I returned home shortly after the noon bell rang. It felt strange to return home while the sun was still high in the sky.
“I’m home!”
There is no response. The house was quiet.
My mother has a job at a medical clinic, so she is not home during the day. My sister Luisia is probably sleeping on the second floor.
I unloaded my luggage and climbed the stairs as quietly as I could, then I slowly opened the bedroom door. The sunlight streamed on the shabby bed. My sister is sleeping there.
Lu—Luisia, is a girl with curly chestnut hair that reaches her shoulders. Her face is pretty, and if she had opened her eyes, you would have seen her big blue eyes. Her light brown hair spread out at her bedside. If she can make it to her birthday safely, she will turn 13.
“..…I can buy medicine today.”
Her white skin looked more sickly than beautiful. Her sleep breathing is also irregular sometimes. Her chest rose and fell unnaturally under the pile of blankets, and she coughs loudly that her whole body is trembling.
“……Do your best, okay?”
After gripping her small hand, I went back to the first floor. I crouched down and gathers up the money I’ve hidden in the crevices of the furniture.
My money are hidden in various places, under the shelves, under the floor, in the back of the drawers and in many other places. In fact, if I pay with the coins Father gave us, I can greatly reduce the amount of silver coins I need to take out to buy medicine.
I took out the gold coin from my pocket, then that voice came again.
『It’s about time you wake me up.』
“……I can really hear your voice normally….”
It’s like she is speaking directly into my ear.
God’s message is basically lifeless and very businesslike. But this voice is full of emotion and sounds familiar.
“S-Solana-san….?”
I asked with courage, and a voice echoed in my head.
『That’s right! It seems that once you woke me up, you can always hear my voice afterwards. 』
Alright, time to make things clear.
I reused my skills against the gold coin.
| Skill 『Alarm』 was used. Executing 【Unseal】 |
“I did it…!”
The gold coin shines and a beautiful girl jumps out of it. I was nervous, thinking that she was going to kick something again, but her bare feet landed on the floor softly.
Solana looks at me, blinking her big eyes.
“I see….”
Crossing her arms, Solana nodded somewhat satisfied. She is wearing a plain dress, but it looks elegant and divine. Her golden hair and eyes, as well as the bangle she wore on her right hand, were dazzling. Her facial features is also very beautiful.
She certainly had the qualification of a god.
—As I was thinking that, Solana brought her face closer to mine.
“U-uhm.”
“That’s really a great ability. It can break the seal on gods and relics. I haven’t thanked you yet, thank you.”
Solana shivered, then she hugged her own body.
“…… However, the entire world is now covered with the magic that sealed the gods. The war is now over thanks to that, but unless you unseal us, we will remain sealed. On top of that, even if we can go outside, there is a limit to what we can do.”
Goddess lightly kicked the ground and floated up.
“Eh!?”
“Fufu, Goddess can float you know.”
I-, I guess that’s true.
Solana drifts softly, looking curiously around the house.
“Hey, Rion.”
I looked up and saw Solana pointing to the second floor.
“I wonder if there’s a sick person up there.”
With my thoughts coming back to reality, I drooped my head.
“Yes.”
“Should I heal her?”
When I realized what she had asked, I held my breath.
“C-can you……cure her…..?”
“Mmm. I can sense that presence. I’m sure someone is suffering from an anomalous condition caused by magical power.”
The silver coins that I have been clutching in my hand fell to the ground.
“T-that’s impossible..… Even the extremely expensive ‘World Tree Elixir’ couldn’t cure—”
Gideon’s face came to my mind.
Then Solana’s golden eyes looked straight at me.
“But there is a condition. I want your family to become believers.”
“……Believer?”
“I think I’ve been asleep for a very long time. That is why I’ve lost a lot of my power, and there’s probably not a single member of my believers left in this time. At first, I thought you woke me up because you’re a believer but……”
For some reason, the Goddess looks very lonely. It looked as if she is scared of being rejected.
What does it feel like to suddenly wake up from hundreds of years of sleep and not know a single person?
I couldn’t help but think of that.
The Goddess shook her head as if to shake a troubling thought and her long hair swayed along with her movement.
“Let me explain. Like healing people, to properly exercise my power as a God, I need believers. Gods can only wield their power if they have bond with people.”
As I was stunned, Solana landed on the ground.
“……You don’t want to?”
Hearing her question, I slowly took a breath and calmed down. I had been confused since my skills were awakened, but I don’t think she’s a bad person. I’m sure it is just that she has powers that I don’t know about.
I could hear the coughing sound from the second floor. It’s heartbreaking to hear so I made up my mind.
“N-no!”
I took Solana’s hand.
“Please take a look at my sister.”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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