「...Harem?」

The goddess furrows her brows as she searches for the term in her mind… Then she turns her whole body away, covers her cleavage with her arms and looks at the man in open disgust.

「You want to rape me?!」

「No, of course not, who do you take me for? Some deranged psychopath with no morals, who murders people with sewer covers?」

「What are you talking about then?! Explain yourself!」

「I may be a virgin, but I'm not a desperate virgin. I have already given up! Especially now that I'm dead!」

He declares with pride and a raised head. The man extends his hand towards the throne, wiggling his fingers. Athea recoils, she glares down at him with clenched teeth and furrowed brows with a cold, sideways stare.

「You are actually pathetic...」

「That's it! I like that look! I'll cop a feel of those udders from time to time whenever I want to.」

「...Why would I agree to this, you lunatic?」

The man looks at her with a serious, disappointed face. He hangs his head, his hands on his hips.

「...I suppose I was going too far...」

「Yes. Yes you were--」

「Guess I have no choice, the wishes are not up for negotiation, I'll have to settle for a talk with the boss--」

「No! No. Fine-- No, hold it. That's if you promise me that's all you will do, nothing more, I will agree to this. You...」

「I'd watch your tongue. You have my promise I won't go further than that...」

He poses into an exaggerated shrug.

「Unless you'd want me to be more explicit with you, but then I'll have you beg--」

「Shut up! Shut up! You complete scumbag! This is unbelievable! One honest mistake and I have to suffer this indignity at hands of a deviant human such as you?」

「Yes. Are you going to go back on your word, then? Won't fulfill my wishes? Chicken out of them? Ba-bawk!」

「Fine! You'll get your wishes, you perverted degenerate!」

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「Perverted degenerate?! What is more deviant than cold blooded murder of an innocent person? I had my whole life ahead of me, and you cut it short with a sewer cover! You should be kissing my feet right now for simply being willing to settle this matter!」

「Tsk.」

「Did you just click your tongue at me?」

「No, I was just… Sending you a kiss, see. I'm the first member of your harem, am I not?」

There is an obvious facade in her tone, the dead degenerate stares at the woman with squinted eyes.

「...I will allow it. Well? What's next?」

「If you're done ruining my day even further, now I'll send you to distribute your attributes, perks and skills as you wished for.」

「What if I can't figure out how to do it?」

「You will be sent to a staging realm, a space between fabrics of realities. There, you can take your time, and you will see it in a way that makes the most sense to you.」

She sighs and shrugs as she explains further.

「I suppose it will take form of a numerical aptitude screen. Or a stat screen as you called it. If you can't figure that out, I suppose it can still appear in a form of rocks and sticks or something. And if you can't figure that out...」

She rolls her eyes and spreads her arms.

「Well, then maybe your death was actually long overdue in that case. But I have to warn you...」

She points down at him with a serious face, her pure white gown flows down her crossed legs, only revealing a sliver of her bare thigh and hip.

「The world you will be heading to is real regardless of what you are used to. Do not forget that.」

「...You're not going to send me away and then just ignore all the wishes, right? That would be really scummy of you.」

The goddess raises her eyebrows and looks down on the man with disdain.

「Look who's talking… No, my word is my bond. Though, you'd really deserve that...」

She sighs as she crosses her arms with a slanted frown.

「Great. Send me, I'm ready. I can't wait to cliche-hunt, I wonder what's going to happen first? Slimes in a forest? Goblins bothering a village? Maybe--」

Pfwoom. With a wave of her hand, the man disappears.

「Off you go. You trash.」

The goddess takes a deep breath, and lets out a long sigh as she slumps and props her head on her fist.

「It may have been an accident, but that walking garbage actually deserves to die now. Unbelievable. Scumbag. Hope he gets ripped apart to shreds by something. Utter unforgivable scumbag…」

She stretches out with a groan. Once she's finished, with a slight flick of her fingers and a trail of glowing runes, a floating magic panel appears out of nowhere in front of her.

「Who's next…?」