"Is this really okay?"
"This is good, this is good."
Utaha looked at Kanna's cute, chubby little hand, where a small, delicate dumpling rested quietly in the center. Utaha was teaching Kanna how to make dumplings, not the Essex-class aircraft carrier Ship Girl, but real, edible dumplings. Oh, and not the dumpling with only one strand of hair and pale skin (from Dragon Ball).
"Utaha, really, couldn't you have just asked me to do this? Why wake up Lucoa and Kanna? What's the point of me being a maid then?"
"Do you know, Tohru?"
Without directly answering Tohru, Utaha slowly placed a wrapped dumpling onto the steamer, and with a complex emotion in her voice that she herself hadn't noticed, she asked Tohru.
"In the Celestial Empire across the sea, on New Year's Eve, the whole family works together, then that night, they sit together to eat a reunion dinner, staying up late to welcome the new year."
At this point, Utaha looked out the window with complex emotions. She had arrived in this world in October, and now two months had passed. There was no lunar calendar in this world, so the new year would be celebrated according to the solar calendar. How many years had passed since she transmigrated as Zeus? Utaha could no longer remember clearly, but with a god's cheating memory, Utaha could still recall her parents taking her to her grandmother's house for New Year when she was little, before she transmigrated.
No one doesn't miss home, but unfortunately, she probably couldn't go back. She also didn't know if her parents were still in good health.
Thinking of this, Utaha couldn't help but sigh. Her peaceful life was gone forever. She had transformed from a young boy into a loli, then grown into a young girl, and then was turned into a young woman by Gaia. This life was simply unbelievable.
"I didn't expect Utaha to be so familiar with the Celestial Empire's festivals. Have you been there?"
The Big Sister Quetzalcoatl, who was helping Tohru roll out dough, curiously opened her beautiful, heterochromatic eyes. She had thought Utaha was only a Japanese deity, but she didn't expect her to be so familiar with the meaning of the Celestial Empire's festivals. It seemed she had misjudged Utaha's background.
"Yes! I lived there for over twenty years."
Recalling her happy life as a shut-in at home, and that FGO account where her luck was so bad she couldn't even get a Black Jeanne, her heart instantly became conflicted. Had all her luck from her previous life been used up on reincarnation? Otherwise, how could she be so unlucky? She was practically a fighter jet among Africans.
"It must be very beautiful there!"
"Yes, it's very beautiful."
Kanna said with longing from the side, and Utaha smiled, affirming Kanna's words.
The four (?) of them chatted happily while working. Soon, basket after basket of dumplings filled the living room. Don't say they made too many; they still had to give some away, plus three dragons were not easy to feed.
"Ah, it's snowing."
After all the work was done, Utaha held Kanna and sat on the sofa watching TV, while Kanna sat obediently in Utaha's arms. Lucoa, sitting to Utaha's right, was enjoying tea and seemed lost in thought. Tohru, busy cleaning, looked at the sudden white outside and said with a sigh.
"It really is, it's snowing."
At this moment, Kanna jumped down from Utaha's arms and looked towards the balcony. She said excitedly.
"Good thing we bought this kotatsu. Let's try it!"
This kind of divine item had appeared in anime long ago. Once inside, you wouldn't want to come out, and the space inside seemed infinitely large, able to accommodate legs no matter how long, and even an entire person could fit without issue. But manga is just manga, so Utaha, finding it interesting, bought a large kotatsu.
"Oh! It's really nice. My legs won't be cold like this."
After setting it up, Utaha slipped her long, beautiful legs into the kotatsu. In an instant, Utaha was conquered by this lazy feeling.
"Hey! It really is."
Big Sister Quetzalcoatl also slipped in, but…
"Can you stop rubbing my leg?"
"Sorry, sorry, it was an accident."
I'd believe you if there were ghosts! Utaha looked at the Big Sister, who showed no blush, and her heart was a mix of emotions. Give me back my gentle and virtuous Big Sister! I don't want this perverted Big Sister! This must be a fake Big Sister. I demand a refund. Oh, what was the number for Taobao again?
While Utaha was enjoying her pleasant daily life, in another world, Medusa looked despairingly at the person in front of her.
"Athena."
"That's right, it's me. Weren't you looking for me?"
Athena curiously looked at the three sisters in front of her. She hadn't expected to stumble upon such an interesting situation on a casual stroll. That familiar yet nauseating divine power, who else could it be but Poseidon? She hadn't expected his creation to fall into her hands now.
It truly echoed a Celestial Empire proverb: 'What goes around comes around.' Leaving aside that brainless fellow (Poseidon: sneeze), this woman with the same hair color as herself seemed to have a deep connection with her.
"What do you want? If you want to kill me, just kill me, but spare my two sisters."
At this, the Big Sister stepped forward and said with determination.
"No."
"Athena, I know you hold a grudge against Father God. Your anger should be directed at me, a descendant of Poseidon. Please spare my two Big Sisters, I beg of you."
Medusa, knowing escape was impossible, knelt on the ground, pleading bitterly.
"Please spare Medusa, we'll do anything."
At this moment, the second Big Sister also stepped forward, choosing to protect Medusa.
But Athena looked at the three of them somewhat speechlessly, feeling like she was being made out to be the biggest villain.
"I can spare you, but you must help me with one thing."
"We are willing."
Medusa hadn't expected the other party to relent so easily, and quickly agreed, as being alive allowed for more possibilities.
"I don't need your two Big Sisters, only you need to complete it. I will let all three of you go."
"Use your bloodline, divine power, and love to hatch it. Once it grows up, give it to me. This is the condition."
Athena pulled out a white, head-sized giant egg from the void, handed it to Medusa, then gave Medusa a deep look before turning and leaving.
"I'll give you a piece of advice: you'd best hide and stay far away from Poseidon. Her temperament is unpredictable, and if she finds you, she will surely punish you, including your two Big Sisters."
She left this message as she walked away. For Medusa, she had done all she could; whether Medusa listened was up to her.
"Let's go, Big Sister!"
Looking at the white egg in her hand, Medusa pulled her Big Sisters and quickly left the area. All she wanted now was to find a place for the three sisters to live a peaceful life. After fulfilling Athena's promise, she would completely withdraw from the world and never bother with worldly affairs again. But the various happenings of the world were not something you could simply avoid.
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