eurekapd Chapter 144: A weakling like me can hardly inflict damage.
Chapter 144: A weakling like me can hardly inflict damage.
Chapter 144 A weakling like me can hardly inflict damage.
Back in the Celestial Realm, Aqua had once "crushed" Eris. Years later, these two goddesses, who had both descended to Earth and failed to recognize each other, were once again "crushed" by Aqua, making her obediently accept the outrageous theory that "as long as you meet someone you like, even having a harem is something that can be forgiven."
"Since you also agree that you can start a harem if you meet someone you like, then, are you, a friendless thief, willing to become one of my disciples' harem members?"
Aqua, having claimed victory over Eris, immediately seized the opportunity to press the defeated white-haired thief girl for answers.
"Of course..."
"Are you going to say no? Do you want to hurt a young child who genuinely likes you? He cares about you so much. After learning you have no friends, he gave you his wallet, wanting to be your friend, even ignoring my feelings as his mentor. How can you bear to hurt such a simple and honest child?"
Aqua didn't give Eris a chance to give a complete refusal before using moral blackmail on the thief girl.
Eris: "..."
Looking at the boy who looked completely bewildered and was gnawing on a chicken leg, she felt a little guilty.
As Aqua said, the child only meant well and wanted to be her friend. Although she had the intention of wanting her to be her wife, what's wrong with expressing your feelings directly to someone you like?
Besides, does this child really understand his wife's meaning? Perhaps he's just been misled by the Axis cultist next to him who looks just like his predecessor.
So, should we say yes?
"I'm sorry, although it will hurt you, I still can't agree."
In the end, Eris apologized to Broly and jumped off Aqua's moral blackmail chariot.
Ultimately, her true identity is that of a goddess, and it's impossible for her to neglect her duties and engage in romance in the mortal realm. After all, this is a world where the Demon King's army is wreaking havoc. Compared to things like romance, finding a way to solve the world crisis is the key.
"Ah, you said things you shouldn't have! You actually hurt my disciple!"
Aqua immediately started shouting, but she had to take responsibility for the chaos in this world.
Initially, the emergence of the first Demon King in this world caused the monsters in this world to become stronger. As a result, people who died in this world because of the monsters were unwilling to be reincarnated in this world, which led to a decrease in the birth rate.
To prevent the extinction of humanity in this world, the celestial realm began to reincarnate those who died young in other worlds into this world, bestowing upon them divine protection and the responsibility of defeating the Demon King.
However, Aqua is a goddess who does things rather carelessly. When reincarnating young souls in the regions she was responsible for, she did not make any effort to explain the specifics of reincarnation in another world and the various additional matters. As a result, the reincarnated individuals sent to the other world caused all sorts of problems, some of which had a greater negative impact than the Demon King's army.
Although those reincarnated beings temporarily saved humanity in this world, the current chaotic situation is largely the responsibility of Aqua, the goddess who casually reincarnated souls from another world.
So, ultimately, the reason Eris couldn't agree was Aqua herself. But Aqua didn't realize this; she only felt that the flat-chested, white-haired girl opposite her was ungrateful for daring to refuse her and hurt her disciple.
"Master Aqua, actually I wasn't hurt."
Broly swallowed the piece of meat in his mouth before saying this: to hurt him, one would need to have a high level of happiness.
Rejecting someone like Eris, whom he has just met and who doesn't yet have much of a happiness stat, would only make him feel somewhat disappointed.
Broly wasn't immune to rejection; characters like Irisviel and Artoria from the Type-Moon universe rejected him.
At the time, it made him feel bad, but now a happiness score of only a few single digits can no longer hurt him.
[Useless!]
Seeing Eris's happiness level rise to five points after he said those words, Broly suddenly had this thought in his mind.
[The one who could truly harm me would probably be someone like Master Aqua, with a combat power (happiness stat) approaching two thousand points!]
Broly felt he would be devastated if Aqua rejected him in the end.
[This is truly a good child.]
Eris was comforted, she thought to herself.
"Broly, why are you undermining me again? You know I'm trying to find you a wife!"
Aqua was a little annoyed. Judging from the momentum just now, she was sure she could continue chasing the flat-chested white-haired woman opposite her.
"Master Aqua, forcing someone to be your wife is wrong."
"And what about her?"
Upon hearing this, Aqua immediately pointed at Darkness and asked her disciple.
"Darkness is doing this willingly, and even if you force her, you'll definitely make her happy."
Broly was somewhat unsure.
"Ah, coercion, well, it seems acceptable."
Darkness gasped for breath, and judging from the blush on her face, it was clear that she had probably fallen into another imaginary "what if" scenario.
"Fine, I'm not going to bother with you anymore!"
Aqua said something somewhat angrily and then started eating, but judging from how happily she ate, she probably wasn't really angry.
"Little friend, although I can't be your wife, we can still be friends."
Eris pushed the money bag toward Broly and said to him.
"Okay, then we'll be friends from now on."
Broly nodded and took the bag, then pushed the money bag in front of Darkness.
"Um?"
Darkness looked at the money bag that had been pushed in front of her and then looked at Broly with some confusion.
"For you."
"Why are you suddenly giving me money?"
"Today's pay."
"Uh, isn't this a bit too much?"
Darkness also contributed today, taking down a swarm of running lizards, but the money bag Broly is now pushing over is clearly a reward that exceeds her labor today.
"Not much."
Broly shook his head, offering no further explanation.
Darkness was about to continue refusing the payment that wasn't rightfully hers when Aqua said, "You've been paying for everyone these past few days. This child is just worried you're short of money, so she's giving you the money."
Darkness was somewhat taken aback upon hearing this.
"You're a masochistic woman, but Broly isn't a sadist. Although he'll go along with your weird fetishes, he still cares about your situation, like worrying that you won't have money. That's why we'll bring you along to do the commissions."
Darkness, after seeing how we defeated the running lizards today, you don't really think our team needs a front-line tank, do you?
"Ha, this is just because I'm worried about your finances, so I'm taking you along to make some money."
Darkness stared wide-eyed at the boy who was gnawing on a chicken leg.
So, don't just give your wallet to anyone!
Darkness's happiness level has increased.
"Thanks."
This tough yet gentle approach changed her mindset somewhat, and Darkness no longer refused compensation beyond what she could earn for her labor.
"You're paying for this meal!"
"Why am I paying again?"
"Hmm, you don't want to?"
"That's not entirely true."
Eris looked at Darkness, who was happily eating with the other two at the dinner table, and her expression softened.
Lalatina, you've finally found friends who won't look down on you or abandon you. This is all thanks to you!
After Eris finished eating a chicken leg, she quietly left, but before leaving, she cast her blessing on the three of them.
May good fortune always be with you!
"Huh, that's strange. Why do I feel a fluctuation of divine power? Achoo~"
Aqua, who was engrossed in her rice, looked up, sneezed, and purified the lucky blessing surrounding her.
There's a reason why this guy has such a low luck stat.
(End of this chapter)