Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

“I am not cowering in fear, and I am not going to hate him… anymore. He has saved our forest, and I saw it with my very eyes. I don’t trust him, but I will trust Lady Planta’s faith on him.”

Queen Titania ended helping me convince the fairies, and the rest of the inhabitants of the forest to accept Erebus, or at least not hate us because we brought him here.

“Lady Titania…”

“If she says so…”

“Uh, well…”

“This is awkward, but he… maybe if he’s Lady Planta’s Familiar, I guess it’s fine, right?”

“Familiars must always obey their masters after all…”

“Hmm, yeah!”

The fairies instantly changed their faces after hearing their Queen. Wow, they really love her. It was a bit surprising how they just completely accepted it so quickly once she said something about it.

“I know it’ll be hard, and I am not asking you to love him or anything of the sort,” she said. “He’ll simply live within the forest. And will try to amend for his many sins… Even if it might seem ridiculous, his power is needed for the powerful threats that desire our forest’s destruction.”

“I… I will do everything I can to protect the forest,” Erebus didn’t know what else to say, so he decided to be a bit direct. “Don’t worry, you’re in good hands now.”

He tried to force a smile with his two little hands, although it ended looking creepier than I imagined, but not too much. It helped he was so cute and small, and honestly looked more like a girl than a boy.

The people of the forest looked at one another and didn’t really say anything. Maybe his cuteness will win them over eventually, through time and effort. I might have to ask for Florie’s help so he can become cuter and use his cuteness and charm to win everyone’s hearts.

“Don’t worry about anything,” I said. “Erebus is my responsibility, and I’ll do anything to take care of him and make sure he doesn’t harm anybody. He promised me he would change. But if I ever see him going back to how he was even for a second, I will not forgive him anymore, and his soul will be destroyed. He knows this very well.”

“Yes, I know…” Erebus nodded. “I obviously don’t want to die either… So I’ll obey and help as much as I can. I know the things I once did cannot be forgiven, and I don’t blame anybody for hating me for the rest of their lives, you’re all perfectly justified. But even then, I’ll help you, even if you hate me, I’ll protect you, and even if you despise me, I’ll make sure this forest remains protected and safe from harm.”

“Thank you Erebus,” said Titania. “I’ll try to trust you; I want to trust you… the things that happened before… I indeed cannot forgive me, and perhaps I still… there’s a part of me that still despises you greatly. But there’s another part of me… that has great pity for you. At the end, you and the other Demon Kings are all fragments of the child of the Gods. If you truly want to change, a second chance is the least we could offer.”

“Ooh…”

“Queen Titania is so merciful…”

“And if Lady Planta assures us that he’ll be immediately punished upon doing something bad…”

“T-Then maybe it’s… okay?”

“Yes… maybe.”

“Hmm, I suppose so…”

The people of the forest finally changed their faces a bit and began to look a bit more hopeful, it was a nice speech, it convinced them enough.

Doing more of that though, would end up coming as bothersome or forced. This is the most we can do, the rest is all up to Erebus, he has to prove himself an ally.

He will slowly gain their trust through his own actions.

“Thank you…” Erebus thanked us.

“Alright then,” I nodded. “As you can see now, the forest has changed a lot. It has now become a recreation of an ancient primordial garden of life. As I merged it with my World Boss Authority Domain itself! Pretty amazing, right? The forest has become at least twelve times bigger than before, and you’ll need to investigate every inch now that it has expanded so much. It doesn’t mean its dangerous though. It is connected to me. If anybody gets lost while exploring, I’ll quickly help you return back home. So I encourage everyone to explore and map the forest, expand your own villages, farms, and so on. This forest, this garden, is yours, my beloved people. All for you.” Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire

“Uuuooohhh!”

“Lady Planta, thank you!”

“I can’t believe it; she did such a god-like thing!”

“She has been doing god-like things since she appeared, honestly!”

“I still remember the first time she appeared in our little village and healed us with the help of Acorn!”

“She’s our guardian!”

As they celebrated this news, the food I left my Food Spirits preparing was already getting done. With Gordon’s magistral assistance, hundreds of plates of delicious meals were produced constantly.

Fried rice, roasted wild boar, smoked fish, cheese-filled baked potatoes, and many other dishes were being made constantly, helping me gain more and more Divine Gourmet Essence as well as accumulating some EXP.

Gordon was also rapidly leveling up. We started the feast right away, as with a mere thought, I easily created hundreds of wooden tables and seats across the entire Fairy Queendom and also the interior of the castle.

With the help of many Spirits and Dragon Spirits that wanted to assist us, and even divine spirits of many new races, including the elusive and mysterious Higgledies, the feast began with a boom, as everyone was being served bountiful amounts of delicious, cooked meals.

“Oohooo! What a feast!” said Ambil, eating fried rice, drinking soup, eating roasted wild boar, and more. “I haven’t had such a massive feast in months!”

“After fighting so much I’m already starving, this is too good! I’m so happy,” said Johanna, eating all the meat she could.

“It seems everything ended nicely,” smiled Mark, patting my shoulders. “Well done.”

“Ah, yeah, though I feel like I’m forgetting something…” I muttered. “Hmm… Ah!”

I forgot to go met the King and the Queen!

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