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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
Kousuke had temporarily returned to the Administration Floor.
It was only temporary because he was not ready to fully return yet.
The reason he came back this time was because he had something he wanted to tell everyone.
If he returned to the floor again, the Blessing’s power, which was going so well, may stop developing.
Kousuke did not want that to happen, so he decided to make it temporary.
“Master!”
“Kousuke-sama!”
As expected, Kouhi and Mitsuki were the first to notice Kousuke’s return.
“Hey. I’m back temporarily.”
“Temporarily?”
Mitsuki tilted her head, caught up in Kousuke’s way of speaking.
Kouhi had the same expression on her face, though she didn’t say it in words.
“Yeah. I’m not going to be actually returning yet… I’ll tell everyone exactly why.”
“Okay.”
Mitsuki nodded, saying that she had something to ask, but she would certainly prefer to be with the other members of the group when she did ask.
They must have heard Kouhi and Mitsuki’s voices.
The other members rushed over to them.
“”Kousuke(-san, -sama)!””
“Father!”
They all called out his name in unison.
Only one person’s call was different from the others, but this was from Haku, so it was expected.
“Hi. You all look well. And before I go any further, I apologize for leaving without notice.”
After everyone looked at Kousuke, who bowed his head, Shrein stepped forward and replied.
“Well, why. I’d like to complain about why you didn’t say anything, but only because of the reason you mentioned. Let’s just say what you just told us is good enough for now.”
“For now, I guess.”
“That’s to be expected.”
Shrein nodded in agreement, and Kousuke thought he was being a little hasty, but he still had to mention something first.
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“First of all, let me tell you first that my return is only temporary.”
“Is that so?”
The expressions on the members’ faces at Kousuke’s words were more of bewilderment.
“The reason for that is… Should I start with Peach?”
“Me?”
Peach, who was suddenly prompted to speak, tilted her head.
“Yes. You know why, don’t you?”
“Because…”
Peach, who had been thinking about it for a while, suddenly looked up.
“Could it be about the dream I had this morning?”
“That’s what I was talking about. Which is why I came back in the first place.”
The members looked at each other as Peach had previously mentioned that she had dreamed about Kousuke, but no one heard about the dream she had this morning.
In fact, Peach had no idea that the dream she had this morning had any meaning in the first place.
However, Kousuke definitely felt that Peach had activated the power of the Blessing.
Peach thought for a while and tried to remember the dream.
If asked, it was indeed very vivid for a dream, and the memory was still strong.
“As I recall, it was a dream in which Kousuke-san and Shrein were performing some kind of ritual~”
“What the…?”
Shrein reacted violently to Peach’s words.
The other members of the group looked surprised at this.
“Since you put it that way, please get ready.”
“Eh, ah. I understand.”
As Kousuke said that, Shrein rushed off, as if in a panic.
They went to Vermilion Castle to get the tools to perform the ritual.
“The ritual…? Is it?”
Sylvia inquired.
“Yeah, but I don’t know much about it myself. It’s a ritual that has been handed down in the vampire clan. I’m sure it’s safe and sound.”
Kousuke added with a wry smile at Mitsuki’s subtle expression.
He knew that some of the rituals handed down in the vampire clan were dangerous.
However, the danger, if any, lay on Shrein’s side this time.
The reason Shrein did not want to perform the ritual before was because she thought it did not meet a number of conditions.
The conditions were right, and now that Peach had that dream, the conditions were probably met.
The condition was that the content of the ritual would be known to a third party.
However, there was a restriction that the person performing the ritual must not tell the third party about it.
Since Peach was able to know the content of the ritual in the form of a dream, she fulfilled that condition.
“So, it has something to do with the Blessing?”
Collete asked, tilting his head.
“No, it’s not so much a Blessing as it is a ritual for evolution that has been handed down in the vampire clan.”
Kousuke heard this story because he heard it from Asura.
He knew that Peach had experienced a dream with the power of the Blessing, but he wasn’t sure what it was about, so he checked.
“So Kousuke-san came back this time to perform the ritual?”
“Yes, because for Shrein, it will definitely help her move on. Also, I heard that the ritual is only possible if I am there.”
“What do you mean you need Kousuke?”
“Well, I’m uncertain if I can explain that much…. You might want to ask Shrein for more details.”
Kousuke did not know all the details of the ritual himself.
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“Also, while we’re waiting, I’d like to add… Collete, Sylvia, and Floria.”
“”Yes…!””
“All three of you are not going in the wrong direction, so I think you should proceed without any haste.”
Kousuke came this time partly to convey this message.
Peach was the first to express the power of the Blessing, but each of the three had their own way of proceeding.
“If we rush, it could go the other way and ruin it. Well, I think all three of us have been told that.”
Sylvia was warned by Eris, Floria by Spica, and Collete by Cheryl that they should not be in a hurry.
Now they were told once again by Kousuke.
“Don’t worry, I know everyone will be able to manifest their abilities properly. Even if you are the last one, don’t be in a hurry… But I know it’s not going to be easy.”
Kousuke chuckled as he said this.
That said, he has no intention of abandoning the last person.
However, for some reason, Kousuke did not expect that there would be only one person left at the end.
This may be his intuition as a God, but he felt that they would succeed in manifesting their abilities at the same time in the end.
It was just a hunch, though.
He would not tell them that it was a hunch, but that was why he needed to tell them that there was no need to be hasty.
After receiving Kousuke’s advice, the three of them looked a little relieved.
After all, they must have felt some impatience.
Of course, just because Kousuke told them not to be in a hurry did not eliminate that feeling.
People tend to get impatient when they think they are behind others.
Kousuke did not think that it was a bad thing.
In fact, it could be a good thing.
Seeing the expressions on the faces of the three, Kousuke was convinced that he had fulfilled one of the purposes of his return this time.
