The Goddess Watches Over You

Catherine hesitated, wanting to speak, while Anne covered her face with both hands, as if too ashamed to be seen. She whimpered through her rosy lips, "He must have seen it, he must have! I saw his, so he must have seen mine... Goddess above, how could such an embarrassing thing happen?"

A smile played on Catherine's lips. This was Anne. Miss Anne, who had been acting strangely all day, had finally returned to normal.

"Miss Anne, what are you talking about?" Catherine tried to look at the paper in her hand, but Anne quickly moved it away, not letting her see.

"Listen, Catherine!"

Anne grabbed her shoulders with both hands, her small face serious. "I encountered something very! Very strange today!"

When she said "very, very," Anne's expression was lively and amusing. Her personal maid almost laughed, but held back and asked, "My dear Anne, you've been very strange today. Please don't say anything else strange, okay?"

Anne quickly asked, "He... no, how was I strange today?"

Catherine asked first, "Why did you suddenly lose your magic?"

"Lost my magic? Oh, he was the one who couldn't!"

Anne's expression became smug. "It seems there's no magic in his world, at least he doesn't have it. I almost fell when I got out of bed, my body was so weak, even walking made me tired! Oh, and he doesn't have a maid to take care of him. I dressed myself today, Catherine, praise me quickly!"

Catherine looked at her in confusion. Anne quickly closed her small mouth, chuckled, and then urged her to continue saying how she had been strange today.

Catherine confirmed that the person in front of her was indeed Anne. So, after roughly describing her strangeness today, she asked her seriously, "Miss Anne, did you converse with an unknown evil spirit?"

"He closed his eyes while you changed his clothes? Hehe."

Anne was focused on something else entirely. She burst out laughing, the expression on her delicate little face becoming even more adorable.

But then, suddenly remembering something, she quickly said to her maid, "Don't tell my father or mother about what I did today, or what I just said!"

"Hmm?"

"I need to go to the church!"

"Now?" Catherine glanced out the window and shook her head. "It's already past the time for evening prayers."

"Right now! Go quickly and help me prepare the carriage. Ah, I also need to bathe and change. I'll go to the church later to pray to the Goddess!"

Anne made her decision. Catherine couldn't refuse. She beckoned several maids over and told them to prepare hot water for bathing, essential oils, clothes, etc., and also to inform the Madam that Miss Anne was going to the church.

After a flurry of activity in the castle,

Anne boarded a luxurious carriage, escorted by a team of knights. Under the watchful magical eye of High Tower Mage Phyllis, she headed to the largest Holy Light Goddess Temple in the Northern Region near the castle and met with Bishop Fergus.

"Good evening, Miss Anne."

Fergus smiled and greeted her. Anne returned the bow, then said impatiently, "Uncle Fergus, I need to pray to the Goddess!"

Without waiting for Fergus to ask, Anne said in a half-coaxing tone, "I encountered something incredibly unbelievable today and need to pray to the Goddess, asking for her response. Uncle Fergus, please help me!"

Anne had come to the church late at night, escorted by the family knights, so she must have had permission from the Duke or Duchess.

Fergus looked at her carefully, and after a moment, he nodded and said, "It seems our Anne has indeed encountered something extraordinary to come to the temple at night, seeking the Goddess's mercy. All right, come with me. I'll take you into the Sanctuary and prepare the ritual for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Fergus!"

Anne happily followed.

As Bishop Fergus gave the order, many clergy members of the Holy Light Goddess Temple gathered in the Sanctuary. Their gazes fell upon Miss Anne Weisz Swinton, who was kneeling beneath the statue of the Goddess, curious as to why she had come to pray to the Goddess so late at night.

Praying with a ritual is completely different from daily prayer. The former requires a bishop to perform the ritual for the one praying in the church. It is when a believer asks the goddess for a response, to bestow blessings, or to dispel curses.

Even Anne, the daughter of a duke, had only received the goddess's blessing once, at birth.

The Northern Region Holy Light Church hadn't held a formal prayer ritual for nearly two years. But today, Anne, the daughter of Duke Swinton, came to the temple after dark to pray to the goddess, asking for the goddess's response.

Under the gaze of everyone, including Catherine, Anne knelt before the goddess statue and recited the prayer:

"Great Goddess, your radiance shines upon the Northern Region, dispelling the cold, driving out evil...

Your believer, Anne Weisz Swinton, offers you faithful belief and informs you of something, asking for your response.

It is as follows: Today I went to a magical place called Earth, a world with eight billion people. My soul exchanged with a man named Lu Xing..."

After reciting the prayer, Anne began to chatter about the magical things she had encountered today. She even unconsciously mentioned how she had pulled open Lu Xing's pants and looked a few times, then was dumbfounded.

Inside the Sanctuary, before the goddess statue.

A group of fathers, priests, nuns, plus the maids from Swinton Castle, were praying in low voices and did not hear the words Anne spoke.

After a long time, Anne finally finished speaking.

But there was no response from the goddess statue.

Anne looked back, and Bishop Fergus shook his head, saying, "The goddess heard your prayer tonight, but the goddess does not always respond to believers' requests."

Anne was full of disappointment, but quickly understood and smiled, saying, "It's good that the goddess heard. Even if there's no response, I—"

Before she could finish her sentence, the next moment, the holy goddess statue burst forth with a radiance. Two ethereal angels appeared before the statue, jointly holding a ball of light. Under the shocked gaze of Bishop Fergus and the others, the angels sang an ethereal song and sent the ball of light into Anne's forehead, integrating it into her body.

Everyone was stunned by this sight.

Bishop Fergus was the first to react, shouting in an excited, clear voice, "The goddess is watching Anne!"

Only then did everyone realize, and they excitedly knelt before the glowing goddess statue, singing hymns, sending the angels away, and offering their belief to the goddess.

The entire Northern Region temple was alerted. The radiance emitted by the church attracted the attention of countless people in the city. High Tower Mage Phyllis, after a long absence, went up to the tower and watched the Holy Light Goddess Church from a distance with her eyes.

When Anne walked out of the Sanctuary, many church knights and ascetics who had heard the news bowed to her one after another, respectfully watching her leave.

The goddess is watching Miss Anne!

Lu Xing returned to Earth.

The first thing he did was search the desk for the piece of paper he had written "My name is Lu Xing" on.

Sure enough, there was another piece of paper. She had seen it and left her own information.

Lu Xing raised an eyebrow. This was the first time he had conversed with a transmigrator from another world. The writing on it was actually in two versions: one was Chinese characters, and the other was the language of the magic world.

Using his body, she had also learned Chinese characters!

Lu Xing couldn't help but smile and lowered his head to look at the content:

"Hello, Mr. Lu Xing, my name is Anne Weisz Swinton, from the Continent Blessed by Gods—this is the name the ancient elves use for the world."