10 – The Story of Gods and Kin (2/2)

「Fluffy is also a slime that has a good affinity with Will!」

「Is that why it chased me in the forest?」

「Unlike a dog, dropping a slime in the middle of the city might create a problem!」

Even though he is Slime God, he is familiar with human society.

It seems that Slime God had sent Fluffy to the forest near the city, once I recovered my memories of my previous life.

Fluffy apparently had been lonely in the forest.

So when it sensed my magic in the forest, it came chasing after me hurriedly.

It sounds disheartening when I hear that. Let’s give it a lot of love from now on so it doesn’t feel lonely.

「Thank you for your concern, Dog God and Slime God」

The goddess interrupts our conversation.

「Have you finished talking? Then…」

I ignore the goddess and think to myself.

If there is a god-beast for dogs, then is there a god-beast for humans too?

「Ah, Will-chan, again you’re not listening to what I have to say」

「Oh sorry, I wasn’t listening」

「There’s no helping you. Well, Will-chan, the god-beast for humans is actually—」

She seems to have read my thoughts again. This time though, I am very interested in the contents of the topic she is discussing.

I listen closely to the goddess.

But just then, my presence begins to fade.

「Oh no! Will-chan, are you leaving already?」

「It would appear so. I really wanted to hear what you were going to say…」

「Sadly it would take too long to finish」

The goddess begins to speak seriously, but the gods behind us start to fuss.

「What! Hime, Dog God and Slime God monopolized Will all to themselves, that we didn’t get to talk to him at all」

「That’s right! It’s Hime’s fault. Apologize!」

「That’s right! Apologize! ‘You’ are too selfish!」

「I will never apologize! Instead, who was the one who addressed me as ‘you’?」

「Shut up! Someone like ‘you’ deserves to be addressed as ‘you’!」

「That’s right! That’s completely right!」

「What did you say!? I won’t forgive you. I will definitely make you regret that」

「’You’ are the one who is going to regret things」

The goddess begins to quarrel with the other gods.

Despite that going on, Dog God and Slime God continue to talk to me.

「I am going to miss you」

「I am always watching over you through Fluffy! Pigi」

「I leave Luxcanis in your care」

「Take care of Fluffy!」

「Ah, I will cherish them」

「I feel at ease with Will taking care of thi—」

I could only hear the words of Dog God halfway through.

………….

…………….

……………….

「Okay, the measuring is over」

Arti is still standing in the exact same spot before I touched the device.

「……Did I lose consciousness?」

「Uh, no」

The time of stay in World of Gods was enough to have a physical experience, but only a moment seems to have passed here.

But that does not mean time flows faster in the World of Gods.

Even I do not understand the logic behind it very well. So, it’s a waste of time thinking about it.

It exceeds human intelligence.

For some reason, Fluffy is moving around in my clothes at that time.

It might have guessed that my consciousness was blown into the World of Gods.

「Well, what does the end result say?」

「Will Wolms, your guardian deity is the Human God」

「Is there any other gods?」

「No, that’s the only god」

「………I see」

My plans of enrolling into the Academy of Heroes begin to fall apart in my mind.

Thinking back on it, the first time we met, the goddess said I was recognised for my contributions as a human. Then, the goddess is most probably the true Human God herself.

I failed to ask what god the goddess was since I wasn’t terribly interested in that.

「Will my entrance exam for tomorrow be suspended?」

「No, you will take the exam as scheduled」

Somehow I avoided being turned down for the exam tomorrow due to this outcome. I feel completely relieved since things can still turn for the better.