Chapter 77

…An offering?

She mentioned an offering, an act of paying tribute to the foot of the statues of the deities. She was perfectly aware of what it meant, but in this realm, offering to a deity’s statue is highly sacrificial.

It is only done when a mortal is desperate and seeks divine intervention. And it’s almost taboo since the ‘offering’ is a soul in exchange for salvation. Or in this case, enlightenment. They cannot very easily hear a response from the deity unless their sacrifice is sufficient.

Blood always spills when an offering happens.

“It is risky, but it’s the most promising tactic we have. It will be in exchange for information on how to deal with the plague for the miserable,” Phaedra explains. “I’m certain you know which deity I plan to seek.”

“The Goddess of the Moon.” Akira did not need to ask her who, or why her.

“Indeed.” She nodded. “Only she can tell us what she witnesses in her domain and how it can be stopped.”

She’d never thought of it before, but now she was wonder