The Otherworld, Goddess, and Anchor 18

The fated reunion

Translated by: SummerPeanut

Edited by: 書梅

Merry Christmas!

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“Hey, hey, hey, Navi”

“Hm…? What is it, Fiona-sama”

Inside a certain mansion’s room in urban area---

The reclining observer who also took up a supporter’s role was suddenly called by the Goddess Fiona so he got up.

“When we previously went to the area under my supervision, you were eating food normally. Are you alright after that?”

“?? What do you mean?”

“Well, didn’t you say that you normally eat luxurious foods bought by mama. I wonder if you are alright with eating normal human food”

“When I’m in human form, I have human senses after all. There’s no problem in particular”

“Hmm, then there’s no problem if you eat my handmade food right?”

“...it’s better not be one of your schemes to force me into my human form, alright”

“I-I don’t think it’s good to misunderstand others’ intention, yeah I think that’s bad”

The observer stared coldly at the goddess who was sweating like a waterfall.

“I apologize, I assumed so because of my overwhelming trust in your character and your too many past track records. Besides, it has been a few months since we started living together but I have barely seen you cook anything, Fiona-sama? Don’t you always eat outside or buy bentos from convenience stores? Even if you call it cooking, it’s usually at most warming up the side dishes”

“T-that’s rude. I can cook, you know!”

“Then...what dish are you good at?”

“Fufufu...listen and be surprised! They are scrambled eggs and boiled eggs!!”

“...enough, that’s enough. You don’t need to torture yourself anymore than this”

“Why that reaction?!”

“Anyway it’s about time for the main story”

“Eh? Wha? Why? Wait a minute!”

|■Fraul Kingdom. Alp’s orchard|

“A-are you sure it’s alright, Mimosa-nee”

At a later date, the siblings, Mimosa and Fudgy, went to Alp’s orchard.

With referral from Marquis Valencia, it was decided that they would be hired to work in the orchard.

“I guess we shouldn’t be instantly caught. It’s not like it's an important personage’s residence or mansion after all. Also we were told that the characteristics are different, if it was really that person...and he found out about us”

“If he found out about us?”

“We need to prepare our escape”

“Y-yes”

They came here with two purposes. The first was to investigate the Goddess and her apostle under the request of Lamcour---

The second was to confirm whether the beautiful youth seen by Mimosa was actually Alp.

“(Well then, I wonder how it’ll turn out---)”

They waited without concealing the nervousness on their faces and finally their target showed himself.

“S-sorry for the wait. Erm, are you two the ones who came here under Marquis Valencia’s referral?”

A green short hair like the verdant meadows boy tried to adjust his slightly erratic breathing as his shoulders rose and lower.

Perhaps because he was running, his face and skin glistened with sweat.

“(It’s not him...right? Mimosa-nee)”

“(Besides, what’s with this place. Is this a place where only beautiful people are born? Wait, that’s not the point. It’s not confirmed that he is Alp, the so called Goddess’s apostle---)”

“Erm, is there something on my face?”

“Eh?! Ah, it’s nothing. I-I just thought that you seemed very young”

“Ah, the owner of the orchard here is my mother. I’m her only son, Alp Boggat. Nice to meet you”

Even though she lost her momentum for a moment due to how easy it was to verify his identity, she quickly regained her composure.

“Ah, I see. I’m called Mimosa. This one is my underling, Fudgy. Please take care of us from now. (Didn’t expect it’ll be the person himself. Oh well, that works as well. That confirms that they are separate individuals. Then who is that person would be the issue now)”

“Underling?”

Alp asked curiously about the strange terms.

“Ah~, we are childhood friends. Due to certain circumstances, he was entrusted to me”

“N-nice to meet you”

Fudgy lowered his head and greeted. Alp did the same action and returned his greetings.

“Err, how much did you hear from Marquis Valencia about the job scope?”

“Well...go there and you’ll know about the job scope, that the working environment won’t be bad. He only told us that much. Also, that you are Goddess Fiona-sama’s apostle or something?”

“Yeah, he also explained about that I guess. Although that’s certainly the case, there’s no change in what you will work on. Even if you say apostle, I’m no different from others aside from fruit matters”

“E-rm, there’s also a message---”

“Message? Was there something like that?”

Mimosa asked with confusion because Fudgy suddenly started talking about something she never heard before.

“Erm, I was called back after Mimosa-nee left first. I was told to tell Alp-kun after meeting him to send fruits to Marquis because he wants to give them to his family and servants in his home country (Baxia) and that he’ll buy them according to market price. He said that while tearing up”

“Tearing up? That guy?”

“I think you don’t need to care about it too much because it’s the usual thing for him”

“That happens commonly?!”

“And please keep this a secret---ah. What should I do?! I accidentally affirmed it”

“No, you wouldn’t be able to explain it without doing so. But maybe you should have said it when there’s nobody else but two of us though”

|■Fraul Kingdom. Baxia’s representative residence|

“Somehow I felt my authority and pride are disappearing with incredible momentum!!”

Marquis Valencia who sensed something suddenly shouted towards the empty sky.

※However, the target has no ill will at all

|■Fraul Kingdom. Alp’s orchard|

“---it’s alright, I will bring you some souvenirs later. Please rest assured, I won’t say anything unnecessary”

“T-thank you very much”

“But...hmm. I wonder if Marquis Valencia is eating properly...”

“Eating properly? Actually, I heard he said something about food expenses going up”

“Ahh, then the locals will continue to leave some vegetables for him I guess? In that case, he really just wants to send the fruits to his home country”

“What’s with that. The representative here is quite popular eh”

“He seems to be a kind person, you know? Last time, he---”

|■ Fraul Kingdom. Baxia’s representative residence|

“Just now somehow I felt that someone is leaking my personal information with incredible momentum!!”

Once again, Marquis Valencia shouted towards the empty sky after sensing something.

※However, the target has no ill will at all

|■Fraul Kingdom. Alp’s orchard|

“---so you’ll do it like this, do you have any questions?”

“For some reason, it seems pretty easy for manual labour work. I thought it would be more toilsome”

Mimosa answered dumbfoundedly to Alp’s explanation.

“The heavy work is handled by adult men. Not to mention that at the current season, maintenance is more important right now. Although it’s quite dull, you will still need some amount of stamina, you know? That’s why you are paid for this”

“Hm? Yeah. (Oh well, we are here to investigate after all, I’m not expecting much… If I’m not wrong, the average household income is only around 1 gold coin a month in Fraul Kingdom?)”

“What do you think about 3 gold coins per month? Both your salary combined will be 6 gold co---”

“Nbufff?!”

“Hueeee?!”

Both Mimosa and Fudgy let out their own surprised voice towards Alp’s words.

“I-is it not enough?”

“No no no! This is Fraul Kingdom right?! Even in our kingdom, Lucorua, only craftsmen can earn that much, you know?!”

“Ahh, so you two are from Lucoroa Kingdom. About the salary, err… I try to give as much as possible because it’s the money gained thanks to Goddess Fiona-sama”

“Well, it’s something welcomed from our receiving side and we would like to be hired for as long as possible. Is it really alright using money like that?”

“The business partner right now is with Baxia so it should be okay for now. Besides…[If only I had money at that time---], when I think so I want to get rid of such thoughts as much as possible because that was the case for myself as well”

Alp remembered how his mother left as an indentured worker.

“---I see. Then we will rely on you for now. However, regarding being Goddess’s apostle was it? Are you the only apostle?”

“Yes. I think it’s me alone. Fiona-sama also didn’t mention about having others...but why are you asking this?”

“A-ah, erm. There’s not really any particular deep meaning. Just that I was wondering that for Gods, wouldn’t they be able to do more if they have more people or something”

“Putting aside the believers, I’m not too sure about that… Because Gods apparently are unable to interfere with the human realm too much. Ah, but previously, I talked with the [God’s messenger] that serves as the subordinate to the Goddess’s mother”

“Hm, hmm… Somehow it seems quite unrealistics, what kind of person is he?”

“He’s a male...but he looks about one or two year older than me and he’s really beautiful...eh?”

What appeared in front of Alp’s eyes...wasn’t the two people, Mimosa and Fudgy, but the one behind them.

“Ah, Navi-sama! We were just talking about you”

Following his words, they turned around.

“So you are here, Alup-kun… Who are dis twoo people?”

The [Goddess’s messenger] showed up himself there.

With short silver hair fluttering with the wind, as if it’s a fixed composition inside a painting, he stood there before anyone knew it.

“Aah, these two are starting to work in my orchard from today onwards.”

“I see…---Nice to meet yuu”

“Aa...y-yes”

“N-nice to meet you”

At Navi’s greeting, Mimosa kept tugging Fudgy while Fudgy bowed as low as possible so that his face wouldn’t be seen.

Click☆

-Goddess Fiona's believer count: 1075-

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