I'm a Goddess to Be Devoured by the Protagonist - Chapter 86

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Episode 86
[Seosa: Bored. Anyone around to chat with me, Listener?]
I was taking a break from watching Alissa when Seosa sent me a message.
Since I had something to boast about, I decided to tell him.
[Listener: I received the world where my contractor lived from the Original Deity.]
[Seosa: What? Really? That’s amazing! Congratulations!]
[Seosa: So, what does your mega best friend say?]
[Listener: He didn’t say much.]
[Seosa: Tch. That’s no fun. I thought he might cry with emotion.]
Was he joking?
Sirius wasn’t the type to cry over something like that.
I brushed off the joke lightly and shifted the conversation.
[Listener: And I removed the former king from the throne.]
[Seosa: Huh? You don’t usually do that, do you? Was there a reason?]
[Listener: My contractor’s biological father was that man.]
[Seosa: Ah. Say no more. I get it.]
Our chat started with world-building talk and somehow drifted into discussion about Sapphire.
[Listener: So I ended up taking care of a dragon.]
[Seosa: Wow, so the divine dragon still exists. How fascinating.]
As I read Seosa’s message, a good idea occurred to me, so I asked.
[Listener: Is there a place where I could tire out a young dragon? We do play with her, but she has so much energy.]
[Seosa: Hmm. How about checking out this place?]
I checked the address Seosa had sent me.
[Fairies’ Tea Party]
[#Healing #Fairies #Many NPCs]
The word “NPC” in the hashtags caught my eye.
In the Divine Realm, an NPC meant a character created for a specific purpose. For example, Hem was an NPC who served as my assistant.
Seeing that hashtag suggested the world had NPCs in it.
[Listener: It doesn’t look bad.]
[Seosa: Right?]
“Sirius, Sapphire. Let’s go play.”
“Squee!”
As soon as Sapphire heard her name called, she lifted one front paw and responded. Her enthusiasm was unmatched.
I picked up Sapphire and grasped Sirius’s wrist, then pressed the teleport button. The world shifted around me.
A forest opened before us, with a stump as large as a table and smaller stumps arranged around it like chairs.
“It’s a dragon!”
“Still so young!”
Small beings with insect wings resembling tiny humans—fairies—murmured at the sight of Sapphire.
They seemed eager to approach us but only peeked out from behind the trees, too shy to come forward.
I extended my hand toward them.
“You can come closer.”
Only then did the fairies beam with smiles and flutter toward me.
“A beautiful goddess!”
“Her hair is so long!”
“Look at those locks! Gorgeous!”
After murmuring about me, the fairies turned their attention to Sirius and began whispering again.
“Is he a god?”
“I can’t tell.”
“He’s so handsome!”
“They must be dating!”
“We’re not.”
Why did I keep getting this misunderstanding from everywhere?
“Right you are!”
The fairies seemed emboldened by Sirius’s silence.
“Sirius, say something.”
…….
Sirius simply watched the fairies without a word.
Was he trying to suppress them with his gaze?
But the fairies showed no sign of stopping their teasing.
“They’re definitely dating!!”
“We’re friends!”
“That’s enough.”
“Oh.”
“Looks like I upset them.”
My voice had remained cold enough that the fairies misread the situation and retreated of their own accord.
I set Sapphire down on the ground, then settled onto one of the smaller tree stumps that ringed a larger one.
“Welcome your guests!”
“I’ll pour the tea!”
Two fairies promptly brought teacups before us, and another came flying over holding a teapot that was nearly as large as herself.
“Here we go, tea!”
The fairy with the teapot poured a generous measure for each of us.
“Thank you.”
“No trouble at all. It’s nothing.”
Gratitude spilled out naturally for the hardworking fairy. Modest as she was, she seemed to possess surprising strength—not a single bead of sweat on her brow.
“Chase me!”
“Me too!”
“Eek!”
Sapphire darted across the open clearing, chasing after the fairies.
Thanks to the NPCs, childcare had become automatic.
Days spent wielding the Stick Toy for an energetic young dragon flashed past like a fleeting dream.
Sapphire’s response each time I waved the stick had been endearing, but physically exhausting for me.
I’d decided I should visit places like this more often, for the sake of my own recovery.
I was holding my teacup at leisure when Sirius suddenly stiffened.
“Sirius? What is it?”
“It’s nothing, sir.”
Was something wrong with the tea?
I took another sip. The tea wasn’t particularly sweet. Perhaps it simply wasn’t to my taste.
It wasn’t an unpleasant flavor either. I couldn’t quite place what was off about it.
“Mama, play!”
Sapphire tugged at the hem of my sleeping clothes. It seemed she wanted to play with me.
I rose from my seat, obliging the child’s wishes.
“Papa too!”
At Sapphire’s call, Sirius stood as well.
“How should we play?”
“Let’s play tag!”
“I’ll be ‘it’ first!”
When I asked Sapphire, the fairies answered excitedly. The little dragon, apparently familiar with the game, scampered away from the seeker without hesitation.
Tap.
A fairy’s small hand brushed my shoulder.
“Now you’re ‘it’!”
Even after becoming the seeker, I didn’t run—I walked instead. I thought this would be more fair for a baby dragon with short legs and fairies with small frames.
“Please let me take over as the seeker.”
“No. I’ll keep seeking. You all run.”
I waved off Sirius, who was trying to approach me.
“I wonder where the little dragon is hiding?”
As I openly searched for Sapphire, she grew tense from her obvious hiding spot in the bushes, sticking her tongue out and breathing hard through her mouth.
“Got you.”
“Kyaaaaa!!”
She let out a delighted cry at becoming the new seeker.
“Now Sapphire is ‘it’.”
“Mm!”
Our Sapphire had become the seeker, yet she was so dignified about it.
I planned to let her catch me after we’d played for a bit.
“Papa!”
But the moment Sirius entered her field of vision, Sapphire charged toward him instead. Like me, he was walking rather than running, so she would have no trouble catching him.
Sapphire headbutted his leg with her small head.
How could anything be so adorable?
“Now, Papa!”
It seemed she was announcing that it was now Papa’s turn to be ‘it’.
Sirius nodded in acknowledgment and waited in place for a moment, giving Sapphire time to escape.
Sapphire seized the opportunity and scampered away with glee, making a delightful clatter.
Sirius walked toward where the fairy was…….
Tap.
He caught the fairy with a firm grip.
“Oh my, you startled me.”
“Now you’re it.”
“Right! Go on, run!”
Sirius hurried away from his spot.
As he wandered aimlessly, he noticed me nearby and approached.
For reasons I couldn’t explain, he seemed to want to be near me, so I moved toward him as well.
That was when my body tilted—my foot had caught on a tree root.
Startled, Sirius reflexively caught me as I fell.
I ended up pressed firmly against him.
Our faces were even closer than they were when he held me through the nights.
Was something out of a romance novel really happening to me?
I’ve lived long enough to see almost anything.
“Are you hurt?”
“No, thanks to you, Sirius.”
Tension crept unbidden into my body. Sirius looked at me strangely.
“What’s wrong?”
“Your face is rather… close.”
“Ah.”
Only then did Sirius step back, startled.
“Forgive me.”
He seemed to apologize without meaning to. For a moment, a look crossed his face as if he wanted to apologize for the apology itself.
“Mama, Papa? What doing?”
“Nothing at all.”
We both grew awkward and looked away.
“Now you’re it!”
The large, motionless figure made an easy target. The fairy who had been it tagged me, and I became the one to catch.
“I’ll stay still. You run, Sirius.”
“……Understood.”
I wiped my face clean and set off to find my next target.
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The project to crown Quartz’s new king was proceeding well.
Beyond the Magic Tower, Deneb, Capella, and Regulus—who had helped defeat the old king—had each returned to their posts and were living well.
Antares remained at the temple in the Capital, serving as my Priest.
I looked at the Cosmos Window. Now the thumbnail gallery was packed with countless people. To find those I could contract with before, I now had to use the search function.
I searched for “Alissa Dia” and clicked on the thumbnail that appeared.
A woman with red eyes like Sirius’s appeared on screen.
-Great new king, surely you harbor no plans to rebel against the divine?
-Even today, I give thanks to the god who has granted me such great fortune.
The “brother” Betel had left behind asked Alissa about rebellion plans every single day. If Alissa were to actually rebel, something would go wrong for him with Betel.
Alissa, grown accustomed to his questions, answered dutifully while under his watchful eye.

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