An almost frozen awkwardness filled the cathedral…
Truth had her mouth slightly open, a hand pressed to her chest.
The blush on her cheeks hadn’t fully faded, and her mind still lingered on the unfamiliar, intense electric sensation she had just felt—it was the first time she had so directly understood just how sensitive her body truly was.
Wilona, still pressed against the bench, her tail held high, had a mix of confusion and a certain indescribable shyness in her amethyst-like eyes.
?!
‘Then what’s with that expression on her face?! I’m the one who got violated here!’
Wilona thought with a frown. If anyone found them like this, they’d definitely assume Wilona was the one who had taken advantage of Truth…
Time passed slowly. Neither of them spoke. They simply let their excited emotions gradually settle.
A few minutes later, the blushes on both their faces finally disappeared.
But the atmosphere remained awkward.
After a few more minutes, Wilona decided to break the deadlock.
She let out a long breath and carefully crawled in front of Truth.
“For you, meow! A meeting gift… Mom said… meeting gifts must be given, meow!”
Although her tone still carried a hint of reluctance, taking the initiative to defuse the conflict was already more mature than most people her age.
Wilona produced a very delicate light purple wooden box and presented it to Truth, then slowly opened it.
Under Truth’s slightly curious gaze, a pure white feather came into view.
The feather looked very ordinary, but faintly exuded a sense of holiness.
“This isn’t an ordinary feather, you know. Want to know what it does?” Wilona asked, a little smugly.
Unfortunately, Truth recognized the origin of this feather at a glance.
‘I didn’t expect it to be a feather from an adult Rui Beast. Looks like this little cat does value me somewhat.’ Truth thought.
Before Truth’s reincarnation, Rui Beast feathers were already an extremely rare synthesis material.
Five hundred years later, there was no need to mention it—these things were now perpetually in demand but rarely available on the market.
Supposedly a synthesis material, but most people never used them for crafting. Instead, they wore them directly to gain a special effect…
“I do!” Truth replied with curiosity.
Though she already knew the origin and effect of the feather, since the little cat was actively using it to break the awkwardness, she might as well play along.
Otherwise, it would be a waste of Wilona’s good intentions.
Truth also decided to forgive Wilona for the surprise attack on her chest earlier. As for her own sudden poke at Wilona’s stomach…
‘Want me to apologize? No way!’
‘You should feel honored to be petted by me! And if I apologize, wouldn’t that mean I admit I did something wrong?’
‘No can do. From now on, Truth will make sure Wilona understands that petting a cat is a perfectly normal thing!’
“This feather has a very straightforward name—it’s called ‘Lucky Feather.’ Even the Goddess of Life has a hard time getting one!”
Wilona picked up the feather, straightened her back, and carefully placed it on top of Truth’s head.
“The Lucky Feather is a feather from the chest of the Beast God. As long as you wear it on your body, you’ll be blessed with good luck forever!”
The Lucky Feather was firmly stuck on Truth’s head.
Suddenly, it shimmered with iridescent light, then gradually turned pure white and merged with Truth’s hair color, extremely stable.
No matter how much she shook it, it wouldn’t fall off. It looked just like…
“Eh… an ahoge?”
Truth touched the Lucky Feather on her head in surprise. Wasn’t this kind of thing supposed to be a decoration on hats or other equipment? How did it become an ahoge and symbiotically grow on her?
[Equipped Effect Obtained: “Beast God’s Lucky Blessing”: Monster material drop rate increased by 30%. The wearer will be more likely to encounter lucky events.]
The effect of the Lucky Feather appeared directly before Truth’s eyes. For newbie players, “Beast God’s Lucky Blessing” was the perfect tool for early game farming!
But unfortunately, Truth wasn’t a newbie…
“Thank you…” Under Wilona’s gaze, Truth slightly adjusted her lucky ahoge, tucking it under her hair. As long as she didn’t shake her head wildly, this external ahoge wouldn’t show.
To Truth, who was at the peak of the Eleventh Rank, this thing was pretty useless. But after thinking it over, what if it could help her at a critical moment?
This wasn’t the game world anymore—it was reality. Maybe this Lucky Feather was actually some kind of conceptual-level equipment. Perhaps wearing it would allow her to break through to the Twelfth Rank the next day through some fortuitous coincidence?
‘Yeah, I’ll keep it. No side effects anyway…’
Meanwhile, seeing Truth curiously studying the Lucky Feather on her head, Wilona secretly pouted again.
‘Hmph! Aunt said you were gentle and cute! You wicked Saintess!’
‘First you grope me everywhere, then you get the Lucky Feather—all the benefits go to you, and you still haven’t apologized to me!’
“By the way, I’ve prepared a little gift for you too,” Truth suddenly said.
“Eh… Really?” Wilona, who had just been complaining in her head, was startled. This girl actually prepared a gift for her?
“Then… bring it here, meow.” Wilona replied a little sheepishly. Just a second ago, she had been badmouthing Truth, and now Truth was about to hand over a small gift.
Awkward…
In reality, Truth hadn’t prepared any gift at all. This was just a spur-of-the-moment idea to return the favor and restore Wilona’s goodwill.
Truth suddenly remembered that small gift from the Sun Family, which she had left forgotten on a table at the back of the cathedral.
“Follow me.” Truth grabbed Wilona and ran to the back of the cathedral. Soon, she found a box on an unremarkable wooden table.
Without hesitation, Truth shoved the box into Wilona’s arms.
“This is a small token of my appreciation. I hope you don’t mind.”
“Uh…”
This was the gift Truth had prepared for her?
Wilona looked at the dusty, old-fashioned box in her hands with surprise.
It felt like something that had been left in a corner for ages without anyone wanting it.
“Truth, why is this box so dusty, meow?”
“Ah, well… the cathedral is old and hasn’t been repaired, so there’s a lot of dust. Leaving it out for one night would naturally make it like this.”
“Ugh…” Wilona forced back her disgust and wiped the dust off the wooden box with her sleeve. ‘Alright, no matter what comes out of this, I have to act like I really like it. It would be rude otherwise.’
Without much expectation for what was inside, Wilona opened the box directly. Inside lay a small silver pendant.
“What is this?”
For some reason, the moment Wilona laid eyes on the silver pendant, she was deeply captivated. And the gem at the center of the pendant looked very familiar…
Was it a Space Gem?