Kousuke, who had spoken to Towa and Mia about a certain plan, immediately spoke to the other members about it as well.
Upon hearing this, Silvia and the others listened with expressions that were half astonished and half resigned.
After Kousuke finished speaking, Silvia turned a questioning gaze towards him.
“Regarding that, have you spoken to the gods…?”
“Of course, I will. But it’s not something to discuss during Divine Union, you see. I plan to speak to them directly.”
“I see. That would be for the best, I think.”
When Kousuke replied, Silvia let out a sigh of relief before nodding.
Glancing sideways at Silvia, Shurein then turned a questioning gaze towards Kousuke.
“That is important, but to begin with, what is the probability of success you are considering?”
“…Hmm. It’s a delicate matter. Honestly, I won’t truly know until I try, I think?”
Seeing Kousuke’s genuine expression, not from humility, nor from his usual reserve, Shurein seemed convinced.
“It’s not something we can easily test, so it can’t be helped, I suppose.”
“That’s right.”
Kousuke nodded once at Shurein’s statement, then immediately smiled.
“Besides, this time it’s merely something I’m doing en passant during my journey. Whether it succeeds or fails, I don’t particularly mind.”
“This time, you say?”
Sensing a subtle nuance in Kousuke’s words, Floria directed a meaningful gaze at him.
In response, Kousuke grinned.
“That’s right. This time, is all.”
“I see.”
Upon hearing Kousuke’s reply, Floria nodded with an exaggeratedly serious expression.
***
After finishing his discussion with the management layer, Kousuke immediately headed to Asura’s Divine Realm.
He was well aware that Asura was keeping track of his movements.
Therefore, he thought it would be better to report quickly rather than wait an unnecessarily long time to speak with her.
And Kousuke’s prediction was not wrong; Asura greeted him with a smile as he suddenly visited her Divine Realm.
“Welcome.”
“Well, I thought it was better to come straight away rather than play coy.”
Asura smiled at Kousuke, who shrugged his shoulders.
“Is that so? It’s not something you needed to worry about that much, though.”
Kousuke’s eyes widened at Asura’s casual reply.
“Eh? Is that right? Because if this plan succeeds, the Central Continent will become my Divine Realm?”
What Kousuke was planning to do en passant during his journey was to travel around the Central Continent, perform a ritual, and convert the continent itself into Kousuke’s Divine Realm.
Even if the entire continent were converted into a Divine Realm, it would not significantly impact the operation of the goddesses’ world, but it could still be seen as an act that would diminish Asura’s influence.
That was precisely why Kousuke had come to speak directly with Asura.
Kousuke, who had considered the possibility of being opposed, was surprised by Asura’s nonchalant attitude.
Seeing Kousuke’s reaction, Asura offered a wry smile.
“You see, Kousuke, if you were planning to completely separate the Central Continent from Asgard, I might have opposed it. But that’s not the case, is it?”
Asura turned a questioning gaze towards him as she spoke, and Kousuke nodded firmly.
The Divine Realm Conversion of the Central Continent that he was considering this time was purely an act of using his authority as an Avatar in accordance with the laws of Asgard’s world.
Unlike Kuro’s Divine Realm, he had no intention of making it a completely separate world.
Rather, it would be more like expanding Kousuke’s influence, similar to the Lily Shinto Shrine.
Of course, since it would encompass the entire Central Continent, the scale and power would be on a completely different level.
“Well, that is true… I thought you might give me some words of caution, or something along those lines.”
“Oh? If you wish, I can certainly do that, Kousuke?”
Kousuke vigorously shook his head at Asura’s playful smile.
Watching Kousuke, who had turned into a nodding doll, with amusement, Asura continued.
“Well, jokes aside, what you are trying to do this time is also something that will lead to strengthening your powers as a god. I will support you, not oppose you.”
If he were attempting a modification that would drastically alter the world, Asura would not have remained silent, but Kousuke had no intention of doing so.
Since she knew that, she had no intention of stopping him.
In the first place, if Asura had intended to oppose him, she would have stopped him with an Oracle or something similar the moment Kousuke spoke to Towa and the others.
“Ah… come to think of it, that’s right.”
Kousuke, who had completely forgotten about Oracles as an emergency communication method, let out a small sigh.
Of course, he knew that Oracles were just a communication method and that it was better to meet in person for important matters.
“Besides, Kousuke, you’ve followed the proper procedures.”
The fact that he came to speak directly, instead of using channels like Divine Union or Oracles, was partly what earned him points.
It was not just Asura, but the goddesses as well, who could not easily show themselves in Asgard.
That was why they insisted on speaking face-to-face.
Kousuke knew that, so he decided to come in person.
Asura continued, seeing the relieved expression on Kousuke’s face.
“Ah, yes. Regarding this matter, you must speak with the other girls properly, not just me?”
“Ah, as expected?”
“That’s right. They will be more directly affected than I will be.”
Asura’s current involvement with Asgard was strictly indirect.
The gods who were directly involved were the goddesses from Eris downwards.
Therefore, it was the goddesses other than Asura who would be affected by this matter.
“Yes. That makes sense… Will Eris and the others be able to help?”
While he was fine with speaking to the goddesses himself, Kousuke had no means of conveying his intentions to the goddesses present in the Divine Realm.
His only option was to ask Eris and the others to gather them.
“It’s alright. In fact, Eris might even be the one to ask for your help.”
Eris and the others’ role was to manage the world.
Considering that, coordinating Kousuke’s plans among the goddesses could be considered part of their job.
Asura reached for a bell on her desk and rang it, summoning Eris.
In response, Eris immediately entered Asura’s office.
It was as if she had been waiting.
“You called?”
“Yes. As we discussed earlier, it has come to this, so please.”
It wasn’t “as if,” but rather, Asura and Eris had actually discussed it beforehand, Kousuke realized internally as he listened to their conversation.
Eris turned her gaze to Kousuke and asked,
“Do you have any requests, Kousuke-sama?”
“No, this is something I just thought of on my own this time. I’ll leave it all to you… Ah, but I’d like to know what needs to be done beforehand, if that’s okay?”
While he trusted Eris, he wanted to be mentally prepared in case she asked him to do something unreasonable.
Kousuke said this with that thought in mind, and Eris nodded slightly.
“That is natural.”
To Eris’s reply, Kousuke responded, “Then there’s no problem.”
Kousuke had ensured that he would be informed of the necessary details beforehand.
From this point on, following Eris’s instructions, he also spoke with the other goddesses.
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