"Don't you have any followers of your own?"
Lu Cang thought for a moment, then asked her in return.
At his question, the smile on Lotie's face seemed to stiffen slightly.
"Deep Earth is cut off from the outside world, and I have no way to contact it either. It's not very convenient to develop followers of my own."
Lotie answered readily.
She didn't seem to have the usual aloof air of a deity. She treated Lu Cang with great warmth.
"No wonder I've never heard your name in the outside world."
Lotie's smile stiffened a little again.
This human... was he picking a fight?
Was it that I didn't want to be famous? That I didn't want the world to know about me? That I didn't want followers?
I just couldn't get out!
I couldn't get out of Deep Earth!
If I could get out, would there be anyone in this world who didn't know me, Lotie?
Back then, I'd fallen out with some unknown Moon Star, and my name had been erased from the world. Not a single person in the world knew me anymore.
Later, I expanded my Divine Kingdom into Deep Earth, merging and connecting it with the place.
After that, I could no longer contact the present world.
But if I could claim the position of Moon Star, I could restore some of my connection with the present world. I could also interfere with the world a little during the fifth month of every year.
"Oh... So that's what your trial is about?"
Lotie gave a light cough. "Not quite."
"A trial is a trial... You still have to pass it before I can put you to use."
"If you can't even pass the trial, you won't be able to help me."
"But... given the