The Three Gods of Abundance, rulers of agriculture, earth, and renewal, were rare "sister goddesses." Their followers were widespread, but their churches as a whole tended to be gentle and reserved. Mortals believed that these three goddesses held dominion over all matters related to farming and crops, that spring's revival, the growth of crops across the land, and many patterns of weather were all connected to the Three Goddesses. Due to the influence of those Divine Offices, they belonged among the gods who were poor at fighting and disliked conflict.
But they ran incredibly fast.
Night Lady felt that she had never seen figures capable of running so fast in her life. She had only just placed a hand on Flora's shoulder and given her a warm, friendly greeting when several screams rang out beside her. The three deer-bodied goddesses with human heads suddenly shot out of the garden like three bolts of lightning, smashing through the thorn barrier and charging toward the borders of the divine kingdom—and with remarkable coordination, they ran in three different directions. In the blink of an eye, all three had vanished.
Fortunately, the boundary between light and shadow was everywhere. For an ancient god who had survived since the age of the Voyagers and now had alien technology supporting her, the little tricks these young gods used to hide themselves were hardly worth mentioning—even on their home ground. The information-stabilizing anchors woven by the Anchor Generator allowed Night Lady to ignore the effects of an alien god's divine kingdom, and within minutes, she found the three goddesses hiding in its depths one after another.
"Relax," Night Lady said with a gentle smile. Beside the long table in the center of the Harvest Garden, she had shrunk her form to roughly the same size as