I was unable to get a concrete answer from Asura in the end.
If even Asura doesn’t know, perhaps no one in this world does.
If there is anyone who might provide an answer, it would be World Records, but such a being is not someone one can meet so easily.
“What does ‘budding of evolution’ even mean?”
“What do you mean?”
“If expanding the Soul Vessel leads to evolution, then having ‘
Kousuke’s words caused Asura’s reply to be slightly delayed.
“…That’s true. Does that mean that even if the Soul Vessel expands, evolution doesn’t occur?”
“That’s also debatable. If it doesn’t evolve, then I don’t think it would have ‘of evolution’ attached to it.”
Both of them pondered, but in the end, no answer was found.
“With past events, it might be different, but this is a completely new authority of yours, Kousuke, so I have no answer.”
“Meaning?”
“You have no choice but to explore and ascertain the power yourself.”
Kousuke shook his head left and right at Asura’s casual answer.
“It can’t be helped since there’s no precedent, but honestly, I have no idea what to do.”
“I don’t think that person would bestow meaningless power, so you just have to work diligently.”
It seemed like a conversation that would take a long time.
However, it’s not wrong that, as Asura said, no answer could be found in the current situation.
“That’s true. Was I being too greedy by trying to find an answer so quickly?”
“I feel like that’s stretching it a bit… but you did seem like you were in a hurry.”
Kousuke had no such intention, so his expression became one of being caught off guard.
“…I didn’t mean to, though?”
“Ah, I thought you’d say that. But from the perspective of people in this world, you undoubtedly seem like you’re rushing your life away.”
Kousuke thought that Asura’s advice was indeed valid.
After all, in this short period, they conquered seven towers and became an Avatar.
From anyone else’s point of view, it would be hard to argue that he wasn’t trying to rush.
“I see. Well, for now, I’ll take my time and confirm things without rushing.”
“Yes. …Well then, I should be going soon.”
“Ah, thank you.”
I expressed my gratitude to Asura for accompanying me this far.
“It’s fine. I wanted to talk too.”
With that, Asura’s connection for Divine Union was cut.
Although there was almost no progress regarding the new authority, Kousuke felt that it had become a good opportunity to re-examine his past actions in a different sense.
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In the end, regarding the new authority, I was left in a state of “waiting.”
Since there was no point in spending more time on it, I decided to verify it slowly.
It’s possible that I might understand something from a different angle later, so I reconsidered that there was no need to rush the verification right now.
Besides, I didn’t feel any particular need to rush the evolution at the moment.
Now that all the towers had moved out of the red, there was no pressing need to earn particularly large amounts of subjugation counts.
As for Amamiya Tower, I didn’t expect any further growth from it, so there was no particular goal.
In a game, it’s like aiming for max stats, so there’s no need to rush it.
In the first place, tower management is all about earning Divine Power, so with the towers in the black, there’s no need to rush anything.
It would be different if some new installations were added, but there haven’t been any.
When I was making Golems, I thought about placing familiars on every floor, but I’m refraining from doing so now, thinking it would be meaningless.
Once I increase them, I would have to manage them, so I decided to be cautious about increasing them any further.
It would be different if interesting Summons appeared in other towers, but so far, there haven’t been any Summons that have touched Kousuke’s heartstrings.
On the other hand, the other members are actively increasing their Summons.
Some are increasing the variety, while others are increasing the quantity, so the content varies from person to person.
I have no intention of saying anything about that.
Rather, I hope they raise their familiars with their own unique individuality.
Doing so would be more fun to see, and furthermore, it might lead to advancements in ways different from Kousuke’s.
After talking with Asura, Kousuke was in a completely off-mode, thinking such things.
There were many things he wanted to do, such as making tools, but he had something to think about from his recent conversation with Asura, so he decided to make time for it and relax.
However, for Kousuke, making tools has already become a hobby, so it doesn’t feel like much of a respite.
As I was lying on the sofa in the Lounge Space, Colette approached me.
“What’s wrong? Thinking about something again?”
Kousuke gave a bitter smile at Colette’s words.
I realized that Asura’s point was indeed valid.
“I was thinking about something, yes, but I’m just resting right now.”
Even resting, since there are no games or anything, there’s nothing else to do but lie on the sofa.
“Oh. Then that’s perfect. I’ll rest too.”
Saying that, Colette sat on the sofa next to Kousuke, who was resting.
Seeing Colette like that, Kousuke muttered,
“Maybe I should try making some kind of toy to pass the time.”
My mind eventually started working in that direction again.
“Hey. Aren’t you supposed to be resting now?”
“Yeah, I guess so. But up until now, my thoughts have been more focused on tower management. Making toys is a different story, though.”
Colette looked at me with a blank stare, and Kousuke made a somewhat apologetic excuse.
“I think they’re the same thing… but then again, this is more like Kousuke now that I think about it.”
At Colette’s words, I inwardly tilted my head, wondering if I had become that much of a workaholic, but I remained silent due to the conversation with Asura.
Instead, I started seriously thinking about making a toy, as I had casually muttered.
“Hmm. A toy… what could it be?”
“How about a ball?”
At Colette’s words, Kousuke shook his head, as that wasn’t what he wanted to make.
However, this is also due to Kousuke’s lack of awareness.
In the first place, there are very few things children can spend a lot of time playing with in this world.
Of course, adults are the same.
Naturally, if children have less time to spend on play, there is less demand for it, and toys have hardly developed.
Realizing this, Kousuke decided to make some kind of toy.
He tried to ask Colette for details, but Colette herself had lived in the Elf Village since childhood, so she wasn’t very familiar with the games children played.
Elf children mostly played with nature, so they didn’t need to prepare any tools to play.
Kousuke asked the other members as well, but the members gathered in this tower were all people who had spent their childhoods in ways that were hardly general.
In the end, the only person he could ask was Floria, who had been raised as royalty.
This meant that only those of noble status could afford to spend time playing.
I’m not thinking of creating Othello, Shogi, Go, or Chess to earn money!
…I’m not considering that route at the moment lol.
I’m not struggling for money, after all.
I’m purely thinking about things for us to play with.
