Chapter 4 Let’s Do Various Things Outside the Tower Part-(4.1-4.5)

Chapter 4.1 – Divine Power Ball

After receiving a report from Wahid that the guild's launch at the 5th floor had gone better than expected, Kousuke decided to play with Nana, Wanli, and Esena on the management floor because he finally had free time after so long.

As for why Esena is on the management floor, when he went to the world tree the other day, Esena requested to sign a contract with him.

As a result, Esena was able to come out freely in the place where Kousuke is.

Esena basically comes out on a whim but she never comes out when Kousuke is in a difficult situation so he just lets her do what she wants.

Especially when Kousuke is playing with Nana and Wanli. Esena appeared every time that happened and even now, she appeared when they were playing.

When Kousuke was stroking Wanli's body, Esena was chasing after Nana.

Perhaps Nana Knew that too so she did not run away seriously and even looks back at Esena from time to time.

Both Nana and Wanli had <Language Comprehension> skills and its LV had risen when they started living with Kousuke and the others.

If you think about it, it is normal for its LV to not rise unless they are with someone who can speak language.

Kousuke thinks that there will be individuals that already have the skill at LV 1 will appear from time to time during summoning.

As the LV of the skills of both animals went up, they really began to listen to what Kousuke was saying.

Nana, in particular, has become his loyal dog even though she's a wolf.

Wanli is more capricious than Nana but she's not as capricious as cats.

He feels that their characteristics are not because of their race but because of their individual personality.

Also, the skills of Wanli, <Transform> and <Telepathy>, are not something he understands well.

He tried various things but no matter what words Kousuke used to order Wanli to do it, there's no result. There's not even a single sign of those skills activating.

It is unknown whether they don't have the right conditions to activate the skills or whether Wanli herself doesn't know how to use them.

Even if she can understand Kousuke's words to some degree because of <Language Comprehension>, it doesn't mean that it is possible for them to converse.

He's not particularly impatient about it and plans to examine it carefully.

By the way, this has nothing to do with the topic but when he appraised the water on the management floor, it came out as divine water.

It is similar to what happened to the floors where Nana and Wanli were.

He tried installing a divine stone in the management floor as an experiment and it really came out as divine water like the previous ones.

Because of that, Nana and Wanli can still drink divine water like the wolves and foxes of the other floors.

—Scene Change—

Kousuke, who was watching Esena and Nana play, suddenly came up with something.

Both Nana and Wanli have <Divine Power Control> skills. He remembers that it hasn't changed from LV 1 so he wants to try a certain game.

He stopped stroking Wanli with his hand and created a lump of divine power on the palm of this right hand.

He made it into the form of a ball and made it roll before Wanli.

Perhaps it has taken her interest, Wanli poked the shinrikidama (Note: named by Kousuke) with her nose.

At that moment, the divine power ball disappeared with a popping sound.

Wanli was startled.

「Ahahaha. If you handle it roughly it will disappear immediately. You have to use your own divine power to touch it.」

Kousuke said that and made another divine power ball and made it roll to Wanli.

This time, Wanli carefully poke it with her nose.

She managed to make it roll without breaking it.

Wanli chased after it and poked it again with the tip of her nose.

It rolled the same way as the earlier.

It looks like she liked it so she repeated it over and over again.

It didn't break which means she's now used to controlling divine power.

It looks like she got tired of making it roll using her nose so she's poking it with her foreleg this time.

She used her foreleg dexterously and touched it without breaking it.

She looks like a cat or a dog that's playing with a hairball.

Seeing Wanli playing with the divine power ball, Nana got interested so she's looking at Kousuke.

「Do you want to play with that too?」

「….kuhn」

In response to Nana's cute request, Kousuke made a bigger divine power ball for Nana.

Just like Wanli, she tried poking it with her nose when it rolled over to her. It broke as expected.

Kousuke made one again and this time, she managed to play like Wanli.

「Kou, Esena, too」

Seeing the two playing with divine power balls, Esena requested a divine power ball for herself too.

There's no reason to refuse so he made a divine power ball for her too.

Since it is for Esena, he made the ball as big as a temari.

As expected of someone who received the knowledge of the incarnation of the world tree, Esena catches it without breaking it. She began playing with it after.

Getting tired of playing it like that, she began changing its characteristic and dropped it to the floor. It didn't break and even bounced back on her hands.

She's completely treating it as a temari.

Nana and Wanli tried to do the same but that only broke their divine power ball, several times.

Each time, Kousuke makes one for them again and again, since it is his purpose in the first place.

By the way, Kousuke can change the characteristics of the divine power ball like Esena but he did not dare do it.

His purpose is to raise the LV of the <Divine Power Control> of the two.

Though playing like this might not raise the level, they are having fun so Kousuke's fine with it.

They only need to play.

Kousuke's having fun watching them too so he doesn't mind if his main purpose fails.

When Kousuke was watching over them, the fairy and the two animals began treating the divine power ball like a volleyball and played with each other.

The ball goes back and forth to the three of them.

Nana and Wanli are hitting the divine power ball with their noses. They are good enough for the ball to not drop.

Their rally lasted for quite a long time. Even so, they did not get bored.

Their game continued until the three of them got tired.

Kousuke, who's now checking the status of the both tired and resting Nana and Wanli, confirmed that their <Divine Power Control> has risen to LV3. He was convinced that his experiment is a success.

The skill <Divine Power Control> will naturally not rise unless you use your divine power.

Since divine power is a power that is not used in everyday life (magical power and holy power are consumed by different kinds of skills), it remained LV1 until now.

Kousuke thought that they might be able to raise their skills while playing.

More than anything, Kousuke himself was healed by seeing them play so he definitely wants them to play.

By the way…

Shrine and Isnani, who witnessed Nana and Wanli playing with the divine power ball, were speechless at that scene. Kousuke and the three know that Kouhi and Mitsuki are there but they didn't notice the other two until the end.

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The tower managed by Kousuke is located in the center of the Central Continent.

There are six other towers surrounding it (they are rather far away).

As for their locations, two are in the north and south, another two are in the northeast and northwest, and the last two are in the southeast and southwest.

If you connect the six towers with a line, they will form a regular hexagon however, that is something no one has investigated in detail about.

The Central Continent, which has a total of seven towers, has a vast terrain that's why reclamation has not advanced that much. For the humans of other continents, the Central Continent is an untouched land.

The shape of the Central Continent is more of a diamond than a circle.

Ryuusen City, which was first connected to the tower when Kousuke put a teleportation gate there, is located in the northeast of the continent.

Opposite to Ryuusen, in the southwestern part of the continent, there's a town called Nansen.

Schmidt listed Nansen as the first candidate for the next teleportation gate location to the 5th floor of the tower.

Nansen City, like any other city on the Central Continent, was built along the coast. However, on the land side, opposite the sea, was the long Nansen Mountain Range.

Thanks to the existence of the mountain range, traveling to Nansen City via land is quite difficult.

However, there are a lot of resources produced from the nearby mountains so a lot of craftsmen live there.

Many adventurers in Nansen City are tasked with mining resources in mines or guarding mining teams.

Schmidt listed it as a site candidate for the second teleportation gate because Ryuusen doesn't have any resources that the craftsmen of this city produced.

In particular, the armor made by the city's craftsmen is necessary for the adventurers of the tower.

Kousuke visited Nansen with Mitsuki along with Nana and Wanli.

As for how they came in that place, they used the <Teleport> function that was added when the tower's level rose to LV4.

<Teleport> is only one way. You have to do something on your own in order to return.

However, Kousuke is with Mitsuki so there's no problem in returning home. Mitsuki has the ability to teleport them back to the foot of the tower.

The teleport of Kouhi and Mitsuki can only be used in places they have been to so they used the function of the tower this time to go there.

So far, because they can't just teleport inside the city, they teleported to a place near Nansen.

Kousuke's party walked from that place towards Nansen.

By the way, Nana and Wanli have collars.

It is a measure to avoid being suddenly attacked by someone.

Both of them did not particularly dislike it so Kousuke was able to bring them.

According to Schmidt, monster or beast tamers can be normally seen around so as long as they have collars, there won't be any problem.

Of course, there are those who would attack just because they want to.

Kousuke and Mitsuki were able to enter with Nana and Wanli, who have collars, in Nansen without any particular problem.

Kousuke and Mitsuki have guild cards from the public guild in Ryuusen as ID so they're not suspicious in any way.

After entering the city, the first thing that they did was to look for an inn (of course, one room) and headed to the public guild of Nansen.

Their purpose was not only to survey the craftsmen but the adventurers too.

He wants to see what kind of requests are posted in the public guild.

If possible, he wants to invite(guide) skillful craftsmen to the tower.

He would like to particularly invite architectural craftsmen.

The current 5th floor can't keep up with the demand for new buildings.

Though he can just use divine power PT to build them, he doesn't want to use that method if possible.

He thinks that the village should be made by human hands as much as possible.

Kousuke's party, who visited the public guild, immediately received a lot of gaze at the dining area and tavern of the guild as soon as they entered.

It's all Mitsuki's fault, that's the only reason in Kousuke's mind. This has always been the case so Kousuke just moves forward.

However, he soon realized that the gaze was different than usual.

The cause could soon be found in the dining area.

A pair of women are eating in a corner of the dining area to avoid being stared at.

They are quite beautiful even though they are not as beautiful as Mitsuki (some say that it is impolite to compare).

—Scene Change—

Collete was disgusted in her heart while poking the vegetable soup.

She knew from her travels that her appearance is attractive to humans.

Even among her fellow elves, her appearance can be categorized as beautiful. Needless to say to humans.

In addition, Sylvia, her party member sitting opposite of her, is also someone who looks as good as her.

Thus, they are nothing but eye-catching.

She knew it well but still wanted to eat in peace.

「Collete, I know how you feel but if you don't eat now, it will get cold, okay?」

Sylvia urges Collete to be indifferent to what's happening and just eat.

「….I know but」

The elves as a race, have sharper senses than humans.

She feels that everyone's eyes are on them so it is impossible for her to eat.

「Or, do you want to eat elsewhere?」

She nodded to Sylvia's suggestion but after a moment, she eventually shook her head.

She thought about it several times.

However, since there's already food before her, she can't. Collete takes pride in not wasting food.

All ingredients are blessings of nature.

As an elf, she could not afford to waste them.

Sylvia, who is not acquainted with her for a short time, also knows that so she has not said anything more.

When Collete tried to eat while enduring the gazes around her, that happened.

The entrance door has opened and all eyes focused on that direction.

That's a common scene if only it lasted for a moment.

It can be said that it is the habit of adventurers to check the person who'll be in their presence.

However, continuously looking at the newcomer is rare.

That rare thing was happening at that moment.

The reason is obvious.

It was because of the woman among the pair that entered.

In addition to her appearance that will fascinate even the same sex, she has a well-balanced body that can only be described as bewitching.

All the men in the cafeteria are gazing in one direction. The two mountains were incredibly big.

The man, due to his unimpressive appearance, has received little attention which is expected.

Fortunately or unfortunately (for Collete, it's definitely fortunately), that made Collete able to clean up the rest of her food.

For Collete, the ingredients are more of a concern than a couple of strangers.

Sylvia, on the other hand, has already finished her food so she's also observing the two who she had never seen before.

There wasn't that much in the first place so she was able to finish it in no time.

Sylvia talks to Colette as soon as she finishes her food.

The attention directed towards the two of them is now directed to someone else.

「Collete, have you noticed?」

「You mean the man from that pair looking at us?」

Given her experience, she misunderstood that gaze of the said man.

However, Sylvia shook her head upon seeing Collete's expression.

「He's not looking at us like that.」

「….then, what?」

She's sure they have never met those two.

Not only the woman but also the man.

「I feel like they are familiar. What do you think?」

「I don't recall meeting them.」

「Really?」

「Maa, there's no point in asking me if you're that convinced. If you really want to, why don't you just go and talk to them?」

「….right.」

Seeing Sylvia like that, Collete is kind of confused.

「What? Do you have any problems with those two?」

「No, I don't. Perhaps I'm overthinking things.」

Collete changed her mind because of Sylvia's expression.

When Sylvia is like that, she probably has a premonition. It would be either good or bad for them.

She doesn't know what it is but there's no such thing as being over careful.

And that premonition of Sylvia eventually happened.

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Chapter 4.3 – Trouble (Template)

Kousuke's group's guild cards were made from Ryuusen so in order to work in another city, they need to update their cards.

To update, they just need to present their card from Ryuusen to the receptionist of the Nansen's guild.

Only after recording their cards in Nansen can their activity there be recognized by the guild.

Kousuke's guild card renewal did not cause any inconvenience in particular and was even immediately approved.

After the two's update ended, they went straight to the mission board to check the missions.

The missions on the mission board are only basic, normal things and there are only a few special missions.

Most of the items are individually requested by trustworthy parties and people.

Especially those missions related to craftsmanship.

There are mainly two types of craftsman-related missions in the public guild.

One is requests for craftsmen.

As for the other one, the request from the craftsman guild itself.

The latter's mission is when the guild is in need of a talented person so they have to identify their skills first.

If you do good on that mission, you might even be recruited.

What Kousuke's party is checking are what craftsman-related missions are there and who the requesters are.

Though he doesn't understand things entirely, Schmidt advised him to check the trend.

When Kousuke and Mitsuki were checking the mission board, someone called out to Kousuke.

「Yow, you there, how about talking about business?」

When Kousuke looked back, a strong-looking man was looking down at him while grinning.

Looking around, he found out that it was a group.

After confirming that, Kousuke thought that what's happening is a template. It didn't happen in Ryuusen but that doesn't mean that it won't happen anywhere else. Or so he thought.

However, that doesn't mean that he's going to take them seriously.

「….hah, what is it? Can't you see I'm looking at the requests on the mission board?」

「Anyway, a kid like you won't make a lot of money. I'm kind so I was thinking of sharing money making ideas.」

To the man who's looking down at him, Kousuke just casually replied.

「I'm fine. I can find my own job. If that's all, get out and don't disturb me.」

「You! How dare you not accept my kindness….Oi, don't ignore me!!」

The man reaches out at Kousuke, who ignores him and continues to look at the mission board, to grab him.

However, his hand did not reach Kousuke.

There was someone who got in between the two of them. That someone grabbed that person's arm and threw him away.

The surrounding people were watching the whole time but they did not see what happened because it was too fast. The person in question did not understand what's happening either. All he knew was that he was thrown down.

「Yes yes. Kousuke-sama already said no so you should have pissed off already. If you do anything more, I'll take care of you.」

That was Mitsuki.

By the way, Nana and Wanli were intimidating that person too but Kousuke calmed them down.

After stroking the two's necks, Kousuke moves forward and talks while looking at the guild counter.

「…..it looks like we no longer need to look for a job so let's get out. I'm scared of the eyes of the people at the counter.」

Several staff, who are receptionists of the guild, are paying attention to what's happening.

Conflict in the guild is strictly prohibited.

「As you wish.」

Mitsuki laughed meaningfully and agreed with Kousuke's proposal.

Ignoring the man who's still lying on the floor, Kousuke's party left the public guild.

「Oi, wait.」

Kousuke's party, who left the guild, was chased out by the group they left.

Needless to say, it was the man and his friends.

The place is the street just outside the public guild.

「….things like this, should I be surprised or not?」

Kousuke blatantly said what he thinks of the current situation to the men who behaved as he thought they would.

No, it can be said that their stupidity knows no bound.

Kousuke already expected them to follow them and eventually attack in an uncrowded place. However, he never thought that they'll magnificently pick a fight in the middle of a busy street.

「For now, should I pretend to be surprised?」

「Wh-what are you saying!?」

The two parties made a fuss with the other making a fool at the men.

「Oi, do you really think you can just make a fool of us?」

「That woman might be a little capable but did you really think that she can take us all?」

「Did you really think you can just ridicule me!」

The commotion drew attention and people began gathering around.

However, it looks like it was a daily occurrence. Majority of the people only glanced at them.

「Not really. Did you not feel the difference in ability earlier?」

「Shut up. No matter how strong that woman is, if she's surrounded by the five of us, she won't be able to do anything!」

Starting with that man's declaration, the other men pulled out their swords.

Seeing the situation, the curious spectators have begun to rustle.

They are mainly criticizing the men.

「Shut up! Everyone, shut up!」

The spectators shut up. They probably don't want to get involved.

However, Kousuke sighed with relief upon seeing that.

「With this, it will be legitimate self-defense, right?」

In this world, no one has ever pulled out a sword and tried to kill Kousuke with it until now.

「As expected. However, you don't really need to worry about that.」

「Is that so? I'm still in the process of adjusting in that aspect….maa, Mitsuki, don't immediately kill them.」

「I'm not Kouhi so I won't go that far.」

「….you mean Kouhi will do it….」

「Maybe? They are targeting you after all.」

「Right...」

Kousuke was somewhat convinced.

By the way, keep in mind that he only asked her to not kill them.

Seeing the two not taking them seriously, the blood of the men boiled.

Perhaps those men are a bit capable, they didn't just rush in. The four attacked Mitsuki while the last one attacked Kousuke.

They must have taken the strength that Mitsuki showed in the guild.

However, their strategy did not work.

Mitsuki cleaned them up easily.

She didn't even pull out a weapon.

She did not face the four first but threw the one who attacked Kousuke into unconsciousness.

Like what happened earlier, the man did not even have a chance to react and was thrown on the ground.

After that, she turned around and beat up the four successively.

They were unable to keep up with Mitsuki's speed.

Mitsuki beat up the three with her bare hands while she took the last one's sword and pointed it at his neck.

It was the man who spoke with Kousuke in the guild.

「….hih. I-I'm sorry. I apologize. Please forgive me.」

「Ara. What are you apologizing for?」

「T-that we picked up a fight with you!」

Mitsuki looked at Kousuke, asking him what to do.

「….i-if the other party said the same thing you said earlier, wouldn't you have done the same? C-can you forgive me now?」

Kousuke considered them as habitual offenders.

He can see it given the reaction of the people around.

「....」

「Right. You'll never do that intentionally.」

「….I-I'll never do it again, do you forgive me now?」

「Well, I wonder….」

Kousuke said so while he looked at the man with his arms folded.

He's really troubled about what to do.

If he let them as it is, they'll repeat the same thing and even attack them again.

「For the time being, you're likely to do the same thing again, why don't we make sure that you can never hold your sword again?」

「….yo….you're joking, right?」

Ignoring the man, Kousuke looked at Mitsuki.

Mitsuki nodded and swung the sword to the man.

The man tried to escape but he was stopped by Mitsuki's pressure so he was unable to move.

The moment Mitsuki swung the sword down towards the man's dominant arm, a voice trying to stop her was heard as the spectators held their breath.

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Chapter 4.4

「Please wait…..!!」

It was a female's voice that stopped Mitsuki's sword.

The spectator's gaze gathered at her immediately.

Sylvia, a woman in robe, came out of the crowd.

She was one of the two women who were dining at the public guild earlier.

「Why are you stopping us? Are you one of them?」

While pointing her sword and sending pressure to the shivering man, Mitsuki threateningly stared at Sylvia.

「No, but I think that punishment is too much.」

「…it's too much?….is that so? Oh, you can use the <Truth Eyes> right?」

Sylvia was confused by that sudden question.

「Why are you suddenly asking…」

Sylvia is wearing a robe of Erisamir, a religion of this world.

If you are a sister with a certain amount of power, it will be normal for you to master the <Truth Eyes>.

The <Truth Eyes> is mainly used by clerics to determine if a person who committed a crime is telling the truth.

「Can you use it on this guy? I can use it too but that won't convince you, right?」

「That can't be! However, if you want me to do it, I'll do so.」

「Hah, you probably already know what I mean. It will probably take you time so just use it after me.」

Mitsuki said so and immediately used the <Truth Eyes> at the man.

Sylvia casted <Truth Eyes> on the man too.

The <Truth Eyes> is similar to the so-called lie detector.

Those who have been casted with that skill will glow red if they lie and glow blue if they are not telling a lie.

Sylvia's eyes popped out a moment when she saw Mitsuki casting <Truth Eyes> in an instant without chanting and soon she also casted <Truth Eyes>.

By the way, even though it is called <Truth Eyes>, it is easy for the caster to cheat.

All the caster needs to do is use another light magic to cover the light of the <Truth Eyes>.

If a person can use light magic, it will be as easy as ABC.

Mitsuki invited Sylvia to cast it alongside her because she thought that the other party would not trust her even if she used it.

「Now….we have a few questions for you.」

Mitsuki pointed the sword towards the man.

「Wh….what do you want to hear?」

「First….right. You guys have been doing the same thing for a long time, right?」

「W-what are you talking about….?」

The light around the man turned red.

「Look at that. There's no point in lying so you better answer correctly, okay?」

「I…impossible…」

「Yes yes. That's good.」

When the man tried to say something to Mitsuki, she interrupted him by putting a little pressure on him again. The man shuddered.

「I-I understand. I'll answer properly….properly you hear. Please, stop it…!」

However, Mitsuki is only putting pressure on the man alone so the people around don't know what's happening.

Therefore, they only thought that the man was so frightened of Mitsuki because of the battle earlier.

「Then, let's continue. Have you ever done the same thing to double digit women?」

「Wha…..!?」

To Mitsuki's abrupt question, Sylvia's eyes opened wide and looked at the man.

The man remained silent. However, he is covered with blue light.

「Let me tell you this, there's no point in not saying anything. Maa, as long as shrine maiden-sama here understands, it's okay. I don't really care about you.」

The man has been cold sweating for some time.

He understands that no matter how he answers, he won't be able to escape Mitsuki's punishment.

「Next question, how many female party members have you killed?」

「.....how did you know! No, wait! I don't really remember….I can't count them all!」

「Yes. Thank you for saying the answer I wanted to hear.」

Hearing the conversation of the two, Sylvia and the surrounding spectators are speechless.

This man was a famous adventurer for being crude and violent but they never thought he would be this much.

For a person like him to be walking around town casually, the people around are terrified.

However, they were even more terrified with Mitsuki's next question.

「If that's the case, how can you casually walk around the city?」

「….what do you mean….?」

「I already told you that I don't want to waste time….or, should I ask it clearly?」

「…..」

This time, he tried to stay silent but when Mitsuki's sword was about to strike his throat, he started to confess.

「Yeah, you're right. We have a backer that can take us out of prison even if we are caught….!」

「Good. Thank you.」

After smirking, Mitsuki turned to Sylvia.

Sylvia and the spectators around are completely speechless with the man's confession.

The man is clearly a criminal and should be imprisoned but he is connected to a powerful person of this city.

It might be impossible to not be surprised.

「Do you understand now? That's the reason why I tried to punish him.」

「B -but…..that's….!?」

Sylvia, who was told that by Mitsuki, tried to say something but words won't come out of her mouth.

That's because the officials themselves can't be trusted.

She didn't even wonder why Mitsuki knew of that from the beginning.

Seeing the reaction of the people around, Mitsuki kept holding her sword.

「Well, even though it no longer matters, it still will be done.」

「….what do you mean?」

「Ara. You said that with this much audience. Your worth to the man behind you has been expended, why would he keep you alive? Rather than that, he'll do everything necessary to get rid of you before you can talk.」

The man opened his eyes wide, perhaps hearing it from Mitsuki he finally realized what had occurred.

With a roar, he immediately dashed towards Mitsuki.

However, Mitsuki treated him lightly and just punched his vital spot to make him unconscious.

「Yes, it's over. You will be cleaned up by your backer, in various ways.」

Mitsuki said so as she left the men behind and walked towards Kousuke.

Sylvia could only silently see them off.

At that time, Kousuke, who had been silent about what Mitsuki was doing, was talking to a woman who approached him.

It's Collete. The person who was sitting with Sylvia back in the guild's dining hall.

「….your companion really did it. 」

「Yeah….She shouldn't have stopped your companion in the first place. Do you think trouble will end with this?」

「I don't think so. 」

Collete sighed.

It would have been great if she stopped her earlier but she wasn't able to do so.

In addition, she clearly heard the conversation between Mitsuki and the man so it is already too late.

「She doesn't seem to care about what will happen next. Are you not worried about taking the blame? 」

「….didn't you see that we were just defending ourselves? 」

「Will those words be useful….? 」

Collete was speechless with Kousuke's reply.

Looking at her, Kousuke took something from his backpack and presented it to Collete.

「…..this it? 」

「Communication device and a note for the hotel we're staying at. That communication equipment can be used in this whole city. 」

「Communication device….another rare thing. Great. Thank you. 」

The communication device that he gave Collete is a very expensive thing and it's also something disposable.

Few adventurers bother to buy it for a purpose.

「You're welcome. Well, I can't just abandon you. 」

Besides, both of them are beautiful so Kousuke didn't even hesitate.

Kousuke, who joined Mitsuki, went to the inn while being paid attention to.

It wasn't until he had entered the inn that he noticed that he never heard the names of the two ladies.

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Chapter 4.5 – Finally, Name

After receiving the communication device from Kousuke, Collete heads toward Sylvia.

They have to leave that place fast before the official comes.

The people around will talk about Sylvia anyway but the two of them have to talk first.

Collete managed to get Sylvia who had become stunned while looking at the leaving Mitsuki.

「We have to leave the inn immediately.」

Collete said that to Sylvia as they walk towards the inn.

When Sylvia hears that, she has a puzzled expression on her face.

「What do you mean?」

「Haa….you didn't realize it after all.」

The usual Sylvia would have noticed.

However, she's been acting different from usual since she saw the commotion between Kousuke's party and those men.

The usual Sylvia wouldn't rush into a commotion like what she did earlier.

「Do you remember the expression of the man in his last attempt to attack?」

「….expression?」

「….what happened? If it's the usual you, you should have noticed.」

At that time, Mitsuki obviously induced the story to have the man talk.

When he smelled the possibility of assassination, he already knows that the backer got exposed.

Hearing Collete's explanation, Sylvia remained silent for a moment then, the color of her face faded as soon as she understood.

「….I'm sorry desuwa.」

Since the man will be assassinated by his fellow organization member, that means that Sylvia, who was involved in that commotion, could also be a target too.

She should have been barely related in that commotion until Sylvia uses her <Truth Eyes>.

She's now one that can be said to be a direct witness.

「You don't need to apologize. I was more surprised that you took action.」

The usual Sylvia won't move without thinking about the outcome unlike what she did earlier.

However, she can't think of a reason why Sylvia would do that.

「For some reason, at that time, I thought I had to stop it. I feel like that person shouldn't be involved in such an act….」

「Fuhn….maybe you fell in love at first sight?」

Collete said that to make fun of the depressed Sylvia.

It was supposed to be a joke but her reaction is different from what she expected.

「W-w-wh-wha-what are….!?」

To be honest, from Collete's point of view, Kousuke isn't the love at first sight material given his appearance.

It was an unexpected reaction because they didn't even talk.

「….I was just kidding….」

Hearing Collete's murmur, Sylvia stopped moving.

「.....th-at」

「No no, wait wait. Personally, I was just surprised why you reacted like that.」

「I-It's not like that. But for some reason, I'm just a little worried….」

Collete thought that it might really be love at first sight but she should not talk about that topic anymore so she'll put it on hold.

「Maa, it's fine. Anyway, that's why we'll move out of the inn and join them.」

「Join? How are we going to find them?」

「We're going to use this communication device. Before we can act together, we should negotiate first.」

「When did….」

「While Sil was talking to the woman, I was talking to the man….jealous?」

「Colette…!!」

Collete laughed and teased her. She thought that it is a great teasing material.

—Scene Change—

Away from the place where the commotion occurred, Kousuke and his party visited an item store to check out the items that can be bought in that city.

This is because by checking the items for sale, he can confirm the technological level of that place.

Since Kousuke was someone who can even create a divine tool, the magic tool sold in that city is only about that level.

Kousuke didn't notice that he only managed to do that because the books he was reading at the tower in his spare time are knowledge from gods.

As long as he has the materials, Kousuke can make any magic tool sold in the store himself. It was at that moment when he realized that the communication tool he has is reacting.

When he spoke with the other party using the communication device, the other party said that they wanted to meet and have a talk about their next move.

Kousuke gave her the communication tool for a reason so he has the intention of talking with her too. He agreed immediately.

While heading to the restaurant designated as their meeting place, Mitsuki asked.

「Are you going to make those two join us?」

「Yeah….if possible.」

「May I ask why?」

「I'm not going to hide it….Esena seems to care about that elf.」

When he heard that, Mitsuki was convinced.

Kousuke and the world tree Esena are mutually connected.

Their situation is still the same even after leaving the tower.

Since Esena cares about that elf, there is a reason for Kousuke to dare make a connection with her.

「I see….I thought you were targeting her because she's beautiful.」

「Yeah, I won't deny that either.」

Mitsuki laughs hearing Kousuke's immediate reply.

Kouhi and Mitsuki do not shy away from increasing the number of women around Kousuke.

On the other hand, it looks like they are trying to actively increase their number.

It is evident looking at Shrine's case.

They did not force her to come to him but let her stick with Kousuke the way she wanted. Unfortunately, there is nothing happening between him and Shrine.

They don't know what she wants to do but as long as she has no ill intent towards Kousuke, they'll leave her alone.

「Ano, that shrine maiden, doesn't she have Kousuke-sama's favorite boobs? It looks like hers is bigger than mine.」

「Really…!?」

Kousuke instinctively replies like that from Mitsuki's extra information.

When they are about to reach the restaurant, Mitsuki notices that an incident is happening.

「Are we a little late?」

「Geh. They are quick to act. It looks like that organization is better than I thought.」

「Right. There's still time, should we go in a hurry?」

It seems like no battle has started yet but it would as long as there's a trigger.

「Yeah….Ah, right. Nana, Wanli, go ahead and help. It looks like they are surrounded, you should know which ones you're going to help.」

Kousuke said so and removed Nana and Wanli's collars.

Nana and Wanli quickly ran away. The current Nana and Wanli can communicate enough to understand that instruction.

Kousuke and Mitsuki decided to deal with the enemies outside who are equipped with long-range weapons.

When Nana and Wanli break-in, the tension ends and the battle begins.

With that as a signal, Kousuke and Mitsuki(Main force) cleared up those guys who were trying to shoot bows and magic from the outside.

With Mitsuki there, it didn't even take 10 minutes to defeat the 10 assailants.

As a result, the two ladies were stunned but Kousuke didn't even bother.

「Thank you. You saved us. Let me introduce myself first, I'm Collete…」

「I'm Sylvia desuwa.」

Sylvia stuck out her chest and gave her name and for some reason, Kousuke instinctively stared at her chest.

She's certainly bigger than Mitsuki.

Before Sylvia could ask him, Mitsuki introduced herself.

「I'm Mitsuki, this is Kousuke-sama.」

He bowed pretending he did not stare at her.

「Nice to meet you.」

After greeting each other, they decided to change places to talk.

They don't want to enter the restaurant now because of the commotion and decided to move to another place.