I took a deep breath as I held a bucket on one hand and a mop on the other, with a duster and a broom under my arm.
‘Okay. Okay!’
“Excuse me!”
I called out at the top of my lungs as I opened the door. The sight of Kami-sama’s refreshingly clean room greeted my eyes. It seemed that I had cleaned a lot yesterday.
The slightly clean window let in a ray of morning light.
Because the furniture was no longer here, the room was a bit brighter, and it felt good.
I unconsciously turned my gaze towards the fireplace’s corner..
Kami-sama really had this habit of staying in the corners just like a wallflower, especially choosing inconspicuous places in the shadows.
He was probably thinking of stuff like ‘I’m here so that I won’t scare them off’, but it’s actually terrifying if he suddenly popped out of the shadows.
…….Well, these were my thoughts as my eyes searched for him.
‘Eh?’
He wasn’t in his usual place.
Oh, so he was beside the window.
He was in a sunny spot, jiggling as if he’s basking in the sun.
“Kami-sama?”
“— Oh, Eleanor-san. Good morning.”
He turned around, and well, he was still his muddy mountain self.
But I couldn’t pinpoint it, but there’s something uncomfortable about him.
‘He doesn’t seem to have changed that much based on his appearance, though…..’
“Kami-sama, are you refreshed even for just a bit? And, you do not smell like before….?”
That quivering, sticky feeling — it seemed to be fading.
If it’s the usual, the ground around him should be very dirty, but that wasn’t the case today. It was just a bit dirty.
Kami-sama didn’t seem to realize this, though.
He seemed to shake in bewilderment when he heard my words.
And this way of trembling, it’s not sticky, but jiggly.
“Is that so?”
“Might be my….imagination, I guess?”
“What to do now. I don’t have eyes, so I can’t see my own appearance….”
He anxiously replied, and he shivered, as if trying to change himself.
Afterward, he extended his body, as if to peer at me. He then heaved a gentle sigh.
“You’re cheerful now, it seems.”
“Ah, yes. ….Sorry for my unsightly appearance yesterday.”
I embarrassedly scratched my cheek when Kami-sama pointed that out.
I was a bit of a spectacle yesterday, but I already cried my heart out as soon as I returned to the room, and my feeling had already calmed down this morning.
‘It’s been a long time since I cried, now that I think about it. I was always just angry, after all.’
For me, the only person worth crying for was my late mom.
I also complain to my sis, but most of the time, I’m more predisposed to anger, probably because of my personality.
However, there’s something wrong with my eyes so I couldn’t stop crying.
I think it’s all because Kami-sama was the one who listened to all my venting.
“Thank you very much for putting up with all my complaints. Thanks to that, I feel refreshed now.”
“Eleanor-san, I’m gla—”
“Well, just refreshed but still angry, though!”
I interrupted Kami-sama’s relieved words, then I put the cleaning tools down with a thud. The bucket was filled with water, so I mercilessly threw the rug in and wrung it afterward.
This will be Eric and Father’s fate in the near future.
“I thought about this the whole night, but I’ll probably see him if we’re going to discuss that consolation money. In that case, even if he didn’t believe my letters, if we met directly then I can tell him a lot of things, right?”
“….Y, yes?”
“I won’t cling to him, that’s too admirable. I just want to tell him the truth, and I want to be the one to demand consolation money from him!! I’m so gonna wring him dry!! If he doesn’t agree, then he should go ahead and kneel before me and take back that ‘engagement withdrawal’ nonsense!!!! ”
I would stop at nothing if that meant he would cry and beg for my forgiveness.
I’m going to grab on to his weakness, and my married life will be peaceful, right?
An ideal married couple just like my sis might be impossible but — well, that’s fine!
I also yearn to be like my late mom, a strong woman who could support her house even with a good-for-nothing husband!
“…………………………………………….You’re really… fine now.”
I gripped the dried rag that didn’t have a single drop of water remaining in it. Kami-sama quietly whispered.
He then bitterly laughed, as if he’s exasperated yet relieved at the same time.
Kami-sama’s chuckles were a bit brighter than normal.
The rising sun behind him was so dazzling that I narrowed my eyes.
The rays of the warm spring sun somehow heated the cold, gloomy room.
The modest chuckles echoed throughout the silent room.
It was probably because of this mellow ambience that I feel so comfortable in this narrow, empty room.
I stared at the swaying form of cheerful Kami-sama under the sunlight —
“…………………….By the way…”
I’m not sure why I ran my mouth at that time.
“In order to purify the filth, the Saintess and the Kami-sama must sleep together — Is it true?”
“Gggfffu!?”
When I nonchalantly asked him, Kami-sama let out a sound that I’ve never heard before.
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