Lovely and Beautiful Provocation
Lovely and Beautiful Provocation
Title: Declaration of War
Author: Calliope
As announced, I killed Senex, the God of Old Age and Frailty.
Next, I will kill Mare, the God of Sea and Storms.
[Comments]
Admin Fairy 2: (Fairy emote holding a sign that says 'Do Not Feed')
She's already targeting a Chief God?!
And Mare-nim, the God of Sea and Storms, of all gods?!
Mare-nim is God King Dione-nim's eonni and a powerful Chief God rivaling her!
"Euhahaha! What a truly amusing human! Fine! This Mare shall take you on!"
However, Mare-nim didn't seem worried at all.
It was an expected attitude. Because in this world, there was no being who could guarantee victory in a battle against Mare-nim.
That is, until Calliope appeared!
"T-T-That Calliope is really dangerous......! We have to respond properly......!"
"One of the three most powerful rulers among the gods is stepping up. How could there be a stronger response than this?"
"Euhahaha! Don't any of you think of helping me! This Mare will teach that God Slayer the terror of a god!"
I'm telling you, doing it alone won't work......!
This won't do. No one is taking my words seriously.
As expected, in order to survive, the only way is to step down from the position of a god......!
— Urrureung...... kurrureung......!
Even though it's night, I can't sleep because I'm scared.
The storm has been continuing for days now.
That's because Mare-nim is using her power in the sea.
The sea level rose and the waves became rough, so an evacuation order was issued for residential areas near the coast.
— Kwarreureung!!!!
"Kyaaak!"
Just as the entire world seemed to turn white, a thunderous roar that tore through the sky rang out.
I shrieked manly-like, burrowing under the blanket like a cat and shivering uncontrollably.
For an opponent to make even Mare-nim struggle like this.
Someone like me would truly be torn apart in a single moment.
It would actually be a relief if I were just torn apart! Calliope will ravish me all she wants!
What if she names me right after Mare-nim?
"Appa! What's wrong!"
"D-Daughter......!"
Melina entered the room, having likely heard my scream.
Seeing her appa's pathetic sight of breaking out in cold sweat and covering himself with a blanket, she let out a sigh.
"Eohyu! As expected of a guy. Are you still scared of thunder and lightning?"
"U-Uuuh...... I'm sorry......."
"......I-It can't be helped! As a woman, I have no choice but to stay with you!"
"Eue......?"
Melina climbed onto my bed and lay down side by side next to me.
Then she intertwined her fingers with mine and squeezed tightly.
"No matter what happens, I will protect you, Appa!"
"Uuuh...... As expected of my daughter...... so reliable......."
......Thinking about it, as long as Melina is also a god, doesn't that mean she can't escape Calliope's target list either?
This wasn't the time to step down from godhood just to save myself.
For an appa to try to run away just to preserve his own life without even caring about his daughter.
Pathetic.......
"Daughter...... you see......."
"Hmm?"
I told Melina everything about my past life and Calliope.
I didn't know if she would believe me, but I had to convey it to her without fail.
And I had to convince her to relinquish her godhood no matter what.
Stepping down from the position of a god might be an absurd choice for a deity, but.......
"If we stop being gods, what will happen to the relationship between Appa and me?"
"Huh?"
"Appa and I aren't related by blood, but became a family because of our domains of jurisdiction. Then...... if we are no longer gods, what kind of relationship will we have?"
"That...... we can just define that however we want, right......?"
Even after becoming mortal beings, if Melina still wants to think of me as her appa, I will continue to remain her appa.
......But what if she says she disliked how pathetic her appa was and feels relieved, proposing that we become total strangers?
Uuuh...... I'd have no choice but to accept it.......
"I believe everything Appa says."
"Huh?"
Unlike the Chief Gods, Melina told me she believed me really easily.
Holding both of my hands together tightly, my daughter had sparkling eyes like a dreaming child.
"Appa and I...... No, Amor and Melina's second life......! I can accept it!"
"R-Really? Are you really okay with stepping down from the position of a god?"
"Of course! You said that's the only way to live! But what do we have to do?"
"I asked Parcae, and it said divinity comes from human faith. So if they stop worshipping us, we won't be gods anymore."
"Then should we just quit doing everything we used to do as gods?"
"T-That, I already tried it, but it wasn't very useful......."
"Ah, was that why you went MIA on Biblio......?"
"Mmhmm. I thought everyone would dislike me if I did that, but instead they desperately prayed while waiting for me to return. So my divinity actually got stronger......."
"Didn't you ask Parcae for another method?"
"Ah, I was out of my mind so... wait a second......."
I opened the Parcae app and asked about other cases of losing divinity.
[Parcae: Humans often worship the authority possessed by the god itself rather than the individual entity known as the god.
Conversely, if they find out that a god is more incompetent than they thought, they may stop worshipping them.
In such cases, an inescapable vicious cycle may begin.
God's Incompetence → Decrease in Faith → Weakening of Divinity → God's Incompetence → Decrease in Faith → Weakening of Divinity
Cases of losing divinity due to falling into such a vicious cycle have been reported quite frequently.]
"......That's what it says?"
When I showed her the printed response, Melina clapped her hands together and sat up.
"This will totally work! Appa is completely incompetent!"
"......Huh?"
"Even though you're nominally one of the 15 Chief Gods, said to be the greatest among gods, you don't really have any authorities other than being pretty, right?"
"......."
"Rather, lower-ranking gods, no, fairies probably know how to do much more than Appa! Just letting that fact be known will make Appa lose your divinity right away!"
"......."
My heart hurts. It hurts even more knowing that her bright smile contains no malice whatsoever.
I...... I also dreamed of becoming a god who goes boom-boom with ice, lightning, and flames at first, you know.......
Whether my daughter knew how I felt or not, she continued speaking with a bright expression.
"Let's do it like this! Either way, there are lots of people making weird wishes to Appa, just like that kid who made Appa write an apology post last time, right?"
"That's true......?"
However, I don't just recklessly grant those wishes.
Even a god only has one body, so responding to everyone's wishes is impossible.
A problem of fairness would arise.
It's definitely not because I ignored them out of incompetence...... sob.
"Appa will draw aggro by claiming you'll grant them! And then fail magnificently! Then people will be disappointed, and Appa's divinity will plummet horribly!"
"Yeah...... let's go with that method......."
Title: [Event] Tell Me Your Wish
Author: God of Love and Beauty (Love and Beauty God)
It's me.
You humans who are as small as bugs.
Since Yours Truly is in a good mood today, I intend to run a special event.
Write the wish you want me to grant in the comments of this post.
I shall personally grant that wish for about one fellow.
I'll come back in 1 hour and run the lottery drawing.
"D-Do I really have to write it like this......?"
"Of course! You have to write provocatively to draw aggro!"
"But why are you bookmarking it......?"
"Uh-oh? J-Just because?"
Whether it went as Melina had thought, a tremendous number of comments were posted in an instant.
[Comments]
Anonymous Believer 1: Please put in even more profanity than now and read it right in front of my face. With the most contemptuous expression possible.
Anonymous Believer 2: Please stomp me to death like a bug with those shoe heels.
Anonymous Believer 3: High heels are great too, but could you please show us your bare feet?
Admin Fairy 1: Are fairies not allowed?
└ God of Love and Beauty (Love and Beauty God): Fairies are fine too~~ ^^*
└ Admin Fairy 1: I would love it if you could have just one meal with me! ////
└ Admin Fairy 2: Please, when trolling gods show up, instantly ban them within 0.1 seconds. Lately, you only come sluggishly when called via messenger.
└ Anonymous Believer 4: [@Admin Fairy 2] Huh? Is there a chat room used just among administrators?
└ Anonymous Believer 5: [@Anonymous Believer 4] Everyone except you is in it, lol
└ Anonymous Believer 4: [@Anonymous Believer 5] No wonder nobody was upvoting only the posts I wrote
└ Anonymous Believer 6: [@Admin Fairy 2] Ever since that person named Calliope appeared, you've been making nothing but no-filter remarks. I'm taking a liking to you.
Patriarch God (Patriarch God): Maintain.the.dignity.of.a.Chief.God.Do.not.act.cheaply.like.commoners.
"Ah...... I-It's Heros-nim......! W-What should I do?"
Patriarch God. It was the account of Heros-nim, the God of Family and Matrimony.
As the husband of the God King, he was the most grand among the male gods.
Thinking he seemed displeased because of the post I put up, I tried to delete it, but Melina stopped me.
"Seriously, why are you so intimidated by what that boomer god said?"
"D-Daughter? Boomer god, what do you mean by..."
"Appa is a Chief God too! Don't run away and fight back!"
"E-Even if we're both Chief Gods, there's still a difference in rank..."
"Don't you know women these days are all comparing Appa and that boomer god? You can't show yourself backing down here! If only for those women's sake!"
"What does that mean......?"
"That boomer god is always saying stuff like cutting soldiers' pay and giving special subsidies to full-time homemakers, so everyone hates him! Appa goes on comfort visits saying soldiers go through a lot, so you're popular! Don't you know even that when you stare at Biblio all day?"
"T-That kind of policy-related topic is forbidden, so......."
The reason I went on comfort visits wasn't because I had a tender heart, but simply because Aria-nim requested me to go.
I also...... like having lunch with Aria-nim and stuff like that.......
In the end, time passed without being able to delete the post because of Melina.
When the scheduled time arrived, Melina put the numbers of the people who commented into the drawing machine and spun it.
"The winner is number 74!"
"Number 74? Let's see......."
Anonymous Believer 74: (Link) Please make my husband accept my proposal
"What does this mean......? If he's her husband, they're already married, so why propose......?"
"Click the link."
"......Ah."
Having clicked it carelessly, I regretted it a little bit.