Chapter 372

The moment Felt looked directly into Takumi's eyes, her consciousness was shaken and became dizzy, as if her soul had been grabbed from her body by invisible hands and thrown into the starry sky.

"Ah!"

Felt was horrified, looking around quickly, her hands flailing as if she were drowning.

She suddenly found herself in a place beyond her understanding.

It was a dark space filled with countless "suns." Each of these "suns" had "worlds" revolving around them, and each "world" had a luminous moon orbiting it.

Then the suns started to shrink, until even the largest stars were reduced to countless small dots, eventually forming a black sphere filled with tiny specks of light.

A silver halo surrounded this black sphere, and a colorful shell encased it. The outer shell was vast, with the black sphere taking up only a small point in the center.

Knowledge flooded her mind, and she began to understand what she was seeing.

The black sphere was a 'universe,' with countless stars and worlds, each with moons revolving around them.

Just by looking directly into his eyes, Felt suddenly understood the entirety of Teyvat.

Such vast knowledge would have crushed an ordinary person without Takumi's permission, erasing them entirely.

This was the gnosis of a god—the knowledge of gods.

Ordinary beings might become gods if they could handle the weight of divine gnosis.

"Ah!" Felt screamed as her consciousness returned. She tripped on the rope with her feet, and her poorly built shack collapsed with a loud crash, burying her underneath.

Dust rose around her, and she coughed. "Cough, cough, cough..."

She struggled to crawl out from under the debris, quickly raising her head to see Takumi, who was still smiling at her. Frightened, she kicked her legs backward, trying to put distance between herself and him, pointing at him in shock.

"You... you... you're... a..."

Takumi's golden eyes narrowed as he smiled. "What am I?"

"A god!" Felt quickly put her hands down. Though she was a slum girl with no formal education, she knew the basics of survival.

Even though she felt dismissive toward gods, pointing at one wasn't something she dared to do, as it was more terrifying than pointing at a dragon in front of everyone in Lugnica.

This was a legendary god. No wonder she felt so strange—she couldn't dislike him no matter what.

"Um... I don't know why you have come, Lord God?" Felt asked nervously, sweating profusely, unsure where to put her hands.

Takumi walked closer, and Felt tried to take a step back in fear. However, her collapsed shack was behind her, so she had no room to retreat.

He reached out and gently grasped her chin. Her heart pounded.

"Didn't I say I was interested in you? Shouldn't you feel lucky that I've taken an interest in you?"

Felt swallowed nervously, and instinctively slapped his hand away. She immediately regretted her action. "Uh... I'm sorry, I..."

Takumi's smile remained. "You really are special. You aren't humble or submissive toward me, even though I've only approached you at the level of a lower god, not as the Creator."

He looked at Felt, who was trembling but stubborn, and nodded.

"That quality is very rare in any world—maybe one in a million."

Felt couldn't help herself from muttering, "I guess... I thank you for your praise, but why me..."

How could a girl from the slums like her, who had been stealing to survive, have caught the attention of a god? Could it be that she had stolen too much and was now being punished?

Takumi's eyes twinkled as he asked, "Do you feel lucky?"

"Huh? Do I feel lucky? Should I... be considered lucky?" She wasn't sure if she was lucky or not. After all, wasn't it up to the gods to decide that?

"Well, in this world, people who earn my favor also receive the favor of the world. From now on, the world will revolve around you. Even if you wish to become the queen of this country, it will come true."

Takumi smiled as he looked at Felt, who was bewildered and confused.

His existence far transcended this plane world, so the world would instinctively be influenced by his will.

Felt scratched her head, still very confused. "I understand, but I still want to know... why me?"

The moment she looked at him, she knew this being was the Creator, the one who made the universe.

The universe contained countless worlds, and he was the god above gods.

Apart from endless shock, questions filled her heart. Why would such an unfathomable being take interest in her, and why did he appear before her?

Takumi gently touched Felt's head and spoke softly. "The difference between gods and humans is merely in strength. Gods have emotions and desires too."

"Just like how a person might suddenly take an interest in a wildflower while passing by."

Felt understood. The god had simply noticed her as he passed by and became interested.

Although she had never received formal education, she wasn't foolish. She thought quickly and looked at Takumi with her ruby-red eyes.

"Well, is your favor free of charge?"

As a girl who had struggled to survive in the slums, she knew well that everything came with a price, otherwise, she wouldn't have become a thief.

Being favored by a god must be a great honor, but she had heard that there was always a price to pay—whether it was being favored by a witch, a dragon, or a god.

For example, the Kingdom of Lugnica was protected by a dragon, but in return, the entire country had to worship the dragon and live according to its will.

Takumi's golden eyes reflected Felt's anxious expression, and he spoke teasingly, "Of course there is a price."

"Gulp." Felt swallowed nervously. "Wh-what is the price?"

Takumi smiled and patted her head. "The gift from a god always has a price attached, but don't worry. Your fate will be smooth from here on out.

"Go and fulfill your dreams. We'll meet again one day. When we do, that will be when I collect the price."

With that, Takumi turned and began walking away, waving as he said, "For the rest of your life, you will be the darling of the world.

"Goodbye, Felt."

Felt's head felt dizzy as she watched the 'god' slowly walk away.

It wasn't until he was already far off that she came back to her senses.

"What just happened? Am I dreaming?"

She reached out to pull her own face.

"Ow!" Without the inexplicable power calming her mood, her red eyes suddenly widened.

"Ah! It wasn't a dream! I really did meet a god! Oh my god!"

The god's voice echoed in her ears, and his words kept ringing in her mind.

She lowered her head and looked at her small hands.

"To make my wish come true?"

A light appeared in her eyes as she clenched her fists, a smile curling her lips.

"This is what you said, Lord God. You said my wish would come true, even if I wanted to become the queen of this country."

"Then I will wish to become the queen of this country."

She thought of all the hateful nobles, wise men, and knights who treated ordinary people as beneath them.

"I want all those bastards who bully ordinary people to lose their positions."

Takumi watched from a distance as Felt spoke to herself.

He thought, go ahead and do it. While not all nobles in this world are corrupt, at least half of them are.

He had already decided Felt's fate. She would become the queen of this world.

As he altered her destiny, everyone with knowledge of the world's trajectory felt a sudden shock.

In Kararagi, a young girl with long white hair and sapphire eyes walking along the forest's trade road was stunned.

"The trajectory of the world... the fate of the world... it was altered in an instant."

In the mansion of the Border Earl, Roswaal's expression drastically changed as he stared at the 'Gospel,' whose words were ever-changing.

"What? Everything has changed! All destinies have changed! How could this be possible?"