I had a dream.
I found a fucking amazing manga on HiXmi, and after jerking one out, the owner of that body appeared.
No, more precisely, I suppose I should say only the voice appeared? The owner of that body suddenly told me to become an apostle, and then stole the thing I treasured most.
The most benevolent tool that had kept me from killing myself through a shabby and boring life.
A tool that let me experience the greatest pleasure in the world without taking anything in return—a tool only I could use.
Yeah, the one you're thinking of. The baby-factory activator.
No, perhaps I should call it a ten-month menstrual-vaccine injector?
Anyway, it was a truly horrifying nightmare.
It was a nightmare in which I lost what I treasured most and gained the most terrible thing of all.
"Heh heh... Yeah, fuck... It has to be a dream... I wanted to do it with a fox beastman, not become a fox beastman and have it done to me..."
I opened my eyes.
A familiar ceiling, a familiar room.
Nothing else seemed to have changed. Except for my unnecessarily clear vision.
"Did I sleep wearing my glasses or something? Why is everything so clear? Wait a second... Fuck, my voice."
It was a low-pitched voice, but not a raspy one—rather, quite a clear, melodious voice. At the very least, it was not my original voice.
"So you changed me after all... You goddamn mutt..."
- To call me a mutt would be beneath my dignity. If you utter that blasphemous nonsense one more time...
"And what are you going to do if I say something blasphemous? Huh? What are you gonna do? If you want to kill me, just kill me. I've lost the joy in life and don't even feel it's worth living anymore..."
- One who has no attachment to life? Yet why?
"Because you took everything I had. Do you really have to take absolutely everything to feel better?"
When I spoke in a hollow voice, as if I had given up on everything, the fox deity spoke to me, her voice full of concern.
- This is dire. Without vital essence, both you and I will perish.
"What do I care if you perish or not? Wait, then that's great, isn't it? Death as payment for making my precious disappear... Heh... That's a truly perfect price."
- Silence. If you refuse to cooperate, I have methods of my own.
"You don't. If you did, you'd have done it already. Like taking over my body or forcing it to move."
Whether I'd hit a nerve or not, the being that had introduced herself as a fox deity shut her mouth and fell silent.
"Haa... Fuck, I said I wanted to fuck a fox beastman. I never once thought about becoming one and getting fucked."
- ...This is all karma for seeing my naked body. Why did you look at my naked body... Ugh...!
"What was I supposed to do when you were so fucking hot? Hey, be honest. If you had an insanely delicious dish right in front of you saying, 'Please eat me~,' wouldn't you eat it? Huh?"
- I underwent training to suppress such desires. I probably wouldn't eat it.
"Don't give me that shit. How can a mere beast overcome its instincts? And you're wagging your tail right now, aren't you?"
- Ugh...!
I sighed and spoke to her as she groaned in frustration.
"First, show yourself. You know as well as I do that we can't get anywhere while things are like this."
- ...I do not know what you might do. Therefore, I shall not reveal myself.
"No, I need to know what kind of woman you are before I decide whether to do anything or not, don't I? To put it bluntly, if you're really a crazy-hot woman, I'd at least feel it was a waste and go around collecting that vital essence or whatever, wouldn't I?"
- Is that so? Then wait just a little. I must prepare myself mentally as well.
"Tsk, so you were just really shy. Fine, I'll wait, so come out slowly. I need to see what I've become, too."
After confirming that the owner of the voice had fallen silent, I went into the bathroom to check my changed appearance first.
It was bound to be insanely hot, but actually seeing it and imagining it were clearly different things.
When I stood before the bathroom mirror, I could only stare blankly at my reflection.
I simply couldn't think of a word to describe the woman before my eyes.
A beauty that could make the moon hide and flowers blush?
A beauty capable of toppling nations?
No, it would probably be better to use the vulgar words I normally used.
I got hard.
No, I definitely would have, if I'd had one.
And I really would've pounced without thinking.
Even if it had been on the side of the road.
Golden-blond hair that glittered like gold.
Red eyes that looked as though they had been carved from rubies.
Beautiful skin like white jade, yet healthy-looking.
An incredible pair of milk dispensers that could slap even the bustiest women across the face.
Lastly... nine fluffy tails sprouting from her backside.
I'm horny.
Who knew I'd get horny for a real, three-dimensional woman instead of a 2D anime girl? No, was this something beyond 3D?
As I grinned foolishly at the thought, the being calling herself the fox deity spoke again.
- I-I am ready. Are you prepared to see my divine body and countenance?
"...Honestly, I don't think anything I see now could surprise me. After seeing something this hot, I don't think I'd feel anything unless I saw something even more beautiful."
- Ridiculous! Why wouldn't I be more beautiful than you? Now, behold! My divine body and face! Try not to faint from shock!
As she said this, the fox deity appeared out of thin air, and the moment I saw her body and face, my jaw dropped open again.
"Foxes really are enchanting creatures. They seem truly dangerous."
- You suddenly sound calm. By the way, what nonsense are you spouting? Isn't it only natural for foxes to bewitch people?
"I thought there was nothing left that could surprise me here, but I was wrong. It feels like beauty itself has vanished from the world."
It was true.
Even looking at my own body, which I'd just examined, did nothing for me now, so the fox deity's looks and body had to be cheating.
"...How much did you spend on your appearance customization? At that level, you must've bankrupted several countries."
- Hehe, I did actually bankrupt a country. Unfortunately, I was sealed after bringing down just one.
Shuddering as she expressed her disappointment, I said to her,
"All right, if the person I'm supposed to serve is this damn hot, I suppose she's worth listening to. That semi-realistic art style from earlier didn't capture even one percent of your hotness."
- Even so, that artist was quite skilled in his own way. In his era, he could not capture even a speck of my divine face and body.
"Enough bragging. So what do you and I have to do to survive? I heard you mention vital essence earlier—you're not telling me to roll around with some man in this body, are you?"
If she said so, I would kill myself on the spot.
As I looked at her, thinking that, she spoke to me in a gentle voice.
- There is no need to join bodies. Though harmonizing yin and yang is the best way to absorb vital essence, it would be too much for someone like you who was a man until just now.
"Thanks for being considerate. But is there any other way to absorb it?"
- Simple. Draw out emotions related to love from others. It is much less effective than yin-yang union, but it should keep us alive.
Emotions related to love...
Do I have to become something like an idol, something that was never in my destiny?
No, that's way too much.
If a vulgar shut-in like me had to do such things outside, I'd become depressed before long.
"The more targets there are, the better, right? Both for keeping me alive and for you, since I have no idea what you're plotting."
- Yes. I expended considerable power appointing you my apostle. If you do not accomplish anything within a week, I will likely perish.
"If you perish, does that mean I, your apostle, perish too?"
- You are quicker-witted than you look. Yes, you will perish along with me. As though you had never existed in this world in the first place.
Her words sent a chill through me. Clutching my aching head, I spoke.
"Fuck... Now that I think about it, I'm getting totally screwed here. What the hell am I doing caught up with some weird minor god?"
- W-What did you say? A minor god? I may look like this, but I...!
"A god who'll perish after lying around for a week without doing anything has no right to say that. Some of us are about to take on fame despite it never having been in our destiny."
I was confused.
Everything—from my body changing to being erased from the world if I did nothing for a week, or even if I did something and had nothing to show for it.
Why had this happened only to me?
All I had done was look at a ridiculously hot manga and have a normal happy time.
I couldn't understand.
No, I didn't want to understand.
"Ugh, I don't want to be an idol even if I die, and I have no sense or acting ability, so I'd never last as a celebrity or actor. As for an athlete... What the fuck do you expect from a shut-in loner?"
I hated even going outside, let alone being active.
If I liked going out and being active, I wouldn't have lived like vermin in this cramped studio apartment, masturbating three times a day.
So what was left?
Something I could do without leaving home.
And yet something that could make me sufficiently famous if I got the chance.
Something that could earn enough money just from shooting the breeze, as long as I became famous.
Internet broadcasting.
"That's it."