I can’t get used to it. “Kousuke God.”
This was before the country of Razek Amamiya was formed.
A rumor began to spread among the adventurers active in the tower.
The rumor was that if adventurers made Kousuke, the Avatar of God, an object of worship, they would be able to obtain rare materials more easily.
Kousuke, who heard the rumor for the first time, thought “What is that?” but by the time he realized it, it had spread throughout the adventurer community, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Since the content of the rumor was not bad, but rather something that would spread faith, Kouhi and Mitsuki did not take any action.
If anything, they even encouraged the spread of the rumor.
When he realized that he had to deal with this matter alone, Kousuke decided to leave it as it was.
To make matters worse, Lilica’s existence served as evidence to support the rumor.
Lilica herself did not mention the blessing, but honestly said that it had become easier to find valuable medicinal herbs and the like.
And strangely enough, reports of finding rare items began to come in one after another from adventurers who started visiting the temple after that.
Kousuke, who had thought it was a coincidence, decided to leave it, believing it would eventually die down.
Little did he know that it would lead to a small disturbance later on.
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One day, quite some time after the rumors of the Avatar of God’s power began to spread.
Silvia received a report from Lilica.
“There’s a commotion?”
“Y-yes. They’re demanding to see Kousuke-sama, no matter what.”
Upon receiving the report from Lilica, Silvia frowned and sighed.
“This is bad.”
“Yes. We need to quell the disturbance somehow…”
The report from Lilica was that adventurers were making a fuss in front of the temple on the Fifth Floor, demanding to be granted the power of God.
The reason for this commotion now was that a story that was originally circulating among a few adventurers had, by chance, spread outside the tower.
The adventurer who spread the rumor did not have any ill intentions.
He was merely talking about it as a way to pass the time while escorting a merchant caravan.
Such things had happened before, but for some reason, on this particular occasion, it became the starting point for the story and spread rapidly.
Originally, it was supposed to spread as a mere figment of imagination or a joke, but this time, the rumor spread with conviction.
This was because other adventurers began to find rare and valuable materials outside the tower one after another.
Furthermore, adventurers who heard this began to worship Kousuke as a god.
If it had ended there, it would have been fine, but some foolish individuals emerged.
They would complain, saying that even though they were faithfully believing, their discovery rate did not improve at all.
It was a natural thing to think that such good fortune would not befall someone who thought that way, but those kinds of people would not be convinced.
The truth was that such people had gathered and were causing a disturbance in front of the temple on the Fifth Floor.
Silvia felt that if they had the time to come all the way to the tower and cause a disturbance, they should hone their skills as adventurers.
Just as Silvia, sensing that what Lilica was saying was different from what she was thinking a correction, someone entered Silvia’s office.
It was Floria, the Queen of Razek Amamiya.
Lilica had been serving Silvia for some time, but she still hadn’t gotten used to Floria’s sudden appearances.
This time too, she hurriedly stood up from her chair and assumed a perfectly rigid posture.
“I’ve told you many times that you don’t need to be so stiff.”
Seeing her posture, Floria also said that and gave a wry smile, as she always did.
“Th-that’s not possible…!”
As Lilica hastily tried to explain, Floria held up a hand to stop her.
“Sorry, but this time I don’t have time for that exchange, so please sit down while I talk.”
“Y-yes!”
Silvia watched with a wry smile as Lilica hastily sat down at Floria’s urging.
However, she quickly turned her gaze back to Floria.
“It’s about the commotion, isn’t it?”
“Ah. That’s right.”
Now that they had known each other for a long time, the two of them immediately understood what the other wanted to say with just that exchange.
“This is bad.”
“It’s worse than bad. I’m really sorry, but I don’t want that kind of commotion in the Royal Capital.”
Saying that, they both sighed.
The Fifth Floor city functions as the Royal Capital, considering that Queen Floria is present.
As a side note, it is a very rare existence in that it still hasn’t been officially named, despite being the Royal Capital.
From outside the tower, it is simply called the Tower Town or just the Royal Capital.
“We need to quell the disturbance before Kouhi-san and Mitsuki-san find out.”
“Ah, leave it to me.”
“I’m sorry. I really should be the one to act…”
This matter concerns the faith in Kousuke, so Silvia should be the one to act, but as she is pregnant, she cannot easily move around.
“Don’t worry about it. You helped me a lot when I was pregnant. It’s my turn now, isn’t it?”
Floria, who has already given birth to her eldest daughter, her second child, can be considered a senior among the members in that respect.
Lilica, standing by Silvia’s side, had already met Kouhi and Mitsuki several times.
She could not possibly forget their faces, so she could say with certainty that the person she saw from a distance earlier was definitely Mitsuki.
Upon hearing Lilica’s words, the two looked at each other and said the same thing.
Namely, “It was too late.”
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Floria, who arrived at the temple where the commotion was centered, let out a sigh of relief inwardly at the sight.
She was glad that the situation wasn’t the worst possible.
However, Lilica and the guards who had accompanied Floria had their faces contorted with shock.
This was because, in a fan shape centered around the temple entrance, adventurers, both men and women, were lying unconscious.
And in the center stood a beautiful woman,
“If you have the time to complain about such things, then improve your skills as an adventurer. It’s pathetic.”
She said such things.
“I thought I would help, but it wasn’t necessary?”
Floria confirmed as she approached Mitsuki.
She didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire by intervening when Mitsuki was in a bad mood.
“Oh. Floria, you’re late. I’m sure they’ve understood how out of line they were, so it’s no longer necessary.”
Floria thought to herself, seeing the situation, that if it was forcefully hammered into their bodies, it would be so.
She knew from personal experience.
That’s why she had the relationship she had now, and she thought about trivial things in a slightly escapist manner, thinking how unpredictable life is.
Moreover, Floria was relieved that Mitsuki had subdued them solely with her combat power, rather than as a spokesperson.
Given how thoroughly beaten they were, they would not think of trying the same thing again.
Even though they attacked in numbers, their opponent was not even out of breath.
“It appears so. Now, can you leave the rest to us?”
“Is that so? Then I’ll leave it to you.”
Mitsuki said, then raised a hand and departed.
After seeing her off, Floria let out a sigh and issued instructions to the guards who had accompanied her.
By the way, after this incident, Lilica, under Silvia’s instructions, spread two teachings, which prevented similar disturbances from occurring.
One of the teachings was: Those who seek easily will not obtain.
The other teaching was: If you don’t touch it, you won’t be cursed.
Those who seek easily will not obtain → You won’t get what you want just by wanting it indiscriminately. If you are doing what you should be doing, you will naturally obtain it.
I created the first one myself.
I felt like there was a similar saying, but nothing came to mind.
I feel like there should be some good words…
The second one needs no explanation, right? Lol.
