"Isn't it following the will of a god?" Cina narrows his dark eyes. "It looks like a god is angry."

"Or just upset." Rilyah utters with a frown, "It's going toward D District."

Ai doesn't know why, but he feels like he should see what is going on. Gods of this world are rather passive. Who could have stirred something like this? They are in T City, but it is only raining in one area. "Should we check it out?"

"Of course, we should." Cina gives him a thumbs up. "Nothing interesting ever happens in this world. I also want to see who can make a god become like this."

The boys look at the third moon, the one who decides everything. Rilyah squints her eyes. Should they go? Well, if they help the gods of this world, they might be able to ask for help. They haven't been able to find Renasir Ari. If they are unable to find her before the Dark God arrives, their fate is pretty gruesome. "Let's go."

"I thought that you would say no." Ai grins at her. "I am glad, Elder Sister."

"How many times have I told you?" Rilyah snaps at him. "I am not your sister."

"Aren't you being weird?" Cina wrinkles his nose. "You are my twin and his elder sister in the orphanage. What else is he supposed to call you? The people in the orphanage already think that we don't look alike."

She ignores Cina. What does this tree god know? She's sure that there's only wood in this god's head. There's no way that she's going to let Ai have family love for her. He's supposed to be her husband. "When we are alone, you should use my name."

"I feel…" Ai shuts his mouth when she glares at him. Since she's a goddess who is certainly older than him, he finds it awkward to use her name. "Then, we should hurry. The clouds are disappearing."

"Yeah!" Cina roars. "Let's check out the nuisance who angered a god."

"We have also angered a certain god," Rilyah mutters under her breath. A very dangerous god. She's sure that the dark god would throw them in Qeshaya if he finds out what happened all those years ago. Hopefully, they will find her soon.

***

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

In her house, Renasir Ari is freaking out.

Blame her pregnancy or the knee-deep water in her house! It hasn't been two days since the renovation was completed. How could she accept such a disaster? Do the people outside know how much it cost to renovate an old house? Of course, they don't. It hurts… physically hurts to see the wall seepage.

She doesn't deserve this shit!

After the burglary, she's poor. All she can do is magic. But magic is useless when an upset god is standing outside her main door.

"Damn those creatures!" If she doesn't stop then, there might be a flood in the house. "How could they be so shameless? Aren't they afraid of tomorrow's headlines?"

[MYSTERIOUS CLOUDS RAINING OVER A HOUSE IN D DISTRICT]

Ari shakes her head. That headline is likely to happen if she doesn't stop this shit. She drags herself to the cupboard and grabs the raincoat. She takes a long deep breath.

"If I can marry a god twice, I can deal with a god of this world."

By now, she should be an expert at handling gods.

Right?

"That was Iravan." She walks to the door and opens it slightly. The people are still there. "Why are earth gods so weird?"

And not-so-good-looking! They certainly fail in terms of looks.

This is her property. She will pass it down to her babies who aren't born yet. She must fight for her house because she's a single mother now.

Takayama Ari storms out of the house and stops in front of the silver-haired man. "What's your problem, Fucker?"

"Fucker?" The man scrunches his brows. "I am not a fucker."

If he's not fucking with her house, then what is he doing? Ari crosses her arms. "Stop this rain right at this instant."

"I can't stop it either." The man looks down and sighs. "I don't have a home or a worshipper. I am a homeless god and mortals aren't kind to me. I live on the streets because mortals don't let me enter their house. I am…"

"Stop." She raises her hand. How many times did he say that he is homeless? She gets his point. "If you don't stop the rain, both of us will be homeless."

"If you let me and my friends enter the house, the rain will stop." The man promises her, "I will pay for your kindness in every way that I know. Kind mortal, if we don't get a place to live, we will dissolve into nothing."

But why her home? Ari looks at his friends -- a dwarf wearing a big hat, a skinny woman in a purple kimono, a tall and bald man in a suit, and a teenager who is hiding his face under a brown paper bag.

First, she must save the house. Then, she can deal with these people.

"Come inside." The moment she says the words, the rain stops and the sunlight shines on her rooftop. Ari blinks her eyes in a daze. The water is still in her house though.

"What are you waiting for?" The dwarf fists his hands. "The lord has found his new shrine. We must start working."

"Shrine?" Ari gapes at them. "What shrine?"

"You gave permission to use this place as a shrine." The skinny woman smiles at her. "We thank you on our lord's behalf."

What the heck! Ari turns to the man. "When did I say that you can use my place as a shrine?"

"This place…"--The man sniffs the air -- "If I make a shrine here, I will certainly become a popular god in the area."

Popular god? When did the gods start caring about popularity? She yells at them, "I can't let you turn this place into a shrine. I intend to open a fortune-telling shop here… Hey!"

The man and his fellows ignore her and go inside the house with contended looks. The door closes.

"Did I get kicked out of my own place?" Ari puts her hands on her lips as her stomach growls. "I am hungry and homeless. How did this happen to me?"

If Yakuza were trying to take over her home, it would have made sense. How is she going to deal with the gods? This is unfair beyond words.

"Mother?"

Ari turns around and looks at the boy in front of her. He seems to be thirteen or fourteen years old. He is dressed in a green sweater and dark trousers. A girl with long dark hair and round face is standing to his left. She must be around eighteen. Lastly, the tallboy, who is standing to the boy's right, has a long face and wavy dark hair.

Now, who are these people? "I am not your mother."

"Mother, did you not recognize me?" The boy steps forward and grabs her hand. He tells her with a frantic voice, "I am Ai, your son."

"Ai, don't be hasty." Rilyah places her hand on Ai's shoulder. "She might not remember anything."

"Ai." Ari scrutinizes the boy's face. Is he truly Ai? How did that toddler grow up so soon? "When did you grow up? How many years have passed? Why are you in this world?"

"She remembers!" Rilyah gasps. Her eyes become moist. "We aren't going to Qeshaya."

"Mother." Ai hugs Ari and cries, "I missed you so much."

"Me too." Cina pulls them both in a bear hug. "We finally found our mother."

"We really found her." Rilyah coils her arm around them. "I am so relieved to see you, Renasir."

Unborn twins, two teenage sons and a future daughter-in-law… Ari, squeezed between two gods and a spirit, sighs. She should get used to hearing them call her mother.