"I am Nashia, Goddess of the Null attribute. So, who are you boy?" (Nashia)
I look down at her to meet her eyes since she is slightly shorter than me.
"I'm Hirano Yuudai, nice to meet you" (Yuudai)
"And why exactly are you here at my quarters? I presume not just to attempt to tear my door off its hinges" (Nashia)
Awkwardly I avert my gaze from hers and instead my eyes dart around the room behind her, curious to see what a Goddess' room might be like.
(It's just a living room)
It is as ordinary as could be. A sofa with, in front of it, a small wooden coffee table with a glass tabletop and a large TV on a stand behind that. No pictures on the wall, however there are windows with some simple white curtains hiding the outside.
(I wonder what the view is even like in a place like this. I mean, this is heaven right? Or somewhere that Gods live so is there even an outside?)
Returning back to my senses, I answer the Goddess.
"No, sorry. I was brought here" (Yuudai)
"By whom?" (Nashia)
"A young man and girl teleported me here" (Yuudai)
"Hm? Oh, I see. It's that time already" (Nashia)
The Goddess-sama seems to have already understood the circumstances and turns around.
"Come in and take a seat. We need to have a little chat" (Nashia)
I follow her order and sit on the sofa. The engulfing softness is out of this world, as expected of a godly sofa used by deities.
"So, what exactly did those two say? I doubt anyone would bring you here without reason. Especially the angels, they never do anything unless their told to by one of their higher ups" (Nashia)
The Goddess sat the other side of the sofa and got straight to the point.
(Oh, so those two were angels huh. Maybe I should have been more polite to them, well if I ever see them again then I should at least apologise)
While thinking about the two from before, I respond.
"Um, they said something about me having a large mana pool but no resonances. Also they said I have only one skill and it's an appraisal type one" (Yuudai)
(Whatever that means)
The Goddess furrows her brow.
"So that's why they brought you to me. Because the only element you have is mine and they most likely didn't want to trouble any of the other busy goddesses with such a trivial matter. They could've gone to Senko-chan or Mei since they won't be doing any reincarnations, but I guess Mei is extremely busy as always and no-one can reach Senko-chan right now so that's out of the picture. Hm, well I wouldn't usually do this but since you're the first visitor I've had in a while and I've been running out of sources of entertainment recently, I'll help you out" (Nashia)
She smirked at me and held her palm out facing upwards.
It glowed bright white and a singular shining orb appears. She pushes it towards me and it floats over. I hold my hands out to receive it but it fades straight through my hands and into my chest.
"I have given you a skill, I'm not sure what since it is random for each person and there are hundreds of ones even I haven't discovered yet, but whether it is strong or not depends on you and how you use it" (Nashia)
"Thank you, I shall use it well" (Yuudai)
I bow my head slightly and gratefully thank her. She smiles at me and carries on.
"I do not have a country like a lot of the other Goddesses so I shall drop you off near the most free and passive one, the Wind Kingdom, Libertia. I guess I should also make you look the part as my only transport" (Nashia)
She waves her hand around in a circle over my face and inspects me afterwards.
"Yes, that will do very well." (Nashia)
The Goddess, looking very proud of herself nods and smiles to herself.
"It's more entertaining to watch someone better looking rather than the average human face. Well, now all there is to do is have you set foot on the ground" (Nashia)
She stands up next to the coffee table and holds her hand out. Another light envelops the room and the table contorts and dips into the floor, spreads out, and becomes a circular portal with a swirling void inside.
I stare in awe at the miracle and look at the Goddess performing it before me. She looks at me and beckons me to the portal, I stand up in front of it and she looks satisfied like she just finished a good days work.
"My job here is done then" (Nashia)
The Goddess turns around to walk off but as she takes a step, the carpet slips under her, moving the portal closer and causing her to fall backwards, straight into it.
"Ah" (Nashia)
"Ah" (Yuudai)
I reach out to grab her and catch her hand, however I instantly have the feeling like I am getting assaulted by a million headaches at once and let go automatically.
"Aaaaaaaahhhh!"
The Goddess plummets straight into the portal, screaming all the way.
I move away from the hole and sit back on the sofa, not knowing what to do.
(The Goddess fell in the hole. Well she is a Goddess so she should be able to come back soon. I am supposed to go in there too but just in case she doesn't come back, I'll stay here and report this to one of those angels. I'm sure they would like to know what has happened when one of their leaders has gone missing. Yeah, I'm definitely not just worried about going into that thing)
I decide to wait and so I sit back on the sofa and do just that.
Five minutes later and nothing has changed.
(She isn't coming back. I should go and try to get someone)
I stand up and start walking to the door but get stuck after taking only one step.
Putting all my weight and strength into walking makes no difference, I can't move forwards. In fact I am ever so slowly moving backwards, towards the hole.
(Oh shit. Is it dragging me in?)
As if answering my question the pull suddenly got stronger and I trip very close to the hole, almost falling in.
(Well I guess if I'm going in anyway)
I accept my fate and nosedive straight into the hole, subsequentially getting covered in a bright light.
As I plummet at an insane speed, a dark silhouette falling, just like me, appears. At first I thought that it is the Goddess, but with the outline of her clothes being a large dress which is nothing like the shorts and t-shirt of Nashia, I perish the thought immediately. This silhouette holds her arm up and a bright yellow orb appears in what looks like her palm. It floats towards me and just like Nashia's one, goes into my chest.
The silhouette disappears as easily and quickly as it appeared and without time to question who is was, the light faded to darkness.