Lovely and Beautiful Miracle
Lovely and Beautiful Miracle
Title: This is my husband hehe
Author: Anonymous Believer
(A picture of a woman hugging a male statue and voraciously licking it)
He's pretty, right? He's a childhood friend I've played with since I was little hehe
[Comments]
Anonymous Believer 1: Oh dear, her parents must be crying their eyes out hahaha
└ <Author> Anonymous Believer: Luckily, I'm an orphan hehe
└ Anonymous Believer 1: (@Anonymous Believer) Ah
└ Anonymous Believer 2: (@Anonymous Believer 1) Boo, you're trash
└ Anonymous Believer 3: (@Anonymous Believer 1) Truly a bad person
└ Anonymous Believer 4: (@Anonymous Believer 1) You should hand out apology burgers
Anonymous Believer 5: What character is this from?
└ <Author> Anonymous Believer: He's not a character hehe His name is Aki-chan
In the photo, only the woman's eyes were pixelated, but her facial expression was vulgar to an unrealistic degree.
Her eyes were bent sinisterly like crescent moons, and her mouth was stretched wide open, revealing bright red gums.
Her hot breath was snorting out visibly enough to be caught in the photo, and her long, winding, snake-like tongue was currently violating the statue.
It was to the point where I wondered how on earth a human could make such a face.
"Asking for a proposal to be accepted...... means asking for that statue to come to life and move, right......? Because the statue has to answer......?"
"I think so too, but, mm."
Breathing life into inanimate objects wasn't a particularly rare wish.
The wish itself wasn't unusual, but the state of the person who made the wish didn't look good at all.
"Th-This is to the point where I feel pity for the statue's life...... do we really have to grant it......?"
When I spoke with compassion toward the spit-covered statue in the photo, Melina tilted her head.
"What are you talking about? Appa can't do things like that. In the first place, the goal is to fail and get humiliated."
"Ah! Hing! Heng! Th-That's right!"
I had completely forgotten my goal and had an arrogant thought.
Gods with the divine authority to bestow life upon lifeless things were extremely rare.
Naturally, I was not included among them.
"R-Really? You actually came? You weren't joking?"
The commenter Anonymous Believer 74. She was a female mason named 'Rione'.
When Melina and I barged into her workshop, she scrambled out in a fluster to greet us.
Perhaps because she was in the middle of working, white dust was scattered all over her body, but she gave a neat impression distinctly different from the photo.
"My appa posted it completely seriously! You won, so consider it an honor!"
"O-Of course, it's an honor just that you came! B-But...... is it really possible?"
"Of course! What do you take my appa for! He's one of the Grankaul 15 Gods, the greatest among the gods!"
"D-Daughter......!"
She was inflating my reputation so much that it felt burdensome, so I tugged on her sleeve to stop her.
However, Melina ignored me as if telling me to leave it to her, and continued talking with Rione.
"Where is that statue?"
"It's inside. But it's too dirty for a god to enter..."
"It's fine! Ah, by any chance, can I film inside?"
"Pardon?"
"It's the first time my appa is showing off his power properly, right? I want to show it to the other believers via a live stream. If you want, I'll protect your portrait rights!"
"Ah, you can just stream it as is. As long as you grant my wish. Then, please come this way."
Rione guided us inside.
It was full of statues still in an unfinished state, and even to my clueless eyes, they were magnificent masterpieces.
"Waaah...... R-Rione, your skill is truly great."
"Haha, it's an honor to hear such words from the God of Beauty."
However, Rione's stride was somewhat strange. It looked like she was limping on one leg.
"Uh, did you happen to get hurt? Your walk is..."
"Ah, my walk is strange, right? I didn't get hurt; I've been lame since childhood."
"Heook...... S-Sorry."
"Not at all. I suffered quite a bit, but now I'm living proudly like this."
To look with prejudice at someone who had lived diligently despite having a physical disability since birth, just based on a photo.
As a god, it was truly a shameful thing...
"Here he is. This is my husband, Aki-chan. Keuhik."
The moment she stood in front of the statue named 'Aki', Rione's expression twisted grotesquely, just like when I saw it in the photo.
Yep. As expected, she really is a weird person.
'Aki' had a smaller physique compared to the other statues.
And in a space full of only stone statues, he stood out because he was the only wooden one.
"S-So, you want to propose to 'Aki'...... and hear 'Aki' answer directly, right......?"
"Yes! Naturally, Aki-chan must answer directly! Answering on his behalf from the side won't do!"
While I was watching with a bewildered expression, Melina ran around chongchong excitedly.
"Alright! Then since we have to make a proposal, shall we set the mood? There are plenty of good things here!"
"Pardon?"
"Let's decorate it like a wedding hall! Can we use these? If they break, I'll compensate you!"
"Ah, feel free to use them and compensation isn't necessary, but I-I'll do it! How could I let a god do such a troublesome..."
"You said your leg is uncomfortable too! Just watch!"
As an upper god assisting the chief deity, Melina was incomparably stronger than average women.
She deftly moved the statues, setting them up like spectators looking in one direction.
"Now~ then the groom in front of the altar~"
"Ah! I will move Aki-chan! He's a friend who needs to be handled delicately."
"Okay! Then the bride stand in front of the altar facing the groom too!"
"B-Bride! Euhihit!"
Rione's expression was gradually turning even more bizarre. It was getting scary.
"Appa too!"
"Huh? Me?"
"Appa has to officiate! Because I have to film! Hurry!"
At Melina's urging, I ran dododo and stood at the altar.
Looking back and forth between the monster-like bride and the delicate groom, I couldn't help but feel that, despite being a statue, the groom was the pitiful one.
It would have been nice if he had been made by a slightly less sinister master.......
Melina held up her smartphone and started filming.
"Now~ everyone~ can you see the screen well? As promised, my appa came to grant a wish! Say hi, Appa!"
"H-Hellooooo......!"
A-Are we really live streaming right now? Is everyone looking at my embarrassing expression right now?
Uugh...... my lower abdomen is trembling from tension......!
"Our believer, say hi too~"
"Uhihit! Hello! I am Rione, a mason!"
"Th-That believer with the funny expression's wish is for her husband to accept her proposal! Her husband is that statue! Funny, right? But if it's my appa, he can do it! After all, he's one of the Grankaul 15 Gods!"
Although failing was the objective, failing would still be super embarrassing, right......?
Even after stepping down from the position of a god, I wouldn't be able to live with my head held high!
"Now, then, believer! Hurry up and propose!"
"Ah, should I do it now? Ah-ah, ahem......! Th-Then......! Aki-chan!"
Perhaps because it was a moment she had been waiting for, right now, even Rione showed quite a serious expression.
......Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever told you the story from before you were made.
I don't know who my parents are. I grew up in an orphanage. On top of that, I was lame.
This world wasn't kind to weaklings like me.
Kids my age mocked me and threw stones at me, calling me a motherless, fatherless cripple.
The teachers knew I was being bullied too, but turned a blind eye.
It's a bit awkward to say this in front of the gods, but no matter how much I prayed at the temple, no one helped me.
When I realized there was not a single person on my side in this world, I was so lonely I couldn't bear it.
To the point of having a thought that others would see as weird—making a friend with my own hands who would look only at me.
I wasn't good at studying and didn't know how to do much...... but somehow, I found I could carve wood.
That's how you were created, Aki-chan.
Of course, you weren't pretty at first like you are now.
As I grew older, my dexterity gradually improved, so I carved you delicately. You remember that, right?
Though your body ended up becoming a bit small because of that.
Even when I was hit by stones from kids and bled profusely, when I came home and looked at you, I felt better.
Even when I was teased by the kids, if I poured it all out to you, my mind was eased.
Even on birthdays that no one celebrated, because you were by my side, I could be happy that I was born.
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to make it through my childhood safely.
"......But it seems I cannot be with you forever."
"Eh......?"
Rione turned around to look at me for a moment with a sorrowful expression, then opened her mouth toward 'Aki' again.
Before I properly learned the craft, I didn't know that there was a proper preservation method for wood.
By the time I learned that, you were already in an irreversible state.
I somehow reinforced just the outer surface to hold on, but...... your inside must be crumbling away.
I asked the god with a heart grasping at straws, but I really didn't know he would actually come.
Learning that there is someone this kind in this world, I was deeply moved.
But in truth, I know. Making you live and breathe is an impossible task for any god.
......I've become an adult now.
My skills are recognized in the industry so I make a lot of money, and I'm not mocked by others anymore.
I no longer need to lock myself inside a fantasy to escape pain.
Even without you, I will be able to do fine, so you don't have to worry.
So today, I am going to say goodbye so that you can depart in your beautiful form.
And before I send you off, lastly, there's something I want to say.
Others might mock you for being a fictional existence, but even so, I truly loved you.
I really want to convey how much I loved you.
Perhaps until the day death comes for me, I won't be able to love anyone more than you.
Even if your form disappears, I want to cherish you in my heart forever.
......Aki-chan.
"......Will you marry me?"
"Heuk......! Hueeeeang......!"
"A-Appa......! Crying while live streaming is......! Wipe your snot......!"
Even though I knew we were live streaming, I couldn't hold back my tears.
Rational women might not understand, but men are rich in sensibility, so we cry easily over trivial things.
Without even knowing those circumstances, I kept calling her a weird person......!
Uuhu, I'm truly a trashy god.
I'm even still using this person for my goal......!
With a very relieved expression, Rione smiled brightly at such a hopeless male god.
"Ha~ I feel a bit relieved. I said some blasphemous things in the middle, but it's true that I was deeply moved. I was terrified of having to handle this farewell alone. Because Amor-nim was by my side, I found the courage to confess."
"U-Uugh......!"
Rione reached out her hand and tried to wipe away my tears.
"So, please don't cry for my sake. Because I am truly happy. I have been saved by Amor-nim."
"Heueo-eong......! I'm sorry I couldn't do anything for you......! Sorry for being an incompetent god......"
"Rione, you mega-loser♡ You're only confessing now."
"......Eh?"
"Huh?"
"Wh-What? Who said that?"
All three of us—Melina, Rione, and I—looked around with bewildered expressions.
Our gazes soon gravitated toward 'Aki'.
The outer surface of the wooden statue peeling off with a jjeojeok cracking sound.
However, what was glimpsed inside was not wood.
"Rione is such a coward♡ Were you scared of imagining a confession to a mere statue and getting rejected in your imagination? As expected of a mega-loser♡~♡"
"A-Aki-chan?"
"......Do you know how long I've been waiting to hear those words?"
'He' was pouring harsh taunts over Rione in a biting voice, but his expression contained no contempt whatsoever.
"Even though you piled up liquor bottles last night and cried in front of me all night long, what do you mean you'll do fine without me? Rione dummy♡"