Chapter 46
Ch 46 Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi
Ch 46 - My bad, I forgot something .
After dinner Fer reminded me of something .
"By the way, are you offering your prayers to Ninril-sama?"
"Oh yeah, I completely forgot . "
"You'll be cursed big time! Hurry up and do it . " Fer growled .
"Yeah yeah . " I grumbled .
It's only been a week since the oracle told me to make offerings so I've not actually broken my promise quite yet . I don't want complaints from that poor excuse for a Goddess though so I'll make another offering now .
I look through the Net Super menu while trying to decide what to offer .
The Goddess likes sweet things so I wonder what would be good . What should it be . . . ?
Hmmm, some things from this section might get the goddess to look kindly on me . I start searching the sweets menu but there are many different kinds .
I'll just choose things that catch my eye to start with . First of all there's custard pudding and cheesecake .
Cheesecake -- baked cheesecake or unbaked cheesecake? Both?
Next, I think Swiss Roll, cream puff, Mont Blanc, chocolate cake and strawberry shortcake . After that pudding a la mode and tiramisu as well .
Is that a total of ten pieces? Everything's a Western-style cake but if it's for that Goddess it'll be OK, I expect .
I've never looked in the Sweets Corner before but it seems to have been the right place this time . Right, I have to pay for all this .
A cardboard box appears as usual . I take out the sweets I purchased and line them up on the instant cardboard box altar .
"Wind Goddess Ninril-sama, I'd like to thank you for giving me your protection although I'm a little bit late . Thank you for your continued support . " I pray to Ninril-sama while I make the offering .
[Ooh, finally . Really, how long were you going to keep me waiting?] Ninril-sama sounded snippy .
"I'm incredibly sorry, I was distracted by various things here and I forgot, sorta . . . "
[Stop lying . I can see you from the World of the Gods, you know . You didn't *just* forget . ]
Ow, she got me . "Well, I'm incredibly sorry . I'll take more care next time, please forgive me . " I grovelled .
[Hmmm, I'll forgive you this time but don't make such a mistake again . I considered sending you an oracle to remind you many times but there are reasons why I couldn't do it . ]
I forgot because she didn't send me an oracle but it seems she can't always do that for some reason .
[It's like this,] Ninril-sama explained . [The Gods and Goddesses watch each other like hawks . If one of us sends too many oracles the others will notice . If I'm not careful then you'll end up having to make offerings to them too . You've got to remain a secret . ]
Ah, I muttered to myself quietly, there are other greedy Goddesses too .
"Ninril-sama, as an apology, I have brought together these various offernings today . " I prayed with my head bowed . When I looked up again, the items on the cardboard altar had disappeared without a trace .
[Woohoo! This, this is-!!]
What's with the *Woohoo!*? This is a very disappointing Goddess .
[They're all so sweet, and so different? And there's so many of them too!!]
"Yes, Goddess, it's an apology offering as I said earlier . I thought it might be a bit too much . . . "[Wh-what are you saying? Too much? No, this is perfect . Next time you should offer the same amount . That's an order . ]
Yeah yeah . So ten pieces was OK after all .
"Oh, Ninril-sama, these sweets are all cakes so keep them refrigerated so you can enjoy them tomorrow . "
[I got it . However we Gods don't need to refrigerate things, we can just stop time passing for them . I can enjoy one piece each day . Mmphph . . . ]
*Mmphph* . . . oh Goddess . . . Somehow in my mind I can see this Goddess jumping for joy .
[Anyway, offer up this amount next time, please . Be sure not to forget again . ]
"As you command . " Haa- I'm worn out . That is to say, this disciple of a disappointing Goddess is worn out .
I thought about going to bed immediately but Fer and Sui were looking at me intently .
"Wh- what's with you two?"
"Sui wants to eat some too . . . " Oh Sui, don't ask me in that sort of a cute voice . . .
"That's right . Shouldn't we also get a small share?" growled Fer . "The cakes were an offering to Ninril-sama . They're not really for eating before you go to sleep . "
"Uh-, Aruji-" Sui is shivering and trembling . She really wants to eat some cake . . . Ah, Sui-tan is too cute . I surrender .
"Three pieces only, understand?" One piece each is't really enough for Fer and Sui, probably .
"Really, Aruji?"
"Ah . But like I said, only three pieces . "
"Yeah, yay-!" Sui bounced up and down happily .
"Hey, what about me?"
"You'll get some too, Fer so don't worry . "
"Yeah, well . "
I search on Net Super with Sui watching over my shoulder to help me choose . I bought a chocolate cake, a strawberry shortcake and a pudding a la mode . A piece each was not enough for those two as I thought but but at least mine was delicious .
Haa- my Contracted beasts are gluttons .