Kousuke was visiting the tenth floor.
The floor number itself held no particular significance.
Any sufficiently open area would have sufficed.
Since he was here, he had come to check if there were any changes in the naturally spawning monsters.
As it turned out, the monster levels had not increased.
It was still too early to draw a conclusion, so he intended to proceed without setting up a summoning circle for a while longer.
By the way, he had not set up the
The main objective this time was not to confirm the experimental results, but for a different purpose.
The members accompanying him this time were all members who were permanently stationed in the management layer.
When Kousuke explained what he was about to do, everyone wanted to come along.
What Kousuke intended to do at this location was “transfer.”
It was a world where the magic of summoning existed. Naturally, the theory and technology of transfer also existed.
Transfer was a special technique, so the number of users would likely be limited, but it was not as rare as summoning three gods simultaneously.
The reason the members, who were accustomed to Kousuke’s unconventional nature, wanted to see it was because the destination of the transfer was an impossible place.
Kousuke initially said he would go to the [Evergreen Garden], but it seemed to be an unknown name.
When he rephrased it as where the gods usually resided, everyone looked surprised. However, Kouhi and Mitsuki were exceptions.
As beings created by Asura, the two had never been to the [Evergreen Garden], but they had received information about it.
Well, it was information about the place Kousuke was in before coming to this world, so it was natural that they were given it.
In the first place, Kousuke knowing the name [Evergreen Garden] was surprising, but even more surprising was the idea of going to, or being able to go to, the place where gods lived through transfer.
By the way, it was said that for the people of this world, the place where gods lived was called the Divine Realm.
To be able to go to such a place while being human might be considered a legendary feat.
Well, summoning three gods was already considered legendary.
The transfer Kousuke was about to attempt this time was not just sending his soul.
He intended to transfer with his physical body intact.
By the way, this transfer was based on the Divine Power Summon that summoned the three gods.
For Kousuke, it was a simple idea that if he could summon from the [Evergreen Garden], he could also transfer there, which led to this experiment.
It goes without saying that everyone was exasperated when he said that.
Kousuke proceeded with the preparations on the tenth floor, watched by everyone.
Well, the preparations simply involved going to a certain distance and activating the transfer magic circle.
Naturally, Kouhi and Mitsuki had intended to accompany Kousuke at first.
However, Kousuke, uncharacteristically, refused.
The reason was simple: he lacked certainty about whether he could transfer multiple people.
They insisted that the experiment would not be allowed, but Kousuke’s will, and another reason, overrode their objections.
That reason was the transfer function to the Lily Shrine.
If the transfer failed, Kousuke alone could immediately transfer back to the shrine.
The transfer from outside the tower had already been experimentally confirmed.
Even if the transfer failed, as long as he wasn’t instantly decapitated, Kousuke could transfer immediately.
Conversely, if he had companions, there was a possibility that immediate transfer would not be possible, so going alone was better – this was the argument Kousuke used to persuade them.
However, no matter what they said, it was impossible to transfer more than one person this time, which was also a factor.
Thus, Kousuke was to perform the transfer alone, but in reality, he wasn’t very worried.
It wasn’t that he had confirmed it through Divine Union.
For some reason, he had a premonition that he would not fail.
With this strange feeling, he began to chant.
Similar to Divine Power Summon, he performed the chant and the magic circle simultaneously.
Following the chant, a magic circle was drawn on the ground, centered around Kousuke.
The scale of this magic circle was larger than the one used for Divine Power Summon.
When Divine Power Summon was performed, three were activated simultaneously, whereas this time, there was only one.
The result appeared immediately. The summoning circle vanished, and Kousuke, who had been standing on it, also vanished at the same time.
“…Did it succeed?”
Colette, who had been watching, asked Silvia.
She wanted to confirm it through Divine Union.
“…I’ll check right away.”
As Silvia said that, all eyes, including those of Kouhi and Mitsuki, turned to her.
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Meanwhile, Kousuke, who had felt the response of the transfer circle and was confident in its success, was transferred to another location upon the activation of the transfer circle.
There were no major accidents, and he correctly arrived at his intended destination.
The place Kousuke was transferred to by the transfer circle was the same place he was first taken to when he came to the [Evergreen Garden].
It was Asura’s office.
By the time Kousuke recognized it, Asura was standing before him with a complex expression that seemed to be a mixture of being exasperated and pleased.
“…Hello. It’s been a while.”
He was momentarily captivated by her beautiful face, which he hadn’t seen in a long time, but he managed to greet her.
“Yes. It has been a while. …Or rather, I truly didn’t think you would succeed.”
“Um. Really?”
From Kousuke’s perspective, he thought Asura would have already foreseen it.
“Of course. If it were just souls… no, even that is usually not possible, but to be able to come here with a physical body intact is something that is normally unthinkable.”
“Eh? Is that so?”
Kousuke, who had actually accomplished it, wondered if it was that surprising.
…Until he heard Asura’s next words.
“That’s right. Well, regardless of that, congratulations on your class change to Avatar.”
Asura smiled and clapped her hands with a “pom” sound.
It took Kousuke some time to understand the meaning of her words, and he was stunned for a moment.
“…What? No, wait a minute!?”
“What are you surprised about? If it were just a soul, it might be one thing… but you came here with a physical body intact. It’s only natural that you would become a being of equal standing to a god, isn’t it?”
“…Haaaaa!!!!!!!”
Kousuke finally realized what he had done.
“Well, of course, just coming here isn’t the only condition. You met various conditions, and this was the final push.”
At Asura’s words, Kousuke involuntarily sank to the ground.
“…I didn’t mean for this to happen…”
“Oh well, it’s fine, isn’t it? There’s almost no difference from before.”
“…Is that so?”
“That’s right. You were already almost two steps away from being an Avatar just by being able to wield divine power so freely. The Divine Power Summon was the deciding factor, and this transfer was the final push.”
“I see…”
Kousuke felt dejected.
He thought he would be treated as an inhuman entity by the members again.
“I think that ship has sailed quite a while ago.”
Being told so definitively by Asura, Kousuke felt even more disheartened.
“Sigh… Forget it. I’m an inhuman entity…”
“Whether you’re just a human or an Avatar, Kousuke is Kousuke, so it’s fine.”
Hearing Asura’s kind words, Kousuke somehow managed to recover.
By the way, Kousuke was not yet aware that he would also be treated as an inhuman entity by the three Heavenly Maidens later on.
Congratulations on your class change!
…You might think it’s about time. Or perhaps, you might think, “No way.”
Finally, he has been safely recognized as inhuman.
Well, he was already recognized as inhuman by the world when he performed the Divine Power Summon lol.
2014/6/12 Typo correction
2014/6/29 Typo and omission correction
