''Who are you? Where are you?"
[I'm here~]
A teasing voice of a woman resounded inside the hall of white walls.
Hwa-Jin turned around and saw a beautiful woman.
A beautiful lady with porcelain white skin,hair and eyes as black as the starless night sky.Beside her is an enormous lion with a shining golden mane.She smiled and waved to the dazed Hwa-jin and signaled her to come close to her.
Hwa-jin immediately walked in front of the lady calling her.
"Who are you?"
[Oh my~So impatient.Well I guess I need to introduce myself.]
The lady smiled.
[My name is Inanna,goddess of death and war.]
She smiled brightly even more. Hwa-jin was confused.
"Why am I here?"
[Well I called you of course,Jo Hwa-Jin. Or should I say Lady Artemisia Corrigan?]
The goddess smiled even wider.
Hwa-jin,no,Artemisia felt chills in her spine.
'Well she's a proclaimed goddess afterall.So there's a high possibility that she knew my past life.'
"So what does a 'goddess' wants from a 'mortal' like me?'
[I like you. You pretty catch on fast.Fufufu.]
The goddess laugh elegantly befitting of her graceful appearance.
[I want you to be my apostle.]
Confused,Artemisia asked.
"Apostle?"
[Yes. Apostle.I want you to spread oracles and prophecies and justice!]
"For what?"
[For fun.]
With that reply Artemisia felt like she's been strucked at the back of her head.What kind of goddess pulls a dead person from the darkness just because she wants them to spread her oracles and prophecies for fun?
"I refuse."
[Wait!wait wait!]
The goddess stopped her from turning around.
[Hey!Atleast listen to me! I'm a goddess you know!]
"Sorry.I'm a christian though."
This reply made the goddess pout.Then she formed a serious expression.
[I'm planning on returning you back to your own former world. The world where you lived as an evil schem--]
"Okay!Okay! I got it so now what?"
Artemisia hurriedly cut off the goddess but she continued on.
[Hey!I'm still not finished speaking!You know the world where you were head over heels on a certain prince and you start rattling like a machine gun when you saw him with another---]
"OKAY!!!Just skip that will you?!"
The goddess laughed hard while Artemisia reddened in embarrassment.
[Oh come on~There's no need to be shy. Everyone makes mistakes. Wellsome is not as big as yours though.]
Artemisia's face reddened even more.She lowered her head unable to look the goddess straight into the eyes unlike earlier.
"So what's the point of this apostle thingy?"
The goddess pondered for a moment and spoke.
[I want you to become my apostle.]
The atmosphere then turned serious.
[It's not only you who I pulled from the void.Actually I pulled thirteen of you.]
'Thirteen?'
"So?"
[All of you are going to become my apostles. My holy daughters and sons. And because of your discipleship all of you will retain your memories from your past life.Though…]
'Though?'
The goddess stopped for a moment to increase the tension.
[You're the only one who is from that world originally.]