Chapter 605: "Awakened Feelings" (1/2)
The Upper Levels of the God Realm, the Temple of Fate. It is erected on the second most prestigious place in the God Realm, only below the Sanctuary, where only the Supreme Gods and their direct subordinates are allowed to enter.
Fate, the God of Fate, the master of this temple…… for some reason, was cooking, wearing a pink apron.
[Fufufuuuun~~♪]
Smiling while happily humming a tune, Fate was in a very good mood. The table was lined with beautifully browned cookies, and picking up one of the finished products, Fate brought it to her mouth.
[Unnn! Delish! As expected of me, I guess. Even if I don’t usually do something, doesn’t mean I can’t!]
The finished cookies seemed to be satisfactory, and Fate happily put the finished cookies into a cute wrapping bag.
[I wonder if Kai-chan would be happy with these~~? I was busy with dealing with the stuff at the Six Kings Festival related to Shallow Vernal-sama, and other than that time I played analyst at his birthday party, I didn’t get to play with Kai-chan that much~~]
After talking to herself with a happy smile on her face, Fate grabbed the wrapped cookies and jumped on her favorite cushion.
And then, heading towards where Kaito is……
[……Arehh?]
She stopped moving, tilting her head.
[……What am I doing? Eh? Why am I willingly doing something as tedious as cooking?]
Apparently, she had been in such a good mood that she hadn’t noticed it before, but she seemed to have finally realized her strange actions.
Dumbfounded, Fate stares at the package of cookies in her hand and mutters with a serious expression on her face.
[……This is strange, isn’t it? After all, I’m supposed to be approaching Kai-chan so that he could feed me while I spend my days lying around doing nothing, right? So, why am I spending so much time and effort to cook…… N- No, this is that! It’s because it’s easier to win Kai-chan’s heart with a home-cooked meal…… N- No, but, wouldn’t it have been easier if I just bring the “sweets made by Fertility God”?]
As if something seemed to be bothering her, she kept mumbling to herself in that place with no other person in sight.
[……That kinda looks like “I wanted Kai-chan to eat my home-cooked meal”…… N- No, that’s wrong! After all, the reason I’m approaching Kai-chan is so that I can become a full-fledged NEET. Kai-chan is a softied after all, so I’m just using him…… U- Unnn, that’s not it. That’s definitely not it.]
Looking as if she was quite upset, Fate shook her head several times and continued speaking with a flustered expression on her face.
[That’s definitely not it! After all, I’m a God, right? One of the Supreme Gods…… There’s no way that I…… am “in love” with a mere mortal! W- Well, Kai-chan certainly is an interesting child, and I evaluate him quite highly. I’m only bringing these because he’s useful to me, not because I’m in love with him or anything like that!]
As she spoke of such things, Fate suddenly realized that the cushion she was currently riding on….. “her favorite cushion, the present she received from Kaito”, and fell silent.
[……N- No…… That’s not it! This is just my favorite because it’s a nice cushion…… It has nothing to do with this being Kai-chan’s present or anything like that. Even the fact that I was happy when he gave it to me was just an act…… It’s an act to get Kai-chan to feed me.]
After muttering this as if she was explaining this to herself, Fate looked pensive for a moment before a small smile appeared on her lips.
[……The date with Kai-chan was quite f———– Hahh!? N- No, that’s not it!!!]
And immediately after, she vigorously shook her head.
[No, after all, that’s impossible…… That would be putting the cart before the horse. That’s not the case, right? There’s no way that I really fell in love with Kai-chan while trying different means of approaching him……]
Strange as it may seem, one’s own heart is something difficult for a person to understand. And apparently, that was also the same case for a Supreme God.
She hadn’t noticed until now the love she had for Kaito that had begun to grow within her heart. She didn’t realize until now that the approaches she made so that he could take her in…… before she noticed it, became her main goal.