Chapter 27: Dialogue with 'God' _2

"First thing I want to tell you is..." The other party elegantly settled into an elegant chair that had appeared who-knows-when, speaking in a relaxed tone, "I am indeed a goddess, one of many in the pantheon. If strictly defined, you could consider me 'neutral' and 'benevolent,' but in reality, so-called 'gods' aren't as sacred as mortals understand. We also have emotions and real names. The Goddess of Dawn is Paxi•Veena, not 'The Goddess of Dawn is The Goddess of Dawn'. Get it?"

Motan rubbed his freshly slapped cheek, somewhat in agreement, "It might have seemed a bit vague before, but now I can definitely relate."

"Don't hold a grudge~" The Goddess of Dawn's mouth, hidden behind the light, curved into a slight smile, "As long as I don't want to hurt you, there'll be no consequences if I kick you and make you roll all over the place, like getting hurt."

Of course, Motan didn't take that slap to heart. After all, he didn't have psychological diseases like straight men who can't handle it. Compared to these irrelevant matters, he was more concerned about other issues...

"You seem troubled." The goddess sounded as if she could see through his heart, "Spit it out... Hmm, go ahead!"

Motan put his hand on his forehead. For now, he wasn't worried about anything else, his previous tension was completely gone.

So he raised the question that had been intriguing him: "In reality, I just wanted to know why you have found me. There should be a lot of beings 'like me' among your believers, even excluding the original believers of this world. I wonder, my goddess, did you say the previous words to all of them equally, or did this conversation only happen with me? If so... I am quite curious as to why?"

A person of similar temperament might not ask the goddess such a question, but aside from his temperament, Motan was considerably calm at the moment, so he paid close attention.

After all, if heavens burdens a man with a mission, what follows is never pleasant...

He sincerely hoped that he was not an exception!

"That's a good question." The goddess nodded satisfactorily, then remained silent for a while before answering, "I don't know about the others, but so far, I have only had this kind of conversation with you. As for the reason..."

Motan could feel her eyes locked directly onto him, as if trying to see right through him.

"I can feel that you truly believe in me. Although it is not a kind of fanatic devotion, you still positioned yourself as a believer, looking up at me from a mortal perspective." The Goddess gently articulated, "But I felt an almost non-existent contempt from you. I can't help but feel that no matter what, you would not bow to any deity. That displays a characteristic that makes me want to resent you even though it's hard to detect, I could still faintly sense it…"

Motan was taken aback. Almost immediately, he thought of his atheist talent when he was 'Tan Mo', but it wasn't cogent. Maybe it wasn't very obvious in reality, but in the [Realm of Innocence] game, he, who was logged in as Hei Fan, should not possess the aura associated with another personality, even if it's the same person!

Unless…

This 'goddess' in front of him, leaving aside dimensions, indeed possessed power close to that of a deity.

"I was curious, so I wanted to have a little chat with you." The goddess went on without caring about the change in Motan's expression, "After all, once we become gods, it's boring, tedious, and we have to maintain our dignity all the time."

"After becoming a god, then…" Motan muttered under his breath, but before he could finish his sentence 'So you were not a god before', she immediately interrupted him.

"I can say certain things that you can't. So, I speak, you listen." The Goddess of Dawn shrugged her shoulders as if somewhat helpless, "Let's continue our earlier conversation. Like I said, the Goddess of Dawn is Paxi•Veena, not 'The Goddess of Dawn is The Goddess of Dawn', which of course indicates that I was once... a mortal in the conventional sense…"

Not wanting to interrupt her now knowing she was speaking for his own good, Motan remained silent and listened attentively.

"Mortals are mortals because they do not have the power that will convince people to worship them, but if they did..." The goddess heaved a sigh, "Then they can become 'gods'."

This did not surprise Motan. After all, people today are advanced enough, and he himself has complained more than once while watching superhero-themed works.

So, according to the script, this slightly violent lady before him was probably exalted to the position of 'goddess' after achieving a certain level of strength.

Motan immediately thought this, like most people would.

But he was wrong…

"Whether it's Paxi•Veena, or Izzanar•Kashu, Diliania•Xilu, Serila•Maiti, Tisu•Light Wing, all of them were 'mortals' to begin with." The goddess sounded a bit melancholic with an air of disillusionment, "They could even be considered outcasts within their communities, a group of renegade Heterodox."