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to recover from a bar fight and began roughly smothering Welf’s injuries with the same ointment the goddess is using on me.
    Lilly’s taken on an aura of superiority ever since we left the bar. “Lilly can’t believe this…This’ll come back to haunt us…Please consider how worried Lilly is.” She keeps repeating herself under her breath.
    The goddess listens to what she has to say and does her best to smile at us.
    “I’m surprised at you, getting into a fight like this. Then again, you
are
a boy, Bell.”
    “…”
    Her thin fingers are gentle as she rubs more cream onto my face. I feel really bad for making her worry, but I stay silent.
    Satisfied with my treatment, the goddess takes her hand away and looks at me with serious eyes.
    “However, fights are never a good thing! It’s just like what your supporter said. You realize you really got hurt this time!”
    I let her finish and then immediately stand up.
    Everything that happened in the bar, all the anger, I can’t keep it in anymore.
    “But those guys—they insulted you!”
    This might be the first time I’ve ever talked back to her. Lilly and Welf freeze and look up at me.
    I wouldn’t care if they’d insulted me—I can take it.
    However, they went after the people I care about—they insulted my
goddess
. She can’t expect me to let that slide.
    My goddess has given me so much, and that prum man made her out to be nothing more than dirt under someone’s boot.
    I clench my eyes shut in an attempt to keep tears from leaking out from the rage built up inside me. The goddess looks up at me with unblinking blue eyes.
    She just stares at me for a moment before a small smile appears on her lips.
    “I’m happy you would get this angry for my sake. But doing so put you in a lot of danger and that makes me much sadder.”
    The goddess’s soft tone is in stark contrast to my body shaking in anger.
    “I understand how you’re feeling, Bell. If it were the other way around and someone insulted you, I’d be mad enough to breathe fire. But if I got into a fight over it and came back injured like you did today, how would you feel?”
    “…I’d want to cry.”
    “See? That’s how I feel. I know it’s unfair, but please don’t get angry if you hear someone say something bad about me. Gods are happiest when their children are healthy.” And then she smiles at me. “Make a joke out of it next time. Something like ‘that wouldn’t anger my goddess, she’s got a big heart’ or something like that.”
    The goddess…
My
goddess’s words cool my hot head.
    She gently accepts all of my anger and rage, contains it, and helps me let it go.
    Her smile unravels the knots of emotion that had built up in my chest.
    I fall silent, nod, and apologize. “I’ll put up with it next time…I’m sorry.”
    I look at the floor as I make my promise before looking up at her face. She’s smiling from ear to ear—absolutely beaming, like a healthy flame in a fireplace.
    Tap, tap.
She pats the bed next to her. I do what she’s asking and take a seat on the bed. She gently runs her fingers through my hair. I’m starting to blush, but I don’t move away.
    Lilly and Welf watch the two of us. They do nothing to try and hide their amusement.
    A calm, serene mood fills the hidden room under the old, run-down church.
    “Lilly’s worried about how the other
Familia
will respond. It would be nice if they didn’t hold a grudge and come after Mr. Bell.”
    The goddess had been rubbing my head and shoulders and was about to lean in for a hug when Lilly voices her concern.
    Welf runs his hand over his black jacket, looking for damage. He doesn’t even look up when he adds, “I started it. Bell should be fine.”
    “That may be so…but adventurers have a lot of pride. If their
Familia
is concerned about losing face, there might be a problem.”
    “Hmm, that’s a good point.” The goddess looks over at Lilly and agrees with her. “Shall I talk to their god to