Emma and Leah

"Goddess, please rest a while first. To celebrate your arrival, the village has prepared a welcoming banquet tonight!" Chief Bernie greeted warmly.

He had learned of Emma's fortuitous encounter with the goddess in the forest, and now glanced at her reproachfully. There was some displeasure in his expression.

"Emma, why did you run so far by yourself this afternoon? Don't you understand your mission?" He frowned, tone severe as he admonished her.

"Alright alright, I get it!" Emma waved dismissively, completely unbothered by Bernie's words.

"Well, since the goddess saved me, I'll make it up by serving you from now on!" She turned and said to David, still sounding nonchalant.

Seeing her casual attitude just aggravated Bernie, but since the goddess herself didn't say anything and had graciously accepted Emma, he had no room to argue.

"You'd better behave yourself!"

Since David's arrival, the entire village seemed livelier. The villagers were excited and joyful, busily preparing a warm welcome banquet for the goddess.

The aroma of grilled meat wafted through the air. Children played happily at the village entrance, filling every corner with chatter and laughter.

The villagers conversed cheerfully, all smiling from ear to ear. The usually tranquil village was exceptionally bustling.

"Goddess, let me take you to meet the other two 'Holy Maidens'. Like me, they'll be offering their purest souls to the great 'Three Deities' in a week!" Emma said breezily, smiling brightly.

Of course David understood these so-called "Holy Maidens" were the three girls to be sacrificed, a tradition since the village's founding.

"Just call me David." He said somewhat awkwardly. He didn't really like people addressing him with that strange, reverent manner.

"As you wish, Miss David," Emma responded playfully, a crafty glint in her eyes as if hinting something.

"No need for 'Miss' either."

Emma was anything but obedient, rather unruly and rebellious. Even as a chosen Holy Maiden, she showed little sense of duty.

Perhaps it was related to her background - an orphan who grew up dependent on the charity of others. Everyone supported her, yet no one completely.

"This family is so stingy, they won't even wear the new clothes they bought..." Emma freely commented on villagers as they went. She made no effort to hide her opinions.

"That family's kid is rotten. When people washed vegetables in the river, he actually peed upstream..." She readily exposed all the village's embarrassing tales.

Emma chatted incessantly until they reached a farmhouse and she stopped.

Turning back, she held David in place. "Wait here, let me check if it's good."

David nodded helplessly. Though Emma was somewhat casual, it felt more intimate than the villagers' aloof reverence.

Without even knocking, Emma sauntered right into the farmhouse.

A girl with pale golden hair sat at a table. She had aqua blue eyes and an innocent, lively aura.

"Hey dummy Leah!" Emma suddenly pounced on her from behind, lightly grabbing the blonde girl's waist with both hands.

"Eek! What are you doing?!"Leah screamed sensitively, the touch from her waist caught her off guard, the soft and slender waist writhed and struggled.

She had waist-length, pale golden hair that shone alluringly in the sunlight streaming through the window, matching her aqua blue clear eyes and exuding a pure, innocent aura.

"Look what I brought you!" Emma boasted, taking out the berries she had picked that afternoon.

"Wow, cream berries! You really got them!" Leah said excitedly.

"Hehe, call me big sister and I'll share some with you!" Emma pretended to put on airs.

"Hmph, bad Emma, who's calling you that!" Leah rolled her eyes at her, the aqua orbs sparkling brightly in the sun.

"Not gonna call me? And I even prepared a better gift for you. No calling means no gift!" Emma said smugly,The dexterous ten fingers began to tap back and forth on leah's waist.

"What gift?" Hearing there was a gift, Leah's aqua eyes immediately lit up, brimming with childlike innocence and anticipation. She stopped resisting Emma's actions.

But seeing Emma's signature sly grin, Leah instantly grew wary. The expectation on her face just now vanished without a trace.

"Definitely another one of your tricks!"

"Oh fine, I'm just too nice. Cream berries for you, and the gift too!" Emma conceded defeat shrugging.

"Hmph, that's more like it. Know your place!" Leah said complacently.

But Emma was grinning from ear to ear, clearly plotting something bad.

With a "pop", just as Leah was about to take the cream berries,Emma slammed hard, and all the cream sprayed on Leah's face, and the milky white thick liquid shot all on her innocent little face, and Leah couldn't open her eyes for a moment.

"Hahaha, that was the first gift!" Emma laughed gleefully at her success.

"And the second gift is..." Emma peeked outside and called out, "Esteemed Miss David, come see the silly goose Leah I told you about. Isn't she exactly as I described?"

David helplessly walked in, thinking what a troublesome prankster this girl was.

"Ah, G-Goddess!" Leah cried out in embarrassment and alarm. She hastily covered her face with her hands, shrinking back timidly. She didn't dare let the goddess see her in this sorry state.

The one before her was the goddess she had always dreamed of meeting and admired deeply.

She had looked forward to their first meeting, hoping to make the best impression. But today she had utterly humiliated herself instead.

Leah couldn't escape at all. Her cute face instantly flushed crimson. Her panicked aqua eyes brimmed with tears. She really didn't want the goddess to see her like this.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Leah. Sorry for this improper introduction," David said gently, not bothered at all by Leah's loss of composure.

"H-hello G-goddess..." Leah greeted softly, voice delicate. She held back her tears, blushing face making one want to tease her.

Seeing her pitiful state, David was filled with compassion. He stepped forward and gently wiped the cream off Leah's face, saying gently:

"Let's start over. I'm David, pleased to meet you, Leah."

Leah's cute face now blushed to the tips of her ears. She was incredibly excited that the goddess herself had wiped her face.

"Th-thank you G-goddess... I-I'm Leah!" she stammered softly, heart racing like a deer.