Published at 11th of March 2022 3:36 pm

Chapter 248: Invitation

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I heard Astraea's yelp and swung open the door. Covering her mouth, Astraea glared at me with teary eyes.

This cute airheaded, almost naked side of Astraea made me freeze. Chiaki covered my right with her tiny fingers.

"Not now, Asahi!" Alise yelled and pushed me out of the room.

That was awkward. I just came to tell Astraea about last night, that I only undressed her for her comfort. I grabbed the fairy on my head. The little thing tilted her head with a sweet smile.

"We're gonna forge today. You ready?"

She rapidly nodded and hugged my finger with her entire body.

"Y-You can come in," Alise announced.

I let the fairy crawl back to my head, which had become her second home. I entered the room. Astraea was wrapped in the blanket I left for her. With red cheeks, she looked like a patient rather than a goddess.

"Uhm, why are you here?"

"Yeah, what brought you here so early in the morning?"

"Nothing. Just wanted to talk to Astraea… sama."

The two women shared a glance, conveying some kind of message unknown to me. Astraea blushed a little while a wide grin floated on Alise's face.

"Yeah, I forgot I had to shop with Leon. Goodbye!"

The redhead ran away as if she was escaping from me. What happened here?

"Asahi," Astraea called me out to my distraction. "You can tell me now."

"Oh, about last night. I thought I should tell…"

I stated everything about the massage, which brought a rare blush to the goddess's face. This woman gets cuter every day.

"Please update my status later. I killed some monsters yesterday."

"I will… how far did you reach?"

"45th."

She already knew most of the things about us. Might as well tell her about this.

"Okay."

She wasn't shocked. Looks like the EX-rank stats numbed her to any surprise coming from me.

"Later."

I had to go to God, or Gabriel will pout at me for neglecting her. Is this what having a mistress feels like? Shaking my head, I returned to my room and teleported to God.

The old man was still having fun with the gauntlet and stuff.

"Brat, you look different today. A little more determined. What's on your mind?"

"Finishing my wife's sword."

"Ohoho, I see. Go ahead and use the forge room. Take some metal from the warehouse if you need."

"No need to tell me, Jii-chan. Everything here will belong to me one day."

"Stop spitting facts," he said. "And drop by tomorrow afternoon. I will take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"You have to agree first."

This persistent god. I was a bit curious about this place.

"Alright. It better be entertaining."

"I promise it will be more than just entertaining."

His broad grin gave me a bad premonition. Not the dangerous kind, but a different kind of bad feeling.

I shrugged and grabbed chunks of metal and some other stuff from the warehouse. Ddraig and Albion's half-dismantled corpses earned a pitiful look from me. I guess I should train with the lonely dragon.

Saeko's katana only needed final touches. I sharpened the edge for a solid thirty minutes before polishing the blade until it shone. Chiaki fidgeted around my head, waiting for her return. I crafted the handle from wood, which was from a tree in heaven and imbued with God's mana. I used Saeko's current sword shape and finished it with a pattern to improve the grip.

I tossed the copper-like metal ingot on the forge. "Chiaki."

Chiaki thrust her hands and rained down bluish-white fire from her hands. The copper completely melted into a puddle.

"That's too much. Just heat enough to soften it. I'll do the rest."

Chiaki nodded and poured her flames on another copper ingot. I stopped her before she melted this.

"Good job."

After rubbing her head with one finger, I shaped the copper into a round hilt. Leaving it to cool, I made two holes in the blades for the hilt.

After joining the hilt and handle, I fastened them to the sword. Saeko's sword was done!

"Congratulations!"

Gabriel barged into the room with Sandalphon, a cheerful smile stuck on her face. Sandalphon picked up the sword and dragged her thumb along the edge. Smiling, she performed a quick draw slash in the air.

"Actually excellent for your first try in smithing."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

Gabriel nudged me. "Who will use this?"

"...My wife."

"...Oh." Gabriel nodded absentmindedly. "You won't play with me today?"

This woman loved to play games while her figure loved to play with my heart.

Sandalphon quickly put down the sword. "I-It's good. I'm sure your wife will like it."

Their demeanor changed when I brought up the word 'wife.' These pure Seraphs probably imagined something weird, perhaps lewd?

"Lady Gabriel, we shouldn't disturb him."

Gabriel reluctantly nodded with an unnatural smile. "I understand."

What in the world is going through Gabriel's head? This was the most down I've ever seen her. She must be really depressed from playing games alone.

"Gabriel, wait for me in your room."

Gabriel's eyes opened wide. Without hiding her surprise, she gave me her signature bright, and a little bit childish smile.

"I will."

Sandalphon waved her hands as she led Gabriel out. The Seraphs left as soon as they came.

Chiaki helped me create another katana. As the katanas were for twins, I didn't need to change much.

"Should I change the hilt and blade's color?"

"You should," God said, still outside the forge. "Give it a personal touch for your women's favorite color."

Shiori loved black color, while Saeko adored blue.

"Fret not, kid. I got some colors in the warehouse. Feel free to use them."

As expected of a creative god, even his colors weren't normal. They could be easily removed by pouring a special liquid. With God's flexible colors, I ended up dying Shiori's blade black with a crimson hilt and Saeko's blade blue with a violet hilt. I made a sheath for the katana before heading to console the depressed Gabriel.

Apparently, Sandalphon had gone somewhere on official business, so Gabriel and I were alone like usual. Well, she alone was enough to shake the world with her pure excitement.

I accompanied her until lunchtime before entering the Ddraig's world to have a small spar. Finally, I returned to Orario and buried my face in Nao's lap.

"I missed this."

"Really?"

"Yup."

Lap pillows are the best!

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