A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods
Chapter 86: Goddess of Fertility and Pregnancy

Chapter 86: Goddess of Fertility and Pregnancy

Elaina felt like she was in a dream. A very long dream. She felt like she was floating in a neverending stream and she was just being carried by the flow of the water. But she also knew that it wasn’t water after all, it was more like she was floating in the air and was being carried by an unknown force that felt like water.

She wanted to open her eyes but for some reason, her eyelids felt heavy and she felt like her body was currently not in her control. She is conscious but it feels like she is not as well. In the end, she just lets herself be carried away until she can feel that she can now control again her body.

Elaina thought it would be a while but it didn’t take long before her control returned. Not only that but she also stopped being carried by the flow. She tried to open her eyes this time around and slowly managed to do so. The first thing that welcomes her eyes is that she is transported to some kind of a gazebo while their surroundings are full of flowers.

"Where am I?" Elaina frowned.

Someone then started to speak and Elaina was startled.

"You are still sleeping, don’t worry. I just summoned you in your dreams. You should just treat this encounter casually."

Elaina tried to grasp for her sword but then she realized she didn’t have one with her so she instead looked around to see who was speaking.

"Don’t be alarmed, I am not gonna harm you. Come here with me. Join me in my little space."

Although Elaina was still on guard, she slowly approached the gazebo. As she approached the place, the one who spoke to her earlier slowly appeared before her gaze.

It was a woman, she can’t determine her age as she looks mature and yet she looks young. If she has to guess, she might be around her age. She wears a white dress that looks like the waves of the water as it ripples around her body. She looks so great in that dress that Elaina is marveling at it despite her lack of interest in dresses. Her long white hair is flowing in the wind, complimenting her young and pretty face. While watching her, she can’t help but feel some sort of "motherly love" on her despite that she was not even Elaina’s mother. She felt the need to tell the woman before her as "mommy" for some reason which she thankfully held back as she thought it would be embarrassing.

As she got closer, Elaina was surprised. No wonder she looked like she was cradling something when she was still getting close but now that she is seeing it now, she can tell that the woman before her is currently holding a baby and she is currently breastfeeding that baby when she got close.

"Welcome Elaina. I am pleased to invite you to my domain, where only a few managed to enter and enjoy the tranquility of the place."

"You know me?" Elaina asked.

"Yes. Someone asked me to check on your status and whether you are fine and your baby. He seemed to be very worried about your babies’ health."

"Eh?" Elaina was surprised to hear this but she didn’t get to ask who it was as the woman already gave a hint on who she was talking about.

"I will introduce myself first, I am the Goddess of Fertility and Pregnancy. I govern the fertility of women and also the one they call the Mother of all Gods. Although I didn’t give birth to the other gods, some of them are indeed my children so it does hold some kind of degree of some sort."

Elaina is quick on who was worried about her. The one whom the Goddess of Fertility was talking about is none other than the God of Farming himself.

"But why I am here? What happened to me?"

"You are currently recovering from the fatigue that caused you to get weak for a short time. I know most of your story and although I sympathize with your anger, don’t be too hard on yourself. You are pregnant and being too stressed out will just endanger the lives of your future kids. Keep yourself calm instead. Protect them, but don’t be too hard on yourself either."

"I am sorry... I impulsively did it..." Elaina felt guilty, perhaps because she realized on how she seemed to have disregarded herself.

"Now, now. Come here and let me hug you," the Goddess of Fertility and Pregnancy put down the baby in her arms and put it on a big flower that opened up, creating a little bed for the baby to sleep.

This took aback Elaina and she does not know what to do or what she needs to say to the Goddess who beckons her. Memories of Elaina’s experience with her mother start to flow in her mind and she started to shudder. Despite forgetting most of them, after remembering most of the haunting experiences she received from her, she slowly trembled.

Seeing her like this, the Goddess of Fertility and Pregnancy stood up and approached Elaina before slowly leaning to hug her. Elaina was at first hesitant as she remembers most of the experience from her mother but then...she calmed down the moment the goddess hugged her. A familiar hug, a comforting scent, and somehow, a very homely feeling lingered on her. Just like when she was being cradled by her grandmother the very evening she returned after the challenge her grandfather gave her. One that she loves to do whenever she is with her.

"Hic..." Elaina started to cry as she didn’t expect to feel the same embrace she longed to have back then. One embrace that somehow allowed her to feel homely for the first time.

"It’s alright. Everything will be alright. Cry if you want. I will not be going away. You can treat me as your mother, grandmother, or anyone you care about. If that is how you find solace in your life, then so be it."

Elaina didn’t know how long she cried under the embrace of the goddess. But one thing is for sure, she will remember the feeling and will never forget it.

"You can visit me anytime you want, Elaina. After all, every kid does deserve the love of a loving parent. So if it’s fine with you, you can do that to me."

Elaina didn’t know what was happening but it didn’t take long before Elaina suddenly felt sleepy and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep in the arms of the goddess. The goddess smiled before kissing her forehead like a loving mother.

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Elaina opened her eyes and blinked a few times. She saw the familiar ceiling that she always sees first thing in the early morning. She blinked a few times, trying to ensure that she was not dreaming before she got up on her bed. She looked around her surroundings and she had indeed returned to the real world.

She remembers the whole conversation with the Goddess of Fertility and Pregnancy in full detail and she doubts that what she experienced was just a mere dream. The warm and comforting embrace. It is one of the feelings that Elaina longed to experience again but she didn’t expect she would experience it from a goddess herself.

"[It seems you are in a good mood.]" The God of Farming started to talk which Elaina immediately noticed.

"Yes. Thanks to you, I didn’t know I would feel so refreshed from it that perhaps I might have forgotten. So I thank you for your suggestion."

"[I didn’t do much. If not for you getting her attention in the first place, I don’t even think she will spare a glance at you. But knowing that she is pretty helpful at you stabilizing, perhaps my decision of approaching her is right.]"

"I am glad that you thought of my situation like that," Elaina did not expect the behavior of the God of Farming to be this caring in the first place.

Elaina stood up from bed and stretched her body. For the first time, Elaina did not experience the morning sickness she usually felt every time she woke up in the morning. She feels the energy flowing back to her.

Even though the experience she had with the goddess was just a few moments and they exchanged a few words, Elaina greatly appreciated the effort that the Goddess made for her during the time she was about to break down. It is to the point where she feels that she is the ideal one she can use to treat as her mother.

"Ha, when you feel the love of another mother than your real mother, I don’t know how my biological mother failed so hard on the test of how she is a proper mom, to begin with. Guess that is how f*cked up she is even back before then."