I'm a Goddess to Be Devoured by the Protagonist - Chapter 78

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Episode 78
[Transmission]
After pressing the transmission button to move, I headed toward the Tea Table where Seosa was waiting.
“Wow. It’s a dragon.”
Seosa marveled at the sight of Sapphire.
“Caw!”
Sapphire’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the flower adorning Seosa’s braided hair.
Did she want to eat that too?
I caught Sapphire firmly before she could suddenly lunge forward and devour the flower.
“So, why did you bring this one along?”
“I wanted to ask if I could keep a Divine Dragon with me.”
“Ah. Of course you can. What’s the problem?”
Seosa spoke as if puzzled by such a question. It seemed there would be no complications with me keeping Sapphire.
So I decided to ask what I was curious about next.
“How is a Divine Dragon different from a regular dragon?”
“A Divine Dragon is as strong as a god. That one’s still a hatchling, so she’s a bit weaker.”
“Weaker? Me?”
“No. Sapphire is strong.”
“I see.”
Seosa spoke with a meaningful tone. Though he looked foolishly grinning, hardly the scheming type with narrowed eyes.
Then he met Sapphire’s gaze and brought his finger into the hatchling’s field of vision. Sapphire gripped his finger firmly.
“Hmm. Doesn’t look like she plans to let go.”
Even when he shook his finger up and down, it only resembled a handshake.
After a while of that, Seosa turned to me with his eyes closed and spoke.
“Help me.”
“She’ll let go when the time is right.”
I spoke while respecting Sapphire’s will.
“Ugh. That’s harsh.”
Eventually Seosa decided to try conversing with Sapphire.
“Little one, won’t you let go?”
“Let go? Let… go?”
Sapphire tilted her head as if she understood nothing. The gesture was incredibly endearing.
“Save me. This baby won’t let go and shows no sign of releasing me.”
“I’d say spending eternity like that wouldn’t be so bad.”
“What are you talking about?”
Of course I had no intention of leaving things as they were.
“Sapphire. Please release my friend’s hand.”
“Mm.”
The hatchling smoothly unclenched her tightly gripping hand. Seosa’s face relaxed with relief.
“I owe you my life.”
Anyone listening would think this tiny hatchling’s grip was lethal. Our child isn’t a bad one.
I stroked Sapphire while giving Seosa a bewildered look.
That was when it happened.
Flip. Flip. Flip.
The pages of the books surrounding Seosa began turning frantically.
When the pages finally stopped turning, Seosa spoke.
“Ah. It’s about time.”
He closed the nearest open book.
“You’ve adapted well to the Divine Realm by now, haven’t you? Last time you said moderately, but now a bit more?”
It was an abrupt question.
“I’ve made friends in the Divine Realm, and I’ve gotten close with Banal and even met a small dragon.”
“I’m not close with Banal. We’ve only met a few times.”
“That’s surprising. Anyway.”
Seosa stretched languidly without concern and then spoke.
“Don’t you want to recover your memories?”
What was he suddenly talking about?
“My memories?”
I pretended not to know. To hide the fact that Listener had no memories of mine.
“Don’t play dumb. I know you have no memories.”
His closed eyes seemed to see right through me. There was nowhere to hide from him.
“But I…”
I wasn’t the real Listener. There were no lost memories to recover—I was just an ordinary human.
“You are who you are. You always have been, and you still are.”
I was merely a possessor, nothing more. Why would he say such things to me?
“In the past, you wanted to turn away from the truth, but now you’ll be strong enough to face it. You’re not alone anymore.”
Seosa spoke gently.
“If you want to know the truth, eat this candy. After you eat it, remember to lie down. And don’t forget—it takes time to recover your memories.”
He set the candy on the table.
“Even if you don’t want to eat it now, you will someday. Keep it safe in your inventory.”
I reached for the candy as if entranced. The opalescent sweet gleamed in the light of that space.
“For now, that’s all. Take care.”
Pages of books swirled past, obscuring my vision.
When I came to my senses, I was back in my own space.
“Home!”
Sapphire cried out happily, unaware of what I was feeling.
* * *
After returning to my space, I fell into deep thought.

Seosa’s words echoed in my ears.
Could it really be that…?
“Sirius, I’m going to take a short nap.”
“Understood. Sleep well.”
I lay down on the bed and placed the candy in my mouth.
My consciousness slipped away as my eyes closed.
* * *
I had grown weary of boredom lately.
So I’d been engaging in various activities to relieve it.
For instance, helping other gods.
As a powerful god, I could offer many kinds of assistance to others.
It was one such day when a certain god came to me asking for help.
The god pointed to a small, blue circle before them.
“I’d like you to make meteors fall on this round thing.”
‘What could that be?’
A small curiosity stirred in me.
But it was too trivial a question—too small a wonder to bother resolving.
“Of course.”
I made meteors fall upon the small circle. Strangely, the meteors became miniaturized as they descended.
It was peculiar.
[Points have been earned.]
[+12,845p]
‘Why did that increase?’
But I had no way to resolve the mystery.
And so it happened again the next time, and the time after that.
The gods asked the same thing.
To make meteors fall on the small circle.
[Points Held: 9999999]999999+
The points accumulated endlessly, eventually spilling beyond the system window itself.
It was strange, but I didn’t concern myself with it and simply left it alone.
Today, after finishing helping the gods, I returned to my space and opened an app.
[Cosmos]
An app I’d recently found entertaining.
[#TowerClear #Satisfying #RankedFirst]
A recommended video appeared on the app. I tapped it—a human in magnificent armor wielded a sword against a monster.
‘Humans are always so full of vitality.’
With their limited lifespans, humans each pursued their own purpose.
‘Someday I want to have a world where humans like them live.’
But Shirin Light had said it was still too early for me to have a world of my own.
I didn’t need to heed his words, yet since he’d said so, there must have been a reason. I decided to follow his guidance.
When would he permit me to have my own world?
Then my vision warped. When my focus returned, I was in Seosa’s space.
Seosa poured tea into the cup in front of me.
I asked him a question.
“The Points I’m holding have increased. Why is that?”
“What did you do? That means you’ve affected some world.”
“I’m not sure. I just made a falling star descend into a round circle.”
“Really? I’m not sure about that either. How many Points do you have?”
“Over 9,999,999.”
“……What?”
That was when it happened.
Flutter. Flutter.
A book with its pages as wings came flying toward Seosa.
“Hold on a moment.”
Seosa set aside our conversation and focused intently on the book’s contents.
The book must have contained words visible only to Seosa, written about what was to come.
“Gasp.”
“What’s the matter?”
“It’s nothing serious.”
Despite his words, his expression had grown troubled.
“For now, would you go back to your space? I have something I need to do.”
“Understood.”
Though it was sudden, he’d done this before often enough that it wasn’t strange.
I returned to my space.
The gods made the same request again, and again after that.
Doubt could no longer be suppressed.
“What is that round thing?”
“Ah, it’s nothing much. Just a failed world.”
What?
That’s a world?
I couldn’t believe it.
Moreover, for something called a failed world, it was still so verdant—that vibrant, life-filled hue.
“Could it be that living creatures are actually inhabiting it?”
“That’s right. It’s still a living world. But why does that matter?”
I tensed the trembling muscles in my hands.
There might be humans thriving within it.
In the world I’d seen before, and the one before that.
The world struck by my falling star could not have escaped unscathed.
“Anyway, you’ll grant my request, won’t you? You’re not going to back out now?”
“……No.”
“Hm?”
“I can’t do it.”
I fled like a coward to Shirin Light’s Banquet.
I wished the loud noise of this place could drown out the chaos in my heart.
Then a god’s murmur caught my ear.
“The Listener who draws wishes through tangent lines—he granted my world a beautiful ending.”
It was a god I’d seen before, speaking about me.
“Why don’t you all try asking him too? When else would you get to borrow the power of such a strong god?”
“Should I ask him for my world as well?”
“I’m growing weary of my world soon enough anyway. This works out well.”
My stomach churned.
‘What I’ve done.’
My hands clenched involuntarily.
‘I’ve been destroying worlds.’

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