Chapter 68

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 68

Chapter Title: Oh, God (3)

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"We can't eat things without bones and flesh..."

"We can only eat things with bones and flesh!"

That was the children's answer to the question of what they could eat.

"I see..."

They could only eat things with bones and flesh...

'Wait, does that mean they eat regular chicken but not boneless?'

I had no idea why this mysterious race couldn't have meals without bones and flesh...

"We're hungry..."

"We're hungry!"

The hungry children seemed to want nothing more right now than my arms and legs.

'No matter how much I said I was okay with getting hurt... this is too much.'

I had definitely thought that at first.

If I got hurt just enough not to die and could return to the safe zone... I could win sympathy from the wife monster.

Of course.

It was better if I got hurt without realizing it, so it wouldn't hurt.

If my arm or leg was blatantly torn off...

"God..."

"God?"

"Just wait a moment, kids...?"

My head was starting to throb.

In this situation where I had no choice but to offer up parts of my body no matter what I did.

Even if I pulled out the survival kit I'd stashed in my inventory just in case...

"Do you know what this is?"

"No..."

"No!"

"This is a chocolate bar. It's really delicious."

"Delicious...?"

"It looks delicious!"

"Want to try one?"

"We can't eat it..."

"We can't eat it!"

"...How do you know?"

"We can feel it..."

"We can feel it!"

"Man... even vegans aren't this picky..."

"Huh...?"

"Huh?!"

"It's nothing. Just wait a bit longer?"

Was it sincere that they couldn't eat things without bones and flesh?

The children said the chocolate bar looked delicious but insisted they couldn't eat it because it lacked bones and flesh.

'They don't look that strong.'

I gently raised my fist, trying to use some tough-guy talk, but then.

The hypothesis came to mind that they could communicate via telepathy.

If I killed these kids here by mistake, the monster tribe might come swarming to hunt me down...

'Guess returning is the only option...'

Giving up my limbs and using a panacea was ridiculous.

To avoid making them feel hostility toward humans, I should return... wait a sec.

'Huh? Boneless chicken?'

A word suddenly flashed through my mind.

Boneless chicken.

It was the word I'd jokingly thought of earlier when the kids said they could only eat things with bones and flesh...

But what if there was a way to use it without it being a joke?

'If they can't eat boneless chicken, just give them bone-in chicken, right?'

The FY food delivery in the status window definitely had a smoked whole chicken leg in the C set.

Of course.

'Delivery doesn't work here, though...'

Delivery systems didn't work outside safe zones.

I couldn't ask the Bellierd Library monsters to deliver a C set here...

But if delivery didn't work, couldn't I still receive parcels?

Delivery Mina, order up!

Thud...

About 5 minutes later.

Two smoked chicken legs dropped in front of me.

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"...?"

"!"

The two kids made startled faces as something suddenly fell. I casually picked up a chicken leg and showed it to them.

Then...

"How about this? Think you can eat it? This... is meat I just took off my body."

As the kids had said, I offered food with bones and meat.

"We think... we can eat it..."

"We think we can eat it!"

Fortunately, these kids seemed able to eat the chicken legs.

However, the problem was...

"Sigh... This won't be enough, right?"

They were kids who wanted a whole arm and leg each.

Would kids like that be satisfied with just one chicken leg?

"It's okay... if we can eat..."

"It's okay! If we can eat!"

"No, it's not."

"...It's really okay...?"

"Really okay!"

"Hey now! I can't stand to see growing kids starve!"

"...Huh?"

"Huh?!"

And I... was Korean.

The kind of Korean whose DNA was hardcoded deep in their genes not to let kids go hungry.

"How long has it been since you last ate?"

"A week..."

"A week!"

"Oh no... how could it be this bad..."

I immediately ordered 10 more chicken legs from Mina.

"We can last a month without eating anything..."

"We can last a month without eating anything!"

"No!!!!!!!!"

"!!... ...You scared us..."

"?? You scared us!"

"I'm telling you kids, you're my divine big whales now. ...No, just big whales. Drop the divine. Anyway, from now on, come visit Uncle once a day. Got it?"

"...For real?"

"For real!?"

"Yep. Totally."

A moment later, I firmly placed the 10 chicken legs that dropped in front of me into the kids' hands.

"Come tomorrow, and I'll give you even more. Share these nicely with your other friends."

"Thank you..."

"Thank you!"

If you asked if I gave them food because the kids were cute... honestly, no.

How could I find kids with empty eye sockets cute?

However.

'This should be enough to make a good impression, right?'

If all my actions were being shared with the other monsters one by one?

If the monsters were really watching everything I did...

I could definitely become a benevolent 'god' image.

Why not?

I was the god who kindly took care of the children, after all.

'Hypocrisy is still kindness.'

It was calculated kindness...

But hypocrisy was still kindness.

The paper written at my feet clearly said so.

'We don't wish for abundance, only not to starve.'

Maybe this horror tale clears by giving the monsters what they desire?

Fortunately, I couldn't make the monsters prosperous... but I could keep them from starving.

Rustle...

"Hm?"

I thought I'd navigated the first ordeal well.

Then rustling sounds came again. I turned toward the source and saw...

"You're back."

The monster who had pointed a spear at me when I first arrived here...

'...Who's that?'

Was walking here with a monster wearing a pure white veil.

'Veil...?'

These monsters weren't a race that wore clothes.

They also didn't seem to have reproductive organs for breeding.

'An item?'

Like Bellierd or the wife monster, monsters could equip items too.

So the veil might be an item. I decided to stay cautious.

Bow...

The veiled monster reached me first and politely bowed...

Then spoke in a very courteous tone.

"We meet the new god who will lead us, Great Whale God."

"...Drop the god part."

"Is the title burdensome?"

"A little..."

"Then... we'll simply call you Whale God."

They hardcore trolled me.

"...Just call me Big Whale."

"How could we address our god so casually?"

"Please..."

"We cannot, Great Whale God."

"Sigh... Fine... Call me whatever you're comfortable with..."

"Thank you."

How smart were they exactly?

High-level trolling...!

'Ah... my neck hairs...'

I was always the one trolling monsters, but now I'd been properly owned by one. The chills lasted only a moment.

To find out why the monster came to me, I looked at the veiled one.

'Seriously can't get used to it.'

It had a face that was impossible to get used to—

"You really have a unique appearance."

"Agh...!"

Should I just knuckle-punch you?? Huh???????? Seriously hit you????????????

It sounded like a woman's voice, but I hit women too??

Huh???????????????????

'Where's the horror in this? It's just bullying...!'

My head throbbed...

I briefly considered uploading a monster weakness report to the 'Oh, God' horror tale phase 3 report.

But seeing the monster speak in a completely serious tone without joking, I decided to calm down.

And listen to what they had to say...

Thud...

"...?"

This time too, perfectly in sync, the two monsters knelt on both knees at the exact timing.

"Oh, God..."

"Yes... speak."

"Please... perform a miracle for us..."

They asked me to grant them a miracle.

'...Miracles aren't anyone's pet dog...'

"We... do not wish for abundance."

'...Hm?'

"We... only wish not to starve to death."

'No way?'

"The grace you shared with the children... please share it with us as well."

I smirked at the gallery's cheerful reactions.

Glancing at the monsters now quietly sitting nearby where I could see them...

I turned away and sank back into idle thoughts.

'...But is wife monster mad...? No comments from her, making me anxious... Should I send a nude to cheer her up...? Sigh... if she really eats me... honestly kinda scary...'

"Great Whale God."

"Don't call me th—... Fine... What is it?"

The white-veiled monster approached me...

"You may have noticed already... but I am the saint chosen by the previous god who abandoned and left ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠us."

'Saint?!'

"Yes... I wasn't chosen for any special ability... Just because I was deemed the most beautiful among us doppelgangers..."

'Most beautiful??? They all look the same?? And doppelgangers??'

"However... Great Whale God... Even knowing I was chosen by another god, you understood me... and embraced me..."

'...Wait, this flow...?'

"I offer everything I have... to Great Whale God..."

'Phew, not falling for—'

"Even if it means... attending you at night—."

"Hey!!!!!!!! Men and women shouldn't sit together past seven!!!!!!"

"...Pardon?"

"As your first command as god!"

"...!!"

"Cherish your body more than anything else!!!!"

"Great Whale God truly... cares for us from the heart...?"

"Yes...! Never just... offer your body...! Or... suddenly show your chest, never do that...!"

"Ahh... Why... why did you come so late..."

I had no idea what just happened...!

But they all seemed moved, so good enou...!

"Great Whale God..."

"Huh? Yeah... you... look really...! Handsome, must have some special job, right?"

"Yes... Among us doppelgangers, I was deemed the most handsome... so I bear the duty to protect us doppelgangers..."

"Yeah yeah. Mods always have it rough. Hang in there."

"...Mod?"

"Right? If not mod... ah, padtak?"

"...Pardon?"

"Not mod or padtak... what do doppelgangers call the job that protects your race?"

"We... call them heroes."

"Ah, yeah whatever... You came to me with troubles, right?"

"Yes..."

"Tell me anything. I'll help as much as I can."

"Oh, God... Please... never look back..."

As soon as the monster—no, the doppelganger hero finished speaking...

Suddenly, darkness flooded all around me.

"...!"

"Oh, God... We... know you are not perfect... Overcome... the deepest fear in your heart..."

'Overcome the deepest fear in my heart...? What does that mean?'

I had no idea what he meant...

But for now, never look bac—

Clack... Clack...

Clearly not a sound from the forest—heels clicking started from behind me.

I quickly opened the status window to return bu—

'...Status window?'

...What?

Why won't the status window open...?

Clack... Clack...

Ah...

This bastard... is right behind me now...

"Honey... did you... shower...?"

"..!!!"

"Honey... to the... bed... Hold on, fuck. You seriously scared of this?"

"Kyaahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!"

"?"

"Save me honey...! I wasn't trying to lie...! So...! This is...! I'll explain everything...! Please..!"

"???"

"N-no...! Please..!"

"????"

"Honey... please.. please... I was wrong... please.."

"...Y-yeah. Uh... ...Sure. ...To bed, honey?"

"What...! Ah... you scared me you bastard..!"

"????????????????"

"Haaah... So that's why the forest smelled so musty... Ah, fuck... I think I pissed myself..."

"...Do you know who I am by any chance?"

"How would I!!"

"..."