After Taming the Gods and Faking My Death

Sweet Potato @ Fu Ling. Illustrations from the Wen Chemin Garden Collection can be enjoyed alongside the story.

Historical fantasy AU: How the Otome Game Heroine Can Avoid a Death Ending. The full story is being written in advance...

What is it like to become a saintess of the Church? Liliqia was an utterly ordinary girl from the future. After discovering that her singing voice had a wondrous magic, she was brought to the Church by the Pope.

At the age of nineteen, the Pope ordered her to travel back to a time three thousand years ago, before order had collapsed, and seize the authority of the Three Gods to change the world's order.

Liliqia: Is there a tutorial?

The Pope handed her a pocket watch: The beginner's conquest guide is right here.

Conquest Guide Tips

Target One: The refined, gentle southern god

The southern deity, Yier, inherited the will of the Creator God, Yixisi, and bestowed blessings upon all living things. But Liliqia seemed never to be among them. She hadn't figured out what to do when she accidentally fell into his divine realm.

Liliqia: ?

Yier: ...?/(///ω///)/

Ding! One-third of the main quest, "A Slow-Burn Romance? Or Love at First Sight!", accepted.

Liliqia: What a strange title...

Pocket Watch: ╮(╯▽╰)╭ In every sense of the word.

Target Two: The free-spirited, obsessive northern god

Everyone knows that the northern god, A Xier, is unrestrained and willful, and can rarely be found. Liliqia went to join the fun at the Harvest Festival and was appointed to present an offering to the deity, only to see the statue come to life.

Liliqia: Nobody said that complaining about the statue being ugly would summon the real god...

A Xier: Messenger of the Harvest Festival, what do you want?

Liliqia smiled slightly: To meet you, of course~

When the day of their official meeting finally came, Liliqia looked into A Xier's passionate eyes and felt that something was off.

Ding! Two-thirds of the main quest, "Bird in a Cage", accepted.

No, no, now this is even more off!!

Target Three: The cold, aloof god of the sea

Pocket Watch: The sea god, Kaxiusi Naifute, acts swiftly and decisively. Task taker, please be careful, and it's best not to try any clever tricks in front of him.

Liliqia: But what if I want to try clever tricks anyway? (sweat)

Torn between advancing and retreating, Liliqia ultimately chose to press on. She went to ask a sea scholar for information, only to see him look at her in surprise.

Ding! The final third of the main quest, "The God's Bride", accepted.

Liliqia looked at the pocket watch, then at the scholar in front of her, and managed a smile more painful than crying.

Liliqia: This can't be right, can it? The conquest target doesn't have a status screen?

Pocket Watch: So sorry, task taker. Disguise magic causes a bug, and it seems the status screen didn't load. (^-^)

Liliqia: Is it still too late to switch to a reliable conquest guide...

After the mission ended, Liliqia faked her death in front of everyone and escaped. But when she returned to the future, she came face to face with someone. Seeing her face, unchanged from before, the other person shed a tear.

Liliqia, who had just woken up: ?

Reader's Guide

1. This is not a System novel. The fake death happens much later, so please read with caution if that bothers you >_<

2. This is not a faction-war story. It's a Western fantasy otome novel with multiple endings. Every male lead has both a romance ending and a tragic romance ending. Each character has their own controversial traits, and there will be happy endings where a male lead has hurt the heroine but she chooses to forgive him. If that bothers you, skip that male lead's romance ending.

3. The story comes first, and the romance is only a small accent. All the male leads are sexually pure.

Theme: Believe in what you believe, and stand by the choices you make.