episode_0118

Since Serena asked for food, I took out the meal first.

The vegetarian dishes I made earlier.

They were S-rank specialty dishes crafted by a master chef to win over the elves.

‘But they didn’t work.’

Though they drooled at the scent of the food,

they didn’t relent in their stubbornness.

‘If they had asked for help, I would’ve given them all the food.’

But since they didn’t ask for help,

I just shoved everything into the hero party’s fridge (?) and left.

So.

All I had to do was take it out again, and the meal was ready.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

I set up the table and chairs.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

From the dishes I made earlier, I picked out the ones closest to Pinae’s tastes and laid them out one by one.

“Let’s eat. It’s buffet-style today, so help yourselves.”

“Wooow!”

Everyone filled their plates with what they wanted and sat down.

Meanwhile,

Pinae-noona stood frozen, trembling.

“Noona, aren’t you eating?”

“H-huh?! O-of course I’ll eat! B-but… Noona?…”

“During the Prophecy RPG, you called me ‘noona,’ so I’m used to it… But if you don’t like it, I can change how I address you.”

“N-no! I like ‘noona’! Please call me that!”

“Then I’ll keep calling you noona. And you can speak comfortably too.”

“Yes! I’ll try to relax!”

No matter how you looked at it, her tone wasn’t relaxed at all…

But time would solve that.

So.

For now, I focused on getting her to eat, serving her favorite dishes on a plate.

“Here.”

“H-huh?…”

“Thanks to my experience during the Prophecy RPG, I have a rough idea of what you like. These two dishes are ones you’d absolutely rave about. Trust me and try them.”

“Yes! I’ll try them!”

Pinae-noona took the plate, her body stiff as a board.

At that moment,

Serena clung to my waist and spoke up.

“Kain.”

“What?”

“She’s ‘noona,’ but why am I just ‘Serena’? I want to be called noona too.”

“Sure, grandma.”

“Hey!”

“What? By age, you are a grandma.”

“Call me noona!”

“Oh dear, elder. Please enjoy your meal.”

“Call me noona!”

“But… you don’t exactly look like a noona.”

“Then what do I look like?”

“A pet?”

“I’m not a pet?! I’m just borrowing a dog’s body right now! My real form is a goddess, you know?!”

“Really?”

“Really!”

Flick! Flick! Flick!

I waved a cookie in front of Serena’s face.

Then.

I tossed it and shouted.

“Fetch!”

“Woof!”

Thud!

Serena leaped gracefully and caught the cookie in her mouth.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

“Good girl, Snowy!”

“……!”

“As a reward, I’ll give you head pats.”

Munch munch. “I’m not a dog?! Munch munch. I’m a goddess, you know?!”

“Then should I stop petting you?”

“Uh… that’s fine!”

I stroked Serena’s head.

Gently rubbed her cheeks,

scratched her belly, and gave her thorough pats all over.

Then.

Serena flopped down with a blissful expression.

“Ah… feels good…”

“Right?”

“Mhm.”

“This is why I can’t call you noona.”

“Eek!…”

“But I really like how cute Serena is right now.”

“Then keep treating me like this!”

“Okay. I’ll keep spoiling you.”

Pat pat.

As I kept petting her, Ria suddenly clung to my waist.

“Master! Pet me too!”

“Sure.”

I petted Ria as well.

Stroked her head.

Thud!

Ria grabbed my hand and pulled it toward her chest to pet—

“Whoa! Not there!”

“Why? You promised to touch me everywhere.”

“Ah… did I?”

Come to think of it, I had agreed to everything except penetration.

So.

I just went ahead and fondled her chest.

“Hehe… I wanna go to bed and have sex like this…♡”

“I already said no to that.”

“Okay~ I’ll do it later!”

“You better.”

And so, I petted both Serena and Ria at the same time.

Meanwhile,

Pinae-noona’s expression grew darker.

“Uwaaaah…”

“Noona?”

“Lady Serena… and her daughter, Lady Ria… to treat them like this… Sir Kain, just what are you…”

“Ah… did I not mention it?”

“Huh?…”

“After we defeat the Demon King and everything’s over, I’m marrying Ria.”

“M-marry?! You?!”

“I’m getting married too!”

“Me as well! I’ll marry my husband and live happily ever after with him!”

“Three of them?! You’re marrying three people?! H-how could you be so… so shameless!…”

Pinae-noona was flustered.

Well…

That made sense.

Elves are a race that strictly adheres to monogamy.

They see loving only one person as beautiful,

and consider those who two-time as trash.

It’s kinda similar to Korea.

‘I’m Korean too, so monogamy feels more natural to me…’

But somehow, I ended up in a polygamous relationship.

Still.

I’ve long discarded the idea that polygamy is trashy behavior.

Why?

Because Serena allowed it.

The Goddess of Light, Lady Serena herself, encouraged me to enjoy wild sex with my wives and leave behind many descendants.

So I’ll proudly pursue polygamy.

On the other hand,

our Pinae-noona is the type who can’t accept such things.

‘If you play the affection route well, a harem route where she allows polygamy does unlock…’

But for now, she sees it as filthy behavior.

Which is why she reacted like this:

“Hey.”

The moment she called it “shameless,” Serena was the first to respond.

“Y-yes?!”

“Did you just call polygamy shameless?”

“A-ah!… I-I mean…”

“We’re already short on population, so we’re encouraging people to have more sex! If someone’s capable, we want them to take multiple wives and produce more children!”

“Y-yes?!”

“Shameless? Are you calling my decree shameless?”

“N-no, of course not!”

“Right? It’s not shameless?”

“Y-yes!”

“Since I, the Goddess of Light, have decreed it, you’ll follow it too, right?”

“Y-yes!”

“Good. Then you’ll join in and have lots of babies with Kain.”

“U-underst—… Huh?…”

“You’ll bear many children too.”

“W-wait… that’s…”

“Have lots of babi—Eeeek!”

I pinched Serena’s cheeks and stretched them.

“Pinae-noona, you don’t have to take Serena’s words seriously.”

“Eeeek.”

“B-but…”

“Serena. You didn’t really mean that, right?”

I stopped pulling her cheeks as I spoke.

Then.

Serena admitted it.

“Mhm… I was just a little mad… Some of us are working hard to restore the world, but these elves just laze around in safety, not even reproducing properly… and then they call my policies filthy… Ugh…”

“I-I’m sorry!!!”

“Sigh… Just don’t call it filthy. The world right now needs to increase its population to survive. Don’t mock that struggle.”

“Yes! I understand!”

“……”

“……”

The mood turned awkward again.

“Um… should we just eat?”

“Yeah!”

At the mention of food, Serena perked up and started grabbing dishes happily.

“This is good~ That’s good too~ As expected of Kain~ Your skills truly live up to the master chef I acknowledged~”

Serena smiled brightly again, enjoying the meal.

Seeing that,

Pinae-noona relaxed slightly.

“Haaa…”

“Noona, eat up.”

“Thank you…”

She took a bite.

The moment she did,

her eyes widened in shock as she stared at the food.

“W-what is this… How…”

“How is it?”

“I… I’ve never tasted anything this delicious before… How did you make this?”

“Want me to teach you?”

“Yes! I’d love to learn!”

“Next time I cook, I’ll show you step by step.”

“Thank you!”

“For now, eat. The other dishes are just as amazing.”

“Okay!”

Pinae-noona tried the other dishes one by one, gasping in awe.

“Wow… This is vegetarian?… What have we been eating all this time?… Wow…”

“Right? Kain’s cooking is incredible, isn’t it?”

“Yes! It’s unreal! I’ve never had anything this good!”

“Right? I was stunned too when I first tasted it.”

“Really?”

“But what’s even more amazing is that he makes something different every day.”

“Every day?!”

“Breakfast, lunch, dinner, even snacks—each time, it’s a new dish.”

“Wow… Even though it’s this delicious… to never get bored because it’s always new… That’s incredible.”

“That’s why I love Kain.”

“I just met him today, but… after tasting his cooking…”

“Right? Makes you want to stick around, huh?”

“Yes… If I could eat like this every day… I’d want to travel with you.”

“See?”

“Yes… If joining the hero party means meals like this daily… It’ll be a happy journey.”

“It will be happy. But once the Demon King is defeated, the party will disband, and you won’t get to eat like this anymore…”

“Eek!…”

“Unless you marry him. Then you can eat like this every day.”

“M-marry?…”

“What do you think? If you marry Kain, you’ll be part of our family. I could even give you my genuine blessing.”

“A genuine blessing… A blessing?…”

Pinae-noona slowly turned her head to see who she was talking to.

“L-Lady Serena?…”

“Mhm.”

“SCREEEEEAM!!!”

The moment she saw Serena’s face, Pinae-noona shrieked and fell backward.

“What? Why so scared?”

“Uwaaaah… I’m sorry!!!”

“What are you apologizing for?”

“Everything is my fault!!!”

Pinae-noona naturally prostrated herself, forehead to the floor, in apology.

I pinched Serena’s cheek again.

“Hey. You’re scaring noona.”

“Eeeh… I was just trying to be friendly!… I wasn’t threatening her!…”

“If you wanted to be friendly, why bring up marriage?”

“Marriage makes us family! Then she’d be my child too! Someone I can truly love!”

“Even so, suddenly talking about marriage is too much. You shouldn’t say things like that.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Hiiiing…”

Serena slumped, looking disappointed.

Meanwhile,

Pinae-noona…

“Family?… Lady Serena’s family?… A child who could receive the true love of the Goddess of Light?…”

“Huh?…”

“If… if I proposed… would you accept?…”

“……”

She accepted the marriage talk way too easily.

Oh, right.

This is a religious world where every human worships the Goddess of Light, Serena.

A world obsessed with being loved by her.