[Morpheus' Pov!]
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"Nvida. You did a good job here. Protecting everyone with Trisha. Thank you," I thanked Nvida genuinely. It's because they were outside to handle things with the escaped monsters that I was able to complete my [Quest] with little problem.
"I… it's all right. I should be the one thanking you for helping us protect the forest," Nvida spoke with a slight hesitation as her eyes shifted from me to Irene several times.
"You already know that she is a 3rd Order, right?" Irene asked, making Nvida a bit shocked before she looked at me, terrified, but I smiled as I nodded.
I got to know her in one of my earlier reruns.
"Don't worry. I will keep it a secret from Trisha. If I wanted to tell, I would have told her when we first met, but this isn't something that is related to me, so… don't worry about it," I explained it to Nvida.
"Really?!" Nvida asked with a relieved sigh as she looked at me expectantly for confirmation.
"Really," I chuckled as I smiled at her, making her blush a little as she thanked me silently.
"So. Nvida. How are things in the forest here? And how about your mission? Is it going well?" Irene then turned serious, changing the atmosphere, while she nodded with the same depth of seriousness.
"Yes. Thanks to this event, I think I got closer to my goals. I should report to the High Order sooner than expected," she spoke with a serious tone.
"Good. Is there anything else you want?" She asked Nvida, who turned to me with a thankful gaze before speaking.
"Thank you again and… if you ever want to come… you can do it anytime you want."
And then she bowed before leaving again from there, while I just raised my eyebrow a little. Though I just shook my head before turning to Irene, who was… looking intently at me.
"What?" I was a bit confused.
"Aren't you a little too handsome? Is that even allowed?" She asked as she got closer to me.
'Not really. I am using a special ring that alters my avatar into anything that I want,' I thought, but smiled as I answered,
"Not really a plus point, given how much trouble I had come across in my life. To be honest, sometimes I even detest it."
Answers like these are often true. Being too good looking might catch the attention of creeps that will make your life a living hell. Not something that anyone would like to have.
Being mentally well equipped while not letting anyone know is kind of the best you can ask for. Anything else has a lot of downsides in comparison.
"Is that so? Well. I guess I can relate to it to some extent," Irene spoke as she then chuckled before suddenly looking back at the city.
"What a surprise!" She exclaimed.
[Eyes of Mana!]
I also smiled, as I could figure out what she was looking at. The goddesses have appeared in the city. Most probably Valencia and Alepsia, given by the amount of light mana that increased right now.
"You want to go meet them as well?" I asked with curiosity while she shook her head before turning to me with a wry smile.
"After what I did to them last time. It would be better for me to not get involved with them… or even any goddesses or gods, for that matter."
She then held my arm and spoke.
"Let's go. We should get out of here while we can. It would be better for both of us."
Since the work of Morpheus was done here, I too thought that it was fine to leave now. Anything that I want to say to the city of the people, Wesker already knows and can pass on.
"Sur-" and as I agreed…
[You have received a new Blessing!]
[Blessing of the Goddess of Balance: Karma of Fates!]
[Karma of Fates (Blessing): For every time that the user changes the fate of a person. He receives a Karma Point. Karma Points can be exchanged for stats, skills and certain items. It can also be chosen to change the outcome of certain events.
Current Karma Point: 0!]
And I paused as I looked at the new message in front of me.
'Blessing of the Goddess of Balance? Why did she bless me?' I was honestly confused right now. I did nothing to benefit her, did I?
From what I know, she is trapped somewhere by the True Gods. Helping her would mean to go against all the True Gods at once… not really something that I would like to happen.
"What happened?" Irene asked curiously.
"Irene. Is there anything you know about the Goddess of Balance?" I asked as I turned to her, and her eyes widened a little before she asked,
"The goddess who tried to join the rank of the gods but failed miserably?"
I nodded at her, making her narrow her eyes at me before pondering and answering,
"Not really. Other than the fact that her entire kingdom was torn to shreds, with most of the things turning into ruins, there was little known about the goddess herself. Though if it is about the saintesses of those goddesses… I think I know a person who might know a thing or two."
I looked at her with slight surprise before nodding,
"Anything would be better than nothing."
"Though I must ask why. To get involved with such a goddess… is there any particular reason?" Her voice turned a bit serious as she looked at me.
"Being honest. Leader just sent me a message to find anything about that goddess. He must have sent it to all of us. That's why… as for why… Even I don't know," I shrugged my shoulders a little as I then continued walking.
"A message? How?" She was a bit intrigued.
Though I just smiled, not answering her, making her pout a little. She then changed the topic as we continued walking onwards… presumably to the place where the World Order was.