"The drink… so tasty… I want more… hehe… cheers!"
The blue-haired goddess lay sprawled on the bed, cheeks flushed, arms flailing as if she were still clinking glasses with someone in her dreams.
She clearly had no awareness that her chastity was in any danger at all.
And from the moment they arrived up to now, aside from that short freak-out, she hadn't even thought about the fact that there was no Demon King's army here.
No Demon King's army meant that she and Hayashi Maki would never be able to defeat the Demon King together, and she'd never be able to return to the divine realm.
Of course, Hayashi Maki himself could go back to his everyday world whenever he wanted; he wasn't bound by those rules.
He loosened the blue ribbon with the sapphire ornament from Aqua's hair. Her blue hair spilled down freely, carrying a faint fragrance, and framing her face in a way that added a much more feminine charm to her originally cute features.
Hayashi Maki cupped her delicate face, the corner of his lips hooking upward.
"Let me see what a goddess tastes like."
He leaned down, ready to kiss her.
Aqua suddenly let out a loud drunken hiccup, clear drool slipping from the corner of her lips.
"I wanna drink more… Hayashi Maki, cheers~!"
"…Uh."
Hayashi Maki froze, a little torn between laughter and tears.
How was he supposed to kiss a goddess who was drooling in her sleep?
She really didn't care about her image at all.
Helpless, he took a tissue and gently wiped her mouth, then lowered his head and pressed his lips softly to her rosy ones.
Her lips were pleasantly soft, and the sensation was unique.
Cool, with a faint taste of alcohol, but mixed with the light scent of her body, it was still enough to make his pulse race.
Aqua was the Water Goddess.
Other than what she consciously chose to drink, any liquid that touched her unconsciously would automatically be purified into clean water.
Not only that—bathe her in water, and that water would turn into holy water, able to harm evil beings.
"Mmm…?"
Her lips suddenly sealed, Aqua let out a confused little sound.
But very quickly, under Hayashi Maki's experienced coaxing, she relaxed and let him kiss her.
No one would ever imagine that this "airheaded goddess" would end up being kissed like this.
To Hayashi Maki, the novelty was undeniable.
There was a cool, refreshing feeling that he couldn't quite get enough of.
Odd she might be, but Aqua was still a genuine goddess.
As he continued to lightly deepen the kiss, he could feel his own magic being "washed" by her power—but it didn't harm him at all.
If anything, his whole body felt clearer, like a clean breeze had blown through him.
At the same time, the preliminary contract quietly snapped into place.
His "God's eye view" over Aqua was now established.
Of course, Hayashi Maki wasn't satisfied with just a preliminary contract.
Aqua, after all, was carefree, not exactly resisting anything at the moment either.
Taking advantage of a drunk girl wasn't exactly honorable, strictly speaking—but Hayashi Maki's conscience didn't prick him much. In his mind, he was simply giving this goddess a warm, safe home.
Besides, for all her questionable logic, Aqua had founded the Axis Church, an extremely inclusive religion.
So long as you weren't a demon, magical beast, or undead, as long as you believed in Aqua, you'd be welcomed and sheltered by the Axis faith.
Never mind that most Axis followers had… questionable sanity and were rabid fanatics; their unity was beyond doubt.
Hayashi Maki didn't dislike this goddess whose doctrine embraced basically everyone. In fact, he admired her a little.
He even suspected that Aqua's strange way of thinking had been influenced by her zealot followers over time.
After all, goddesses drew their divine power from their believers.
Back to the main point.
Taking advantage of her drunken state, Hayashi Maki continued to gently cradle Aqua's face, savoring the kiss.
Her divine power seemed to slide harmlessly over his demonic nature—likely because she'd been designated as his "item" when he reincarnated.
Still, he preferred to think of himself as a "special" kind of demon. Even angels like Gabriel hadn't been able to see through his identity, after all.
"Mm… mmm… ah…"
Half-conscious, Aqua responded to his kiss, arms instinctively twining around his neck as if she'd found something fun to cling to.
Her reaction made Hayashi Maki stop hesitating.
He held her a little closer, letting the situation naturally grow more intimate, intoxicated by the rare experience of being this close to a goddess.
Time passed.
Aqua's brows knitted, and she clutched at his neck tightly.
The alcohol had burned off enough that she was waking up; she opened her eyes, tears gathering as she stared at the "shameless" man in front of her.
"Waaah… you… you bullied me! Dragging me down to this gods-forsaken world was bad enough, but now you even… even… uuwaaaah…"
Aqua howled in injustice, bursting into ugly sobs.
But as she cried, she didn't push him away.
Instead, cheeks flushed bright red, she hugged him tighter, sneaking glances at him through wet lashes.
Her beautiful face, smudged with tearful blush, somehow looked even more captivating.
Hayashi Maki smiled faintly.
Just as he thought—Aqua was a goddess who loved pleasure as much as anyone else.
Faced with his shamelessness, she might scream and cry at first, but she quickly accepted reality. Her goddess brain just did not operate on normal logic.
He didn't waste words.
Lowering his head again, he caught her lips in another kiss and patiently guided the flustered goddess, teaching her how to respond, how to move, step by step.
It was his first time "studying" together with a goddess, and he had no intention of letting the opportunity go to waste.
Cradled in his arms, Aqua half-closed her eyes, slowly becoming more accustomed and responsive.
Her pale arms wrapped around his neck, and, little by little, the goddess grew more practiced at this new kind of "lesson."