Kousuke, who had left the investigation of familiars to the women, decided to confirm the titles through a different route.
That different route was the goddess Jal.
“So? What do you want to ask?”
When Kousuke performed a Divine Union, Jal immediately appeared.
Kousuke, while pondering trivial things like whether she had finished complaining about being busy the last time he visited the Divine Realm, replied.
“About the titles…”
“Unfortunately, I wouldn’t know?”
Jal preemptively answered Kousuke’s question.
“Um…?”
“You want to know about the relationship between titles and the Soul Vessel, don’t you?”
“Well, there’s that too, I guess?”
“I believe that person probably answered, but we truly don’t know. In the first place, the term ‘Soul Vessel’ is due to Kousuke’s divine authority.”
Kousuke tilted his head at Jal’s words.
“What do you mean?”
“Things like the ‘Soul Vessel’ that Kousuke saw with his divine authority are something we have never seen or heard of among ourselves. Naturally, there is no one who can answer about it.”
“So, you’re saying you haven’t heard of the ‘Soul Vessel,’ so you don’t know if it’s related to titles?”
“That’s right.”
Just like the Status display, it was a power that had never existed before to express the state of being on the verge of evolution in words.
That is precisely why it has become Kousuke’s new divine authority as a god, but for that reason, even the gods, including Asura, do not know what it means.
Kousuke remembered that he had heard this from Asura before.
“Hmm. If that’s the case, then that’s fine.”
“Huh? Is it okay?”
Jal sounded unexpectedly surprised by Kousuke’s easy concession.
“Yeah. I kind of understood from my previous conversation with Asura. More importantly, this time the main topic is something else.”
“I see. So, what is the main topic?”
Even Jal, as skillful as she was, couldn’t comprehend Kousuke’s true objective.
“Can I also bestow blessings?”
“You can.”
Jal answered Kousuke’s question immediately.
“That was fast!”
Kousuke was surprised by the speed.
It was so fast, as if she had been waiting for Kousuke to ask.
To Kousuke, who thought perhaps as a tangible god, it was a question born of possibility, but to Jal, it was a perfectly ordinary matter.
“Of course. It falls within my jurisdiction.”
“I see. …So? Is there any document review or anything?”
He had heard various stories about procedures being necessary when gods influence the world.
Kousuke asked, thinking he would fall under that category as well, but Jal’s answer was perfunctory.
“No need?”
“Eh!? Is that so?”
“Yes. In the first place, the document review I conduct applies to those in the Divine Realm. It has nothing to do with you there.”
“I-I see.”
“Well, even so, it wouldn’t be too much of a problem if you didn’t misuse it too much…”
“…That way of speaking makes it sound like you’re saying I can misuse it as much as I want?”
Kousuke asked, thinking it was unlikely, but Jal exceeded his expectations.
“It’s fine to misuse it? Although, knowing you, Kousuke, you probably wouldn’t do it to the extent that it throws the world’s balance off.”
Although he could only hear her voice, he could feel Jal’s gloating laughter.
It was entirely true, so he had no retort.
“But I don’t know what the boundary is, do you?”
“You don’t need to worry about that. …That’s what Elder Sister Eris is saying too, right here beside me.”
It seemed Jal was performing the current Divine Union with Eris by her side.
“I see. If that’s the case, then it should be alright?”
“Hey, what do you mean by that? Are you saying you can’t trust what I say alone?”
Kousuke almost burst out laughing, picturing Jal’s pouting face, but he managed to hold it in.
He decided to ignore the laughter coming from behind Jal.
“No, no, that’s not what I mean.”
“…I don’t really understand, but fine.”
Although she didn’t specify how it was different, Jal seemed to accept it, and Kousuke breathed a sigh of relief.
“So? How do I actually bestow a blessing?”
This was the question Kousuke had wanted to ask, and he finally got to the point.
“Eh…!? Um, like, if you like someone, you just… do it?”
Kousuke thought “What the heck is that explanation?” but before he could voice it, another voice was heard.
“There’s no way that explanation will get across to someone! You can’t see him, you know?”
Eris cut in with a voice full of exasperation.
“But~ I can’t explain it well with words.”
“Realize that trying to explain is the mistake.”
“Huh? What do you mean by that?”
Kousuke interjected into their exchange.
“In the first place, granting a blessing means sharing a small part of a god’s divine authority. Naturally, the power granted varies, so there is no fixed way of granting it.”
“Ah~. So, you’re saying that ‘blessing’ is just a general term for a part of a god’s power?”
“Precisely. Even if a god bestows power, they do not lose it.”
With Eris’s explanation, Kousuke understood what she meant.
“In other words, because the powers vary, the methods of bestowing them also vary?”
“That’s how it is.”
“Kousuke, you’re probably fine with the Status display power you’re used to, even if the power you recently awakened is another matter?”
Jal interjected and explained.
Her immediate answer earlier was also referring to the power of the Status display.
“Granting the Status display as a blessing…”
Kousuke tilted his head, muttering “Hmm.”
He had no idea how he could concretely give such a thing to someone else.
Conversely, Eris and Jal didn’t know how to explain it to Kousuke.
More accurately, they probably couldn’t explain it to other goddesses either.
For them, who existed as gods from the beginning, the power to grant blessings was something they naturally possessed.
“Sharing a small part of divine authority, huh?”
“Yes. In the first place, divine powers are immense, so if you share them carelessly, your body won’t be able to withstand it.”
“My document review also checks for those kinds of things?”
“Hearing that, I suddenly feel like it’s better not to carelessly grant blessings.”
Kousuke suddenly became hesitant about granting blessings.
They were saying that if you grant blessings without knowing the limits, the results won’t be good.
“That part, I can only say that you’ll understand it as a sensation when you grant the blessing.”
“That’s right. You just somehow know, ‘I can’t go any further.'”
This was something that could only be learned by actually doing it.
By the way, once you learn to grant a blessing once, you’ll naturally pick it up on your own.
The problem is the very first time.
“Well, what should I do?”
Eris and Jal, who had been avoiding interfering, remained silent as Kousuke pondered.
They knew that if they interfered in such matters, it would inevitably have some kind of influence.
That is why they refrained from intervening.
Since it involved another party, he couldn’t just practice it casually.
Ultimately, Kousuke ended the Divine Union without reaching a conclusion.
This concludes Chapter 19.
After an interlude, Chapter 20 will begin.
Chapter 20 will also continue to discuss new powers and blessings.
