Chapter Nine
The moment I stepped back into my own temple, I felt rejuvenated. Some of the gods liked to pretend that the magic of believers worked no matter their distance from them, but I didn't. Being around the people who served as my priestesses and servants refreshed me. My magic hadn't grown significantly weaker in my time away, but that was to be expected when I was lucky enough to have people all over the world still know my name. Some of the other gods barely had any magic left at all.
"Your Eminence, our apologies, we didn't know you were returning today," my High Priestess said with a brief bow.
"It's okay, Anku, I wasn't aware of it either." I didn't add that there wouldn't have been any way for me to let her know even if I had known today was the day. It was best not to wo
