Chapter 408: The Resort, and the Gods.
Chapter 408: The Resort, and the Gods.
“Really, I’m surprised.”
“Right. In terms of the quality and inner reserves of his divinity, he’s already pulling ahead of us. I guess this is as expected for a direct dependant of the World God-sama.”
In a forest with no people, inside a barrier of [Prison] I deployed, I was activating [Divinity Release] as asked for by Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san.
With divinity being released from all over my body, there are white-ish gold phosphorescence around me. When I’m in this state, I feel pretty restless, to be honest. It’s like my body wants to move around… Like it wants to rampage, or something.
According to Kousuke ojii, that’s because the mind has not caught up with the body progressing further into the divine; that just means my mind is still immature, isn’t it.
“Wait, your hair’s grown out again.”
Platinum blond hair that’s very close to white dropped onto my shoulders. Even though my hair stopped growing during [Divinity Release] ever since the fight against Gira…
“The amount of divinity must’ve exceeded what you can control. That’s a sign that your body’s becoming closer to a god’s than before. What’s astounding is how you can move freely between your human and divine forms, like pressing a switch. It’s not the same as us turning into humans, too.”
“Turning into humans… I mean, I’m originally a human, you know.”
“That might be the reason. You didn’t obtain the power of a god as a complete human, but instead, you are a human’s spirit dwelling in the body of a god. I guess being able to exhibit characteristics of both sides like you can is natural considering that.”
Well, this body was accidentally made by Kami-sama with materials from the Divine Realm, after all. What’s more, they’re materials filled with his own divinity. In terms of my body, it wouldn’t even be strange to consider me a blood relative to him, was what I heard.
“I wanted to make a final confirmation before the battle against the evil god, but I guess it wasn’t needed. All you need now is to be careful not to make stupid mistakes.”
“Hahaha, stupid mistakes, eh. Touya-kun, there’s no need to take after the World God-sama that much, you know?”
“Hahaha, you can say that again.”
Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san looked at each other and laughed.
I didn’t laugh at all though. Why? Well, because I can see the person who suddenly appeared behind the two of them…
“*Cough*! You called for the Stupid Mistakes God?”
When the World God-sama made a dry cough, Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san solidified on the spot.
“Wh, why is World God-sama here on the surface…”
“I took a bit of time off, and thought to meet with everyone after a long time. I didn’t expect you guys to be talking about me, really.”
He’s talking with a smile, but his eyes are dead serious. Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san have cold sweat flowing down their foreheads like waterfalls. Hmm, I’ve never seen these two like this before; it’s kinda interesting. Nice.
“Oops, I have the job of looking after the knight order’s training after this! Gotta go or I’ll be late!”
“Ah, not fair…! Etto, I, I’ve been asked by the head chef Claire-san to hunt two, no three birds for her! Ah, I’m so busy, so busy! Well, it’s like that so, see you later World God-sama!”
Uttering painful-sounding excuses, the two of them disappeared from this place. They ran, didn’t they.
“Sigh, those girls… They’ve become a bit too relaxed. Have they caused you any troubles?”
“Hahaha. Well, I’m also getting helped by them in a lot of ways, so it’s pretty even overall, I guess?”
I deactivated [Divinity Release]; it does feel like what Moroha nee-san said, pressing a switch. Ah, as expected, my hair is still elongated.
“It’s been a long time. Have you been well?”
“Yes, thank you. Um, was it fine to come down to the surface for you?”
“Ah, it’s fine it’s fine. This body is a clone, after all. There’s another me properly staying in the Divine Realm, so there are no problems.”
A clone… So the same thing as the avatar that he used the last time he came down. It’s convenient, isn’t it. I wonder if I can use it in the future, too.
“For now, standing here and talking is a bit bad, so let’s move to the castle.”
“Right. It’s been a while since I last met the young ladies too.”
I opened a [Gate], and returned to the castle with the World God-sama.
Before, when Kami-sama first came down to the surface, he named himself as Mochizuki Shinnosuke, and took the position of my grandfather.
That’s why, the people in the castle would treat him as one of my relatives, part of the royal family, but for the fiancées the situation is a bit different.
Since they know that he’s the World God, basically the supreme deity of all worlds, they’re apparently finding it hard to establish a good distance between each other.
“What, you don’t need to worry about that. Just treat me as Touya-kun’s grandfather like usual when I’m down here, and that’s good enough.”
“Ye, yes. Well then, welcome, Ojii-sama.”
“Right right. Just like that.”
Kami-sama smiled at Yumina’s reply. Oops, maybe I should start calling him “jii-chan” too.
Since we wanted to talk alone, I guided him to the castle’s balcony.
“Well, the reason I came down this time was to take a look at how those gods are spending this vacation, and also to check up on this world. This world had already left the management of the gods. Normally, it would either be destroyed by the Destruction God, or be left to slowly wither away on its own. However, for this world, there’s another possible path of becoming a world managed under you, Touya-kun.”
“After I defeat the evil god, right?”
“That’s right. As long as we remove that, this world will probably not head towards a misguided evolution path. You’d be saving a world… Or rather, two worlds. There wouldn’t be any problem for you to become this world’s manager. Well, you’ll probably have a lot of trouble for the first one, two thousand years, though.”
It seems like they won’t ask me to manage this world immediately after I defeated the evil god. I’ll be spending a few hundred years on the ground, then I’ll be frequently heading to the Divine Realm. It somehow feels like a transfer while leaving my family behind, so I don’t exactly like it.
“And regarding another reason why I came down this time. After the continued existence of this world is assured, I’d like Touya-kun to develop this place as a recreational space, a resort for the gods. I’ve come to tell you about that this time too. Of course, we’ll be making rules. Something like living properly as humans instead of gods, and other things.”
“Wai, a resort!? … Eh, now that I think about it, this place is already something like that…”
The faces of the gods who descended into this world surfaced in my mind. Could those guys already be treating this place as a resort for them?
“Even the gods require some rest, after all. And they can’t relax well in a world I’m managing. Well, it’s troubling for us if they relax too much as well, so.”
“Uun… I guess it’s fine as long as they don’t go overboard with things.”
“Well, that we’ll have to deal with later. Umu, this is delicious.”
Kami-sama drank the green tea on the table. Luu was being considerate and poured us tea which Kami-sama liked.
“About how long will you be staying for this time?”
“I think I’ll be bothering you for a few more days. After that, I’ll be going around the world to see some things a bit.”
A bit, he says… Well, there isn’t anything in this world that can touch him, anyway.
“Ah, but right now in Eisengard…”
“I know. The [Godslaying Poison], isn’t it. It is indeed a poison that can even kill gods, but it has no effect on higher-ranked gods. Of course, it won’t do a thing to me.”
“Eh!? Is that so!? But I heard that the higher your divinity is, the stronger the poison would work…”
“That’s only limited to lower-ranked gods. In the first place, the one who accidentally created that poison was the lower-ranked Medicine God. It won’t have an effect on someone with higher amounts of divinity than its creator.”
In general, gods governing over something are all lower-ranked gods. The Love God, Karen nee-san is one such example. When you become a higher-ranked god, you apparently take on multiple different traits, and it’s impossible for you to be described simply as “the … God”.
Before, World God-sama had mentioned that he is both the god of light and the god of darkness. That’s probably due to him holding multiple different types of divinity, I suppose.
“Then, don’t tell me things like purifying the Godslaying Poison…”
“Of course, I can do it. However, this is considered a test for you, you know? How would the examiner solving the questions for you do any good?”
“You’re completely right.”
That makes sense. I kinda asked that without thinking since Kousuke ojii is helping with it already. To be honest, Kousuke ojii’s help already feels like it’s on the borderline. Something like hiring an excellent home tutor in preparation for a test? It’s still not in the range of cheating, though.
“Ah! It’s true-nano da! World God-sama is here-no da!”
A young girl holding a liquor bottle appeared out of nowhere. The Alcohol God, Mochizuki Suika. She looks drunk, as always.
“Ohh, it’s you. Have you been well?”
“I’m doing great-! It’s so much fun drinking from morning to dusk-! There’s so many different liquors on the surface, so it’s never boring too-!”
Suika laughed like a cat with a “Nyahahahaha”. Looking at it, she’s pretty drunk already, isn’t she.
“Well well, let’s have one cup first. This here, you see, is a local liquor made in the Mountain Province of Roadmare-. It’s a bit spicy, and really good-. Ah, Touya onii-chan, don’t you have any snacks?”
I grabbed Suika, who took out a sake cup from god knows where and started pouring alcohol into it, up.
“Sigh, you… Where did you get that alcohol this time?”
“Giku. Ano-, that is-, I went to Audrey-chan’s place for a bit, and got it in exchange for helping with some magic beast exterminations-no da. Nyahaha…”
Audrey-chan…? Wait, that’s Roadmare’s current doge, isn’t it!?
I thought it was weird since she was always drinking under my tab. So she went all the way to Roadmare just to get her hands on more alcohol… I better go apologize later…
Even if she’s turned into a human like this, a god’s still a god. Although there’s no way she would be at Moroha nee-san or Takeru ojii’s level, Suika is still considerably strong. Your average magic beast doesn’t stand a chance.
“Fumu. This is indeed quite good. Touya-kun, do you have any snacks?”
“Eh, you’re drinking? Well, I do but… Sigh, whatever.”
I lined up some edamame, sashimi, cold tofu, karaage, yakitori, and other things that would go well with liquor in small portions on the balcony table.
“There’s the dinner later, so don’t drink too much.”
“We know, we know.”
“Nyahaha. We know, we know.”
As World God-sama and Suika raised their sake cups together, a cheerful tune floated in from somewhere. I can tell without even looking. It’s Sousuke nii-san.
What’s more, isn’t this a song about drinking alcohol, with lyrics about making up reasons to drink throughout the year or something…
“Arara, looks fun-nano yo.”
“Yeah.”
“Ohh, you guys are here too.”
Karen nee-san and Kousuke ojii came by too. No, seriously, come in by the door. Don’t wing it with transfer magic every time! I know me saying this has zero persuasiveness, but still!
There’s the stuff earlier, so I guess Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san might feel hard to come? Takeru ojii’s training with Ende so he won’t be back until the evening.
Thinking to leave them alone until this evening, I left the balcony.
When I came out onto the hallway, I saw the figures of Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san backing away from the balcony door they were peeking in from. What are you doing…
“I don’t think he’s angry, you know. How about you bring these in and share the drink with them?”
I took out two bottles of highest-grade wine I received from the Belfast king, as well as a variety of cheese for snacking out from [Storage].
“Well, you saved us.”
“I’m happy to have such a good younger brother.”
The two of them received those from me, then entered the room. Man, they keep causing me trouble.
“Ohh-! Moroha onee-chan and Karina onee-chan also came-no da! Ah! Th, that wine is the legendary…! Quickly let me drink it-no da!”
Suika’s voice could be heard from behind the now-closed doors. Now then, I guess tonight’s dinner is going to be a grand one.
I headed to the kitchen to discuss the menu for dinner with our head chef, Claire-san.
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