The Goddess's Excessive Blessings

"First, let me grant you resistance for your body."

The aqua-haired goddess spoke, and light was absorbed into Sei's body.

He felt like his body's durability had increased. It was just a feeling though—he might have been imagining it.

"With this, you now have resistance to pain, poison, paralysis, disease, silence, darkness, weakness, hunger, bleeding, and more. However, your physical abilities themselves haven't increased, so please be careful."

Wasn't this a cheat?

Above all, poison and disease. These were what Sei feared most. Since this was another world, there would surely be unknown poisons. There must be all sorts of diseases too. Having resistance to those was truly a blessing.

"Then mental resistance is also necessary."

Light from the silver-haired goddess was absorbed into Sei. And somehow, his confused head felt clearer.

"Fear, confusion, charm, hallucination, intimidation… well, you'll be able to reduce attacks that affect the mind. It's only reduction though. For example, if you were hit by a god's divine majesty, your movements would definitely become sluggish."

This too was something to be grateful for. Not becoming confused was important in combat, and if you got charmed, having physical resistance would be meaningless.

"Then I'll grant resistance to magic, I guess."

The red-haired girl said.

"Don't grant resistance to healing magic too, okay?"

When the black-haired goddess said that, the girl seemed momentarily flustered.

Still, the red-haired girl granted the resistance. This would considerably reduce the effects of any magic he was hit by.

If he ever had to fight a mage, this alone would give him quite an advantage.

"Umm, you know, since it'd be a problem if you died, I was thinking of making you immortal."

The blonde girl said something outrageous.

Immortal. Not the light novel label.

The other goddesses nodded lightly at such an absurd blessing.

"Indeed, that's important. Besides the hero, there will probably be opportunities to fight the evil gods' followers, and at Level 5, he'd likely die even against lesser demons."

The black-haired goddess said it like it was obvious, but wasn't immortality a complete cheat?

He wouldn't be told "How pathetic to have died" before a king and sent back to a save point. Was such a thing really possible?

"Let me be clear though—don't let your guard down just because you're immortal. If you're annihilated down to the last cell, you'll still die. For example, if you take a dragon's breath or a death god's soul-killing attack, that's the end."

The black-haired goddess accurately answered Sei's doubts.

"There's also a blessing called 'indestructible,' but that's for gods. And even being indestructible, there are ways to destroy it."

Sei was gradually becoming more anxious. What kind of world was this where you couldn't let your guard down even with immortality?

"If you're dismembered and sealed away, that's the end. By the way, there are gods who were sealed that way."

There are?

"Now then, we've granted quite a few blessings so far, but…"

The black-haired goddess looked at the other four goddesses.

"This alone won't be enough, will it?"

Sei's level was still 5. His strength and agility hadn't increased, and he couldn't use magic.

A person with a little confidence in fighting would have to battle properly armed soldiers and monsters roaming through nature.

Yeah, impossible.

"Um, could I use a gun? Then I could attack one-sidedly from a distance."

"A gun, huh? It might be a good option, but it lacks firepower against somewhat strong monsters."

So guns existed in this world.

"Any high-ranking mage can block bullets with a magic barrier, and warriors can either block or dodge them with body reinforcement. Either way, they're not that effective."

"What about an anti-materiel rifle? I could store it in a folder and pull it out whenever."

"Not bad, but for ranged combat, magic is more versatile, and if it comes to close combat, you're done for."

It seemed dominating a fantasy world with science was impossible.

"Well, you just need to become able to use everything."

The black-haired goddess-sama said such a thing.

"Can you use any weapons? Martial arts are fine too."

"I have a first-dan in kendo. Kendo uses a weapon called a shinai made of bamboo—"

"Ah, I know. I myself mastered kendo up to fourth-dan."

This world had kendo too?

"You see, though I'm doing this goddess thing now, I was originally from Earth."

The goddess answered Sei's question. She said it casually, but wasn't that quite important information?

"Right then, I'll teach you basic weapon combat. For magic, Carla would be better as a teacher. You can set out on your journey after you've been strengthened to some degree."

"Hey hey, how many years are you planning to have him train? We don't have that much time, you know?"

To the red-haired girl, the black-haired goddess replied while puffing out her chest. She had huge breasts.

"Since there are many who often come seeking training, I made something called the Sacred Chamber of Time."

Not the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Don't confuse them.

While one day passes in the outside world, one year of training can be done in that room.

"If we combine training in and outside that room, we can strengthen him considerably in about a month."

If one day equals one year, then 30 days means 30 years.

That was certainly true—if he trained that much, he might become ridiculously strong.

"That's a bit much…"

"Don't worry. You won't be living cooped up in there the whole time. There are things that can only be learned outside."

The black-haired goddess spoke as if seeing through Sei's thoughts.

"Allow me to introduce myself again. I am Dark Dragon Reiana. Those close to me call me Ria."

"I'm Kojima Sei. Written with the character for 'holy' but read as 'Sei.'"

The aqua-haired goddess spoke.

"I am Water Dragon Rana. I may occasionally deliver oracles to you from within water."

The silver-haired goddess spoke.

"I am Wind Dragon Teru. If you reach an impasse, call my name upon the air. If I'm free, I might lend you my power."

Sei thought she was the type to be absorbed in games and say "I'm busy right now."

"I'm Fire Dragon Ouma. I'm basically free, so you can invite me on your journey, you know?"

The girl who smiled brightly seemed to genuinely mean it.

"I am Golden Dragon Irina. I just made a labyrinth, so I'd be happy if you came to visit."

The blonde girl said that, but would he have time for that?

"Together with two more young divine dragons, we make up the Seven Great Divine Dragons who protect the world."

Ria said that, but why weren't those two here?

"The remaining two are still young. It's their sleepy time."

Gods having sleepy time?

"Well then, shall we go?"

Ria said that, and Rana nodded.

"I'm counting on you, Reiana."

"Um, thank you all very much."

Sei bowed his head to each of them. The goddesses smiled at his manner.

Some were inwardly cheering that this "Hero Slayer" wasn't a miss.

They were divine dragons.

Beings who should protect the world. Existences who would consider humanity's destruction acceptable if it meant protecting the world.

Though Ria and Irina alone were a bit different.

"We're counting on you, child of man."

Rana's words lingered in his ears, and then Ria and Sei had teleported.

"Huh?"

The destination of their teleport was a Japanese-style seven-tatami room.

There was indeed tatami laid out, a Japanese chest of drawers, and a round fluorescent light.

Above all, there was a chabudai low table placed in the center of the room.

"Um, Reiana-sama?"

"Call me Master. Now, what is it?"

"Master, is this Japan?"

"No, this is Nears. It's just built to look like a Japanese house."

At that moment, footsteps came tapping up from downstairs, and someone was coming up.

"Ria, welcome home."

Silver hair, blue eyes. A beautiful woman in an apron with a benevolent smile.

She was a woman so beautiful you'd want to bow in worship. And Ria walked up to her and naturally pressed their lips together.

"I'm home, Carla. This is Sei who'll be staying with us for a while."

"I see. Sei, nice to meet you."

Sei wasn't really listening to those words. The scene he had just witnessed was burned into his mind.

A kiss between beautiful women. The blazing flames of his moe soul.

Yes, Sei possessed an all-too-fated fetish.

He was a yuri otaku.

"Real yuri is hereeeee!"

Who could blame the boy for screaming?

Carla's eyes went wide at this reaction, but Ria firmly grabbed Sei's head.

Ow, ow ow ow.

"Who's yuri? We're a proper married couple."

"Married?"

"I'm the husband and Carla is the wife."

"Oh, surely you jest."

Sei smiled like a cat, but Ria's eyes were serious.

"Alright Sei, let me teach you one of the common facts of this world."

Ria sat down heavily, and Sei sat in seiza before her.

"In this world, the strongest beings are not gods but dragons—especially the divine dragons."

She had mentioned the Seven Great Divine Dragons, so that must be what she meant. Sei understood.

"And all dragons are, without exception, female."

O-oh.

"Th-then how do you reproduce? By pairing with humans or something?"

"No, depending on the situation, one temporarily gains male functions. In fact, Carla and I have had three daughters between us, and Carla is currently pregnant."

A pregnant married woman. And yuri.

Sei had deep karma, but even he was surprised by this. As expected of another world. Wonderful.

"There are dragons who have had humans bear their children though… like my ancestors. But dragons taking humans as husbands… I haven't really heard of that."

It was only the first day after being transported, but Sei was already amazed—though this was fine in its own way.

"By the way, I'll teach you martial arts, and Carla will teach you the theoretical aspects of magic, so keep that in mind."

"U-understood. Please take care of me, Carla-san."

"Since I'm your master, call Carla 'sensei.'"

"… Yes, please take care of me, Carla-sensei."

"Now then, we'll start training tomorrow, so let's have dinner soon."

"Understood. Sei, will you help me?"

"Yes, what should I do?"

Sei stood up and headed toward the kitchen adjacent to the living room, but on the way, he idly gazed out the glass window.

He thought that if they used glass, the civilization level must be fairly high, but what he saw through the window was stone buildings standing in the darkness, light spilling from their windows just the same.

"… Master, by the way, where exactly is this?"

"Ah, the dwarven village."

"Dwarven?"

Huh? This person… she's a dragon and a goddess, right?

Why is she living in a dwarven village?

While holding such questions, Sei carried the meal Carla had prepared and filled his not-very-empty stomach.

"Would you like seconds?"

"Ah, yes please. By the way, why are you living in a dwarven village?"

"Because my main job is blacksmithing. Being a goddess is just my side gig."

So she was a goddess with a side hustle.