Chapter 035: Pleading the Goddess for Sui & Fer

Re-Translated by Gumihou

Edited by Onionpi

 

“Stone Bullet!”

A little stone gravel flew over the grass and struck a tree with an audible sound.

I hurried over and saw that the bark of the tree and even a bit of the inside was damaged.

“Awesome! I’m getting better at this,” the number of bullets I could produce was still only one, but thanks to the Blessing of Wind Goddess Ninril (small), its speed and power have increased.

“Thank you, Goddess-sama.”

Right now we’re on a little after meal break and I’m using the time to practice my Earth Magic.

Fer had run off into the woods to ‘check something out’ as soon as the meal was over, leaving me to my own devices. 

Since he has made a barrier and promised that he would return quickly, it’s all fine. Also, I have Sui with me.

Speaking of which, Sui has been levelling up pretty steadily, probably from eating Other World trash, and is now at Level 13.

I wonder how many levels she needs before she could evolve.

Anyway, let’s continue with our Earth Magic practice.

“Stone Bullet!”

Ahh, as expected. An ordinary person like me could only improve through steady practice.

“Stone Bullet!”

Fuuhh, I’m getting kind of tired.

I must not have a lot of magic in me since I get tired very quickly after a few rounds of practising. [5] [1] It would be nice to have a bigger magical reservoir but not having it is fine too.

Ahh, when the body is tired the best thing to do is to eat something sweet.

I opened up [Net Super] and considered my options. Hmm, let’s get a chocolate bar and a can of black coffee.

By the way, having something sweet and bitter together is the very definition of a magic combo. You can’t match sweet with sweet or you’ll get sick of it.

[6] I broke open the chocolate bar and ate a piece.

[6] Meanwhile, something brushed against my ankle. “Hm? Sui wants some too?”

Sui began to vibrate.

I broke off a piece and handed it to Sui. A transparent tentacle came out of Sui’s body and took the chocolate.

When the chocolate dissolved inside Sui, she vibrated even more.

[6] “Oh? You like that?” how cute, I thought as I bought another chocolate bar from [Net Super].

I let Sui have the whole bar of chocolate.

Ahh, Sui-tan is just so cute that I can’t help spoiling her~

Still, isn’t Fer getting kind of late?

Well, it’s not like I could do anything but wait for him to return.

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[6] Fer finally leapt into the barrier with a wild elegant grace and shook himself.

“You’re kind of late, Fer. Did something happen?”

“Nothing, it’s no big deal. Hm? Sniff, sniff…”

Like a huge white dog, Fer began to circle around Sui and me, his nose poking here and there.

“Hey, what is it?”

“Master, did you eat something delicious while I was away?”

“Eh?” It’s the chocolate! He must have smelt the chocolate! “N-no way, why?” [5]

Fer gave me a very intent stare, “You cannot trick my nose.”

Grrr…

As expected of a Fenrir’s dog-like, or was it a wolf-like sense of smell?

“Sui and I had a sweet called chocolate. I was tired from practising my magic and eating sweet things could aid recovery.”

“Is that so,” suddenly, Fer flopped to the ground. “I’m a little tired too. You should give me that choco-whatever thing.”

“… …” what nonsense are you talking about?

I didn’t say anything but my judgemental eyes must have conveyed my meaning clearly enough. “It’s unfair to treat Sui and me differently!” [5]

“Ugh, I guess you’re right,” defeated, I opened up [Net Super] and got him a dozen chocolate bars.

I was in the middle of unwrapping the chocolate bars for Fer when Sui wobbled over. She has no real eyes but I could somehow feel her yearning. So, in addition to the chocolate bar wrappers, I gave her a proper chocolate bar too.

Meanwhile, Fer began to crunch up the chocolate bars, “Mu! It’s the first time I tasted something like this, hmm. It’s not bad, not bad at all.”

You’ll get a toothache if you keep eating sweets like that. Oh, but he can nullify abnormal status so even cavity-causing bugs probably can’t do anything to him.

How lucky… wait, since I have God’s Blessing, although (small), surely I’ll be safe from toothaches?

Maa, it doesn’t matter. I like sweets and desserts as much as the next guy, which is to say I like them, but not that much.

Sui was happily dissolving her chocolate and-

“You there! It is I, Wind Goddess Ninril. You must pray and offer that choco-thing to me. Oh, and Dorayaki too.”

A female voice suddenly echoed in my head.

I had gotten used to Fer’s telepathy but this was much clearer…

Ninril-sama? Is this a request for sweets or an oracle?

Can it be called an oracle?

“That’s right, this is an important oracle. Quickly now, make it snappy!”

What’s with that attitude…

Could a goddess really be giving an oracle order for sweets of all things?

Is it alright for goddesses to act like that?

I have to say this goddess has a rather deplorable attitude. [5]

“Shut up, even goddesses need something to look forward to!”

Wow, so her real attitude has been exposed.

When I first heard from Fer that he received an ‘oracle from the goddess to offer up sweets in exchange for a blessing’ I had been rather disappointed by her attitude.

I mean, surely as a goddess, she should be able to get things from the Other World through her authority as a goddess?

Still, a few coins worth of sweets in exchange for a blessing is quite the bargain so I shouldn’t complain too much. [5]

[8] So, I opened up [Net Super] and bought a chocolate bar and a few Dorayakis for the Goddess-sama.

“Hm? Are you giving me more sweets?” [7] asked Fer.

“No, no, I received an oracle from Ninril-sama for chocolates and Dorayaki.”

“Nu? Is that so? If Ninril-sama granted you an oracle, then you should pray earnestly.”

Yeah, yeah, I thought as I placed the chocolates and Dorayaki onto the makeshift cardboard box altar and put my hands together to pray with my eyes closed.

When I next opened my eyes, the chocolates and Dorayakis had disappeared.

“Guudo-Jyoobu!”

Guudo-what bu?

What’s with that modern sounding answer?

What a deplorable goddess.

“Yosh, now that you’re done praying, we should set out now.”

For some reason, Fer seems to be in a hurry?

“Hey, Fer. What’s the hurry?”

“N-nothing, I am not in a hurry. Rather, how is your Earth Magic?”

What’s with that change of topic?

“No change, I can only shoot one pebble. But the damage level has increased thanks to Ninril-sama’s blessing.”

“Stone Bullet should be a spell that sends several stones flying, to just release one pebble is…”

[4] “Gununu, it can’t be helped, alright? Not everyone is a genius,”

“Looks like I have no choice,” Fer muttered.

“What was that? Did you say something?”

“Nothing, just get on my back,”

“Yes, yes, come one Sui. Get into the bag,”

[6] Once I got onto Fer’s back, he lowered his head and murmured, “Right, let’s go.”

[Gumihou: Uh oh, Fer’s plotting]

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