Volume 15 Chapter (1-5)

Chapter 1, Current Status of Crown

It was only half a month after Kousuke had introduced the simplified version of the Divine Engraving Machine when it was officially announced that Crown would be establishing branches in the cities of the Central Continent in all directions.

Kousuke wondered how it would be possible to set up branches in four cities at the same time in half a month, but Wahid answered him in a few words.

"We have already been considering it, so all we have to do is make the actual arrangements. As for the location, they have already been prepared."

"… That sounds kind of scary, doesn't it?"

"Well, I suppose it does. But I guess it's the same no matter where you build it."

Crown, having the advantage of the Towers, has grown rapidly in a short period of time.

It was only natural for them to be wary of Crown.

Kousuke understands this, so he has no intention of blaming them.

Rather, if he didn't do something like that, he would be worried about the other side.

"Aside from surveillance and the like, are you concerned about betrayal and stuff?"

"There's no way to predict all that when people we don't know are involved. It would be a problem If we are using slaves or something, but they're not so there's no way to completely prevent corruption within the management to happen."

[As long as an organization is operating, people would need to be hired for it to properly function.]

[When a certain number of people are hired, there will always be a few who will be a cause for concern.]

[Any organization where everyone is loyal to the core would either be brainwashed or blackmailed.]

"Of course, the more attractive Crown becomes as an organization, the more we can keep them in check."

"That's going to take some effort."

It was Wahid who was actually running the place, and Kousuke would only interject from time to time.

"No, no. I'm having fun, and it's going to be a little easier for me in the future than it has been in the past."

"Eh? Is that so?"

"… The only other organization that actually has Gods involved in it is the church."

Wahid's words brought a look of nostalgia to Kousuke's face.

It had already been quite a few days since Kousuke had been announced as a living god.

It has been known since the beginning that Crown was founded by Kousuke.

That was why Crown is recognized as an organization in which a God is involved.

"Thanks to you, we have a good collection of people."

Kousuke let out a sigh as Wahid smiled at him.

Kousuke still didn't know how to go around being a God, but he decided that if the title of 'living god' was useful, then so be it.

Kousuke wasn't involved in the recruitment process for the new branch, but if Wahid said so, then it wouldn't be a problem.

"Well, if it's useful to Crown, you can use it as much as you want. Just don't use it for anything too weird."

"Of course. In case you've forgotten, you're my Lord, remember? And I have no intention of stepping on a tiger's tail."

Wahid said and looked at Kouhi, who was following Kousuke.

"That's fine then… So, enough about the new branch, what happened to Kennelsen's Six Marquises?"

"They got rid of the idiot in the previous instance, so we've decided that there's no issue. Now all we need is your permission and can accept them at any time."

"What are you going to do with them, position-wise?"

"I'm thinking of creating a new department, a produce department."

Up until now, all agricultural products have been grouped together in the crafts department, but now that Kennelsen, a major producer, was practically under our control, they can't say that anymore.

So, it was decided to start it up as a new division.

"I see. But how are you going to oversee it?"

"I'm not going to do it. Since the organization is stable these days, our current supervisors are not that busy anymore. I think I'll let Tin take on this task."

Once the talk was over, the supervisors had already been informed of what Kousuke and Wahid had discussed.

Of course, Tin was also there, but when he was nominated by name, he had an expression of surprise on his face.

In addition, Sarasa and Doll, who were also around, were chuckling.

"Yes…Tin, you're in good hands."

"Ye, yes!"

Tin called out to Kousuke, and his expression changed as he replied.

"So, what about the head of the division, are you going to choose from among the Six Marquis?"

"That's the hard part. Up until now, Kennelsen has been organized in the form of the Six Marquises, so I'm not sure if suddenly appointing a head will work…"

"I see. However, even though we can come right here at the transition gate, we're going to be producing at a place far away from the 5th Floor, so there will be people here, right?"

"That's right. So we'll have to work that out with the Six Marquis."

Now that the entire town was under their control, there would be a lot of trial and error for a while.

"How are the people in town?"

"That too is not a major issue. There was some upset in the beginning because of the sudden changes, but they've calmed down now. It has been settled by the Six Marquis."

The Six Marquis must have used force to keep the unrest to a minimum.

However, that was only at the start. They did not use any force to calm the situation down afterwards.

Just deliberately letting the gossip flow could lead to a certain degree of guidance.

Among the gossip, Lord Felkia's story was also mixed in.

They used Felkia's situation to show the consequences of what would happen if they showed malice towards Kousuke.

"I see… So ,how is the farmland development on the 5th Floor progressing?"

"It's definitely progressing as planned. The Six Marquises have been involved in its development for a long time. It's not that different from anything they've done before."

"I see. I am hoping this will increase the food supply and increase the population even a little, though."

What Kousuke was talking about wasn't limited to the town on the 5th Floor.

He was hoping that if he could increase the population of the entire continent, he could change the current situation of the continent.

It would be progress that would take a considerably longer time.

"Well, that's all for that side. And what's going on with Mixen?"

"For that matter, it would be quicker to look at the reports from the Defrayer Clan."

Wahid said, pulling out a document and handing it to Kousuke.

On it was a summary of the current state of Mixen.

The Temples of Mixen had formally approved worshiping and offering prayers to Kousuke, the living god.

However, Kousuke's accomplishments as a god were almost non-existent at present.

If there was any, it would be that fact that adventurers have finally begun to recognize the Crown Card's Status as a benefit because of Kousuke.

As for Status, it had exploded among adventurers, but it hadn't spread that far in the public.

This was due to the fact that the number of cards that could be made in a day was limited, so it had not spread that far yet.

Even though the number of Divine Engraving Machines had increased to two, the waiting list had not yet been cleared, so it would be awhile before the cards would be available to non-adventurers.

Since there was no need for Status when living only within the town, it remained unknown if usage of knowing one's Status would spread in the future.

As it turns out, not much change had taken place in the town of Mixen.

However, the document clearly stated that they should be aware of the movements of the churches from the other continents.

However, there was nothing Kousuke could do about the situation, so he had to leave it alone for now.

The rest was left to the churches to do as they pleased with their situation.

"Hmm… Well, whatever. I'll just wait and see for now. Let me know if you hear anything from them."

"Okay, sir."

"I guess that's all I require to know for now, Wahid, do you have anything for me?"

Wahid thought for a moment, then shook his head and checked with the three supervisors and Ek.

All four of them shook their heads, and the discussion came to an end.

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Chapter 2, Current Status of the Tower (Part 2)

The town on the 5th Floor was steadily expanding, and a production area called Kennelsen came under the control of Amamiya Tower.

In a town that was expanding at a rapid pace, there was never enough food, so the arrival of the 6 Marquises at this time was just right for the Tower.

When talking about not having enough food, did not mean that the inhabitants would starve.

To be more precise, the Tower had been adjusted so that only the number of residents who could be provided food would live there.

Since there were plenty of people who wanted to move from one city to another, it was actually easy to increase the population.

The people who wanted to move would come to the new city seeking employment.

In the rapidly developing Tower town, there were plenty of jobs available as long as they weren't picky, so the number of people who wanted to move to the new town would never decrease.

In addition, the jobs with the highest demand were those related to craftsmanship.

As the construction rush continued, there were plenty of job opportunities.

However, settling only artisans would increase the number of unemployed people later on, so the artisan guilds in other towns also sent out requests to hire them.

After craftsmen, adventurers were the most in demand.

As for adventurers, they gathered on their own without any particular recruitment efforts.

They were no longer allowed to pitch their tents wherever they wanted, as was the case in the early days, but the number of lodging facilities and rental housing complexes have increased.

Adventurers used such places as bases for their activities.

The town on the 5th Floor was definitely a town where adventurers were at the center.

The economy revolved around the materials collected from each Floor.

At first, they expected the number of adventurers to disrupt the balance of materials collected from each Floor, but that didn't happen.

In particular, the naturally occurring medicinal herbs were not taken until they were depleted to an alarming degree.

For Kousuke, adventurers had a rough image, so he felt betrayed in a good way.

Thanks to this, he was happy that he didn't have to spend extra points maintaining those areas.

As expected, most of the monsters around the city had already been hunted.

The city would continue to expand in the future, and they were rather welcoming about this.

Along with the living space, there was an urgent need to secure farmland, so it was better to have no unnecessary monsters.

Adventurers who had been hunting monsters in the vicinity would probably be assigned to patrol the surrounding areas in the future.

There were other openings as well, so there would be no shortage of adventurers who have grown to the point where they could be called full-fledged.

There were plenty of miscellaneous jobs available in the new town, so they won't have any trouble finding work until you become a full-fledged adventurer.

The town on the 5th Floor was a great place to work for adventurers, whether they were just starting out or were a full-fledged adventurer.

Of course, this assumes that they were registered with Crown.

It was only natural that this kind of work would be offered through Crown.

In a town with no official guild, Crown's adventurer division was considered the most trusted, so requests for work inevitably gathered at Crown.

It was not that there aren't other guilds, but most of them belong to Crown, so there was no need to go to them.

On the 5th Floor, the word "guild" had become synonymous with a group of parties.

Guilds were used to resolve requests that cannot be resolved by a single party.

Soloing, partying, guilds, and Crown were becoming the norm among adventurers who worked in the Tower.

However, solos and parties do not necessarily belong to a guild.

The only time a request was made to the guild was when Crown made the request directly.

Other than that, the requests were basically handled by parties.

Of course, if the adventurers decide that six people would not be enough, they may ask for more.

In these cases, the request fee may become cheaper.

It was only natural, since the recommended number of adventurers was set and the request fee was determined.

Mid-level adventurers and above would sometimes take requests, but they were usually occupied with challenging the Tower.

Many of the monsters that mid-level adventurers were able to target were very valuable, and they could make a living off them.

The same went for the merchants who bought them.

Basically, these materials were bought from stores in the safety area.

The safety area could be considered almost a monopoly, as only Crown stores were allowed in the safe-zones.

This saves time and effort for adventurers instead of having to go all the way to the 5th Floor and back to sell to other stores.

In the beginning, there were some peddlers who hired guards to go to the other Floors to purchase items, but after it became known that they couldn't compete with the stores in the safe area, the number of such peddlers decreased.

The stores in the safe area have transition gates, so in a sense, this was to be expected.

Some people or groups of people knew this and tried to negotiate with Kousuke to let them use the transfer gate, but were rejected.

Neither Kousuke nor the Floor Department on Crown had any intention of selling the advantage of the transfer gate cheaply.

The advanced adventurers were still earning money in the Dungeon Floors as usual.

There was a party that made it through to the 71st Floor, but unfortunately, they didn't make it to the safety area.

There was no safe area in the Floor above the 72nd Floor.

There were no plans to do so in the future.

From there on, it was up to the challengers to conquer the Floor on their own.

The 71st Floor and the 72nd Floor were Floors where advanced monsters appear, and Kousuke thought that it would be difficult for the adventurers of this world to conquer them.

The Dungeon Floors above it, from the 61st to the 70th Floors, were intermediate regarding the monsters that appear at the beginning, but have vicious traps.

In the middle to the latter half of the dungeon, advanced monsters appear, so there was probably no one who could conquer this level.

If they could conquer a dungeon of this level, they probably won't have trouble with the current Dungeon Floor.

From this situation, Kousuke had concluded that no one would be able to conquer the advanced dungeon at this time.

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"Huh-that~? That's unusual. Was that alcohol?"

While Kousuke was enjoying a drink by himself, Peach arrived and noticed that he was by himself.

"Ah. Schmidt gave me some rare sake that he got. It's so good that Schmidt recommended it."

Kousuke then held up a cup filled with the fruit wine towards Peach.

It was not that he always drank every night, but Kousuke sometimes drank like this.

Schmidt knows about this, so from time to time, he brings him drinks to enjoy.

"Would you like some, Peach?"

Kousuke said, offering Peach a drink as well.

Incidentally, Peach was the only member of the Tower who would drink up to the point of getting drunk.

Schlein and Colette were naturally not influenced by alcohol at all.

Sylvia and Floria could get drunk, but they don't have good memories of drinking.

He also heard from them that alcohol was just a way to get them drunk.

He could imagine what had happened by the way they said that.

Colette, who was beside him at that moment, said, 'Men are stupid', which hurt him a bit, but Kousuke couldn't say anything at that moment.

"I'll take it."

Peach got herself a glass and started drinking the fruit wine after Kousuke poured it for her.

"Oh~… It's really delicious."

"Yeah."

"And? What were you worried about?"

Peach's words made Kousuke look as if he had been caught off-guard.

"Troubled? Huh? Did I have that look on my face?"

As for Kousuke, he didn't think he was thinking too deeply about anything.

"I was just thinking about how to run the Tower in the future."

"Is that so~?"

Peach stared at Kousuke, who stroked her cheek.

It was strange that Peach seemed to be able to see everything at times like this.

Kousuke thought that this was an aspect of the Succubus clan that was famous for fortune-telling.

"Hmmm. That's good then. It's just that I had a feeling something happened."

"Really? Thanks for thinking about it."

"You're welcome~"

Kousuke and Peach said and laughed at each other.

In the end, they continued to drink until they had finished the bottle of fruit wine that Schmidt had given them.

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Chapter 3, Current status of the 10th Floor and some Ideas

Kousuke and Kouhi were currently on the 10th Floor.

It had been a while since they started deploying summoning circles, so they came to check if there were any changes in the naturally spawning monsters.

The summons were basically placed to challenge the foxes, but they were also installed in other places.

He also wanted to see how the summoned monsters would behave meanwhile.

"Hmm… I guess the monsters' levels are increasing on average."

"Evolution… Even though it's not quite the same, it seems that there are some leaders who are organizing their respective groups."

"Does that mean they're working together?"

"I don't know. I think it's based on their species, but… It seems that there are groups that are in charge."

As he said this, Kouhi was taking down the monsters that attacked them.

"Hmm… Do you think the foxes will be alright?"

"That won't be a problem. There's a large number of foxes that have evolved."

"I see… However, now can we see the cause of the monster level increasing to some extent?"

The first thing to do was to set up a summoning circle that was neither kin of the monsters nor the foxes on this Floor.

He couldn't confirm yet if the summoned monsters were conditioned to be defeated or not. In any case, all the summoned monsters had been defeated already.

Considering the evolution of the Wraith in the Northeast Tower, Kousuke was convinced that summoned monsters were involved in the leveling up and evolution of monsters.

Kousuke himself thinks that this might be another benefit of being a member of the Gods, but it was actually not.

He had been doing similar things even before he became a God, but Kousuke was not aware of that.

Thinking up to that point, one question comes to his mind.

[Are there any changes to the monsters outside the Tower?]

Kousuke shook his head as he thought about it.

To begin with, the conditions for the naturally occurring monsters were not even known.

Some of them were normal(?). What they didn't understand was why they suddenly appeared.

Sometimes, they just appeared out of nowhere.

In this case, Kousuke was doing something… In this case, Kousuke suspects that something was summoning them.

But unfortunately, they haven't found any traces or evidence of summoning.

"Summoning… Is it really a case of summoning?"

"Yeah. I don't know who it is, though. Maybe it's the world itself that's doing it."

"…And the Gods?"

"Well, I don't know. I suppose you could ask them, and they'd tell you, but I don't think they're doing it."

"Why not?"

"Because it's hard to imagine the Gods doing such a thing when they can't interfere directly."

Kousuke's answer made Kouhi look jittery and thoughtful.

"If that's the case, then who?"

"Well? Well, we call it a summoning in the first place, but I'm pretty sure it's entirely different from the existing ones. I don't even know if I can call it a summoning in the first place."

As for Kousuke, it's hard to imagine that life can be conveniently born on the spot, so he was trying to explain it as a summoning.

Realizing this, Kousuke shook his head and stopped thinking.

"It's no good. All we're talking about is guesswork, and it doesn't make any sense at all, does it? Let's just leave it at that."

"Yes."

Originally, he prepared the 10th Floor to investigate the cause of the evolution of monsters in the Tower.

As for that topic, it was safe to say that they almost have all the answers.

Just finding out that monsters were appearing from the summoning circles was enough of an achievement.

Of course, there were other conditions, but it's impossible to check them all out.

There were monsters that evolved normally, and there was no way to check each one of them.

It had been a long experiment, but it had yielded some results, and that was enough for Kousuke.

He decided to end the experiment for the time being.

The reason was simple, since they had acquired the surrounding Towers, there was no limit to the number of new Towers they could experiment.

The future 10th Floor was going to be a Floor for the foxes.

Kousuke and Kouhi, who had finished looking over most of the 10th Floor, returned to the Administration Floor.

Wanri greeted Kousuke when he returned from the 10th Floor.

Since the previous incident(?), Wanri had also been maintaining the site. Since then, Wanri had also started coming to the Management Floor like this.

"Brother Kousuke, welcome back."

"Yes. I'm back."

Wanri tilted her head at Kousuke, who replied.

"…Huh? Huh? Did you visit your friends?"

"Yeah. To the 10th Floor for a bit."

"Oh, you were out there to check?"

Wanri knew that Kousuke had been checking something out in the 10th Floor.

Wanri, who had the authority, can naturally set up a summoning circle.

Although not as powerful as Nana, Wanri also does her own summoning.

"Really? There aren't many there, so I wanted to increase the number."

"That's right. I'm sorry I couldn't get more for you."

Wanri shook her head in panic.

"No, no. It's not that we don't have enough of them. It's just that it would be more efficient if we had a few more, so we could hunt more consistently…"

"I see… Anyway, you're free to do whatever you want with the rest now, so you can summon them as you like."

"Okay."

Wanri nodded and left the place.

She would probably summon more foxes using the control room as soon as possible.

Kousuke didn't head to the control room right away, but went to the relaxation area, which was more like a living room.

In the relaxation area, Peach and Sylvia were there.

They had some business to attend to, and Kousuke, just in time, talked to them.

"Just what I needed. I had something I wanted you two to do."

"How can I be of service?"

"It's something I'd like you to do in the lower Floor, or…"

He told the two of them about the idea he had thought of earlier when he was investigating the 10th Floor.

"When did you come up with that~?"

"Well, just now. I came up with it after seeing the results on the 10th Floor."

Hearing Kousuke's answer, the two let out a sigh as hard as they could.

"Peach aside, I don't think it's going to be easy to make mine happen, is it?"

"Right, so just start out with as much as you can manage. Eventually, though, I'd like you to do what I say."

"My place isn't as easy to manage as it sounds, either~?"

"I know it's difficult, but in terms of size, your place is just right for both of you."

"I'll have to agree with you on that."

The Tower that Peach and Sylvia were managing was smaller than Amamiya's Tower, each Floor area was also smaller.

It's much easier to do the experiments in those places, so he asked for that to be done in their Towers instead of doing them in Amamiya's Tower.

"Then~, what about Floria's place?"

"Of course, we can do that later. I can't do anything to the North and South, though, since they're too big."

"If that's the case, I'll try to make it happen. But it will take a lot of Divine Power, won't it?"

"That's just a necessary expense… Well, the truth is that the management of Amamiya Tower has been at a standstill lately, except for the fairy stones. I'm hoping that this will be a good opportunity to start something new."

They gave Kousuke a dumbfounded look as he blurted it out.

"Isn't that an assumption that you'll succeed?"

"No, it's not. Of course, it would be better if it worked, but what's important is the process."

Kousuke thought it would be a blessing if they could find something to apply in the process.

"Well, if that's the case, I'll take care of it."

"Me too~"

Kousuke was relieved when both of them agreed.

If they refused, Kousuke was even thinking of doing the experiment in the Northwest Tower himself.

He was also going to check with Floria, but even if she refused at worst, he wouldn't have to deal with it since the two of them were there.

Kousuke hoped that Floria would also participate in the experiment.

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Chapter 4, Inspection

Floria's permission was quickly obtained.

Once the three of them were all together, Kousuke explained again what he wanted them to do.

The task was simple, to set up a large number of summoning circles.

The first thing to do was to set up a summoning circle for their kin, and then summon enough members to get rid of the naturally occurring monsters.

Once the naturally occurring monsters have been destroyed, set up summoning circles to feed the summoned monsters.

If there were too many monsters summoned, they could be moved to another level.

The point was to find out if it was possible to make a single tier be covered by just summoning circles.

At the same time, the efficiency of divine power collection can be examined in comparison with naturally occurring monsters.

However, if the summoning circle was made up to release lower level monsters, the cost of setting up the summoning circle itself could result in a deficit, as was discussed at the beginning.

He was thinking that it would be better to experiment with it after he could summon intermediate monsters, but he couldn't do it until he reached the Tower level.

This Tower would be impossible to test if it were the first one, but fortunately, he could borrow divine power from other sources, so a small deficit was not a problem.

The Towers they were going to test were all small, so they would not cost much, considering their size.

To begin with, the summoning circle of beginner level monsters was not a big cost, considering his current income.

It would be no issue to set up a hundred of them.

After they get rid of the naturally occurring monsters, they would be able to collect divine power from the monsters generated by the summoning circles for feeding and leveling up, so they wouldn't have a big deficit.

What was more difficult was how to manage them.

They may or may not be able to eradicate the naturally occurring monsters.

That's why they decided to test it in the three Towers, where the Floor area was small.

If it was too large, it would take a long time to check the floors.

The management menu doesn't show the number of each monster in detail, so they need to check it with their own feet.

Of course, if there were monsters, they would have to be fought, so it was a lot of work to check them.

That's why he entrusted the task to all three of them simultaneously.

In Kousuke's situation, there were Kouhi and Mitsuki, so he could wander around the floors, but this was not the case for the other members.

Except for Sylvia, the Shrine Maiden, monsters at the beginner level won't kill them, but it would still be a hassle.

That's why there were still a few of them that worked together to look around the floors.

As for Schrein and Colette, they can accompany each other to check the Tower since they both have the same kin in the Tower, but this was not the case for the other three.

Peach has the Defrayer clan, but they were busy doing intelligence work for Amamiya Tower every day, so she wants to avoid giving them any other jobs if she could help it.

"…That's why I made something like this."

Kousuke said, and held out a bracelet.

"What is this, exactly?"

Peach asked on behalf of the group.

"A divine tool that allows you to create simple barriers."

Kousuke said lightly, but Floria held her head down.

She wanted to tell him not to casually create such things.

"How effective is it~?"

The one who asked that was Peach.

"You should be able to keep the monsters at bay in a radius of about four meters."

"What level of monsters can we prevent from entering?"

"I haven't tested it, but I'm pretty sure you can prevent an intermediate level one."

Peach tilted her head at Kousuke's answer.

"That's very specific for something that hasn't been verified~?"

"Oh, I see… I created it based on the barriers of this tower, you know."

The barriers were based on the barriers set up in the summoned beast bases and safety areas.

The barriers themselves range from low-LV~high-LV, but the power in the bracelets was for high-LV.

"I created it so that accidents won't happen, though I want you to act in groups because you never know what might happen. Especially Sylvia."

The three of them nodded at the same time.

"Should we have them use it as an auxiliary tool to make it easier to investigate the Floor?"

"You mean we should think and act as if a battle could happen?"

"That's right. Well, I don't think anything will happen at the beginner level, though."

He believed that because the hierarchy they were going to examine was a hierarchy where only beginner level monsters appear, no major accidents will occur.

However, since they were monsters, anything can happen.

No matter how careful they are, they can never be too careful.

"I guess so~"

After receiving the bracelets, the three of them attached the divine tool to their arms as they pleased.

Their doubts that it might not fit the thickness of their arms were resolved when the size was automatically adjusted once it was attached to their arms.

The size of the device was adjusted to fit the wearer.

"…The magic gear craftsmen of the world are going to go crazy over this…"

Magical tools that change size to fit the wearer were treated as relics of the past.

Today, they have been known as lost technology.

"Heh, I see… Do you think it would be a popular item if I put it in a treasure chest in the dungeon hierarchy?"

""You better not (desu wa).""

Kousuke chuckled at the three of them simultaneously reacting.

"No, I wouldn't put the same thing in a treasure chest, no matter how much I wanted to. It would take too much time and effort."

The three of them looked relieved at his answer.

"Then what kind of things?"

"Umm… Like, something with fire magic in it?"

The answer was surprisingly decent, and Floria folded her arms as she thought.

"How many times?"

"A little more than what's in common circulation?"

Magical tools were usually sold to those who cannot use magic or holy law to attack those whom physical attacks do not work on.

He thinks he can make one based on that.

"That could certainly be a popular item, but… There's a wide range of magic tools available to the public, from pinpoint to pinpoint, you know?"

"Is that so?"

"Ah. Magical tools are completely dependent on the skill of the creator. Items made by skilled craftsmen usually don't make it to the public, but occasionally, they do."

"That's right~. Those kinds of things are sold for quite a bit of money, aren't they?"

Sylvia nodded at Peach and Floria's words.

"I see. I even checked it out in a store before, but I guess I can't really tell just from that."

He had checked out stores that dealt in magic tools several times, but that wasn't enough for him.

"Meanwhile, I'll consult everyone before I put it out in earnest. And I don't even know what will happen if I put the things I made in the treasure chest in the first place."

He knew that he could register things to put in the treasure chest, but he had never done it before.

It would have been nice to have something that could be mass-produced, but he couldn't think of anything that would be so convenient, but this seemed to be a good idea.

The self-adjusting bracelets seem to be a pretty good item, from what they told him.

"…I know I've gotten off-topic in a big way, but I'll ask for verification anyway."

"Ah. I'll start by summoning the monsters as soon as possible."

"Ah. I'll start by immediately summoning the dependent monsters."

"Me too~"

Kousuke hastily asked the three, who were about to head for the control room.

"Do you have enough divine power? If you don't have enough, let me know, okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Me too."

"No problem for me either."

All three of them had been doing summoning manually, so they didn't use a lot of divine power.

This time, they would be using quite a bit of divine power, but even so, there was no way they would run out.

"Alright. Then I'm counting on you."

With Kousuke's last words, the three of them headed towards their respective management layers.

After seeing them off, Kousuke began to create the magic tools for the treasure chest.

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Chapter 5, Consultation

It was obvious to him that there would be nothing to find.

On the other hand, if he were to hide his name and search in secret, that would be a problem in itself.

This, of course, meant that it might not be possible to find a suitable candidate.

"Hmm… I guess I'll try summoning them."

As Kouhi and Mitsuki had done when they summoned Shrein and Liston in the past, it was not impossible to increase the number of friends by summoning.

"Why don't you try summoning a being who might be your kin?"

At Mitsuki's words, Kousuke's expression turned sullen.

"I want to avoid doing it because I can see a future that's not going to be good…"

Summoning one's kin means that it depends on the power of the sorcerer.

If the summoning of their kin that depends entirely on the will and power of the sorcerer was not successful, it wouldn't end well.

By the way, the successful example was the summoning of Wahid and his friends by Kouhi and Mitsuki.

[I didn't understand it at the time, but now that I think about it, I can't help but feel that it was a masterstroke that they were able to get such consistent hits.]

Although Kousuke had become a God and had been told many things by the people around him, he remained basically unconvinced of his own power.

This was both a good thing and a bad thing about Kousuke.

Mitsuki and Kouhi, who had been working with him since he came to this world, understood this very well.

And how to solve it.

"Why don't you ask for a consultation?"

"Consult? Who would I talk to?"

"You may be a God, but you're still a young God. That narrows down the list of people you can ask, doesn't it?"

Kousuke could tell right away that Mitsuki was speaking in a very vague way.

"That's… Is it okay?"

"On the other hand, I don't think there's anyone else you can talk to about it, you know?"

It was definitely true, as they said.

"Hmm, okay. I'll go there tomorrow."

Mitsuki let out a sigh at Kousuke's casual remark.

"I don't think it's a place you can go so casually…"

"Hahahahah…"

Kousuke gave a dry laugh to Mitsuki, who was looking at him with a scowl.

Incidentally, Kousuke immediately went out the next morning, but it was another story that the members of the group had their heads in their hands for when they heard the destination from Mitsuki.

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"Welcome!"

Kousuke suddenly appeared in his own office, and Asura greeted him with a smile.

No matter how much of a complex return circle he created, it would still take some time for him to come to the Garden of Everlasting Spring, the Garden of God.

That was why the time of his arrival was predictable.

"Hey there. Long time no see."

"It really has been, hasn't it? If you wanted to come, you could come over anytime."

Kousuke smiled back at Asura, who was slightly grumpy.

"No, no matter how much you want to, you can't come that easily, can you?"

Although the return circle itself could be activated at any time, there was still a cool-down like in games.

Of course, if he came to a special place like the Garden of Everlasting Spring, that cool-down would be longer.

Although it could be shortened depending on the level of the practitioner, the Garden of Everlasting Spring was not a place where Kousuke, as an incarnate deity, could come and go so easily.

"Well, I guess so, though…"

"…Asura?"

Asura smiled at Kousuke's curious face.

"So? You wanted to talk to me about something, right?"

"Yeah, well. I was hoping to find a friend I could trust. I didn't think it would be that easy to get more."

"Actually, you don't have anything to worry about, you can increase the number of your friends as you like."

Kousuke was taken aback by the simple reply.

"Is it really that simple?"

"It's not a problem. When I sent you away from here in the first place, I told you to live your life as you wish, didn't I? Just because you became a God doesn't change that, okay?"

Kousuke replied after a bit of a pause.

"I see."

Kousuke had taken it as a kind of greeting, so to speak, and didn't think it would be effective until he became a God.

"But, isn't it pretty dangerous to be allowed to do whatever I want even after becoming a God?"

Asura chuckled at Kousuke's comment.

"Since you have the personality to say something like that, I feel comfortable telling you."

"Ah~… I feel like I'm being manipulated…"

"Oh, you don't like it?"

Kousuke thought about Asura's question for a moment and shook his head.

"No. Strangely enough, I've never felt bad about it."

"…Is that so?"

Kosuke, who saw Asura's expression when he said that, believed that she thought he would dislike it.

"Wha!?"

Kousuke couldn't help but remove his gaze from Asura, who turned red as if in a panic.

He had forgotten that Asura could easily read Kousuke's thoughts.

The two of them were in a somewhat delicate atmosphere, but then a helping hand came.

"Asura-sama, may I?"

The voice that came from outside the door was Elise.

"…Yes. Okay. Come in."

Asura replied with a slight delay, and Elise entered the room with a slight tilt of her head.

When tilted her head looking at Kousuke who was somewhat stiff.

"Am I interrupting something?"

Kousuke was tempted to ask her what she meant by that, but he was afraid he would end up getting into trouble if he did, so he decided to give her a safe answer.

"Oh~. No, um… That's not true, is it?"

He wasn't sure if he had answered well.

"…So, Elise, are you ready to go?"

"Yeah. Of course, I am."

"…Ready?"

Kousuke tilted his head at the exchange between the two of them.

Of course, she knew in advance that Kousuke would be coming to the Garden of Everlasting Spring.

He knew that he could do as much as he wanted to prepare, but the question was, what was he preparing for?

Asura and Elise were both smiling, and Kousuke, who had a curious expression on his face, felt a bad premonition and his face tightened.