When Scarlet opened her eyes the next morning, she noticed that the deities were looking at her weirdly. Obviously, they had something to say judging by the way they were brooding.
Her first thought was that they were perhaps unhappy with the way she handled things in the small world. Her decision to swim to that ruined castle had been spontaneous and dangerous.
She thought about her pearl and her hounds and she took all of these things out of her soul gourd first.
Lythia waved her hand and both hounds disappeared.
Scarlet could not tell if this was done for privacy or because the hounds needed treatment. She decided to break the ice and go first if no one else was going to talk.
"Sooo, I am back."
"Have you been seeing other gods behind our backs?" Carnelia blurted out.
"Huh!" Scarlet's face twisted up in confusion. Why did it sound as if the fire goddess was confronting her lover who was having a secret affair.
