenly became aware of the aches and pains he was suffering throughout his body.

Pain was what a person could feel in the world of living. Thus, he wasn’t dead!

"Holy crap! I’m still alive and in the hospital!? That tomboy girl sent me to the hospital? The medical bill is a daylight robbery, and I can’t afford to suffer more than this! What should I do!?" Satria held his head, turning pale because he knew that he would fall into endless debt suffering.

"Please be quiet and lie down peacefully, sir. Your medical bill has been paid by the person who brought you here. He also left a letter for you under your pillow." A nearby nurse was shocked by the patient’s sudden exclamation. Yet, she immediately conveyed the message entrusted to her to the panicked patient.

"Uh-huh? He, who?" Satria was stunned.