Goddess’s Self-Talk(Can be Skipped)
To a degree, Athenia had seen how things would unfold for the hero's party, yet the progress they'd made in a month had left even her staggered. She'd expected them to grow stronger, far more than they were, but to level a region of corruption to the ground–was beyond her foresight's capabilities.
'Father would've seen it coming.' She thought, pondering over her next move. The thing that made the most sense to her after a month-long contemplation, was coming clean to her chosen about her true identity and somehow getting them to continue following her commands. 'As if it'll be so easy. Their mind has been twisted, but their judgment has grown more shrewd. An attempt to coax them into doing what I want without giving them a stake in this struggle would blow up in my face sooner or later.'