I'm a Goddess to Be Devoured by the Protagonist - Chapter 74

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Episode 74
Anyway.
“I think our stamina won’t drain if we sleep by a fire.”
Fire really is essential in a Survival Game.
“……Yes, I suppose so.”
Sirius gave a quiet reply, then pushed himself up and moved toward the flames.
My Hunger Gauge still wasn’t full, so I was thinking maybe I should eat more fish.
Whoosh.
An ominous sound rang out.
The sound of fire extinguishing.
“My apologies. I’ve accidentally put out the fire.”
Sirius had done the unthinkable.
“What? How on earth did that happen?”
“I simply… made a mistake.”
Sirius avoided my gaze. He looked genuinely sorry.
“Don’t worry about it. We can just start a new fire.”
For some reason, he rolled his eyes.
“Actually, I think it would work just fine if we slept embracing as before. You seemed to struggle lighting the fire earlier, did you not?”
“Ah. You’re right.”
Starting a new fire was difficult, but sleeping like that was easy enough.
The problem was his handsome face.
Every time I woke up, I’d startle awake — I just couldn’t get used to it.
I sighed deeply to myself and crawled sluggishly into Sirius’s arms.
[3 Survival Days remaining.]
* * *
The next day, we set out on a journey to find water.
We had to find drinking water, or as a last resort, distill seawater somehow to drink.
Otherwise, we’d die of thirst.
“Sirius. Let’s search for water.”
“Very well.”
We climbed up and down mountains different from the one we’d scaled on the first day.
When we reached the third mountain, Sirius discovered a Waterfall.
Swoooosh.
The Waterfall sang out with a sound that cleared the mind.
I gazed at the pool of water the Waterfall had created.
Would it be safe to drink?
At first glance, it was clean water with a visible bottom.
I hesitated for a moment, then carefully scooped up some water and tasted it.
Fortunately, I felt no ill effects. It seemed we wouldn’t need to distill it.
The game’s difficulty seemed lower than expected. We had Flint, edible Fruit, and clean water we could drink right away.
“Sirius, this water is safe to drink.”
“……That sounded exactly like you just tested whether it was drinkable by tasting it yourself.”
“Please don’t overthink it.”
“How could I not be concerned?”
Why did he have to say things like that? Heat rushed to my face.
I washed my face for no particular reason. The cool water soothed the heat away.
We memorized the location of the water source, then returned to the Cave and ate Fish.
[Satiety Fatigue]
A window appeared saying we were tired of Fish just from eating it for a while.
But that wasn’t right. I wasn’t tired of it. What would you know about it?
I forced the Fish to my lips anyway, but suddenly the fishy smell hit me hard and I couldn’t eat it.
What kind of system was this? We were stranded on a deserted island and it cared about getting tired of food?
“Did the Satiety Fatigue window appear for you too, Sirius?”
“Yes, it did.”
“What do we do?”
I guessed we’d have to eat Fruit again.
“I sensed traces of animals in the vicinity.”
“So……?”
Would we have to hunt and eat animals?
But how? And how would I clean the innards?
But I couldn’t rely on Sirius for that either.
[Two Survival Days remain.]
Worries gave way to darkness, and we fell asleep together.
* * *
We gorged ourselves on fruit until the Satiety Fatigue message appeared.
Even so, the Hunger Gauge was still far from full, and it seemed time had come to find something else to eat.
“I’ll set traps,” Sirius said.
What if we caught something cute—a rabbit or a deer?
Until now I’d eaten fish readily enough, but I had a feeling that when it came to this, I’d ask him to let it go.
“Something has been caught in the trap,” Sirius announced.
Hours later, I followed behind him, curious to see what meat awaited us.
But what lay ensnared was a Slime.
A Slime in the Survival Game? Out of nowhere?
“I wonder if… we can actually eat this,” I ventured.
“Let me try first,” Sirius said.
“Wait—”
He ignored my protest and tore off a piece of the gelatinous mass, popping it into his mouth.
“I notice no immediate ill effects.”
In most Survival Games, poisoning or spoilage shows up instantly. Sirius’s lack of symptoms meant one thing: the Slime was safe to eat.
“Then we can have it.”
After confirming this with Sirius, I tore off a piece for myself. It had a tart, sour taste.
“It’s delicious,” I said.
“I’m glad it suits your palate.”
Sirius, by contrast, seemed less impressed. While I filled my Hunger Gauge completely, he ate just enough to satisfy it and left the rest untouched.
[One Survival Day remains.]
Tomorrow—finally—I’d escape this godforsaken place.
* * *
“Our last day,” Sirius observed.
I stretched luxuriously as I spoke.
“Having you here made all the difference.”
“I’m glad to have been of service.”
That night, a Portal appeared before us.
[You have completed five Survival Days.]
[Thank you for playing ‘Survival Game: Untitled-Beta’.]
The moment we passed through the Portal, my familiar space welcomed me back.
“We made it out,” I breathed.
Relief flooded through me in a long sigh.
“I’ve missed a soft bed so much.”
I sprawled across it, arms spread wide. For some reason, Sirius watched me with warm eyes.
Not quite the look of a mother watching her well-fed daughter, but something closer to how one might gaze at a contented hamster munching cabbage.
Regardless, I had a debt to settle with the one who’d caused this mess.
“Sirius, I’m going to have a word with the god who put us through that ordeal. I’ll be back soon.”
“Of course. Take your time.”
I headed straight for Seosa’s space.
When Seosa saw me, she grinned with the innocence of someone who knew nothing, swinging her legs beneath the tea table.
“You cleared it! How was it?”
“Can you not leave a game whenever you want?”
“Nope. I designed it that way—better immersion.”
“Next time, spare me games like this.”
“Yeah, yeah, I hear you.”
While Seosa was evading my gaze, the Clown appeared.
He looked frustrated, frustration etched plainly across his face.
“How is it that I died on the second day?” he demanded.
“What? Why did you die?” Seosa asked, curious.
The Clown spoke as though he’d been wronged.
“My stamina drained from the cold at night. What kind of system is this anyway?”
A flash of memory: Sirius and I sharing body heat as we slept, our stamina untouched. The fact hung unspoken in the air between us.
But I didn’t mention it.
“You could’ve used Flint to make a fire and then slept,” I offered simply.
“Flint? Was that in the game? I didn’t realize—I’ve never played anything like this before.”
The Clown spoke in surprise.
“How did the Listener figure it out?”
I couldn’t tell him I’d played the Survival Game in a past life.
“I just got lucky and found it.”
“We designed it to require quite a bit of searching to discover, so you were fortunate indeed.”
Seosa regarded me with suspicion. I wanted to avoid his gaze, but instead forced myself to meet it with feigned confidence.
“It seems our Listener has a talent for games?”
“I suppose so?”
Both gods’ eyes sparkled as they looked at me. At this rate, I’d end up as a test subject for all manner of games.
“I’d rather not play games like this where I can’t leave freely.”
“Hmph.”
Seosa made a disappointed sound.
* * *
Now that I thought about it, I realized I hadn’t checked what new features appeared after leveling up.
It might take some time to hunt down each new feature myself, but fortunately there was a better way.
“Ham, show me the new features in Cosmos.”
“Of course!”
My loyal secretary answered with sparkling eyes.
“First, some useful items have appeared in the Sponsor Shop Purchase menu!”
Ham displayed a system window for me.
[Sponsor Shop Purchase]
[Decent Helmet]
.
.
.
[Decent Trash]
What in the world is “Decent Trash”?
Curious, I bought one and pulled it out—it was literally just a wad of garbage.
Refund my Points. Even if I can use Points infinitely, this deserves to be refunded.
Aside from that, various items had appeared, but none of them were immediately necessary.
Why not sell Potions and the like? I could give them to people when they get hurt.
“And we can now view the interior of the Temple separately, and it’s also become possible to sponsor Temples! As it happens, there are two people in one of the Temples right now!”
Ham displayed another broadcast screen. No, this looked more like a CCTV feed.
There were a man and a woman in the Temple.
—Darling, the god might be watching us.
—How wonderful that the god is witnessing our love.
And then they locked lips passionately.
My eyes went wide as saucers and I shut the window.
Do that sort of thing at home, please. Why in a sacred Temple?
“Oh……”
Ham’s voice came through with an uncertain tone.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t expect……”
“It’s not your fault.”
Sirius looked at us with a puzzled expression, but I couldn’t clear up that confusion.
How am I supposed to explain this?

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