Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 627 The Goddess's Vanity and the Girl's Revenge
If you only mention the name Batunan, Broly might not be able to remember who he is.

But the mention of the Saiyan cult reminded Broly of the other person.

"What brings that old man who draws water to visit me?"

Broly was a little curious.

"I don't know about that."

Taeko was only there to give an update and did not inquire about the visitor's purpose.

“Alright, Miss Taeko, please invite him to the living room. I’ll go see him.”

Broly did not refuse the meeting.

He let Chelsea soak in the bath slowly, letting the steam evaporate the water from her body, and then she put on a white bathrobe and went outside.

In the living room of the Assassin's Guild annex in the Great Western City, Broly met with Bishop Batunan.

"Uncle Batunan, it's been a long time."

Broly greeted the well-dressed middle-aged man with a smile, a stark contrast to his former unkempt appearance.

Batunan was excited to see the Saiyan boy who looked exactly the same as before, helping him dig the spring. But as he approached, the man's mouth moved twice, and finally he addressed him respectfully as "Lord Broly".

The strange name "Runtu" popped into Broly's mind. He shook his head and directly asked the man in front of him why he had come.

"Uncle Batunan, is there something you need that you've come to visit me so suddenly? Is it because there's another water shortage in the Katish region?"

"No, not at all. Thanks to the spring that you dug back then, Katishi is now an oasis. It has never run out of water in the past eight years. We have two purposes for visiting you today. One is to ask for your opinion on the doctrines of the Sayan religion."

As Batunan spoke, he handed over a religious text. Broly opened the text and the first doctrine he saw was: The spring of Kathisi was a gift from the God of Isaiah. No one may possess it for personal gain. All believers of the God of Isaiah may enjoy this blessed water source, and every believer has the obligation and responsibility to protect the spring from being polluted or destroyed...

Broly flipped through the book and found that the doctrines contained only the teachings of sharing and protecting water resources, as well as guiding people to do good and not to do evil. He quickly returned the book to his hands: "It's all written very well, I have no opinion."

"That's good." Batu Nan breathed a sigh of relief, paused, and then said, "The second purpose is that the believers in the Katish region, after hearing that you appeared at the Great Western City Martial Arts Tournament, hope to meet you..."

Broly is the savior of the Katish region. Eight years ago was not enough time for a new generation to be replaced. Countless Katish people who were saved by the water source back then are extremely devout in their faith in him.

After news of the appearance of the Saiyan God at the martial arts tournament spread back to the Katish region, countless believers spontaneously gathered in front of every Saiyan God church, hoping that Bishop Batunan could reclaim their god.

"But I am not a god."

Broly reminded him.

“But you are a god in the hearts of the Kathi people. You have given many people a way to live.”

Batu Nan said sincerely, looking over expectantly.

"Okay, if it's just a meeting, I can make time to go."

Broly ultimately did not refuse.

"I and many of the Kathisi followers look forward to your arrival."

Batu Nan was pleased, bowed to him, and left without disturbing him any further.

He went back to the bathroom and helped Akame and the others take a bath. That evening, Broly mentioned it in the group chat.

"Isn't this just a fan meeting?"

Shizuka Nanahoshi astutely pointed out the true nature of the Katish followers' desire to see him.

"It's quite surprising, Broly, that you did something similar to what you did on the Demon Continent in another world..."

Loki joined later. Although she knew Akame and the others and had even heard stories about the other wives from the boys, she obviously didn't know all of Broly's experiences in the world of Akame ga Kill!, because Broly wasn't a bard and didn't care much about some trivial matters.

"Then why don't we see the inhabitants of the Demon Continent worshipping Broly as a god?"

Alice was somewhat dissatisfied. She felt that the people of the Demon Continent, whose living conditions had also improved because of the Saiyans, should learn from the Katish people of the other world and treat their own boys, who had solved the water shortage problem, like they did.

"It's probably related to the existence of water mages in our world."

Hilfi offered a more realistic explanation: what would be considered a miracle in the world of Akame ga Kill!, would likely be something even a powerful mage could do in the Six Directions world. Furthermore, given the lack of gratitude among the demons of the Demon Continent, they naturally wouldn't worship him as a god.

Of course, there were some demons who were grateful to him, such as Loki's race, the Migrudia.

"Broly, would you like to be worshipped as a god by the people of our world?" Princess Ariel asked, then added, "If needed, I can help you establish a cult in the Kingdom of Asura."

"Uh, thank you, but it's not necessary. I'm a Saiyan, and people's faith in me doesn't really mean anything to me."

Saiyans do not worship gods. Others' worship of them will not make them any stronger, nor will their disbelief in them make them any weaker.

In Broly's eyes, believers were not a particularly special group of people.

"Nabroly, could you transfer those followers who are of no use to you to your master?"

Immediately after he posted the above message, Aqua asked questions below.

"Huh, Master Aqua, the believers from another world don't seem to be of much use to you, do they?"

Broly felt something was strange. The power of faith could not be transmitted across worlds. Even though the Black Bullet and Food Reaper worlds had branches of the Axis Cult, unless Aqua went to those worlds, there was no way to mobilize the faith power provided to her by the believers in those worlds.

"Ah, I see."

Before Aqua could reply, Eris sent a response that sounded like she had suddenly realized something and understood something.

"?"

Broly typed a question mark, and Eris then explained in the group chat.

It turns out that in the celestial realm, goddesses can display the number of believers they have in the mortal world, and this doesn't affect them across different worlds.

The more believers a goddess has, the more popular she is among mortals.

Having many believers among the goddesses of the heavens is a matter of great prestige.

To draw an analogy, it's somewhat like an ordinary person's savings account in a bank.

"The other day, Aqua-senpai kept showing off her ever-increasing number of followers. I didn't understand how she suddenly became so popular and gained so many followers, but now I know, they are followers from another world!"

After saying this, Eris continued with her sermon: "Senior Aqua, it is wrong to falsify the number of believers."

"As a follower of Broly, how could you let Broly transfer himself to you and graft it onto yourself? This is just vanity at play!"

Eris wouldn't say anything about normal proselytizing, but Aqua's suggestion of a fabricated belief is just taking advantage of Broly because he's not a god.

As a dutiful celestial goddess, she had to lecture this behavior and make Aqua, the goddess senior and also the Crystal Palace senior, realize her mistake!
But just as she was about to continue lecturing Aqua, Aqua sent a reply: "When you stuff breast pads into your barren chest, do you never think that this is also a kind of vanity?!" Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife. Eris was directly hit and pretended to go offline in the group chat room, simply because she had no way to refute it.

"Uh, how about I change the Saiyan religion in this world into a joint branch of the Axis religion and the Eris religion from another world?"
As for the Saiyan cult followers, Master Aqua, how about you and Eris each get half?

Broly tried to comfort his lucky wife, but Aqua directly opposed the suggestion of splitting it in half.

"I brought this up first, so I should take the lion's share."

"Eris, is that alright?"

"Stop playing dead, you vain goddess!"

Aqua@Eris.

"Oh, I don't need it."

Eris declined, but was quickly criticized by Aqua.

"As goddesses who also need faith, even though the power of faith from another world cannot be transmitted, it is still good to increase the number of believers."

Moreover, as long as we visit those worlds periodically, we can collect the power of faith that those worlds have stored up for us.

Now that you refuse to take it, how am I supposed to take it?
If I take it, what will the other people in the group chat think of me?

"Aqua, you shameless bastard, do you really think you still have any goddess-like dignity in this group chat?"

Sink.Nilbaren@Aqua.

"Don't talk to me, you long-eared forest elf bitch!"

Aqua has blocked your messages.

In the Star Cup world, on Sink Nielbaren's Crystal Palace panel, this notification message popped up directly below her message in the group chat.

"Hmph, this shameless goddess, she blocks and silences people as soon as her flaws are exposed~"

Sink Nielbaren shrugged, not taking it too seriously, believing it was a sign that Aqua was afraid of her.

"So, if you don't take it, don't blame me for making things difficult for you and assigning you a whole bunch of work!"

Aqua made a direct threat.

"Ah, why is this like this?"

Under Aqua's pressure, Eris was forced to accept 40% of the followers of the Saiyan cult.

"However, on the other hand, how exactly should the faith of the believers be distributed among you? I can't possibly have 60% of the people convert to Master Aqua and another 40% convert to Eris, can I?"

Broly's question really stumped Aqua.

But Aqua quickly recalled that the origin of the Saiyan religion was the digging of springs.

If we round it off, Broly, the Saiyan god, is roughly equivalent to the water god of the Akatsuki world.

[It turns out that I was destined to meet Broly even before I did!]

Aqua thought to herself, and then spoke in the group chat: "In that case, we don't need to split it 40/60 anymore. Broly, just add our doctrines to your Saiyan religion and inform your believers of our existence."

As for whom to convert, let your believers choose for themselves which of us they wish to believe in!

"Hey, Aqua, you shameless goddess, when did you become so generous?"

"This message was sent by that guy, Sink Nielbaren, on my behalf."

Jibril spoke from below.

"Hmph, I've always been this generous."

Aqua replied, but in reality, she just felt confident of victory.

After all, considering that her own disciples belonged to the Saiyan God Cult, the origin of the spring, she felt that as the Goddess of Water, she had a huge advantage over Eris, the goddess of fortune, from the very beginning.

If people were to convert, more people would definitely convert to her faith.

And that is indeed the case. When Broly went to the Kathi region to meet with the followers of the Sayan religion, he claimed that he was not a god, but only a messenger of the god, and that the real god was someone else.

After the existence of Aqua and Eris was revealed, the largest number of Saiyan believers converted to Aqua, the water goddess.

However, this was only the initial situation. Once some wealthy businessmen claimed that they had been blessed by Lady Luck and made a fortune, the trend of converting to Christianity reversed.

Eris is the goddess of fortune, but in the world of Konosuba, she is also known as the goddess of wealth. Fortune is also a form of luck, so it's no wonder that her faith is so strong.

Water can solve basic survival problems, but luck can determine a person's wealth and status. Although separated by worlds, neither Aqua nor Eris can bestow their divine blessings across the world, but there are always believers who happen to hit the jackpot and attribute their good fortune to divine intervention.

If the Axis Cult and the Eris Cult were to compete fairly in another world, the Eris Cult would still gain the most followers.

Everyone wants to worship the goddess of fortune (or the god of wealth).

Of course, the battle of faith between the two goddesses with different doctrines to determine which one is more popular with the mortals of the Akatsuki world is another story.

Broly stayed in this world for an extra month while helping Chelsea recover from her physical fatigue and learn martial arts to become stronger. However, he had to return to Wampa because the spaceship on Wampa was scheduled to leave its original star system at a certain time.

"Brother Broly, I look forward to your next visit."

One by one, Akame's wives came forward to say goodbye to him, and Broly finally looked at Chelsea.

"Chelsey, I am now formally inviting you to join Crystal Palace and become my wife. Would you be willing?"

When Crystal Palace's notification sounded in her mind, Chelsea wasn't flustered. She nodded and readily agreed, "Yes, I'm willing."

"After I'm no longer in this world, you need to reduce the intensity of your workouts. Remember to balance work and rest, and don't overwork yourself."

Chelsea nodded, feeling a little like crying. Only today did she realize whose fault it was that she had such an intense study schedule.

It's fair to say that without Broly helping her recover her energy and alleviate her fatigue, she wouldn't have been assigned such a grueling daily routine of studying and training martial arts to the point of exhaustion.

But to say I hate him wouldn't be entirely true; after all, Broly's massages during my evening showers were really comfortable.

And the fact that his political skills and martial arts prowess have improved are undeniable; he has indeed become more outstanding.

However, there was still some resentment, so when Broly was about to leave, Chelsea rushed up and kissed the boy.

Her real purpose was to bite Broly's tongue as a way of saying goodbye, to make the boy feel pain and know how powerful she was.

(End of this chapter)