บท 93: Having mercy once is enough

"You know why I'm here."

Sophie looked at the unfamiliar goddess who had just appeared in her room and her heart sank. Although she had never met her before, she guessed that the goddess was here to take Jasmine's feather. She could feel it in her heart and it made her unsettled. Had the deities decided to use force because she didn't comply with their plan?

"I don't know why you are here." She was so flustered that she forgot to bow and address the goddess respectfully.

The latter didn't seem to care. She closed in on her to whisper. "Jasmine's feather."

"I don't have it." She shook her head. "I gave it to a god whose name I do not know. He claimed to be her adoptive father." She distorted the truth. No matter what, she would not give away something that could quite possibly be used to end her daughter's life.

A smile formed on Pearl's face.

…..

A day ago.