I'm a Goddess to Be Devoured by the Protagonist - Chapter 57

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Episode 57
I tidied up the room briefly and stepped out.
Sirius was eating bread for breakfast—one of the loaves I’d been sponsoring him with.
He was probably the only person who’d keep eating them.
As I watched him quietly, it suddenly struck me that I’d reached what could be called the ending of the original work.
And it was the ending where Sirius didn’t devour me.
So what was I supposed to do now?
Could I not go back to Earth?
If there was a reason for my possession, it was probably to save Quartz—Sirius’s world. And I’d done that.
So there was no reason for me to stay here anymore, was there?
Ah. Now that I think about it, what happened to Cosmos?
Since Sirius had arrived here, I suddenly grew curious about what changes had occurred on the broadcast platform.
I opened Cosmos.
[You have protected Quartz from the threat of destruction!]
[Congratulations! Your Involvement Level has increased!]
[Your Involvement Level: 3]
I saved the world from destruction and got only one level? That was it?
[The list of contractible humans has expanded.]
Six thumbnails appeared behind the system window.
[Vega]
[Deneb]
[Regulus]
[Capella]
[Antares]
[Betel]
Should I take on new contractors?
As I tilted my head in thought, Sirius asked.
“What’s the matter?”
“I was thinking about which contractor to take next. I can now make contracts with the people who helped you.”
……
Sirius’s expression darkened abruptly.
“What’s wrong?”
“I would prefer it if you did not take any contractors besides me.”
“Pardon?”
A question escaped me before I could think.
“I wish to be your sole contractor.”
Wow. Anyone listening would think that was a love confession.
Sirius’s manner was that earnest.
“Very well.”
If that’s what Sirius wanted, I’d give it to him.
“Did you perhaps have contractors before me?”
“No. Sirius is my first and only contractor.”
At that, Sirius wore a peculiar expression—one tinged with unmistakable satisfaction.
It seemed being the sole contractor to a deity pleased him.
“By the way, was the contract not severed by the aftereffects of absorbing the Evil God?”
“There has been no change. I remain your contractor even now.”
Still?
Sirius wasn’t among the thumbnails displayed on Cosmos. I thought something had gone wrong with the contract.
Just to be sure, I tried sending a sponsorship.
The system window appeared in front of Sirius—I wasn’t sure if he could see it.
Sirius pulled out a loaf and showed it to me.
“I just received this.”
So sponsorships still worked even if broadcasts didn’t.
Sirius held the loaf carefully.
A man that large cradling bread like that should’ve been amusing, but his features were handsome enough that it looked like something from a pictorial.
“Then I’ll look for another way to connect with people without making new contracts.”
“Thank you for indulging my selfishness.”
It wasn’t entirely selfish. A deity’s sole contractor—anyone could want that title exclusively.
I gazed at the thumbnails for a moment, then tapped on the one showing Vega.
Vega was silently shedding tears.
I looked up in surprise to see what was happening…
“Our hero has vanished.”
Antares delivered the unfortunate news as if speaking of someone distant. At once, I realized he was talking about Sirius.
Ah. The people of that world have no idea where Sirius went.
“If I’d known it would come to this, I wouldn’t have helped at all.”
Betel, standing beside Vega, let out a grunt and tilted his head.
Now that I thought about it, Betel had prevented people from moving when Sirius used his power—had kept them from stopping him.
When had Sirius even asked him for that?
I had no idea when he’d started planning this.
Should I send a message to Vega? They said I could message people even if they weren’t Contractors.
[The Listener who Traces Wishes with Diagonal Lines says that Sirius is alive.]
“What, what is it?”
“Huh? Why, what’s wrong, Vega?”
Betel asked in confusion when Vega reacted with such shock.
“The World Deity just sent me a message!”
“A World Deity? What kind of World Deity?”
“The Listener who Traces Wishes with Diagonal Lines!”
At the unfamiliar name of this World Deity, all eyes fixed on Vega. Normally he would have shrunk back, but his shock was so profound that he could only stare at the system window.
“Sirius was the Listener’s Contractor.”
Vega explained, as if laying out a fact.
“What? Why are you telling me this now!”
“The World Deity asked me to keep it secret.”
Betel exclaimed in surprise, and Vega answered.
“But what did the World Deity say?”
“That Sirius is alive!”
“What? He didn’t… pass on?”
Betel spoke in astonishment, and the people around him shared in that shock.
“Is that truly the case?”
Antares asked.
“A World Deity wouldn’t lie!”
The people stirred with emotion. Someone they thought had died and disappeared was alive.
This matter here seemed to be resolved now.
“Ham. Is Quartz now a safe world?”
Had world peace, the wish of all, been achieved?
“No. Defeating the Evil God doesn’t mean the broken world will restore itself. There is no World Deity to manage it.”
Wasn’t defeating the Evil God supposed to be the end of it?
“If you find Quartz’s World Deity and gain management rights over the world, that should do it.”
I see. But the problem is, I’ve forgotten those World Deities’ Divine Titles, so I can’t even send messages.
They definitely appeared in the Journey, but there’s no way I’d remember something that long.
“Sirius, do you know the Divine Titles of your world’s World Deities?”
“The Flame That Dances with the Wind and the Water Drop That Rises with the Sunlight.”
Even hearing it again, those names are long. Is there anywhere I can write them down?
[Search: The Flame That Dances with the Wind]
I tried sending a message to the Fire World Deity, using what I could remember.
There was no response at all.
[Search: The Water Drop That Rises with the Sunlight]
This time I tried sending a message to the Water World Deity.
[Water Drop: ??]
A reply came, though it took a moment.
I was furious that these beings had abandoned Quartz. I myself could have helped them defeat the Evil God.
[Listener: Do you have time to type question marks right now?]
Sharp words spilled out before I could stop them.
[Water Drop: ???]
If this continued, they’d keep typing question marks. I decided to have a proper conversation this time.
[Listener: Transfer your authority over Quartz to me.]
Yes. Direct and impressive messaging.
[Water Drop: K.]
The response came back with typos and incorrect spelling.
Either way, the other party accepted surprisingly easily.
[Water Drop: C0me 2 my sp4ce l8r?]
“Sirius, I’m going to visit another god’s space for a moment.”
“Yes, understood.”
[Transfer]
The moment I pressed the transfer button, a wondrous place that could rightly be called a world of water filled my vision.
And there, in that space, was a child who looked even younger than the Listener.
“Waaah!!”
The child, who appeared to be Water Drop, clung to my leg.
“Thank you so much for saving Quartz!”
The child spoke words that contradicted my expectations.
Saving? Thank me?
“Didn’t you abandon that world?”
“Abandon it? What are you talking about? We did everything we could to save that world.”
The child’s eyes widened as if unable to comprehend my words.
“But our power wasn’t enough. So we begged other gods for help. But not a single god came to our aid. No strong god agreed to make a deal with us—not because they didn’t want to save Quartz.”
I remembered what Seosa had said: that the gods had grown tired even of playing the hero.
“So we two tried to do something ourselves, but a bug was caused by an Evil God. We could no longer use the Cosmos to intervene in that world. And so it ended up looking abandoned.”
Looking at the child’s expression, the situation seemed more complicated than I’d thought.
“Right now, Quartz is a world without an owner. It must be terribly chaotic.”
Water Drop spoke in a subdued voice.
“What’s your Involvement Level? If it’s 10, you could even take Quartz as your own.”
“It’s 3.”
“What? You saved Quartz with only a Level 3?”
Water Drop looked at me with admiration.
“Then let’s raise your level from now on. And you’ll have that world.”
And then Water Drop added something more.
“Quartz is a world that needs a god. Left alone, it will perish.”
That was a rather serious matter.
I didn’t want to let the world I’d tried to save simply collapse into ruin.
“Understood. I’ll do my best.”
“Yay! So it’s decided then?”
Water Drop grinned so widely, as if the world weren’t about to fall apart. The child seemed to notice this and hesitated, correcting the expression.
“I’ll help you with all my heart, so don’t worry too much.”
From the way Water Drop spoke, it seemed the child was a seasoned god with an Involvement Level of at least 10. There was no harm in accepting the help.
“First, let’s introduce you in Quartz. Your level is low, so it seems I haven’t publicized you much.”
I turned my gaze to the screen where the thumbnail was displayed.

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