Chapter 142: 【Tales of the Gods ⑧】 The Holy Goddess Laintorlie and the Evil God Baharia

Chapter 142: 【Tales of the Gods 8】 The Holy Goddess Laintorlie and the Evil God Baharia 【Tales of the Gods 8】 The Holy Goddess Laintorlie and the Evil God Baharia

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In an endlessly white space, a pale green, fluffy soft-looking sofa was placed. Seated on that sofa were the golden-haired beauty and the twisted horn-bearing handsome man – the Holy Goddess Laintorlie and the Evil God Baharia. They silently gazed at the thin panel before them.

On that panel was a video... a pre-recorded, unedited recording of the hero Torch Fenoben’s exploits being displayed.

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While watching that video, the two gods remained utterly silent.

...It wasn’t always like this.

The two had finished their work early and gathered, originally intending to munch on the large batch of croquettes (or croquette-like things) Laintorlie had fried and flirtatiously enjoy the video together.

The currently airing 【Story of the Red-Haired Hero】 broadcast did have the “incident where the wise owl Forluowl, who was supposed to be part of the main cast in the early portions, somehow ended up dead without anyone noticing” hiccup. However, the story had been progressing stably recently with viewership numbers rising quite well.

Isekai broadcasts were something the two gods enjoyed doing in the first place, so they took no issue with minor editing work or video confirmations now that one of their works was gaining popularity.

This video confirmation should have been the same.

They had been cheerfully watching the video together, feeding each other the croquettes (or croquette-like things) amiably while discussing things like which scenes to cut for better story pacing.

And yet, here they were now – silent.

A heavy atmosphere flowed as the two wordlessly watched the video with blank expressions.

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Once the video progressed to a good stopping point, Laintorlie pressed the remote’s button to turn off the video panel’s power. She then covered her face with both hands, shoulders drooping as she muttered:

“......Why did it turn out like this...?”

Baharia gently stroked Laintorlie’s head to comfort her, but even his expression was tense.

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So why were these two gods so dejected? It was because the content of the video they had just confirmed deviated completely from the scenario they had planned.

“......Let’s organize the information. Organize it.”

Baharia’s words marked the start of their review session.

“......So, according to the original scenario plan, this episode was supposed to have the hero coincidentally visit a town that gets attacked by the Demon Lord’s Army, causing great damage, right?”

“Yes, the ‘destiny confirmation’ beforehand had it turning out that way. With the Demon Lord’s main force being the same dark magic wolves that destroyed the hero’s village, the hero would have to face off against not just monsters, but the lingering wounds in his heart too... It was supposed to be a rather heavy scenario.”

“And with the villain role of... Deogandai, was it? His ploy was supposed to go perfectly, resulting in quite a few casualties, right?”

“That’s right. But......”

It did not turn out that way.

Deogandai’s setups of the parasitic mushrooms, mad tadpoles, and the eastern gate’s dark magic wolves and huge red boar all failed to trigger, allowing the hero’s party to prevail over Deogandai virtually unscathed.

“That final battle against Deogandai was... fairly entertaining in itself, I suppose.”

“When he got cornered, awakening after awakening... I almost wanted to interject ‘Hey, are you the main character here?!'”

“I never expected the Deogandai we thought was just a minor boss would transform all the way to a fifth form...”

“How are we supposed to handle the final boss battle... How many transformations are we going to give him...”

Deogandai did try his hardest.

He really gave it his absolute all.

But the lone battle against such overwhelming numbers was simply too difficult in the end for Deogandai, a mere middle-ranked commander.

The difference in forces was too starkly one-sided.

“Oh, and what about Deogandai being teleported away somewhere before the final blow?”

“Ah, that... Well, it seems his assistant subordinate Longinus did a good job. She must have been monitoring the situation and managed to teleport him away at the very last second before he could be killed.”

Baharia fiddled with a small handheld device he took from his pocket to confirm that.

“So he’s alive then... Why didn’t you save him sooner?”

“......Who knows. There may have been circumstances behind it that even I’m unaware of. Not that I care either way.”

Letting out a sigh, Baharia munched on the now cold croquettes (or croquette-like things).

They remained crispy even after cooling, with the sweet potato inside still sweet and the coarse breadcrumbs aromatic.

Delicious.

“But more importantly... What are we going to do about the Liheid Fortress City episode? Think we can edit it decently?”

Laintorlie draped herself over Baharia’s shoulder with slightly teary eyes as she asked.

Baharia gently embraced her shoulder.

“Some unnaturalness may remain no matter what, but we have no choice but to make it work somehow. There are no redos in life. Which is why reshootings are impossible for isekai broadcasts.”

“......Let’s have Chiron learn a 【Divine Covenant Magic】. A healing magic that borrows my... the Holy Goddess’s power.”

Laintorlie resolutely told Baharia that while raising her face to meet her beloved Evil God’s gaze directly.

【Divine Covenant Magic】 refers to a special magic that directly borrows a god’s power and can only be used by humans acknowledged by that god.

For example, the 【Thousand Breads】 previously used by the boy Prough is also defined as a 【Divine Covenant Magic】 borrowing the Harvest God’s power.

“......Are you sure about this? According to the plans, having Chiron learn 【Divine Covenant Magic】 was still quite far off. Won’t this disrupt the combat balance?”

“It’ll be fine. I’ll put limitations on it. Chiron can only use the 【Divine Covenant Magic】 once for now. If she wants to use it repeatedly, she’ll need much more training, that kind of thing!”

“Hmm... However, the hero’s party has already departed for the Enokorogu Great Prairie. It will seem unnatural if there’s no clear causal link between them heading there and Chiron’s acquisition of 【Divine Covenant Magic】.”

“......Let’s go with this scenario! ‘After their struggles, the hero’s party finally found the spring that was the mutated Tezonka Turtle’s territory! But it was already too late, the crucial turtle itself had died, leaving only its shell behind!'”

“Hmm.”

“‘Despairing, the hero’s party was enveloped in gloom! But then, a miracle occurred!'”

“Hmm.”

“‘A wondrous light enveloped Chiron, combining the heroes’ kind feelings for their draconic friend, the mystical natural power of the great prairie, and also... umm, perhaps the lingering resentment of the dead turtle or something like that!'”

“Is there really a need to mix in the turtle’s resentment there?”

“‘As a result, Chiron gained the 【Divine Covenant Magic】, albeit with limitations on its use! Alright, now they can save the silver dragon Herensia! Overjoyed, the hero’s party left the Enokorogu Great Prairie behind and set out for Saikanedon’s Tower! The end!'”

“Hmm......”

Stroking his chin in thought, Baharia considered Laintorlie’s proposal.

“Will it work out smoothly, I wonder...”

In response to Baharia’s musing, Laintorlie suddenly embraced him, stealing his lips with hers!

The surprised Evil God’s eyes flew open wide!

To him, the Holy Goddess declared:

“Make it work smoothly!!”

It was an unreasonable demand.

“......Understood. I’ll make it work smoothly!!”

However, Baharia could never refuse when his beloved Laintorlie requested anything of him so adorably!

He immediately agreed despite the impossible task!

The folly of one lovestruck!

Thus, the two gods’ discussions continued.

Various points were debated back and forth extensively.

And yet.

The Holy Goddess and Evil God were so preoccupied with making their new scenario’s details align properly that they overlooked the crucial issue.

What had slain the mutated Tezonka Turtle?

Why did Deogandai’s schemes fail to trigger?

Speaking of which, just what was that mysterious girl chasing the dark magic wolves...?

If they had properly addressed these interlinked underlying questions at this time, the two gods would have avoided immense future regret.

Author’s note: This marks the end of Arc 9.

It was an arc focused on the impromptu minor boss Deogandai, but I hope you enjoyed it.

Since the previous arc had a rather surreal progression, I tried to make this one more straightforward and easy to follow in its flow.

It was also somewhat of a comedy or gag arc.

I hope I could make you laugh at least a little.

After being quite silly this arc, I’m considering a story with a different tone for the next one.

I wonder if I can pull it off properly.

To all readers, thank you so much for the bookmarks, star ratings, and impressions!

I’m always truly delighted to receive them!

I’m such a fortunate person (tears of joy).

While this probably isn’t a very prominent work, I do intend to keep updating at my own pace going forward, so I appreciate you staying along for the journey.

I humbly ask for your continued support.

Arc 10 is currently in preparation.

I’ll upload it once ready, so please wait a little while longer.