My Goddess is Good at Pretending

"..." Yuuki looked sentimentally at the six-winged Goddess statue at the shrine.

Her heart trembled, and she bit her lower lips as she tried to control her emotions. The person she was looking for all this time... her Goddess Master.

Well, it was just a stone statue. Her Goddess Master was clearly somewhere else. She only needed to observe Ely, and she would find the actual whereabouts of the Goddess Master.

Yuuki and her comrades almost turned the entire Northern Realm upside down five years ago. Still, they couldn't find their master's whereabouts. They roamed nearly every corner of the Terra World, including the secret realms in the Tearobis Great Continent. However, they still couldn't find their master anywhere.

They split up four years ago to undertake in-depth searches in the other worlds and secret realms. However, no one would have ever expected that the one they were looking for, the most valuable person they had to find, would still be at the starting point of their search.

It was hard to believe because they had miraculously missed this place.

Her current task and duty were to help Ely to unseal their Goddess Master. She had made up her mind since she first found Ely, but right now, her state of mind couldn't get any more coherent.

'Please wait a little more, master. Ely and I will unseal you soon.' Yuuki wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.

Ely and Jophiel didn't notice Yuuki's behavior because they were busy praying before their Patron Goddess statue.

Ely considered that six-winged Goddess as her Goddess Master and, possibly, her mother.

However, Jophiel thought the Patron Goddess was her master's previous glory. Her master might just be recovering and enjoying a mortal life.

"..." Yuuki looked at Ely with a complicated gaze, but she decided not to say anything for now.

She glanced at the Goddess statue, then at Ely again. They indeed looked alike, and she discovered a new hidden truth.

There might be conditions that caused this situation. Ely's partial memory loss and sacred prayers routine were the clues.

Therefore, she would observe everything and help Ely with it, even though she didn't know the requirements yet.

The sweet little pink spirit popped out of the Sakura tree's trunk. She flew and landed on Ely's head. "Rua."

"Ah, it's you, Sakura. Um, I'm home. Thank you for looking after the house." Ely gave Sakura a gentle head pat with her finger.

Uriel and Remiel then returned. Ely's disciples calculated their merit points with Sakura as the receptionist.

Ely and Yuuki went to the backyard, the VIP field reserved for unique type plants.

"Hmm, we have six vitality herbs now. You are siblings from now on. Please be nice to each other~" Ely transferred the new vitality herbs to the fertile soil.

The four vitality herbs welcomed the newcomers.

Meanwhile, the two new vitality herbs still had trouble adapting to their new environment. They also had yet to recover from their shock.

For flora, this sacred ground was heaven and the immortal's abode!

Each plant in this garden was no less inferior to top-tier precious elixirs. This garden was worth the entire grand continent's secret treasures. Not to mention that sacred sakura tree.

Unfortunately, the precious herb that Jophiel found was not a vitality herb. It was a life essence herb that could only be harvested once. At that time, Jophiel was somewhat disappointed by the truth. Nevertheless, she received her well-deserved praise.

'This way, we can harvest enough materials for Super-tier potion once a month~' Ely wiped off her nonexistent sweat.

"..." Yuuki was amazed by Ely's garden. It was so beautiful.

Regardless, she already gave all of her valuable flora to Ely. Thus, she would contribute to this holy garden.

"Ely, your humble abode is so beautiful and awe-inspiring than any top-tier residence in the world. Not even a Deity can afford to have this kind of home." Yuuki scanned her surroundings.

She could confirm that every material, plant, and object in this place was a precious treasure! Even the random gravel was a high-tier mineral.

It was fair to call this place an immortal residence. Even the holy land's sacred ground was pale in comparison.

Ely put the small shovel back into her storage pouch. She then looked at her garden with a proud and satisfied smile. "Hehe, thank you. It took a lot of sweat to build this residence. Fortunately, there are a lot of kind spirits willing to help. He-Dao and his accomplices also helped me in that year of hardship."

"He-Dao? Who is this person?" Yuuki's fox ears perked up. She managed to dig another secret out of Ely's mouth.

"Eh? Ah..." Ely covered her mouth right away.

She shouldn't have said that name because she never brought him up, even to her disciples. He asked her not to divulge any information about him. It was her mouth's fault for suddenly blurting it out, but Yuuki was her close friend who understood her past more than her...

"It's fine if you don't want to say it. I know you have your reasons." Yuuki raised her palm. She didn't want to put pressure on Ely because she was afraid that would put distance between them.

"Sorry. I can only say that he is a God who helped me in my difficult year." Ely put her hands together to apologize.

"Hm, I see... I should thank him for looking after you in our stead. Do you know where he is?" Yuuki's eyes flashed a bit of a hidden, cold aura. She felt He-Dao was the cause of why she and her comrades couldn't find Ely and their Goddess Master for years.

"I don't even know where he is." Ely shook her head and then looked up at the sky.

She felt He-Dao and his accomplices were watching from somewhere unknown in the sky. Her grimoire's features and the agent's comment from each completed quest were solid evidence of that conclusion.

"We'll see him again someday." Yuuki looked up at the sky, but her intentions differed from Ely's.

Ely then invited Yuuki to walk around her residence, and they ended up in the expanded area.

The shrine and humble abode were gradually expanded in the last three years. The fortress-like residence was now protected by walls that were two meters thick and five meters high. There were also several additional facilities, and all of these were built by Ely's reliable disciples.

The large pond, extra flower garden, hot springs, and many more.

However, there were only two dormitory buildings to accommodate all disciples. Ely's current concern was a house for Yuuki.

As an elder, Yuuki might want a private room just like her core disciples. Therefore, she had to immediately build a new house for Yuuki.

As if understanding Ely's concern, Yuuki devised her own solution. "Ely, I have my own portable house. You don't need to prepare a room for me."

"Ah, in that case, we can place your house in a vacant lot around here. Which spot do you find suitable?" Ely pointed to several empty spots.

"Hmm..." Yuuki evaluated a few things.

She then looked back. A few meters from Ely's humble abode... there was a small gap between the door gate. She had to secure her resting place closest to Ely, which was a perfect fit.

However, the perfect spot was too narrow for her portable house.

"Well then, my emergency bedroom will come in handy." Yuuki took out a small wooden house and placed it in her chosen spot. "This will be my house. What do you think?"

"..." Ely looked up and down at the small icy blue house.

It was just a bedroom and looked much more like an ice-block house. Although it differed from a cold storage room, she found it somewhat inconvenient, especially for an elder.

"Are you sure? This isn't your portable house, is it?" Ely was curious to know if this small house was the one mentioned by Yuuki earlier.

"Well... I can visit your humble abode anytime, right? Please don't lock your door for me." Yuuki raised her finger before Ely's face as if she didn't want to hear no.

"Uh-huh, if that's what you want..." Ely didn't feel anything was wrong with that because her core disciples often went in and out of her humble abode.