While forcibly dragging Gon, I arrived at the shrine. The three-year gathering of the white fox, if he didnât go, his abilities will disappear. I must avoid it at all costs.
I am going to do my utmost to help Gon. I donât know about the attitude of this Ohi-sama, but in the worst case, Iâm prepared to exchange a few moves with her.
That being said, Iâm not going there to pick a fight. I want to resolve this peacefully and prepared a certain countermeasure. It is said that she has her aides by her side. We can try theăGift Strategyă. In my previous life, I was used to dealing with superiors.
Thatâs why I spent some time to make ohagi and fried tofu. Ohagi and fried tofu, that I left in the shrine a while ago, had miraculously disappeared. Believing that they liked it, I made a lot of both of them. If they didnât, I will just give it to the harpies.
We stood in front of the shrine. For a moment, my surroundings became pure white. Before I noticed, we appeared in front of the large mansion.
The gate quietly opened. Once inside, I saw a Japanese style house. There was a fox in a peculiar outfit sitting in front of the entrance. When we approached,
ăI was waiting for youă
She slightly lowered her head and led us inside. Gon was completely nervous, but she didnât care and proficiently guided us inside. Surprisingly, my map doesnât work here, is there some kind of a barrier?
Soon, we arrived at the hall. In the far end of the room, two foxes were sitting. We entered inside and sat in front of them.
ăOh, the one, who was dispatched to the Juka Kingdom, finally came backă
ăIt is good that you came back. Did you wash your neck?ă
Hohoho, laughed his superiors. A sudden preemptive strike was fired. Gon was completely defeated by it. He seems to have a trauma.
ăYou even brought a friend with you. You probably donât know any manners, but I will allow you to tell me your name. Go ahead, state your nameă
I breathed out and prepared my speech. I used a certain performance as a reference.
ăI apologize for sullying your mood. Iâm one of your faithful believers from the Hideta Empire named as Rinos. On this occasion, I presumptuously accompanied a white fox here. Although I overstepped my bounds, I hope you can forgive me. Iâm aware of the intricacies of your relationships, but I still hope to have a fruitful conversationă (TN: This one was harder than the rest of the chapter combined)
ăâŠâŠHo, quite courteous of you. It seems that you at least have etiquette in your skillsă
All right, the first objective clear! Letâs go to the next step.
ăToday, we are here to offer you our humble food. It might not suit your palate, but I still wish to present you with ită
I took out a lot of ohagi and fried tofu from the infinite storage. They immediately showed a reaction.
ăThis is something we found amongst the offerings a while ago. That thing was superb. It is even so muchâŠ..You are such a lovely boy. Umumu, leave it to us. I will bring Ohi-sama right awayă
The superiors were surprisingly easy to deal with. They called Ohi-sama and waited in front of the bamboo curtain. After a while, the bamboo curtain was lifted
âŠâŠand I saw a giant fox there. She truly had nine tails and was rather silver than white. She gave me a radiant feeling. Gon was desperately prostrating on the floor, and I followed him in his prostration.
ăUmu. The one from the Juka KingdomâŠâŠ.This one is willing to listen to you. You brought a mysterious person in our abodeâŠâŠBut on behalf of your offering, this one will allow it. You can raise your headă
Gon became even more scared. While being relieved with her permission, I saw her aides nodding at her.
ăThis place isnât suitable for a conversation. You two can follow this mistress insideă
The bamboo curtain was lifted aside. It seems, she called us in a different room. A different fox appeared and guided us inside, once we passed through the corridor
ăI can only guide you up to here. The inner chambers are just ahead. Please proceed insideă
she said so and disappeared. We quietly pass through the corridor and headed towards the room.
ăIâm glad that those girls didnât lash on me this timeă
ăSomehow we managed to pass. The gift strategy was successfulă
ăIâm saved. But still, Ohi-sama is beautiful no matter how many times I look at her. I want to have such a princess as my wife. That would be nice. At least for three daysâŠâŠ..ă
ăWhat the hell are you saying? You are her follower. Forget about Ohi-sama. Just go and buy a prostitute when we are home!ă
While having a silly conversation, we arrived at our destination. When we opened the sliding door, we saw two cushions. Once we sat down, we waited for Ohi-sama to start a conversation.
ăThis mistress summoned you here to ask for a favoră
I smell something troublesome.
ăOhagi and fried tofu from the last offering. I wonât ask for itâŠâŠ.every day. Can you offer it once a week? Of course, it wonât be for free. This mistress will bestow a worthy reward upon youă
ăThat would be easy for me. But is it safe to assume that you forgave this Gon?ă
ăUmu. This mistress took a liberty to look through your memory up until now. Including you killing thousands of people and becoming a Great Demon King. Even though you are of the same race, you can still accumulate the experience from killing. The experience gathered from such a number of people is tremendous, thatâs what boosted your skill to such an extentă
Hou, I see.
ăThe fact that you gave up on being the Great Demon King is not because of that fox, but because of your own heart. More than that, This mistress is deeply pleased with you dealing with that demon fox, Paoran. That shitty bitch was leading our people astray. She even killed some our usă
I see. Mm? Did I just hear something outrageous?
ăTherefore, this mistress forgives that fox. Forget about that, ohagi! Fried tofu! Even this mistress, didnât eat something so exquisite in 10000 years. It is a waste to leave it all to the officials. You are to bring it directly to this mistressă
Such a spoiled princess. Iâm totally fine with this arrangement, you know?
ăOh! So you accept. To repay you, this mistress will bestow theăDivine Protectionăupon you. This one will also raise your liberal arts, while at it. Un? You have a lot of imposing titles. This might be a little difficulttâŠ.this isâŠ..ă
Ohi-samaâs body shone. Like that, I obtainedăDivine Protection LV5ăandăLiberal Arts LV5ă.
ăWith Divine Protection you can bestow and deprive people of their skills. Normally, you can only take or give skill below your own LV. But starting from LV4, you can manipulate the skill of the same LV as your own. WhenăLiberal Arts LV5ăincrease in level, you can freely interact with other species. You a lot of different species around you, right? It should be rather convenient to youă
(TN: From what I understood, he received a language cheat and can deprive/bestow skills of the same level of his own (but only if he already has one, he shouldnât be able to steal skills which he doesnât already have))
Oh! Iâm going to dance in joy!
ăA lot of your skill have reached the god-class and you obtained a multitude of titles as a result. Thanks to that, this mistress was quite hard pressed to grant you these skills. Most likely, this mistress wonât be able to alter your skills any moreă
Didnât know that the titles have such a characteristic. Un? Gon doesnât have any titles, butâŠâŠ
ăHe is under me and acts on my behalfă
I see. So that is the reason.
ăThankâs to granting you the skills, this mistressâ Mp decreased quite a bit. Yes, granting and depriving the skills consumes a lot of MP, so be careful. Itâs been a while seen this mistress used so much and this mistress became tired. Letâs give up increasing you skills any further on this occasion. Chieda, Saeda, if someone comes to see this one, you are to send them awayă
Acknowledged, said the aides. Is it all right?
ăCome to think of it, when you were about to enter this room, you voiced a strange word. ăbuyaprostituteă, what does it mean?ă
ThisâŠ.Iâm troubled how to answer.
ăW-we, common people, when we want to come home and relax, sayăbuyaprostituteăă
(TN: All right, you probably didnât understand a thing. Consider this an untranslatable wordplay. In the sentence above he just explains it as if it was an abbreviation. The fox god treats that as a single word)
ăOh, so thatâs how it wasă
I somehow succeeded. After that, we returned to our mansion. I still need to make more of fried tofu and ohagi.
âŠ.One day, we had a visitor from Ohi-sama. An old fox named Sandill.
Sandill is the second oldest fox after Ohi-sama with an age of 6000 years. His intimate attitude creeped out the females on the first glance.
Ohi-sama didnât like Sandill very much. Be it his actions or his attitude. She always thought of sending him away.
ăThe one who worships the princessâ beautiful face, Sandill, at your serviceă
ăYou must be tired as of late. This one allows you to take a break and buy a prostituteă
After that, Sandill went away for a week, while Ohi-sama enjoyed her free time.
Ohi-sama (Fox God, 10112 years old) LV97
MP: 18745
Presence Detection LV5
Liberal Arts LV5
Barrier Magic LV3
Evasion LV5
Recovery Magic LV4 Erudite, Sage, Life and Death, Renowned Scout
Erudite: Liberal Arts LV5
Life and Death: Divine Protection LV5
Renowned Scout: Presence Detection LV5, Mana Detection LV5, Evasion LV5
Rinos (Barrier Master, 15 years old) LVâ
MP: 62874
Fire Magic LV5
Wind Magic LV5
Earth Magic LV4
Life Magic LV2
Appraisal Magic LV5
MP Recovery LV5
Mana Detection LV5
Body Strengthening LV5
Etiquette LV3 (UP)
Paralysis Resistance LV5
Mental Resistance LV5
Divine Protection LV5 (NEW!)
God of War, God of Knowledge, Greater Demon, Iron Man, Iron Fist, God of Barriers, Ace, Skilled Warrior, Renowned Scout, Life and Death, Erudite
God of War: Sword Arts LV5, Lightning Magic LV5, Wind Magic LV5
Greater Demon: Black Magic LV5
Iron Fist: Body Strengthening LV5
Ace: Fire Magic LV5, Water Magic LV5
Renowned Scout: Presence Detection LV5, Mana Detection LV5, Evasion LV5