Eleven Kinds of Divine Favors
Christine held the egg with a pitiful look on his face: "Do you really want to hatch it?"
Nasir hummed calmly. The former sighed: "Okay, Neil!"
“Whisper—”
A shadow passed over the two men's heads, and a tall and strong Pegasus landed beside the young man, its wings pure white and glowing. Christine jumped on the horse and said, "Let's go to the village."
The extremely spiritual Pegasus flapped its wings and flew rapidly down the mountain. The flowing clouds hooked the flying feathers and swept across the rider's face. The entire mysterious land passed by his feet.
In the distance are vast mountains, in the near are emerald green fields, with only a village dotted at the foot of the mountain. The blue river weaves through it like a spider web, and the golden sunlight is warm and brilliant.
Christine held Roudan in his arms and pointed out the situation with great interest.
"See? This is the legacy your father... ahem, Nasir left for you. Hatch out quickly so you can inherit the land here."
Christine almost said what was in his heart. He looked around nervously and was relieved when he made sure there was no thunder, no strong wind, and no object popping out from the corner.
Mason listened carefully, and felt that this knight was not what he had imagined, and seemed a little out of tune.
With Christine's unilateral introduction, it didn't take Tianma long to arrive at a village at the foot of the mountain.
The village is surrounded by wooden railings, and the houses are simple and unadorned. From time to time, the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking can be heard.
From a distance you can see the reclaimed farmland surrounding the village, with green wheat seedlings swaying in the wind and several farmers working in the fields.
Seeing the shadow of the Pegasus passing over the ground, the farmers all looked up to the sky with expressions of surprise on their faces.
"Master Christine is here——"
"Hurry up and tell the people in the village that Master Christine is here!"
The voices kept coming one after another. Christine commanded the Pegasus to descend. The children who were playing in the open space saw the big horse and immediately cheered: "Horse, flying horse is coming~"
The young woman who was sitting at the door weaving bamboo baskets saw this scene and hurriedly stood up to greet him, her expression full of respect: "Master Christine, why are you here?"
Mason looked around curiously. Although the place was simple, everyone looked relaxed and their words showed their deep admiration for knights.
Christine smiled and waved, "I came to see how you were doing and to borrow a goose."
The woman was confused: "Do you want to eat?"
"Uh, no, I plan on hatching eggs."
As he said this, the knight pointed to the balls in his arms.
The townspeople finally saw what was in the other's arms. No matter how they looked up and down, they could only come up with one answer.
"This should be considered food, so it can't be hatched, right?"
One of the children raised his hand and said loudly, "I know! My dad makes meatballs when he kills pigs. They smell so good. This is a big meatball!"
Christine frowned: "This is not for eating. Nasir said it's okay, so it should be okay... right?"
Mentioning the priest, the townspeople showed respect and stopped questioning. The woman enthusiastically brought a big goose from home. Because the meat and eggs were too big, she specifically picked the biggest one.
The plump and proud goose with white feathers held its head high, and its eyes revealed a murderous look. Mason felt dizzy when he heard it, and seeing the goose approaching him step by step, he jumped up without hesitation and landed directly on the spot!
"Ahhh my balls—"
Amid Christine's sky-high screams, the elastic ball of flesh bounced on the ground, slid away through the crowd.
The villagers were stunned. "No, it's worthy of being an egg brought by Master Christine. It's really... very lively."
"Thank you for the compliment. Excuse me, excuse me—"
The figure of the blond knight flashed through the crowd, chasing after the rolling meatball. He was extremely skilled, but the opponent seemed to be able to predict his actions and chose to roll in various corners. At the critical moment, Neil fell from the sky and blocked the meatball.
With a "biu~" sound, the latter happened to hit its leg and stopped where it was.
Christine jumped over the roof and landed on the ground. She bent down, picked up the egg and flicked it unhappily.
"I told you to run around and get covered in dirt. What if you run into a rock?"
He was like an old father who cared about his child's safety, with a worried look between his eyebrows. As he was scolding, the unfilial egg cracked a little where he hit it.
Blond Knight: "......"
He looked at Nell helplessly. Tenma looked at his master with deathly eyes, and the latter froze in place with a pitiful look on his face.
"I didn't mean to do that. I just flicked it lightly...Do I need to find a priest to take a look at it!?"
The only thing to be thankful for is that this meat egg is not a real egg, and even if it cracks, no egg liquid will flow out. Christine nervously examined the small crack and suddenly met a pair of eyes.
His hand trembled slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to draw the sword but held it back. Mason felt a strong emotion surge up, and it seemed difficult for him to control himself after becoming like this. With anger, the shape of the meatballs changed rapidly, and it expanded like a balloon.
The surface was covered with a layer of white skin, and hands, feet, and a head grew out. The gap moved to the position of the eyes, and other parts grew out quickly.
The silver hair fell to his shoulders, and before long, the bald boy turned into a human boy with silver hair and blue eyes, who looked only five or six years old. He was completely naked, but his expression was very smart. At this moment, he was staring at Christine without blinking, his eyes full of disapproval.
Christine stared blankly at the little man he had knocked out. Even though he was a well-informed knight, he was still shocked at this moment and deeply felt the diversity of the world's species.
Unlike his dumbfounded expression, the little man looked at him sternly with a straight face: "You are going too far. How could you send me to a goose?"
Christine felt guilty for a moment: "I just wanted to hatch you..."
Facing the cub's accusing eyes, his voice became lower and lower, and finally he took the initiative to admit his mistake, without any hesitation because of the other party's young age.
"I'm sorry, I was rude. What can I do to gain your forgiveness?"
"I need to think about it carefully. Please help me find some clothes first." The silver-haired cub replied in a baby voice. "You can call me by my name first. My name is Canaan."
"Okay, little Canaan. We'll borrow one from the village first and return it later."
Of course there would be no children's clothes where he and Nasir, two grown men, lived. Fortunately, there were many children in the village, and there were clothes that could be worn by the cub at this age.
The villagers took the initiative to help the knight find two pieces. Christine thanked them gratefully, carried the cub in his arms, rode on the Pegasus, and flew back to where they came from.
On the way, he sighed, "If I had known you would hatch so quickly, I would have stayed directly at the altar."
The silver-haired cub retorted: "I don't need to hatch, this is just another form."
"Okay, okay, if you're not a meat egg, you look exactly like a human. I wonder what race you belong to."
Facing the cub's confused eyes, Christine was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something.
"Don't you have any inherited memories? Only your body grew instantly, but you don't understand this world... It seems that your race is of the highly aggressive type."
As the strongest knight today, he is one of the first people to understand the alien race and can make reasonable judgments. The blond knight thought and explained slowly.
"Let me first tell you about this world. This is an era where the kingdom of gods walks on earth...
This is an era of divine favor that is even longer than the era before the black fog.
The kingdoms of the gods have not yet been lifted up into the void, and even mortals can meet the gods as long as they pass the test. The distance between humans and gods is extremely close, and many heroes have emerged.
Humans are the masters of the world and are constantly exploring in all directions. Creatures like elves and dwarves have just appeared, and ordinary people know nothing about them except for a few lucky ones.
"Except for high-level monsters and those alien races, no creatures that can communicate have been found so far. You should be one of them. Nasir will make the judgment."
When the knight spoke of Nasir, his tone was full of trust, and it was obvious that they had a very good relationship.
Mason adjusted to his small body and quickly pretended to be a good kid. When he first came to this world, he was not very good at acting, but after manipulating a few vests, he was able to put himself into the role with ease and without shame.
In front of the altar on the top of the mountain, Nasir was alone processing the prey he had just killed. Seeing the two people coming back, he raised his eyebrows and said, "It hatched very quickly."
"I also think I'm very talented. If I go to incubate the eggs for Skydome, maybe I can increase its success rate in hatching offspring. Don't you think it's a good idea?"
Christine laughed it off, not daring to tell the other party that he had typed it out himself.
Nasir looked at him with contempt. [Sky Dome] was one of the highest-level aerial monsters Christine knew, and it was difficult to reproduce. Just based on the guilty look of the other party, if the bird could leave its offspring to him to hatch, it would be extinct tomorrow.
He set his eyes on the child in the knight's arms. The silver-haired cub was delicate and looked as if it was shining. The round and bright blue eyes stared at him, making people want to pinch his face.
Nasir thought so, and so he did it.
He pinched her soft face with his slender fingers and said coldly, "From today on, you are my student."
Happiness came too suddenly, catching people off guard. The cub stared at him blankly, his eyes full of confusion.
Christine was also quite surprised, because he knew the other party's true identity.
"Isn't this a little too sudden, Nasir?"
The black-haired man turned a deaf ear to his words: "I am Nasir, a believer in the God of Death. My Lord has reached an agreement with the Goddess of Fate that anyone who is protected by Him will be helped by my Lord."
There was a special aura about him that reminded people of wet lake water. His breath and voice were equally cold.
"You have the mark of the goddess of fate, and fate will surround you. All your wishes will come true because you are the favorite of fate."
"As for you, Christine, you have to stay and take care of him."
Even if Nasir didn't say anything, the knight would take care of him. He needed to stay here for a while and would have to deal with the cubs.
But he knew that Nasir was not someone who would ask him to do such a thing. Under the knight's puzzled gaze, his cold fingers slid across the back of the cub's hand, and a strange light flashed in the man's eyes.
The cub's back of hand lit up with the mark of the watch, and a round mark appeared on his forehead. His back, chest, and shoulders, which were covered by his clothes, all had similar energy reactions. The blond young man was dumbfounded when he saw this: "So that's why you let me stay."
This conversation was confusing in the rain and fog. Christine smiled at the cub who was covered in fog and rolled up his sleeves.
His arm was like a time clock, with a row of marks on it.
From bottom to top, there are sun-shaped marks, symbolizing the favor of the God of the Sun.
The moon-shaped mark symbolizes the favor of the moon god.
The mark of the goldfinch tree and the flying bird symbolizes the favor of the goddess of nature.
The seal composed of a hexagram and a book symbolizes the favor of the goddess of magic.
The mark composed of the ocean and the storm symbolizes the favor of the sea god.
The seal composed of two swords and a shield symbolizes the favor of the god of war.
The mark in the shape of a pocket watch symbolizes the favor of the goddess of fate.
The mark composed of herbs and medicine bowls symbolizes the favor of the god of medicine.
The mark of a woman in a faceless veil symbolizes the favor of the Dark Goddess.
The mark of two entwined snakes symbolizes the favor of the Twin Snake God.
The seal composed of pearls and roses symbolizes the favor of the goddess of beauty.
There were eleven marks arranged together, and the battle record was so brilliant that it was jaw-dropping. If the Paladins of the Moon Goddess had seen such a row of marks, they would probably have fallen to their knees.
This kind of stamp collector is no longer a favored person of God, but a bastard child of God. Mason seriously suspected that the other party did not receive the recognition of the God of Death just because he had never died. Christine smiled embarrassedly and rolled up his sleeves again.
"This is a mark. Only those who can obtain the favor of three or more gods are qualified to be called those who are favored by many gods. There are people like me who are blessed by experience, and there are also people like you who are born with this ability."
The cub's eyes were filled with doubt: "What's the use of having so many gods?"
“You can think of it as a ticket.”
Nasir answered on behalf of the knight.
"This is about the path to godhood. Only by gaining the favor of the twelve true gods can one embark on the path to godhood and become the thirteenth true god. The path to godhood that the twelve true gods took was cut off with the extinction of the first humans. If you want to become a god, you must take this path."