Gossip: The Goddess Is Captive to Sweets From Another World

“Hahhh...” I couldn’t help but sigh.

There was still time before the otherworlder’s next offering. Until then, there would be no sweets for me.

The red bean, jam, and cream buns sure were tasty. The tastiness of the sweets from the other world (Earth) exceeded my wildest dreams. They were so good, I ended up eating all of them on the first day. I should have told him to offer a little more at a time.

Hahhh, if only the next offering would come right now...

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While I was waiting with anticipation for the next offering, I used the mirror pool to peek in on the lower world as usual.

“Hm? W-What’s that?” What is that brown bar the otherworlder summoned with his “Online Supermarket?” He said it was a sweet, right?

Is that a sweet? It doesn’t look like it...

What what? So that’s a candy called “Chocolate”... The familiar slime was begging for it. Those things could eat basically anything, so it was rare to see them beg for anything.

Is it that delicious? Grrrr, I want some too! It was from the same world that made red bean, jam, and cream buns. There was no way it could be bad. That was what my instincts told me.

However, now is not the time for offerings. But I want to eat that ‘chocolate’...

...To hell with it! I’m a goddess, this much should be allowed! It’s fine as long as no one notices. That’s right, that’s right. Let’s do that.

I hurriedly sent an oracle to the otherworlder.

“I speak unto thee, for I am the Goddess of the Wind, Ninrir. Offer unto me a bar of ‘chocolate’ right now. Ah... and do not forget to offer some dorayaki, as well.” At this point, I requested both the ‘chocolate’ and the dorayaki they were enjoying so much before.

The otherworlder was surprised at my oracle. ‘Is this really an oracle?’ he was asking?

“It is. This is an oracle. Hurry up.”

‘Goddess, to use an oracle to beg for sweets... is that okay as a divine being?’ — huh??

Of course it’s alright. Sweets reign supreme.

‘There’s no dignity or anything in this,’ huh??? Damn otherworlder, running his mouth like that.

“Shut up. Even gods need something to enjoy.” Stop quibbling and offer up the ‘chocolate’ and dorayaki already!

The otherworlder summoned some ‘chocolate’ and dorayaki from his “Online Supermarket.”

He’d put the ‘chocolate’ and dorayaki on the altar and was praying right now, wasn’t he?

Good, good. I’ll just transport that ‘chocolate’ and dorayaki here in the divine realm. The otherworlder has done well.

“Good Job!” I’d learned from looking at Earth through this mirror pool that when someone does something good, they said this.

“Woow, so this is ‘chocolate’ and dorayaki...” Now then, first was the ‘chocolate.’ The otherworlder took off this wrapping before eating it, right? Okay, peel off the wrapping, just like the otherworlder did and... inside the wrapping is a brown bar. I see, so they ate this?

“At the very least, this ‘chocolate’ or whatever smells nice. It’s a sweet smell that I feel like I want to go on smelling forever.” Now then, a bite.

*Snap* The brown bar split with a satisfying sound.

Wooaahhh, i-it melts in my mouth. It’s sweet, and has a very slight bitterness to it. What a unique taste... this is good, too good! Nothing like this exists in my world. The one who invented this ‘chocolate’ is a genius!

Those red bean, jam, and cream buns were way too delicious, and this ‘chocolate’ is as well. No matter which sweet you choose, the deliciousness is out of this world. I wonder if the other world (Earth) is just crawling with sweet geniuses?

I was nothing but jealous. If even one of those geniuses had been born in my world, the development of sweets would have taken a great leap. As of right now, with only dried fruits and pickled honey... it made me a little sad.

Hahhh... The ‘chocolate’ was delicious. Next was the dorayaki—

Wait, I can’t. No, no... otherwise, this’ll just be a repeat of the first time. I’m going to save this dorayaki and eat it tomorrow......*Gulp*

Th-The dorayaki, it looks so delicious.

Ah, I forgot to tell the otherworlder to offer larger amounts. I must tell him that in the next oracle. If I do that, there shouldn’t be a problem if I eat the dorayaki now... Yeah, that’s right! There should be a lot of offerings next time.

Right, the dorayaki...

*Chomp*

D-D-D-Delicious!!! This was the same sweetly boiled bean filling as the red bean bun, wasn’t it? And it was sandwiched between something that seemed like bread, but was soft and gently sweet. Even though they were both sweet, it didn’t make it taste too heavy at all; in fact, the balance was exquisite!

The one who came up with this dorayaki is a genius!

Once someone’s eaten sweets from this other world (Earth), they’ll never be able to eat any other sweet, huh? I’ve become a prisoner of the sweets from the other world (Earth).

Hahhh, I’m excited... I wonder what kind of sweets I’ll be able to eat next time?