NCCnovel Chapter 363 The Lucky Goddess with an Idol Image
Chapter 363 The Lucky Goddess with an Idol Image
Chapter 363 The Lucky Goddess with an Idol Image
Merard taught him that you shouldn't let down a good girl, nor waste a bad girl.
But for Broly, a "good girl" is someone who is willing to become his wife and may even have the ability to generate happiness points, while a "bad girl" is someone who is unwilling to become his wife and will attack him, showing strong hostility.
As for Eris, in his eyes she was neither a good girl nor a bad girl, just an average girl, but he wouldn't do anything to this lucky goddess.
"Broly, you've wasted my time, child. Do you know how much effort I put into bringing Eris down from Heaven?"
Aqua was complaining about her disciple's behavior, stabbing the fried giant frog meat with her fork, looking like a mother who was disappointed in her disciple.
"There was no kung fu involved. You asked me to come down to the mortal realm, and I agreed without hesitation. Then, Aqua-senpai, you went against all moral principles and gave me a drink laced with a drug after we arrived. I didn't suspect your sinister intentions at all; I just let you drug me and tie me up!"
Eris started to shout; she harbored deep resentment towards Aqua.
Fortunately, while Aqua is unreliable, her disciple Broly is quite reliable.
Eris looked at the Saiyan boy who was feeding each other with Yu-Yu, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.
Eris's happiness level continues to rise.
Broly heard the Crystal Palace's notification and turned to look at the white-haired goddess opposite him.
After their eyes met, Lady Luck blushed slightly, after all, she had been caught peeking at the boy.
This made her quickly look away, raising her fingers to smooth her bangs to avoid feeling too embarrassed.
She would occasionally steal glances at the boy opposite her, and when she realized that Broly was still staring straight at her, a blush crept onto the tips of her ears.
Nearby, Aqua was still ranting about things like, "Isn't sleeping potion money? Doesn't it take effort to trick you into going down to the mortal realm?" but she got a sarcastic remark from the lich next to her.
"Lady Aqua, you took my sleeping pills without paying!"
"Shut up, you damned lich! Can't you just deduct it from my share of the profits yourself?"
Aqua also owns a share in the magic item shop, so she always has money to spend every time she descends to Earth, thanks in large part to Wiz's magic item shop.
Of course, Wiz is unreliable, but with a reliable demon from hell in the shop, and with Barnier strictly controlling the quality of the magical item shop's supplies over the years, he has managed to prevent Wiz, the shop owner, from recklessly displaying his terrible business acumen.
"Even if you paid for the sleeping potion, does it really take that much effort to trick this stupid goddess into descending to the mortal realm?"
Huihui expressed her doubts, saying that this was not the first time that the goddess Eris had descended to the mortal realm, and that she had gotten along quite well with them.
However, in terms of her naivety, Huihui directly stated that deceiving the other party required very little effort; a few words would suffice.
"Yes, that's true!"
Aqua thought for a moment and then nodded seriously.
"Hey, you guys have gone too far."
Darkness immediately slammed her hand on the table.
As the saying goes, "When a lord is disgraced, a subject dies; when a god is disgraced, a believer
This knight girl begins to demonstrate her devout faith.
"Lord Eris is simply willing to believe in his friends, but Aqua, how have you been a friend?"
Lady Eris trusted you so much, yet you betrayed her with a drug; this is a blatant trampling of friendship!
"Tch, you have the nerve to talk back to me? Who was it that gave up on rescuing Eris just now?!"
Aqua rolled her eyes at the female knight and said.
"Woo~"
Darkness clutched her chest, a slightly unnatural flush appearing on her face.
Ah, she was also despised and treated as a scumbag knight.
"You perverted knight, are you enjoying being insulted again?!"
Huihui glanced at her and then spoke without any politeness.
"No, not at all~"
Darkness tried to refute, but there was also a sense of wanting to accept it while simultaneously rejecting it.
"Don't give her any more leeway. Let's stop insulting her immediately, whether with words or glances!"
Huihui said.
Upon hearing this, Darkness's face turned pale: "Ah, I'm already like this, how can you stop?"
Sure enough, he's an incurable perverted knight.
"Eris, are you really not willing to be my wife?"
Broly asked the question. He looked at the happiness score of the other party on the Crystal Palace panel, which had exceeded 170, and felt that the other party was still worth trying for.
"Ah, well..."
Eris began to stammer.
To be honest, she didn't dislike Broly.
She was even very grateful to the boy after learning that he had saved the world from the ravages of the Demon King's army.
"Hey, just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush and make people anxious!"
Aqua couldn't stand coy people the most, so she urged them on.
"Uh, it's not that I don't want to be your wife, it's just that as the goddess of fortune, I have a lot to consider."
"For example?"
Huihui chewed on the stewed meat and asked curiously.
"For example, my sect, the Church of Eris, is based on monogamy. As the goddess worshipped by everyone, I cannot lead the way in breaking this system."
Eris spoke it.
"Ha, so that's why you don't want to be my disciple's wife?"
Aqua was speechless.
"Then why don't you just show yourself and change your sect's rules?"
She offered advice and mentioned that in the current world of Axis religion, as long as people truly love each other, an unlimited number of men or women can be together as husband and wife.
"How can this be? My Eris religion is not your Axis religion, senior."
"What, you mere junior, do you have a problem with my Axis Cult?!"
Aqua is very protective of her own and cannot tolerate any outsiders slandering her followers.
"Ah, that's not what I meant. I just felt that as goddesses, we should respond to the faith of our believers."
Those believers who are faithful to love believe that my blessing will bring them a happy marriage.
So, as the god they worship, how can I interfere in other people's marriages?
Moreover, it's a marriage like yours...
At this point, Eris blushed even more. Through Aqua's words, she knew that Broly, at such a young age, not only had a group of wives in this world, but also had some wives in another world.
"Oh, so it was his idol image that was causing the problem!"
Huihui was a little surprised, but said she could understand.
After all, a persona is not something that can be easily discarded.
Whether it's how others see you or how you see yourself, you are still yourself.
Broly: "..."
He never expected that the one preventing Eris from becoming his wife would be Eris's own cult.
At that moment, Broly had an urge to destroy the Cult of Eris in this world.
However, even he, with a brain full of sense, knew that once the Church of Eris was destroyed...
So, the white-haired goddess of fortune in front of her might have completely lost her happiness rating.
Even worse, the other person might harbor resentment and still refuse to become his wife...
Wait a minute, does this mean Eris becomes a bad girl?
He could use the Bliss Finger technique to bring her ecstasy, thereby making her submit and agree to become his wife.
Broly glanced at Eris across from him, then at his own fingers, momentarily conflicted.
"Being faithful in love and marriage—that's truly a wonderful doctrine!"
Youyou became interested in the doctrines of the Church of Eris.
"However, what does unwavering fidelity in love and marriage have to do with the necessity of monogamy?"
She asked out of curiosity.
"Ah, this..."
Eris was somewhat stumped by the question and didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
"Isn't monogamy a concrete manifestation of unwavering love and a happy, fulfilling marriage?"
The white-haired goddess thought for a while before asking a question in return.
"Uh, I don't know about that, but what I do know is that I'm very content with my life right now. I have very good friends like Darkness, Megumin, Wiz, and Aqua around me, and we also have a husband we both love, Broly. We have so many things to talk about every day. Even though Broly lives in another world, we always manage to mention him..."
A flawless version after careful inspection!
Youyou spoke of her satisfaction with her current life; she was a rare normal person in Red Demon Village, and even a rare person in this world who was content with what she had.
Just the moment Broly returned and everyone gathered together for dinner, her happiness points kept increasing, and the look of satisfaction on her face made it clear to everyone how happy she was.
"Youyou, you child..."
Aqua has also been infected to some extent.
"Seriously, don't make me so touched~"
Darkness complained, wiping away tears of emotion.
"Youyou is truly our family's little angel!"
Miss Wiz said with a smile.
"Ugh, why are you suddenly saying such cheesy things?!"
Huihui felt like ants were crawling on her body, making her feel uncomfortable, but she didn't argue.
"So, Lord Eris, do you think our feelings are false, insincere, and unfaithful, and that our future marriage will be unhappy?"
Eris opened his mouth, but couldn't bring himself to deny it.
The group of people in front of you probably often argue and bicker in their daily lives.
But if the feelings between them are fake, Eris, who occasionally catches a glimpse of this family's daily life through Darkness, is the first to stand up and deny it.
Without a doubt, they are now family. Even Aqua, who couldn't stand the undead, can now tolerate the lich eating at the same table with her and doesn't even mind drinking with him.
"No, your feelings for each other are real, and I am willing to wish you well in your future marriage!"
Eris replied.
"So, Miss Eris, would you like to join us and become one of us?"
Youyou pressed for an answer.
"this……"
The white-haired goddess was still somewhat hesitant; burdened by her idol image, she wasn't easily persuaded.
"Actually, Lord Eris, there is something I must report to you."
Just then, Darkness spoke up.
"What?"
Eris looked over.
"There are quite a few nobles and wealthy people who have invested money to join the Church of Eris. They claim to have only one wife or husband and to be faithful to their marriage and love, but in reality, they have lovers."
Darkness began to report.
The doctrine of monogamy sounds wonderful, but in the medieval world, it was used by some nobles or wealthy people as an excuse to get ahead of their lovers.
Many nobles and wealthy people chose to follow the Eris religion precisely because of this convenience, which allowed them to reassure their wives at home and keep their lovers in line.
"Huh!?"
Eris's eyes widened.
"Hmph, this is the reality of the world!"
Huihui shrugged, looking like someone who had been through it all, but in fact, she had no idea about the scandalous affairs of the upper class before this.
"Haha, so that's how it is. This is the quality of the followers of the Eris Cult. Compared to them, the followers of my Axis Cult are much more endearing!"
Aqua burst into laughter.
"Hey, Aqua, I'm not saying this so you can generalize. There are people like my father in the Eris Cult. Even though my mother has been gone for many years, he never cheated on her and remained devoted to her."
Darkness said with some dissatisfaction before turning back to her goddess: "Lady Eris, everything I have said is true, and I can vouch for it with my faith in you."
"Ha, using your faith as collateral? Isn't that the same as using Aqua's principles as collateral?"
Huihui is quite adept at using a single sentence to insult two people.
"Does Aqua have any principles? My faith is genuine!"
Darkness retorted.
"Hey, you two bastards, do you think I can't tell you're insulting me?"
Aqua was a little angry, but since what they said was true, she didn't react.
After all, she had already taken concrete steps to bind Eris.
If you still want to argue that you have principles, then you're being shameless.
Although Aqua has no morals, she still has some sense of shame.
Similarly, she also has some self-awareness.
"Darkness, I believe you."
While Aqua and the other two were arguing about whether Aqua's morals were higher or Darkness's faith was higher, Eris expressed her trust in Darkness.
Although she is naive, she is not completely innocent. On the contrary, thanks to certain comic books from this world and her adventures as Chris and Darkness, she has actually seen some of the darker aspects of this world and humanity.
Furthermore, as a goddess, she could also follow the faith to investigate the actions of believers, and Darkness was indeed not lying.
That's why Eris felt somewhat disappointed.
"Lord Eris, please cheer up. It was those guys who broke their promise. It was their fault, not yours."
Well, what I'm trying to say is, since those guys can say one thing and do another, you can do the same thing too.
Of course, you can still remain faithful to love and marriage, but you will simply become an interloper in other people's relationships and marriages.
But don't you think that's more exciting? If I could, I'd actually like to be a snob who's looked down upon by everyone else...
As the conversation progressed, Darkness started acting strangely. She was the type who would rather be a mistress's wife than a legitimate wife, and ideally, be looked down upon by the other legitimate members of the Crystal Palace, becoming the kind of wife who was considered inferior.
Eris covered her face slightly. Suddenly, she felt that her followers weren't so reliable after all, and wondered if they had been influenced by Aqua.
However, Darkness's words did make her waver somewhat.
"Let me think about it some more."
But she couldn't make a decision right away, so she said this.
"Okay, but I probably won't stay in this world for too long."
Broly nodded and then spoke again.
"Ah, Broly, you can't leave so soon."
Aqua immediately stopped her, as she was destined to be the one who attracted Broly to stay the longest after his disciple's return, and Broly's beloved master's wife.
"Eris is unreliable, but I'll be going back to the Celestial Realm in a couple of days to invite more goddesses to descend to this world for a team-building activity. Then you can see if there are any new wives that the Crystal Palace can acknowledge!"
(End of this chapter)