As promised, dinner was steaks made from Red Dragon and Earth Dragon meat. [2] Fer, Dora-chan and Sui ate until they couldnāt anymore. Thanks to that, I ended up feeling extremely tired.
After the steak dinner, I bought them the promised 5 portions of Fujiya cakes.
I thought they wouldnāt want any dessert after stuffing themselves with all that meat but I guess the saying that āsweets go into a different stomachā rings true here,
Fer seemed to have enjoyed the Premium Limited Edition Strawberry Shortcake since he dedicated all five orders to that item.
Dora-chan, on the other hand, wanted three Limited Edition Strawberry Pudding Shortcakes as well as two standard custard pudding.
As for the more adventurous Sui, she wanted things she had not tried on the Strawberry Fair menu. So, I ordered a No-bake Strawberry Cheesecake, a Strawberry Mont Blanc, a Chocolate & Strawberry Tart, a different kind of Strawberry Roll Cake as well as a Strawberry Millefeuille.
I served myself some hot coffee while the rest enjoyed their cakes. [6] I swear, just seeing them eat sweets makes my teeth hurt.
Since I had nothing better to do, I activated [Appraisal]. We had not been in the dungeon for long but thereās no harm taking a look at their current status.
[Blessings] Goddess of Water, Rusalka | God of Smith, Hephaistos
Sui had gone up by 4 levels?
Wow, she still has a lot of space for improvement at level 42 considering Fer and Dora-chanās [6] 4-digit and 3-digit levels. I had a feeling that itās just going to get harder and harder for everyone to level up from the last big upgrade. In fact, Sui levelling up was quite unexpected, Dora-chan too. [5]
Finally, I checked myself.
[Name] Mukouda (Tsuyoshi Mukouda)
[Age] 27
[Species] Human for the most part
[Job] Guy Caught up in a Summoning Spell | Adventurer | Cook
[Blessings] Goddess of Wind, Ninrir (Small) | Goddess of Fire, Agni (Small) | Goddess of Earth, Kishar (small) | God of creation, Demiurgos (small)
I went up four levels too! Even though I only joined in close to the end, thanks to the Double Experience Points skill and the type of monsters I defeated, I guess I gained a lot of experience points.
Yes, yes, this is a very good situation for me.
Fight when I need to and let the experience points pile up by themselves. This is a good status quo.
By now my familiars were done with their cakes and were lazing around sleepily. [5]
Influenced by their lethargy, my eyes too began to shut when I suddenly remembered something, āI need to make my offerings to Demiurgos-sama!ā
Unlike those noisy gods and goddesses, Demiurgos-sama was happy to leave everything to me. I was fine with that arrangement since it felt more like a sincere offering than being a convenience store clerk.
A Daiginjo produced from polished rice and brewed under long-term, low-temperature fermentation. Please enjoy its mellow aroma and deep, delicate notes.
Alright, I think three bottles of sake should be enough. Speaking of which, Iām getting them all in 1800ml sho bottles so that should be plenty to enjoy.
Naturally, one should have premium snacks to go with premium liquor. I looked through the gift sets of canned snacks again. This time I got a set with a different combination of canned goods from before. Among the notable new things are Sliced Wagyu Roasts, Black Pork Bacon and a can of Young Sweetfish in Oil.
I paid and the cardboard box of goods appeared as usual. I made up my usual alter and put my hands together.
āAlright, I think thatās should be itā¦ okay, ahem, Demiurgos-sama, please accept these offerings from me.ā
āHm? Is that Mukouda? You sure about this?ā
āYes, of course, Iām sure. In exchange, Iād appreciate a hand if I ever get into trouble.ā
āUmu, umu, of course. As mentioned before, I do have some flexibility on certain things.ā
[4] āThank you, thank you very much, God of Creation!ā
āOho, the sake you got me this time is different, eh? And more canned snacks? Very good, I must say enjoying a bit of sake and snacks have been one of my little pleasures lately. Iāll be glad to receive your offering whenever you feel like giving it.ā
Haha~?
Whenever I feel like it?
Please expect something every week! Iāll be counting on you from now on, God of Creation Demiurgos-sama~~
Fufufu, now that we have a proper pledge, I must secure all the favours I can with these offerings. After all, Iām going to be alive for the next 1,500 years so one can't be too careful!
While I do have Fer, Dora-chan and Sui with me for now, it is a good idea to have the God of Creation as insurance.
Now that the offerings to Demiurgos-sama had been safely sent over, I fell into a very peaceful sleep.
[Gumihou: The sake bottles are so pretty~~]
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[9] It was a long and winding stream of consciousness talk-to-myself type of writing that is suuuuper boring and suuuper complicated. So, Gumihou simplified it for her dear readers.