“Shouldn’t I congratulate you on acquiring an evil god as a pet, my Hero?”
In the familiar temple, the beautiful goddess stood in the center as usual, looking at Shien, who had been suddenly summoned, with a somewhat displeased and even sarcastic smile.
“…”
Shien remained silent.
He was currently lying on the ground.
The reason was simple: he had been summoned by this annoying goddess the moment he was about to fall onto his bed.
Therefore, Shien, caught off guard, naturally fell flat on his face, momentarily stunned.
Shien silently stood up and looked at the goddess before him with an impassive face.
“W-wait!”
The goddess named Nien froze and quickly said,
“Okay, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have summoned you at that time. Don’t knock me unconscious like last time… Aaaaaaaaaah…!”
Nien’s words were cut short by a scream.
Shien had appeared before her at some point, grabbing her head with one hand, exerting immense force.
“It hurts, it hurts…! Stop… stop it!”
Nien grabbed Shien’s hand, struggling and crying out in pain, tears welling up in her eyes.
Shien, unmoved, maintained his [Clear Mind, Still Water] state, preventing his thoughts from being read, and continued his iron claw technique.
“It seems the lesson I taught you last time wasn’t enough, my Goddess.” Shien said with an impassive face. “In that case, let me give you a more profound lesson, so you know what the correct posture of a goddess is.”
“Posture?” Nien stopped struggling and looked up at Shien, tears in her eyes, but no longer crying out in pain. Instead, she said joyfully, “Let go of me first. Don’t worry, I know what posture you like. I’ve learned it. I guarantee you’ll be satisfied!”
Shien’s face darkened.
Don’t think I don’t know you’re driving!
And… when did you learn what my favorite posture is?
This is an invasion of privacy!
Shien increased his grip without hesitation.
“Aaaaaah! It’s going to explode! My head is going to explode!”
Nien cried out in pain, her usual sacred and perfect image completely gone, replaced by a pathetic and useless appearance.
“Sigh…”
Shien sighed and released his hand.
“Waaah… so mean…”
Nien clutched her head and took several steps back, muttering as if feeling wronged, making it seem like her character was about to collapse.
“Alright, stop pretending.” Shien said with annoyance. “This isn’t your character. Get back here.”
Hearing this, the wronged expression on Nien’s face instantly vanished.
“Isn’t this the kind of girl you like?”
Nien said, also annoyed.
“Not bad.” Shien crossed his arms, not denying it, and said frankly, “At least bullying weak and soft girls is quite satisfying, much better than those who ignore others’ opinions and forcefully drag them away when they encounter something good or want to rest.” ℞anÒbĘs
“You’re still holding a grudge about last time?” Nien gritted her teeth. “You clearly got what you wanted. It’s me who, after doing so much, ended up losing everything, even suffering additional losses. You still have the nerve to hold a grudge against me?”
“Where did you learn all those sayings from my world?” Shien was amused and said with a smirk. “And even if I got what I wanted, it doesn’t mean you didn’t do anything wrong. One thing doesn’t cancel out the other. Don’t try to gloss over it.”
“Who did anything wrong? It was you who did something wrong!” Nien snorted. “If the Goddess of Fate knew you did such things to her most beloved blessed one, you’d be dead.”
“The Goddess cares about this kind of thing?” Shien immediately retorted. “Then does that mean everyone who receives a blessing can’t do the deed?”
“Of course, others can’t compare to that princess you’ve completely devoured.” Nien looked at Shien, as if even [Clear Mind, Still Water] couldn’t hide anything from her. The goddess smiled meaningfully. “How is it? After receiving Lilith’s [True Mark], you must have a lot of questions about your little lover, right?”
Hearing this, the expression on Shien’s face vanished.
Unconsciously, Shien touched his arm, the rune mark hidden beneath his sleeve.
However, that wasn’t the rune mark Lilith had left on Shien’s hand.
The [True Mark] Lilith entrusted to Shien was merged into his left arm.
But right now, Shien was touching his right arm.
Yes.
On Shien’s other hand, there was also a rune mark.
It was the mark left by Lucy when she bit Shien after he received the Buztout family mansion.
At that time, Shien even thought that the princess had cursed him.
But she never mentioned it, only emphasizing one sentence.
“This way, you won’t be able to run away anymore.”