The goddess who had accepted someone's proposal felt a little uneasy. As a good homebody, she felt that household chores should be handled by the woman, not the man of the house.
Unfortunately, her cooking skills were clearly not worth mentioning before a certain cheat-enabled fellow. That left her rather discouraged.
"I'll take care of the three meals from now on."
Feeling the gap between the meals her lover made and her own cooking, Ereshkigal was somewhat disheartened, but she still decided to shoulder the duties of the lady of the house as she spoke to the boy before her.
"That's really something to look forward to."
Although he was far better at cooking than Ereshkigal, a certain someone had no intention of monopolizing the kitchen work and held extremely high expectations for his lover's cooking.
"By the way, why don't I see Orphis?"
Li Zihan was a little surprised when he suddenly noticed someone missing from the dining table. Orphis was not someone who would miss mealtime.
"She is probably sleeping in your room."
At the mention of Orphis's name, Ereshkigal's expression became quite complicated.
The matter between Li Zihan and Orphis had troubled Ereshkigal for a long time. She felt that she had failed to keep an eye on her lover and allowed Orphis to be taken advantage of, so she still felt rather guilty.
"If that's the case, I'll go call her."
The boy, who often emptied Pinru's wardrobe and sometimes even carried off the foundations of Pinru's house, scratched the back of his head before heading toward the bedroom.
Pushing open the door, he found a doll-like little girl of about eleven or twelve, dressed in a cute black dress and bloomers, hugging a pillow and sleeping soundly on his bed. She was none other than