Imagination was the eye of the soul, the beginning of creation. Despite her immense power, the Supreme Goddess of Mysterious Origin had to seal herself after saving the world from the threat of destruction. However, she was sent to another world by the universe's will. Ely was a girl suffering from partial memory loss. She was known as the shrine priestess of the Sacred Mountain. One day, she received the holy mission to unseal her Goddess Master. She got her priorities straight. However... The pets she adopted became the Demon Kings, capable of suppressing the world. The tree she planted became the World Tree, forming a bridge between heaven and earth. The passerby who received enlightenment from her became the Sage who led the entire generation. The disciples she nurtured became bigshots known across the three worlds. When she looked back... The street painter who pestered her for her handicrafts and paintings turned out to be a God. The young priestess she recruited was actually the number one saintess from the Divine World. She was known as the holy saintess. Yet, she still referred to herself as a mortal.
(Matured Contents) "You can't have a cake and eat it too." ~~~~~ Sirena Calantha "Every stroke of my brush paints the path of our love, with each color representing a different facet of you that makes my heart skip a beat. As I layer on the paint, I realize just how much you mean to me. Like the pigments of my masterpiece, my love for you will remain vibrant and colorful for eternity. Just like the brushstrokes on my silly drawing, my heart will never falter in expressing my affection for you. But Sirena, I've come to realize that your happiness is not connected to me. You also have to live for yourself. Sometimes, the final destination is to let go, and I think it's time for us to part ways. It's time for us to stop crossing paths." - L.F. Darrow ---- Set in the Mid-20th century. Renowned throughout the country for her mouth-watering meals and countless desserts, Sirena Calantha is a celebrated chef and the heir of the Calantha family. She independently built her empire from scratch without her family's penny, until it slowly began to crumble. A disruption grew in her business and that was in the atrocities of a barbarian, a man of witty tricks. He was a painter of destruction, one that his every savage canvas had tarnished the reputations of popular elites and talented literates. Sirena, a sociopath, has to catch this faceless masked man, but when this happens, everything turns out to become a dream and a trap. A web of hidden pasts and closed chapters reopening. --- *SLOWBURN ROMANCE* It's worth a try.