Chapter 25 Blessed by the Goddess (1/2)
The conversation with Shiro-san—- The Goddess with a beautiful face, perfect proportions, a beautiful voice and specs that could make even the Goddess of Beauty run away from her superiority, but also possesses outrageously troublesome factors as she’s expressionless, emotionless, and a natural airhead—– continues.
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No, please carry on with our conversation. Could it be that? That pattern where it won’t do unless I do it myself?
[Yes.]
[……I’d like it if you deny it though, even though it was a lie.]
[Well then, this may be a lie, but I will now change our subject.]
[……Ah, yes.]
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It really was a lie!? What should I do with this Goddess…… L- Look, since you read my mind anyway, you can use that to your advantage to broach a subject for our conversation.
There should be a lot we can talk about, right? We could even talk about things from back in my previous world or something like that……
[Well then, let’s talk about the book called “The Documents of the Jet-black Knees Volume II”.]
[Whoehh!?]
Oi, idiot! Stop right there—– you can’t just go digging up anyone’s black history from their middle school times as you please!!
Seriously, please stop it, I will die.
[Is this actually titled as Jet-black Darkness? Why is it that the “Jet-black” in this series is written as “knee” instead of “lacquer”?]
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(T/N: 漆黒 / Jet-black. In the book (That’s totally not written by Kaito), it was written as 膝黒 instead. 膝=knee, 漆=lacquer)
STOP ITTTTTTTT!? Don’t start correcting the misspelled kanji! I’m pretty sure that’s not something you should be touching!! My heart is one arrow away from crumbling into pieces!!
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Why is it that of all the things you can read in my mind, you aimed at that memory that has been buried down deep inside!? You must have been doing this on purpose huh!?
The current flow of conversation is no good. A topic, I must think of any kind of topic……
[S- Speaking of which! I heard that blessings work differently for different Gods! What effect does Shiro-san’s blessing have?]
[……I dunno?]
[You don’t know!?]
If I let Shiro-san take control of the conversation, I was afraid that my mind would break down, so I frantically mobilized that paltry communipower that I have to initiate another topic of conversation but…… I wonder if there’s something wrong with my eyes and ears? It’s just that, for some reason, I think I heard this Goddess-sama saying “I dunno?” while tilting her head with that expressionless face of hers as if she doesn’t know the effect of her own blessing…… She’s just joking, right?
[No, it’s just that this is the first time I’ve given my blessing to anyone, so I wouldn’t know what effect my blessing would be.]
[……This is your first time giving a blessing?]
[Yes. I basically don’t go to the Human Realm after all.]
I had some expectations since she knows Kuro, but Shiro-san is still a Superior God, and she wouldn’t just grant her blessing to anyone.
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[Then, I’ll change the question. What is it that Shiro-san has authority in?]
[I don’t have authority over anything, you know?]
[……Huh?]
I’ve always thought that all Gods have authority over something, having the title of “God of OOO” or something like that, but apparently, that’s not the case—– Geez, can you just take her back already, this Goddess I mean.
What should I do, my mental capacity is close to zero now…… I also don’t have any confidence to continue this conversation any longer……
[Well then, let’s go back to that series I mentioned earlier……]
Ah, wait. It seems that I still can continue. I’ll be hanging on to our conversation, so please don’t bring back that topic anymore.
[As expected, do humans yearn for such great power?]
[……Eh?]
I was expecting the conversation to return to the disclosure of my black history, but what Shiro-san told me was a question.
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There was still no inflection in her voice, and her expression still hadn’t changed at all…… But for some reason, she seemed to be sincerely wondering about it, unlike earlier.
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Maybe that why I wasn’t able to give her a quick reply. Whether or not humans yearn for great power…… That may be a question that Shiro-san can ask as a God who was born with great power.
How should I answer it though? No, Shiro-san can read my mind anyway, so there’s no point in trying to make up a false front. In that case, I should just say what I think……
[I think we do yearn for them. Great power, amazing wisdom, wealth, and prestige…… There were many times when I longed for it myself.]
[Well then, I’ll give it to you.]
[……Eh?]
[I seldomly had any conversation with a human. In this rare occasion, I can give you one thing that you wish for. Is it the power to do as you wish? The wisdom enough to touch upon the truth of the world? Wealth more than you can ever use in your whole life? A reputation that makes all of the people respect you? Whatever you want is fine.]
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[Now, tell me what you want. I can give you something that no one will ever hope to reach.]
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As if it’s something she can naturally do, the Goddess told me so. That she can give me anything I wish for—– That I could change into anything I wish for……
Anything I wish can come true—– If I ask her, I can be “special”.
My heart strongly trembled. What I couldn’t get even after struggling and suffering, the God in front of me is saying that she will be granting it.
There’s no reason for me to refuse. There should have been no reason—- but, I wonder why? There’s something that’s holding me back from speaking deep within my heart……