Eating (1/3)
After agreeing to the goddess' request of going outside, the goddess walks outside the hall while holding my hand.
I look at the surroundings around me. Except for some trees around us, there were multiple cultivators bustling around us, buying something from each stall or just walking around mindlessly.
Yes, there are cultivators around us, completely minding their own business.
Right now, we are currently in a district of some sort.
"Oh…" The goddess mutters something. It was as if she was piqued by something.
Err…
Can you please tell me what you are thinking right now? I can't read minds ya know?
"Stupid disciple." The goddess looks at me before continuing, "What do you want? We eat sweets or we go to a restaurant?"
Eh?
"Sweets." I instantly replied. Heh, this lady already knows what she wants, master.
"Okay then." The goddess said to me, smiling.
After that, both of us head to one of the sweet stalls while smiling together. It seems that the goddess is a glutton too I guess?
But anyways!
"Waa~," I said as I look at the sweets presented on the stall. They were a bunch of good-looking sweets wrapped on a paper.
Slowly, I take a deep breath and smell the aroma of the sweets being made by the stall owner.
"Unn.." I moan softly as I smell the sweet smell of the sweets on the stall. They smell like strawberries.
"How can I help you, young ladies?" The owner of the sweets said to us as he notices that we were in looking at the sweets he made.
"I would like to buy twenty pieces of the strawberry-flavored sweets please." Said by the goddess as she summons twenty coppers to her fair hand.
I look at the goddess. She was smiling as if she was a kid.
Somehow, I feel that the goddess is somewhat similar to me.
Well yeah, considering that the goddess is also a sweets glutton, I could tell that she is somewhat like me in some ways.
Right?
The owner of the stall, who have heard the goddess, nods and prepares a small pouch as he takes the strawberry-flavored sweets from one of the glass containers and put the sweets in the pouch.
"Here you go, young lady." The owner of the stall said to the goddess while handing out the pouch filled with candies to her.
Gently, the goddess takes the pouch from the owner and in turn, the goddess gives the stall owner twenty coppers.
After giving the money to the stall owner, the goddess quickly opens the pouch and takes one sweet inside.
"Waa…" She said, smiling as she tastes the strawberry-flavored sweet.
After tasting the sweet, the goddess takes another sweet inside the pouch before giving the sweet to me.
I nod at the goddess before taking the sweet from her hands.
I look at the sweet. It was like a pill with a paper wrapping it.
Gently, I unwrap the paper and take the sweet from the paper and began eating it.
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Oh!
Waa~
Yummy!
What is this sweet?! It's so delish!
It was as if my mind suddenly exploded as soon as I taste the strawberry sweet. Waaaa….
It's too delicious!
Suddenly, my mind became filled with the thoughts of the sweet.
My mood also changes from a craving one to a satisfied one.
Waa~ this is why I like sweets~
They taste so good that you immediately forget your worries waa~
"Here." The goddess said to me while handing me out nine more sweets.
Quickly I take the sweets from the goddess' hands and put them in one of my pockets.
Heh, you are now mine hehe…
You cannot escape from this lady, my little sweets.
I grin as I think about the sweets being threatened by the evil me. Haha, this lady is merciless to such sweets like you, strawberry-flavored sweet.
Ahahaha…..
Err…
Ehem.
Anyways! Please forget that.
After swallowing the sweet I initially ate, I take out another poor little sweet in my pocket. Please, allow me to eat you, my little sweet.
As I was focused on the sweet that I took out from my pocket, my mind suddenly started a simulation of something weird and magical.
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"Nono! Don't eat me! I'm a poor sweet!" The little sweet said, asking to be not eaten by the gigantic Xiare.
"Haha… ahahahaha!" I laugh madly at the words of the little sweet. This lady will not accept your request, little sweet.
Slowly, I put the poor little sweet onto my mouth. As my tongue tastes the poor little sweet, the little sweet began struggling to get out of my mouth.
"Please don't eat me! Please! Waaa!" The poor sweet said while being swallowed by me.
"That's what you get for being irritating, poor little sweet," I said to the little sweet inside my mouth.
*Pluck!*
I heard another sound of something flicking.
It was the goddess flicking my head.
She was looking at me as if she was looking on an idiot.
Err…
What did I do?
"You're distancing yourself from reality, stupid disciple." The goddess said while looking at me.
Umm…
What do you mean, master? Is there something wrong on my mind?
"You're too stupid." The goddess said as she puts one of her hand to her shaking head.
Err…
I look at my han— eh?
Where's the sweet?
Did it fly off to nowhere?
"You already ate it." The goddess said to me.
Hmm…
Weird.
"The cold Qi around you is gathering up again." The goddess pokes my forehead, making me realize that I am still using the goddess' breathing pattern.
Ah! I forgot!
Quickly, I close off my eyes and began calming myself down as I stabilize myself.
Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale…
For several seconds, I focus my attention on stabilizing myself. Go away cold Qi! This lady does not want to be in such pain again!
I'm not like those OP main characters from some novels ya know? I'm not like that certain character that can handle everything.
So please, stay away from this broken lady okay?
After stabilizing myself down, I open my eyes again and sees the goddess eating sweets while looking at my face.
Err…
Somehow, I feel weird.
Can you please stop gazing at me as if I'm some sort of a unique creature, master?
"Let's go to another swee—" Just as the goddess says the word "sweet," she suddenly stops and look at a certain direction.
I look at her face, only to find out that she is serious.
F*ck! Who the f*ck made the goddess angry?
Are you kidding me? Do you want to die right now?
Sigh…
I really can't understand what the others are thinking about.
"It looks like someone is secretly spying on you, my stupid disciple." The goddess said telepathically. Her voice was deadly serious.
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Eh?
What?
Hold on…
What did you say, master?
Who's the god*amn idiot that spies on this broken lady?!
F*ck!
Once I find you, I will beat your foolish buttocks with a bamboo stick!
Eeeeeeee!
Ehem, enough of that.
But really, why is someone secretly spying on me? Are they really that lax that even they spy a weakling like me?
Hmm…
Weird.
This is definitely weird.
Wait…
Are you really sure about that, master?
You're the one stronger than me right? You should be the one that is getting spied on not me.
Right?
"No. They are looking at you ever since we got near the stall." The goddess telepathically said while looking at the stall near us.
"At first, I initially thought that they were just glancing around thus, I did not bother with them." The goddess paused for a second before continuing, "But as you eat the sweets I gave you, I notice that they did not even look away from you, stupid disciple."
Err…
Wait…
Are they some sort of ghost or something?
I mean, someone like me won't gather attention, right? Only ghosts do that kind of stuff like spying ya know?
Right?
Weird…
"Stupid disciple." The goddess said telepathically before continuing, "Do you know Arpen?"
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"I… don't want to talk about it," I said to the goddess.
The goddess, who already read my mind, nods in return. She was silent.
Umm…
Anyways!
Haha…
Err…
"I see." The goddess, who reads the mind of everyone that is currently spying on me, nods. She was thinking about something.
"Say, stupid disciple." The goddess paused as she looks at me before continuing, "How do you want them to die?" She said, making me decide how the spies will die.
I look at the goddess. She was gently smiling at me. However, deep inside her smile lies a sinister intention.
She was like a merciless reaper capable of killing anyone while being innocent.
Somehow, I felt fear as I look at the sinister goddess.
"It's your choice, master," I said telepathically. Well, I don't really know which is the best way to kill someone ya know?
I just hack and slash like those R*G characters from some games.
"Well then." The goddess nods in return before turning her head to the direction where the spies are currently located.
After a second, the goddess immediately returns back to her cheery mode. She was looking at me, smiling gently like a big sister.
Err…
"Let's eat in a restaurant this time, my stupid disciple." The goddess pokes my forehead before continuing, "There are too many pests lingering around here, don't you think?"
"Un," I said back to her. Well, since there's really not that much of a reason to deny the goddess then I might as well accept her request, right?
Right?
After that, the pouch the goddess was initially holding suddenly vanishes as the goddess head to a certain direction.
As we head in a certain direction, there were some cultivators looking at us.
They were curious about us.
You all don't want to know about the goddess, trust me.
Sigh…
Because of both the goddess and I wearing such luxurious clothing, the people in front of us quickly move away from us as soon as they see the goddess running.
They were fearing that the goddess and I are a higher-up within the sect.
Err…
"Master, you can just teleport us, right?" I said to the running goddess telepathically. Well, yeah, you can just simple teleport right?
"Stupid disciple." The goddess said. "In order to teleport to a certain area, you must first go there first before marking that place as a place where you can teleport." The goddess continued.
I see.
"Also, I am too bored to teleport." The goddess followed up, saying that she was bored of doing something.
What do you mean by bored? Are you kidding with me perhaps, master?
Sigh…
After a series of running, the goddess and I finally reached the goddess' destination— a pagoda.
Err...
What are we going to do here inside?
This is a sacred pagoda, right?
Indeed, before us lies a hundred floor pagoda. The pagoda is so tall that it even reaches the sky.
Is this the Cloud Gathering Pagoda perhaps?
Although the pagoda is really really tall, it was not tall enough to reach the clouds above us.
So to simplify, this pagoda is not the Cloud Gathering Pagoda.
But really…
How come there is a restaurant here? This is a pagoda, not a restaurant ya know?
Are you really that serious, master?
Sigh…
"Welcome to the Southern Vermillion Pagoda, fellow cultivators." I hear a voice beside us. It was a female's voice.
I turn around and see a young lady wearing red silk robe. Is she the caretaker of the pagoda perhaps?
Hmm…
Seems like it.
The goddess, who was looking at the pagoda, says, "Take us to the eighty-sixth floor."
The lady, who have heard the goddess, fixes her clothing before saying, "Are you one of the higher-ups, senior?"
She was now formal as soon as she thinks that the goddess is a higher-up.
The goddess isn't really a higher up but rather, she is a goddess.
Though the goddess is a shameless one.
"Yes." The goddess said to her as she summons a card.
The lady, in turn, looks at the card before bowing to the goddess with formality.
"This humble one shall guide the two of you at our best restaurant— Southern Vermillion Horizon floor." She said while bowing in front of the goddess.
Eh? There's a restaurant here?
Weird.
How come I don't know this?
Hmm…
"Please, follow me, venerable higher-ups." The lady, who was initially bowing in front of us, slowly walks in front of us before saying those words.
The goddess, in turn, nods back to the lady before dragging me with her as she walks inside the pagoda.