I Don't Want To Work! - Chapter 126

CHAPTER 126

“Man-made, an artificial god?”

Does the combination of the words ‘artificial’ and ‘god’ make sense?

The evil god chuckled softly before adding.

“Shouldn’t it be said that I was born to do such a thing?”

Hm, the evil god tapped the table lightly with her finger, her smirk widening.

“Shall I tell you a story from long ago? It’s a tale from long before you were born.”

“…?”

“Once upon a time, in the ancient days of the divine realm, there came a prophecy.”

<The one who would grant immortality to the gods amid the most powerful god and human shall be born.>

“It’s like a golden apple rolling among three goddesses.”

The evil god smirked, chin resting in her hand.

“And it just so happened that this occurred when the Lord and the sea god, Seiden, were in the midst of a heated conflict.”

Ah, this was a story I was familiar with.

The Lord who rules the heavens, Deron who rules the underworld, and Seiden who rules the sea.

These three brothers were said to possess powers stronger than other gods, but their strengths were said to be somewhat similar.

‘So, it’s been said that there were often conflicts between the Lord and Seiden.’

Unlike Deron, who had no intention of emerging from the underworld.

The Lord, who ruled the heavens, and Seiden, who ruled the sea, often clashed due to various issues.

There were even times when it erupted into a major conflict.

“The Lord saw the prophecy as an opportunity. A chance to once again evil demonstrate that he was a more powerful god than his brother, Seiden.”

The evil god blinked slowly.

Her violet iris disappeared and reappeared repeatedly between her long eyelashes.

“So, he hoped that somehow his offspring would be the one to grant immortality.”

“Oh, surely not.”

I openly frowned.

Several words come to mind when you think of the Lord.

Among them, the most fitting one now would be ‘womanizer’ with countless offspring.

“That’s right.”

The evil god grinned broadly.

“Most of us were born at that time. I was one of them too.”

Seems like having a large number of offspring was considered advantageous.

The Lord changed his form and met many people, and thus, many children were born.

“It certainly must have been advantageous compared to Seiden. After all, Seiden didn’t have many children, did he?”

The evil god raised her mouth in a mocking smile.

“With so many children without a father… I was one of them.”

It seemed like a light-hearted topic.

As my stomach churned, I stuck out my tongue, and the evil god burst into laughter.

“They were all terrible, but at least I turned out fine. Because it seemed like I had the power of a god.”

Among countless children, only she possessed the power of a god.

Realizing this, the Lord brought the evil god to the divine realm.

“That was when I was about eleven or twelve.”

Initially, she hated it terribly. 

Suddenly having a human show up claiming to be her father was unbelievable, and she preferred her mother.

But as it turned out, he was a god.

She cried as she followed him, convinced that she had to obey the words of a god at the time.

“When I got to the divine realm, I was still crying every day because I missed my mother.”

<If you awaken the power of the gods properly, you can go see your mother.>

<Furthermore, I will summon your mother to the divine realm and let both of you enjoy eternal glory together.>

“My ears perked up.”

Because their home, as she remember it, was always poor. 

You know? A home without a father gets pointed fingers at quite a lot.

As a result, her mother couldn’t work well, and she was teased.

So, every day, she’d imagine living in a big mansion like that.

“Oh, someday I want to live in a house like that with my mother.”

The evil god’s violet eyes flickered as if recalling that time.

“But when the Lord made such a promise, honestly, it made my heart race. He said that with him, my mother and I could live better and eat better than the people who lived in the big houses I saw every day.”

She worked hard every day. 

Even as she faced the disdain of other gods, wondering why a mere human was in the divine realm, she worked hard.

“So.”

Ta-da, the evil god exclaimed, spreading her arms wide.

“I awakened the power of the gods so splendidly.”

It was the first time she received praise from the Lord.

She got permission to go down.

She was so happy, really, so happy.

“So, when I went down…”

The evil god’s face, which had been clouded, darkened in an instant.

Just that alone was enough to guess how the aftermath unfolded.

In the first place, the flow of time in the divine and human realms couldn’t be the same.

The evil god wiped her face once and then brushed back her hair, forcing a smile.

“Too much time had passed. The village where I lived was completely submerged underwater.”

So, there was no way her mother was still alive.

The evil god took a deep breath. 

It seemed like tears were about to well up.

“I tried to find her soul, but Deron said it was already too late.”

Her mother, who had died long ago, had already been reincarnated into another existence.

But she still went to look for her.

She was her daughter from the past. 

They should live together.

She’ll make her mother happy for the rest of her life.

“Practicing those words, I went to find her.”

The evil god rested her chin in her hand. Her gaze dropped downward.

“…I couldn’t say anything. My mother had already become a completely different being and was happy with others.”

“…”

“Meanwhile, there was no room for me to intervene…”

Despite thousands of years passing, the emotions from that time were still vivid as the evil god took a deep breath and exhaled.

“Well, I returned to the divine realm like that. After that, I remained as the god of immortality.”

But no matter how much she thinks about it, she keeps getting angrier.

“The Lord knew everything, didn’t he?”

That she would become the god of immortality, and that it would take a long time to awaken her power.

And that humans were going to die during that time.

“He deceived me knowing all that.”

Even other gods were probably the same.

“I thought with time this anger would subside.”

But it didn’t.

Even after thousands of years, the fire never went out.

“I realized that if I just sat still, I’d be consumed by the fire inside me.”

The evil god’s eyes gleamed coldly.

“Better to kill than be consumed.”

So she raised her guard. 

Because it seemed better to kill than to die.

The result was as expected.

She lost, and the Lord won.

But the aftermath of the fight caused a rupture in the divine realm.

“I slipped through that gap and fell into the human realm. And I joined forces with evil.”

Clap! Suddenly, the evil god applauded loudly.

“Well, now the long story is over. Shall we hear your story now, Lottie Paeon?”

I raised an eyebrow.

Is there room for my story to intervene here?

Wasn’t it just to create a nectar to fill the void left by the evil god?

“The Lord had a saying. He realized something while fighting me.”

The evil god continued with a sly smile.

“‘Ah, it’s difficult to control what’s alive,’ was the conclusion.”

“…”

“But the immortality of the gods is essential. So we decided to try another method.”

“That’s the nectar, right?”

Nectar was a potion and a drink that brought immortality.

It wasn’t about being alive.

“That’s right, nectar. That’s why we decided to make nectar. But it’s a saying, Lottie Paeon.”

The evil god leaned subtly towards me.

Our distance narrowed slightly.

“Don’t you think you’re missing one ingredient?”

“An ingredient?”

“Yes, you found all the ingredients and their combinations for the nectar, but there’s just one missing ingredient.”

“How did you…”

The evil god’s words were the answer.

In my ninth life, I made half-baked nectar, and since then, I’ve been researching nectar.

Thanks to that, the nectar was almost complete.

But one ingredient was missing.

I didn’t even know what the ingredient was.

I just knew that something had to be added for it to be complete.

“I’ve never told anyone.”

Since I had been researching alone, there was no way for it to leak out.

“Haha.”

The evil god chuckled briefly and leaned further towards me.

We were even closer now.

“Because you see, I know that ingredient.”

Saying that, the evil god laughed.

It was a face that seemed to have finally ended a long wait.

“That ingredient is you, the Wanderer.”

The evil god whispered in my ear, now much closer.

“It’s you.”

To be precise, it’s my soul.