I'm a Goddess to Be Devoured by the Protagonist - Chapter 90

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Chapter 90
The Clown fiddled with the junction point where the spoon met the robot’s side.
“Ta-da!”
He’d actually glued it on.
I watched with fascination as the spoon stuck seamlessly to the robot.
The other robots around it took notice of the newly adorned one.
A tense moment.
“A being like us.”
“A friend. One that was lost.”
The robots had recognized their kin in the one bearing the spoon.
These robots’ recognition abilities were rather crude—all it took was a single missing spoon to appear before they remembered their friend.
“Divine ones. We thank you for returning our friend to us. We shall open the exit.”
One robot shaped its hand like a key and turned it against empty air. The Dungeon’s exit materialized.
“And so this brief journey ends.”
“Sniff, sniff… I suppose it does.”
The Clown pretended to cry.
“That was fun!”
“It really would have been if I hadn’t gotten so dizzy.”
The Sage patted the Clown’s leg—earlier, when they’d been sitting, he could reach his shoulder, but the height difference now meant he could only reach his leg.
“Shall we return to our respective realms now?”
“Sure. Take care, Listener.”
“Farewell.”
“Oh my! The Listener said goodbye to us. I must mark today on the calendar as the day the Listener greeted us.”
“Impossible. Absolutely extraordinary. I’ll use a red star to mark it.”
When I greeted them for the first time, the two of them made a fuss and teased me about it.
I pretended to ignore them and returned to my space.
It bothered me slightly that Dust hadn’t made it out of the Dungeon yet, but it wasn’t my concern.
“You’re late today. Is something the matter?”
Sirius seemed to have been waiting for me for quite some time.
“Well, other Divine Ones invited me to go to a Dungeon, so I got held up.”
He seemed somewhat puzzled by my explanation.
“Had you come with me, we could have conquered the Dungeon much faster.”
“I know. But I thought it would be good if you could rest for once, so I didn’t call you.”
“For me, Dungeon Conquest is not a difficult task.”
That was true—he had cleared countless Dungeons in his time.
“I wish to become someone more trustworthy to you.”
“I already trust you quite a great deal.”
“I wish to be trusted even more.”
“…All right. Next time, I’ll definitely call you.”
I made a promise to Sirius.
* * *
Not long after that promise was made.
Ham-i sent a notification during my tug-of-war with Victor.
“Master, a Dungeon’s been discovered!”
“A Dungeon, you say.”
Victor set down the sword he’d been pointing at me.
“Would you care to go with me?”
Kind of him to ask, but I had a prior commitment.
“I already have someone going with me.”
“Someone? You mean your Contractor?”
“Yes.”
Since Sirius was the only person in the Divine Realm, Victor easily understood who I meant.
“Would it be all right if I left early today?”
“Of course. For a reason like this, absolutely.”
I gave Victor a light wave and returned to my space.
“Sirius, a Dungeon’s appeared. Shall we go together?”
At my words, Sirius’s eyes grew warmer. Only Sirius looked like that when asked to go to a Dungeon together.
Who even likes Dungeons that much?
“A Divine One I was with asked me to go, but I declined. I wanted to go with you instead, Sirius.”
I’m sorry, Victor, but surely this will make him happy.
“Yes.”
Sirius’s eyes warmed a touch.
Had he realized I trusted him now?
“Mm?”
I scooped up Sapphire from the bed and prepared to head to the Dungeon.
Since Sirius would protect us again, there was no harm in going together.
We set off toward the Dungeon.
* * *
The moment we stepped inside the Dungeon, we found ourselves in a racing carriage.
The suddenly cramped space made Sirius guard carefully, his gaze sweeping across our surroundings.
[Purchase the most expensive jewel at the Jewelry Shop.]
The only peculiar thing I could see before me was the system window.
Though it vanished soon enough.
“I’ve never encountered a Dungeon like this before.”
“Is that so?”
So there were Dungeons even Sirius wasn’t familiar with.
Though I suppose it wasn’t common to enter a Dungeon and find yourself already inside a moving carriage.
“What if we jumped out?”
Sirius glanced toward the carriage door.
“That would be far too dangerous.”
I had no intention of watching Sirius jump from a moving carriage twice.
I turned my gaze to the window.
“The scenery keeps changing. Shouldn’t we be arriving at our destination soon? That’s likely the Jewelry Shop the system mentioned.”
At first, I’d seen only overgrown grassland, but the landscape was gradually transforming into a cityscape.
I had the sense our carriage was heading through the shopping district of a town.
“Then let’s wait and see.”
Sirius settled back into his seat quietly.
Before we arrived at our destination, I looked around the carriage to see if there was anything else nearby. I noticed a small door leading toward the driver’s seat and opened it, only to find a life-sized doll sitting where a person should have been.
…Were we actually going the right way?
A button eye fell from the old doll with a soft pop. I couldn’t understand why it felt so eerie.
Was this Dungeon similar to the horror one I’d visited before?
I really hoped not.
Now that I looked closer, the surroundings seemed dark. It had seemed like daytime, but the light filtering through the windows was dim and murky.
This can’t be happening. Is this really a horror-themed Dungeon?
Now I’d owe Sirius another favor.
While I sat there trembling inwardly, waiting quietly, the carriage gradually came to a stop.
Had we reached our destination?
Creak.
The door of the stopped carriage swung open by itself. I nearly had a heart attack.
As if beckoning us to step out, Sirius got down from the carriage first.
“I don’t sense any Monster presence nearby.”
Sirius tried to help me down.
“It’s fine. I can manage on my own.”
Though my legs felt like they were about to give way, I couldn’t burden Sirius with helping me down.
I descended the carriage and stood beside Sirius.
Sapphire looked around with curiosity, peering at everything. Unlike me, I couldn’t understand why this small Hatchling seemed so pleased.
“Stand behind me.”
Somehow he knew I was frightened and asked me to stand at his back.
I did as he said.
[#$%# Jewelry Shop]
Before us stood a Jewelry Shop, but the signboard was smeared with black stains, making it impossible to tell what kind of shop it was.
“Should we go in here?”
“I believe so.”
Screeeeak.
We entered the Jewelry Shop. The entrance made a sound like the creaking door from a horror game.
“S-Sirius. Could you… hold my hand?”
“Of course.”
I gripped Sirius’s hand like a lifeline, squeezing hard. Faced with what now appeared before us, I couldn’t handle this alone anymore.
There was a form—roughly human-shaped, made by bending and twisting corroded, bumpy wire.
Screeeeak.
As it moved, a sound like fingernails scraping a blackboard made my skin crawl.
“Eek!”
Sapphire gasped with delight at the creature, and I quickly clapped my hand over her mouth in alarm.
But it was already too late—that cheerful squeal had escaped. I glanced nervously at the wire creature.
Yet there was no reaction. Even without ears, it seemed like it might have heard Sapphire’s voice, but it showed no particular response.
“Would you be willing to show us the interior of the Jewelry Shop?”
While I stood frozen with anxiety, Sirius asked in a calm voice.
Ah, so that wire creature was an employee after all.
When my guess proved correct, the creature nodded twice at Sirius’s words and took the lead. It had something resembling legs, but instead of using them, it drifted and floated forward, gliding smoothly ahead.
The wire creature stopped whenever there was an item—a Ring with a large gemstone, a Pocket Watch embedded with densely packed small gems—and paused.
As if urging us to look at those treasures.
Sirius pondered for a moment before speaking.
“Please show us the most valuable jewel in this place.”
Our objective was spelled out in the window that had appeared when we first came here: “Purchase the most valuable jewel from the Jewelry Shop.” We had no need to examine other accessories or gems.
At Sirius’s words, the wire creature twisted its form.
It led us to a place where a single Pendant hung in solitary display.
Could this be the most valuable jewel?
If we purchased this jewel, we might be able to leave the Dungeon.
The question now was how to buy it.
After deliberating, I asked.
“Is it possible to trade using Divine Realm Points?”
A shake of the head.
We had no other money—what were we supposed to do?
After thinking for a moment, I ventured another question.
“Then, what form of payment is acceptable?”
The wire creature then pointed at my arm with its crudely formed fingers.
Surely it wasn’t asking for my arm?
Of course, since I was divine, even if I tore off my arm, it would grow back after a good sleep.
“That is absolutely not an option.”
I should have known Sirius would object.

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