My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 519: The Child of Destiny

"What was that?" Zhuan Mei mumbled under her breath as she could feel a sense of deja vu.

A few seconds ago, she felt that she was being observed by someone, and from what she felt, it was probably the Sacred Sakura Goddess.

"Why, why can’t I find any quest to hunt the evil seeds? It’s been since yesterday and there are no updates anymore?!" Bai Yuchen was pretty desperate because his farming ground couldn’t be found on the quest board anymore.

"Pardon me, disciple. However, don’t you know about Her Divine Grace’s decree? We stopped the hunt yesterday. No more evil seed hunt quest in the meantime." Ranee smoked her long smoking pipe, tapping the quest board.

"When I almost reached 10k merit points... why does it have to be now?" Bai Yuchen looked at the ground, slamming his hands onto the floor several times.

"What is he doing?" Zhuan Mei pointed to the prostrating disciple.

"Who knows?" Ranee shrugged her shoulders and returned to her reception desk.

"..." Zhuan Mei glanced at the spider demoness and checked the quest board. She already felt used to being around demons in the Sacred Sakura Holy Land, and the quest house’s receptionist was the one she met the most.

Unlike in other sects, all living creatures in this holy land had to co-exist with each other, without exception. Everyone had to abide by the rules and live in harmony, especially in Sacred Mountain’s area.

Broadly speaking, Sacred Sakura was the only place that achieved true peace. The reason was simple... it was because Sacred Sakura was backed up by many powerful Goddesses, and also the only place connected to the Divine World.

’With so many Gods and Immortals around, why does nobody notice my true identity? Can’t they really recognize me?’ Zhuan Mei muttered in her mind.

She once met the Sacred Sakura Goddess and the Lord of Heaven, but they couldn’t recognize her true identity. Or rather, it was probably because she had yet to awaken her divine soul’s true aura. After all, the Gods and Immortals of Heaven recognized each other by their unique divine soul’s aura.

"Oho~, aren’t you Junior Sister Zhuan Mei? I haven’t had the chance to greet you before, but please accept my greetings." Bai Yuchen immediately regained his composure and gave a polite greeting.

"No need to be polite, Senior Brother Bai." Zhuan Mei returned the greeting politely.

"Keke, please pardon me, but may I know if you still play the double side?"

"What do you mean?"

"You are the Qinlan Sect’s prime disciple and you have the Qinlan Sect’s Elder Zhao Yuqi as your master, but you are also registered as Sacred Sakura’s outer disciple. To be honest, I still can’t understand your intentions."

"This... isn’t that a problem? I passed the entrance test fairly, and Sacred Sakura never forbids the disciples from establishing multiple identities. As long as we abide by the rules. Also, all of our seniors have multiple identities, including you."

"I see... that makes sense. Then please pardon my rudeness."

"As long as you understand..."

Bai Yuchen apologized because he just realized this. He also has multiple identities, so he has had no reason to question his junior sister about anything.

Zhuan Mei also realized the meaning between the lines. In the Sacred Sakura, no elders ever accepted any prime disciples under their banner. They either received pointers from each other or enlightenment from the Sacred Priestess Miko and other seniors.

"I’ll take this quest, Lady Ranee. Please proceed as usual." Lucius grabbed a quest paper from the harvest-type quest board and handed it over to the receptionist.

"A field trip with your beloved master and fellow mages as usual?" Ranee stamped the quest paper and registered it to the Sacred Sakura’s network.

"Shut up, but thanks." Lucius received the paper and raised his hand in farewell.

"Hey, Medea... why is your mage apprentice so cold? But, yeah, he can say thanks now. Anyway, why have you only taken the harvest-type quests in the past few days?" Ranee sighed, conveying her complaints to the nearby earth mage.

"Fufu, what can we do? My party urgently needs elemental fruits. We’ll come back tomorrow, see ya~" Medea waved her hand at Ranee.

She then noticed Zhuan Mei on the hunt-type quest board. She nudged Lucius, but he ignored her gesture. Thus, she could only wink at Zhuan Mei.

Her apprentice and Zhuan Mei would look like a good match, but unfortunately, they were still in the cold war period after their quarrel over something several days ago. As a good matchmaker, she would make them reconcile as soon as possible, but everything would still take time and process.

"Sigh, what’s wrong with him? Am I overly sensitive and unreasonable, or is it just him who is uncaring and cold? Should I smash a wooden block into his head so he’ll remember? He was so bad in the past, so isn’t that natural for me to be a little petty to repay his wrongdoings?" Zhuan Mei mumbled under her breath.

Her history with the son of heaven could be considered bad, but he was still her destined one. While he was still unable to remember their past, it became her best opportunity to get a little revenge while slowly helping him recover his memory of his past life. She only bullied him a little several days ago, but he became unreasonably angry at her.

"Hmm, do you know that mage guy?"

"Yeah, we were on the same team in the entrance test, but he’s getting really cold now."

"Hmm, somehow I can relate. I know someone like that as well. That unreasonable guy is really annoying."

"I know, right! Luckily, his master, Lady Medea, is very understanding and kind."

Bai Yuchen then chatted happily with Zhuan Mei. The former badmouthed his old friend, and the latter joined the heated topic to gossip about Lucius.

"Ah gossips. I can listen to this all day long~" Ranee rested her cheek on her palm, enjoying the young people’s gossip.

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Elysia was still on her way to a particular city in the Human Realm, following clues from the Sacred Heaven Grimoire to find the reincarnation of the God of Painting’s location.

’The child of destiny is screwed, right?’ Elena recalled about it, but it was still so amusing.

The child of destiny embarked on their respective life stories, but some of them strayed from their intended destiny.

’Why is that? I know something about Yang Jian. He makes enemies everywhere. How many children of destiny have we encountered so far?’ Sylvia was intrigued.

’Let’s skip the others on the watch list for the moment, but these five people are pretty messy. Bai Yuchen is still looking for his love at first sight, Elder Kitsune, then Zhuan Mei is involved in a love-hate relationship because she thought Lucius is her destined one, but Lucius only loves her master while Medea only treats him as a little child. As for Chen Fan, he also has enemies everywhere, but he has a little harem and complicated family drama for himself. As for Yang Jian, you know... he fell head over heels for Miko~’ Elena covered her mouth as she almost laughed.

’Erm... we’re not affiliated with Chen Fan quite as much, and Lucius is the otherworld’s child of destiny, but Yang Jian, huh...’ Elysia held her head as she felt a bit dizzy.

Her avatar, Miko was currently on a field trip with Erina and Yuuki to the southern region. Blood Moon Saintess Mingyue was currently accompanying them, but she could see from Miko’s vision, that Yang Jian was there as a stalker, occasionally bothering Miko with various fake fated encounters.

’Hm, our destination is relatively close to Miko’s current location. What if we go to meet them?’ Elena proposed an idea.

Elysia thought about it. Miko was currently being stalked by Yang Jian, and this creep asked for a beating for harassing her avatar. Even though he did it just to gain Miko’s attention, it had already entered the realm of being annoying. She should come as Miko’s mama and talk to him.

’Miko, we are aware of your problem. We’ll pick you up soon. Stay around that city for now.’ Elysia informed Miko about her arrival.

’Uh, okay. But, mama, I feel you are quite close... in the neighboring city, right? Should we come to you instead?’ Miko was pleasantly surprised.

’Alright then. Have you found what you were looking for there?’ Elysia didn’t object to the proposal.

’Mm, Erina has bought the rumored precious gem, and we were just about to go home. But, you are here. So, please wait for us!’

’Alright. Let that guy stalk you to this town. Let me test his motives.’

’Ehm, okay... he is become pretty annoying now. I don’t know what I should do to him, mama.’

Miko readily complied with her mama’s arrangements. She whispered something to Erina and Yuuki regarding the change of plans, and they nodded in understanding.

"Minyue, let’s visit the neighboring town." Miko pointed east.

"That direction... that is Surmenba Town. That place is renowned for its nightlife and ghost stories. Err... may I know what you want to see in that place?" Mingyue considered it twice as she was unable to guess Miko’s intention.

"I wish to see someone." Miko beckoned to Erina and Yuuki. They flew away using a big floating cloud, taking Mingyue with them too.

"Ugh, I guess it’ll be fine." Mingyue felt a bit restless. They went without escorts, and that town was pretty dangerous for young girls at night, but it was still morning.

"Someone who can make her want to visit him specifically? Who is this scumbag? He wants to steal my future wife, eh?" Yang Jian clenched his fist from a secluded alley. He looked up and hurried to follow Miko’s group secretly, maintaining the safe distance.