According to Esena and Dolly, this trend was expected to continue.
At least, it wasn’t an environment where having children was extremely difficult like before.
Ultimately, it was a matter between couples, and there was nothing they could do about that, but thanks to the fact that two couples having children had already spread, the sense of being trapped had been dispelled.
Even among couples who had given up on having children, more and more were thinking, “Next will be us,” so this enthusiasm was unlikely to cool down for a while.
Rirazu passionately explained this.
What’s more, Colette said that if this situation continued, Elves from all over the world who desired children might gather.
Colette herself was from a different village than the Elf Village on the 73rd floor, but the difficulty of giving birth was a common problem.
While it wasn’t to the same extent as it was for the Elves who had moved to the Tower, it was a fact that it was harder for them to have children compared to other demi-humans and humans.
Although this didn’t solve the problem all at once, it was undoubtedly happy news for the Elves.
Conversely, if there was a problem with this incident, it was whether or not to spread the word beyond the Elves of the Tower.
It was decided that this matter would ultimately be kept quiet for now and only be revealed after everything was completely stable.
They decided to issue a notice stating that this matter was not to be discussed outside for the time being.
However, the Elves of the 73rd floor had no contact with the outside world at present, so it was unlikely that this news would get out anyway.
After deciding on these matters with Rirazu and the others, Kousuke returned to the Management Layer.
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Upon returning to the Management Layer, Kousuke informed Colette that floor exchanges were possible.
He also explained his speculation as to why floor exchanges with the Northeast and Southeast Towers hadn’t been possible.
“…Is that really true?”
“Hmm, I wonder? We won’t be able to confirm it until one of the Tower’s levels is raised and receives Dominion Release.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
“Well, in any case, we can exchange floors with the South Tower, so I want to do it right away.”
“I see. …Wait. If you’re telling me this, then?”
Colette suddenly noticed something and looked at Kousuke.
“Yeah. I’m thinking of exchanging floors with the Elf layer. Of course, with you as the manager.”
“So that’s what it is~”
Colette said, nodding in understanding.
“It’s a joyous occasion, so I won’t do it immediately. I’ll try it out in a different layer first.”
“Yes, that would be best. …Oh, that’s right. If that’s the case, I’ll send some Elves to that layer.”
Kousuke stopped Colette, who seemed about to rush off.
“Hold on. It’s too soon for human experimentation, so first, we’ll just do the exchange. Then we can try it out.”
Since there were monsters on the floors, they could check if there were any changes in those monsters.
However, it was difficult to tell just by looking from the outside, so proper confirmation was necessary.
“Shall I go to the floor that will be exchanged?” Kouhi, who had been listening, offered.
Indeed, with Kouhi there, most things could probably be managed.
“Hmm. I considered that, but first, I think we should experiment with a floor that hasn’t been touched.”
“Understood.”
Kouhi had said that because she wanted to be helpful to Kousuke, and if Kousuke didn’t think it was necessary, she had no intention of saying anything further.
“Perhaps it would be better for me to go when we exchange floors with the Elves?”
“If that’s alright with you, it would be a great help?” Colette agreed with Kousuke’s suggestion.
Kouhi nodded again under their gazes.
“Understood.”
With Kouhi’s nod, their future course of action was decided.
For now, they decided to perform the exchange between floors that had not been altered in any way.
Since they wouldn’t know if there were any changes before or after the exchange if they did it immediately, they decided to go and see the floors targeted for the exchange.
They chose the floors to experiment on arbitrarily, as they would return to the same positions after two experiments.
Although it was only one floor each from Amamiya Tower and the South Tower, the floors themselves were vast, so they couldn’t investigate everything and decided to wrap up their initial investigation and proceed with the first floor exchange.
The floor exchange itself went smoothly.
Afterward, they immediately went to see each floor, but there seemed to be no significant changes.
At least, there were no major changes in terrain or environment.
By the way, they also checked the status of the Teleport Gates. When performing a floor exchange, an option appeared to choose which floor to connect to in the exchange destination.
While it was a bit troublesome, it was helpful that it could be set during the floor exchange, as otherwise, they would end up in the wrong place if not set properly from the start.
Moreover, after this experiment, they would have to exchange nine floors, so they had to manage the Teleport Gates properly.
They couldn’t afford to complain about it being troublesome.
It also appeared that the names of the floors changed to the original floor names upon exchange.
For example, if the Second Floor of the South Tower and the Fifth Floor of Amamiya Tower were exchanged, after the exchange, the original Amamiya Tower floor would become the Second Floor in the South Tower, and the original Second Floor of the South Tower would become the Fifth Floor in Amamiya Tower.
After confirming all these things, they proceeded to perform a floor exchange with the Elves present.
As planned, Kouhi would also be on the same floor.
Colette and the High Elves would also accompany them.
After setting an estimated time, they actually performed the floor exchange at that time.
Kousuke, who was only responsible for the exchange work in the Management Layer, didn’t experience anything particularly unusual.
After the exchange, he immediately headed to the South Tower, where Kouhi, Colette, and the Elves were supposed to be.
When Kousuke arrived at the location where everyone was, they were in the middle of hunting monsters.
This was not because monsters had appeared due to the floor exchange, but simply because there were monsters attacking, and they were eliminating them.
“Did anything change?”
“No. As you can see. No change at all. It’s exactly the same as when we combined floors. We didn’t notice anything.”
Kouhi and those around her nodded at Colette’s words.
“So, is it okay to proceed with the exchange with the World Tree floor?”
“Yes.”
After reaching this conclusion, everyone returned to the 73rd floor via the Management Layer.
Colette and Kouhi would also accompany them to the 73rd floor.
With all preparations complete, they collectively exchanged the 73rd floor and its surrounding eight floors of Amamiya Tower with nine floors of the South Tower.
When selecting the nine floors that were combined as the target for the floor exchange, all of them were selected.
After that, they selected the floors of the South Tower, which took more effort than selecting them one by one.
They decided to select floors one through nine of the South Tower.
After selecting each floor one by one and configuring the Teleport Gates, they finally proceeded with the floor exchange.
Although configuring the Teleport Gates was a bit tedious, the exchange itself was completed without any other issues on the management screen.
Afterward, Kousuke, accompanied by Mitsuki, headed to the South Tower and proceeded to the First Floor.
This was because the 73rd floor, where the Elf Village was located, and the First Floor of the South Tower were chosen as the exchange targets.
The World Tree and the Elf Village were properly present on the First Floor of the South Tower.
Kousuke was relieved that the floor exchange had been completed without any problems.
He then took Kouhi and Colette to the Management Layer of the South Tower to confirm the situation there.
The original 73rd floor and its surrounding eight floors were properly combined and assigned to floors one through nine.
The Teleport Gates were also configured correctly.
Since the First Floor was assigned, there was an entrance to the outside, but this was left to Colette.
After a general confirmation, Kousuke and the others returned to Amamiya Tower, leaving Colette behind.
Colette was to stay and confirm how the management could be handled.
Upon returning to Amamiya Tower, Kousuke confirmed that the exchanged floors had returned to their original state and concluded the day’s work.
When the floors of the South Tower were incorporated into the floors of Amamiya Tower, they automatically changed to the same size as the floors of Amamiya Tower.
Naturally, the Divine Power for that was consumed.
Conversely, the Elf Village and its surrounding floors did not shrink when they were moved to the South Tower.
