'This will be the main temple dedicated to the goddess Cleena. I'll ask the bishop to follow me.

　Albery takes the lead and says so. It's me, Aster, and then Haku as we head for the temple. The rest of us were led by a soldier under Albery's command to the inn.

　Even though it's an inn, it seems to be a mansion built by Albery, who didn't want to spend time in the royal palace, near the city walls. Since there are many rooms, they asked me to live there, so I agreed. And there was no particular reason to refuse.

　When we entered the temple, I don't know if it was a matter of time or if people in this country are unbelievers, but there were no people there. The only person who was there was a man with a white beard on his chin sweeping the inside of the temple.

'It's been a long time, Mr. Gaine,'

'Oh, this is very unusual for you, Albertine, to be in the main temple. You are usually in the outer temple.

I had to come down here for a few things today. Please excuse me for a moment.

　Albery tells that much to Gaine, who seems to be the bishop of this place, and then proceeds further into the temple. Gein looks like he's crushed a bitter bug at Albery's behavior.

　It doesn't seem to be a very good relationship. Well, I guess that's why the bishop was dressed as gorgeous as the residents here.

　If you compare the princess of this country, Albury, who is dressed like a town girl, to Gaine, who is dressed so well that you can't even tell if she is called a nobleman.

''Behind here is the deity of Cleena-sama. There, I think we can talk about it in a calm manner. But are you sure you can talk to Lord Kriena?

'Well, we'll have to try and see if that's all there is to it. I'm sure Aster would respond if he talked to her.

　I look at Aster, but all he says is, "Maybe, but... She says she won't know unless she tries this one out. For now, as I proceed, I arrive at a door that has a more divine atmosphere than the rest of the space. However, it's not as intimidating as when I stood at the door of the divine dragon.

''I'll open it.''

　Albery, who is leading the way, puts his hand on the door and opens it. I wondered what's going on inside, but there's only a sacred body that resembles the Goddess Cleena.

　There is no particular offering being made, and even that deity is currently covered in dust. That bishop, you are leaving it in this state.

''........This is too much.

　Naturally, Albery, who believes in the goddess Cleena, is angry at this situation. She can't forgive him as the same god, or maybe even Aster, who is not usually angry, is angry.

''........Let's clean this place up first. This is far too much.''

　I take out a cleaning cloth and a large stone from my item ring. I use earth magic to reshape the stone into a bucket of water that won't leak, and then I use water magic to fill it with water.

　I hand the cloth to Aster, Haku, and Albury, and they each clean it. Wow, that's a mess. I guess they really haven't cleaned it at all. There's even spider webs in places.

　The room where the deity was placed was not very large, so we split up and finished in about 30 minutes.

　It became so clean that it looked very different from before we cleaned it. I don't know how much I haven't cleaned. But now we'll be able to talk in a calm manner.

'Let's get to it, Aster. You think it's going to work?

Let's do it.

　Aster stands in front of the Goddess Cleena's divine body and activates the divine power that she usually suppresses. Normally I feel like I'm no good, but this is the only time I feel like I'm really a goddess. Well, if I'm usually like this, my shoulders are going to get stiff.

''Hmmm, I can't seem to connect with Cleena's power, or maybe it's weakening. Could you help me, Ray-san, please? I'll try to force a connection from here.

Okay.

　I stand next to her as Astell tells me to, and she holds out her right hand. Is that what she's telling me to do, to hold her hand? Astel's expression grimaces as we hold hands.

　Looking at this face, I wonder if there was a need to hold hands, but holding Astell's soft hand, I don't have that thought.

　I invoke the divinity in that position. With the power of me and Aster, I turn this space into a pseudo-goddess realm. And forcibly, I connect it to the space with the Goddess Cleaner.

'Onii, that's cool.'

'What, eh, eh?'

　Behind me, I hear Haku's voice, genuinely praising me, and Albery's voice, surprised by the suddenness of the situation. Without the time to pay attention to it, I join forces with Aster.

　Little by little, the space connects to the Goddess Cleena. And the scenery around me changes accordingly.

　It's just like when I was called to Astel's place, the space around me is all black, but what's different from that time is that this space is on the verge of collapse.

'I didn't think you'd force your way in. What a horrible man to break into a lady's room.

　At that time, a very bewitching voice came from behind. When everyone turned around, there was a ridiculously beautiful woman standing there, with her black hair long enough to touch the ground and wearing a tight black dress. So she was the goddess Cleena.

''Hmph, I called her because I detected Aster's divine power, but I didn't expect her to come in person.

　Cleena shakes her head, as if she hadn't expected Aster to come. There.

Hmmm, I got married. You must be very jealous.

　And with a smug look on his face, Astel shows off the shiny ring on his left hand ring finger. Cleena says, "Be-not really," but Astel shows it off to the point of being annoying, saying, "Hot d*mn.

　As it is, she can't go on at all, so she grabs Astell's head and shuts him up. Even Cleena is slightly taken aback by Astel's ecstatic expression despite her teary eyes, but I'll let the conversation go on as it is. Now, what kind of story can we hear?