Chapter 120 (2/2)

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“That’s right . ” Kishar-sama explained . “To be fair to everyone there’s a limit of up to three silver coins in value . ”

“Oh yeah . No cheating, no trying to get more from the other-world-guy than the rest of us get . Arguing with him is right out or else he’ll stop making offerings completely . ” Agni-sama added .

“Don’t be greedy . Up to three silver coins each . ” Ruka-sama’s summary was blunt and to the point as usual .

The Goddesses laid out the rules quite clearly, didn’t they? Especially the favouritism thing . I decided to sweeten the deal for the two Gods who were new to the offerings setup .

“That’s how it is, Vulcan-sama and Hephaestus-sama . ” I explained . “Offerings worth up to three silver coins each keeps it fair for all the others . However just for today I have increased this to four silver coins to apologise for being delayed in making my offerings as I had promised . ”

“Che-, how annoying but-” I heard the God of Blacksmiths sigh . “Very well, today we get offerings worth four silver coins, right? In that case I want to try lots of different kinds of other-world booze since I don’t know what I’d like . ”

“I want to try various sorts of liquor too, like Heffy says . ” Heffy? Ah, Hephaestus-sama . “Just pick some booze for us will ya? Up to four silver coins worth each . ” The Goddesses were spot-on when they told me Vulcan-sama and Hephaestus-sama would want offerings of booze . . .

“Yeah, just pick some for me too . ” Heffy- oops, Hephaestus-sama agreed .

“Haa~” Agni-sama sighed . “I give up . Now these two have shown up you’re stuck with them, other-world-guy . Oh, and can I have what they’re getting?” She didn’t seem that concerned about how this was going to affect me .

“It looks that way . We didn’t want these two to get involved but . . . Sorreee . ” Kishar-sama said insincerely .

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“These two, nose too good . ” Ruka-sama added . Just like that the Goddesses gave up and left me holding the bag . Thanks, all-powerful Deplorable-samas . I added my own sigh to the collection from Heaven and bowed to the inevitable . Booze, they all wanted booze right?

I started with cans of beer, one of each of a different type, a well-recommended dry lager, a premium beer and a dark stout, each costing 2 copper coins . A 720ml bottle of top-quality sake was a silver coin, a 700ml bottle of imported whisky another silver coin and a 640ml bottle of brandy for yet another silver coin . A bit of searching in the Net Super located a reasonably-priced bottle of Spanish red wine for the remaining four copper coins .

I got three of each for the three drunkards, oops deities who had requested booze as their offerings, total cost twelve silver coins .

“Finally is Ruka-sama . ”

“Same as before . Sweets and food . Extra food . ”

Coming right up . Something warm perhaps . . . ah, the beef bowl, I had it ready anyway . How much should I charge? I know it’s cheap enough back in my own world but here? I put the price at five copper coins . Did I have any gyoza left? Ah, yes, here they were . I put out a dozen gyoza and set the price at five coppers too . Side dishes, I’d get them from the Net Super, lessee, a platter of assorted kushikatsu mixed meat and vegetable skewers with dipping sauce, there were chicken, peaches, scallions and liver . I added a couple of fishcakes and some deep-fried marinated meat tatsukage . The rest of the offering for Ruka-sama was bread and confectionery as usual .

Yosh, I had everything . I set up all the offerings on cardboard altars as usual, six this time thanks to the over-sensitive noses of a certain God of Blacksmiths and a certain God of War . I realised as I lined up the assorted lotions and tubes on Kisha-sama’s altar that she’d need a little help with the items I had chosen for her .

“Kishar-sama, I’ll explain how you should use your offerings . Oh, can you can see them as I point them out?”

“Yes, I can see them perfectly . ” she reassured me so I continued .

“The facial cleansing foam here is squeezed out this way,” I demonstrated, “and lathered up with some warm water to wash your face . Rinse it off thoroughly afterwards though . After washing and drying your face use the mosturising lotion here . Put a spot of lotion about the size of . . . ” ummm, umm, what does a 100-yen coin look like in this world? ah, “the size of a silver coin on your fingers and apply it gently to your face . Repeat if your skin is particularly dry . ”

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After putting the skin lotion back on the altar I held up the tube of eye wrinkle cream . “Just a small amount on the tip of your finger and apply it around your eyes . You might want to put a little more on at night before you sleep . ” Do Goddesses sleep? I didn’t know but that’s what the instructions on the back of the box said to do . The rest of it was based on memories from watching my sister hard at work fighting the onis of bad skin and acne with her arsenal of chemical weaponry in the bathroom cupboard . As I put the tube back on Kishar-sama’s altar my eye caught the bottles and cans on three of the other altars . I should maybe give some advice about them too .

“Oh yes, I should explain to Hephaestus-sama, Vulcan-sama and Agni-sama about their offerings . Please be careful as the alcohol content is high in them . ” I said, pointing out the bottles of sake, brandy and whisky .

“Because they’re strong you should pour them into a glass and drink them like that, maybe with some ice . It’s similar stuff to the liquor I offered up to Agni-sama last time . It still tastes delicious even if you add water as well . ”

“I get you . Strong booze is especially welcome, yeah . ” Hephaestus-sama said .

“That’s right . I’m looking forward to drinking this booze real soon . ” Vulcan-sama added .

“War God, let’s partaaay!”

“Oh yeah, time to get it on . ”

Hephaestus-sama and Vulcan-sama sounded like they had been drinking already . I sighed (again) but it was out of my hands now . Time to send the offerings to their recipients and call it a night .

“Then, here are the items you wished for . Please accept them . ” I couldn’t be bothered with saying anything more elaborate . The goods on the cardboard altar disappeared promptly nevertheless, accompanied by the voices of the Goddesses (squealing) and the Gods (roaring) as my offerings arrived in their realm .

Haaaa, somehow the number of deities looking over my shoulder had increased . I couldn’t refuse them, the God of Blacksmiths and the God of War were just too intimidating and besides I was exhausted after spending most of the day dealing with the Dragon-maniac Elland-san . I worried about how the Status of Fer, Sui and Dora-chan would change now they had the blessings of Hephaestus-sama and Vulcan-sama but I was too tired to investigate immediately . I’d get a good night’s sleep and check on them to see what had happened tomorrow .