God!!

"Goddesssssss!!"

"Oh, there you are, Karina-chan."

I pushed my way through the crowd, ran to the church, offered up a prayer, and charged straight into the Divine Realm. There I found the Goddess munching away on the Wall Breaker.

You're recovering the Divine Artifact like it's some giant cotton candy?

"What are you doing out of nowhere?! You scared me!"

"Ahaha, with a stage set that perfectly, how could I not make an appearance? I am a goddess, you know?"

"You're a goddess, sure! But if this turns into a 'the points are void because you didn't deliver it directly' situation, I'm going to have some complaints!"

"Don't worry, I'll properly give you 1000 SP."

The Goddess said as she finished eating the Wall Breaker and licked her fingers clean.

"Well, if that's the case, then fine."

"Yes, I'll pay you the 1000 SP… Hehehe, once rumors of this spread to other nations, they'll start thinking 'we want divine miracles and blessings too' and voluntarily return their unneeded Divine Artifacts!"

The Goddess grinned. Wha… what…?

"Wait a moment. So that means…"

"Yes. Thanks to you, Karina-chan, Divine Artifacts will be offered to me without you having to lift a finger. Well, you won't get any points for those, though."

And what would remain are only the Divine Artifacts that are actively being used and can't be parted with.

… So I won't be able to recover any more Divine Artifacts!!

"Why not just recover Divine Artifacts that are being used for evil?"

"Well, I mean, that's true, but…"

"To begin with, Divine Artifacts that aren't being used aren't consuming any energy, so they don't really affect the world's balance much. About as much as standby power."

… So you're telling me to recover Divine Artifacts that are actively being used. I see.

Distinguishing those is going to be a lot harder from now on.

"You can decide for yourself what counts as good or evil use, Karina-chan."

"Huh, is that okay?"

"From a goddess's perspective, it doesn't really matter what people do with the tools I gave them. Well, it's a bit of a bummer when people die and shrink the pool of potential delicious sock donors, but that's about it."

What a divine perspective. Who does she think she is? Oh right, a goddess.

"I'm a goddess who accepts that socks I couldn't obtain were simply fated to be that way. Though I'm not the Fate Goddess… Oh, but don't touch any Divine Artifacts related to sock production."

"Y-Yes ma'am."

If I touched those, it would be war with a goddess. One where I'd lose instantly, of course.

"Speaking of which, aren't there any Divine Artifacts that generate energy instead? Like a bicycle generator or something."

"Oho. That's an interesting idea. A personal generator… using a bicycle… which uses the feet! Yes, let's make a Penance Bicycle and install it in churches so people can submit socks while they're at it!"

So the more you pedal this bicycle generator, the more your sins are forgiven, huh.

That would make the churches quite entertaining.

"I'll make one right away and place it in Tessin's church as a trial. Karina-chan, please explain it nicely to Siesta."

"Don't just dump that on me???"

"The one who suggests it gets stuck with it. I'm counting on you."

The Goddess smiled brightly. Tch, can't be helped.

"Now then, setting that aside. Your SP has increased again, so let's spend it, shall we?"

"I'll think carefully about how to use it after the festival."

"Hmm. Well, from a goddess's perspective, I recommend sweets. They're consumables, after all. How about some completely meaningless tapestries? Let's be wasteful, wasteful. Extravagance is wonderful!"

At least make them useful items, Goddess.

The Massage Lv 5 you pushed on me is actually super useful. Probably the Tamer skill too.

"Then how about this life-size full-body tapestry of Harumikazuchi-chan that feels exactly like touching the real thing? You can touch Harumikazuchi-chan anytime. Of course, she'll never know, so touch away. Including the dedicated hanging pole, it's a special price of 250 SP!"

The Goddess brought out a tapestry of Harumikazuchi-oneesama striking a pose like something from a body pillow cover. What a windfall for me. It even wafted with Oneesama's incense scent.

"… I'm honestly tempted!"

"If you miss this chance, from now on it'll be 1000 SP per piece, you know～?"

Urgh, seriously? A 75% discount for a limited time only!?

This goddess is precisely targeting my wallet…!

"Oh, I also have a Dea-kun tapestry. Complete recreation of the crotch feel! The forbidden scent of an otokonoko! Woo!"

"W-Wait, Dea-kun's Dea-kun is going too far!! A-And Dea-kun wouldn't wear such skimpy clothes or pose like this!!"

"If you add this one now, the price is just 500 SP!!"

To give you the conclusion: I caved when tapestries of Sati-tan and Kumin-san were added.

B-But they said they'd give me all four as a set for 750 SP…!!