Studying Latin is killing my brain. This chapter was brought to you by my last 4 braincells... enjoy.
Oh, and I'll work on this week's Sunday bonus chapter since I finished most of my work in advance. I also picked up a mature,
smut yuri novel called "Willingly Baited" (On my site, not on Wattpad. Link in profile)
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From the air, Oceanis-sama pulled out a... well it's a little too big for the action to be described as pulled out...
"How is it?"
She asks confidently.
"This- this is..."
What appeared in front of me was a system kitchen* that I was familiar with using.
*Sorry for the interruption, but this is what a system kitchen looks like:\nI'm not sure if you knew already, but some may not be familiar with the name. It's like a kitchen counter, but with all the necessary things attached. More compact I guess.
You certainly wouldn't expect the Goddess to bring all this out, would you? \n\nIn my brain, I was panicking. Wait, I don't have a brain right now, do I?
But that's not the point. Just why? Why that system kitchen?
"Fuuuuu. Surprised?"
"No, it's not that I'm surprised... it's that I don't understand..."\n
Because I thought I'd never use it again...\n
"I made this from Marina-chan's, no it'd be more correct to say Mai-chan's memories."
"My... memories?"
"Yes. Because I didn't know what tools I needed."
Well, you certainly didn't ask me!
"Can you really look into my memories?"
"Eeh, of course! I'm a goddess after all!"
S- seriously...? eh, so you could hear everything I've been thinking?
"Can you hear my thoughts?"
I couldn't help but ask that.
"Aa, that I can't do."
W- what? I thought you would be able to do that too...
"It's possible if I was dealing with a human, but Marina-chan is different."
Right, I am a divine dragon. I still don't want to admit it, though!
"I can vaguely understand what you're thinking because a divine dragon is also a member of the divine family. However, you're no longer a divine dragon because you've become something else."
The way you said it was kind of scary! Am I an unidentified life form?! Me?!
"Is there a problem with me?"
I don't belong to this world.
"Well, everything's fine?"
That's pretty light answer so I'm not sure if that's just a excuse. I give her a little protesting look.
"It's okay, it's okay! I made sure of it! So stop looking at me like that!"
...I wonder if that's really true? ...I wonder if that's true... I looked at Grandpa suspiciously.
"It's okay, I also checked."
Haa, I can live in peace.
"Eh, am I not that trustworthy?!"
Behind me, Oceanis-sama fell to her knees. Is she sad?
"...Anyway...what should I do about...this?"
I asked Granpapa for help.
"Don't worry. Just leave her alone and she will recover."
Isn't that a little rough? No, isn't that the same for me?
"Well, I see... but can I use this?"
I left Oceanis-sama alone and pointed to the system kitchen.
"It's probably okay"
"But how do I carry it?"
Ah, my inventory can be used here too, right? But where do I use it?
"Where can I use it?"
"Why don't youΒ just use it here?"
No, it's too much work to come all the way to the church to cook every time.
"Uuuu... Marina-chan doesn't care about me..."
Eh, you wanted my attention?
"Umm, Oceanis-sama?"
I'll just call her by her name then.
"...wroong...."
Hm? Did I get the wrong name?
"Did I get your name wrong?"
"No, the name is correct"
Granpapa answered my question. Then why did she say it was wrong?"
"Um... what should I call you then?"
It would be quicker to ask her directly for the answer, right?
I looked at Oceanis-sama and patiently waited for her response.
"Marina, you call Gramps 'Grandpa,' right?"
"Yes, that's right."
Wait, the direction this conversation is going...
"Then call me ma-"
"I decline!"
"I haven't said anything yet?!"
What you said was enough for me to guess.
"I can't call Oceanis-sama 'Mama'."
"W- why?"
"I called Grandria papa because he created my body."
That's why I can't call Oceanis-sama, who had nothing to do with it, my mom. It may sound strange, but that's what mom and
dad mean to me. Of course, my real parents are my original mom and dad.\n
"That's not fair! Gramps is the one who made it impossible for Marina-chan to return home!"
...Well, it's true, isn't it?
"That may be true."
"Then..."
"Still, he did his best to help me and I'm very grateful for that."
[Haku] helped me when I didn't know right from left, but it was Granpapa who created it.
"So I'm grateful to him. I call him Papa because I don't have any feelings of resentment or anything like that."
But surely Oceanis-sama is also good to me... right? She gave me a system kitchen so I should be grateful for that, shouldn't I? Well, it's just as selfish of me not to call her mom, but...
"I can't call you mom, but I can call you Onee-chan?"
Somehow, she gave me the impression of a big sister who pampers her little sister a lot.
"Onee-chan, I'm an onee-chan..."
"Ah, um...?"\n
Her eyes were a little scary and she was mumbling, so I got worried and called out to her...
At that moment, I was suddenly hugged again.
"Uuuu!"
"I'm so happy!"
Shee seemed to be very happy, but...
"It hurts..."
It'd be a good idea for her to have some awareness.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!"
"Haaaa..."
I exhaled slowly. I really thought I was going to die...
"Please be careful next time, ...... Anis onee-chan."
I decided to shorten Oceanis to Anis.
"......u!"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
γ.................. You didn't have to hug me again to show your happiness, gweh...\nβββββ-
Sorry for ruining the moment with my pictures and explanations. If you want, I could put all that at the bottom. I just felt that putting it right after was easier and could clear up the confusions pretty quickly.