Chapter 62. God of Fair Trade and Return

Chapter 62: 62. God of Fair Trade and Return

In Lilathea’s domain, my head rested on her lap as she petted me. Every stroke of her fingers through my hair felt electrifying.

"It’s great." I didn’t intend to open my eyes. "But how am I going to defeat Kalgamir? I know I have the system, but to fight a god, don’t I need more?"

The strokes on my hair stopped, leaving me hanging midway and forcing my eyes open to her light.

"And that system is all you need, Mark."

I looked up toward the golden gaze above me, her mane the only world my pupils could rest on. I only need my system? The same glitched system that doesn’t work when I need it?

"I know what you’re thinking, Mark." Her palms warmed my chin, staying there to spread the heat all around my body.

"To be more specific, I didn’t give you a system at all."

She paused as her lips curled at the corner, not even trying to hide her intent to get a reaction out of me. And I gave her one.

Lilathea didn’t give me a system? What did she mean by that?

She bent over until her golden gaze was inches from mine. "What I gave you is a god core..."

A god core? What even is that? Our lashes intersected, and now my blinks were at her command, no mercy shown.

"In this world, gods are replaceable, like employees. No one wants to keep working as a god forever. They need retirement as well."

Her fingers held my chin possessively, not allowing me to blink. Yet I didn’t feel any fear from her, all I felt was a desperate need.

"And that’s where the god core comes in. God core makes new gods." She blinked, allowing me to do the same. "Gods give it to their most worthy follower, tell them to put them out of their misery, and take their place afterward, in order to keep the world working."

My eyes widened. The concept alone had many layers I’d have trouble debating. Gods killing each other? Am I going to be a god? What? Wait, does that mean she wants me to... kill her? No, she told me to save her, right?

Lilathea slipped one hand onto my chest, tracing my neck, sparking a new sensation with every passing millisecond.

"But of course..." She giggled. "We gods never use it as intended. We often give it to kill another god. And that’s what I’m doing as well. Understood?"

Lilathea retreated, straightening her already perfect figure, as I tried to breathe freely. Thank God it wasn’t something fucked up like killing her.

"Understood. I’ll save you..."

"There, there, I don’t just want you to kill Kalgamir and save me." She once again took her time appreciating her own fingers mid-way. "I’m talking about you becoming the next god of Fair Trade and Return as well."

I swallowed, moving Lilathea out of my view to take a moment to think about everything she’d revealed. Next god of Fair Trade and Return? No words.

"I have to cross all three realms, I’m assuming..." I asked without looking at her.

"Yes, correct."

To fulfill her plan, I needed to get stronger, cross the realms, and fight basically everything, because the endgame here was, apparently, a god.

Wow, sounds easy! It’s not like I can say no. It’s our contract, and she gave me a second life. Besides, I’m going to the Nectarfall to save Saelith’s mother anyway.

I’m saving a lot of people!

"Okay, I–"

"But there’s a problem." Lilathea interrupted, floating into my view with her heavenly face, being silly.

"You see, since I’m sealed, my powers are heavily reduced. I couldn’t place the god core properly and ended up breaking it." She let out a breath, brushing off her clumsy side, waving her hands up like it was meant to happen.

And wow, so that’s the reason for the system glitches and why it sucked. A god core sounds like a rare game item that shouldn’t break, honestly. But then, a goddess was behind it.

"And Kalgamir placed more restrictions on me after finding out I’m plotting something." She paused. "You have to repair the god core yourself."

I stood up as the conversation got even more ridiculous than before. Folding my legs, I sat up straight, ready for a serious talk.

"How am I going to repair something literally named a ’god core’? I’m not some god mechanic. Come on!"

Lilathea puffed her cheeks and put a finger on my lips, melting every bit of seriousness I had and taking every thought with it.

"I did my best, okay? I only left the easy part for you. It’s only missing minor ingredients."

As she explained, I realized I’d come on too strong and should let her speak and keep my idiot tongue in one place.

"And what are those minor ingredients?" I asked as she dropped her hand.

"I have no idea."

I see, she has no idea. "Wait, what the fuck do you mean?" I cracked.

Lilathea looked away, suddenly offended, fidgeting with her own nails. "Look, I’m the goddess of lust, alright. Not the goddess of knowledge."

Her hands turned into fists and hit her lap, brows furrowed, her little canine sticking out of her mouth.

"That’s why I told you to get close to Sister Maren." Gesturing with her hand conferringly, as if she’d expected better of me. "If she becomes a part of your harem and control her power properly, she can take one look at your god core and tell you what you need."

My opinions blurred at the realization. My mind quickly pieced everything together. Now I had a complete story for what she’d been up to from the beginning.

Except Rue’s, of course.

"...I got it." Even so, it took a good amount of time for me to come back to myself. I held my head, which was about to burst because there was a lot of work on my mental vision board.

Get into Sister Maren’s pants, or whatever a nun wears. Convince her to look at my god core to get a list of ingredients. Find those ingredients! Be a god mechanic! Fight elves in another realm while also saving my mother-in-law, fight demons, fight gods. And win. Then–

I forgot about my lifespan! That’s another five things added to my vision board, which isn’t mine, by the way.

As my thinking drifted off, I forgot I was in Lilathea’s domain, and she pulled me back with a snap of her fingers.

She does as she pleases, I’m impressed!

"I know, darling, it’s a lot, but we’ll do one thing at a time. And one day you’ll receive everything."

Lilathea came forward on all fours, climbing onto my lap, clinging to my shoulder. My eyes closed without my permission, deciding on their own that it was for the best. Her body on mine made the sensation overload.

And I got a spiritual orgasm. Which I don’t have the words to express properly.

"That said, I’ll give you rewards from time to time to keep you motivated." Her voice seemed to be getting closer and closer. When she laughed, I was on the verge of collapsing.

"And if you’re a good boy, who knows what I’ll end up giving you." She licked my cheek, giving me more emotions than I needed.

Then in an instant, everything disappeared and I found myself somewhere familiar. White room, bed, windows, thick fog.

I’m back.

I checked the bed beside me. Wendel was still in deep sleep. The fight between me and Rue hadn’t woken him up, impressive.

? Now then, ? Lilathea spoke and scared me, my brain trying to release the same chemicals as last time, but it couldn’t.

? First. Seduce Sister Maren. ?

I let out a heavy breath, getting motivated. Not in the same way she wanted me to. She’s trying to do the exact same thing as Saelith? Lilathea as the prize is scary. But she might just be horny while saying that, who knows.

"Okay, how do I do that? Ah ha. I can just buy a skill."

Coming up with the solution while talking to yourself is the best. I opened the panel and went into the skill section.

? Lilathea’s Skills! ?

? Lilathea’s Six Senses: You will be able to sense another person’s sexual desires, kinks, fetishes. Even the darker ones if upgraded. Cost: 1000 Casllay. ?

? Lilathea’s Vision: These eyes will grant you the ability to see the pleasure points on a person’s body. This will come in handy if the species is different. Cost: 1000 Casllay. ?

? Kinky Scent. Upgrade to Level 2 for 2000 Casllay. ?

I thought for a second. I don’t need to upgrade Kinky Scent right now. Buying Lilathea’s Vision and Lilathea’s Six Senses is definitely better.

I made the payments.

? Minus 2000 Casllay. ?

? Total Casllay: 150. ?

I have 12 days to earn 10,000 casllay. I have to work on it every day. If I don’t want to end up like last time. God, seeing those Casllay points go into the negatives was—

No, Mark. Don’t imagine it.