I went to the temple in the early morning, hoping to see Silith.
"Out of the way, cat. No one wants you here."
As expected, people were upset I was there.
"Hey, cat, over here."
It was the woman at the gate.
"You can stand next to me."
"Why are you being nice?'
She laughed.
"You are interesting to both me and Jerico."
"You talked to Jerico?"
"Of course, we are in a trade agreement."
"Have you ever talked to Silith?"
"It's interesting that you refer to a god by name alone."
"I have my reasons."
"Of course, but yes, I have met him. He is very gracious."
"Interesting."
"Yeah, me and him have actually traded a lot."
We then sat in silence as a carriage pulled up. A knight opened the door, and a man, radiating power emerged.
"It's him."
Silith walked forth with a calm smile. He waved at everyone and saw the merchant.
"It's good to see you again, Amelia."
"You as well, Lord Silith."
"And who's yo-"
He froze. He instantly recognized me.
"Incredible that you are still alive."
His tone shifted, and Amelia and everyone else present noticed it.
"Lord Silith."
"Amelia, I would suggest moving a bit."
Amelia, confused, moved away.
"It's been a while."
"It has."
Jerico ran out.
"Lord Silith, what is happening?"
"Jerico, I'm handling it."
He glared at me and released his aura. The city started shaking.
"What's happening?!"
Only Jerico knew exactly what was happening.
"Why is Lord Silith challenging her?"
"Challenging?"
"Yes, Amelia. That aura is a threat. A challenge."
I smiled and released my aura in response. The goodness clashed with shadow, and we glared. Then our auras faded and Silith laughed.
"It certainly has been a while. Come in, let's get you something to eat."
The people looked in shock.
"What's happening?"
"Lord Silith is friends with a beastkin?"
Jerico was the most confused of all.
"Lord, what's going on? Who is the catkin?"
And Silith laughed.
"This is no catkin. Her name is Kala. She's a fellow god."
Everyone who mocked me immediately blanched.
"Yes."
"Why do you appear as one of Ausar's?"
"You know that dragon from Selethon?"
"Ah, so the rumors of you obtaining a body were true."
Amelia was in shock.
"Wait... you are the dragon from rumors?"
"Yeah."
Silith looked at me.
"You seem to be lacking binds."
"Yes, in my fight with Celios that caused my awakening, I lost my memories and bindings."
"Unfortunate."
"Yet potentially lucky for you."
Silith understood my meaning and quickly looked away.
"Yes, I suppose. Why did you come here, though?"
"Looking for gods in hopes they could help me regain my memories."
"I unfortunately can't help you with that, but I may be able to guide you. Where do your memories end?"
"Right before."
"I see."
We entered the temple and the people looked at us in confusion.
"Lord Silith? Why is there a catkin?"
"She's not a catkin she's a fellow god."
People kept asking and Silith was getting annoyed.
"If she's a god then she should be serving you as you are the king."
A priest said an ignorant statement that made me laugh.
That caused eyes to turn to me, but Silith seemed almost scared that I would kill the priest for the insult.
"Lord Silith?"
It seemed that Jerico also noticed his minor fear.
"Aldalen, let me tell you something. She is one that I would consider at least equal."
The others nodded in surprise, but Jerico had another question.
"What do you mean 'at least' equal?"
This question caused the others to turn back with questioning looks.
"She... uh..."
This was obviously the first time they saw Silith at a loss for words.
"Go on..."
Me smirking didn't help.
"She's *sigh* the mother of gods."
That got a massive reaction from the priests. The mother of gods was an ancient legend, many assumed I died or simply left, so me being here was definitely shocking.
Jerico stumbled back. Aldalen nearly had a heart attack in shock. The others had varying levels of shock.
"And that's why I didn't want to say that."
"Heh."
"You are a menace."
"Always was."
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The city erupted in shock as the priests spread the word of my identity.
Those who were already shocked by my godhood were even more shocked that I was their god's mother.
Of course, I was used to reverence. Maybe if I had Purity's memories it would be a bit more awkward for me.
I spoke with Silith about the others.
"There is a civil war happening."
"Why?"
"People want the throne."
"I see, well, I will talk to them and maybe calm them down."
"... They would attack you."
"Then I will fight them. I assume Ausar is one of them?"
"He is the leader."
"I see. Well, I know how to handle him."
"Yeah, but I am kind of worried. He may absorb you."
"That would be a major threat, but I can handle him. I raised all of you, I can handle Ausar."
"What if he catches you by surprise?"
"Then I just need to fight back harder than him."
"Kala."
"Yes?"
"The main concern with them is that they are trying to connect to an alternative world."
I was silent. That wasn't good.
"They aren't strong enough to do that."
"They aren't? They did summon something from another world."
"Then they had help."
This was getting worse.
Silith understood.
"Should I mobilize my side?"
"Make sure they are able to react, but don't do it conspicuously. I will get Celios to help."
"Alright."
I left immediately and started walking down the street, and people saw me and started shouting in praise. I disregarded them, if they wouldn't praise due to the content of my character, then I wouldn't accept them. If Silith didn't confirm my identity and ignored me, they would try running me out of town for daring to look at him as a catkin.