episode_0116

“Ah, um… I, I see.”

“Yes, since you’re here, would you like to pray before you leave?”

Ugh, is it unavoidable?

I followed him with a trembling expression.

If you insist that you won’t do it, you can just let it go, but if you do that, you’ll be in trouble if you arouse unnecessary suspicion.

What would you think if you saw a saint who didn’t even believe in her own religion?

I don’t know why the goddess herself leaves this fake saint alone… .

As I followed him with that thought in mind, I came across a roughly carved stone statue.

Is this… the goddess of love?

You’re so ugly.

“This was carved by the Lamia. It is somewhat crude, but… won’t the goddess know our sincerity?”

No, if it were me I would be angry.

What is this statue?

You wouldn’t be mad at me for praying for something like this, would you?

But since he kept looking at me with those bright eyes, I had no choice but to kneel down.

It wasn’t specifically because the Lamia were standing next to me holding spears.

Ugh… I don’t want to receive such useless protection… .

Maybe I can change it later when I get more protection?

I closed my eyes slightly, hoping that would be the case.

Ugh, I finally got it.

But isn’t the name a little different from what he said?

I decided to sneak a peek at the status window to check the details.

Hmm… I guess the effects are similar.

So now you’re saying that communication with monsters is possible?

I spoke to Lamia next to me.

“Oh, hello… ?”

“Sex.”

“Yes?”

“Sex!”

… Ma, did I say the wrong thing?

“Sex.”

“Sex.”

When I listened closely, all the surrounding Lamia were saying the same thing.

No, not all of them were the same.

“Shot true heart passionate sex!”

“Copulation press sex with a pot-bellied old man.”

I’m dizzy.

Hey, is this Lamia?

There are only these guys.

He said slyly, as if he noticed my expression darkening.

“It’s the mating season now, so everyone’s head is only turning in that direction. But don’t worry too much, they’ll listen to orders well.”

“Ah… Yes.”

This won’t work. I have to escape quickly.

If I heard that kind of talk 24 hours a day, I think I’d go crazy.

huh?

What do you mean break it?

At the sudden message from the goddess, I glanced back at the statue.

… a little thick.

At least the statues of the goddess of love that I’ve seen haven’t looked like pigs.

I see.

It seemed to me that even the goddess of love was angry.

It would be maddening if you insisted that something like that was yours.

I understood her human struggles and grabbed the statue.

“Huh? What, what?”

Snap!

The statue was thrown with such force that it split in half.

“What, what are you doing! The goddess will punish you!”

“The punishment of heaven will come to you!”

I answered him calmly, even though he was very excited.

What did the goddess tell you to do?

Look at that, don’t you like it?

“, you think you’ll be forgiven for doing something like this…!”

“The goddess just got angry!”

“What, what did you say…?”

He seemed astonished at what I said.

“… Really?”

If I say the name of the goddess, it works?

Of course, I am innocent because I did not lie.

“Of course! It’s so disgusting that you made me into a pig-like statue like this!”

“But, but… .”

“Pig… .”

“Pig… .”

At my words, several Lamia’s shoulders slumped.

… Did they make it?

“Ahem… Ah, anyway… It’s not my fault, so don’t be mad… .”

“Ugh… But, but this is the limit of their dexterity… .”

Well, what about that? Just call a human and make it.

I don’t know.

“Huh… Okay. Let me think about this a little more… .”

Wait, wouldn’t that sell the goddess’ name a little more?

A good idea flashed through my head.

“And the Goddess says so!”

“Huh?”

“Don’t imprison the noble and beautiful companions of the saint! Release them immediately!”

I’ll let it slide even if you add a little bit to this.

yes?

Exactly!

“Aya!”

Something flew into my head and hit me.

“… … Joe, a statue?”

okay.

The broken statue floated up on its own and hit my head!

Anyone can see that it is the intervention of a goddess!

Seo, are you really mad because I sold your name?

To the one and only saint?

“… … .”

“… … .”

And then I was met with his cold gaze.

“Ah, haha… No, Nongdaam… !”

Oh my, you don’t even want to see something like this?

I even did you a favor without any compensation!

“This, this kid… !”

Hey… Are you mad?

“You’re fooling me!”

“Huh?”

“Impersonating a saint is a grave sin! Listen! Lock this bitch up right now!”

Oh, oh?

***

“Asia? You’re back?”

“… … That’s right.”

And I ended up trapped just like them.

“… Weren’t you a member of their church?”

Karin whispered quietly while watching Serena.

“That’s…there was a bit of a misunderstanding… .”

“Um… .”

By the way, we’re in big trouble.

Of course, I was thinking of selling the name of the goddess and asking everyone to be released, but that would ruin the whole plan.

“Whew… It’s not Miss Asia’s fault. These fanatics are originally incapable of communication… It’s not something we can understand with common sense to have called Miss Asia alone.”

No, I know why… .

But I couldn’t bring myself to tell the truth, so I quietly kept my mouth shut.

“So what do we do now?”

“Hmm… Honestly, since there’s no way this kind of behavior wouldn’t be noticed by the people around me, wouldn’t a punitive force be formed soon?”

Lisa’s words were quite hopeful.

So what that means is that I don’t have to do anything?

“Oh, really?”

“That’s what I think.”

Oh, is that so?

“Oh, wait a minute!”

Then Karin shouted as if she remembered something.

“Why?”

“Asia, that doll! Why don’t you tell the doll to bring you the key?”

“Huh?”

Is that so?

I looked down at my chest.

suddenly!

Then, Ravi, who had been quietly hiding without any presence, jumped out from between my chest.

“Huh? Was this there?”

“… This, doll storage chest… .”

It’s been so quiet lately that I even forgot about it.

Yes, our cute Ravi!

Can you do it?

Nod nod.

“Oh, you said it’s possible?”

“Then you can leave right away, right?”

“Hmm… But if the doll moves around now, it might catch your eye… Let’s do it at night.”

This guy has so much luck!

It seems like our confinement won’t last long.

Well then, that’s right!

We can’t be locked up by stupid Lamia!

***

“You got it? I’m going to bring the key. The key!”

Nod nod.

He nodded as if he understood.

“That’s amazing. You really understood, right?”

“How smart is our Ravi!”

At first I thought it was a strange name, but the more I called it, the more I thought it was cute.

“Okay, go and come back!”

Hudda!

Ravi slipped through the bars.

“Oh, that’s a relief. We can escape during the night.”

“Ugh… I have to leave the pagans behind… .”

Serena seemed to regret not being able to deal with the pagans herself.

Of course, from my perspective as a pagan, it was a bit of a subtle reaction.

Anyway, we just waited for Ravi to return safely.

And a little later,

Ravi appeared, tottering.

“Here!”

“Hey, where’s the key?”

Twinkle.

He showed us off by holding a key as big as his body.

“Wow, good job!”

This guy…! He’s so smart!

“Open it quickly, open it quickly!”

Okay, escape!

Ravi jumped up and down outside the bars, holding the keys.

Why are you doing that?

Oh, it doesn’t reach the keyhole.

“Oh right, someone should upload it.”

“I’ll do it.”

I walked to the end of the bars and held out my arm to help Ravi up to the keyhole… .

“Hoo.”

“… Huh?”

What, what is that sound?

I had a very uneasy feeling that something was wrong.

Shouldn’t we be the only ones awake right now…?

I raised my head slightly and saw the white hair of Lamia above my head.

Oh, oh… .

“Someone woke me up and asked me to find my keys, so I followed them… .”

“Ah… .”

Now that I think about it, I didn’t tell you to bring it secretly… .

Come to think of it, there was a loophole in the order itself.

You only asked me to bring the key, but you didn’t specify how I had to get it!

Of course, Ravi didn’t know that all of this had to be done secretly, and he chose to wake the Queen in order to carry out the order most efficiently!

The queen, who had come to us with Ravi’s kind guidance, had a scary expression on her face when she saw us.

“Not only did they imitate our Lamia, they also insulted religious symbols… .”

Oh, no, that was the goddess herself… .

“And even escape from prison.”

Oh, I have nothing to say about this… .

“I tried to use it as negotiation material with the human kingdom… but this won’t do.”

She crossed her arms and spoke coldly.

“All of you, execution.”

Wife, executioner…!

“Why, why are you like that, Asia?”

“Do you understand what I’m saying?”

They tilted their heads at me, not knowing anything.

Oh, what should I do?