Chapter 5 Part-(5.6-5.11)

Chapter 5.6 – Consultation and Plan

Mitsuki was consulted by Shrine but her response was very brief.

「You think too much.」

「...what? No, but.....」

Seeing the puzzled Shrine, Mitsuki was surprised.

「As you know, Kousuke-sama didn't like it when you drink his blood before but other than that, he has already accepted you.」

「No, I know he is but, aren't we talking about love…..?」

「Right? Then, tell me how do you know a person loves you?」

「His actions and words….eh?」

Shrine suddenly felt that her doubt was unfounded so she did not say it.

Thinking about it carefully, Kousuke indeed did not tell her in words but his actions towards her are obvious.

Shrine is deliberately getting close to Kousuke and he doesn't reject her at all.

At first, he thought she's only planning to suck his blood so he maintains a certain distance from her but now, that's no longer the case.

And after thinking that far, Shrine suddenly thought.

「.....perhaps the way he treated me before was not just because he didn't want me to suck his blood….?」

「.....you just noticed?」

Seeing Mitsuki's gaze towards her, the frustrated Shrine blushed.

Until now, she didn't realize.

At first, she thought he was just like that because he doesn't want his blood to be sucked. However, he was just being overly conscious towards her.

She never thought of it before because his first impression of her is so strong.

「.....somehow….I feel like I've been manipulated….」

There's too much to think that Shrine falls into a little self-loathing.

Seeing Shrine like that, Mitsuki laughed.

「In addition, Kousuke-sama himself is not aware.」

「...…haa…..」

「Giggle….maa, anyway, I have a suggestion or perhaps it is better to call it an advice.」

Mitsuki is giggling while saying that to the depressed Shrine.

「Kousuke-sama, because of his character, will not try to make a move on you. Perhaps because he has me and Kouhi.」

Since Kousuke already has Kouhi and Mitsuki, he won't try to lay his hands on any other woman.

Even if he's a man who most likely wants a harem himself, he won't do it.

「.....mou」

Shrine, who realized it, was lost in thought.

There's too much to think about after hearing Mitsuki's words.

Shrine sighed and bowed her head to Mitsuki.

「....haa, what is it….Mitsuki-dono, I wish to express my gratitude by the way.」

Mitsuki is in a position where it wouldn't be strange if she decided to remove her to make sure there won't be competition but it was surprising that she's cooperating with her.

Rather than stopping her, she even feels like she wants to create a harem for Kousuke herself.

Seeing the bowing Shrine, Mitsuki waved her right hand.

「Fear not. I'm doing this because I have my reasons. At least I can assure you that I have nothing against you for now.」

Hearing Mitsuki trying to clarify things, Shrine can only reply with a wry smile.

「Maa, that's great….anyway, I have to thank you for enlightening me so I'll try a lot of things from now on.」

「Oh, then, I have a proposal for you, do you mind?」

「Fumu. Let's hear it.」

Hearing Mitsuki's proposal, Shrine became more and more interested and in the end, she said "Interesting. Let's do it.".

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—Scene Change—

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Sylvia was asked by Mitsuki and Shrine for a consultation and was taken to the Vamilinear Castle.

And now, she was caught up in various ways by the "consultation" she heard from the two.

Thinking about it, she already felt an ominous wind drifting since morning.

This morning, like usual, she's in a room on the management floor. She was training with god's pendant to communicate with Goddess Erisamir.

By the way, it was Sylvia who called it the god's pendant. Kousuke said that she should be the one to name it and since then, Sylvia has called it god's pendant.

Thanks to her training, although for a short time, she can now communicate with Goddess Erisamir alone.

However, if Goddess Erisamir is busy, there's a possibility that it wouldn't connect.

Most of the time, when it is connected it will end with a short conversation of "Please do your best to train with that tool".

In the past, she thought that if the goddess was busy, she would stop training momentarily but on the contrary, Goddess Erisamir encouraged her to continue training and try to connect with her any time.

Because of that, it has become her usual routine. However, today is different. Before disconnecting, she was left with disturbing words.

『You will be presented with an important choice so choose properly. I hope you make a good choice for yourself.』

The goddess said that and left.

For Sylvia, that is obviously an oracle from Goddess Erisamir.

However, Sylvia at that time didn't think much of it.

And then, the time to make a choice came.

She was forced to make a choice. And it came from Mitsuki and Shrine.

Since it is only a "consultation", Sylvia thought that it shouldn't be related to the oracle since Goddess Erisamir did not say the word "consultation".

However, when the two asked her, she was certain that this "consultation" was what the oracle is referring to.

She doesn't know whether it was right or wrong but she thought that she would never have this chance again for the rest of her life.

She's also being covered with fear since she doesn't know if the risk is worth it.

Well, Sylvia thought of that as a kind of "escapism".

「...ehto, do I really have to answer now? I would like to think about it slowly if possible.」

「Don't you think that momentum is important?」

Mitsuki agrees with Shrine.

It seems like she can't reply at a later date.

However, there's an oracle so she tried to earn time.

「B….but it's too rushed. I can't reply immediately.」

「Am I the only one who thinks you already have given an answer?」

Sylvia became silent when Mitsuki said that.

Mitsuki is exactly right.

When she heard the "consultation" of the two, she only felt embarrassed and bewildered. She didn't reject it at all.

After realizing it, the other two stayed silent as Sylvia.

It was not that she had no time to think anything but she already had an answer to begin with.

「I understand. I will go with your proposal.」

In the end, like Shrine, Sylvia also wants to break the status quo.

Hearing Sylvia's reply, Mitsuki and Shrine decided to proceed with their "plan".

They decided to do the "plan" tonight.

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—Scene Change—

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At that time, Kousuke was relaxing in a bath on the management floor.

When he first made a bath, it could only be used by three people at the same time but since the members had increased, he installed it again but now its size can fit ten people at the same time.

That night, Mitsuki was doing something with Shrine and Sylvia so he's all alone.

He doesn't mind sharing the bath with someone else but he's also fine using it alone since he can relax more.

While thinking of such a thing, the relaxing Kousuke heard the sound of someone coming into the bath.

At that time, he thought Kouhi and Mitsuki came in.

「Wh...wh-wha-what are you doing…..!?」

But it was Shrine and Sylvia who entered.

Moreover, they only have towels wrapped around their wonderful bodies.

「What do you mean what? We thought that we should take a bath together.」

「Don't you want to?」

Shrine was somewhat in a slightly trembling state while Sylvia was completely red.

「No, I don't mind. Rather, I'm glad…..what am I saying….!?」

Kousuke was also somewhat confused.

「No, but….are you sure?」

「Are you really saying that? You're really dense. No, she already said that we should expect this….」

「As expected of Mitsuki-sama desu wa…..Kousuke-sama, we won't do this if we don't have the resolve.」

「Eh…..!? Are you fine with doing this?」

As expected, Kousuke understood the meaning behind Sylvia's words.

Shrine replied for the two of them.

「That's right. Originally, we wanted you to make a move first but we were told that it probably won't happen.」

Kousuke immediately understood who told them that.

Moreover, he already has noticed the three of them doing things covertly since the whole day.

And Mitsuki's prediction was indeed accurate.

「Is it really alright?」

Both nodded, which is the final confirmation for Kousuke.

He has no intention of rejecting the two who had done so far.

He doesn't even feel like he's dancing on Mitsuki's palm. Instead, he's thankful. In the end, Kousuke accepted the two.

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Chapter 5.7 – Dolly

There was a rare visitor on the management floor.

She is Sheryl, the former world tree shrine maiden of the elven village in the Great Keidroya Forest.

Originally, aside from the managers, no one else can go to the management floor. However, if you are accompanied by one of the managers, you can use the teleportation gate too.

At first, Sheryl was reluctant to come to the management floor but Kousuke happened to be busy so she could only go to him herself.

Of course, the manager who brought her there is Collete.

At first, Collete went to the management floor per Sheryl's request to meet Kousuke but he couldn't leave so he asked Collete to bring Sheryl instead.

Presently, Sheryl is observing the management floor curiously.

「My apologies if I have to call you here instead…..this place isn't unusual, is it?」

The management floor looks very normal.

However, that's according to Kousuke. For him, everything looks normal except for the monitor and the crystal in the management room.

「Kind of. I have never been out of the elf forest even for a few minutes…」

The embarrassed Sheryl said so.

Thinking about it, since the 73rd floor is an elf only floor, everything there including the furnitures are designed by elves.

Someone from the elf village would naturally be curious seeing how unusual the management floor is.

「Ah, no. My apologies….so, what was your business for today's visit?」

「Yes. Actually, there was a change in the branch we brought from the elf village…..」

「Oneechan is doing grood.」

When Sheryl started talking about it, Esena barged in from nowhere.

By the way, recently, Esena has become able to speak quite fluently compared to before.

While patting Esena's head who's clinging on him, Kousuke tilted his head.

「….Oneechan?」

「Ano….she's talking about the world tree branch. The one separated from the world tree of the village….」

「…..ah!」

With Sheryl's explanation, Kousuke finally remembered.

Previously, when they brought the branch of the world tree from the elf village of the Great Keidroya Forest, they planted it on the 73rd floor.

So, something happened to the branch.

「It should be healthy. What happened?」

「Yeah. It seems that it rooted itself firmly and it even has branches now. I would like Kousuke-sama to look at it personally again….」

「Me too, come and see mie…」

Esena, who was happily being patted by Kousuke, raised her hand and insisted Kousuke to do so.

「I see. Yeah, I haven't been there for a while….got it. I'll go there once I'm free.」

Kousuke said that to Esena.

「Alright, I'll make time soon and go to the elves' floor.」

「Great. We will be waiting for you.」

He moved his gaze from Esena to Sheryl. Sheryl smiled as if she was relieved and bowed her head.

It seems like that is Sheryl's only concern. She left immediately after that.

Collete brought her back.

Kousuke, who was too busy to leave, saw them off and returned to work again.

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—Scene Change—

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Two days after Sheryl's visit to the management floor, Kousuke, who was finally able to make time, headed to the 73rd floor.

He brought Mitsuki with him.

Collete has come to the 73rd floor ahead as she has other things to do.

After joining with Collete, they went to see the state of the world tree first.

The world tree has already become quite big and you can even see it as soon as you exit the teleportation gate.

However, seeing it close completely gives off a different feeling compared to seeing it from a distance.

The lights(spirits) drifting around were also well and kicking. Their number seemed to have increased too.

Collete said that they should have noticed the approaching Kousuke through Esena(since she knows Kousuke's exact location). It looks like they became more active because of that.

Among the elves, Collete and Sheryl are the only ones who can see these spirits properly so far.

The other elves can only feel their existence but they can't see them.

「Haa. I didn't come here for a little while and it has grown to this point?」

Kousuke said that while touching the trunk of the world tree.

The feeling it gives him when he's touching the world tree is the same as if he's touching Esena.

Well, it should be normal since they are one existence.

And there, he found out there's something different compared to when he saw it before.

「...you can control divine power now?」

Kousuke was able to feel the flow of the power inside and it was clearly divine power. He's sure that it is completely different from magic power or holy power.

「Eh…..!? Is that true?」

Collete, who heard Kousuke's murmur, looks surprised.

「It's true. I'm amazing. I'm amazing, righttt?」

「Ah, of course, you're amazing.」

A very happy Esena confirms it so Kousuke pats her head as usual.

Esena, whose head is being patted, squints her eyes happily like a cat.

Esena is truly happy to be head patted but unfortunately(?), only Kousuke would dare do that to her.

The others are already happy seeing them like that.

By the way, the world tree of the 73rd floor can now control divine power but not all world trees can do that. However, Esena, the fairy of the world tree, can use divine power properly.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, like what happened to Nana and the others, that she's living in a place like the tower.

The elves did not notice anything unusual when the world tree began controlling divine power but Kousuke, who saw it the first time, noticed it immediately since he can see divine power using his eyes.

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—Scene Change—

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After seeing the state of the world tree, Kousuke and his party went to see the state of the branch of the world tree that was in the former elf village.

The branch, which was planted in a place slightly away from the world tree, was still managed by the elves. Perhaps because it is the original world tree they are looking after.

It is now already at a level where you can't call it a branch.

It is around the size of a tree you'll find in the streets of Japan.

However, it seems like it is no longer a world tree and has completely become a different tree. What kind of tree it will be can only be known in the future.

As Sheryl requested, Kousuke touched the trunk like he did with the world tree.

Then, pour a little divine power. Just enough to make sure that the tree won't be damaged.

Then, just like the world tree, light appeared at the trunk of the tree and it became humanoid.

It is translucent but it can't be denied that it was the fairy of the world tree he met in the elf village before.

Sheryl, who saw what happened on the side, was in tears as soon as the figure appeared.

「Have I kept you waiting?」

That's what Kousuke said to the fairy.

The fairy shook her head as if she couldn't speak but she still conveyed her intention.

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That moment, Esena came to Kousuke and asked him.

「Oniichan, please give oneeshian nwame.」

「Name?」

Esena nodded.

Then, he looked at Sheryl.

Sheryl, who was stared at by him, shook her head in regret.

「I'm sorry. In the first place, the world tree can only be called world tree so there's no personal name.」

「Is that so….okay.」

Kousuke crossed his arms and thought for a while.

「Now then, how about Dolly?」

The moment Kousuke named the fairy, the fairy in front of them nodded and a change occurred to her. She was translucent but she began to return to her previous form.

Everyone, except Esena, was surprised by the change. The fairy named Dolly, who recovered her previous form, bowed to Kousuke.

「T-thank you very much. Thanks to you, I was able to regain my former self.」

「Do you still remember your life when you were still a world tree?」

「Yes. I remember. However, as expected, my power has completely become different.」

「I see. That's good.」

He already expected her to not remember much.

Esena, who was watching Dolly speak, takes her hand happily.

The other three can't help but smile seeing how happy Esena is.

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「So, Sheryl, can I leave her to you?」

「Yes, of course desu.」

Sheryl agreed without an ounce of hesitation.

「I'm sorry but you have to take care of me again.」

「Please don't say that. I'm happy to be able to serve you again.」

「.....thank you.」

Seeing Sheryl and Dolly, Kousuke was convinced that it is best to leave the rest to her.

In the first place, Kousuke is a complete newbie in terms of plants and trees.

He would prefer not doing anything unfamiliar.

With that conclusion, Kousuke ended his visit to the elf village.

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Chapter 5.8 – New Skill

Recently, Kousuke has been working with Isunani to create a new divine tool but it's not going well.

To put it bluntly, they don't even have any idea what to do.

What they're trying to make is something that has a chat function.

It all started when Isunani heard Kousuke murmurs it would be convenient if they can converse away from each other.

Originally, there is a magic called telepathy so they thought that if they devise it from there, they would manage to do something but it's not useful to them at all.

They also tried to base it on the divine engraving machine but it was not helpful. They realized that they have to completely make it from scratch.

That time, the two of them concluded that creating a chat tool would be a long-term battle.

For this reason, they decided to stop creating the tool and slowly research about it first.

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Because of that, Kousuke decided to check the function of the tower on the management floor.

Since he established crown and put demi-humans on several floors, he decided to review the tower's function.

He found some interesting things to install so he decided to install them.

There are three of them namely the fragment of the sun, fragment of the moon, and fragment of the star.

There were other fragments too but he chose those three first because they are related to divine power.

As for why, he thought it is probably because they are related to the three great gods.

If he asked them something about the tower, they wouldn't answer as he already tried to ask Sylvia to ask Eris.

The only answer Sylvia received was "Do as you please".

Kousuke didn't mind since there's no problem in the first place.

Anyway, he installed those three.

There are various interesting things yet to be installed but considering the installation cost, he narrowed down the choices to those three.

The place he installed them is the fox's floor which is the 8th floor.

He installed one for each base.

In addition, he also installed summoning circles at each base and decided to head to the 8th floor to start summoning.

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—Scene Change—

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Kousuke went to the 8th floor with Kouhi and Collete.

However, it has already been a day after he installed those three fragments and summoning circles.

He decided to delay going there since he thought there's no way the effect will immediately come out right after the installation.

Well, he already expected that a day won't be enough either.

He brought Collete to converse with Wanli of course.

He wondered if he was bothering her so much but since Collete seems to be looking forward to playing with Wanli, he stopped thinking too much.

They came to the 8th floor after a day of installation but whether there will be changes or not is unknown.

Wanli immediately greeted Kousuke's party as soon as they arrived on the 8th floor via the teleportation gate. There's a change in Wanli.

「Whoah, oi, hey, wait….!」

Wanli dashed and jumped to Kousuke in no time.

Kousuke, who wasn't able to stop her, fell on his back but Wanli began to lick his face regardless of it.

「Mmmm, hey…it tickles…」

Even though he said that, Kousuke doesn't want her to stop.

Kouhi and Collete, who looked at them while smiling, noticed Wanli's change.

「Wa...wait...her tail has increased….!?」

Hearing Collete, Kousuke turns his gaze to Wanli's tail.

「Ah, right….Wanli, did you grow a little?」

「Kuu?」

Wanli tilted her neck as a reply.

As expected, given that reaction, Collete doesn't even need to interpret.

「Her tail increased and her body got bigger, right?」

「That's right.」

Kouhi agreed with Kousuke's confirmation.

Then, Collete conveyed that to the clueless Wanli through spirits.

「….Kuu!?」

When Collete conveyed to her what happened, Wanli looked surprised.

「….no, how can you not notice…..」

「From the time I woke up this morning, everyone was acting weird and I thought that's weird.」

The everyone she's referring to are the foxes at the base.

「Ah, is that so? Do you feel anything different?」

After hearing those from Collete, Kousuke checked Wanli's status through his left eye.

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Personal Name: Wanli

Race Name: Multi-Tailed Fox

Inherent Skill: Fox Fire LV6, Bite LV5, Evasion LV6, Detection LV6, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV4, Divine Power Control LV5 Fairy Language Yang Fire LV1

Blessing Skill: Transform LV3, Telepathy LV4

Title: Kousuke's Familiar, Sun God's Blessed

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Her overall LV has risen but more than that, the skill <Yang Fire> and the title <Sun God's Blessed> were added.

Apparently, it seems to be the effect of the sun fragment.

Or perhaps is a kind of thanks for installing the <Fragment of the Sun>.

Either way, it is probably thanks to the fragment of the sun.

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While thinking about that, Collete, who had finished her conversation with Wanli, came to speak with him.

「….it seems like her technique towards the power she used when she played with Nana before has become better.」

「Played before….? Ah, is she referring to the divine power ball?」

「I think so.」

「I see. Is leveling up the <Divine Power Control> the prerequisite?」

It may be good for the other foxes to do that too but unfortunately, there's only one multi-tailed fox.

After playing with Wanli, he checked the other foxes of the base. There are only a few foxes that have <Divine Power Control> but they are increasing.

The foxes that were able to obtain it are the sky fox and earth fox but none of the spirit foxes were able to.

In any case, he told Wanli to teach those foxes that have <Divine Power Control> to play the divine power ball game.

Now, if they attain the same skill level as Wanli, he can confirm that divine power control is one of the prerequisites to be a multi-tailed fox.

By the way, he also visited the two newly made bases.

He built them with much effort so it will be a waste to not go there.

He used the summoning circles to summon spirit foxes and returned to the management floor.

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—Scene Change—

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「What do you plan to do with Nana and Wanli?」

As soon as they returned to the management floor, Collete asked him that.

「…..hnn? What are you talking about?」

「If you only plan to dote on them, you don't need to make them strong, right?」

「Ah, so that's what you mean.」

If he only wants to dote on them, he can just keep them on the management floor.

「That's right….at first I only wanted them to be strong enough so they could survive….now that I know their race can change as they grow stronger, I feel greedy.」

「Greedy?」

「Yes. To put it simply, I want them to be able to defeat advanced monsters eventually.」

Collete was surprised by Kousuke's answer and thought about it once again.

In the first place, you can't find any sign of being a spirit fox while looking at the current Wanli.

Wanli, Nana, and the others change(evolution?) from wolves and foxes to this astonishing degree.

Thinking about it, she feels like she slightly understood Kousuke.

If they become able to defeat advanced monsters, that means they can live the way they want in the tower.

It is also true that it was not his original intention.

Even so, since they are growing, he has no choice but to support them.

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Chapter 5.9 – Transformation Skill

It was about three days after they confirmed Wanli's change.

In addition to developing a communication device, they are also doing other research.

It is summoning circle development.

Kousuke has always been worried about how Kouhi and Mitsuki's summoning method is different from the tower's installed summoning circles.

Kouhi and the other's summoning circle can only summon one being per circle but the summoning circle of the tower can summon multiple beings in one circle.

By referring to both summoning circles, he thought something new could be done.

He has been working on it even before thinking of making a communication device but since it was unlikely to move on, he has continued his research and is now even going to try it.

The place where he plans to summon is the 46th floor.

If the summoning goes well, he will be able to summon a new beast. Before going to the 46th floor, he decided to go to the floors where Nana and Wanli are.

It was because he thought that if they watch the summoning with them, the summoned being should not recognize them as enemies upon being summoned.

That's what Kousuke planned so he took Wanli and Nana with him but he never thought that everyone else would be going too.

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First, they headed to the 9th floor where Nana is.

However….

As soon as Kousuke passed through the teleportation gate of the 9th floor, a big furry charged at him.

It was unusual that Kouhi and Mitsuki did not stop that creature from charging.

....Kousuke thought that the two let their guard down since how could they even miss such a big beast.

However, he was surprised when he looked at it closely.

「…..Eh!? You are, Nana?」

That big furry was Nana.

Kousuke observed it half-believing as it was licking him.

Originally, Nana was only as big as a medium-size dog but now she has become one size bigger than a large dog.

「No, changing this much should be expected…..」

The stunned Kousuke is still being licked by Nana on his face.

The other members of the group, except for Kouhi and Mitsuki, were also as stunned as Kousuke.

By the way, Kouhi and Mitsuki are not surprised because they came here while Kousuke was doing research.

Since she's that big, licking his face looks like he's being attacked.

Kousuke tried to calm Nana down and check her status.

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Personal Name: Nana

Race: White Wolf

Inherent Skills: Howl LV6, Tackle LV7, Bite LV7, Intimidate LV7, Group Action LV6, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV6, Divine Power Control LV6, Fairy Language Wind Magic LV5, Moonlight LV5

Blessing Skills: Command LV5, Great God's Shard(Half Moon), Size Change

Title: Kousuke's Familiar, Great God's Messenger

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She's now able to use magic.

All her skills including her blessings have increased.

In addition, the <Great God's Shard> of the blessing skills changed from (New Moon) to (Half Moon).

Thanks to that skill, Kousuke finally understood what happened.

He's now wondering what kind of change it will bring once it turns to (Full Moon).

Anyway, she now has a <Size Change> skill.

He already has an idea of what it is but still asks Collete as usual.

It seems like it makes her able to change her body size.

Then, in front of everyone, Nana changed her size.

「「「「「Ohhhh!!」」」」」

It was a chorus.

According to Nana, it is better to fight against monsters if she's big so she's like that.

Given everyone's reaction upon seeing her, it was decided that Nana should return to her original size.

As for Kousuke, it doesn't matter how big she is, however, it will be hard for him to pet her if she's that big. He told her that if she wants him to pet her, she should be small.

When Nana heard Kousuke's conclusion, Nana was a little disappointed.

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—Scene Change—

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After taking the small Nana with them, they headed to the 8th floor where Wanli is.

Nana was not at the original base of the 8th floor so Kousuke asked Nana to find Wanli by her smell.

For some reason, Nana was showing that she lost her but when they found Wanli, they immediately knew why.

「…..what can I say? As expected….」

「…..I'm not even surprised. This is definitely Kousuke's doing….」

「…..Incredible desu wa….」

「…..Surprising desu～」

That was everyone's reaction when they saw her.

They wanted to put all the blame on Kousuke but Kousuke did not do anything directly.

...…However, Kousuke can't afford to care about that for now.

The reason for their reaction was Nana playing with Wanli(?).

「Yaaahh, Nana-chan, it tickles～」

...in the form of a girl.

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Naturally, or rather, Wanli is now in the form of a girl so she doesn't have any clothes. In short, she's naked.

Mitsuki gives her some clothes that she had put in her item box in case of emergency and lets her wear them.

The clothes were oversize but no one objected since they prioritized hiding her naked body to Kousuke.

By the way, Kousuke was forced to shut her eyes until she put on her clothes.

To be precise, Sylvia covered his eyes from behind.

After that, they asked Wanli what happened. She said she went to each base as told by Kousuke but when she spent the night there, the number of her tails increased.

The base where she is has the <Star Fragment>. When she woke up after spending a night at this base, she became humanoid.

It seems like she can't hunt in that unfamiliar form but she can return to her fox form anytime she wants.

By the way, Kousuke's party immediately understood that her smell changed when she became humanoid.

When Nana was following Wanli's smell, she's kind of lost because she became humanoid.

The humanoid Wanli looks like a 10-year-old human and she gives off the feeling that she's a little older than Esena, the fairy of the world tree.

Wanli approaches Kousuke(she was forbidden to do so when she's not wearing clothes) and had him pat her head.

It seems like that thing did not change whether she's on her fox form or human form.

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Personal Name: Wanli

Race Name: Multi-Tailed Fox(Humanoid)

Inherent Skill: Fox Fire LV6, Bite LV6, Evasion LV7, Detection LV7, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV7, Divine Power Control LV7, Fairy Language Yang Fire LV5, Moonlight LV4, Dark Star LV2

Blessing Skill: Transform LV6, Telepathy LV5

Title: Kousuke's Familiar, Sun God's Blessed, Moon God's Blessed, Star God's Blessed

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There is humanoid in her status.

There are () in it so it means a skill is being used.

Just in case, he also checked her status when she returned to her fox form.

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Personal Name: Wanli

Race Name: Multi-Tailed Fox(Five Tails)

Inherent Skill: Fox Fire LV6, Bite LV6, Evasion LV7, Detection LV7, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV7, Divine Power Control LV7, Fairy Language Yang Fire LV5, Moonlight LV4, Dark Star LV2

Blessing Skill: Transform LV6(Humanoid), Telepathy LV5

Title: Kousuke's Familiar, Sun God's Blessed, Moon God's Blessed, Star God's Blessed

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Her skills aside, her titles are amazing.

Kousuke thought that it's okay to be given with blessing but he never thought that the gods would actually make her into their blessed.

By the way, when he asked Eris about it through Sylvia, she said that it's normal as long as one meets their condition.

Of course, it is not something that only Wanli has. They'll be able to find another one as long as they try to search.

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While unplanned things happen, they proceed to their original plan. With the addition of Nana and Wanli, their party headed for the 46th floor.

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Chapter 5.10 – Luan

The party headed to the 46th floor but summoning was postponed.

They want to see the current abilities of Nana and Wanli.

Before going there, they went to the management floor first to set up a base.

Kousuke installed the usual base though he didn't even know if it would be utilized.

Anyway, it's for Nana and Wanli.

The result, they managed to win but not that easy.

Of course, Nana is in her big form and Wanli is in her fox form.

They can still win even if they were surrounded by several monsters.

However, there are only intermediate monsters on the 46th floor and they don't attack alone.

There are also strong intermediate types though they don't appear near the base.

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By the way, here's the reaction of those who watched Nana and Wanli,

「…If I let my guard down, they'll likely catch up to me soon…」

「…No way I can fight against them…」

「…No way I'll fight them…」

「…Their magic is strong～…」

They are happy for them but they also feel melancholic.

「…If the two of them team up, can they fight against an advanced monster…?」

That was Kousuke's impression.

Mitsuki and Kouhi answered Kousuke's query.

「If they did, they have a fifty-fifty chance.」

「That's right and I think they can only do that with a weaker advanced monster. Maa, they need support in that battle.」

「I see.」

Hearing the conversation of the three, the other four had an expression like they gave up.

Normally, wolves and foxes won't become so strong.

However, the two of them have already stepped into the existence of legends.

Given that they still have room to grow, everyone has no choice but to admit it.

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After finding out Nana and Wanli's power, they finally move to their original purpose, summoning.

Kousuke has two objectives for this summoning.

The first one is to find out if it is possible to summon a summoned beast that is not in the tower's list of summoned beasts.

The second one is if he summoned a new summoned beast, will it be registered in the tower's summoned beast list?

Those two.

By the way, he'll be summoning in a different way compared to Kouhi and Mitsuki's.

The basis of his summoning circle was the summoning circles available in the tower.

The beast that he'll summon was something he found in a book and used it as a reference.

To put it simply, he remodeled a summoning circle of the tower to summon the beast he wants.

Kousuke doesn't have the power to summon multiple individuals so compared to the tower's summoning circle that summons multiple beasts, the summoning circle he devised to only summon one.

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So, he started the summoning.

As usual, the summoned beast appeared in front of the summoner.

Since the summoning circle was devised to only summon one, only one appeared.

A big bird appeared.

It's a bird called Luan.

Its wingspan is around 3 meters.

It is a blue bird and looks very beautiful.

It perched on the stable's fence and when Kousuke approached it, it screeched with joy.

It didn't hate being touched by Kousuke so he tried to check its status while petting it.

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Personal Name: Lanka

Race: Lanka

Inherent Skills: Sky Attack LV5, Flight LV5, Beak LV6, Evade LV5, Detection, LV5, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV1

Blessing Skills: Telepathy LV3

Title: Kousuke's Familiar

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He named it Lanka.

Since it is an intermediate class monster, its LV is high.

Since it is summoned in a place where intermediate monsters live, LV like this is necessary.

By the way, there was also the standard slime summoning circle there and it was eating them happily.

Seeing that, Kousuke thought that maybe slime is the favorite meal of all monsters.

Anyway, with that, it means it will not starve to death.

When Kousuke was thinking about that, Nana and Wanli were exchanging greetings with Lanka who came down to the ground.

Wanli is clearly behaving like a fox when she's in her fox form and he is thinking whether Wanli's thinking changed together with her form.

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For the time being, the newly summoned Lanka together with Nana and Wanli, were left on the 46th floor while Kousuke's party returned to the management floor.

It is to confirm his second objective.

When he checked the summoning circle list, he found a newly added <Luan Summoning Circle(10)>.

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Name: Luan Summoning Circle (10)

Rank: Monster Rank D

Installation Cost: 100pt Divine power or Holy Power + Magic Power = 50,000pt

Description: Can summon blue birds. Those beautiful birds are said to possess the power of the spirits.

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However, only <Luan Summoning Circle(10)> was added and there's no normal version.

It is necessary to verify whether it is really not originally on the tower's summoning list.

No, it might not be possible to fully verify it so it can only be guessed.

Kousuke doesn't even know how the tower LV up in the first place.

Since his purpose was achieved, he decided to stop it for now.

Though the verification is still incomplete, he's not a perfectionist in the first place so he thought it was good enough.

In any case, he installed two <Luan Summoning Circle(10)> that came out in the list and headed to the 46th floor again.

He summoned twenty birds and named them and put an end to the whole experiment.

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Nana and Wanli have grown more than he thought so he brought them to the management floor again.

In particular, he thought it would be okay to have Wanli(now in her humanoid form) manage a floor so he asked her and she replied positively.

Kousuke immediately gave her access to the management floor but everyone else was worried.

He also asked Nana and she also gave him a similar reply so he decided to really give it a try.

Now, the two of them can freely enter and leave the management floor.

He decided and executed it easily.

That's also true with regards to being managers. However, everyone's concern was the entry and exit of the teleportation gates.

Because of that, Kousuke decided to use the manager restriction function of the teleportation gates of the tower.

Nana and Wanli are beasts so if they went out to a floor where there are humans and demi-humans, they might be subjugated by mistake so he's grateful to that function.

By the way, after seeing Nana and Wanli's strength, Kousuke decided to let them manage intermediate-level floors.

He first set up two <Gray Wolf Summoning Circle(10)> on the 7th and 9th floor where the pack of wolves are.

Then, he took a total of 27 wolves from each floor and had Nana lead them to the 47th floor.

On the 47th floor, Kousuke set up the usual base set he had been installing. Since Nana will be staying there from now on, he also moved the <Moon Jewel>.

On the 8th floor where the spirit foxes are, Kousuke installed 3 <Spirit Fox Summoning Circle(10)> to increase the number of foxes by 30.

Then, he decided to take 20 of them and have Wanli Lead them on the 48th floor.

The base set up on the 48th floor is the same as the bases on the 8th floor.

However, there's only one base for now.

He's going to increase it when the time is ripe.

Both of them should stabilize in the respective floors first. This is a big move so he hopes that he can recover the divine power and even generate more for him in time.

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—Scene Change—

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"Summoned Beast Habitat Summary"

7th floor(Beginner) Gray wolf pack, Small Spring(Divine Water), Stable X 3, Divine Stone, Several Black Wolves (60 wolves in total)

8th floor(Beginner) Spirit fox pack, Small Spring(Divine Water), Stable X 3, Shrine(Small), Divine Stone, Sun Fragment, Moon Fragment, Star Fragment, Multi-tailed fox, several sky foxes, several earth foxes (approximately 60 foxes in total)

9th floor(Beginner) Gray wolf pack, Small Spring(Divine Water), Stable X 3, Divine Stone, Several Black Wolves (60 wolves in total)

46th floor(Intermediate) Luan flock(21), Small Spring(Divine Water), Stable , Divine Stone

47th floor(Intermediate) Gray wolf pack, Small Spring(Divine Water), Stable , Divine Stone, Moon jewel, white wolf(21 wolves in total)

48th floor(Intermediate) Spirit fox pack,, Small Spring(Divine Water), Stable , Shrine(Small), Divine Stone, Sun Fragment, Moon Fragment, Star Fragment, Multi-tailed fox (21 foxes in total)

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Chapter 5.11 SS – Daily Life of an Adventurer

Arda is an adventurer who has just gotten out of the beginner level.

He became Rank D three years after becoming an adventurer.

His speed is neither slow nor fast. It can even be said that it's the normal speed.

However, not many people have reached that point without having to form a party like him.

Most of them are members of parties.

There is no particular reason why he's not joining a party.

He has been invited several times to form a party but it just happened that those who invited him are not the people he wants to party with.

A turning point came to Arda when he was eating at the cafeteria of a certain inn of Ryuusen.

One of the members of a party that had invited him several times came to talk to him.

「Hey, Arda, have you heard about the tower? 」

At that time, Ryuusen has on heard rumors about it.

According to the rumor, there is a building near Ryuusen that will be able to teleport you to the tower.

「Ah, yeah, I heard of it. According to the rumor, you can forage materials that can't be found around here. 」

「So you know….that's actually the reason why I approached you. If you are free, why don't you come with us?」

It was a party invitation.

They have worked together a number of times so he's already familiar with the other members.

If it's that party, he won't need to act as a bait because his combat ability is low compared to others.

That is the reason why he has been partying with them.

「That's….do you really want me to party with you there?」

「Ah, it's not that I really want to….or rather, those eye-catching guys are already taken by others.」

Hearing the reason with a wry smile, Arda was convinced.

For them, they can't help but get anyone with skill with them.

As for Arda, he wants to check out the tower and he can even earn with guys he can trust.

Arda is not offended in any way.

He's even excited since he'll be able to visit the place from the rumor.

「I see….Then, there's no problem. When do we go?」

「Ah, tomorrow is the day of preparation. It would be the day after tomorrow.」

「Got it.」

「Alright, let's meet at the usual place the day after tomorrow.」

「Okay.」

After deciding on the schedule, they broke up.

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「...I see. This place will be very popular.」

That's Arda's impression as soon as he saw the 5th, 6th, and the Tower Village.

By the way, it seems like they have yet to understand why the half-finished place they arrived at when they were teleported from Ryuusen is called 5th floor.

「...I know right. However, this place makes will make us relax once we hunt at the upper levels.」

The one who said that was the one who invited Arda to join their party the other day, Zeto, the leader of the party.

The party members nodded to what their leader said.

What they meant is how often they encounter monsters.

Obviously, less than the place around Ryuusen.

Since that is the case, they have more time to forage.

There are many medicinal herbs that grow around Ryuusen too but the monster encounter rate is too high that they can't afford to forage.

If they bring these things to Ryuusen, they can sell them at a high price, of course.

However, if a material's supply is high, the price will drop.

Arda thought that it would still be enough to earn enough money.

The same is true in the village on the 5th floor where they can sell things.

They purchase at a price cheaper than selling to Ryuusen but considering the toll and labor when passing through the teleportation gate, it would be better to sell to the stores in the village.

While thinking about such a thing, the party advanced.

By the way, the party only advanced to the next floor after the 6th, the 41st floor.

They don't have any problem with the monsters they encounter but they turned back because it would be difficult to bring back the things they collected if they advanced further.

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Arda, who later broke up with the party, eventually decided to make money on the tower.

One of the reasons was that he won the lottery for one of the completed apartments.

If he didn't win, he planned to live in an inn but the probability of the inn being full is too high.

Anyway, since he won an apartment, he started to become fully active.

Unfortunately, there's no official guild in the village yet so it is not possible to get requests but you can earn enough by foraging materials from around the village.

As expected, the number of adventurers has increased and it has become impossible to forage as easily as before but that's not a big problem.

If you go to a further place, materials are still abundant.

By the way, adventurers have rough images but they follow an unwritten rule of observing how they forage in order to not exhaust resources.

If they take them all out, they will lose their means of income so it's only natural.

There are those who did that in the past but it seems like they could no longer continue to work as adventurers after being found out. Not only adventurers ignore them but also merchants who sell materials and craftsmen who make something from those materials. Stories like that are inexhaustible.

Of course, the same rule applies in this tower so if they found a colony, they would make sure that they would leave enough.

Even if you spread the place where you found a colony in the village, the others won't go and take everything on that place.

With that, it means that the income of the village(in this case, the tower manager) will be continuous rather than the adventurers.

Since the village is rapidly spreading, there are times where requests will suddenly be posted.

Since there's no guild yet, requests have been posted on the bulletin board of the temple that manages the teleportation gate.

Requests are first come first serve basis so it was treated the same as other public guilds.

There's only one shop in the tower so far.

However, the tower manager doesn't prohibit street vending. The only reason there's only one is because building buildings can't catch up.

Therefore, there are a few things that are missing in the tower.

Essential products for adventurers are available at the only shop in the village and the price is the same as that in Ryuusen so there's no reason for the adventurers to be dissatisfied.

However, since there are no craftsmen in the tower, armor and weapons are expensive but that can't be helped.

There are new rumors saying that a craftsmen store is already being built so if that is true, they won't need to go back to Ryuusen to take care of weapons and armor needs.

Then, more and more adventurers will go to the village.

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When he got used to the life in the tower, two rumors started in the village.

One is that the manager of the tower founded an organization called Crown.

It seems to be an organization similar to a broader guild.

It is an organization that combines adventurers guild, merchants guild, and craftsmen guild. It should be a fairly large organization.

Up to this point, Arda never really paid attention to it since he thought it had nothing to do with him.

However, when he heard another rumor, he could no longer say that.

The other rumor is that there will be teleportation gates that will be connected to cities other than Ryuusen.

It was confirmed as true when a poster about it was posted in a crowded place in the village.

Fortunately, Arda can read so he confirmed it himself.

Zeto even talked to Arda about it.

「Hey, Arda, it's been a while.」

「Oh, Zeto. Did you come here to check the contents too?」

「That's right…..what do you think?」

When Zeto asked him, Arda immediately replied.

「Of course, I'll apply.」

「Maa, I guess so.」

They are talking about whether to join crown and of course, there are disadvantages in joining crown.

However, for Arda, the advantages are bigger than the disadvantages.

「….as for me, I can't decide on my own. I'll have to discuss it with my party members before deciding.」

「Yeah, but you better decide soon.」

「I know.」

The founding of Crown and the connection of teleportation gates with other cities are already facts.

It is better to sign up before being connected with other cities.

At the time when teleportation gates with other cities are operational, there will be more and more applicants.

And what had happened was completely beyond Arda's expectations.

Fortunately, before the new gates were opened, Arda was already a member of Crown so he was not involved in the ensuing chaos.

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By the way, Zeto's party saw off the application period but told Arda afterward that he would have applied without hesitation if he knew that there will be three new teleportation gates.