Kousuke returned to the management layer with Haku, who was generally accepted by the other members.
The reason for “generally” was that Kousuke was busy with various explanations and was exploited for them.
Since the brunt of their attention was directed at Kousuke, Haku was not subjected to it.
Kousuke was relieved in his heart, as he truly did not want to be ostracized in this situation.
To the other members, it was more a feeling of “what’s one more person now?” but Haku’s origin became the issue.
After all, Haku himself called Kousuke “father.”
It was something that couldn’t be ignored.
Kousuke, too, understood to some extent after hearing Haku’s story.
Unfortunately, Kousuke did not grasp the subtle nuance of “to some extent.”
This too was seen as typical of Kousuke, and the women left it at that.
However, Haku’s existence brought a certain problem to the surface among the women.
Serious discussions were held without Kousuke’s knowledge.
Silvia was chosen as the representative for the five women: Shurein, Silvia, Colette, Peach, and Floria.
It was less that she was suitable and more that no one else could do it.
What they couldn’t do was perform Divine Union.
Silvia began the Divine Union with a rather tense expression.
“Silvia, what’s wrong? You seem more strained than usual today?”
Her Divine Union partner was, as always, Elisamil (God).
Eris noticed that Silvia’s state was different from usual.
Even though they weren’t looking at each other, Silvia felt even more tense, thinking, “This is what being a god is like.”
“I have something I want to ask.”
“What is it?”
After hesitating, Silvia asked Eris a question.
“Is it a coincidence or destiny that we cannot have children?”
This question was the problem that the women had been discussing.
It hadn’t been that long since they started engaging in such activities.
So, it wasn’t strange that they hadn’t had children yet.
However, when Kousuke was the partner, a certain problem lay ahead.
That problem was that Kousuke was an “Avatar.”
No one had the answer to whether children could be conceived between a god and humans or demi-humans.
After all, it was the first appearance of an Avatar, so there was no way to find an answer.
That was precisely why Silvia was needed, and they had hoped for an answer from the gods through Divine Union.
Eris easily provided an answer to Silvia, who waited tensely.
“It could be called a coincidence, and it could also be called destiny.”
But the answer was not what they had hoped for.
It was a very vague statement.
“What do you mean?”
“Due to circumstances, I cannot answer directly… Well. As a shrine maiden of the church, you know stories about children born between gods, don’t you?”
Silvia was perplexed by the roundabout answer.
“Of course, I know that…?”
“You can find the answer from there.”
That was truly an oracle.
At the same time, it implied that further probing was unnecessary.
“I pray that you will find the right answer.”
As if to show this, the Divine Union with Elisamil (God) ended with those words.
Silvia, left alone, let out a big sigh.
She didn’t get a direct answer, but she felt she had achieved a significant result as a guideline.
In fact, she hadn’t expected to get such a direct answer.
She immediately decided to tell her companions about what she had just heard.
Everyone was waiting for the answer.
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“A story about children between gods.”
After hearing Silvia’s story, Colette let out a big sigh.
It wasn’t that she thought the story was like grasping at clouds.
Rather, she thought there were too many stories and it would take effort to investigate.
In the world of Asgard, stories of children born between gods and humans or demi-humans, from folk tales to myths, exist everywhere.
After all, the origins of each species are said to stem from a certain god.
In that sense, it could be said that stories of that nature are passed down within each species.
“Aren’t stories about myths and gods the church’s duty, no?” Shurein asked Silvia.
In response, Silvia’s expression became troubled.
“In principle, yes, but since it concerns the very roots of certain species, the church must have been hesitant to get involved.”
If a certain god of a species was not recognized by the church, it would affect the core of that species.
The church couldn’t grant recognition to gods whose existence was uncertain.
However, there were gods who were involved in the creation of species but were not publicly recognized by the church.
After all, only a very small number of gods were recognized by the church.
“So, in this matter, we can’t rely on the church~”
“Unfortunately, that is how it is.”
Everyone groaned at Silvia’s answer, but only Floria had a different expression.
It was an expression as if she was trying to remember something.
Peach, who was sitting opposite her, noticed the expression.
“Floria, is something wrong~?”
“Hm…? No, it’s like I’ve seen it somewhere before, but maybe not? I feel like I can remember it, but I can’t.”
She wracked her brain, but she couldn’t recall anything.
“Is it about the story of the children of gods~?”
“No, I wonder…?”
“Where was it~?”
“That too… No, my range of activity was only around the castle, so it must have been in the castle.”
Peach tried to help her remember by asking various questions, but Floria couldn’t recall.
“Can’t you remember when it was either~?”
“Well, I wonder? I think it was probably when I was a child.”
Hearing “when I was a child,” Shurein had an idea and proposed,
“Then why don’t we ask someone who knows about when Floria was a child?”
“Hm? Is there such a person… Ah.”
At Floria’s words, everyone thought of the same person.
They immediately decided to go meet that person.
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Silvia and Colette went to meet Alec immediately.
Despite serving as the head of the administrative agency, the two tower managers were able to meet him quickly.
“I apologize. We needed to ask you something urgently.”
“No. It’s fine. After all, dealing with the tower managers is part of my job.”
Alec smiled brightly, displaying his handsome face, but it was of no use to the two of them.
They immediately got to the main point.
“Floria, in the past, have you ever been involved with stories about children between gods?”
“Children between gods? If it’s that kind of story, it’s the church… No, wait a minute?”
Alec also quickly remembered that the church was not deeply involved in such stories.
At the same time, Alec recalled an event from when Floria was a child.
“Someone who collected such legends and published a book came to the castle, perhaps?”
Hearing this, the two were dumbfounded.
“For something like that?”
“Ah. Well, if it had only been one book, they wouldn’t have come to court, of course, but that person compiled the legends they collected over their lifetime. I believe it eventually became several dozen books.”
That was quite a story in itself.
It was rare to publish dozens of books based on the same theme.
“What was that person’s name?”
“No, wait. I really can’t recall. And I believe that person passed away a few years after coming to court.”
At Alec’s words, the two were dejected.
“What, your objective was that person?”
“What do you mean?”
“Even if the author has passed away, the books will remain, right? I believe they were kept in the castle as well.”
“Ah, right. The title! What was the title of that series?”
Alec wracked his brain to recall as Colette eagerly pressed him.
“I believe… the title was ‘Children of God and Gods’.”
Having learned the title of the book from Alec, the two headed straight to Schmidt.
And so, with Haku’s appearance, the issue of children came up.
This is also a really pressing issue, especially for the women.
They believe they cannot consult Kousuke, who is half-human but also a god.
That’s why they decided to consult Eris directly, without asking Kousuke.
