Chapter 381: Khan Gave Up
「We’re back. 」
「You’re here. 」
「Welcome back. 」
Dinosso and Butler were in the room when we returned.
「Eh, is the quail enough? 」
I whirled back to Retze, who was standing behind me.
「What are you fretting about, you should worry about the topography first. 」
Dinosso, whose eyes I met first the moment we came in, commented.
「Why do I have to worry about a grand thing like that when I just came back from eating out? 」
「Argh, why you! That’s because YOU brought a GRAND DEITY back here, for crying out loud! You even requested to change the course of a river! And there’s Doggy too!! 」
“Doggy” sounds a bit weird coming from Dinosso.
「Why don’t we restra… let Jean-sama sit down first. 」
Hey, Butler! You were about to say something horrible while grinning as usual, didn’t you!?
「Ahh. Khan and Hauron.. seemed to have gotten caught up with “Doggy”, huh. Well, Hauron seems to have an inkling of what’s going on. 」
I followed Retze’s gaze and saw the other two facing the shadows of the room while sitting down.
Asas was propped on a sideboard looking thing on the wall, complete with his burlap sack. An expensive looking cloth was sheeted underneath, complete with floral decoration, but yeah, it’s still a burlap sack. I wonder if Asas liked it…
「You told me to consider the topography, but isn’t this place basically flat, so there shouldn’t be too big of a change, right? 」
I sat down on the sofa-looking chair and cleared the table.
「It’s important if you’re considering the river bends when you can’t even see the other shore of Es River. 」
Dinosso stared at me while grumbling, but he still helped me clear the table. Daddy is so diligent, huh.
「The monsters near Khan’s temple are way too strong that nobody settled there, right? Es had been pretty nonchalant about it, just saying that the river flowed there in the olden days. 」
I unwrapped the leaves covering the quail and divided it, a portion for each person in the room.
I served nasu dengaku* — a bit of Japanese cuisine — with something they were familiar with, which is the cheese, and also added the cashew nuts, something that’s also available in Es. Plenty of beer for everyone, tons of wine for Khan.
「I already told you that you shouldn’t be as carefree and casual dealing with the deities as if it’s something ordinary! 」
Dinosso took a bite of the quail.
Butler revived Khan and Hauron — Khan’s cup had been filled to the bream and now he’s guzzling it. Hauron too.
「Why the heck would you dare name the God of Tempest and War as Doggy — no, I already knew that that esteemed Deity favored appearing as a Jackal. Still, even if you made a mistake, he’s not a dog. His jet-black visage is both ferocious and wild.
Khan rumbled on as soon as his cup hit the table. Butler quietly poured him another cup.
I didn’t have any violent reaction or anything and just continued munching on the fried cashew nuts. Retze was lightly pulling my other cheek, but I didn’t let that bother me.
「I understand the situation now that we have conversed with Asas-sama, but I still can’t get why it came to this… 」
Hauron sighed.
「I believe it isn’t good for lovers to keep on fighting. 」
I can’t help but think that they were just waiting for a human to drag into their mess.
Retze pulled my cheek again.
「I’m counting on your explanation. 」
「Yeah… 」
Khan responded to Retze’s urging, then Hauron started explaining. Retze’s eyes were steadily getting narrower, then he finally spoke.
「Uwah, so basically, they can’t keep the God of Bountiful Harvest locked up forever, so they were waiting for someone they could push him to. And that’s where Jean came into the picture, huh. 」
「This guy here nonchalantly went there on his own, and he’s also the one who coincidentally caught the deities’ eye, and he’s also the one responsible for the chaos after. 」
Khan’s demeanor was grave.
「The other deities probably never imagined the God of Tempest and War getting tied up to a contract, much less have his name overwritten. 」
Retze seemed deeply moved for some reason.
「It’s one heck of a situation, really bizarre, but thankfully Asas-sama agreed to go to the underground temple — the God of Tempest and War might be scary, but Es-sama is far more dreadful. Never did I imagine that my concerns will be solved this way, though. 」
S-sama…**
From Dinosso’s Doggy, to Khan’s S-sama — I don’t know how I should react to that. Oh well, I guess I can’t do anything with my cheek getting pulled.
「Alright, we’re going to chalk this incident as something that can’t be helped, but Jean, for goodness sake, do something about your habit of casually naming spirits based on your impression of them, will you. 」
「I’ll do my best. 」
「The contract… it’s supposed to be sacred, it needs intense time-consuming preparations, and can even be perilous at times… And yet… 」
Hauron was bawling his eyes out.
「Khan and Hauron seemed to have resigned themselves and gave up while you two were away, but still, don’t go picking up weird stuff, alright? 」
Dinosso counseled.
「If only Retze can accompany Jean… 」
「No way!! 」
Retze refused before Khan could finish his sentence.
「We’ll be at ease if you go with him. If it’s commission then we’re gonna pay you, okay? 」
「I’ll die in a heartbeat. 」
Retze rejected Hauron’s proposal in a heartbeat.
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Current schedule: Every 80 hours
Lol if retze start go with MC everywhere, he would either lose his sane or end to become another jean being carefree giving up