Let’s Manage the Tower – Chapter 172

From the , fairies were born, and because those fairies did something, Seiran and Seiwa became phoenixes.

From Kousuke’s perspective, he just touched the and phoenixes were born, so he felt a sense of “What the heck?”.

By the way, Colette, who was with him, murmured, “Phoenixes are supposed to be legendary creatures…”, which resonated with Kousuke.

Fortunately, the phoenix pair, Ranka and Ranze, seemed to retain their previous nature and were devoted to Kousuke.

In fact, their devotion had increased more than before.

Although their body length had increased, they rubbed their faces against him, showing more physical affection than before.

Kousuke was happy to be cherished, so he didn’t stop them, but Colette’s gaze felt a little lukewarm, so he decided to ignore it.

Since there was no point in escaping reality forever, he decided to examine the Fairy Stone series.

The on the 46th Floor shattered after two fairies were born.

Just in case, the fragments of the shattered stone were collected.

Even shattered, the power of spirits remained, so Colette suggested it might be usable for creating tools.

It was not possible to collect all the fragments, or rather, he didn’t intend to, so he decided to pick up only those of a certain size.

What would happen to the remaining small fragments was left for future enjoyment.

Or rather, the phoenix pair was already pecking at the ground, and it looked like they were collecting those fragments.

He couldn’t confirm if they were swallowing them, but he decided to let them have their way.

Kousuke and others collected only the fragments of a certain size and returned to the Management Layer.

The collected fragments of the Fairy Stone were taken to the research room and immediately handed over to Isunani.

He expected her to dedicate herself to research if they were given to her.

Of course, Kousuke himself intended to use them as research material.

For the time being, Kousuke put off his research and headed to the room with the control panel.

This was to confirm the status of the that had been displayed on the 46th Floor.

To conclude, the displayed on the 46th Floor had disappeared.

Instead, it was now possible to install a new .

He felt like expecting that he could create another phoenix if he installed another one on the 46th Floor, but the Fairy Stone series was quite expensive, so they couldn’t be easily installed like summoning circles.

The was already installed on the 80th Floor, but the and had not even been installed yet.

He decided to install those two first, and then re-install on the 46th Floor.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough Divine Power to install both the and at the same time, so he decided to install the on the 81st Floor.

The was installed within the wolf pack’s base.

The wolf pack’s base on the 81st Floor had also grown to a certain size, so there was a place to put it, and he decided to do so without much thought.

For now, he would stop with the .

Next, he decided to go and check the installed on the 80th Floor.

As soon as Kousuke and the others arrived on the 80th Floor, they were enthusiastically welcomed by Kou and the others.

The Flying Dragons, being large, didn’t charge at him or rub their beaks against him like other summons, but as soon as Kousuke passed through the teleport gate, the Flying Dragons had all gathered there.

The number of Flying Dragons had also increased, and there were now fifteen of them, so it was quite imposing to see so many Flying Dragons gathered in one place.

Looking at these Flying Dragons, Kousuke felt that the higher the intelligence of a summon, the higher its loyalty.

In fact, Nana and Wanri’s intelligence had also increased with each evolution.

The most remarkable was Wanri, but perhaps that was just because she could speak.

Surrounded by the Flying Dragons, he headed to the place where the was installed.

Like the , he could sense the power of spirits, but he didn’t feel any significant changes.

However, like the , there was a possibility that the conditions had already been met.

This time, he decided to consciously use his Divine Power.

At first, he cautiously touched the , trying not to flow his Divine Power.

As expected, the showed no change.

Next, he consciously sent his Divine Power towards the .

Then, just like the , a cracking sound was heard from the , and it immediately shattered.

Afterward, one fairy appeared.

“… Colette, please.”

“Right, right.”

He had brought Colette along this time as well, so he entrusted the translation to her.

Meanwhile, Kousuke thought about the time he sent his Divine Power earlier.

When he sent Divine Power to the , he felt more like he was pouring Divine Power into it rather than it being absorbed.

It felt like he was filling an empty space with power.

He felt that the shattered the moment that gap was filled.

This was just Kousuke’s sensation, so it might differ from reality.

After all, it was the first time he had done it with proper consciousness, so he still lacked experience.

While he was thinking about that, Colette and the wind fairy seemed to have finished their conversation, and Colette looked at Kousuke and said,

“I’ve finished listening, for what it’s worth. Although, the content is almost the same as with the fire one.”

“Huh? Really?”

“Yes. The only other thing I could get was that it’s influenced by the Flying Dragons.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Kousuke tilted his head, not understanding what it meant for the to be influenced by the Flying Dragons.

However, Colette herself looked like she didn’t understand.

“It seems the wind fairy itself doesn’t understand. Since the fairy doesn’t understand, even if I try to ask, the conversation doesn’t get through at all.”

After all, they didn’t speak words and converse like Humans and Demi-humans.

It was a special form of conversation, and since the fairies themselves didn’t understand, it became even more incomprehensible.

“Hmm. I see, well, that can’t be helped then.”

Kousuke clearly gave up on trying to get information.

“It’s fine?”

“It’s not ‘fine,’ but if you get the wrong answer, you can’t get the right result. It’s better not to ask from the beginning.”

Kousuke decided that since Fairy Stones could be re-installed, it would be better to investigate by trying more times.

“That’s how it is?”

“… I think so…?”

Kousuke wasn’t absolutely confident either.

Colette looked at him with a sharp gaze.

“If you don’t know, you have to try and figure it out through trial and error, but if you get the wrong answer from the start, you won’t get the right result.”

At Colette’s gaze, Kousuke quickly rephrased.

In any case, there was still much that was unclear about Fairy Stones, so he felt he had no choice but to experiment.

After all, he didn’t even know what would happen if he sent Divine Power immediately after installation, so he felt there was a lot more to investigate in the future.

This talk about Fairy Stones will continue for a while.

I plan to bring out all the summons so far under the guise of talking about Fairy Stones lol.