Useless Goddess Interlude 1
Midnight.
“Do you understand, Emperor Zell? If something were to happen to me, it’ll be up to you to save the world.”
I bid farewell to the sleeping Emperor Zell.
Even though Zell is in the presence of a goddess like me, he doesn’t seem like he has any intention of waking up.
Seems like he’s really something after all.
It’s said that long lived high ranking dragons will sleep for longer and longer periods the more powerful they get. I wonder exactly how powerful Zell will grow up to be when he’s capable of falling asleep even in the presence of a goddess.
“Listen well, Emperor Zell, even if something were to happen to me, don’t destroy the world in the process of taking revenge, you hear? That isn’t something your mother would want.”
Zell loves me very much, so I need to make this clear to him before I leave.
My beloved Emperor Zell remains fearless even in the face of the shell of a Devil, and in fact uses it as a nest.
To remain fearless even in the face of Devils and Goddesses, Zell truly is a dragon worthy of being crowned an emperor.
Crowned with a fiery red crest, a beak that shines like gold and unblemished feathers as white as snow.
As I ran my hands through Emperor Zell’s white plumage before leaving, I felt something nestle up to me.
“What is it, Black demonic beast? I usually lose to you, but Emperor Zell is here today, so I won’t lose. If I detect a hint of hostility from you, I’ll wake Emperor Zell up and have him get rid of you instantly.”
Curled up next to me feet was the mysterious demonic beast that singled me out to be its enemy.
I really wish it’d stop stealing my snacks and side dishes without a second thought.
“… W-What? What’s with you today? Why are you sticking to me so much today?”
Chomusuke repeatedly brushed its head against my hand, almost as if it’s asking for me to head pat it.
Normally it wouldn’t even allow me to touch it. Why are cats such selfish creatures?
What, you’re really fluffy and soft, aren’t you?
… Seriously!
“Are you here to stop me after knowing that I’m heading off to take out the Demon King? But you’re too naive. Don’t think that you’ll be able to delay my departure just because your fur is a little fluffy… But, well, if you don’t mind letting me touch your belly too, I wouldn’t mind delaying my departure until tomorrow.”
Even though I tried to barter with it, perhaps because it isn’t willing to give up its belly, but it unsheathed its claws the moment I tried getting anywhere close.
“You’ll get divine retribution if you lay your claws on the soft skin of a goddess. I occasionally feel the aura of a human coming from you. What’s up with that? You always smell nice even though you are a cat. Are you aiming to become the god of soap or something? Oh, no, you can’t become the god of baths. I’m already the goddess of water, so our domains would overlap.”
Almost like it was protesting against my words, Chomusuke bit my hagoromo.
That’s a divine relic, so I would really like it if you could stop drooling all over it.
Just then, Chomusuke turned its gaze towards an empty spot of space.
“Ara, did you come to see me off too?”
Standing right there is the bounded spirit that lives in the mansion, Anna.
She’s normally a spirited girl who loves playing pranks on me, but something seems different about her today.
“You have an unusually serious look on your face today. What, are you ready to move on now?”
She said she’ll move on to heaven herself when she has grown bored of listening to our stories of adventures, so I’ve left her alone until now…
“You still haven’t grown tired of those stories yet? … I see. Well, it’s best for spirits to naturally go to heaven after settling their regrets here, so that’s fine. But make sure you keep out of sight of Eris, okay? She’s really hard headed, so she won’t hesitate to send you on immediately.”
Anna nodded in response to my advice.
“… Say, didn’t I tell you to stop saying that? That’s a death flag, you know?”
She asked me to tell her one last story, so that even if I don’t make it back, she’ll be able to move on without any regrets.
As I sat down on the lawn, Chomusuke, even though it normally never did something like this, happily leapt onto my lap.
“Say, you two are really making it really hard for me right now. Actually, I might miss the midnight carriage if things go on like this…”
I’m not sure if Chomusuke heard me, all it did was let out a lazy yawn.
Just what is up with these two today? Don’t they know that they are getting in the way of exterminating the Demon King?
But, well…
“Oh, very well. Let me tell you a particularly nostalgic story of mine… That was back when I was hard at work receiving the dead souls up in heaven. On that day, a hiki-NEET who died in a really rare way got sent to me wearing a tracksuit…”
— It was the honest request of the young lady ghost that I’ve known for quite some time now, so I decided to go along with it.
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