"Because I felt that my faith wasn't firm enough!"
Li Yue's face was full of sincerity.
"Those who believe in a Goddess should maintain absolute loyalty to their Goddess! Lady Aqua, do you think I'm right?"
"Mm-hmm, that's right. Those who believe in a Goddess really should maintain absolute loyalty to their Goddess!"
Aqua nodded in agreement.
"Therefore, I'm still not qualified to join Lady Aqua's Axis Cult."
"Hm?"
Aqua looked at Li Yue in confusion as he covered his chest with his right hand.
"I have received kindness from the Eris Cult before, so I am grateful to Goddess Eris in my heart. Yet I also yearn for the glory of Goddess Aqua. Someone like me cannot claim to possess absolute loyalty toward Lady Aqua, because in my eyes, loyalty that is not absolute is absolute disloyalty. Before my heart is completely occupied by Lady Aqua, I am not qualified to join the Axis Cult!"
"Eris..."
At the mention of Eris, Aqua gritted her teeth slightly.
Eris was Aqua's junior and one of the Goddesses of the heavens, the Goddess who governed luck. Though she was Aqua's junior, she was a gentle, kind, generous, occasionally mischievous, highly responsible, beautiful Goddess. She was far more capable and responsible than Aqua. Her only flaw was that her chest was very small. Just as Article Five of the Axis Cult's doctrine stated, her chest was indeed padded, unlike Aqua, who had been naturally blessed with ample assets.
However, in terms of religious status, compared with the Axis Cult, the Eris Cult that worshipped her was the local state religion. Eris was even the country's currency unit! She was far more important to the nation than the Axis Cult.
Aqua had already been embarrassed when the person she met while borrowing money turned