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C138: GODS’ BILL
Thus, my farm temporarily became an “izakaya farm.”
Not just any izakaya, but an izakaya of the gods.
Is that a good thing or not? I don’t know either.
“My Lord! Medusa at table number three wants a rolled omelet with cod roe!”
“Tables two to five are requesting additional boiled daikon!”
“Additional kamaboko!”
“Here, too!”
“We don’t have enough sake, Garra Rufa!!!”
Orders keep coming in one after the other as I swing my pan in the kitchen.
“I’m on it!!! Also, could someone go to the storehouse and check if we still have ingredients?!”
Every single resident on the farm is busy.
The mermaids, as well as the demon duo Batemy and Belena, are running around as waitresses. The monster team goes to the fields or the mountains to get more ingredients. The satyr group keeps making milk. The elves are helping me with the cooking while the earth spirits are on dishwashing duty.
Only Veil doesn’t care about what’s going on, sleeping like a log inside the house.
The gods came in like a storm devouring our farm’s reserves.
“
I has’t hadst mine own filleth,” says one of the gods.
It’d kill us in ways more than one if you haven’t.
If they continued their feast, our farm would really lose all of its reserves.
“
My, t-that’s a relief!” says Sensei, the one who summoned the gods.
Even The Lifeless King is helpless against the divine group as he can only stand by anxiously.
“This is the very first timeth we has’t hath taken such a fine offering. We certes hadst our filleth.”
“I blesseth this dashimaki tamago as the food of the gods.”
“I’m blessin’ this yakitori as the food of the gods!”
“I shalt blesseth this beer as divine wine
”
“Unlucky for thee, but I has’t already did bless yond,” nonchalantly says the gods one after the other.
“Very well, I believeth it’s timeth for us to depart
”
“Indeed, but first, alloweth us giveth the saint a reward.”
Huh?
What reward?
“Wherefore the surprised visage? Didst thee very much bethink we wouldst consume our meals for free and leaveth without a single form of gratitude?”
“We art not unprincipled daws like Zeus. We shall payeth for all yond we consumed,” assure Hades and Poseidon, representatives of the rest of the deities.
Well, nothing would be better than getting rewarded for our efforts, I suppose

“But with all due respect, it still comes to me as a surprise. I thought gods were more unreasonable than this.”
“100% of yond image wast did create by Zeus.”
Oh, I see.
“
To all deities presenteth here the present day, I wouldst liketh to remindeth thee to never speaketh a word of this Elysium to Zeus.”
“OF COURSE!!!”
The gods unanimously agree.
“If that gent finds out about this place, that gent belike wanteth to calleth this his exclusive sanctuary and ruleth over it.”
“On top of yond, that gent shall berattle the children of men and eventually rid everything.”
“To prevent yond from happening, nay word of this Elysium might not but beest uttered in front of Zeus!”
“If that gent doest findeth out, all of us shall uniteth and beat that gent to a pulp!”
Well

Being protected by the gods themselves is more reassuring than ever.
“Let us not get side-tracked. What we shouldst beest talking about nou is what kind of reward to giveth our most wondrous saint.”
“Just so thee knoweth, that gent hast already hath taken a gift from Hephaestus. Keepeth in mind to not breaketh the promise of not giving more than one gift.”
Didn’t he also say that before?
Just what exactly is this “promise?”
“Longeth, longeth ago, Zeus bestowed the human race various blessings.”
“He excessively gaveth those folk protection, blessings, and holy armor to nay endeth. As a result, the human raceth becameth as stout as the gods yond it beganeth to disrupt the balanceth of the world.”
“Those were very much tough times. At yond timeth, the most wondrous hero of the human race gathered all the power that gent couldst and easily did betray Zeus just liketh yond and hath tried to overthrow us all.”
“The Three Realm Deities then cooperated and did manage to suppress that gent. Those three gents then established a gage not to giveth too much power to a single child to serve as a lesson henceforth.”
The more I listen to their story, the more it makes sense.
A significant imbalance in power is indeed bad.
“Though we can nay longether bestow upon thee any further protection, ‘r blessings after receiving Hephaestus’ gift
 Let’s seeth, as compensation for thy generous offerings, we’ll promiseth thee a bountiful foison for the rest of the year.”
“That we shalt.”
Holy light spread from the palms of Hades and Poseidon, outstretching their hands together.
“Can I wend next?” says the goddess with wavy, dark-blonde hair that shines like the surface of the sea shimmering in the setting sun.
“I am Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon. I has’t been wondering for a while nou, but thou art parteth of our family, yes?”
“H-Huh?”
She’s pointing at Platy.
“I bethought so! You’re quite the witch, being able to changeth thy compliment extern with charm potions! As recognition of thy ability and as grant you mercy for the present day, I shalt bestow upon thee ‘Flote Mother Goddess’ Blessing!’”
Platy’s body absorbs the light emitted from Amphitrite’s palm.
“W-Wow
 I can feel that I’ve been given something incredible
”
Even Platy couldn’t hide her amazement.
“Don’t worry, mine own blessing is not limited liketh Hades’!”
“Good now, I’m next
”
The next goddess that spoke had jet-black, shiny, beautiful hair, in contrast to Amphitrite.
It makes you think of the sea at night with her wavy black hair.
“I also has’t a particular witch in mind
 Thee.”
“Huh? Me?!”
The black-haired goddess chooses Puffer, Witch of the Bitter Cold.
“
I can bid yond thee shall support a dutiful sir one of these days. Hence, I, Medusa, shalt bestow upon thee “The Flote Princess’ Blessing.’”
Puffer then absorbed the beam of light that was emitted from the deity.
“I’m grateful for whatever’s being given to me, but
 What’s this about “supporting a dutiful man?!”
The gods continue to pick particular people they like and give them all sorts of blessings.
“You there, orc. I senseth a sparketh of righteousness from thy eyes yond is hard to cometh across. I, Rhadamanthys, judgeth of the underworld, shalt grant thee the power to seeth through valorous and evil.”
“You behold tough for a demon! I, Orion, god of hunting, shall giveth thee the power to readeth the stars!”
“You must beest elves. I, Hypnos, shalt grant thee sleep yond shall sootheth thee twice as better.”
And so on.
The rest of the gods gave whatever they wanted to whomever they wanted and paid their bill their own way.
“Well then, children of men, thee has’t did satisfy us gods. Nothing maketh us more blissful than seeing such good-hearted children such as thyselves walking the visage of this earth.”
After saying that, the gods vanished and returned to their realm.
Now that it’s over, all that had happened was so astonishing that it makes me wonder if any of it was real.
After the ruckus that swept us like a violent storm, what we got was

“Hey, Dear, for some reason, knowledge of potions that I never knew before are starting to pop up in my mind
”
“I can stuff more magic in my potions now!”
“Is it just me, or am I running way faster than before?”
A drastic power-up for all our residents.