Chapter 27: Meeting The Goddess Again
Author: Geraint
(MC's POV)
Waking up and yawning, I opened my eyes.
"Huh?"
I was surprised to find myself in a familiar dark room. My body was in my adult form.
"This place..."
"Hello. We meet again, rude human."
A beautiful woman with long snow-white hair and blue eyes spoke to me.
Of course, how could I forget the goddess who sent me into that world? She was wearing a white dress, but this time, it was just an ordinary one.
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I stood up and scratched the back of my head.
"Yeah, it's been a while. So, will you turn my hair back to its original color now?"
"No!"
"Then why am I here? Did you bring me up here?"
"Yeah, I called you up here to tell you something."
"What?"
A grin appeared on her face.
"What do you think?" she asked, clearly proud of herself.
"Huh?"
"I mean, I want you to praise me!"
"Did you bring me up here just for that?"
"I said, praise me! I already took a bath, unlike last time! It's not easy being a goddess, you know—there's a lot of work involved!" she complained.
"Okay."
I moved toward her and patted her head gently.
"Yosh, yosh. You're a good girl."
"Hehehe... It's not!" she yelled angrily.
Peeeeeww!
Suddenly, her dress ripped into pieces and vanished, leaving her completely naked.
"Oh, that's right. Your right hand. I forgot."
She covered herself with her arms, looking very embarrassed.
I was stunned, just staring at her.
"Pervert!"
She turned away and squatted down.
Seeing her like this, I sighed. I could tell she was pouting because of me.
I took off my coat and covered her back.
"Here... cover yourself with this."
She turned slightly and glanced at me, looking a little mad.
She put on my coat and covered herself. Then, she looked me in the eye and smiled, a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Actually, I wanted you to call me beautiful, but I give up. You're denser than I thought."
"What a narcissistic girl."
"I'm a goddess of beauty, love, and fertility, Venus."
"It doesn't suit you. You just don't have that kind of aura around you."
"Eh?"
"When I first came here, I could already sense something off about you. You were acting stiff and—"
"Shut up! I'm a newbie, alright?! That was my first time doing a reincarnation job! It wasn't even supposed to be my job! My colleague, the goddess of reincarnation, got wasted from drinking too much, and I was the only available goddess at the time. I had to do her job, and I had no idea what I was doing! I just tried to imitate her! It was supposed to be my rest day, you know?"
Seems like being a goddess isn't as easy as it looks.
"I see..."
Now I understood why she smelled of alcohol back then. Deities really do love their drinks.
I remembered there was something I wanted to ask her about my cheats—this was my only chance.
"Then about my cheat, Captain Falcon Transformation."
"Yeah, I saw it. It was completely destroyed, but the ability remains."
"I discovered that it's similar to Shazam, or Captain Marvel. I can transform into an adult superhero."
"Well... about that."
She looked away, acting suspicious.
I just stared at her, now knowing that this wasn't supposed to be her job. That explained a lot.
The two other cheats were normal, ones I was familiar with, but Captain Falcon Transformation? I had never heard of anything like it.
"You did something, didn't you?"
"Ah! This is my fault for giving you a 4th cheat!"
"Huh? A 4th cheat?"
"Yeah, it's called 'Genius Intellect'. Remember when I turned your hair pink?"
"Yeah," I nodded.
"At that time, I just wanted to make you smarter so you'd realize how beautiful I am... But now I see it was a mistake. No matter how much I make you smarter, you won't call me beautiful. Even with Genius Intellect, you're still dense. I give up! The name 'Ichika' really suits you."
"Huh?"
This girl is ridiculous.
Of course, I knew she wanted me to call her beautiful, but my pride wouldn't let me. I'd feel like I was defeated if I said that to someone as proud of her beauty as she is. Sorry, but I won't give her that satisfaction.
"Well, thanks. I'm having fun creating a lot of things, but what about my Captain Falcon Transformation? Just the name alone makes it sound weird—"
"Hey! Stop calling it weird! I'm the one who modified that—Ah! I messed up!"
When I heard the word "modified," I immediately grabbed her cheek and pinched it.
"You!"
"Aw aw aw! Stop it! It hurts!"
"No wonder some of the abilities feel off! Turn it back to normal!"
"No! The costume looks lame! And as a goddess of beauty, I modified it!"
"I don't care about your sense of beauty! Just turn it back!"
"It took me a long time to give it to you, ya know? Aw aw aw!"
"I don't care!"
"I even added some Captain Falcon abilities."
"No! Turn it back!"
"I hate that costume! I prefer Falcon's dandy charm!"
"Shut up!"
"Okay! Okay! I'll turn it back! Please let go of me!"
I let go of her cheek, which had turned a little swollen.
"In Falcon's form, I look as old as my father—All Might. I want to look younger."
All Might is already in his 50s.
"As you guessed, it's a power like Shazam's. It lets you transform into an adult superhero. I modified the transformation and some of its abilities so you wouldn't notice."
I felt disappointed in her.
"Now, turn it back."
"Fine!"
She suddenly grabbed my face.
"Huh?"
She pulled me toward her and kissed me on the lips.
"Hmmph!"
Electricity surged through my body, and I felt electrocuted.
"Ugh!"
She pulled away, and both of us were breathing heavily.
"Hey! That was my first time!"
I felt a little embarrassed.
"It was my first time too!" she retorted.
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"I thought I was going to die from that!"
"The superhero abilities remain in your child body. You just haven't awakened some of them yet. That's why I fixed and changed your ability to transform into an adult superhero. Just say the word 'Shazam,' and you'll be able to transform."
"Yes!"
I felt excited and happy about it.
"Anyway, I still hate that costume. You may leave now."
"How?"
"Take this."
A bright stone, amber in color, appeared in her palm and flew toward me.
It landed gently in my left hand.
"What is this?"
"A mind stone."
"What?!!"
I was completely shocked and trembling.
"Don't worry, it's just a low-grade Mind Stone. I have a lot of them in my backyard."
"Huh?"
I felt disappointed. People were fighting wars over these stones, and here she is casually handing them out like pebbles.
"Let's meet again next time. Bye~ bye~"
She waved at me with a smile.
The stone in my palm began to glow, and my vision was enveloped in bright light.
Ichika-kun!
I felt someone shaking me.
Ichika-kun! Wake up!
"Hmm?"
The first thing I saw was Toru's floating uniform.
Looking around, I realized we were the only ones left in the classroom. Everyone else had already gone home.
"I came back here, and you were still sleeping. I tried waking you up, but you weren't responding! I was really worried!"
I stood up from my seat and noticed something in my palm—an amber-colored stone.
I was surprised when I realized it wasn't a dream.
"Ichika-kun?"
"Sorry for making you worry. Let me treat you to something."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course!" I smiled.
She seemed fidgety, saying, "There's this new café that just opened yesterday. I want to go because they have a lot of cute cats. How about we go there?"
"Sure."
She really does love cute things.
"Let's go."
"Yay!"
(To be continued.)
(A/N: The forbidden hero is back in Japan. Guess who? I'll fix my mistakes later.)