A Particularly Busy Day for Aemisin (Goddess of Love and Beauty)
A Particularly Busy Day for Aemisin (Goddess of Love and Beauty)
Title: Apology
Author: God of Love and Beauty
I am Amor, the God of Love and Beauty.
I apologize for the recent disturbance on Biblio.
I will take care to prevent such incidents in the future.
As a sign of my remorse, I have attached a photo.
[Comments]
Anonymous Believer 1: Whoa, I just want to dive headfirst into those pools of love and bury my nose in them until I die.
Anonymous Believer 2: If you can't remember what this person did wrong, just hit that like, lol.
God King: Hmm, lol, this has nothing to do with that incident, right? Okay, let's do better, now.
Anonymous Believer 3: Am I the only one who thinks the content is vague and just reads like a canned apology?
└ Anonymous Believer 4: The way they're demanding blind sympathy tells me exactly what kind of person they are.
└ Anonymous Believer 5: This posture drips with sincere remorse—what's the problem? I support the eternal God of Love and Beauty forever, ^^.
Anonymous Believer 7: Can someone bring some food?
"D-Did that work...?"
I finally tore my eyes from the monitor and rubbed my dry, tired eyes with my hands.
I had just managed to sort out the incident that had been heating up Biblio for the past few days.
"Ugh, the fairies will handle the rest, right...?"
I stretched and looked out the window.
I'd been working since sunrise, but for some reason, the sun was still rising.
I hadn't even realized the night had passed...
...I recalled a line I'd read in a masterpiece in my past life: the precise title for a god is 'an unpaid all-purpose servant available for full-day shifts'.
At least for me, that description definitely applied.
My mission, reborn as the God of Love and Beauty, was to manage Biblio, the world's largest community site.
Why on earth does the God of Love and Beauty have to shoulder this work? Well... because the God of Love and Beauty doesn't really do anything.
If I had to attach a reason, it's because letting hatred spread on the community site of the believers would be neither lovely nor beautiful...?
Since I'm a god, I don't need to eat or sleep, so I can work 24/7, 365 days a year, and I can even personally solve issues that spill over into reality.
"Ugh... It's nice being a god, but it's way too busy...."
After collapsing from overwork in my past life, I had desperately wished for one thing as my consciousness faded away.
To be reborn with a body that never needs food or sleep, forever young and healthy.
My wish was granted—I got that body—but I'm stuck living the same workaholic life...
"Appa!"
"Ack?!"
My daughter Melina burst through the door roughly.
She's not my biological daughter, but my stepdaughter.
Her face was bright red, and she was huffing with fury.
"D-Daughter... When you come into Appa's room, you should knock..."
"What's up with that apology post?! Why should we apologize when we didn't do anything wrong?!"
"The God King told me to post it... A-And it wasn't us, it was because of you...?"
"Hah?!"
"Eek...!"
Melina's anger made me shrink back.
When she saw me frightened, Melina softened her rage a little, as if feeling a bit sorry.
"I didn't do anything wrong! I just gave the believers what they wanted!"
This whole incident started when a woman posted on Biblio.
She was wailing that her childhood friend was falling for another woman.
She claimed it felt like she'd suffer NTR and begged me, the God of Love and Beauty, for help... and of course, I didn't help her.
Other believers mostly reacted by saying they weren't even dating, and he'd never confessed, so why was she whining.
Then this woman kept posting on Biblio, pouring out resentment toward me.
It wasn't a major rule violation, so I let it slide for a while, but a few believers complained of exhaustion and straight-up demanded I make the NTR happen.
When Melina saw that, she flew over and shot her Golden Arrow of Charm.
She made the childhood friend perform acts of affection with the other woman right in front of her.
After that, the woman posted something hinting at a drastic choice, and Biblio turned into total chaos.
Ultimately, I had to step in, running here and there to resolve things before posting that apology you just saw.
"Daughter... Gods must always remain neutral..."
"That damn neutrality! Neutrality! Appa, you're the only one who sticks to that! Everyone else does whatever they feel like, so why does Appa have to be stupid and work so hard?!"
"E-Even so, you're speaking too harshly to Appa..."
"Shut up! And why the hell did you post that kind of picture?! Take it down right now!"
"N-No. The God King told me to post that picture too. He said it shows 'the posture of apology.'"
"Don't give me that nonsense! How is that in any way a posture of apology?! People would believe it's a profile picture for a cyber gigolo!"
"Huh...? In what way...?"
"You have no self-awareness...?"
Melina gave an oddly deflated look before turning her back as if to leave the room.
"Ha, whatever. I'm going to sleep outside tonight."
"D-Daughter? Did Appa do something wrong?"
"Hmph! Appa's always like this!"
Before I could grab hold of her, Melina bolted out of the house in an instant.
It didn't seem like I'd really done anything wrong, but... I felt a sorry pang, my chest growing heavy.
— Beep-beep!
"Eh."
But there was no time to brood—a notification window popped up on the monitor.
The part-time fairies managing Biblio were frantically looking for me on messenger.
[Management Fairy 1: God of Love and Beauty-nim. Please check this urgently. We can't handle it among ourselves.]
Barely a few minutes had passed since I posted the apology and the mood calmed down, but already Biblio was burning up again.
God of Love and Beauty-niiiiiiim!!!![1]
You just posted the apology, where did you go?[3]
The management fairy-nims aren't the problem—that person can't be touched even by the fairy-nims.[7]
For real, hire more management fairy-nims.[12]
What was that declaration of war trolling earlier? Lol
There's never a quiet day on Biblio.[4]
Aren't the management fairy-nims around right now?[9]
"Uhh, ughhh...."
There were so many posts looking for me that the problematic post was already buried.
Luckily, a management fairy had bookmarked the link.
[God of Love and Beauty: Sorry~~ ^^ I stepped away to rest for a bit~~ I'll check right now~~ ^^]
I typed out a message with tippy-tappy fingers, then moved the mouse and clicked the link.
"Aga-gak?!"
I was so shocked I fell backwards.
Title: This eonni is prepping for modeling, how is it? Hehe
Author: God of Old Age
(A picture of an elderly woman doing a handstand with her naked limbs spread)
Wanna here my babies' reviews hehe
[Comments]
Management Fairy 1: Senex-nim. You must not behave this way here.
└ God of Old Age: Why can't I? Hehe
└ Management Fairy 1: It's a violation of Biblio's rules. Please check the announcements.
└ God of Old Age: Too lon'g so I didn't read hehe
"Ugh... Why today of all days...?"
The gods' accounts can't be restricted even by management fairy accounts, so I have to deal with it personally.
But since the poster is a god who's lived far longer than me, immediately taking action was a bit awkward, so I decided to summon her and issue a warning instead.
└ Management Fairy 1: I can't deal with this anymore. Let me just say my piece and quit. Trash like you strutting around calling yourselves gods is why this world never gets better.
└ God of Old Age: My baby's mad? Hehe
"Huck...!"
But when Management Fairy 1 crossed the line with that remark, I scrapped the original plan and immediately deleted the post.
Then I called them on messenger right away.
Maybe they knew what it was about, because they immediately started with an apology.
[I'm sorry, God of Love and Beauty-nim.]
"A-Are you crazy?! H-How could you say that to a god?!"
[I will gladly accept any punishment. Perhaps we may never meet again. Thank you for everything.]
"N-No, don't just give up like that...! I'll cover for you somehow...!"
[You don't need to go that far for me...]
"I will go that far! You're such a precious asset!"
[......!]
Every single management fairy is valuable.
The pay is high, but the stress is so extreme that they drop out in no time.
Fairies are vulnerable to mental distress, and they have no obligation to endure it, so someone like Management Fairy 1 who has held out so long is a rare talent.
I can't lose a precious laborer because of a crazed deity like that.
[......Thank you for caring. But, um, God of Love and Beauty-nim.]
"Yes?"
[Actually, there is one more post we handled among ourselves, but could you take a look at it too? It seems like just posturing, but I wondered if we should contact the Defense Force.]
Management Fairy 1 sent another link via messenger.
It was a post temporarily restricted so only management accounts could view it.
Title: Declaration of War
Author: Calliope
Tomorrow, I will kill Senex, the God of Old Age and Decay.
You should know why even without me saying it.
[Comments]
Anonymous Believer 1: I support this.
└ Anonymous Believer 2: Hey, you'll get caught if you say that;
Calliope: And I'll hunt down the rest of the gods one by one and kill them too.
└ Calliope: Ah, male gods are excluded. I'll just make them beg to be killed instead.
"Cal-li-o-pe...?"
[Amor-nim?]
The moment I read the name Calliope, it felt as though all the memories I hadn't managed to recall until now came flooding back at once.
My bottom started quivering, and sweat beaded on my palms.
"A-Aga-gak!"
[Amor-nim? What's wrong?]
"D-Defense Force! Call the Defense Force! Now!"
No wonder this definitely unfamiliar world had felt somehow familiar—now it all came back to me.
This was the world of a game I'd never played but had seen in videos.
God Eater Calliope.
An extremely violent and explicit game famous for scenes where gods are beaten into literal mincemeat and male gods are assaulted practically to the point of torture.
I'd become a male god in that world.