My Wife and I Became Sages in Another World-Chapter 417: The Pantheon’s Favor

After Phelena revealed to us that the latest earthquake had been caused by the summoning of the Demon King into the world, we stood silent for a moment, not knowing if she was warning us or blaming us for it.

The goddess explained that the demon king had appeared in her world once before, during the times when she brought the first sage.

"Alejandro..." I muttered, prompting Phelena to nod affirmatively.

Unlike Melina and me, who arrived in this world before the king was summoned, Alejandro arrived in a world plagued by war caused by the devils, which led him to take action against them from the very beginning.

Still, when I read the notes from the previous reincarnated sages, they stated they had failed the mission Phelena gave them, so I thought it would be better if I just asked to prevent us from getting the same result.

"As the Goddess of Life, I cannot tell you how to live... I can only give you a nudge in the right direction..." Phelena replied.

In other words, she told us to follow our hearts and deal with the devils however we saw fit. Nonetheless, I could tell that her wish wasn’t to get rid of them entirely.

Suddenly, four beams of light appeared behind the goddess, materializing four figures in the center that became clear once the light dissipated.

"It’s been a while, little brother!" said Sirica, the Goddess of Alchemy, who had just arrived with her siblings.

Next to Sirica, Hephaestus, the God of Crafts, stood tall and laughed out loud after seeing me and Melina standing there with confused expressions.

Asys, the God of Magic, and Garon, the God of Beasts, were also present, expressing that they simply wanted to wish us good luck in our battle.

Their words and actions may have seemed somewhat useless, but when Melina checked her status window, she noticed we had gained a new skill.

<Name: Ichiro

Age: 18

Skills: Kobudo, Martial Arts, Blacksmithing, Blessing of the Phoenix, Pantheon’s Favor.

MP: 300,000

Titles: Child of Phelena, Master Alchemist, Master Craftsman, Chocolatier, Master Hunter, Professor, Sage. >

<Name: Melina Sephyr

Age: 18

Skills: Magic Assimilation, Fencing, Kickboxing, Pantheon’s Favor.

MP: 320,000

Titles: Princess, Phelena’s Blessed, Chocolatier, Master Hunter, Sage. >

"We’ve grown quite a bit, huh?" I commented, noticing the amount of MP had increased dramatically from the last time I checked my status screen.

As we focused our vision on the new title, we were able to get a description of its effect.

<Pantheon’s Favor: Triples the amount of the user’s strength and MP pool for up to twenty minutes.>

"Ah, so it’s like a buff..." I muttered after reading the details.

As soon as Melina and I closed our status windows, we noticed that Phelena was standing less than a meter away from us, embracing each of us in her arms.

Gently placing her head down between our shoulders, a wave of calmness and serenity washed over us.

Phelena’s figure was almost eight feet tall, so she was pretty much a giant compared to us. Still, her embrace was soft and caring, almost how a mother’s embrace would feel like.

"My children. I brought you here for my own interest... I’ve put you through danger and numerous awful situations, and for that, I truly hope you can forgive me one day," Phelena said, her voice soft and soothing.

"However, I also wish for nothing more than your happiness... Please, believe me when I say this," she continued, and her voice seemed to get sadder.

At that moment, both Melina and I extended our arms and hugged Phelena back. For some reason, the goddess gave us the sense that she felt guilty about our situation, so giving her a hug seemed like a good option.

Our touch startled the goddess a bit, but she wasn’t unsettled by it—it was as if it was the first time she had received a hug.

While there were a few times when I questioned why Phelena had brought me into this world, I never resented her or had any similar feelings towards her. In fact, lately, I have felt more thankful to Phelena.

"If it weren’t for you, our story would’ve ended a long time ago as a tragedy..." Melina muttered, still hugging the goddess.

"Even if we can’t fulfill your mission, I’m grateful you gave me more time with Ichiro!" she continued.

"I agree..." I interjected.

"I know I acted like a depressed jerk when we first met, although I still think it was fair of me to feel that way at the time, I currently feel nothing but gratitude..." I continued.

A tear rolled down Phelena’s cheek, and the other gods gave us a bright smile, even Asys, who always had a serious expression on him.

"Be strong, my children... And thank you," Phelena said, slowly letting go of the embrace and smiling softly.

As she let go of us, we felt as if we were falling back, and right as our backs landed on the ground, we appeared back in the middle of the streets at the Iron Capital, where our companions had been staring at our sleeping bodies.

"Are you guys okay!?" Vespera asked, crouching beside us and checking our temperature to see if we had a fever.

"You guys just passed out and slept for like ten minutes..." she explained. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"Huh, interesting..." I replied.

"What the hell do you mean ’interesting’? What happened to you two?" Vespera asked, her voice filled with frustration.

"Calm down, Vesp. We are fine... I’ll explain everything," I replied to my companion, giving her a brief summary of our talk with the gods.

*Sigh* "You know? If it were anyone else telling me this story, I wouldn’t believe them," Vespera commented, and she had a point since we were probably the only people in the world who had seen and spoken to Phelena.

Either way, our time of peace had come to an end. The Demon King had arrived in the world, and the countries of every continent had their armies prepared to invade G’Henna.