The venue had changed, we were in the reception room of the Shrine.
This was the room used by the priests and was no longer part of the deities’ abode. My face was inexplicably grim.
“They were in front of people… on top of that, they were inside Kami-sama’s room… and yet, without the slightest hesitation..”
We’re talking about others here, but my cheeks couldn’t help but heat up as I recalled the scene.
It would have been quite a dangerous situation if the priest didn’t awkwardly coughed then.
The two of them would probably stay immersed in their own world and would continue their display of affection for us to see, if we just let them be.
Adoracion-sama didn’t even cough in embarrassment, or do anything like that.
Maybe it’s because he’s a deity. He disregarded all the eyes on them, and continued hugging Lidianne, but —
‘Well, his partner is in the wrong, I guess.’
I unwittingly heaved a sigh as I recalled what happened.
Adoracion-sama didn’t care, but there was no way Lidianne could bear the people staring at them.
The moment she realized that everyone’s gaze were on her, blood rushed to her cheeks, and her entire face became crimson as she pushed Adoracion-sama away.
After that, we had to clean up the aftermath in the midst of the awkward atmosphere.
We turned over Rozalie, who still didn’t wake up, to the priests. We then headed towards the reception room to report all the details of the pandemonium that had just occurred.
I left out the fact that Lufure-sama had weakened and that he was staying in Adoracion-sama’s mansion, but the rest were just as it transpired.
That reporting had just ended right now.
The priests had already left the room, and we decided that we should also go home.
By the way, the deities were not present during this reporting time.
I forgot all about this because of Lufure-sama’s attitude, but basically, the deities did not directly interact with anyone else aside from their own saintesses.
The saintess that the deity personally chose was the only one who could ask for help and borrow the deity’s power.
If it was an extremely important matter, they would give oracles, but that was it.
The deities couldn’t decide the path of the humans.
People should choose for themselves and not just entrust everything to the deities. The Supreme God Grand Verite-sama was the one who drew this line between the humans and deities during the founding of the nation, and it was an absolute law.
Even Lufure-sama didn’t dare show his face during our meeting.
That was for the best —
“— Yeah, that was quite a show. Didn’t know Adoracion-sama had that side.”
He just didn’t join the meeting, but he was still here after it ended.
This deity was too meddlesome, poking his nose in the humans’ affairs.
“And even if he’s speaking fondly about his partner, it totally didn’t seem that way. Makes you feel like ‘is this real?’, right.”
“Yeah…. well, I get that, Adoracion-sama is that type of deity…Even if people confront him about it, he would probably just say 'so what?”…”
“The person himself probably didn’t have any intention to shove it on our faces, but as witnesses…”
Lufure-sama and I conversed, then we peeked at the person beside us.
The other person of the couple in question was right here, sitting beside us. It was no other than Lidianne.
Her posure was far more rigid than ever as she pursed her lips, her face beet-red. Her hands were balled into fists on her lap.
“………..”
Lufure-sama and I stared wordlessly at her slightly quivering shoulders.
Her crimson face was turning redder by the second under our gazes.
The scarlet color climbed to the tips of her ears, until she could no longer stand it.
She yelled at us.
“W-what!? Do you have any problem with me!?”
“It’s not like I have a problem with you, but…”
None, but the scene of a particular night drifted back to my mind.
It was back when we discussed Adoracion-sama’s feelings for Lidianne.
I recalled her brooding face back then, so I couldn’t help but run my mouth again.
“Dense…”
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“I heard you, Eleanor!!”
Lidianne glared at me, and I hurriedly pressed my hand on my mouth.
She then lifted her chin up and turned his face away, as if trying to hide his scarlet face.
“I-I’m leaving now! You should forget what you saw today by tomorrow! Such a thing happened, so you have to be careful all the more on your way home!”
‘Yeah, Adoracion-sama is waiting for you, after all.’
If I said that, she would definitely ignore me tomorrow.
I already knew that, but I still wanted to blurt unnecessary words.
I was about to open my mouth while ironically reminding myself that I shouldn’t do this when —
“…Wait.”
Before I could say anything, somebody else called out to Lidianne just when she was about to leave, their voices resounding in the room.
It was the voice of the underlings who had also participated in explaining the situation to the priests.
Both of them rose from the sofa and strode towards us with dark faces.
They looked like they’re going to complain again, so I unconsciously braced myself —
“…….Sorry.”
I stood there dumbfounded while still bracing myself.
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