"No worries." You reassure her. "Anything else I should know about?"

"There's some high level monsters near the mountains and the sea." Mel said. "And I found the remains of some sharks washed up in the shore."

"Huh???" Herta looked between you and Mel, pouting all the while. "Master, why the heck are you so calm with her and angry with me? We both didn't know about the Orb!"

"Maybe because Mel didn't have any context and figured it out with a look, meanwhile you're the goddess that helped me build it and still did know somehow?" You said. "It's clear you're a dumb maso-bitch goddess that's only good as a breeding sow, but you still should've been able to tell since you literally explained it to me."

You used to feel strange when dishing out so many insults to her at once, but it's become a habit for you at this point. Also it always made Herta happy, so that was a plus.

Case in point— the goddess blushed and smiled.

"Kyaaah~! Master, you're so mean to me~"

Besides, it was always fun to tease a cute chick. Herta was no exception to this rule.

"Um," Mel scratched her head again "Master, I'm gonna go do some more reconnaissance. If, uh, that's alright with you?"

"Go ahead." You allowed it.

"Thanks, um." She gulped. "I love you, Master." She added quietly, departing soon after you gave her the go ahead.

"Master," Herta's smile took a more lascivious turn. "What terrible things are you gonna do to me, now that there's no witnesses?"

"You," You began, "Are gonna finish finding a cure for Bad Luck."

"Eh?" Herta looked confused for a moment. "Master, you don't have to tell me to do that. If you're mad with me you can always just slap me-"

"And once you're done," You continued, drawing close to her "I'm gonna give you an extra 'punishment' this week for slacking off, every day. As long as you don't half-ass things. Understood?"

"Huh?" Another bout of confusion, and Herta blinked a few times in succession.

"What the hell are you waiting for!" You put on a good scowl for her. "Stop standing around like an idiot and get to it you lazy, petulant goddess!"

"Master!" Her eyes light up with energy. "Yeah! That's the stuff! I'll figure out the cure by at least the end of the week!"

With that Herta gave you a kiss, you returned it with a light feel of her behind, and she happily went off to do some eggheaded armchair investigation that only this goddess was capable of.

===

Ruby Rose came to you sometime later in much better spirits than before.

"My gallant Master," And she continued by calling you that name she got from her favorite book, The Baron's Bandit, "I come bearing good tidings on the work you've assigned to a humble slave like myself."

"Madame," You said, also referencing that book, "Any news you bring, no matter how grave, shall have its sting lessened by the elegance of your words."

"What a gentleman~" Ruby replied, her smoky contralto pleasantly lathering her voice like honey.