Chapter 383
Arifureta After IV Demon King & Hero Arc Sequel② I’ll Continue to Fight-, Until I Die!
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The air was filled with heavy silence.
The goddess who introduced herself as Aularodde Lea Refeat mumbled,
――I, I have worked hard for five thousand years without any rest or sleep but……it’s still not the time to ask for help……ah, I’m sorry. It’s no good if I don’t work hard isn’t it……that’s how is it isn’t it, yes.
Such words came out from her lips.
The goddess’s dignified eyes was turning so lifeless it was stunning. Not only she was told that the reinforcement she was expecting wouldn’t e, she was also given the verdict The appointed day of delivery is absolute! Put in even more work time to finish it! as though she was a corporate slave of a black pany.
The divine halo of light behind her was withering like a candle fire in front of a strong gale.
Even this pure white space that was filled with holy atmosphere was losing its color as though to say 「I don’t even have any strength to put up appearance anymore boss……」.
And so, Aularodde-san’s peerless beauty (lol) appeared.
「Uwaa, what’s with those dark circles around her eyes……」
「This isn’t at the level of losing weight anymore, she is emaciated……I can see a shadow of death coiling around her.」
Kousuke was creeped out while Hajime’s cheeks were twitching.
The excessive light that was covering up the goddess’s true appearance was gone and exposed a figure that looked like an overworked office lady whose only friend of the heart was cheap low-malt beer.
Her sparkling platinum blonde hair and also her beautiful pure white attire were also all wrinkled-up to a sorrowful degree.
Her skin was lacking any moisture and her back was hunched that they wanted to retort where did her majestic aura just now went to.
Her appearance was truly horrible in various meanings.
In other words, a certain hero had just yelled 「Work harder!」 to this goddess who looked like she was going to get beckoned to heaven anytime now. With how she looked, this goddess looked like she was going to joyfully wele such beckoning instead.
Hajime and Kousuke’s gazes that seemed like they were looking at a savage lowlife stabbed at Kouki.
Uh, Kouki groaned with a trembling body.
「Ii~~! (Yaa~y yaa~y, you corpse kicker hero! You goddess killeer~!)」
「Ii~~! (You’re ho~peleess ho~peleess?? You harassment heroo! Do a dogezaaa!)」
「I don’t know what you two are talking about, but I understand that you two are condemning me while half amusing yourself-」
Etemp-san on top of Hajime’s head and Mother Netemp-san who was standing diagonally behind him were excitedly pointing their leg and finger at Kouki extremely mockingly. They were like elementary school students who wanted to tattle to the teacher at the homeroom before school ended.
Although Kouki was annoyed, it was also a fact that he had done something that was like dealing an additional blow on someone who looked like she was already being cornered to the limit.
Kouki ignored the annoying Ii??Ii??voice from behind and faced Aularodde.
The goddess was staring fixedly at a single point on the floor. Her atmosphere was scary. And more than that it was dangerous.
「S-say, goddess-sama? I’m sorry, I spoke too much even though I didn’t know anything. If it’s alright can you tell me what is the situ――」
「I’m sorry for being such an inpetent. I’ll work harder.」
「Eh? No, excuse me goddess-sama――」
「I’m sorry for being useless. I will work without plaining.」
「……」
「My inability is because of my lack of effort. My deepest apologies――」
「It’s fine already-!! I’m begging you please take some resttt」
Kouki spontaneously yelled at the goddess who looked like her soul had flown away to somewhere. The goddess was hunching down even deeper, so he hurriedly ran toward her to support her.
He realized when he got near her. Aularodde-san’s breathing sound ‘hyu-hyu-’ was strange.
This goddess, she was so stressed that she was hyperventilating.
「It’s fine, I’m telling you it’s fine-. e on, take a deep breath! Take two deep breaths and then let it go!」
「Amanogawa, that’s the way of breathing for childbirth.」
「How about you give me some recovery medicine if you have the time to calmly retort like that!?」
I don’t know if this will be effective though! Kouki said while gently patting Aularodde-san’s back. Hajime shrugged at Kouki’s pleading and took out a recovery medicine from his treasure warehouse and tossed it.
Kouki caught the container that was rotating in the air and felt dubious that the medicine wasn’t contained in an ampoule like usual. Or rather it was just a normal aluminium can so he dropped his gaze dubiously to check the can.
And then,
「Isn’t this Monster ○nergyyy!!」
Kouki almost threw it on the ground, but he stopped himself at the last moment.
「That’s just the thing you need when you want to work even harder when you are tired from work. You see, when it became the time for death march at the workplace of my Tou-san and Kaa-san, we would buy that by the box and made all the staffs drank it to overe the crisis. It won’t even be an exaggeration anymore to call that as the hidden family member of Nagumo family.」
「Ah, so that was why you sent a lot of Monster Energ○ to my house for summer gift.」
Kousuke nodded in understanding. The Nagumo spouses knew that their son had troubled Kousuke-kun a lot with his requests, so they sent Monster Energ○ for one year worth (for each member of Endou family) to him, but Endou family that didn’t have a taste for energy drink was deeply troubled of what to do with all those drinks.
「No, just because of that……」
「Don’t worry. That’s not just a normal Monster Energ○. I added a little bit something to the market goods. If you bined it with Cheatmate DrDrink and inject it using this syringe――」
「Phrasing-!!」
Certainly, no matter how they saw it, it only looked like a scene of a dangerous person injecting dangerous stuff into himself.
「I’m telling you it’s fine. This thing is popular among the staffs at Tou-san’s pany and the people at Kaa-san’s office.」
「A-are you for real……」
「Amanogawa, it’ll be fine I think. My family had also tried drinking it once, and there wasn’t really any problem.」
「The part of “really any” doesn’t give me much confidence though!? Is Endou family really alright!?」
It’s fine, there is no problem. There was only this little thing where SousukeKousuke’s big brother got reported to police because he was hitting on girls excessively that he got brought to the custody of police and lectured there. ManamiLittle sister’s rotten book production was also progressing awfully far after drinking it that it even wounded the heart of a certain exorcist young man.
Also, the amount of drinks couldn’t possibly be finished by Endou family alone, so the majority was shared with the work colleagues of Endou spouses at the city hall. It was said that for a period the progress rate of the workplace had reached a new record high.
It seemed that the public also showed a favorably reaction of how they finished their work abnormally fast for government officials. Though it seemed that only the people in charge of the teller windows got slightly bad reputation from looking a bit scary with how their eyes were wide open so energetically.
Getting back to the topic.
Kouki felt a vague anxiety seeing Kousuke averting his gaze away from him with all his strength. However he was worried for the goddess who was getting even more unstable mentally as time passed, so he helplessly gave her the Monster Energ○.
With hollow eyes, the goddess’s gaze unconsciously followed anything that moved. Her eyes followed the Monster Energ○ without any vitality in it and then she accepted it in her hands also unconsciously.
「???」
But, it seemed Aularodde didn’t understand what she was drinking. She must have never seen a canned beverage before. Then there was no doubt that she naturally also didn’t know how to open the pull tab.
Kouki took the can from her hands kindly, opened the pull tab with *pushu* sound, and then she handed it again to the goddess.
「Goddess-sama, this is a drink for being energetic.」
Kouki thought of how suspicious his words sounded though he was the one saying it while doing his best to act as kindly as possible because he was the cause the goddess ended up like this.
「Now, please drink.」
「Eh……me drinking?」
Aularodde was making a disbelieving expression. It was an exaggerated reaction as though she had received an unexpected great kindness even though it was just an offering of drink. Not only Kouki, even Hajime and others felt like tears would spill out from their eyes.
Aularodde hesitantly took the can and sent glances at Kouki as though to ask 「Is it really okay that I drink this? You aren’t going to tell me to pay the pensation for it later?」. There was zero godly dignity from her.
「It’s okay I’m telling you. I’m sorry for criticizing you just now even though I don’t even know the situation. Please consider this as an apology from me.」
「Eh, ah, t-that’s……」
The goddess mumbled something within her mouth while still stealing glances at Kouki. She put the Monster Energ○ on her mouth.
Her throat gulped the drink……
Her lifeless eyes snapped wide open. She was holding the can cutely at the tip of her hands while drinking vigorously *Kupi!~ Kupi! Kupipi!*.
It seemed she liked it. She bent backward and lifted up the can like an uncle who was drinking milk coffee after getting out from the bath with one hand placed on his waist. At the same time light was returning into her eyes.
And then,
「Kuhhaa———-!!」
An uncle goddess who was drinking beer after finishing work could be found here. She meaninglessly held up the can above her head and clenched the fist of her other hand. Her eyes looked like they were making the shape of (>
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