*** Isda ***

  Elora had asked me to visit the temple a while ago, but I always had something needing my attention, such as setting up our manor. There was just an endless supply of requests.

  I mean, I ran out on a prio go to a temple when she first mentio and ended up running around the manor instead of the temples.

  I did take a hard look at my csses, and well, it is strahat I made it so far without running a household. I barely even helped do anything, yet I kept up with my older sister, who was always out sying some terrible beast.

  If I had only helped around the house, what would my levels be now?

  The move finally settled down, though I did have one of my maids, a cute bunny girl, go looking for the emple for the Goddess of Sex. I think long, vivid dreams about getting ravaged by Alzi that end with me wetting the bed have to be from the Goddess of Sex. Yet there isn't a temple for her anywhere.

  Anywhere may be a bit too far, but there sure isn't one close by. I would be looking at a month's travel at least to find one, maybe going to a different Queendom entirely. I would rather not travel that far from my wife while pregnant with way too many kids. So I decide to visit the Goddess of the Hearth. I do have a household affinity. Hopefully she at least answer if I'm an Angel and poio where I go to speak to my Goddess if I am.

  I have to travel back to the Capital to find a temple for her. Her temple is likely just a room or two big. Most people give her a small shrine somewhere in their house rather than going to a temple for her. I tried the little shri up but didn't get an answer.

  If I still don't get an answer iemple, I think the best is the Goddess of Fertility. There are some rumors that she's gotten more active tely, and well, with five kids in me, I should catch her attention, and Alzi seems to have a e with her. Breeders are well-doted, and none have had her level of success.

  "My Lady, are you sure you don't want to stop by and visit your parents? I'm sure your Mother would be happy to see you back," a maid calls out, the walls of the city t over us.

  "I don't know if I'm going to have time to visit them. I o head back to the manor tomorrow, and I don't know how many temples I'm going to have to visit. If the first two don't work out, I may have to do a straemple crawl to find out if I truly am an angel. If we finish early, I drop by and surprise them," I say.

  The ented emblem on the side of the carriage gets us through the gate without the normal wait or iion. Ihe carriage takes us directly to the temple. The busy m crowd splits to let through the royal carriage and its guards.

  People get out of the way of nobles as well, but unless you're a Duchess, they take their time. Most nobles don't actually have a right to pass them. People just do it so we don't yell at them. Merts are the worst; they know you 't touch them, so they don't like getting out of the way. But this carriage has everyone running to let us through.

  ...

  "Is this really it?" I ask the driver.

  In front of me is a building that looks like it was shoved betweewo buildings. It does not have a siatue, preetal, em—just a simple wooden wall and door.

  "Yes, the Goddess doesn't care much about the appearance, just that the home is warm. At least that is what the priestesses always say," she says back.

  "Okay, it doesn't look like they have mu, so I'll go in alone. Nobody would dare hurt me iemple of a Goddess, so I'll be fine," I say, looking at the guards who were already trying to voice their displeasure about my idea. Not giving them a ce to act, I open the light door. No mana is required, which is a nice feature.

  Inside is ore like a normal living room than a temple to a Goddess. The main decoration is the firepce, tered in the room, and all chairs face it. A small fire dang around in it gives the room a pleasant warmth.

  "Wele, miss. Is there something you need? Nobles don't e here often. Prefer their little shrines over this humble temple," A priestess asks from a couch. She does not even bother to look at me; she just keeps w on patg a dress. Not that I bme the old human.

  "I don't need anything special. I just came to give a prayer, and then I'll be out of your hair. I did bring a donation, but I don't see where I should offer it?" I say, pulling out a few s.

  "Just throw it in the fire. Be careful with your prayers; the Goddesses aren't always kind," she says, still refusing to look at her visitor.

  I throw the s in as she says, and the fire engulfs the s as they fall inside. I pick the closest chair and start my prayer. I start with asking for a simple blessing for my new home, might as well while I'm inside her domain, before asking about being an angel. As soon as I think of the word angel, I find myself in a new room.

  This one has a much rger fire r in the firepce. Blue fmes lick the walls, yet the room is fortable—almost too fortable—as my head starts to feel heavy. F my eyes open, I take a look at the rest of the room.

  Wooden walls, long worn couches, a bookshelf filled with a books. The spines carry letters I've never seen before.

  A single window lets me see outside to the forest the building must be in.

  "A daring girl ing up to the wrong Goddess asking strange questions," es from a faceless woman.

  "Goddess," I stutter out.

  "Yes, yes. Who else would pull you up here? Now, you're lucky I'm a nie or you would be in a world of trouble. Your pn of temple hopping was a terrible one. You would be a lot more likely to get captured than find out who your patron Goddess is. You must've gotten a hint over which of us it is, right?" she says, lying down on one of the worn couches. A small pte of cookies appears on a coffee table before me.

  I pie up and bite in. The warmth fills me with love.

  "A trusting girl you are. Though I suppose you have little to lose being in my domain already. So little aell me, what signs have you had so far?" The faceless Goddess asks.

  "I had a vivid and recurring dream of a woman having rough sex with me," I answer bluntly.

  "Rough sex? That is how you describe that dream. Would hate to see what you call torture. But yes, that is the sign you were given. So what makes you think I would send that sign to you?"

  "I don't really think you did. I just don't have a temple near me for the Goddess of sex, and she didn't answer my normal prayers. My csses seem to e from you, so I picked you. The pn was the Goddess of Fertility ."

  "Good, good. Worried you would be like the dragon that gave you your kids. I do have some e with you, but just a faint one. Your csses are going to be more lewd after this one. I made a little deal with yoddess for the first css. Help that silly dragon out when she es to you. She'll . Now, since you ck the temple to get to the right spot, you'll o go to the Goddess of Fertility. Sex has been ign me for a while, so I'm not going to help her here when you still easily get where yoing without it. But please do finish the cookies first. I haven't had someoo share them with in a while."

  "Thank you, Goddess. They taste perfect," I say.

  "Thank you. A home should be a pce where all be happy. Where a family es together. Work for that, dear. Your family has a lot tle against. Don't let your home crumble uhe stress," she warns.

  "Thank you for yuidance, Goddess. I'm sorry for not visiting you earlier," I say with a bow.

  The Goddess hasn't moved since lying down on the couch, her dress showing off her perfect figure as the faceless head points to me. Watg me eat the cookies.

  "Don't worry. I hear the prayers from your little shrines. I 't pull you up here from them, but I react to the prayers. I'm not picky about the temples; I'm more than happy to have a spot in happy houses. Now go to the Goddess of Fertility and be careful. She's a little pissed right now, but she'll help you."

  I return to the first room. The warmth from the cookies still fills my heart.

  "Lucky girl. Do you know where yoing now?" the old Priestess asks, not looking up from her work.

  "Yes, Priestess. Thank you for the warning, even if I ig."

  "Haha, I knew you were safe; otherwise, I would've said more. gratutions on the family, and thank you for the visit," she says, her hands pulling up a new dress to patch.

  "Thank you. I'll be heading out now," I say, moving from the chair.

  Outside, the guards were oher side of the door. Their bodies rex as I step into view.

  "I was fine. Now, off to the Fertility temple."

  ...

  Now, this is a normal temple. Oversized statues, some gems, and preetals open to the elements. Needing to use a bit of mana to opeupid door. Pew after pew, surrounded by paintings of the Goddess and a number of priestesses wandering about. One even came up to greet me.

  It's not homely like the previous one, but definitely a temple.

  "My Lady, is there something you need? Do you want the t and sexes?" the Priestess asks.

  "No, I'll just give a little prayer here and be on my way. Thank you for the offer. I have a good idea of the t and the sex that be found after the bor. I want a little bit of surprise when they e, you know," I answer back, heading to ay pew. Most are empty; just a few in the front are filled with families and a few pregnant women.

  I hardly start my prayer before I'm in a new hall. Pews all face a stoable with ominous pilrs on each er. A stained gss window covers the back wall, showing the Pregnaility Goddess. The other three walls are filled to the brim of her stories, and not a single door. Shit, the Goddess didn't sell me out, right?

  "Tell me, angel. Why do you carry the kids of my champion?" booms through the prison.

  "I didn't know she was your champion. My dreams showed me her, and I found her. I asked, and she gave. I meant no offense," I cry out, bowing my head and w into a kneel. "Please don't put me on that sb."

  "Do you have her?" The voice tio shake the room.

  "No, she's a sve. I didn't think of getting her. I don't have the money or power to get her."

  "Hmph, fine. You aren't to tell yoddess of the Father or what I told you to here. You don't o lie or avoid it; just don't offer it up for free. Promise me this, and I'll let you leave," she demands.

  "Please, I don't have a temple to reach my Goddess. I won't share what we talked about, but I o visit her. God..."

  "Pleading with a Goddess. Lels are always funny in the way they act. You're lucky a friend said I would help you."

  This time, I felt my body getting pushed through a tube, spinning around before finding myself i another hall. I'm still kneeling. I take a look at the new room ahis one filled with traptions I would never dare touch with a Alzi. Even now, alone, I feel scared. These feel much worse than that sb I saw st. The positions these force the unlucky girl into are humiliating and likely painful.

  "Finally, you make it to me. I've heard your prayers and thought you would be here a while ago. Oh, perfect, you little slut. Five kids the first time around is perfect," es a sultry voice right into my soul. Soft hand ing my shoulder, soft flesh pressing into my back as I kneel. "Keep this up, my little angel, and you may just earn a spot in my temple here."

  "My Goddess, I'm really an angel?"

  "Yes, dear. You. Are. My. Angel. Made to fuck that dragon over and ive me kids, fill a house with them. Pop them out and have her put new ones in the same hour if you . Just make sure the drago get near a Fertility temple."

  The and still strikes at my soul, my very being shaping to let her and in. To make her and my desires.

  "YYeess, yes, My Goddess," I let out, shaking. Maybe I should've hid from her.

  "Oh, don't think that. You'll be rewarded; make that dragon need you, love you, worship you. That is your true missiohat didn't ge you o. I just gave you a little reshaping to help you. I promise I won't do it anymore. You've lived without me for too long to accept more ges. Don't worry, you'll put those brothel whores to shame soon. Oh, your csses are going to be so much fun."

  "Please, My Goddess. I don't want that. I want to help my family. I ii. Please, let me raise these kids," I cry out.

  She pushes me onto my back, letting me see the face of a Goddess for the first time.

  Pretty. Perfect.

  "My angel. I would ake your kids away. They are yours. Raise them. Love them. That is fine. Your csses will keep you helping your family. You'll just be pregnant for a while, dear. But, if you would rather, you bring the dragon to my temple. I don't know why you would go to the Hearth or Fertility Goddess over my temple. But that is an option."

  "There aren't any temples near me." I whimper out. Eyes trag the perfect face before me. Oh, that golden hair hanging over me. Fu...

  "Oh, then find where my temple used to be and pray to me there. I'll fix the whole no temple thing fast. The city may not like it, but they'll figure out they o be quiet quickly. Now, you o leave before you lose your mind."

  I snap back to the t prison. A faceless goddess standing over me now. A small bump showing in her dress.

  "Now. What should I do with you?"