When Peach returned from the past and opened her eyes, Shurein, who was by her side, immediately noticed.
“Oh? Did you wake up?”
“Yes… I feel a little dizzy, though.”
Peach said this and tried to sit up, but Kousuke stopped her.
“It’s better not to get up yet. Going to the past is something you’ve never done before.”
In reality, going to the past, even if only in spirit, was only possible due to Kousuke’s blessing combined with other factors.
That factor joined their conversation.
“Are you alright?”
Peach’s eyes widened as she looked at the presence that peered in.
The way the voice was conveyed was also different from usual, but more importantly, she had become semi-transparent like Peach, who used her blessing instead of her physical body.
Even in this state, she could tell that the power emanating from her was far from ordinary.
If there were any clergy members present, they would have prostrated themselves before the power she emanated.
That power was exactly the same Divine Power that Kousuke possessed.
“I-I’m alright~”
She tried to get up in a hurry, but Kousuke held her shoulder, not allowing her to.
“Don’t push yourself. Even with support from me and Kousuke, it was a reckless act, no doubt about it.”
The woman, who appeared to be a goddess, also told her to rest.
When the two gods said so much, Peach had no choice but to remain still.
For a while, she resigned herself to staying put and resting quietly.
“Um… I’d like to know what happened in the end.”
Unable to bear the goddess’s continuous gaze, she decided to ask about the events.
She knew that she had managed to deliver the item as intended, but she didn’t know if it had gone well.
“Ah. There’s no need to worry anymore. The future has been solidified.”
“Yes. It’s all thanks to you.”
After all, the purpose of this undertaking was to solidify past events.
That statement in itself might not make sense, but the Prost Orb that Peach had taken to the past and handed over was, according to the Prost Clan’s legends, given to a “Powerful One.” However, who exactly that was, was not known.
This applied even to the gods.
While the gods knew that the item had been brought from the future, they did not know precisely who had brought it.
This was because, to the gods, the future was not singular; it was possible that someone other than Peach could have brought it.
By Peach’s actions of properly going back to the past and handing the Prost Orb to Ines, it was confirmed that, at least in the world they were currently in, Peach had delivered something created by Kousuke.
Of course, it was also possible that someone other than Kousuke could have created the Prost Orb.
However, according to the goddess present here, the future where someone other than Kousuke created it ceased to exist the moment Kousuke arrived in this town.
That was why she had granted him an oracle to support Kousuke, and even assisted Peach.
It was for this reason that Viana had referred to Kousuke as the “Supreme Lord” from the very beginning.
That’s right.
The goddess present here is Clara, the mountain god.
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This was when Peach had just gone back to the past and had not yet regained consciousness.
Kousuke, who was sure that Peach had successfully traveled to the past, noticed something.
“…I wonder if it will go well?”
“Kousuke…?”
Kousuke, who had been watching Peach close her eyes, suddenly stood up and began pacing the room.
Even Shurein, who was accustomed to Kousuke’s eccentricities (?), found this to be sudden, and Viana, whom she had met only a few days prior, looked at her, unsure of what to do.
“Yes. As expected.”
Without noticing the gazes of those around him, Kousuke muttered this and began chanting a spell.
After the spell finished, a summoning circle imbued with immense power appeared.
“…In this case, should I be exasperated, or should I be pleased?”
After the summoning circle disappeared, Clara, who had been summoned by Divine Power Summon, stood there with an astonished expression.
“…And so, I was splendidly summoned to this world by Kousuke. Normally, Divine Power Summon cannot be used so easily.”
Clara told the reclining Peach the process leading up to her summoning.
Kousuke, receiving Clara’s exasperated gaze, deliberately averted his eyes in another direction.
“Well, considering it’s Kousuke-sama~”
After hearing Clara’s story about summoning her, Peach was not particularly surprised.
She thought Kousuke would do something like that.
“Indeed.”
Shurein nodded in agreement.
Shurein was surprised by Kousuke’s sudden actions, but not by Clara’s summoning.
The reason was the same as Peach’s.
“It feels like you two are being harsh.”
“I believe it’s the truth?”
Further pressed by Clara, Kousuke gave up on arguing.
Kousuke did not want to believe that it had been in vain from the beginning.
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“I think it should be alright soon?”
After about thirty minutes of such casual conversation, Clara said this.
Peach cautiously sat up but felt no particular discomfort.
“Yes~. It seems I’m fine.”
Kousuke also looked relieved as Peach stood up completely and showed a smile.
“That’s good. It was your first time, so you never know what might happen.”
“Yes. But, you’re alright now.”
Peach hesitantly addressed the two gods who nodded in unison.
“I understand the circumstances, but why were you summoned, Clara-sama~?”
“…Who knows? I just felt like I could summon you, so I did.”
Kousuke also did not have a clear reason for summoning her.
The primary reason was that he felt he could summon her, but there was also an intuitive sense that it was better to summon her.
“So, in the end, you don’t know, do you?”
Clara interjected sharply.
“My apologies.”
“You don’t need to apologize. I also wanted to take my time to observe this world, and I didn’t have that leisure during my previous descent. Besides, I have a vague idea of why I was summoned.”
“You do?”
Kousuke asked, prompted by Clara’s words.
“Well, let’s not rush. It’s still too early for that.”
“Too early means… a ritual with time constraints?”
“Correct.”
Kousuke’s guess turned out to be accurate.
It seemed that Clara’s earlier casual conversation was also partly to wait for time to pass.
“Um… is it alright regarding the summoning time?”
Viana, who had been listening to the conversation between the gods (?) in a daze, asked this.
Even Viana, who didn’t know the specifics of Divine Power Summon, understood that there were conditions for summoning a god.
“It’s not a problem. After all, Kousuke set the condition that it would last until the matter was concluded.”
As Viana had predicted, Divine Power Summon usually has a time limit, but Kousuke had brilliantly rewritten that part to summon Clara.
“Besides, you must know why I was summoned, right?”
Hearing this question, Viana’s face lit up.
“Then…?”
“Yes. We will proceed with the ritual to revive the Prost Clan.”
Kousuke and the others tilted their heads at Clara’s words, while Viana began to shed tears alone.
They were given information by Viana earlier, which was necessary for Peach to go to the past, so Kousuke and the others were unaware of the method for reviving the Prost Clan.
For that reason, they decided to summon Clara.
…However, even after 10 episodes, it hasn’t ended.
Please bear with the “Samyure Mountains Arc” for a little longer.
