"Your Majesty, it looks like Yavenni is quite happy!" Lily and Wendy came over, smiling. "What I regret most is that those girls never got the chance to visit the Divine Kingdom. Even the food in the Royal Palace has finally caught up with what they had there."
"There wasn't much I could do about that," Landen said with a shake of his head. "I had to give something up in exchange for coming back. Otherwise, Helide would never let me hear the end of it."
Landen had been able to return to Alivia safely not only because Vili had negotiated for him, but also largely because Helide's career back in his homeland had already gotten off the ground.
From a lonely wandering spirit, Helide had gathered a following and usurped the position of a cult's chief god—all in just three months. By the time Landen took the train home, Helide had been hauled aboard too.
As promised, Helide now lived in the Station Divine Kingdom that had once belonged to Landen. It was permanently without magic, and Helide shared the place with his good priest, Hel Toss.
Lily's father had finally fulfilled his wish of reclaiming the Divine Kingdom for his Majesty. He now stood guard before Helide's seat and had become its true High Priest.
Though Landen had lost that Divine Kingdom, he had won the recognition of the Sea God and others. The Dragon Race, the Beast God, and the Sea God all feared that Helide might escape the Divine Kingdom and usurp their divine offices.
"Actually, it's not so bad. We've all been there, but they didn't get the chance," Lily said with a smile. "Your Majesty, you'll have to keep working hard. Maybe one day, when you have hundreds of thousands of followers, your Divine