Ishureria lake is the name of the well-renowned lake in Rintiez Kingdom.
In order not to forget her gratitude towards the goddess’ mighty benevolence, the first queen of the kingdom named this grand lake after her.
In the first place, Rintiez Kingdom’s soil condition is mostly similar to the wasteland that covers the road in between Rintiez Kingdom and Tosuminia Kingdom as said in the historical record.
The ancestors of the people of Rintiez Kingdom, who are also the founding parents, built the seed of the kingdom centered around the lake that the goddess bestowed to them and managed to make it flourish. With more and more people gather on the flourishing kingdom, more and more faith power would similarly gather to Ishuteria. And with her strength increasing steadily, so does the process of turning the surrounding wasteland into fertile land.
Without the goddess, it would be impossible for the kingdom to be born.
The gratitude for making it possible to create their kingdom should never be forgotten. The first queen did the correct move in naming the lake after the goddess. This lake is, after all, the form of the goddess’ love to the masses.
Of course, all would be perfect if it were not for the goddess’ own troublesome personality.
For Renya who had witnessed how carnivorously unrestrained the goddess actually is, that impressive tale only gives him an empty feeling. He even thinks that rather than an impressive lake that gives lives to every creation, her name would be well matched to name a bottomless swamp where people would not be able to return back to the surface once swallowed.
But he then realizes that it might also be just another form of love.
Of course, Renya would not give a damn about such an impressive tale.
The group then got guided to the back entrance of the castle. They now receive a more pleasant treatment from the queen’s side. Renya’s group then reached the lakeshore in the back of the castle.
The clear lake surface reflects the sunlight falling on it making the surrounding nature seem bright and warm. The group could see how clear the water is when they reached the shore.
This lake is indeed the blessing of water, a miracle brought by the goddess that has witnessed the kingdom’s birth and cultivates all life.
Renya puts his hand inside the water and channels his divine power inside. He is trying to find the source of ‘contamination’.
He soon found his target in the bottom of the lakes. There is indeed a lump of filth pulsing with weak divine power that has made itself at home in the depth of the lake.
First, Renya covers the lump of black mud with his divine power like giving it a coating. This way, it would not be able to pollute anything else as it is sealed shut. Next, he would slowly pull the coated filth back to the surface.
“Floria, the moment the thing comes out from water immediately shoot it”
“Okay~. I will hit it with full~ power”
Floria has already completed her preparation besides Renya.
She only lifts her right hand up in the air. A sphere created from powerful condensed energy is floating on top of her hand.
It should be clear what that energy sphere would be used for. That is a divine power ball with power specialized in [purifying].
If it was just a matter of smashing it to pieces, it would be faster for Renya to just use his divine armaments. But from Ishuteria’s explanation, he is aware that the stagnation might survive even if there is only a tiny bit of it left so a simple smashing might not completely cleanse the thing. With that in mind, they choose the purification method to act as a cushion so they could safely clean the thing completely.
And then the lump of black mud finally appears from the water surface.
“Choiya!!”
At the same time, Floria also throws the purification divine ball with her full power. She even lifts one of her legs high in the sky like that pose a professional pitcher from Renya’s old-world makes when they are throwing their pitch. She is quite daring as she is currently wearing a miniskirt but Renya could not take a peek of what underneath from his position. Floria is actually manipulating the angle to prevent him from peeking and her effort is worth the praise.
To keep her guard up even when doing exaggerated moves like that shows that her skill has passed the realm of mortals. But Renya is also not a virgin greenhorn. Instead of minding over the view inside the skirt, he focused his attention towards Floria’s long slender legs that were being raised high in the sky.
The released fastball hit squarely in the lump of mud. The divine power of Renya and Floria gradually contracted and crushed the lump of mud.
It is like compressing clay into nothingness. The divine power that is pulsing inside the clay also quietly vanishes after some while since the purification process starts.
After that, nothing unusual happened. They could only hear the sounds of waves from the lake.
“After this, to make sure, let’s run the divine purification power to the lake and let it run through the whole capital city”
“I agree. With this, the aftercare would also be perfect”
Renya and Floria put their hands in the water again.
But for an unknown reason, Floria moves her hand to hold his hand. Renya, who finds it weird, moves his gaze towards her.
“I’m thinking about purifying the filthy love of the goddess with the power of our pure love together”
“If you said that……”
[What do you mean by my love is filthy~]
It sounds like Ishuteria’s voice resounded loudly in the surroundings but it actually can only be heard by Renya and Floria who are also a divinity.
Renya can only let out a grand sigh in this situation.
“…… You really can’t suppress your anger for this, can you, Floria?”
“T-h-a-t-s r-i-g-h-t! Even if others could, I will never forgive her. It is like a rickroll but about hatred”
“I will make it up for you a lot after this thing is solved so can you stop provoking her for a bit?”
Renya would be more troubled if the problem between the two goddesses worsens again so he quickly tries to soothe Floria from her anger.
Honestly, when someone reaches this level of stubbornness, most people would just get angry at them and tell them to just get over it but Renya would definitely not gonna do that.
He is too lenient to the people in his own circle.
“…… Then, when we get back today, let’s take a bath together. Less erotic content and emphasize more on skinship. If you can fulfill this order then I won’t say anything else about this matter”
“Then I will help you wash your hair gently, wash each other’s bodies in turn, and then soak together in the tub while flirting. How about this kind of content my goddess-sama?”
“Pretty close. I want to add the option of having my hair dried and combed after we get up from the tub”
“Orders received”
“Great! So let’s quickly finish this and go home”
[Don’t flirt with each other while holding your hands inside my lake~]
The two just ignored Ishuteria’s tearful protest and poured more divine power of purification into the lake.
Water will always flow. And the purification power that rides along the flowing water managed to reach every corner of the capital city in a short time.
[Aa, Aaaah~ What~ What’s with your divine power~? Aaahn~ This is my first time experienced it~]
Hearing Ishuteria’s coquettish voice that is definitely intentional made Floria’s blue vein on her forehead turn visible from great contraction force but because she had made a promise with Renya just now, she tries to hold herself down.
Or rather, the war god instinct in her blood somehow managed to sniff out Ishuteria’s plot on trying to make Renya’s promise null by provoking her. For Floria who owns the attribute of love, passion, and war in her blood, she would rather believe her instinct rather than her logic on problems like this.
The gentle light coming from the lake finally died down and the lake regained its former form. Everything returns to the way they were before like nothing special had happened.
[Thank you, both of you~. The contamination had completely gone~]
“That’s good then. Well, we will go meet the queen to say our regards then immediately go back home”
“Ara~? You are already here anyway so why not do some sightseeing first~?”
“That is good and all but the world only knows that we are summoned here by the royal family’s request as anything regarding you, Ishuteria, is supposed to be top secret. If we stay here for too long, I’m afraid that trouble will start to gather towards us. I’d rather come here again in the future under different conditions”
[You are right~ Humans really have a lot of bonds and fetters shackling them~]
“Well, that’s how it is after all. That’s why we would like to immediately leave. Ishuteria, live properly, okay”
[Of course~ If there are more troubles~ I’ll be sure to call you again~]
“…… I won’t come if it is about sexual troubles though”
[………]
“And your answer is?”
[…… Under~stand~. Such a waste~. It is rare to have a young god like Renya-kun and I’d really want to taste a young god’s libido~]
“Please do that to another god. I won’t stop you”
As long as it is not me, do whatever you want. Renya doesn’t forget to imprint those thoughts of him in his whisper.
After all, Renya is also someone who has romantic relationships with multiple women so he won’t blame other people for not being faithful. As long as both sides consented, his real opinion is to not give a damn about the rest.
Eventually, after confirming that Ishuteria’s manifestation in the world disappears, Renya enters the castle once again through the back gate and goes straight to the throne room.
The throne room is already empty except for Queen Alexia sitting on her throne. After doing a bow, Renya stands in front of her.
He then conveys to her the details and what the group had done to the queen. The queen of course gets shocked by the information but her reaction is really mild.
“I see that Ishuteria-sama is still in her usual inhibited self”
She let out a grand sigh while dropping her shoulder at the same time.
“Queen, so you are already aware of Ishuteria’s true nature?”
“The royal family still preserves the original scripture of teachings that Ishuteria-sama personally created so of course, we are aware of it. It just that the content are not really a good thing to divulge out in this day and age”
“It’s more like a dark history that should be sealed away, right……”
If they handled it wrongly, it might even deny the teaching that the state religion has been trying to cultivate so far. Calling it a dark history is in no reason incorrect.
“Well, at least she has done her job as a territorial goddess well so she can at least be depended on in that part”
“Of course we are well aware of that. My predecessor and even the predecessor before have always been knocking their heads off because of the goddess unreasonable oracle after all……”
“…… If it’s alright with you, could you please fill me in on the details?”
“The worst one that I know is coming from the oracle that was received by my mother. The content is about the growing population getting a bit slow so…… the goddess ordered us to make more chance for man and women to get along well together in the kingdom”
“…… That is directly crossing over the sphere of what a god should do”
She might be justified to feel worried about the kingdom as it is located right on her lap, but what she did is like how overly worried parents give their kids excessive concern. Or rather, in Renya’s eyes, Ishuteria gives the same impression to him like an aunt hastily giving that certain kid in the family that took so long to marry a marriage interview.
But from the ambiguous tone the queen had when explaining, Renya feels that Ishuteria won’t just stop with such tame content regarding that ‘getting along’ part without a doubt. He easily imagines her to send direct and thoughtless content in her oracle.
At worst, she might even command the kingdom to open up an orgy fest. For a hedonist that is lacking common sense (of a human) like her to make an oracle like that is not by any means weird after all.
“The thought of having Ishuteria starting some nonsense again in the time you are still the queen of the kingdom should be stressful, right”
“…… If things proved to be too much for me to handle then would Renya-sama mind if I come to you to ask for advice?”
“If things really went that bad then I wouldn’t mind giving you advice. Even more so, if you are asking me to chastise Ishuteria for her bad conducts, I will definitely fly over to do so”
By literally riding on my divine flying ship-stead. Which of course he rather keeps it a secret.
“I really only have grateful feelings toward Renya-sama. But are you really sure you don’t want any reward from us?”
“Yes. This time, it was a direct exchange between gods. To involve the kingdom with it is too much trouble and then explaining the situation to keep the report’s consistency is also a pain”
The goddess’ existence is only known by one part of the royal family. Renya’s current position in this kingdom is only a wanderer that is summoned by the queen because she received an oracle from the goddess and nothing else.
Giving him a reward for solving a problem that nobody is aware of would need tremendous effort in order to make those unaware give their consent to it.
“Then for the current troubles, I will gratefully accept your grace. But then again, Renya-sama, if you were to meet a problem that is unsolvable by your godly power then please don’t hesitate to rely on our kingdom. We will try to lend you our strength as much as we can”
“That’s right, a god is actually not omnipotent. If there are really problems that would go smoother if I borrow your strength then I would not hesitate to do so”
For Renya, it is rather this kind of relationship that feels more rewarding to him compared to just some treasure.
And then, after showing their respect for each other, Renya approaches the door trying to leave the throne room but he notices that it is very noisy outside.
He couldn’t catch what the noise was about but it sounds like the guards on the door seem to be arguing with someone. Renya opened the door wondering what happened on the other side.
“Princess! Please behave yourself! The queen is currently in the audience with a guest…”
“I don’t care! The guest is ‘that’ man, right!? My royal mother’s body is in danger…”
“There’s no such thing like that! Please calm yourself down!”
What appears in Renya’s eyes the moment he opens the door is a young woman that is being held by two female soldiers.
She wears a skirt that reaches her knees, a blouse, and a vest. Her clothing is overall simple but he could tell that every article of clothing in her body is high class.
Added to that, she has a similar kind of blonde hair that the queen had and there are also vestiges of the queen’s features on her face.
Compared to the queen, she is more baby-faced so she won’t grow into a mature beauty type like the queen in the future but it makes her tied up shoulder-length semi-long hair look refreshing on her. Her beauty definitely stands above many others.
And from her interaction with the surrounding soldiers, Renya could guess who the young woman was.
(Is she perhaps the royal princess?)
Feeling the omen of new strife coming at him, Renya could only curse at his own fickle-as-usual fate.
Ishureria lake is the name of the well-renowned lake in Rintiez Kingdom.
In order not to forget her gratitude towards the goddess’ mighty benevolence, the first queen of the kingdom named this grand lake after her.
In the first place, Rintiez Kingdom’s soil condition is mostly similar to the wasteland that covers the road in between Rintiez Kingdom and Tosuminia Kingdom as said in the historical record.
The ancestors of the people of Rintiez Kingdom, who are also the founding parents, built the seed of the kingdom centered around the lake that the goddess bestowed to them and managed to make it flourish. With more and more people gather on the flourishing kingdom, more and more faith power would similarly gather to Ishuteria. And with her strength increasing steadily, so does the process of turning the surrounding wasteland into fertile land.
Without the goddess, it would be impossible for the kingdom to be born.
The gratitude for making it possible to create their kingdom should never be forgotten. The first queen did the correct move in naming the lake after the goddess. This lake is, after all, the form of the goddess’ love to the masses.
Of course, all would be perfect if it were not for the goddess’ own troublesome personality.
For Renya who had witnessed how carnivorously unrestrained the goddess actually is, that impressive tale only gives him an empty feeling. He even thinks that rather than an impressive lake that gives lives to every creation, her name would be well matched to name a bottomless swamp where people would not be able to return back to the surface once swallowed.
But he then realizes that it might also be just another form of love.
Of course, Renya would not give a damn about such an impressive tale.
The group then got guided to the back entrance of the castle. They now receive a more pleasant treatment from the queen’s side. Renya’s group then reached the lakeshore in the back of the castle.
The clear lake surface reflects the sunlight falling on it making the surrounding nature seem bright and warm. The group could see how clear the water is when they reached the shore.
This lake is indeed the blessing of water, a miracle brought by the goddess that has witnessed the kingdom’s birth and cultivates all life.
Renya puts his hand inside the water and channels his divine power inside. He is trying to find the source of ‘contamination’.
He soon found his target in the bottom of the lakes. There is indeed a lump of filth pulsing with weak divine power that has made itself at home in the depth of the lake.
First, Renya covers the lump of black mud with his divine power like giving it a coating. This way, it would not be able to pollute anything else as it is sealed shut. Next, he would slowly pull the coated filth back to the surface.
“Floria, the moment the thing comes out from water immediately shoot it”
“Okay~. I will hit it with full~ power”
Floria has already completed her preparation besides Renya.
She only lifts her right hand up in the air. A sphere created from powerful condensed energy is floating on top of her hand.
It should be clear what that energy sphere would be used for. That is a divine power ball with power specialized in [purifying].
If it was just a matter of smashing it to pieces, it would be faster for Renya to just use his divine armaments. But from Ishuteria’s explanation, he is aware that the stagnation might survive even if there is only a tiny bit of it left so a simple smashing might not completely cleanse the thing. With that in mind, they choose the purification method to act as a cushion so they could safely clean the thing completely.
And then the lump of black mud finally appears from the water surface.
“Choiya!!”
At the same time, Floria also throws the purification divine ball with her full power. She even lifts one of her legs high in the sky like that pose a professional pitcher from Renya’s old-world makes when they are throwing their pitch. She is quite daring as she is currently wearing a miniskirt but Renya could not take a peek of what underneath from his position. Floria is actually manipulating the angle to prevent him from peeking and her effort is worth the praise.
To keep her guard up even when doing exaggerated moves like that shows that her skill has passed the realm of mortals. But Renya is also not a virgin greenhorn. Instead of minding over the view inside the skirt, he focused his attention towards Floria’s long slender legs that were being raised high in the sky.
The released fastball hit squarely in the lump of mud. The divine power of Renya and Floria gradually contracted and crushed the lump of mud.
It is like compressing clay into nothingness. The divine power that is pulsing inside the clay also quietly vanishes after some while since the purification process starts.
After that, nothing unusual happened. They could only hear the sounds of waves from the lake.
“After this, to make sure, let’s run the divine purification power to the lake and let it run through the whole capital city”
“I agree. With this, the aftercare would also be perfect”
Renya and Floria put their hands in the water again.
But for an unknown reason, Floria moves her hand to hold his hand. Renya, who finds it weird, moves his gaze towards her.
“I’m thinking about purifying the filthy love of the goddess with the power of our pure love together”
“If you said that……”
[What do you mean by my love is filthy~]
It sounds like Ishuteria’s voice resounded loudly in the surroundings but it actually can only be heard by Renya and Floria who are also a divinity.
Renya can only let out a grand sigh in this situation.
“…… You really can’t suppress your anger for this, can you, Floria?”
“T-h-a-t-s r-i-g-h-t! Even if others could, I will never forgive her. It is like a rickroll but about hatred”
“I will make it up for you a lot after this thing is solved so can you stop provoking her for a bit?”
Renya would be more troubled if the problem between the two goddesses worsens again so he quickly tries to soothe Floria from her anger.
Honestly, when someone reaches this level of stubbornness, most people would just get angry at them and tell them to just get over it but Renya would definitely not gonna do that.
He is too lenient to the people in his own circle.
“…… Then, when we get back today, let’s take a bath together. Less erotic content and emphasize more on skinship. If you can fulfill this order then I won’t say anything else about this matter”
“Then I will help you wash your hair gently, wash each other’s bodies in turn, and then soak together in the tub while flirting. How about this kind of content my goddess-sama?”
“Pretty close. I want to add the option of having my hair dried and combed after we get up from the tub”
“Orders received”
“Great! So let’s quickly finish this and go home”
[Don’t flirt with each other while holding your hands inside my lake~]
The two just ignored Ishuteria’s tearful protest and poured more divine power of purification into the lake.
Water will always flow. And the purification power that rides along the flowing water managed to reach every corner of the capital city in a short time.
[Aa, Aaaah~ What~ What’s with your divine power~? Aaahn~ This is my first time experienced it~]
Hearing Ishuteria’s coquettish voice that is definitely intentional made Floria’s blue vein on her forehead turn visible from great contraction force but because she had made a promise with Renya just now, she tries to hold herself down.
Or rather, the war god instinct in her blood somehow managed to sniff out Ishuteria’s plot on trying to make Renya’s promise null by provoking her. For Floria who owns the attribute of love, passion, and war in her blood, she would rather believe her instinct rather than her logic on problems like this.
The gentle light coming from the lake finally died down and the lake regained its former form. Everything returns to the way they were before like nothing special had happened.
[Thank you, both of you~. The contamination had completely gone~]
“That’s good then. Well, we will go meet the queen to say our regards then immediately go back home”
“Ara~? You are already here anyway so why not do some sightseeing first~?”
“That is good and all but the world only knows that we are summoned here by the royal family’s request as anything regarding you, Ishuteria, is supposed to be top secret. If we stay here for too long, I’m afraid that trouble will start to gather towards us. I’d rather come here again in the future under different conditions”
[You are right~ Humans really have a lot of bonds and fetters shackling them~]
“Well, that’s how it is after all. That’s why we would like to immediately leave. Ishuteria, live properly, okay”
[Of course~ If there are more troubles~ I’ll be sure to call you again~]
“…… I won’t come if it is about sexual troubles though”
[………]
“And your answer is?”
[…… Under~stand~. Such a waste~. It is rare to have a young god like Renya-kun and I’d really want to taste a young god’s libido~]
“Please do that to another god. I won’t stop you”
As long as it is not me, do whatever you want. Renya doesn’t forget to imprint those thoughts of him in his whisper.
After all, Renya is also someone who has romantic relationships with multiple women so he won’t blame other people for not being faithful. As long as both sides consented, his real opinion is to not give a damn about the rest.
Eventually, after confirming that Ishuteria’s manifestation in the world disappears, Renya enters the castle once again through the back gate and goes straight to the throne room.
The throne room is already empty except for Queen Alexia sitting on her throne. After doing a bow, Renya stands in front of her.
He then conveys to her the details and what the group had done to the queen. The queen of course gets shocked by the information but her reaction is really mild.
“I see that Ishuteria-sama is still in her usual inhibited self”
She let out a grand sigh while dropping her shoulder at the same time.
“Queen, so you are already aware of Ishuteria’s true nature?”
“The royal family still preserves the original scripture of teachings that Ishuteria-sama personally created so of course, we are aware of it. It just that the content are not really a good thing to divulge out in this day and age”
“It’s more like a dark history that should be sealed away, right……”
If they handled it wrongly, it might even deny the teaching that the state religion has been trying to cultivate so far. Calling it a dark history is in no reason incorrect.
“Well, at least she has done her job as a territorial goddess well so she can at least be depended on in that part”
“Of course we are well aware of that. My predecessor and even the predecessor before have always been knocking their heads off because of the goddess unreasonable oracle after all……”
“…… If it’s alright with you, could you please fill me in on the details?”
“The worst one that I know is coming from the oracle that was received by my mother. The content is about the growing population getting a bit slow so…… the goddess ordered us to make more chance for man and women to get along well together in the kingdom”
“…… That is directly crossing over the sphere of what a god should do”
She might be justified to feel worried about the kingdom as it is located right on her lap, but what she did is like how overly worried parents give their kids excessive concern. Or rather, in Renya’s eyes, Ishuteria gives the same impression to him like an aunt hastily giving that certain kid in the family that took so long to marry a marriage interview.
But from the ambiguous tone the queen had when explaining, Renya feels that Ishuteria won’t just stop with such tame content regarding that ‘getting along’ part without a doubt. He easily imagines her to send direct and thoughtless content in her oracle.
At worst, she might even command the kingdom to open up an orgy fest. For a hedonist that is lacking common sense (of a human) like her to make an oracle like that is not by any means weird after all.
“The thought of having Ishuteria starting some nonsense again in the time you are still the queen of the kingdom should be stressful, right”
“…… If things proved to be too much for me to handle then would Renya-sama mind if I come to you to ask for advice?”
“If things really went that bad then I wouldn’t mind giving you advice. Even more so, if you are asking me to chastise Ishuteria for her bad conducts, I will definitely fly over to do so”
By literally riding on my divine flying ship-stead. Which of course he rather keeps it a secret.
“I really only have grateful feelings toward Renya-sama. But are you really sure you don’t want any reward from us?”
“Yes. This time, it was a direct exchange between gods. To involve the kingdom with it is too much trouble and then explaining the situation to keep the report’s consistency is also a pain”
The goddess’ existence is only known by one part of the royal family. Renya’s current position in this kingdom is only a wanderer that is summoned by the queen because she received an oracle from the goddess and nothing else.
Giving him a reward for solving a problem that nobody is aware of would need tremendous effort in order to make those unaware give their consent to it.
“Then for the current troubles, I will gratefully accept your grace. But then again, Renya-sama, if you were to meet a problem that is unsolvable by your godly power then please don’t hesitate to rely on our kingdom. We will try to lend you our strength as much as we can”
“That’s right, a god is actually not omnipotent. If there are really problems that would go smoother if I borrow your strength then I would not hesitate to do so”
For Renya, it is rather this kind of relationship that feels more rewarding to him compared to just some treasure.
And then, after showing their respect for each other, Renya approaches the door trying to leave the throne room but he notices that it is very noisy outside.
He couldn’t catch what the noise was about but it sounds like the guards on the door seem to be arguing with someone. Renya opened the door wondering what happened on the other side.
“Princess! Please behave yourself! The queen is currently in the audience with a guest…”
“I don’t care! The guest is ‘that’ man, right!? My royal mother’s body is in danger…”
“There’s no such thing like that! Please calm yourself down!”
What appears in Renya’s eyes the moment he opens the door is a young woman that is being held by two female soldiers.
She wears a skirt that reaches her knees, a blouse, and a vest. Her clothing is overall simple but he could tell that every article of clothing in her body is high class.
Added to that, she has a similar kind of blonde hair that the queen had and there are also vestiges of the queen’s features on her face.
Compared to the queen, she is more baby-faced so she won’t grow into a mature beauty type like the queen in the future but it makes her tied up shoulder-length semi-long hair look refreshing on her. Her beauty definitely stands above many others.
And from her interaction with the surrounding soldiers, Renya could guess who the young woman was.
(Is she perhaps the royal princess?)
Feeling the omen of new strife coming at him, Renya could only curse at his own fickle-as-usual fate.
