“Is this it?”
I went to the church dedicated to Euva based on Ruby’s map. It was located right in the middle of a tavern street.
The actual church also looked like a bar in the outskirts of town.
Is this really a church?
Well, Ruby wouldn’t lie to —
For now, I should open the door and try going in.
“Well, it really is a bar …”
Shelves stocked with bottles and a long counter.
It was totally a bar. Can’t be anything but a bar.
Then there was a woman behind the counter.
“Hm …? Who are you, never seen you around?”
The dark-brown skinned woman glared at with narrowed eyes.
She had a white shirt and a waistcoat on … must be a bartender.
Well, I totally made a mistake.
I sighed and said.
“… I think I mistook the place. Say, is this a church?”
“Church? Of course it’s a church. What else d’you think it look like?”
“Maybe a bar, or a bar. Also, could be a bar …”
“Anyway, as you can see, I’m your humble priestess round these parts”
“No, well, you totally look like a bartender, and priests don’t call themselves humble, or do they?”
“Well anyways, sit down custor. Ca right when I got nuthin to do, you did, I’ll have a round with you”
“Priests don’t call their believers custor do they …”
There’ll be no end to it if I retorted each and every ti so I ekly sat down on the seat.
With a full mug in one hand, I sat face to face with the woman behind the counter.
“The na’s Rania. Been a priestess in this town for a long ti now. Well, nowadays so cheap pub’s been taking our believers away, and I don’t get much chance to pray, too”
“Churches don’t normally compete for custors with pubs, right …”
“The believers don’t co anymore, friends gone off and gotten married, and I’m left all alone out here. Sheesh, I’m lonely here, y’know”
Rania gulped down her drink.
There was a line of booze leaking out from her lips … so sexy.
“… well, yeah, it does get lonely when your friends are all married”
I don’t get where she’s going with this but I decided to chat with her.
“Oh, you understand? Seriously, right? … then when I went to the wedding they noticed and threw the bouquet at . Get this, the bouquet flew. Right. At. . Told ’em to stop but what’s with that control. I was gonna be miserable but ended up catching it anyway”
“… so you caught it”
No, but, I ca to church to level up, so why am I chatting with a woman over a drink.
“See, it’s not like I’m unpopular you know. But you see, whenever I told the guy that I’m doing a priest job they turn tail and run. Scared they’re going to desecrate the priesthood. I told them, it’s fine already, c’mon, grow so balls and cross the holy threshold. I’m hitting thirty and still all alone just cuz you chickens don’t have the guts to rush in”
“… o, oh”
“It’s like that, y’know, life goes on and lotta things happen — have a drink and spit out what’s stuffing your chest. I’ll lend you an ear”
glance, Rania gave a glance.
I see I see, so that’s why she told her life story all of a sudden.
If she told her story first then it would make the mood easier for to tell her mine.
That kind of concern just barely made her seem like a priestess. Barely.
But then again—
“Sorry to say this when you’re being so considerate … the reason I ca here today’s not to make a confession but to level up”
“Hm? What, that so? Then why dintcha ntion it earlier? Your face looked tired so I thought, whoa, a depressed boy, gotta be considerate”
“Well, I am worn-out though”
I did sothing very tiring right before I ca here.
Ruby was really good today ….
“Then write down your exploits here. If you have ’em”
Rania handed a pen and paper.
I was to write down what my exploits have been until now to report it to the goddess Euva.
But my exploits, huh ….
I don’t think I had any worth called that¹.
¹ «TN: Bukou usually refers to exploits in battle»
I don’t have a battle-type cheat and always did underhanded things.
Well, there’s no use trying to smooth things over so I wrote them down as-is.
[Stole the reincarnator Yuutarou’s harem mber Ruby and had wanton sex. anwhile also had sex with fellow traveler Liu. Incidentally, no intent to go steady with either. Planning to treat them as sex friends]
Rania saw the paper I wrote my exploits on and her face cramped.
“… y’know, even though Lady Euva’s that kind of goddess there’s no way she’s gonna get these sorts of exploits appro… — WHOAH SHE TOTALLY APPROVED!?”
The mont Rania lit the paper up, golden particles danced around it.
The golden particles revolved around my head.
Even though I wasn’t a priest, I knew the goddess was happy.
I vaguely sensed the image of the goddess raising her thumb at saying “Good job, you, really good job”
… I knew I was doing the right thing.
Looks like goddess Euva wants a sleazebag like to harass and tornt orthodox protagonists.
“…. oooh”
I felt my body brimming with energy.
I could clearly feel my status rising. If that’s the case —
“… you, what are you?”
“The na’s Motoki, your humble reincarnator”
“Reincarnator? Reincarnators are those, right? You don’t have any family or annoying relatives this side? Aren’t you guys the best with no fetters at all!”
Rania vigorously grabbed my shoulders.
“You, won’t you stop playing with fire and settle down with ? Let’s at least make a fait accompli with tonight?”
Rania unbuttoned her shirt and her valley peeked out.
Seeing the sweat-soaked, deep, dark skinned valley … I gulped.
“Well … let’s do that later”
Since I’m not the type to turn down a woman’s advances I’d probably do Rania at so point, but today I had to hold back.
Today, there was sothing I had to try.
＊＊
That night, I once again went with Liu to the cetery and dug up a rotten corpse.
Then —
“Right … !”
I finally gained a new power.
To look at an old, rotten corpse and reproduce its living form.
“With this …”
Miria was as good as captured.
I gulped, imagining Miria with disheveled golden hair raising her voice.
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