I love time travel the most!

It's not that Chris is a solo player; she also frequently teams up with other adventurers to go into dungeons to earn extra money and enjoy life.

However, she also has another identity.

--goddess!

The goddess who cleans up Aqua's mess!

Because she often needs to travel around the world, she is unable to form a fixed team, so she could only politely decline Mikami Hibiki's request.

Kobayashi nodded and said, "I see. I understand. This must be why you came to see me, Chris. I'll pass it on to Mikami Hibiki later."

"Please, that person won't listen to me at all. No matter how I explain, it's useless."

Chris slumped wearily onto the table.

no way.

Yujian Xiangye is a good young man. He is enthusiastic, cheerful, responsible, strong, and handsome, but he seems to have a problem controlling the distance between himself and women.

Normally, being handsome won't lead to rejection or dislike, but this advantage disappears when facing a goddess.

"By the way, how about we ask Sato-kun about this?"

“Kazuma?”

“That’s right. In fact, he’s better suited to solve this kind of problem than I am. He could probably handle it more efficiently.”

"...I understand. I'll ask him for help later."

Judging from the previous mission to defeat the giant slime, Kazuma Sato might actually be able to counter Hibiki Mitsurugi, so asking him for help should be able to solve the problem smoothly... right?

Chris had a feeling that something unexpected was going to happen.

But now is not the time to talk about that. She took out a piece of parchment and said, "Kobayashi, I have already read about [Grace]."

"Oh? What are your thoughts?"

"Fantastic! What an imaginative idea! To use divine power to forge human vessels, then gain experience points to reach a certain level and break through to a higher level, and then gain experience points again and break through to a higher level... This method is very similar to leveling up, although it is more difficult, but the potential is also greater!"

"...Well, as long as you're satisfied."

Xiaolin scratched his head.

I thought the goddess was interested in the culture of another world, but it seems that's not the case. She seems to admire [Grace] a lot.

"Speaking of which, Goddess Eris."

"It's Chris!"

“Okay, Chris.”

Following her corrected form of address, Kobayashi rested his index finger on his chin, feigning thought, and asked, "Do you think this... [Favor] has the potential for improvement? Or rather, where do you see its flaws, and what areas need improvement?"

“Hmm…no.” Chris thought for a moment and said, “This [Blessing] is already close to perfect, and it seems that there are even more modifications on top of that. I really don’t know who has such great wisdom.”

"It's Aqua."

"……what?"

"It was Aqua who changed it."

Kobayashi said the name with a smile.

After a brief silence, Chris also gave a fake smile and said, "No, no, no, Kobayashi, you really like to joke."

"hehe."

"Besides, how could Aqua-senpai possibly do such a thing?"

"Hehehe."

No matter what the thief girl tried to say to convince herself, Kobayashi still looked at her with a smile.

In the end, she had no choice but to believe it.

"R-Really? Aqua-senpai, she..."

It seems that Aqua's changes to [Blessing] have been quite a blow to her.

Indeed, in Chris's opinion, that stupid goddess would be fine if she didn't cause trouble or make a mess, but how could she possibly have created something so sophisticated?

"There's nothing I can do. That idiot Aqua does everything perfectly well except for her job."

"Hehe, hehehe...hehehe?"

For some reason, seeing Chris's disillusioned expression, Kobayashi's mood suddenly improved regarding whether Ryuu would malfunction.

I've always believed in you, Aqua!

You absolutely mustn't let me down!

"Kobayashi, I now have good reason to suspect that you gave it to me because you were afraid there was something wrong, just so I could check it again, right?"

"Well, that's it."

"...You!"

Chris glared at him irritably, but quickly sighed and slumped onto the table, saying dejectedly, "Too bad, I can't use this thing."

"why?"

"I am Eris. You should know what happens when I bestow favors upon others, Kobayashi, shouldn't you?"

"Uh……!"

Kobayashi remembered.

Eris is the goddess of fortune, and is even used as a unit of currency throughout the world. If such a popular goddess were to appear...

"It will cause a huge riot."

"Yes."

"But a few shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"But who would believe I'm a goddess?"

Chris sighed, clutching the parchment. She finally understood what the bittersweetness of happiness meant.

"No, no, no, isn't there such a man?"

"Ok?"

“Sato-kun! If it were Sato Kazuma, he would definitely believe that you are the goddess Eris. Because that guy always shouts: If it were the goddess Eris, it would be even better. You will never be as good as the goddess Eris. If I could choose again, I would definitely choose the goddess Eris... and so on. If it were him, it should be no problem.”

"...Is that so? Is that what Kazuma really thinks?"

For some reason, Chris's cheeks flushed slightly and he seemed a little awkward.

Oh yeah?

Could it be that something happened between them while I was away?

Thinking about it carefully, Kazuma Sato is the person who has died the most times besides him, so it's not impossible that he frequently encounters Chris and tries to win his favor.

Forget it, at this point, I'll just choose to remain silent and observe.

However, this proposal was postponed.

Chris also has his difficulties.

Besides having to frequently travel to various places to retrieve divine artifacts and handle the piles of official duties in the Celestial Realm, she simply didn't have time to establish a familiar or anything like that. Moreover, she didn't want to reveal her identity too early, and she wasn't sure if Sato Kazuma would choose to join, so she gave up on that idea for the time being.

"You two, your bubble wine is here."

"Thank you, Miss Luna."

"You're too kind, please enjoy your meal."

Luna put down the double serving of sparkling wine on the tray and then turned and left.

The guild is relatively quiet right now, which is why she works as a waitress instead of a receptionist.

I pushed a glass of sparkling wine towards you.

"Here, it's my treat."

"Thanks!"

Chris didn't stand on ceremony, raising his glass and taking a big gulp, as if he was trying to sweep away the fatigue that had been building up recently.

Then, with a slight blush on her cheeks, she said, "Okay! In return for your treat, Xiaolin, I'll give you a piece of news."

"News? What news?"

Kobayashi raised an eyebrow.

Judging from her deliberately mysterious manner, this news must be quite important.

"Actually... Axel is going to change lords."

"Oh?"

"Although I overheard this, it should be mostly accurate. As for the source of the information... you know what I mean."

From the next town?

This is really good news.

There's no doubt about its authenticity; it must have been overheard from the lord's manor.

Aldap, has that disgusting lord finally stepped down? Although I had expected it, hearing this news was still quite a relief.

"So, who is the new lord?"

"Ah, yes—"

"The head of the Dastianis family is temporarily serving as the lord."

"Huh?" X2

Suddenly, another voice interrupted the conversation.

Kobayashi and Chris turned around simultaneously and found that a serious-looking, upright officer, who looked like a righteous man, had appeared behind them at some point.

She was none other than the long-absent prosecutor from the Kingdom.

—Sena.