The Samyure Mountains Arc: Extra Arc.
From outside the room, voices could be heard, saying things like, “Kousuke-sama!” and “Where are you?”
It hadn’t been long since Kousuke had escaped, but looking out the window, he could already see others in similar positions outside.
As he was wondering what to do, the owner of the room, as if she had forgotten someone, opened the door with a click.
“Kousuke-sama? …Ah?! S-sorry, excuse me.”
“I understand the circumstances, so it’s fine.”
Asura, the owner of the room, replied with a smile.
“Kousuke-sama isn’t in this room, you know? Why don’t you look elsewhere?”
“R-right!”
Eris, one of the panicked goddesses, said as if to help, and the goddess, flustered, bowed her head and closed the door.
Kousuke, hearing the door close, let out a sigh of relief.
As if seeing through Kousuke’s state, Asura chuckled towards the ceiling.
“It’s probably best if you stay hidden there for a while.”
“…I apologize for the trouble.”
Kousuke replied politely, fitting himself into a corner of the ceiling.
Currently, Kousuke was hiding in a corner of the ceiling in the room where Asura was.
When Kousuke had fled into this room, Asura had told him there was a convenient spot and he had escaped there.
What Eris told the goddess who had been chasing Kousuke earlier was not a lie.
Kousuke was in the gap in the ceiling, not in the room.
Of course, it was a sophistry, but if he didn’t do this, Kousuke would be cornered, so this much should be allowed.
“Ahhh. Why did it come to this?”
As Kousuke unintentionally grumbled, Asura and Eris crossed gazes.
“Serves you right.”
“You’re too careless.”
“Guh…”
Kousuke couldn’t refute their sharp remarks at all.
The story goes back a little to why Kousuke was in this situation to begin with.
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It was the first regular Divine Realm visit day after the Prost Clan was welcomed into the tower.
Kousuke, who was attending a standing party as usual, was talking with Clara, who had successfully obtained participation rights.
Naturally, they were talking about the events at the Aris Temple.
However, the atmosphere of the party venue, which had been calm as usual until then, changed completely with one remark from Kousuke.
“But I’m really glad Clara could be summoned… you know?”
Noticing that the calm atmosphere had changed, Kousuke took a step back as if pressured.
He saw Clara and Jal beside him, holding their heads as if to say, “Ahhh.”
“Kousuke-sama.”
“Eh? Ah, yes?”
One of the goddesses, who had been listening with a smile until just before, leaned her face close.
“You were able to Divine Power Summon, Lady Clara?”
“Eh? Uh, I wonder?”
He instinctively sensed that it was bad, but he couldn’t lie, so his reply was vague.
Kousuke was already trying to get away.
It was natural for him to feel this way when everyone who had been enjoying conversations here and there suddenly turned their attention to him.
He told himself it wasn’t because he was a coward, and made sure he could escape at any time.
Kousuke confirmed with Clara, who was looking resigned nearby, just in case.
“Uh… was this bad?”
“I was keeping it a secret for Kousuke’s sake, but it was for nothing then.”
Seeing Clara shrug, Kousuke made up his mind.
That is, to run away.
As if sensing Kousuke’s intentions, Jal pointed to the nearest exit.
Taking a deep breath, Kousuke quickly ran away from that spot.
“Ah! He ran away!”
“Let’s chase him!”
Hearing voices from behind him, Kousuke frantically searched for a place to escape to.
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The place he finally found refuge in, after fleeing from the goddesses chasing him with changed expressions, was this ceiling where Asura had guided him.
“…I messed up.”
He never thought his careless remark would cause such a situation.
“Kousuke, you should reconsider the magnitude of the influence you have on them.”
After all, just being together in the Divine Realm can have a good influence on them.
If they can be summoned to the mortal world through Divine Power Summon, the magnitude of that influence will soar to the heavens for them.
Unfortunately, Divine Power Summon cannot be activated anytime, anywhere.
However, if there is any trigger that allows them to summon, they honestly want to do so immediately.
When Kousuke accidentally let slip in the party earlier that he could summon Clara, the restraints that had been holding them back snapped.
Because they knew this would happen, Clara and Asura, who had been informed, had been careful not to leak it to others.
That consideration went up in smoke with Kousuke’s one remark.
However, it’s understandable that Kousuke didn’t notice.
Kousuke himself usually acts in the world of Asgard, so he doesn’t fully understand the meaning of a god existing in the world.
For the goddesses, who could be said to be confined to the Divine Realm in a sense, being able to descend into the world of Asgard is their greatest pleasure(?).
The goddesses would never miss such an opportunity, and Asura and the others could easily imagine this, which is why they didn’t spread the word.
By the way, the summoning of the Three Great Gods during the completion ceremony of the tower’s temple was explained as a special case.
The goddesses were convinced because it became one of the triggers for Kousuke to become an Avatar, but Clara’s summoning this time was not like that.
After all, the problem could have been solved without Clara being summoned specifically.
Since Kousuke casually called her, it was only natural for them to think, “Then I will too.”
As Kousuke was thinking this on the ceiling, he heard a knock on the room door.
“Who is it?”
“It’s me, Eris-nee.”
When Eris called from inside, Jal’s voice could be heard.
“You can come in.”
Asura said so, and Jal and Clara entered, opening the door.
“Oh. You came too?”
“Yes, well. I’m one of the parties involved.”
Clara replied to Asura’s question with a bitter smile.
She had been caught by the goddesses until just before and questioned about the detailed circumstances. In a sense, it could be called an interrogation.
She had finally been freed, so she came to Asura to report the situation.
“By the way, where is Kousuke?”
To Clara, who started by asking, Asura replied with a smile.
“He’s hiding properly, so it’s alright. He’s probably reflecting thoroughly right about now.”
Kousuke, hearing that from the ceiling, repeated in his mind, “I am, I am.”
“If that’s the case, then it’s fine… but what if this becomes a reason for him to stop coming…”
Seeing Clara’s worried face, Asura looked taken aback.
“That won’t happen. Why do you say that?”
“Oh, no. I just thought so.”
“Besides, if he stopped coming for something like this, he wouldn’t be coming regularly, would he? You’re worrying too much.”
“That’s right, I’m worrying too much,” Kousuke conveyed in his mind.
“Regardless of that, tell me the current situation in detail. Then, let’s think of a resolution.”
Everyone present nodded at Asura’s words.
In the end, the commotion did not subside even after a night, and Kousuke spent it in the ceiling.
…That is not the case. Eris clearly explained that there are conditions required for Divine Power Summon.
She explained that the summoning this time was possible because those conditions were met, and because Kousuke noticed it.
Hearing that, the goddesses finally seemed convinced and dispersed.
