Chapter 123
Chapter 123
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 123
Chapter Title: The Goddess of Jealousy
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We came out of the shower room and fell asleep together in bed.
Holding hands with Karen, exchanging affectionate touches, whispering cheesy words, and giggling.
...Before I knew it, morning had arrived.
A pleasant fatigue wrapped around my body, the kind that felt like it might slip away if I moved even slightly.
Karen was sleeping in my arms like a baby, probably worn out from our intense lovemaking in the shower last night.
Today was the day we were supposed to scatter and investigate the village on our own.
We'd collected and destroyed every "Red Soulstone" we could find, but that didn't mean we'd gotten them all.
We'd succeeded in wiping out the bandit gang, but we hadn't found any significant clues worth pursuing.
So, I wasn't taking this as seriously as Stia was.
My emergency directive had ended the day we annihilated the bandits and returned.
That's why I'd called my cock house for the first time in a while and fucked her brains out.
Karen's slutty body always filled me with that satisfying fullness, letting me sleep like a baby.
Now, how should I spend the rest of the day?
I'd played with Stia during the day yesterday and Karen at night, so today I could follow Diana around, annoy her until her stress maxed out,
then reward her with a thorough fuck. That sounded fun.
But before that.
I remembered something I absolutely had to do.
This was extremely important to me.
Who was the god that summoned "Park Seo-yeon" to this world?
In other words, the identity of the third god who'd newly intervened.
There was only one person I knew who I could discuss this with.
Pussy slave Bella.
Former 4th-class goddess Belleira.
She had to know something.
I'd been comforted by Stia and Karen's bodies, and now I could even accept Seo-yeon's presence. Perfect time to go see Bella.
I took the Giant Eight-Colored Shell out of my storage.
As I set it down on the floor, Karen woke up with a sleepy face.
"Oppa...? Where are you going?"
"Gonna head to the shell castle.
Got some business with Bella."
"Okay, have a safe trip."
I manipulated the Eight-Colored Shell menu and teleported into the hall.
Expecting, as always, to find Bella sitting smugly on her throne in the central hall.
The moment I entered the shell castle, I couldn't believe my eyes.
What I'd assumed was indoors had a wide-open sky visible.
No, that wasn't the point. The castle was wrecked.
It was in a pathetic state, like fish bones picked brutally clean.
What the hell had happened?
I couldn't help worrying about what had become of Bella and Elin.
Had I come too late?
Something zipped past in the sky.
Not a bird. Definitely a human shape.
I summoned a wind spirit and flew off with Space Leap.
I created a landing point on the high floor of the castle, which was barely holding its framework together, and closed the distance in an instant.
To check what was flying around.
"How about you stop stalling and come down already? You've trashed my nest, so you must be prepared."
Vivid red hair and a white slit dress.
The goddess Belleira, floating elegantly in the sky.
There was no trace of the submissive bitch vibe she had as my "pussy slave."
"Your nest? That's why the gods hate you, Belleira. Because of weird hobbies like that."
Who was the opponent?
Since she was facing off with Bella, probably another god of the same rank.
I hid my body behind a floating chunk of debris at a suitable height and peeked out carefully.
Unexpectedly, the opponent was also a young woman.
But she didn't have the "goddess" look like Bella.
Her face was pretty at a glance, but she looked like she'd borrowed some features from the demons we knew.
Short stature, big tits.
Her well-tanned brown skin and red eyes suited her well.
A youthful face with matching purple bobbed hair, and thick horns curving forward.
The horns resembled a mountain goat's.
Calling a short, big-breasted brown-skinned girl a demon was a stretch, but ignoring the horns, she definitely had an ominous vibe.
Horns were a demon symbol, right?
I had no idea if demons even existed here,
but I knew who'd wrecked things this badly.
"Huh? Who's that!"
Busted?
I locked eyes with the horned big-titted girl.
Damn. Why couldn't she look like an obvious monster? Her sexy appearance drew me in, and my feet wouldn't move.
No, even before that, I didn't know if I should run or fight.
That's when it happened.
"Urk...!"
Huh...?
The big-titted girl looked troubled when she saw me and shrank back.
Bella also frowned, sensing something off with her reaction, and heightened her vigilance.
"So that's where you were. Got it."
She muttered something ominous and tried to retreat.
Similar to when Bella vanished. This time, I clearly saw a small spatial rift open near the horned big-titted girl.
Snap!
I immediately snapped my fingers and cast hypnosis.
"Freeze."
The horned big-titted girl froze mid-escape, caught in my hypnosis.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Spouting annoying crap and running off,
then showing up later to piss me off more?
You think I'd just sit back and watch that bullshit?
"Horned girl. Come to me. Execute."
Like the Pied Piper of Hamelin luring children with his flute.
The horned girl, who had been floating leisurely in the air, landed obediently in front of me in a trance.
Up close, she was almost as petite as Elin.
The horns at just the right height looked like handles.
As I admired my easily captured trophy, Bella moved to my side.
I had a lot to ask Bella, so I hadn't hypnotized her.
She wouldn't fall to it anyway.
"Who's this horned bitch?"
I grabbed the horns on the horned girl's head and shook them as I spoke.
"5th-class god.
Goddess of Jealousy, Epe."
"'Goddess of Jealousy'?"
She really was a goddess.
Did these horns symbolize the twisted emotion of jealousy?
I shook them, and they didn't feel like ornaments. They seemed to grow right out of her head.
"......"
Bella stared in disbelief as I grabbed the Goddess of Jealousy's horns with one hand and shook her like a toy.
"To take down a goddess this easily... I knew it, but seeing it in person gives me chills."
"She looked like she'd cause trouble if she escaped, so I dropped her ass quick."
Now I could turn her into pussy slave number two or hang her on the wall, no problem.
With a normal pretty girl, I'd ponder fun ideas, but with a goddess, no time for that.
Capture first.
At least this horned goddess didn't know about my hypnosis and couldn't split into clones like Bella, so she fell to me instantly.
"Now explain. What happened?
Why's the castle like this? Actually, first things first... Is Elin safe?"
"She's safe. I wanted to evacuate her somewhere secure, but there wasn't time. So I told her to hide in the forest."
"Why'd the castle get destroyed?"
"Because Epe kept running and dodging. But I also smashed it up flashy on purpose."
"Why?"
"To draw attention.
Without knowing the enemy's intentions, protecting Master's woman was my top priority.
This way, attention stayed off Elin."
"......"
"The castle will repair itself eventually.
It'll take a bit longer like this, but no big deal."
Even if it regenerates, she'd smashed her beloved castle with her own hands just to protect the girl I brought here.
No way I could blame Bella for that.
If anything, she deserved praise.
"Thanks, Bella."
"Hmph."
Bella shrugged and gave a slight smile.
"You said this horned goddess is Epe, Goddess of Jealousy? Why'd she come here?"
"No idea. She was wandering around like she had some goal... or like she was searching for something."
"Have other gods invaded this world before?"
"No. There's nothing here worth drawing other gods' interest.
Unless..."
Bella stared straight at me.
Yeah. Figured as much.
This horned goddess knew about me. She'd come here looking for me.
"What're you gonna do, Master?"
"Obviously, ask the questions she can't refuse."
I faced the horned goddess directly.
Lately, I'd been interrogating a lot.
But it wasn't hard. I never needed to threaten or coax during interrogations.
They only spoke the truth.
Though a bit of technique was needed in handling it.
Asking "tell me everything you know" right away would broaden the scope too much, and I'd be listening to the horned girl's ramblings all day and night.
Better to narrow it to the info I wanted and have her speak on that.
"'Answer my questions truthfully, without distortion.'"
"...Got it."
Waking her would be tiring for conversation, so I started the interrogation in her trance state.
"Who are you?"
The basics.
"Goddess of Jealousy. 5th-class god Epe."
"Epe. Why'd you come to the Eight-Colored Shell castle?"
"To confirm if you were here."
As expected, she was after me.
But I hadn't interacted with any goddesses before meeting Bella?
"Why were you looking for me?"
"To kill you."
A goddess came to kill me.
Following Park Seo-yeon, what the hell was this?
Honestly, any woman might want to kill me, but had I earned another goddess's grudge?
Wait... Park Seo-yeon?
"Did you send Park Seo-yeon to my world?"
"Yes."
Found the culprit.
Rage boiled up, and I gritted my teeth.
Don't get swept by emotions. Get mad after figuring out why this goddess did it.
Deep breath.
"Master."
"Yeah?"
"Sorry to interrupt, but what's this about?"
"I haven't told you yet.
Actually, that's what I came here for today. Another god intervened in my world.
Their agent was 'Park Seo-yeon,' someone I knew from the modern world."
"Someone you knew?"
"...The woman who killed me."
"She picked a woman with a grudge against you as her agent and sent her to the world you transferred to?"
"Seems like it from the circumstances."
I didn't know why this horned goddess did it.
But one thing was clear: Park Seo-yeon's existence was my sore spot, my Achilles' heel.
Touch it, and I couldn't stay calm.
I barely held onto my rationality.
It's fine.
At least things hadn't gone this horned goddess's way.
First, Seo-yeon had become ridiculously strong and appeared before me, but she couldn't kill me.
No, she didn't even intend to kill me.
Even a goddess couldn't read a madwoman's mind.
Seo-yeon, knowing she'd killed me in the modern world and failed, wanted to meet me but hadn't come back to finish the job.
That encounter was more like stumbling into fate early by chance.
Seo-yeon had been thrilled, calling it destiny.
Second, this goddess had fallen perfectly to my hypnosis.
Whatever she was plotting, I'd make her spill it all and get to the truth in one go.
"You tried to use Park Seo-yeon to kill me?"
"Yes."
...Fuck.
Hoo...
I'd prepared myself, but hearing it straight still shook me.
"And you came to the Eight-Colored Shell castle to check if Park Seo-yeon had succeeded in killing me?"
Putting the pieces together, that fit.
"Correct."
Before moving to the next question, a minor doubt arose.
"You could've just gone straight to my world. Why hit here first?"
"Because... I might catch that world's god's eye."
I see.
Currently, three gods had sent agents to this isekai world.
Bella, Epe, and the unknown one.
That god had sent the hero and was busy saving the world.
Had they not gotten involved in this? Still unclear.
"...You sure figured out I come and go from the Eight-Colored Shell castle."
It was more mutter than question,
but Bella answered for her.
"Few gods would bother if they tried.
Gods can cross dimensions and interfere with creations.
But it pisses me off a bit. My world was easy pickings, huh?"
"What do you think, Bella?
At least the god of my world—is higher rank than you guys?"
"...Unfortunately, yes.
I figure 3rd-class or above. Worlds are gods' jurisdictions but also like gifts.
Lower-rank gods get stuck with the harder-to-save ones."
Got it.
The hero's world needed saving but wasn't as hopeless as others.
Relatively peaceful, so likely handled by a higher-rank god.
Neither Bella nor Epe wanted to catch that god's eye.
That much was common ground.
Now for the most important question.
"Why did you try to kill me?"
"That's..."
And then came an answer I never could've imagined.