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Martcha was even more surprised at that. “Oh! I’ve never seen living
ink and paint before!” she exclaimed. “Let alone such an adorable-”

And then she let out a yelp as something was suddenly shoved into
her. “W-what is…” she started to say. “Wait… You think I’m going to-?!”

Well, what else could Martcha say at this point? She looked at the
tray in front of her, and then the blob of ink and slime watching. “Um…
T-thank you… For this, but…” she began. “I… Really can’t accept this.
I’m not THAT kind of god, you know?”

Marie looked up, sheepishly, and stopped shaking.

“O-oh…”

She sighed, picking herself up. Looking back at a Cat Slime who was gawking, confused, and a Repairman who was barely holding back sympathetic snickers, she realized just how dumb she made herself look.

Her eyes turned to the tray she was still holding.

“…Erm,” she asked, trying to save face, “…sorry about that…heh…In any case, you want a bit of fruit…? It’s not much, but…”