After telling Sol about the blessings, Sol returned to the mansion after reporting the current state of the village.
Even after that, no particular changes occurred, and he went to bed as usual.
Then, the next morning.
It was then that he noticed a change in his own body.
“Wh-what is this?”
He realized that new power existed within him, just as it had when he had evolved.
It had been a while since such a significant change had occurred.
“Sol-sama? What’s wrong?”
At the voice calling from outside the room, Sol finally snapped out of his daze.
“No, it’s nothing. More importantly, once I’m dressed, I’ll be going to see that person, so please prepare.”
Perhaps surprised by the consecutive visits, following yesterday’s, there was a moment of silence before the next response came.
“…Understood.”
Still, he received a firm reply of acknowledgment, so Sol got out of futon and began to change to head to the Management Layer.
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As Sol surprised them at the mansion this morning, it was rare for him to visit the Management Layer consecutively.
The only previous time was when Amamiya Tower was subjected to a Suppression Battle.
Therefore, when Silvia, who happened to be in the Teleportation Room at the time, saw Sol appear from the Teleport Gate, her expression turned to surprise.
“Oh, Sol. This is rare. Did something happen… Ah, I didn’t need to ask.”
Silvia had properly heard why Sol had come to Kousuke’s place yesterday.
Considering that, she immediately understood why Sol had come.
At Silvia’s words, Sol simply nodded without saying anything unnecessary.
“Yes. I came about yesterday’s matter. However, is Master here?”
“Of course. He was in the Lounge Space until just a moment ago, so he’s probably still here.”
Silvia had come to the Teleportation Room to move to another floor, and she had been in the Lounge Space until right before that.
At that time, Kousuke was properly lying on the sofa.
Since Silvia had said she would take it easy for the day before parting, there was a high possibility that he was still in the Lounge Space.
“I see. Thank you. I’ll head there now.”
“Ah, wait. I’ll go with you.”
Sol tilted his head at Silvia’s immediate reply.
“That’s fine, but didn’t you have something you needed to do?”
“Ah. It’s nothing major. I was just going to stop by Colette’s place for a bit.”
Colette and Peach, who are busy with child-rearing, cannot visit the Management Layer every day.
Although their children have grown up and they now come more easily than before, it is still the current situation that they cannot return frequently.
Silvia and Floria, who understand that loneliness well, often visit their homes.
Silvia told him that stopping by Colette’s could be put off for later, and Sol nodded.
“Was that so?”
Sol didn’t actually dislike Silvia coming along.
He had simply asked it lightly, wondering if she didn’t need to take care of her errand.
“That’s why. Let’s go right away!”
“? Y-yes.”
Without understanding why Silvia was being so proactive, Sol nevertheless proceeded towards the Lounge Space.
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“Huh, Sol. What’s wrong? …Ah, I guess I don’t need to ask.”
Kousuke, who noticed Sol entering the room, also said something similar to Silvia.
“Yes. I felt a great power when I woke up this morning, so I came right away. I don’t know what kind of power it is specifically.”
“I see. Let me take a look?”
Kousuke deactivated his left eye’s power after offering a slight apology.
Although Kousuke was currently in a bad state, his left eye’s power activated as usual without any rampage.
“Hmm, hmm, I see. In a way, it could be as expected, couldn’t it?”
“Did you find something?”
Silvia reacted to Kousuke’s mumbling and asked.
Sol, in such times, like Kouhi and Mitsuki, remained silent, not interfering with Kousuke’s thoughts.
Kousuke, who had been checking Sol’s Skill, turned his gaze to Silvia.
“Of course, the Blessing of the Moon God is attached, and you’ve evolved into Oni-hime (Demon God Princess).”
“Oni-hime?”
At the species name, which they heard for the first time, Silvia and Sol tilted their heads simultaneously.
Seeing this, Kousuke replied with a bitter smile.
“Well, I’ve never heard of this species either, so I don’t really know. Perhaps Silvia would know more?”
“No. Frankly, this is the first time I’ve heard of this species as well.”
Silvia shook her head from side to side at Kousuke’s question.
Like Sol’s “Oni-hime,” many of the evolved species of familiars at each tower, including Amamiya Tower, are of species that Silvia and the others do not know.
This is especially true for higher stages of evolution, where the species become less known.
Knowing this, Kousuke did not press further and did not change his expression.
“Hmm. Is that so. Ah, and it seems you’ve gained a Skill called ‘Moonlight Judgment’.”
Kousuke checked the Heaven’s Blessing Skill and found one that hadn’t been seen before, so he told Sol.
“Moonlight Judgment, you say?”
“Yeah. Well, I don’t know the specifics of what kind of Skill it is… No, wait a minute?”
As Kousuke said this and suddenly tilted his head, Sol and Silvia exchanged glances.
Ignoring the two who looked puzzled, Kousuke reviewed Sol’s Status again.
While talking to Sol, he noticed that now that he had ascended to the rank of Avatar, he might be able to obtain a more detailed explanation.
Sol looked at Kousuke, who was staring intently at him, with a slightly embarrassed expression, but Kousuke himself was not in a position to care.
He flowed more Divine Power into the power he had unconsciously used and restricted until now, so that it would not rampage, and tried to expand it.
The image was like turning a faucet further to release more water.
Kousuke carefully flowed the power in, stopped it at a certain point, and then checked the results.
Then, Kousuke’s expression relaxed with an unexpected harvest as he confirmed a different image than before flowing into his mind.
Seeing Kousuke’s expression, Silvia, convinced of his success, gently asked him.
“Did it go well?”
“Yes. It seems Moonlight Judgment has both offensive and defensive magic.”
Silvia and Sol, who had assumed it was only an attack since it was named “Judgment,” showed surprised expressions.
“There might be other uses, but that’s all I can confirm for now?”
“Understood. Thank you for taking the trouble to check. I will try various things later.”
Sol bowed politely to the explanation, and Kousuke nodded in return.
“Yes. But, as I’ve only been able to confirm the possibilities, don’t do anything too reckless, okay?”
“Yes.”
Sol replied with an utterly serious expression to Kousuke’s cautionary words.
Sol has deified.
It is deification, not evolution.
Well, deification is also a form of evolution.
