Chapter 75 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 76

Ch 76 — The Companion Goddesses (part 2)

Well, what should I do? The goddesses are demanding I fix their problem with Rusalka-sama . It’s like me asking some ants living by my front door to fix my leaky roof . Um, um, really, think think . . .

Basically the goddesses are telling me that if I got a divine blessing from Rusalka-sama then it wouldn’t actually do me any good since I’m already covered by the previous divine blessing from a certain deplorable goddess . What if Rusalka-sama’s blessing was bestowed on someone else . . . . . . . . . . . . Ah!

“Th- the divine blessing, that is Rusalka-sama’s blessing should be given to Sui, my contracted monster . ”

“O, Oh, that’s a good idea you know . ” said a particularly gluttonous goddess of my regrettably long acquaintance .

“Sounds good, doesn’t it?” Fire Goddess Agni agreed .

“Well, that’s one way to fix it . ” said Earth Goddess Kishar .

If it’s not going to have any effect on me then there is only Fer or Sui left to receive Rusalka-sama’s blessing (small) but Fer already has the full blessing of a certain deplorable goddess (Wind Goddess Ninril) so that just leaves Sui .

“I understand . A Slime is a monster with a water property so my blessing would be appropriate . . . . . . . but can I really give it?” It seems that something was wrong .

“Hey, Ruka-chan? Do you have a problem giving your divine blessing to a Slime?”

“I am fine giving my blessing to a Slime but unlike you others I haven’t been handing out blessings to all-comers without thinking about the consequences so I’m just a bit hesitant . ”

“Hey Ruka-chan, it’s a bit of an overstatement to say that we’ve been careless handing out blessings . ”

“That’s right, Ruka . ”

“It’s the truth though . Everyone else been handing out blessings to individuals at the rate of one every ten years . The God of Creation scolded us and told us we should only bestow our blessings once every century or so . It’s been over 130 years since I last gave out a blessing . That means . . . good, there’s no problem with me giving the Slime my blessing . ”

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“Yay . . . ”

“Good to go . . . ”

“Ohohoho . . . ”

Everyone was pleased that Ruka-sama’s objections had been settled, but her comment about the God of Creation scolding certain goddesses for handing out their blessings too frequently, well . . .

“Well, everyone, please calm down . F- for the time being I will make offerings to everyone equally . ”

“No fair, I kept it secret because I was afraid it would be like this . ” grumped a certain overweight goddess . “I gave you my protection first so my share of the offerings should be bigger . I won’t forgive you if you don’t . ”

“What are you saying Ninril-chan? Other-world-guy-kun should treat us all equally . It’s not nice of you to try and monopolise him so just stop it . ”

“But whoever was first should get priority, shouldn’t they?” the deplorable goddess persisted .

“Ninril, quit it . ” Fire Goddess Agni growled .

Ha ha ha, I wish you four petulant goddesses would just grow up . . .

“Mumble mumble”

“Hey, that’s not a nice thing to say Ruka-chan . Anyway I’m sure that other-world-guy-kun will do his best for us . ” Earth Goddess Kishar said, trying to settle things down between her colleagues while dumping the responsibility onto the overworked underpaid salaryman i . e . me . Thanks .

“So, on that note, please offer us a little something for our efforts today ~ ”

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” . . . . . . ” (nods vigorously)

“Oh, I’m looking forward to eating sweet things but I wish I had some booze . ” Fire Goddess Agni muttered .

“Agni, don’t say things like that . ” Earth Goddess Kishar chided .

“She’s right you know . Don’t mention alcohol . ”

“Booze, no good . ” Water Goddess Rusalka whispered .

“Hmm? Why?” I wondered .

“Why? Because if unusual things like alcoholic drinks from another world turn up here, THOSE GUYS will come . ”

“That’s right . Troublesome individuals will definitely appear . ”

“The God of War, the God of Blacksmiths, all sorts of bothersome gods will push their way in if they smell alcohol . ”

Ah, so that’s the reason not to offer up alcohol?

“Oh yeah, they get mad and argue when they start drinking . ”

“Yes that’s true . Moreover they wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to taste other-world alcohol, you know . ”

“So absolutely no liquor . ” proclaimed Earth Goddess Kishar . That seemed quite definite . The God of War and the God of Blacksmiths, do they really like alcohol so much?

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“W- well, OK then, no booze . It seems a bit rough having to do without alcohol, I must admit . ” Agni-sama seems focussed on the idea of getting her hands on alcohol some day though .

“So now we’ve got that sorted, how about you get those sweets on their way to us?”

“That’s right . Offer us sweets quick . ”

I wasn’t sure it was really ‘sorted’ but I arranged my Net Super purchases on the usual cardboard-box altar, closed my eyes and prayed .