This summary covers chapters 3 through 12 of the light novel, detailing the initial events and character developments.
The story begins with the goddess Falteela, once the guardian deity of the prosperous Halttomit Kingdom, now discarded and forgotten after her kingdom's fall. Her divine power waned as her people's faith diminished, leading to her idol being destroyed and sold off as junk. She finds herself in a desolate land, lamenting her fading existence, hoping for someone to believe in her again.
Her prayer is answered when a young, cat-eared beastkin girl named Rione finds her discarded idol. Rione, from a poverty-stricken village of cat-eared beastkin struggling to survive due to a lack of fertile land and the oppressive Garm Empire, cleans the idol and expresses her desire to worship Falteela, believing divine intervention is their only hope. Rione's pure and earnest prayer reignites Falteela's power, allowing her to manifest physically. Falteela promises to become their guardian deity if they have strong faith.
Falteela, now able to act, investigates the village and its inhabitants. She learns they are refugees from various beastkin nations destroyed by the Garm Empire, forced to settle in this barren land. Their poverty is extreme, with insufficient food and a lack of technology. Falteela, moved by Rione's devotion, uses her divine wisdom to guide Rione to a hidden spring, solving the village's water shortage. This miracle solidifies the villagers' faith, and they begin to see Falteela as their protector.
Falteela then uses her divine power to accelerate the growth of crops in the villagers' newly tilled fields, providing them with abundant food. She also imparts knowledge of cooking and preservation through divine messages. The villagers, overjoyed and grateful, build a shrine for Falteela and rename their settlement "New Catra," inspired by their lost homeland. Rione is appointed as Falteela's priestess.
The growing prosperity of New Catra attracts other displaced beastkin, including dog-eared beastkin from the destroyed Wardy Kingdom. This leads to a conflict when the dog-eared beastkin, desperate and starving, attack New Catra for its resources. Falteela intervenes, using her divine light to deter the attackers and prevent bloodshed. She then negotiates with the dog-eared beastkin's goddess, Internyu, proposing a merger of their peoples to form a stronger beastkin nation capable of resisting the Garm Empire.
The proposal is accepted, and the dog-eared beastkin are integrated into New Catra. This expansion leads to the formal establishment of the "New Catra Beastkin Kingdom," with Rione becoming its first queen, consecrated through a divine marriage ceremony with Falteela. The narrative concludes with the foundation of this new kingdom, a beacon of hope for the scattered beastkin, and Falteela embracing her role as a powerful guardian, ready to face future challenges.
