I am the Goddess Destined to be Devoured by the Protagonist - Chapter 08

========== EPISODE 8 ==========

-Oh, are you hurt?

Vega asked, eyes wide. Their gaze was fixed on the wound Sirius had sustained.

-It’s not a major wound.

It might not be major, but it looked like a deep gash. And it was still bleeding.

I recalled the large front teeth stained with bright red blood.

-I’ll use healing magic on you.

-You don’t have to do that…….

[Mission]

[Thank ‘Vega’ after being healed.]

[Mission Success Reward: Bread x1]

-……No. I would appreciate it.

Warm light erupted from Vega’s palm. It was such a holy light that just looking at it made it feel like the wound would heal.

It was easy to guess why Sirius had tried to refuse Vega’s healing.

But no way. I had immediately created a reason for him to say thank you.

The wound was quickly cleaned up as new flesh filled it in. Vega had spoken as if they weren’t confident when saying they could use healing magic, but they were so competent that I wondered why they had been so hesitant.

Even Madecassol, which is famous for making new flesh sprout up, couldn’t heal wounds this quickly.

Wow! We have a healer!

Thinking of Sirius in Iyeojeong, who continued fighting looking like a mummy with bandages over unhealed wounds after escaping the pyramid, made my eyes tear up.

-Thank you. Thanks to you, I’m all healed.

Vega’s eyes sparkled again this time.

[Mission Success! Item rewarded!]

[Bread x1]

Guys, I’ll make sure you become a close pair of siblings.

-Alright, this is Tourmaline Village.

The coachman said, slowing down the carriage.

-Do you have somewhere to stop? I can take you there.

-We would appreciate it if you could drop us off at the inn.

The coachman dropped the two off in front of the inn. They exchanged greetings with the coachman and headed inside.

Sirius rented a room and paid the fee. It was fortunate that Sirius had kept the money in his inner pocket.

If not, the money would be buried under the inn’s rubble by now, and the two would have had to sleep outside.

As they headed to the room, two beds greeted them in the relatively clean interior. Now they would be able to get some proper rest.

But Sirius didn’t head straight to the bed.

-I’ll be back in a moment. You can wash up and rest.

-Oh. Yes, yes.

Where is he going? Can he really resist diving into bed in this situation?

-Oh. Don’t put on the clothes you’re wearing now; throw them away.

Sirius left after saying just that. He didn’t even seem to notice Vega’s bewildered expression visible through the closing door.

His actions were questionable, but I watched, assuming he had a plan.

The place Sirius headed to was none other than a clothing store. Looking for something there, he stopped in front of clothes that were too small for him to wear.

Ah. Vega’s clothes were basically rags, after all.

Sirius picked up a piece of clothing and examined it.

It does look comfortable.

[ ( ᐛ)ᕗ]

But you know…….

[ ٩( ᐕ)و ]

That outfit would look better on Vega.

A window with an emoticon popped up over the clothes my gaze was fixed on. Sirius’s gaze also turned that way, and he discovered the clothes I had picked.

The clothes Sirius had been examining were focused solely on practicality. In other words, the design was trash.

Sirius put down the clothes he had been holding and examined the ones I had picked.

After buying a full set of children’s clothes, including underwear and shoes, Sirius left the clothing store and returned to the inn.

Vega was sitting on the edge of the bed and jumped in surprise when the door suddenly opened.

Sirius, I didn’t think you were like that, no manners. Bursting in while someone is inside.

Vega was wrapped in a blanket.

I had been worried they might catch a cold while sitting there completely naked after throwing away the only clothes they had, so that was a relief.

Sirius handed the clothes to Vega.

-I bought you some clothes.

-U-uh. Yes?

Vega looked back and forth between Sirius and the clothes with an incredulous face. They must not have expected him to buy them clothes, even though they had asked him to take them along.

-Th-thank you.

The child didn’t know what to do, like someone receiving kindness for the first time.

[ (b ᐛ )b ]

Well done. Gifts are the best for raising affinity.

Vega took the clothes, set them aside, and lifted the blanket covering their body…….

Gaaaah! No! They aren’t wearing anything underneath!

Even though Vega might not know that I am watching the two, if they knew that a person of the opposite sex had seen their naked body, it could remain as trauma.

Right before I could frantically spam the close button on the window where the broadcast was displayed, a large white square appeared and covered Vega.

W-what is this. Is this a mosaic?

Wow……. It even has a feature like this. I felt as relieved as the guy in the Gaviscon meme.

[Suggestion]

[Would you like to turn off the covering feature in specific situations?]

[Examples of specific situations▼]

No. Absolutely not.

I had to protect their human rights. There would come a time later when Sirius would also change clothes or wash.

Since I could guess what the specific situations were, I closed the suggestion window without looking at the examples.

Not long after, the white square disappeared, and Vega appeared wearing the new clothes. Seeing how well they fit, my eye for fashion was indeed correct.

On top of that, they had washed up cleanly, so their curly hair was all fluffy, just like a puppy that had been bathed today.

Sirius left the room. I wondered where he was going again, but this time the destination wasn’t far.

[Shower Room]

Sirius was going to wash up too.

The shower room had a faucet and even a drain. It was biased technological development.

There was a reason for this in its own way. One of the gods worshipped by the people of this world was the God of Water, and it is said that this god often spread technology to people.

Actually, whatever the reason, it was fortunate that this world had a concept of hygiene. If not, I would have stabbed my own eyes out due to the visual filth.

I had once seen a video on YouTube explaining that medieval hygiene concepts were garbage. Since then, I’ve felt grateful to authors who don’t follow historical hygiene accuracy.

However, there was one regrettable thing. I had remembered how to make soap in case I possessed a body in a romance fantasy, but it became useless.

Damn it. My ambition to become the inventor of soap and make a fortune……!

Well, that was already out of the question since I possessed a god, not even a human, in a dark fantasy.

Still, I decided to be relieved by the fact that I didn’t have to look at dirty things.

Our protagonist washes well.

The moment Sirius tried to take off his clothes, a white square covered the screen again. The mosaic’s reflexes were insane.

The sound of water rang out. Listening to that sound, I felt like a pervert.

Even though a very large square was covering the screen, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was watching something I shouldn’t be seeing.

So the constellations in the novels I had read until now were all voyeuristic perverts.

Come to think of it, why didn’t the protagonists who were being observed by gods care about this situation? Sirius took off his clothes without any hesitation, too.

Sirius wouldn’t know there was something like a mosaic, obviously. I didn’t know either.

I debated whether to turn off the broadcast.

Logically speaking, turning it off was the right thing to do. But I couldn’t do it because I questioned whether I had to turn it off every time Sirius washed.

This harsh world had zero manners. Misfortune doesn’t avoid you just because you’re washing.

That means it wouldn’t be strange if the shower room suddenly shattered and a monster popped out.

Also, in this novel, there was a scene where “the protagonist falls into depression while washing alone after an incident.”

If I heard a sound like him banging his head against the wall in self-loathing, I had to immediately distract him to stop the depressing thoughts.

Sirius didn’t seem to care, and I wasn’t a pervert who liked listening to others wash, so it was okay…… well, it wasn’t okay.

Good people, please don’t follow suit.

There was a reason for it, but I was acting no different from the voyeuristic pervert gods.

If I wasn’t going to be eaten by Sirius, I would have turned it off immediately.

When the white square disappeared, Sirius appeared wearing simple clothes.

Since he wasn’t wearing the hood that cast a shadow over his face, his face was clearly visible, so I examined Sirius’s appearance carefully.

Fatigue was piled up in his lifeless red eyes.

His white hair didn’t brighten his impression. It gave off a desolate feeling, like a cliché character who “was originally black-haired but turned white due to some incident.”

Also, as befitting a protagonist, he had a remarkably outstanding appearance. Sirius looked like a being born to show what decadent beauty is.

However, I couldn’t be happy that I would be able to see a decadent handsome man from now on.

Look at those eyes. They were already lifeless. Even though he hadn’t splattered blood in the basement thanks to my intervention.

I felt like I had learned through visual information that he was a person whose mentality was already worn down before the novel even began.

At that rate, it wouldn’t be strange if he went insane and ate me as a health food if just one thing went properly wrong.

Every time I see Sirius’s face, I feel a sense of alarm. The thought that if I don’t manage his mental health well, it’s over, comes naturally.

Feeling cold sweat wetting my hands, I wrote a mission.

[Mission]

[Rest properly.]

[Mission Success Reward: Bread x1]

Abundant rest is good for mental health.

He would rest on his own even if I didn’t tell him to, but I had to appeal that I was worried about his mental health.

Sirius, visible through the screen, laid his body on the bed.

At the same time, there was a rustling sound from the next bed. It seemed Vega had also been watching and followed suit, lying down.

The sunlight coming through the window was still bright, but no one could criticize them for being lazy.

I had told them to rest in the basement, but that wasn’t a suitable place to rest. And the rattling carriage couldn’t be called comfortable.

Besides, Sirius had even been bitten a little while fighting some monsters.

He had gone through a lot in many ways.

[ ( ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ )づ ]

Good work. Sleep well.

Sirius closed his eyes while looking at the system window.

After that, only Sirius, who was lying still with his eyes closed, was shown on the screen.

Only the sound of the two people’s even breathing could be heard.

Was it because the sunlight was warm? I fell asleep too.

“Huk, did I fall asleep?”

“Yes. You seemed very tired.”

What was there for me to be tired of? I was just lying down watching the broadcast.

Even a few hours ago, I slept for two days.

I need to stay sharp from now on!

I looked at the broadcast screen. Sirius and Vega were eating breakfast in the dining room.

It seemed Haemi had woken me up at the right time.