The Winged Race’s migration plan was steadily progressing, unbeknownst to Kousuke.
It wasn’t that they were intentionally hiding it.
It was simply that Kousuke was the busiest making the floating island, so there wasn’t enough time to inform him of the finer details.
While Kousuke had heard about the Winged Race in passing, he hadn’t heard anything about how they would move the floating island to Asgard.
Therefore, Kousuke posed his simple question to Eris.
“By the way, how will you move the floating island? Will the Winged Race—Eiru and the others—be moved first?”
While thinking that there would be no point in bringing them to the floating island now if that were the case, Kousuke tilted his head.
Eris shook her head in response to Kousuke’s question.
“Of course not. The Winged Race will remain as they are, and will move along with the floating island.”
“Oh. Is that so? How?”
“How is neither here nor there… Can’t Kousuke-sama do it too?”
To Eris, who asked with a puzzled expression, Kousuke looked blank.
“Kousuke-sama should be able to create his own divine realm. You just need to open its contents to Asgard as is.”
“Eh, ah… I see. Now that you mention it, I might be able to.”
Kousuke, who had no intention of using his divine realm in such a way in the first place, nodded with an impressed expression.
Indeed, as Eris said, it is possible to move the entire contents of a self-created divine realm to another world when it is destroyed.
However, in Kousuke’s case, since the place to move it to was limited to Asgard or a divine realm he created himself, he hadn’t even considered trying.
Furthermore, he had never been forced to move the contents of a divine realm he had created.
It was for these reasons that he only realized it upon being told by Eris.
Eris chuckled at Kousuke’s expression and said,
“Yes. It can be done. Therefore, the Winged Race will move, along with their floating island, to the skies above the Central Continent of Asgard.”
“I see… Huh? Wait a minute. Did you just say something strange?”
Kousuke, having heard something slightly hard to overlook, blinked his eyes and looked at Eris.
However, Eris, who was being looked at, tilted her head as if she didn’t understand what was strange.
“No, I mean. Above the Central Continent…? Why would you go out of your way to do something so conspicuous?”
Even if it was a small island, it was quite large to be flying in the sky.
Frankly, if something like that suddenly appeared, it would be more than just conspicuous.
This is where Kousuke’s personality, which had tried to be as inconspicuous as possible until now, came into play. Eris said the exact opposite.
“It’s to make it conspicuous.”
“Eh!?”
“Haa. As expected, Kousuke-sama thinks that way. Then, let me ask you the opposite: what do you think would happen if the Winged Race suddenly appeared before the residents of Asgard?”
As Eris asked, Kousuke’s eyes turned to the wings on Eiru’s back, who had been silently listening to their conversation.
“Ah!”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Eris agreed with Kousuke, who had realized the reason for the Winged Race’s conspicuous actions from the start, without waiting for Kousuke’s words.
Up until now, in Asgard, the only beings with wings on their backs were those called spokespersons.
If a large number of Winged Race suddenly appeared in such a state, at the very least, the whole world would fall into chaos.
Naturally, Asura and the goddesses did not want that, so they decided to make the floating island appear in Asgard along with an oracle.
Furthermore, to increase the credibility of the oracle, they made it appear above the Central Continent so that it would be properly visible to people.
Kousuke, understanding Eris’s intentions, showed a look of understanding, but also a slightly displeased expression.
“I see. In that case, the Winged Race will have to interact with other races to some extent, won’t they?”
“I suppose so.”
Eris nodded at Kousuke’s words.
In the world of Asgard, there are no airplanes or flying ships.
If one were to mention anything similar, the Sky Stone that Sura rides on would be the closest magic tool.
However, that doesn’t mean people have no means of flying.
Since magic exists in this world, there are several ways for individuals to interact with the floating island.
In that case, they would naturally come into contact with the Winged Race, and from there, the Winged Race’s faith in Kousuke would…
At this point, Kousuke was interrupted by Eiru, who tilted his head and looked at him.
“Kousuke-sama, is there a problem with us interacting with other races?”
Eiru, who seemed to be ready to live isolated on the island if there was a problem, made Kousuke falter.
From Kousuke’s perspective, he didn’t want the Winged Race, who would likely elevate him, to appear too often.
However, that was merely Kousuke’s own “selfishness,” and the belief that he shouldn’t restrict the Winged Race for such a reason was stronger.
To Eiru, who looked at him with innocent eyes, Kousuke shook his head from side to side, sighing internally.
“No. There are no particular problems.”
“Is that so? That’s good. If we were to build our culture solely amongst ourselves, it would inevitably become distorted in some way.”
To Eiru, who said that with the Winged Race’s welfare in mind, Kousuke, who had been thinking of his own selfish desires, silently apologized in his heart.
While Kousuke and the others were having this conversation, the island survey of the Winged Race seemed to be progressing, and reports were being continuously brought to Eiru in the castle.
Seeing Eiru’s face brighten with each report, Kousuke couldn’t help but ask.
“…It’s supposed to be a completely ordinary island, but was there something that made you so happy?”
In response to Kousuke’s question, Eiru looked blank for a moment, then put on a self-deprecating expression.
“The fact that it’s completely ordinary is a blessing to us… After all, in our previous world, we were unilaterally ostracized.”
“Ah~, I see. Sorry.”
Kousuke, understanding the situation from Eiru’s brief explanation, quickly bowed his head.
He understood that Eiru and the others had not been treated well in their previous world, and that the land they had was not good.
It made sense why Asura had teleported them to this world.
However, Eiru hastily shook his head at Kousuke.
“No! Kousuke-sama has no need to apologize. Thanks to you, we were able to make Kousuke-sama our Main God!”
Eiru’s emphatic statement made Kousuke’s face twitch slightly.
“Ah, yes. That’s right.”
Kousuke took half a step back, his voice monotone. Eiru didn’t notice, but Eris, who was listening to their conversation, covered her mouth with her right hand to suppress a laugh.
Then, while lightly avoiding Kousuke’s glare, Eris spoke to Eiru.
“The preparations for the move should be ready soon. The Winged Race should be ready as well.”
“Understood. I will gather everyone immediately.”
Many of the Winged Race were flying around visiting various places for the island survey.
When moving to Asgard, they had been instructed to gather in one place in case of unforeseen circumstances.
In response to Eris’s words, Eiru gave instructions to one of his companions, and that person immediately flew out of the castle to relay the message to the others.
Thus, the Kousuke encirclement(?) gradually tightens lol.
The move to Asgard will be in the next chapter.
