My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 417: Harvest and Family Tradition

Somewhere in the serene countryside, nestled amidst rolling hills and fields of green vegetables, a picturesque sanctuary where visitors could escape into the tranquility of nature’s embrace. Here, amidst the verdant landscape and vibrant blooms, a delightful holiday and harvest unfolded, promising moments of serenity and joy.

Elysia carefully picked the best-quality chilies from the mutated plants while humming melodiously, feeling that Earth’s mutation had a relatively good impact on aspects of nature and life.

Remembering that she would visit Vrelenia soon, she had to prepare more gifts for her old friends, especially her spicy lover friends.

"I’ve taken one sample of each variant. We can cultivate them into top-tier elixirs in our fields, master." Rhea flew down, showing her harvest.

"Mm, thank you, Rhea. Our fruit and vegetable gardens will be even more lively~" Elysia handed over the basket full of high-quality chilies to Elena under her.

Due to the mutation, chili plants that were usually only 150 cm tall grew up to three meters. She was carried on Elena’s shoulders, reaching the best chilies on the top.

"Fufu, this is good~" Elena smiled as she could feel the heavenly paradise. Two soft, plump buns pressed on her head like a crown. She was also clamped by two heavenly thick thighs.

Elena inhaled Elysia’s heavenly fragrance and then cleared her throat, offering a suggestion. "Ahem, anyway... do you want to harvest some more, Ely?"

"Hmm~ Let’s get a little more from the hill over there. Rosie and Rosa will be happy with these high-quality chilies." Elysia pointed at the hill across the river as she could see the most eye-catching chili tree, which was taller than the others there.

"Sure~" Elena gladly agreed. She flew over the river with Elysia on her shoulders. They then picked a few more chilies.

At that time, Vanessa, Yuuki, Luna, Lynn, Yusagi, and Remiel patrolled around the abandoned vegetable garden, ensuring no mutated beasts or monsters disturbed the harvest.

That field was once owned and cultivated by someone in the past before the world merge occurred. Yet, after the mutation, most of the territory was taken over by beasts and monsters.

"Fufu~" Evelyn couldn’t help but giggle when she found Yusagi, the bunny girl, hopping around the forest to scare some wolves.

"This apple is good. Would you like to try one?" Ella carried a volleyball-sized fresh red apple in her hand.

"Ah, I can’t help but wonder. The mutation might make this apple like the forbidden fruit in the story of Adam and Eve, or maybe the poisonous apple in the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Evil Witch." Evelyn put down her basket and received the big apple.

"Uhm... I ate one with Sylvi earlier. It’s not poisonous." Ella felt a bit complicated and immediately called Sylvia out.

"I heard it. Adam didn’t meet Bad Eve, and are you trying to scare us? Hey, this world’s mutation is good. The fruits and vegetables grow to jumbo sizes. Look at this giant pumpkin." Sylvia flew closer with a giant pumpkin in hand.

"This is a good harvest. We can cross-breed some plants and make high-quality jumbo-sized variants later." Morfina patted her storage pouch with satisfaction as she had secured several good mutated herbs.

"According to the schedule, we will go to Vrelenia tomorrow. But how do we get there? Our master no longer has any living markers there, right?" Yae flapped her charming pink fairy wings, wondering curiously.

"E-eh!?" Evelyn was surprised. She immediately counted the Elysium family members.

The little dragons were harvesting some tubers near the river, Dory was swimming in the river, their fluffy friends patrolled around the forest, the Goddesses were at the top of the hill across the river, and the remaining ones were around the garden.

Everyone was present. The last time Elysia returned to Vrelenia was because of the marker in Goddess Nell. They could return to Quadtria just fine because Zi Xuan and Sakura were there, but what about Vrelenia?

"I’m sure our master already has a plan regarding this. Our Goddess Ely’s plan sometimes goes beyond our comprehension. We need to follow our master unconditionally." Ella tried to reassure Evelyn with her absolute faith in Elysia.

"Uh-huh?" Elysia accidentally caught the wind and overheard the girls’ conversation. She dropped her basket of chilies, but it was caught by Elena swiftly.

"What is it?" Elena looked up in surprise.

"I’m now thinking about how we visit Vrelenia. We no longer have a living marker there. What should we do?" Elysia looked down and spoke in a whisper-like voice, trying to find a solution.

"Living marker? That’s really an outdated technique for marking other world destinations. Like how you mark the Earth’s world core, why must it stay with someone?" Gaia jumped down from the nearby big tree.

"We don’t have that technique yet. At that time, I left a marker on your avatar, and that’s how we were able to visit Earth." Elysia laughed awkwardly.

"Hum, then that’s a bit difficult. You’ve already copied my divinities, so it’ll be much more convenient from now on." Gaia tapped her chin, trying to help find a solution.

"Fufu, don’t worry too much. We can still rely on promising followers with perfect, fruitful faith. We can use the highest believer on the God List to find Vrelenia’s location." Lifa reassured Elysia with a soft laugh.

"Phew, thank you, Lifa." Elysia breathed a sigh of relief.

"Call me Mommy if you are really grateful." Lifa still smiled but with an expectant gaze.

"Thank you, Mommy Lifa." Elysia played along, and that made Lifa happy.

"But, I guess... we must return to the higher world, Quadtria, before visiting Vrelenia." Gaia considered several things and came up with a suggestion.

"The reason?" Elena was curious.

"Earth can still be called the lower world due to its decline. The connection you can get from the lower world will be faint, but it is different if you do it from the higher world." Gaia made a simple projection between Earth, Vrelenia, and Quadtria.

Earth at the bottom and Quadtria at the top. From the lower world up, it would require more effort with less than optimal results, but it would be easier from the top down.

"O-oh~ It all makes sense. Thank you, Gaia~" Elysia dropped her fist onto her open palm, feeling enlightened.

"Have you ever traveled the vast universes, Gaia?" Lifa asked in wonder.

"Yes, I have, but not too far from Earth." Gaia looked up into the sky with a distant gaze, recalling the Earth Creator God’s ascension to the higher universe tens of thousands of years ago. With Elysia’s family by her side, she might meet the Earth Creator God again someday.

The harvest continued until close to noon. Elysia then asked everyone to gather. They were not harvesting everything because they had to leave some for the local mutated beasts and monsters.

"Ely, I have recharged my tower. It can be used at any time." Nell landed on Elysia’s shoulder and handed over her tower artifact to Elysia.

"Mm, thank you, Nell." Elysia rubbed her cheek against the angelic fairy on her shoulder.

"O-oh! I remember that tower. We’ve all been through that trial, and that tower has a thousand floors!" Sylvia pointed at the tower with her eyes wide open.

"Are we going to undergo a trial in the tower again? We spent several months and haven’t even reached the top floor yet. Will we get to the top after our improvement during these years?" Ella clasped her hands with sparkling eyes, feeling she could achieve a better result this time.

"???" Gabriella had several questions on her mind. She looked around and found it was just her and her fellow disciples.

Everyone had gone through that trial. Only she and her juniors had yet to get that chance.

"No, this is reserved for our lovely disciples. Ten people, the tower time runs ten times slower than the outside world. We will set up a three-day trial, and it will be one month inside the tower. Are you willing and ready to undergo this trial to improve and enhance your capabilities, disciples?" Elysia spoke in a tender tone to her disciples.

"Master, can you please enlighten me from my confusion?" Jophiel raised her hand. She felt a bit lost because her master, Priestess Miko, had returned to Goddess Ely as one unity. However, she felt this impromptu trial brought more weight than it sounded.

"Yes, sure." Elysia nodded.

Jophiel then asked about the reason behind this trial, and she also wanted to know what everyone would do when she and her fellow disciples were in the tower for the trial.

"We will return to Quadtria tomorrow before visiting Vrelenia. You could call this a family tradition. Everyone has gone through this trial. This time comes with a ratio of one to ten. You also cultivate and train with ten times the advantage. Don’t you want to?" Elysia backed down with a slightly sad expression.

"No, no. I am completely willing, master! Please allow me to pass the trial!" Jophiel rushed to kneel in front of her master as she couldn’t bear to see her master’s sad expression.

Moreover, it was a family tradition! The implied meaning was beyond obvious, and it put her enthusiasm soared into the sky.

Elysia then asked all of her disciples’ opinions and they were enthusiastic about participating in the trial.

"This is just a friendly reminder from your elder. Move in a group. Even though some stages require individual skill, don’t leave your comrades behind. Well, you can leave them behind when they fail. They will return to the first floor or be thrown out. Follow the little angel’s guidance and seek a safe place periodically." Sylvia put her arm around Gabriella’s shoulders, giving clear advice for everyone to hear.

"Thank you for your advice, Elder Sylvia." Gabriella felt grateful.

"Disciples, would you like to start the trial now or join us to visit the Earth’s city again?" Elysia called out for attention.

"We have explored this world enough. The sooner, the better, right?" Rafaela raised a vote, and most of the disciples agreed to undergo the trial on the spot.

Therefore, Elysia opened the portal, and the ten disciples teleported into the tower. She then returned the artifact to Nell.

Gabriella looked around. She and her juniors teleported to a foreign, ancient-looking hall with mist and clouds flying everywhere. The grand gate marked Floor 1 awaited before them.

"Welcome to the Divine Angel Trial!" A little angel spirit appeared out of thin air, welcoming the new challengers.