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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
The Master of the room was writing on a desk, which had pillars of paper forming a massive structure. It seemed that even those with powers far beyond the reach of ordinary Humans could not escape from paperwork.
As Kousuke watched, he remembered the first time he came to this room.
At that time, he had no idea what was going on, and was confused…
Kousuke thought that he was much calmer than he expected, despite the strangeness of the situation.
Then Kousuke, who was bewildered by the scenery he had never seen before, was greeted by a beautiful woman, also unfamiliar to him, who appeared out of nowhere and suddenly brought him into a mansion.
When he was brought into the room, he was stunned by the events that happened one after another. Another beautiful woman appeared, even more beautiful than he could possibly comprehend.
The beautiful woman told him that he was already dead.
Kousuke, having thought about it, decided to backtrack.
Thinking about it, he recalled how he was not panicking in the slightest, which was really odd considering the strangeness of the situation.
He looked at the beautiful woman at her desk, filing paperwork, and then thought for a moment.
In retrospect, he was probably trying not to look as foolish as possible in front of Asura, the Master of the room, who was an unparalleled beauty.
While thinking about this, he kept looking at Asura, and she seemed to notice his gaze.
“What’s wrong?”
She removed her gaze from the papers and looked at Kousuke.
“Oh, it’s nothing. I apologize for interrupting you.”
“It’s okay. I’ve already finished.”
“I see.”
Thinking about it, the fact that he was able to casually speak with Asura, a being that oversees the other Goddesses that watch over the world of Earthgard, it could be considered a strange state of affairs in itself.
Kousuke came to this realization only after all this time.
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“So? What’s up with you today?”
Kousuke was supposed to come to the Sanctuary regularly. However, this was not one of those days he was regularly scheduled to visit.
He was not prohibited from coming. In fact, he had regular visits and was allowed to visit anytime he wanted to.
However, it was unusual for him to come in this manner, so Asura asked him.
“Well. It’s a rare opportunity, so I thought I’d ask.”
“What?”
“Am I allowed to stay on the ground as I am now?”
Kousuke’s question seemed abrupt, and Asura made a slight gesture of thinking.
“I think it’s fine… What’s wrong?”
“Well, nothing in particular. I simply wondered if I could continue to stay on the ground where my influence is so strong.”
“If that’s the case, don’t worry about it. I told you the first time, didn’t I? Kousuke, you can do as you please.”
That being said, Kousuke recalled the first time he asked.
“…Did you say that before?”
As Kousuke twisted his head, unable for the life of him to remember, Asura started to giggle.
“I said so before. That hasn’t changed, even now that you have become a living god. Really, you can do whatever you want.”
“Is that so?”
“That’s so.”
Asura smiled at Kousuke, who nodded.
“… Speaking of which, did you ever figure out why I came here?”
Asura had told him when he was first brought to this room.
She said that it was not unusual for a soul to be out of samsara, but this was the first time for that soul to come to Sanctuary.
She also said that she had no idea what caused it.
“That’s the thing. You can say I understand a bit, but at the same time I can’t say I have the full understanding, you know?”
“?What do you mean?”
Kousuke tilted his head at the unusual ambiguity of the answer.
“It’s really a coincidence that you came here. But ultimately, it should have been impossible for you to come here by chance. Therefore, I can say that I understand, and also say that I don’t understand.”
After Kousuke came to the Garden of Everlasting Spring, Asura also immediately started to investigate.
However, no matter how many times she looked into it, she could not find any evidence indicating how Kousuke had entered this place. Likewise, she could not find any traces of someone sending him to this place with an intention to do something.
As a result, she could only assume that he had come here by chance, which was supposed to be impossible because of the structure of Sanctuary.
Thus, she was completely at a loss.
“I see.”
“Well, you don’t care much about it, do you?”
Kousuke’s unenthusiastic reply, on the contrary, raised a question mark in Asura’s mind.
“Well, if I wasn’t brought here by someone’s will or something, then it’s not much of a problem.”
“I can assure you are here by accident.”
“Well, if so, then it’s fine. I’ll just think that I’m a resident of this world now.”
“Yes.”
Asura nodded at Kousuke, who said this without showing any significant change in his expression.
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The founding of Razequa Amamiya in the Central Continent.
It played an essential role not only in the history of the continent, but also in the world of Earthgard.
The establishment of a nation, which could not be achieved in the Central Continent, and the establishment of Crown, which would later spread throughout the world.
These two alone would make the inhabitants of the world of Earthgard well-known to all.
In particular, Queen Floria, known as the founding mother of the nation, and Sylvia, a priestess who was always by her side, have left their names brilliantly in the history of Earthgard.
Queen Floria left at least three children, each of whom was assigned to an important position.
The eldest son of the King of ‘Razequa Amamiya’.
The eldest daughter was administrator of the Amamiya Tower in the Central Continent.
And the second son as head of Crown.
Of the three children, the eldest was the most modest in his accomplishments.
The eldest son’s greatest achievement as king was the foundation of the long-lasting Razequa Amamiya.
She was also famous for quickly handing over the throne to her own son without sticking to the foundation she had created.
The 3rd King of Earthgard left his name as the second most influential ruler after Queen Floria.
The Amamiya Tower, managed by Queen Floria’s eldest daughter, was also well known throughout the world of Earthgard.
The two major weapons that protect the Central Continent were feared by the nations of the world as something that would keep invaders at bay from other continents.
However, surprisingly little information was available about Amamiya Tower.
The reason was that the Tower had been opened to adventurers even before the nation was founded, but the conditions of its conquest had never been revealed.
The eldest daughter of the Tower’s administrators, who was a woman but managed the Tower with great skill, remained in the history books as a woman of great renown.
There was also talk that other groups besides the Kingdom of Razequa Amamiya were building towns in Amamiya Tower, but surprisingly little detailed information was available on this as well.
Of course, as long as people entered and left through the gates, it was known that there were other towns, but the inhabitants of these towns were adamant about not sharing this information with the outside world.
Some even say that monsters have built settlements, but the truth has not been confirmed.
Finally, as for the Crown, where the second son became the chief, it would no longer be necessary to speak of it.
When Crown was established, so did the Crown Card, a revolutionary device in the world of adventurers, which quickly took the world by storm.
The head of the Crown was said to have more influence than the king of a country.
There was no guild that could stand up to the Crown.
Numerous names remained in the creation books of the Kingdom of Razequa Amamiya.
However, surprisingly, little was known about Kousuke, the living god who laid the foundation for the creation of the nation in the first place.
This problem could not be determined, since there existed a number of theories.
The most popular theory was that the priestess Sylvia intentionally left the name of Kousuke out, but the truth remained unclear.
The truth had been completely buried in history.
However, there was no one who did not know about Kousuke, the living god.
After all, he created the Crown Card, a magical tool that changed the world.
The Crown Card, which was now in everyone’s possession, would not have been created if not for Kousuke, so it was truly an achievement of a God.
This alone would be enough to be considered an achievement of a living god, but he also left behind many other anecdotes.
Some of them were doubtful, but most of them had nothing to do with Razequa Amamiya, so it would be better to omit them here.
The story of him as a God, not as a nation builder, was discussed in the church as much as anyone would like, so that would also be omitted.
It was said that Queen Floria and others who were around the God Kousuke were of a higher species as legend has it, but this, too, had remained a mere rumor.
However, this too was only a rumor, and since the Goddesses were often tight-lipped about Kousuke, there was no way to confirm the truth.
There were various theories as to the reason for this, but since all of them were just speculation, it would be better to avoid making any assertions here.
What should not be forgotten, however, was that before the Kingdom of Razequa Amamiya was founded, a group of outstanding individuals gathered around the Living God Kousuke, leading to the founding of the first nation in the Central Continent.
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From [History of the Central Continent] by Hadley Charlton
