Chapter 144
Chapter 144
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 144
Chapter Title: Roughly, Another World's Hottest - Episode 144
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How should I explain what happened when I met Ilesia?
Pondering that as I moved to the first-floor hall, Bella and Epe were already waiting for me.
Bella was sitting on the throne like she owned the place, wearing a displeased expression, while Epe stood awkwardly beside her.
"Epe."
When I beckoned her over like calling a dog, Epe trotted up and hugged me.
Her voluptuous tits pressed softly against my stomach.
I placed a hand on Epe's horn and looked down at her.
"Were you a good girl and watched the house?"
"......Yes."
The former goddess, now my pussy fairy, Epe.
With her small stature mismatched by her unbalanced hips and breasts, and a pair of horns on her head.
She still seemed embarrassed, not fully adjusted to being a pussy fairy, but I liked that side of her too.
Epe rubbed her plump, healthy light-brown tits against my stomach, acting cute.
I stroked Epe's head, perfectly at the right height for petting, and looked at Bella.
"Bella. What happened?"
"What do you mean what happened? I watched it from here. You meeting Ilesia and talking."
"......You have a hobby of peeping on me too?"
"I-I don't have that hobby! You were the one who told me to protect you if it got dangerous."
Right, she was. But how did she know the moment I ran into Ilesia?
A reasonable suspicion that she'd been peeping all along......
"I know what you're thinking, but it's not that.
Ilesia revealed her divinity midway, right? That's how I knew. I was on high alert for the world you're in.
When a god descends, you're bound to notice. Just like they'd notice if I appeared. ......Got it?"
"You're working hard to clear the peeping suspicions."
"......Tch, fine. I saw! I had no choice if I wanted to protect you. No complaints accepted."
"I'm kidding. It's fine if you saw. I'm actually grateful."
It even saved me time explaining.
If they'd heard everything from when Ilesia revealed her divinity, they'd know why I went there too.
I grabbed Epe's horn and said.
"Were you watching with Bella too, Epe?"
"Yes. In case I could help somehow."
"Cheeky. What help could a pussy fairy provide? Don't watch."
I kneaded Epe's tits roughly.
"Ah....... Hnng......"
Squeezing them hard like wringing them out, Epe leaned into me, looking up with trembling shivers.
"I was...... originally a goddess......"
"Then shall we talk together?"
"...Yes!"
"Bella. So, what did you think?"
"......What did I think? It was absurd. What the hell is that goddess?"
"Huh?"
The reason for Bella's bad mood seemed to be dissatisfaction toward Ilesia.
"Why Ilesia?"
"You don't get it? I didn't just luckily get to eavesdrop.
Ilesia did it on purpose. To show me you two talking."
"On purpose?"
"Yeah. It had a goal. You thought she revealed her divinity just for dramatic effect?"
"......It wasn't?"
I figured she did it because announcing she was a goddess in a quiet library would feel awkward.
I was surprised when everything got covered in light, though.
It was the moment I felt she was on another level......
"I won't say there was no such intent, but her real aim was probably to let me hear what came after.
That's why I noticed Ilesia's presence and could hear you two talking."
Why would she do that?
Was Ilesia testing Bella in her own way?
Or purely to help me?
"Everything was so outrageous. Too many things a god shouldn't reveal to a mere human, tarnishing her dignity.
And then, seeing her calmly accept your sexual harassment while revealing her divinity? I was shocked.
Her brain's definitely pickled from hypnosis."
From a former goddess's perspective, there were plenty of displeasing elements in my bold interaction with Ilesia.
Well, Ilesia had been kind and tolerant to me.
Hugging me for a taste, kissing, groping my ass......
If I'd done that when first meeting Bella, I'd have been neatly incinerated.
"So why's my pussy slave getting mad?"
"......"
Bella turned her head awkwardly.
"I-I was just talking about a goddess's responsibilities. I'm not particularly mad at you."
"To sum up, from a goddess's view, Ilesia's inexplicable favoritism toward me is baffling.
Another god would faint seeing it....... Something like that?"
"Yeah."
"Yes."
Even Epe agreed.
I was half aroused, half surprised by Ilesia's odd attitude too......
But with the goddesses' testimonies aligning, it was certain.
Ilesia had received some kind of suggestion from me.
At this stage, I didn't know what kind.
"Bella. One correction to what you said."
"Hm? What?"
"You heard the talk, so you know—I'm not a mere human. I'm a god."
"......" "......"
Saying it out loud felt embarrassing.
Proclaiming it without hypnosis made me feel like an idiot, not a god.
"......Yeah, dignified staging is necessary after all."
If light had burst from behind me, it might've felt different.
"You don't know what god I was?"
I asked to confirm.
"No clue. A god who can even manipulate human and divine minds? Never heard of such a thing."
"Epe?"
"......"
Epe stayed silent.
She just looked troubled.
Is this touching some taboo too? I met Bella's eyes.
"Seems like you're targeted because you did something in the past."
"Ugh......"
I didn't remember what, but it stung because it felt like something I'd do.
What the hell did I do?
"Can a god even become human to begin with?"
"If they die, yeah. Decal, you must've died once. But clever too. Discard divinity, store memories separately, reincarnate into the Chaos Realm while keeping powers.
No idea what happened to make you do that."
Me neither.
Me, making such elaborate preparations? No way.
There must've been a reason I had to.
"Won't get anywhere pondering the unknown.
Let's set a goal. How do we hypnotize Ilesia?"
I thought I'd need Bella's help for this.
Maybe that's why Ilesia deliberately let Bella hear our talk?
Epe...... eh, she's fine even without helping. She's cute.
I fondled Epe's tits softly while waiting for Bella.
"Her avatar scatters consciousness, so no hypnosis. We need to force her true body to manifest.
Simplest way? Use force."
"Use force?"
"Yeah. She revealed herself willingly and did nothing. If we sit idle, what happens?"
"Won't god vs. god cause chaos?"
"Right. But we have you. If she doesn't manifest, I win. If she does, hypnotize her."
Bella's forceful intimidation......
Simple, but effective.
Ilesia basically handed us first strike rights.
"Can you manifest right now, Bella?"
"I can. Return as the perfect goddess of fire, burn everything anytime."
A bit annoying, but unlike me, Bella looked the part just sitting cross-legged on the throne and talking.
A goddess is a goddess. Wouldn't lose to Ilesia.
I looked down at Epe in my arms.
"I'm a half-finished goddess from the start, more like a demigod."
"Ah. So your body's always been one?"
"Yes."
"Can you get pregnant?"
"......Yes."
"Lower gods are like that. They awaken fully as gods by stacking feats."
Bella added the explanation.
"Sorry. I wanted to help......"
"You're already helping."
Mainly my dick's health.
I stroked Epe's head.
"A pussy fairy's job is to turn me on. Got it?"
"Yes!"
Epe rubbed against me with a lewd face.
Felt good.
"Bella. Ilesia isn't hostile to us.
No other way?"
"Don't trust that goddess as she is.
If she can't fully manifest for some reason, she might just be using you to force it."
"We'll think about that if it happens.
For now, we have to trust Ilesia. And I feel like she's prepared a model answer."
"......"
Bella silently agreed, partially conceding.
"Bella. You and I can do it.
Make Ilesia manifest."
"What comes to mind...... is finding the avatar and forcibly expelling it."
"That's possible?"
Bella nodded.
"But if it's a trap, not just you—me too could die.
While we're in her mental world expelling the avatar, we can't interfere with her real body, but she can with us."
"So it's a plan that only works if we believe Ilesia won't harm us?"
"Yeah.
If she stays passive like in your talk till the end, it's easy.
Expel the avatar, return to the real world, hypnotize. Done.
Dimensional magic's my specialty. I could do it now."
Bella finished and looked at me.
The decision was mine.
Only I, who'd faced Ilesia directly, could gauge this plan's feasibility.
Info's limited anyway. It boils down to trusting Ilesia or not.
I thought we could.
As I said first, the evidence she was hypnotized was too solid.
I didn't think her attitude was acting to lure us into a trap.
That'd be too unnatural.
Ilesia had shown many cards, made me feel her sincerity.
Whether from my hypnosis or her own thoughts.
My mind was set.
"Scrap the force idea."
Ilesia said this was practice for the real thing, failure's okay.
She won't harm me.
Following that kindness, I didn't want to do anything that'd hurt her.
That was my honest thought.
"......"
Bella sighed.
"A bit dissatisfied, but fine. You're a total perv, master.
Dying grabbed by the ankle of a tamed woman? Poetic justice."
Sneaky harsh words.
"Even if it's a trap, it'd have a more complex motive.
Doesn't killing us simply feel too roundabout?"
"Good point.
I just...... don't know what that goddess is thinking.
That's why this conveniently unfolding situation feels suspicious."
Same as what Noah said.
I understood Bella's feelings.
What Ilesia was thinking was as much a mystery as my past.
"So, when do we start, master?
I'm good now."
"At the time Ilesia announced. Tomorrow midnight."
"Got it."
After discussing with Bella, the next day.
I got a summons from the Melbritt student council during the day and headed to the main building.
Familiar faces were gathered in front of the student council room.
The emergency squad members: Stia, Karen, Diana, Aba.
"Oppa!"
Karen came close, beaming.
Before greeting, I kneaded Karen's tits with my hand.
"Ang...."
Karen shyly offered her chest.
"Decal! Restrain yourself."
Diana placed a hand on her hip and scolded sternly.
"Why? No one's watching."
"The student council president, Shia, is right beyond this door."
Ah.
That's why they were tense.
Stia looked shaky too.
"Student council president......
Wonder what she's like. Heard rumors, but first time seeing her."
Aba looked pale, on the verge of crumbling from the pressure.
"What if I bite my tongue from nerves......"
"Shall we go in?"
Seeing Ilesia from afternoon? Jackpot.
I knocked on the student council room door, and Neris's voice came from inside.
"Come in."
Inside the student council room.
Just one extra person, but the atmosphere was totally different.
Shia sat where Neris had been, and Neris stood a step back, guarding her side.
Now it felt like everything was in place.
Melbritt's student council president Shia and her spear knight guard.
They matched perfectly.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Melbritt's student council president, Shia."
Shia greeted.
========== Afterword ==========
Happy New Year, everyone!!
I'll be back every day in January with delicious five-grain rice.