Chapter 119 (1/2)

Volume 2

Chapter 120

Ch 120 — Secret Drinking Exposed (first part)

I decided to stay at the “Labyrinth City Inn” Elland-san recommended . After we found our way there and got a room everyone ate in the inn’s courtyard where I could cook dinner . Afterwards Fer and Dora-chan went to sleep in the stables attached to the inn . As I laid out Fer’s collection of futons for them to sleep on Dora-chan piped up, saying “I want my own futon” . I opened the Net Super and bought a child’s futon for him . It had a fantasy-themed cover with colourful manga images of dragons and other monsters printed on it . Seeing the small Pixie Dragon curled up on it was an incongruous sight .

After settling the other two monsters in the stables I took Sui up to our room . As soon as I put a futon on the bed for me Sui got into it and fell asleep . I gazed longingly at the bed but I couldn’t go to sleep quite yet myself since there were things I had to do .

Offerings to the Goddesses . I was a little late, again . Hey, I had been travelling and having to deal with Elland-san and . . . yeah, yeah, the Goddesses weren’t going to listen, so rehearsing my excuses was useless . The sooner I got it over with the better . Time to contact them, I suppose .

“Ah, Goddess-samas, are you there?”

“Late!! You’re totally late, you knowwww! You absolutely forgot about us, didn’t you?” Ah, Ninril-sama . How nice to hear your delightful screeching voice again . Not . I couldn’t deny what she had said though .

“Really, we’ve been waiting here for some time for you to make your offerings as you agreed in return for our blessings . I think an apology is in order, don’t you?” Kishar-sama was next in the “kick the other-world-guy while he’s down” queue, getting her dig in quite eloquently . I didn’t really ask for those blessings, of course but . . .

“Looks that way to me too . I want an apology as well . ” Agni-sama followed up brusquely .

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” . . . you broke your promise . ” came Ruka-sama’s almost-silent voice, finishing off the four-hit megami-combo in her usual understated manner . That last smackdown was probably the most painful, I mused as I scrabbled for an answer . Ah! Appeal to their greed, that was sure to work .

“Ah, you’re right of course . I am sorry I was so terribly late . ” I grovelled . “I know words are insufficient so as an apology for my mistake I’ll increase the value of each of my offerings today from 3 silver coins to 4 silver coins . Please forgive me . ”

“Umm, I’ll totally go for that, yeah . ”

“Four silver coins? That sounds fine . ”

“Oh, four silver coins? You can send me more booze than usual in that case . ”

” . . . forgiven”

I have been completely forgiven for just four silver coins extra . The Goddesses are pretty gulli-, uh really kind and understanding of my human failings .

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“Well then, I will ask what you want . Ninril-sama, you’re first as usual?”

“Yes, It’s always me first, you know . ” I imagined Deplorable-sama smirking at the other Goddesses as she said that . “I want sweet things, just the same as usual OK? Lots more dorayaki of course, and I want more cake and pudding you know, and more sweet bubbly drinks too . More of everything . ”

Ninril-sama ordered her usual sugar-bomb of sweet foods and drinks, unwavering and unchanging . I opened Net Super and started loading things she wanted into the cart to a total price of 4 silver coins . Dorayaki, cake, pudding, cola, cider, Japanese sweets and assorted chocolates and candy, that should be enough for her .

“Next is Kishar-sama, correct?”

“Yes, that’s right . I still have some shampoo, treatment and hair wraps still left from your last offering . Are there any other beauty related items you could suggest?”

“Hmmm, beauty treatments . . . ?” I gave it some thought, trying to remember the sorts of things my sister used to fill the bathroom cupboards with at home . She used a lot of facial cleansers, skin lotions and mosturisers especially in her teenage years when pimples and spots were the Enemy to be attacked on sight, no prisoners in a war to the finish .

“Well, if it’s beauty treatments you’re after, how about lotions and moisturisers for your skin?”

“Huh, what are they? I’ve never heard of them . ” Kishar-sama sounded intrigued .