Every story has a beginning and an end.
Eventually, the end always comes. Humans are born, and in the end, they face death.
But that isn't the end of the story. Even if a human dies, the story continues. They might be revered because they died, or they might be condemned or re-evaluated only after death.
However, one day, the story does reach an end. Are the heroes and gods that people know today truly all there is?
No.
There are gods and heroes whose records never remained, heroes who died as mere nameless soldiers. And ordinary people.
Stories eventually end when they are forgotten or fail to be recorded. Even a hero of a nation is eventually forgotten as eternal time flows, and thus the story ends.
It's a pity.
And someone might say this: What meaning is there in a story at the moment it is denied existence?
Perhaps that's true. To cross trials and hardships only to find a bad ending... it's quite cruel.
Ah, for the record, that has nothing to do with us. I was just using it as an example. Though, I suppose we are similar in being denied? Haha.
Has the story been fun so far? I hope so.
The story I'm about to tell now is a story of a pleasant adventure.
This is the story of the adventure that I, the Master, am having. It might be a mess... and I might get seriously angry.
By the way, it hasn't started yet. Later, you'll all find out when it begins.
So, please enjoy reading it.
"Yaaaawn..."
At 8 AM, I stretched and sat up. This feeling of my chest being heavy and my shoulders being stiff is always uncomfortable, yet it feels good at the same time.
"Zzzzz..."
Ishtar was sleeping soundly beside me. Since I missed her in a way, I occasionally ask her to sleep with me like this.
Perhaps... such a future actually existed. Of course, it wouldn't have been me.
"Ishtar, wake up~"
"Mmm... just one more hour..."
"Sleeping too much is bad for your skin~"
"I'm a goddess, so I'm fine... munya..."
She's a goddess who's weak in the morning~ In that regard, she's just like my sister.
I got up first and went into the shower for my morning wash. Letting the water hit me, I looked at myself in the mirror.
I am still five years old. However, thanks to a drug the Queen of Sheba gave me secretly, I am currently an adult.
I look exactly like Kama's third form, the adult version.
"...I'm pretty."
Even I think I'm beautiful. If I grew up without medicine, would I turn out like this?
"What are you doing?"
"Whoa, Ishtar!?"
Ishtar had walked in just then. She startled me... More importantly, she must have heard me...
Ishtar has a great figure too, even if her chest is smaller than mine. Still...
Dumpty probably likes them big.
"Hey, you're thinking of something weird, aren't you?"
"Eh!?"
"Are you looking down on me because my chest is small? As the Goddess of Beauty, changing my body is nothing. I just stick to this because I think it's the best!"
"Is that how it was...?"
A busty Ishtar... somehow, that feels wrong.
Streeeetch!
"There's that 'thinking weird thoughts' face again!"
"Aaaaah! Ow, that hurts!"
Ishtar pulled on my cheeks. Her personality really is just like a sister's...
"Is it because of these breasts? You're getting cocky just because your body got bigger, you brat!"
"Hyang♡! P-Please don't touch them!"
While showering, Ishtar teased me like she always does. She really is full of mischief. I messed around with her too as we finished our shower. I'm getting hungry~
"Are you not going to eat?"
Ishtar immediately flopped back onto the bed.
"I'm tired~ Besides, I'm a Servant, so I don't really need to eat anyway. And there's no one around to nag me~"
"Ishtar, you'll get fat if you keep that up."
"...Servants don't really gain weight."
"So you can gain weight?"
"There are cases like that... Anyway, I'm the Goddess of Beauty, so I'm fine~"
"For saying that... Ishtar, I think your hips got bigger."
"That's because I'm also a Goddess of Fertility. Having wide hips for easy childbirth is only natural, right? Plus, the Master likes them too."
"Ah, I see."
I already thought so based on her outfit... Ishtar, you've developed quite a lewd goddess body. Or maybe she was always like that.
Eventually, I left the room alone and went to have breakfast.
I saw friends running through the hallways, and Jack was the first to run up to me.
"Hi, Sakura!"
"Hello~ New clothes, Jack?"
"Yeah! It's the outfit I wore as a Craft Essence before. Doesn't it look cool?"
"It's cool. Did Dumpty pick it out?"
"Not really, but Mother said it looked re~ally cool!"
"It suits you perfectly, Jack."
"Thanks!"
"Sakura, are you alone today?"
Illyasviel approached and asked me. Haha, do I look like such a spoiled brat...?
"It's not like I'm always clinging to Dumpty~ I like him, but it's troublesome for both of us if I'm stuck to him too much, right? He's a popular guy."
"That's true. Later... another 'growth event' might happen though~ Stay on your toes, Sakura."
Illyasviel looked up at me with a smirk. Somehow... it felt like looking at Sitonai, or rather, Kuro.
"Illyasviel, Kuro is calling for you."
"Kuro?"
"Yeah. Apparently, she and Ruby messed something up while making something."
"Again...? We'll be going now."
Illyasviel let out a sigh and trudged away, looking dejected. How unfortunate...
"Are you having pancakes again today~?"
"No, today it's Salisbury steak! They said they'd make it with the meat I caught!"
"Salisbury steak, huh~ I'll eat some of that with my pancakes~"
Kingprotea asked Bunyan about today's menu, and Bunyan smiled broadly in anticipation of the steak. Abigail seems fully intent on having pancakes again today.
"Mmm~ Just look at these kids~ Going to get some grub?"
"They'll probably just have pancakes again, Shuten. Don't you know there are other sweets besides pancakes? Have something else! Like cream puffs!"
"Good morning~"
"Mornin' to ya~"
I ran into Shuten and Ibaraki in the hallway and headed to the cafeteria together. Dumpty wasn't there yet, so I decided to eat with the children first.
"Phew~ As expected, alcohol and kushikatsu are the best in the morning~"
"This is delicious!"
Shuten ate fried skewers and drank alone, while I and the other children ate steak and sweet desserts together.
I am the youngest yet look like an adult, while Shuten looks like a child but is actually the oldest. In a way, it was a very bizarre sight. A horned kid drinking alcohol while an adult sits next to her eating a parfait. Even I think it's weird.
"Gulp, gulp~ Phew~ This is the best!"
Across from us was Ibuki-douji, drinking straight from a keg. Shuten and Ibuki acknowledged each other's presence but peacefully continued their drinking without a care.
"Sakura... you got anythin' weighin' on your mind?"
"Something on my mind? ...It's not that there's nothing..."
"What is it? Tell me~"
Smelling of alcohol, Shuten leaned in and secretly asked about my worries...
"Well... when we, you know, do that... what should I do... to make Dumpty... happy...?"
I lowered my head as my face turned bright red. Seeing me like that, Shuten smirked.
"Aww~ How cute. My bedroom skills are top-notch, ya know? Even with a body like this, captivatin' men was a piece of cake~ But shouldn't ya be askin' that Kama girl? She's supposed to be a Goddess of Love."
"She's... kind of unreliable..."
"Ah... that girl usually crumbles and ends up on the receivin' end before anythin' even happens. She claims she's the one who leads, but she's been like that since the start."
Kama's reliability was at rock bottom for me as well... She just had the image of being a 'good girl' at heart.
"Then should I teach ya a bit...? Why don't the two of us... go to my room later? I'll get a good doll and show ya."
"A doll...?"
"Master laments that he's a 'real doll' himself... but there's a real doll made in Master's likeness separate from him."
"...Why would such a thing exist?"
"Why wouldn't it? D'ya think it's easy for Master to handle all of us at once? Even if he could, who's gonna wait around? Look at the girls. These days, some of 'em are so scared of killin' him that they satisfy themselves with that instead."
Why would they... I don't know. I don't understand...
"Ahem... well, what do you do with it? And who even made that...?"
"That Da Vinci brat and Koyanskaya. Those girls made it. And the Queen of Sheba handled the distribution."
Good heavens...
"I have one too. I'll bring it over. My room won't work since Ibaraki always visits."
Gulp...
Is it really okay for me to accept this...?
"What d'ya say?"
As Shuten asked with a smile... a shadow loomed over her.
""Vermin.""
"Ah..."
BOOOM!!!!
Shuten was sent flying as the maces of Ushigozen and Minamoto no Yorimitsu, who were standing behind me, slammed into her. So this is the 'anti-mystery' specialty... terrifying.
"Shutennnn!!!"
"The vermin is acting like a pest again."
"It's too early for Sakura, you idiot."
For some reason, I felt a little disappointed... Maybe I should ask the others...
"What's going on? What's the matter? Why does it smell like grilled squid in here?"
"It's not squid, it's Oni, Dumpty. Good morning."
"...Hmm, was today the day to eat 'Oni-giri' because there's an Oni present?"
""....""
"...What?"
His occasional lame jokes are... well, hard to react to. But I almost laughed for a second.
Thwack!
"Pfft!"
Suddenly, a tomato flew in and splattered against Dumpty's face. I couldn't help but burst out laughing... A tomato just went flying...
"Hmm, it seems the book I read just came true... Tastes sour."
"Here's a tissue~"
"Thanks, Sakura."
Well... I guess I don't really need to learn anything, right? That stuff is fine too, but... I love this daily life that I can't live without anymore.
"Hey! What are you all doing without me!"
Then, Ashtoreth came running in late. She's an adult, but she acts like a child, just like Kama. She's said to enjoy torture... but I'd like to get closer to her.
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