Translated by Zzonkedd
Edited by Gumihou
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That evening...
âEveryone, sorry for the wait,â
A stampede of footsteps and garbled voices sounded in my head.
âIâm sick of waiting! Hurry up! Hurry up! Great Me wants my desserts! Sweetness and desserts!â
Hey, hey, hey, whatâs the rush? Ninril-sama, youâre being way too excited.
âThatâs right, calm down, Ninril-chan,â
âYo, take it easy there,â
â...idiot...â
âAugh, I donât want to end up like that,â
âNeither do I,â
Everyone was stunned by Ninril-samaâs deplorableness.
âAlright, Iâll be sending up the offerings one by one. First up, Ninril-sama,â I said, trying to retake control of the situation.
[11] Ninril-samaâs package:
â Dorayaki (lots)
â Sliced Cake (lots)
â Limited Edition Cakes from the Autumn Halloween Fair
Chestnuts are the sweets of autumn after all. From the Autumn Halloween Fair, I included the new super luxurious Mont Blanc made with three kinds of [9] marron cream, a Swiss roll cake with plenty of chestnuts, apple pie made with Japanese apples, cakes made with whole apples and a pear tart made with [10] La France pears.
Ninril-samaâs boxes exuded a light sweet scent...
A quick flash of light later... [5]
âUwaaaan, itâs been a while since I had sweets from another world. Hehe, I can finally, finally eat them~~! Thank you~~!â
.... She was actually crying.
If you are going to cry over them, make sure to ration yourself properly to avoid these feast and famine situations. [5]
âStop it, Ninril-chan. Donât eat those here. Thatâs improper!â
âShut up! Iâve been waiting for these for such a long time and I finally managed to get my hands on them, so let me eat them!â
âWow, that Ninril is just grabbing the cakes with both hands and stuffing her face...â [7] came the fascinated voice of Hephaestus-sama.
âHer face is covered in cream, how unsightly,â [3] was Vahagn-samaâs comment.
âOi, oi, you goddesses are her friends, right? Please do something about it.â
âYeah, sheâs starting to creep me out.â
[8]
âWe donât know that person,â came the firm voices of the three goddesses. [5]
âAh well, we can only ignore her. Letâs proceed, Other Worlder-kun,â said Kishar.
âA-Are you sure?â
âItâs fine. Sheâs just gobbling up the cakes and things [5]ââ
âUwaan~ this Dorayaki ish shooo gooooddd~~â
...yeah, I donât know her either.
âErm, next up is Kishar-sama,â
[11] Kishar-samaâs package: [5]
â Beauty Essence (1g4s) â Bring out the original beauty inside you. This essence has a powerful effect that leads to smooth and firm skin.
â Beauty Oil (1g4s) â A very light oil that seeps quickly into the skin. Made from a blend of 5 carefully selected natural plant oil that moisturises and softens the skin leading to a glossy and gorgeous finish (can also be used on the rest of the body as well as the face).
â [6] The rest of the budget was spent on various face masks.
[6] I ended up getting two bottles of Beauty Oil since it could be used on the body as well as the face.
[6] âPlease check the content of the box,â I said after the pitifully light and hollow-sounding box disappeared in a flash of light.
âBeauty Essence and Beauty Oil? [5] How do I use this Beauty Oil, Other Worlder-kun?â
[5] âPlease hold on,â [7] the descriptions were on the box but Iâll just assume that she canât read the Japanese words or something.
Instead of opening up that can of worms, I opened up [Net Super] instead and went to the beauty product page.
âFor the Beauty Oil, you can apply it lightly on your skin after washing your face for better absorption of your face cream. You may also use it in place of face or body cream. You may also use it as a massage cream or mix it with other creams or lotion before applying it onto your skin.â
âI see~ so there are many ways of using it~ [6] Is that why you got me two bottles? I look forward to trying it~â
âHey, enough about that, Kishar. Switch with me,â
âHmm, impatient as always, arenât you, Agni?â
âWell, Iâm up next!â
âYes, yes,â
While the goddesses were arguing, I had been moving boxes and cartons from my [Item Box] to the table.
[11] Agni-samaâs package:
â Company S Premium Beer (blue) x 2 cartons
â Y-bis Beer (gold) x 2 cartons
â Assorted local beers
â Assorted overseas beer (various craft beers)
â Food: Grilled Offal, hotdogs, fried food etc
âOoh, this looks awesome! Thanks! I canât wait to go back and try them ASAP!â
I know it sounds odd, but Agni-sama sounded a lot like an ossan. A middle-aged uncle who enjoys offal and fried food with his beer.
âIt is I next,â
Ah, itâs Ruka-sama.
[6] Ruka-sama also has several boxes. I placed the food I made for her into some empty boxes I had lying around in my [Item Box].
[11] Ruka-samaâs Package:
â Ice-cream (from slightly expensive American branded ice-creams to cheaper local ones that are popular with the masses).
â Cakes â Fujiya Limited Autumn Halloween Festival Cakes, the same as Ninril-samaâs.
â Food: Hotdogs as well as fried food and various other âon the road foodâ I had already pre-made.
âSo much ice-cream, so many cakes, so much food, I am happy. Thank you.â
Ruka-sama still sounded a little stilted, but obviously happy. [5]
Thatâs good.
âRight, us next!â
âLetâs gooo!â
What do you mean by âletâs goâ...
Anyway, I had to carefully place the reinforced boxes on the table. The bottles were damn heavy and fragile.
[11] Hephaestus and Vahagn-samaâs package:
â Best Whiskey in the World (low price end) x 2
â Various whiskies: Japanese, Scotch, Irish, American, Canadian and other cheaper varieties
âAlright, this is the last box. Itâs all very heavy and breakable, so be careful.â
âWe know!â
The box disappeared following the echo of Hephaestus-samaâs word.
âYahoo! There are loads of different types as requested! Thanks!â
âWe did ask for lots of variety but this is incredible. Weâll be enjoying these slowly!â
âYosh, War God, shall we?â
âMy thoughts exactly, God of Smith,â
Dom, dom, dom, dom, dom â
... eh? Theyâre gone? Have those two actually gone off to drink right away?
âAhem, excuse me...?â
âWhich one should I pick next~~ Yes, letâs eat this one~~!â
â...everyone else has left. Itâs fine to just leave Ninril here with her cakes. I, too, shall return to my temple to eat ice-cream. Farewell.â
âAh, itâs just Ruka-sama and... Ninril-sama? Alright,â
Woah, they all sure disappeared quickly. Like a bunch of kids who ran off after collecting their sweets. Well, they are still loads better than the crazy one left behind...
[5] âEarly to bed, early to rise. I have to leave early tomorrow, so Iâm going to sleep now.â
[6] âNom nom, uwaaan~~ this is happiness~~â
[6] Yup, gonna go now.
[Gumihou: Erm, this Ninril is getting more and more creepy...]
[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs
[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs
[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue
[4] Structural Change: Change passive sentence to dialogue
[5] Delete Repetitive or Pointless Information.
[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose
[7] Add Dialogue Tag
[8] Creative Licence Taken â everyoneâs reaction to Ninrilâs gorging.
[9] Marron cream = Crème de Marrons = Chestnut Cream
Actually contains no cream. Itâs actually closer to nut butter. It is apparently very addictive.
https://frenchamericancultural.org/2020/08/16/creme-de-marrons-chestnut-cream/
Recipe for Crème de Marrons
https://food52.com/recipes/41263-chestnut-cream-creme-de-marrons
[10] La France pears = A European pear thatâs raised in Japan
https://www.higashine-cherry.jp/fruits-kingdom-higashine/fruits/la-france/
Rather ugly looking for pears but are very tender and delicious. The flesh is soft enough that you can just cut it in half and scoop the flesh out easily with a spoon.
Remember what Gumi said about Japanese and soft texture? This is when soft things are appreciated. Of course, crisp, apple-like Korean pears are nice too.
[11] I figured this way makes it easier to read.