Chapter 12’s title has been changed.
It will be “Let’s Increase the Towers.”
The morning after returning from conquering the Northeast Tower.
When I checked the Amamiya Tower’s Management Menu, I received a notification that the Northeast Tower on the Central Continent had been conquered.
This was the first time I had received such a notification, but I presumed that when Amamiya Tower was conquered, something similar had been sent to other towers.
It was purely a business notification, and there was no reply function.
As a side note, I received communications (emails) from the rulers of towers on other continents, and I decided to reply by copy-pasting a template.
After all, they all asked the same thing: how to raise the tower level.
I replied by writing only, “Please investigate it yourself,” in an indirect manner.
Putting that aside, I decided to determine our future plans.
My initial plan was to swap floors between the conquered tower and Amamiya Tower to see what would happen, but that plan fell through.
I only peeked at it, but the menu for the Northeast Tower had monsters not found in Amamiya Tower registered as summoned beasts.
I thought trying that would be good, but even more so, I wanted to try the floor exchange through
Therefore, I decided to conquer another tower in search of one that allowed floor exchange.
“I know it’s sudden, but we’ve decided to conquer another tower.”
Colette sighed in exasperation at Kousuke’s words.
“Why don’t you just conquer all the towers on this continent?”
“That’s a bit much… No, if you think about it, it’s possible.”
At Kousuke’s muttering, for some reason, all eyes turned to Colette with reproach.
“You said something unnecessary, and now he’s taking it seriously.”
“Ugh… sorry.”
Colette looked down as if regretting her words.
Although we decided to conquer the remaining towers and actually conquered the Northeast Tower, even Kousuke didn’t intend to conquer all of them at this point.
He didn’t think he could manage all six remaining towers at once.
Also, it would take time to conquer them.
However, conquering the Northeast Tower changed that situation slightly.
The scale of the Northeast Tower was smaller than Kousuke had anticipated.
If the other towers were of similar scale, he thought he could manage them, so he began to consider conquering all of them.
However, even Kousuke was concerned about the members’ reactions.
“Is there any problem with conquering all of them?”
“It’s not a problem, but… did you consider how it would look externally?”
Floria, the former princess, was the one who spoke up.
“……Ah.”
Even now, controlling one tower has a considerable influence.
In addition, there’s the conquest of the Northeast Tower this time.
If we were to conquer all the towers on the continent, the influence would be evident even without thinking.
“Hmm……”
As Kousuke pondered with his arms crossed, unexpected support (?) came from an unlikely source.
“Isn’t that a bit late?”
At Peach’s words, everyone except Kousuke stopped moving and immediately nodded in unison.
“Come to think of it, that’s true.”
“Perhaps it would be better to conquer them all.”
“It might be more refreshing than doing it halfway.”
“That feels more like Kousuke.”
For some reason, at Peach’s remark, everyone began to agree to conquer the remaining towers.
For Kousuke, who was already considering conquering them all, it was gratifying to be approved by everyone, but he felt something was off.
“…I feel like I’ve messed up again.”
“It’s not just a feeling, you’ve messed up. Well, Kousuke, you should just go for it without worrying.”
“Mmm.”
Kousuke’s actions like this are precisely what led him to become an avatar, but Kousuke himself is still unaware of it.
“…Well, that’s fine. Then, let’s aim to conquer all the towers on this continent. Of course, it’s impossible to do them all at once, so I’ll conquer them one by one while managing them.”
Everyone nodded, showing their agreement.
“Also, the tower we conquered this time will basically be left to Shurein. You can do whatever you want with it.”
“Me?”
“The 76th floor is stable now, so it should be okay, right?”
“Well, I have plenty of time, so it’s fine, but is that okay?”
“Yes. I plan to leave the other towers to their respective members as well.”
“If that’s the case, I accept.”
Excluding Kouhi and Mitsuki, Shurein has been observing Kousuke’s management the longest among the members present.
For Kousuke, Shurein is the most suitable person to entrust with the first task.
By the way, the reason Kouhi and Mitsuki were excluded was that they disliked being tied down by tower management work.
They agreed to help during the very first instance due to a shortage of hands, but currently, there’s no need for their assistance.
“Everyone else feels the same way, so please take care of it. Oh, and Floria, I’ve registered you as a management member too.”
“Huh? Is that so?”
“Well, it feels a bit late, doesn’t it?”
“…I see. Does that mean I also have to be embraced by Kousuke to join?”
“Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Why would you think that?”
Kousuke flustered at Floria’s words.
It’s true that he had become involved with all the other members except Floria in that way.
Even so, he had no intention of demanding the same from Floria.
“Oh? Isn’t that right? I thought you had to do that to become a member.”
“Wait, wait. That’s not true at all. It’s just your imagination.”
Kousuke thought, “How could she say such a thing?” But looking at the current situation, it was understandable why she might think that.
Not including Floria as a member until now had also led her to such a misunderstanding.
Of course, the events of the beginning also played a role.
“Is that so? Well, even if I’m included as a member, I can’t go to the Fifth Floor carelessly, so it doesn’t mean much.”
“That’s true. Being able to use the teleport gate freely and not being able to is a big difference.”
“That’s also true.”
While there’s a restriction on using the teleport gate in case something happens, being able to freely escape to the management layer is significant.
However, that would be too much of a benefit for Floria.
For Floria, simply being sheltered in the management layer is enough.
“However, if that’s the case, I feel like I’m receiving too much favor and can’t repay it?”
Floria wants to avoid receiving benefits unilaterally as much as possible.
“In that case, why not repay the favor properly by becoming a tower management member?”
Silvia offered to help.
“Hmm. I see. That would indeed be better.”
The only thing Floria can do now, as she is under Spica’s blessing, is to provide advice through oracles, but such advice is completely useless to Kousuke.
After all, Kousuke himself (or rather, godhood?) has the means of Divine Union. Furthermore, he has multiple partners for Divine Union.
In that sense, Silvia’s advice, from a similar position, was a godsend for Floria.
“…You don’t have to think about it so seriously.”
Kousuke gave a wry smile at their exchange.
By the end of that day, Shurein seemed to have headed to the Northeast Tower to begin its management.
Kousuke, along with the members who conquered the Northeast Tower, decided to conquer the Southeast Tower next.
The other members would stay behind at Amamiya Tower.
However, Peach apparently said she would go to check on Shurein and also headed to the Northeast Tower.
Thus, the next objective was to conquer the Southeast Tower.
