Chapter 639: Chapter 622: You… Did This!!

Eguchi Ren: Hello everyone. It’s been a while. I’m sorry for causing everyone to worry, but I will start uploading again. The updates will still be irregular, but I hope to go back to the previous pace bit by bit.

It has been a long hiatus, but I hope to see everyone again. Thanks to everyone’s feedback, the second season of the anime has been decided!

Gumihou: As mentioned this upload happened in November 2023. Hopefully, we’ll see more of Eguchi-san. As for myself, once we reach the end of the uploads, I will start writing fanfictions for this story. Hehe. These would centre around characters periphery characters who experienced the unexpected wave of Mukouda’s influence!

If you have any fanfiction prompts, do send them to our discord~

”Be sure to do a good job,” said Fer sternly.

[1] “Yeah, yeah,” I waved at him casually even as I collected the last of the plates that Sui had helpfully cleaned for me.

“We shall go to bed first, Master,” said Grandpa Gon.

“Go, go, go,”

“”Ahhh, I want a bath, but I guess that can’t be helped…””

[1] “Ah, now that you mention it… I want one too,” I said. “Ugh, maybe tomorrow. We’ll have a leisurely bath tomorrow.”

“”Yay~!””

“”A bath~ yay~ sweet milk~ yay~~””

[1] “Hehe, look forward to it too, Fer.”

For some reason, Fer never did answer me as the Gluttonous Four trooped off to the master bedroom. We have all these rooms, yet we only used one large room. The High Elves had used three other rooms before the houses were done, but once again, all but one room sat empty…

[1] “Haahhh, there’s no point thinking about that. It’s not like I can rent out the other rooms. Well, I supposed I could, but that would be a serious breach of security… whatever, let’s not think about that for now. Hello? Is anyone there-”

“HERE!!”

“WE’RE HERE!!”

“GIMME!!”

That last shout was so obviously Ninril-sama that it was not funny at all. Aren’t you overdoing your enthusiasm?

“Hurry, hurry, hurry~? Sweetness hurry, hurry, hurry~? Come to great me~?”

Eww, that sickly sweet voice just sent shivers up and down my spine. She must have eaten up her stock as usual despite my best efforts to increase the quantity of her desserts within the budget.

“Well, you can always increase the bud~get~?”

“Denied.”

“You-!!!”

However, as soon as I got the boxes of desserts and sweets out, she broke into a song again. Let’s quickly get this over with so that she stuffs that pie hole with cake [2].

“Apologies for the wait. Here are the cakes and dorayaki as per your request Ninril-sama. Please take them.”

“Yahoo~! My sweetness~! You are here~!”

Please go away now.

“How noisy, Ninril-chan.”

“Wh-what are you talking about?! My beloved is here, so, of course, it is natural for me to rejoice!”

“Sure, sure, now that you have your beloved, you can step aside, yes? Go on now, move it.”

“Did you just seriously tell me to move it? Just for that, I will never share my sweetness with you!!”

“What an ineffectual threat,” I muttered under my breath.

“What was that?!”

“Speaking of which, Ninril-chan~ I thought I should mention this, for your sake of course, but I do believe that you’re eating too much of those sweet things. Not only are you gaining weight, but your face looks kind of oily…”

“Grrr…”

What a very Kishar-sama-like jab.

“In fact, I think I see a pimple. There! There’s a pimple lurking just under your nose. Maybe you should borrow some of Kishar’s face cleaners,” said Agni-sama carelessly.

I guess she really doesn’t fear for her life at all.

“Gunununu, why did none of you say anything about Ruka? She eats a lot of sweets and desserts too!”

“Do not place me in the same position as you, Ninril. For one thing, I am much younger. For another, I am in control of how much I eat.”

“Woah, that’s one big difference. Ninril-chan just stuffs herself until she nearly explodes.”

“It’s a wonder you don’t get sick. I have to wonder just what kind of body you have. Still, your diet is taking a toll on you. That pimple…”

“Ughh… Uwaahhhh!!!! Everyone is bullying meee!!!”

Da-da-da-da-da-da–

Rapid sounds of someone running away were heard.

Well, I guess that’s the end of Deplorable-sama for the day.

“Now that she’s gone… Other worlder-kun, show me the goods, eh?”

I woke up from my musings of just how much junk a divine with natural defences against [Abnormal Conditions] would have to eat to poison herself into getting pimples on their skin. Since it was a stupid thought, I quickly dismissed it to attend to Kishar-sama instead.

“Yes, yes, apologies for the wait. Here you go~ please check the goods.”

[3] “Excellent, excellent, I shall unbox this one at home, fufufu~ Ah, even though I know what is inside this, I look forward to opening it~”

Click-click-click-

The elegant sound of Kishar-sama’s swift and precise heels was completely different from Ninril-sama’s dash of shame.

“Guess I’m next, eh? Huhuhu, I’m looking forward to this!”

I can imagine the Fire Goddess rubbing her hands with glee…

“Ahem, as requested, I focussed on quantity. Also, to cater to the general taste and make the most of the budget, I have included low-malt beer called ‘Happoshu’ [4] as well as the ‘Third Beer’,” I said proudly.

“Eh? Well, I’m not too sure what those are, but since you’ve included it, I’m sure it would taste great- woah! Wh-what a glorious sight!!”

[4] That’s right, since Happoshi and ‘Third Beer’ have lower malt content, it is also cheaper than regular beer. If you must know, the price of beer in Japan depends largely on its malt content. Low malt content meant lower price~

[4] Also, it’s not like I cheated Agni-sama in terms of high alcohol content beer. Since her drinking party friends are most likely part of the divine, it’s not like they drink beer to get drunk. Therefore, it made sense to pick beer according to its taste and sensation. For example, Happoshu is popular due to its extra fizziness, though of course, there are those that are less fizzy, but they have their own set of fans.

I treated myself to some Happoshu yesterday and found them unexpectedly delightful.

“Awesome! I’m going to throw a great party with these!! Mwahahahaha! Bow down to the might of Other World Beer!!”

“… …” let’s ignore her.

“I am next,”

“Oh my, it’s Ruka-sama~ Here are your cakes and ice-cream. I took the liberty to provide vanilla ice-creams from several different vendors~”

“Thank you, vanilla ice-cream is the best.”

Is that so? Well, personally, I think it would be boring to eat the same thing every day, day in, day out, but…

“I can eat this every day, in fact, I wish to have vanilla ice-cream at least once every single day.”

So, it’s like that?

W-well, so long as you like it.

“I also practice moderation, I am different from Ninril.”

Ouch, burn…

“Ninril-sama should model her eating behaviour after you,” I said respectfully.

“Indeed. Farewell.”

The tap-tap-tap of her receding footsteps sounded sweet.

“Whew,”

“They’re finally gone…”

“Hmm?” were those the Gods Hephaestus and Vahgne? “Why are you two whispering like that?” I asked, also whispering even though I knew that we were communicating mostly through telepathy.

“That’s because we don’t want to get caught up in their quarrel,” Hephaestus-sama hissed.

“Hush, don’t even say it! Or you’ll attract their attention…”

“Woah, you guys are seriously-”

“Shhhh!!!”

“Anyway, enough about that. What about our whisky?”

“About that, I did my best, but some items are out of stock. I replaced them with other high-quality whisky instead…”

“Well, it’s a shame, but-”

“-I supposed it can’t be helped.”

At least the Gods were pretty reasonable. [5] In fact, I had no idea that things from [Net Super] could go out of stock. Although, if they were a legitimate business, it made sense for them to have a stocking system and given the vast array of goods, surely it makes for them to not stock up on things? I mean, I had bought loads of whisky and beer in one go before for drinking parties, but it felt like the stock would be endless no matter how I mash the [+] button.

[5] Thoughts about the origin of this [Net Super] suddenly started to permeate my mind and I had to wonder, just who or what was supplying the goods? Would it one day run out? No matter how huge a supermarket is, if I keep shopping there and taking goods out, wouldn’t it be depleted one day?

[5] Do I need to worry about this?!

“Ou! Let us drink all night!”

“I shall bring the snacks!”

[5] Well, enjoy I guess. For however long your stock of whisky lasts…

[5a] “Fuoh, fuoh, fuoh, aren’t we a little pessimistic?”

“Demiurgos-sama? Ah, please accept my offerings of saké and plum wine as well as the assorted snacks. Although, I don’t know how long I can continue this kind of offering…” I said, hoping for a bit of hint from this god about [Net Super]

“I’ve troubled you. These days, my fondest moment is a glass of this Japanese saké and a little snack before going to bed.” n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Hint not forthcoming? Well…

“Demiurgos-sama? About the [Net Super]. Do you know-?”

“I heard you will be visiting another dungeon soon?”

“… …” so, we’re not going to talk about it? Fine, whatever. “Yes, we’ll be visiting the meat dungeon soon. The difficulty level is not high, but it’s the most efficient way to gather meat. Especially since I will have to purchase more people for the house.”

“Hoh hoh, is that so? The meat dungeon, eh? Well, [6] ‘Hoi Hoi no Hoi’!”

“Eh? Hoi hoi… what?” Was that a magic chant? Wait, why would you throw a sudden magic chant??!!

What did you do?!!

“Just a little thanks for all the offerings. You may encounter something good in that dungeon.”

Something good… what good could it be?! You can’t just shove your favours willy-nilly to other people like this! A forced favour is no favour at all!

“What favour? This is just a little thank you~”

“If you randomly increase the dungeon’s difficulty level, it would really trouble the people making a living there!”

“No worries, nothing of that sort. I have just added one more floor to the dungeon. It would be fine. Probably.”

Probably?!

“On that note, adios~”

“No, don’t!”

What with the adios!?

[Gumihou: There’s a fanfiction related to this chapter~ Tondemo Fanfiction 016 – Mystery Shopper! May be locked now, but it will open up eventually, so look forward to it~]

[1] Add details

[2] ‘stuff a pie hole with cake’ is a joke that I came up with on the fly. A little American-ish, but I could not resist…

[3] Mention a little ‘unboxing’ delight’

[4] ‘Third beer’ and Happoshu – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happ%C5%8Dshu

[5] Mukouda seems to take [Net Super] going out of stock on certain things in stride, but I can’t help but ponder about this more.

To the point that I wrote a fanfiction about it!!

[5a] I don’t know anything, but it makes sense for Demiurgos-sama to ‘know’ and be infuriatingly opaque about things.

[6] The “Hoi Hoi no Mi” is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that grants the user the ability to generate and control small insects. The phrase “Hoi Hoi no Hoi” is often used by Tony Tony Chopper, one of the main characters in One Piece, when he transforms into his “Horn Point” form. In this form, he gains increased strength and horn-like protrusions on his head.