Only after hearing what Lidas and Anima had to say did Shien finally understand why the two of them had appeared here early in the morning to watch over Roxie.
This truly was an important matter.
And Roxie had always been the intermediary between the God Race and the Kingdom, favored by the Goddesses even more than the clergy of the temples.
That was why Lidas and Anima had come directly to Roxie rather than seeking out Anxi and Ria, the Kingdom's current King and future Queen.
As for the fact that the World's Crevice where Lilith had once been sealed suppressed the powers of the God Race's Goddesses, Shien did not find that strange either.
Back when Lilith had been unsealed, Iris had already told Shien that those cracks in the world were scars left behind by the battle between the Demon King and the Supreme God.
The Supreme God herself had been helpless against the Demon King's power and unable to mend those scars, so she had concealed them instead, preventing them from appearing on the world's surface.
But they had never disappeared. They had always existed.
And because they were wounds in the world inflicted by the Demon King's power, members of the God Race, who were restrained by the Demon King, would feel uncomfortable upon entering them—even the Supreme God herself.
Ordinary members of the God Race needed no mention. The weaker ones might be seriously injured immediately upon entering, and even the Three Great Goddesses would be suppressed if they stayed inside.
When Lilith had gone berserk on the ground after losing control, the Three Great Goddesses had considered this and exiled Lilith there, using the environment to suppress her power and prevent her from easily breaking free of her seal.
If the world had