The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 148: Down the Mountain (2/3)

One was refined like a noble, a seemingly gentle middle-aged woman, while the other gave a sense of beauty, and yet at the same time, a sense of wildness. These two goddesses that gave completely different impressions from each other were seated around a table drinking tea.

“Oh my, a new guest? Welcome. We’ll have to serve more tea and sweets then.” [Refined Goddess]

“Ho… I heard the rumors, but I guess it is true that if you call him, he’ll appear.” [Wild Goddess]

“It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am Ryouma Takebayashi.” [Ryouma]

“So, I have heard. You’re the person who came from Earth some time ago, yes? I am Willieris. The Goddess of Land and Harvest. Thank you for cooperating with us to protect the people of this world. Also, please do be at ease. I see that you’re relaxed around Rurutia. I would be saddened if you couldn’t see us in the same light.” [Willieris]

“R-Right… If you put it that way, then… I’ll do my best.” [Ryouma]

I feel like she’s the most formal of the gods I’ve met. That aside, could this other goddess be…

“I am Kirillel the Goddess of War and Judgment. It’s nice to meet you.” [Kirillel]

“The pleasure is mine.” [Ryouma]

So she really is the God of War.

“Ryouma, you’re too stiff.” [Rurutia]

“I may be used to you, but you can’t possibly expect me to be so relaxed with goddesses I’m meeting for the first time, can you? Besides, meeting two goddesses at the same time? …I’d appreciate it if you gave me some time to get used to their presence. But enough of that, what’s going on, Rurutia?” [Ryouma]

They had a welcoming mood on them right from the start.

“We tried out that Girls-Only Gathering from Earth, but we just couldn’t find a good topic to get things going.” [Rurutia]

“Oh, right. I heard about that from Gayn and the others…” [Ryouma]

Wait a moment. Didn’t I hear about that yesterday? But, no. I pulled an all nighter searching for Pedro-san, so I guess that makes it two days ago.

“If you keep it up for so long, of course you’d run out of topics.” [Ryouma]

“She even dragged me out for that. I tried getting the conversation going, but…” [Kirillel]

Kirillel-sama glared reproachfully at Rurutia.

“But your topics are all too bloodthirsty… How are regional conflicts a suitable topic for a girls-only gathering!?” [Rurutia]

“You’re the one who said we should talk about the recent happenings in the world!” [Kirillel]

The goddesses started quarrelling.

“Sorry about this. You didn’t get a proper explanation and now the two of them are like this. Please do treat yourself to some tea and sweets.” [Willieris]

“Thank you very much.” [Ryouma]

Willieris-sama just carried on at her own pace. I got a cup of tea and some sweets from her.

“By the way, why are you at the church today? Did you need something from someone?” [Willieris]

“Oh, there’s no particular reason. I just happened to be passing in front of the church when a man of the clergy invited me inside… Did Rurutia do something?” [Ryouma]

“? Wait a moment.” [Willieris]

As she said that, she closed her eyes. Gayn and the others do this a lot when they want to find something out.

“Alright, I’ve got it. That child didn’t do anything in particular. The man just decided no his own to invite you after you appeared in front of the church. He seems to be planning on persuading you to join his denomination.” [Willieris]

“So he wants to convert me.” [Ryouma]

“That appears to be the case. Oh, but he’s not a bad person. He doesn’t have any intentions of soliciting donations from a child like you. He just wants to spread his faith.

And besides, while it is true that the God-of-Light Denomination is proactive in gathering donations, that in turn allows them to have the monetary power to provide food in times of crisis and watch over orphans. There are many among them who are genuinely thinking about others, so please don’t misunderstand.” [Willieris]

As expected, Willieris-sama is a peaceful person. She made sure to cover up for the man when she realized that I found him suspicious. Although he’s trying to convert me, it’s rude to be so suspicious. At the very least, I shouldn’t be so suspicious toward that person.

“I understand. Thank you.” [Ryouma]

“It’s fine. After all, the sort of clergymen that you’re so wary of do exist. Caution is important. Especially, since you received a divine protection not just from Rurutia, but also from Gayn and Kufo.” [Willieris]

“Yes. In fact, I got one from Tekun too.” [Ryouma]

“I see… Although there have been previous cases of a person receiving multiple divine protections. If word were to get out that you possess four divine protections, the people of the church will surely call out to you.

Especially, since those of the God-of-Light Denomination see the possessors of the divine protections as ‘saints’. They see them as an object of worship similar to us. If word were to get out, the situation will probably develop in a direction you do not wish. Even I would not wish to see such a situation, so please do be careful.” [Willieris]

“Thank you very much.” [Ryouma]

“Can’t you give it a rest already? There’s no end to this…” [Kirillel]

“Well, that’s true… Oh, my. What were the two of you talking about?” [Rurutia]

Looks like the two goddesses finally stopped arguing.


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21 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 148: Down the Mountain (2/3)”

  1. twinnnn100 Avatar

    thanks for the chapter

  2. Ilyr Avatar
    Ilyr

    Thanks for the chapter

  3. Belkar Avatar
    Belkar

    Thank you!

  4. hb98rml Avatar

    Thanks for the update 🍹

  5. Berpol Avatar
    Berpol

    Thanks for your work.
    So by the beliefs of that church he has a holy slime?

    1. Countrymage Avatar
      Spoiler
      He had quite a few, before the reboot, I believe War also blessed the poison slimes for their martial arts, drunk slime got a second blessing for drunken boxing with Ryouma.

  6. Zax Avatar
    Zax

    Ryouma is getting pretty popular. Thanks for the chapter

    1. junior1210 Avatar

      Meh. If he were REALLY popular, the goddesses would use his guild card for a chat room.

      1. Kyrin Fireheart Avatar
        Kyrin Fireheart

        What is this a reference to? It sounds pretty funny.

        1. Shadow Wanderer Avatar
          Shadow Wanderer

          https://www.novelupdates.com/series/that-person-later-on/
          OP MC with lots of misundertandings. its also complete so you can read it all at once or look for online pdfs that ues the LN images ffor a plus.

        2. junior1210 Avatar

          Sono Mono Nochi Ni
          It’s truly epic.

  7. Bilagaana Avatar
    Bilagaana

    Thanks for the chapter.
    man just decided no his own to – on his

  8. sfcipher Avatar

    Error:
    The man just decided no his own to invite you -> The man just decided on his own to invite you

    Thanks for the treat.

  9. kariageweb Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  10. Kyata Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter.

    And a random note.
    Your site now doesn’t like browser borders 🙁
    If I zoom in the site to increase the text size, it just spills over the side, instead of doing word wrap along the edges.

    Tried both Chrome and Firefox, both same results.

    1. Jigglypuff Avatar
      Jigglypuff

      What device? It works fine for me on all three devices.

      1. Kyata Avatar

        Browsing on PC, Windows10.

        I just noticed that when I opened the “Reply” link from my email just now, the page seems to word wrap fine.
        However, when I open the chapter link directly, like from NU, there is no word wrap happening.

        1. Jigglypuff Avatar
          Jigglypuff

          It works fine for me either way on the same OS and in four different browsers. Try clearing your browser cache. If that doesn’t solve it, you can try browsing incognito mode (assuming you don’t have addons allowed during it) and see if it still happens. If it doesn’t happen in incognito or browser safe mode, you might have an addon conflicting with the site. Can’t imagine what addon it could be, though.

          1. Kyata Avatar

            Clearing cache didn’t work. Even tried on MS Edge, which I never use, and has 0 add ons, same thing.
            Though it worked fine on good ol’ Internet Explorer >.>

            Anyway, if it’s just me, then ignore me. It’s not a big enough deal to be an issue 😀

            Sorry for the trouble.

  11. darkloki2 Avatar

    Thanks for the chapter, this meeting…

  12. DaiCho Avatar
    DaiCho

    For it’s a Girls-Only Gathering, they really don’t mind having a man come in.

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