While Kousuke and Shurein were discussing the differences between their former Vampire lives, Clara, who was in the original era, was busy making contact.
Her contact, unsurprisingly, was Eris in the divine realm.
“–Yes. Then I’ll make adjustments in that direction. …Understood.”
It’s impressive that Clara can communicate properly with Eris even without divine tools like Silvia.
However, seeing her talking to herself with nothing in her hand and no one nearby could be considered strange, but it’s different when it’s Clara.
Besides, only Silvia is by Clara’s side right now, so there’s no way she’d think anything disrespectful.
Furthermore, Silvia has something far more distracting her than that at the moment.
What is it? It’s Kousuke and the others, who for some reason have been sent to a past era.
Seeing Clara fall silent after seeming to finish her communication, Silvia gently spoke up.
“Um, Lady Clara, how is it going?”
Clara is doing everything she can to help Kousuke, Shurein, and Mitsuki, who have gone to the past, return.
Given that her conversation partner is Eris and the other goddesses, it’s not at a stage where Silvia could possibly intervene.
Still, it’s understandable that she’s concerned about the situation. Silvia isn’t the only one concerned about this situation; everyone else is too.
Clara smiled reassuringly at Silvia, who was looking at her with an anxious expression.
“It’s alright. So far, things aren’t progressing in a bad direction. However, they seem to have gone quite far into the past, so even Elisa Meal and the others are taking time.”
While struggling with whether it was appropriate to ask such things to goddesses, Clara carefully explained what she could to Silvia, who was trying to get information out of concern for Kousuke and the others.
After all, Clara’s descent to the Amamiya Tower Management Layer also serves as an on-site agent to assist Kousuke and the others, but it’s also to prevent Silvia and the others from going berserk.
Unbeknownst to them, the members in the Management Layer have each become divine races.
They are watching to see what state those divine races will be in as a reaction to losing Kousuke as their pillar.
It might be more accurate to say they are watching over them, but essentially, that’s what it is.
Unaware that they were under the goddesses’ watch, Silvia’s expression softened with relief.
“Is that so?”
Her expression conveyed a preparedness that Kousuke and the others might not be able to return.
Clara, slightly surprised by this, wore a slightly mischievous expression.
“Oh my? Did Silvia perhaps not trust us?”
“N-no! That’s not it!”
Seeing Silvia flusteredly shaking her head left and right, her face paling slightly, Clara privately reflected that she might have been a little too mean.
Concealing her inner thoughts, Clara replied with an even deeper smile.
“No, it was a joke. I never thought you’d be thinking something like that. You were just worried about Kousuke, right?”
As Clara said this, she looked directly at Silvia.
Met by Clara’s gaze as a goddess, Silvia immediately reacted, her cheeks flushing slightly.
“Th-that’s not… no. That’s right. But it was disrespectful. I apologize.”
Silvia, who had initially tried to deny it, decided that trying to deceive a goddess would be futile and, after affirming her concern, apologized again.
Clara waved her right hand with a laugh at Silvia.
“It’s alright. It’s not something you need to apologize for. Rather, it’s a treat for me?”
“Lady Clara!”
Silvia couldn’t help but protest at Clara’s teasing gaze.
Even Silvia felt like she was being toyed with by Clara, but the fact that she didn’t feel bad about it was likely due to Clara’s divine charm.
At any rate, the rigid tension Silvia had felt just moments before had completely dissipated by this time.
Clara, after laughing heartily at Silvia’s outcry, returned to a serious expression.
“Putting that aside, I think I should explain the current situation, so could you gather the others? I’ll leave who you gather to you.”
While Silvia could have relayed the message to the other members, Clara decided it would be better to speak directly at this juncture.
“Understood.”
Silvia accepted the request and gave a polite bow.
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Gathered by Silvia’s call were the usual members of the Management Layer, as well as Colette and Peach, who were raising children, and Mia, who had recently been spending more time at the castle.
She had heard about it from Floria when she happened to return to the Management Layer.
Floria had told her to contact her if there were any developments, so Floria had gone out to call her.
Watching them look at her with nervous expressions, Clara asked Silvia with a puzzled look.
“Didn’t you tell them some of it?”
Silvia had already informed them that things were not going in a bad direction.
Clara, assuming that such information had been conveyed when they were gathered, found their nervous state strange.
“Y-yes. Of course, I told them… I think everyone is nervous because they are in front of you, Lady Clara…”
Seeing Silvia say this with a apologetic expression, Clara nodded in understanding.
She had momentarily felt as if she were talking to Kousuke, but Clara was, fundamentally, a Mother Goddess of the Earth and a goddess with immense power.
It was unreasonable to expect them not to be nervous.
When Clara had first arrived, her anxiety was focused on Kousuke’s well-being, but once they could communicate, she felt somewhat relieved and only now realized the situation of having a goddess so close.
Still, the fact that they gathered properly when she asked them to explain the current situation was a testament to their closeness to Kousuke.
“Ah. I see. …Well, it can’t be helped. But if you’re too nervous, you’ll just get tired, so I’d like you to calm down a bit.”
With that preamble, Clara began to explain the exchange she had just had with Eris to everyone.
Their location having been pinpointed, a certain degree of safety was secured.
However, since the exact era has not yet been identified, they cannot be easily returned to the present.
Furthermore, there are several conditions they must meet when returning, making an immediate return impossible.
Even for a goddess, directly interfering with the past is not something that can be done easily.
Upon hearing that their safety was secured, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
When they heard the subsequent explanation, their expressions turned stern, but since they hadn’t expected an easy resolution, no one panicked.
If it were that simple to resolve, Clara wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of coming here herself.
In any case, the members of the Management Layer, having confirmed the situation to some extent, returned to their respective lives.
A scene of Clara teasing Silvia.
That being said, the task of returning Kousuke and the others, who have gone to the past, will not be easy, even for a goddess.
However, since they can communicate at any time, the situation is considerably better than before.
