Soon after Evil Eye's request, everyone was prepared for the day. Renner and her elder sister, Marquess Pespea were working on preparing everything for Renner's marriage announcement, and move to Carne. Nemu reluctantly stayed with the two, though once she'd heard she would be hired as a personal maid for Renner when they got back.
The Blue Rose adventuring group on the other hand, was dressed, and making their way towards the guild, Night Silver was with them this time. Like always, Night Silver adamantly refused to hide her chest, that was a non-negotiable matter. As a result there were many who gave the group some odd looks, and said some rather rude things.
"Those fools, they have no idea. They should consider themselves lucky they aren't smacked upside their heads for those lecherous comments." Lakyus said in a low grumble.
"Agreed, Mother is too good for them. It almost makes me wish we could hide that bosom." Evil Eye added with grumbles of her own.
"Will the two of you cut it out, you're only drawing more attention to yourselves." Gagaran said cutting in with a half blush, then went back to reading her notes on all the things she'd just learned about from Night Silver. "I can't focus on these holy scriptures with all the racket."
"You should be focused on guarding Mother." Tia jabbed.
"Yes, you're being pervy. Muscle mountain." Tina added.
Night Silver let out a short giggle, with a spit take… The simple action caused her cute factor to sky rocket. Some men in the crowd legitimately fainted from the sight.
"Oh, I guess seeing me like that was too much." Night Silver smiled, casting a little bit of magic.
"Seriously Mother, you're too much. They're all going to faint like this. You carry yourself like a queen. And bare your wonderful, loving bosom to the world…"
"I can't help it darling, I am a Mother, a Queen, and a Goddess." She smiled, so warmly Evil eye blushed hard again. "Pfft, fufufu, you're all just so adorable!" She expressed with an abundance of cute infatuation… which led to many more people with flushed faces.
Then it happened… Night Silver noticed it again, a mother struggling with her child, both incredibly sickly looking. She jumped into action right away, running right up to the sickly woman.
"EH!? Who?"
"You're sick? Why don't you go to the temple, or an apothecary? I'm sure there's one nearby."
"I can't afford those prices. My husband died last month…" The woman started crying as she spoke. Why am I saying this to this beautiful stranger? Why do I feel I can trust her?
"Oh, that's not good. What was it that took him from you?" She asked, gently placing a hand on the woman's cheek, and lightly rubbing the tears away with her thumb. Her other hand was busy gently stroking the baby's cheek.
"It was an overdose, h-h-he…" She said falling into a coughing and crying fit, the coughing eventually stopped, but the crying didn't. "Blackdust, it took all of our money, and hurt my child during pregnancy, he came out so mangled I… I was told to abandon him. That not even the gods could save him."
"I see, you lost your husband, and you couldn't just give up on his child. All despite the drug addict he was."
"He wasn't always like that, he was a kind man, always. He never beat me, and even in his drugged out mind he still had the wherewithal to love me…" The woman was now full on crying, she couldn't speak anymore… She didn't really need to either.
Night Silver motioned to take the child, she kept a sympathetic smile on her face, along with beady eyes, letting a single tear fall. Holding the ill child in her arms, she unwrapped its swaddling to find the deformity.
"A shame he's suffered this much. Lakyus!"
Lakyus ran over at the call. "Yes Mother!"
"Look at this child, his body is deformed to this extent."
"How… How is he…"
"He would normally not live a good life under these conditions. I wanted you to see this for yourself, this is what black dust will do to a pregnancy, even if it's second hand, this is the result."
"That's… That's terrible. Can you help him, Mother?"
"I can, but my wife would be far better at dealing with the issue as a whole. She can handle healing anything, seen or otherwise, in a rather impressively long range. The trouble is, she's not exactly easy to move around."
"Y-y-y-you c-c-c-can s-s-s-save m-m-m-my b-b-b-oy?" The new mother and widower whimpered through the cascade of tears.
"I can fix everything, even heal you too."
"P-p-p-please anything. I don't care about myself, just please save my son. Name your price, I'll get the money."
"Oh darling, this is all in a day's work for me. I am the All-Mother after all." She smiled, conjuring up a single golden crusted berry and fed it to the woman, then placed the child upon her breast. "Come with us for now, your son will grow up, healthy, and strong."
"You're stronger than the gods?"
"Much stronger, those fools even tried to demonize me out of jealousy."
"I shall follow you from this day forward my savior! All-Mother!"
"I won't force you, but if you know anyone else facing these circumstances do let me know. I'll pay a visit to those fool's temple later. All they know how to spread is pain and sorrow. Come to me, and I'll wrap you in love."
"Yes, Mother! Swaddle me up!"
"Pfft, alright then, you can join us. Your son is far too young to eat a berry, so he'll recover from my milk instead. It will take some time, but he will survive, and grow up. He'll surely meet a wonderful woman, who'll make him a father as he makes her a mother, meaning you'll be a grandmother. Your kind husband will live on through him. You have my assurance as the All-Mother."
"Thank you! T-t-t-that means s-s-s-so much!" She sniffled, hugging Night Silver close, and then the trip began once more.
Eventually they'd managed to reach the Royal Capital's Guild, where a bunch of tense horny men were, it was clear they were ogling the goddess. Though the men who realized who it was they were staring at, quickly snapped to attention, as if their brains completely refocused, now able to take into view the entire picture as opposed to just her wonderful, and full breasts.