SWDnovel Chapter 118 Aqua Also Has a Fragment of Godhood
Chapter 118 Aqua Also Has a Fragment of Godhood
Chapter 118 Aqua Also Has a Fragment of Godhood
"Waaaaah—slurp...waaaah—!"
Aqua lay on her side on the ground, curled up in a ball, and began to sob pitifully. Her body was covered in wet, sticky toad slime, and she smelled foul.
Beside her was a giant frog that was already emitting a burnt smell.
The image of the two figures, one large and one small, was both striking and familiar, and Shi Chen almost couldn't help but laugh.
"Mmm... Thank you, thank you, thank you! Waaaaaah—!" Aqua couldn't help but burst into tears, crying like a little child, completely unlike a goddess.
Although she never really looked like a goddess.
"Aqua, are you alright?" Kazuma Sato couldn't help but ask, even though they were a bit far apart.
"N-nothing... *sniff*..." Aqua sniffed, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Well, how about we call it a day? Aqua needs to wash up," Yuuyu said considerately.
"Yes, that's true." Huihui said with a serious expression.
She almost grabbed her staff and joined in, but thankfully Aqua acted first.
She couldn't bear to imagine how terrible it would be if she looked like that, all sticky and gooey.
"Alright then, let's go back first. Aqua might need to rest for a while." Toki nodded and turned to walk towards the town.
"Huh? Time, aren't you going to give me a hand?" Aqua couldn't help but ask.
"No... that..." Shi Chen paused, turning back to look at her meaningfully: "The way you are, it's really..."
.
"How could you despise me?" Aqua asked incredulously.
"It's not that I look down on you, it's that any normal person would look down on you. You can ask everyone if you don't believe me."
"Um..." Everyone turned their heads away without waiting for Aqua to look over.
"How...how could you...aren't we comrades?"
"We're all friends, but you can't make things difficult for us," Kazuma Sato said bluntly.
"I'm a goddess! How dare you despise me? I don't want to! I'm hurt right now, you have to carry me back! Carry me now! Carry me now!" Aqua suddenly started throwing a tantrum.
What's quite amazing is that her skirt defies the laws of gravity and can't be lifted up at all, so only a tiny bit of her thigh can be seen.
However, she's sticky and smelly right now, and even the most abnormal person wouldn't have the mind to think about these things.
"Aqua, can't you summon water? Hurry up and wash yourself," Toki reminded her.
"Oh right!" Aqua paused, then quickly sat up.
"Water, come!"
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a column of water descended from the sky, submerging Aqua from head to toe. The water was so large that it poured down like a waterfall, even though there was no source.
"Wow, so much water!"
"Get away from here!"
"Is Aqua that powerful?" Megumin looked at this scene in surprise.
"Have you forgotten? Aqua is the High Priestess."
"Ah, I almost forgot."
"Haha, Aqua's appearance is indeed easy to forget, but she is really amazing."
"I've already figured it out."
"Shichen, I'm ready now, can you carry me on your back?"
The water column suddenly disappeared, and incredibly, the water that had just fallen to the ground was also gone. Aqua was completely clean, and her clothes were not wet at all.
As expected of the goddess of water, she can indeed control water at will.
"Why do you still want me to carry you when you're alright?"
"I want you to carry me on your back, and you didn't protect me just now!"
"You... never mind."
Tokichi decided not to argue with a fool. He went to Aqua's side, turned his back to her, and squatted down.
"Come on up."
"Hehe~ Toki, you're still quite good at listening~" Aqua happily jumped onto Toki's back.
Feeling the softness against his back, Shi Chen was glad he hadn't refused. He silently stood up and walked toward the town.
"Let's go back."
"Shichen, I want you to carry me too!" Huihui followed him and grabbed his clothes.
"How am I supposed to memorize this now?"
"I don't care, figure it out yourself. Why can you carry Aqua but not me?"
"Hmph~ Don't you know the difference between first come, first served?" Aqua said smugly.
"You haven't contributed much, and you've only made things worse, so why should Shichen bear the blame?"
"But you didn't contribute anything either!"
"Then... let Shichen carry Youyou!"
"Huh? Me? Me?" Yu-Yu paused for a moment, pointed at herself, looked at Aqua on the back of the clock, imagined herself in that situation, and immediately felt embarrassed.
"You guys, stop fooling around. The mission is already complete. Let's go back and hand it in first, okay? From now on, I'll take turns carrying you guys, alright?" Shi Chen said helplessly.
"You said it yourself." Huihui stared intently at Shichen.
"It's just carrying you on my back, it's not like it's anything strenuous."
"That's good!"
"Brother Shi, do I have one too?" Sato Kazuma asked.
What do you think?
"I'm so sorry, I was overthinking it."
"Then why aren't you leaving yet?"
"Wait, what about these giant frogs? Aren't frog meat edible? Are we just going to leave them here?"
"Staff will come to handle it."
"Will they deduct money from my pay?"
"Wait, I think we should, but let's take it back ourselves."
Shi Chen remembered that the guild staff would charge a service fee. They weren't very wealthy yet, so every little bit they could earn was a bonus.
"But... how are we going to carry so many giant frogs? We can't even manage one per person, can we?"
"Leave it to me."
As Shichen spoke, he released one hand that was pressing on Aqua's thigh and swung it towards the giant frog's corpse.
His magic was applied to the giant frog's body, and then the giant frog actually floated up, lined up in a row, and quietly suspended in the air.
"This is... telekinesis?" Kazuma Sato's eyes lit up.
"No, it's just using magic to manipulate objects."
"Does that require a lot of magic?"
"Yes, you shouldn't even think about it."
"Damn it..."
"Alright, hurry back and turn in the quest, collect your reward, and exchange it for equipment. Don't you want to show off your skills?"
"good!"
On their way back, because of the time, a line of giant frog bodies followed behind them, unsurprisingly attracting the attention of the entire town.
It's spectacular! Dozens of giant frogs are so large, it's hard not to notice them.
Some people couldn't resist coming to the guild to see what was going on, wanting to confirm that the adventurer was so powerful.
Upon arriving at the guild, things became even more lively, startling everyone from the staff to the adventurers who were drinking and dining together.
However, Luna seemed a bit excited, giving Shichen a look that suggested she wanted to devour him. Who on earth did this?
She knew perfectly well.
There were twenty-five giant frogs in total. The normal reward was five thousand erys per frog, but because the hour brought them all back, each frog was given an extra two thousand erys.
The amount he received was a bit too much, making him suspect that Luna might be involved in something else, but he chose to pretend he didn't know.
The total reward was 175,000 eres, averaging 35,000 eres per person.
Incidentally, Eris is the unit of currency in this world, and also the name of a goddess.
Thirty-five thousand Eris isn't a lot, but it's enough to easily exchange for some equipment. After all, this is the starting village, and you don't need anything too powerful.
Moreover, having basic equipment is essential to earning more rewards.
After taking the money, Shichen carried Aqua back to the inn.
Huihui and Youyou went shopping together. It was their first time earning money, so they definitely had to celebrate.
Kazuma Sato went to buy his own equipment, and Tokimatsu lent him his reward money.
This wasn't because he was being kind to him, but rather to help him grow up quickly so that he could be bossed around.
It's just a loan, not something he doesn't want back. He's not that nice of a person, unless it's lent to Huihui or the others, then he might not want it.
Of course, there was another reason why he was so kind as to lend him money: this guy had completely abandoned Aqua.
Shi Chen wasn't really interested in the fool, but on the way back with her on his back, he discovered that she actually had a fragment of divine power on her!