Bonus Short Stories
The Goddesses’ Chat
“Hmm...”
The scratching sounds of a pen filled the room. Said room was mostly pink and rather fancy. It was also an office belonging to the Goddess of Fate—Ira.
The goddess let out a sigh.
“Maybe I should take a break.”
Considering how close the western continent was geographically to the demon continent, Ira—who was in charge of the western continent—was always busy.
She’d already been awake for seven days nonstop.
“Hmm, making coffee’s a pain,” she grumbled.
“Yo, Irrie!☆”
“We came to hang out!”
Suddenly, two other goddesses appeared in the room.
One of them was a blonde who seemed rather flighty—it was Ira’s older sister, Eir, the Goddess of Water.
The other goddess had hair that sparkled silver like the stars. She was a wicked deity who was supposed to be sealed away in the Seafloor Temple. This was Noah of the Titanea.
“Eir, Noah?! What are you doing here?”
“I had nothing better to do,” Noah said casually.
A deep furrow appeared on Ira’s brow. “Well, I’m busy! Go away!” Even though they were higher gods, she couldn’t help but shout angrily at them.
“Come on, Irrie,” Eir soothed. “Noah’s actually just worried about Mako. Let us know how he’s doing in the past.”
Eir glanced at Noah, but Noah just looked away. Judging by the look on Noah’s face, Eir was right on the money.
Ira sighed. “Fine, if you’re asking...” She snapped her fingers and a screen appeared in the air. Projected upon it was a black-haired, dark-eyed youth of rather average looks.
“It’s Mako!”
“Huh, he seems well.”
Both Eir and Noah peered at the image with interest.
The scene showed him training his water magic, and the overall image remained unchanging.
“Mako’s still training,” said Eir. “He hasn’t changed, even in the past.”
“Right? He’s done practically nothing else,” Ira said in exasperation before turning to the third goddess in the room. “There, you’ve seen him now, so you should be hap—”
Suddenly, she noticed the smirk on Noah’s face. The goddess was practically grinning.
Ira felt an uneasy stirring in her chest.
Eir had said that Noah wanted to come here to check on Makoto because she was worried.
However, her expression looked more like...
“Hey, Noah?” Ira asked.
“Hm? What’s up?”
As Noah turned around, Noah’s face settled into a bemused look, as vexingly beautiful as ever.
She looks like a plan of hers has just gone off without a hitch, Ira thought.
But there was no way. Noah was sealed away in the Seafloor Temple, rendered powerless.
Ira still couldn’t let it go. She went to question Noah further, but—
Ding dong.
“Irrie, what’s that noise?” Eir asked.
“Ack!” exclaimed Ira. “Makoto Takatsuki will be here soon!”
“Oh, maybe we can say hi.”
“Of course you can’t!” she yelled.
If the two of them met Makoto here, it would break history more than it was already broken...and it would be even longer before Ira could sleep.
“Out! Get out!” Ira ushered them along and was once again alone in the room.
Her face...
Has she concocted some sort of scheme?
“No way!” Ira shook her head, trying to dispel those thoughts. If she kept worrying about irrelevant things, she would never finish her work.
After all, no one could free Noah from her seal.
The goddess started working once again.
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