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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
Tower and the nations were inseparable.
After all, the Tower was a treasure trove of resources, namely materials, that sprang up on their own.
That was why those who rule the Tower should work for the good of the nation, not for a single individual.
The Bachem family had come to cooperate with the state based on such a philosophy since the founding of the Kingdom of Gates.
With this philosophy in mind, they enjoyed teaching others how to manage the Tower, which they were doing very well.
It would be no loss to others.
Because they had all the know-how on how to deal with the state.
They could pass that know-how on to others.
They were thinking this was something that they had to teach the owner of Amamiya Tower, who would probably become the owner of a country in the future.
This would be a great opportunity for them to establish a good relationship with Bachem.
Is what they thought.
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Kousuke was thinking about the magical tool he was developing while listening to the man’s voice, who kept on talking.
He had been listening to the conversation up to the halfway point, but he realized that there was no point in listening to it because it was all bragging.
He had hoped that since they had met, they would have something more substantial to talk about, but it seems that things didn’t work out that way.
At the same time, he was deeply grateful to Spica for bringing him to meet Alec.
He looked at the person in front of him and thought, “You have certainly brought such a wonderful person to me, you know?”.
However, if Alec had heard of this, he would have protested.
He would definitely tell Kousuke that he was not such a person at all.
Of course, this was just a thought in Kousuke’s mind, so he would never say it out loud.
While thinking about such unimportant things, Kousuke was struggling to think about what components he would be using for his magical tools.
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The members present at the discussion were Kousuke, Peach, Sylvia, and Floria, with Kousuke in the forefront.
Mitsuki was standing right behind Kousuke, as to be expected.
Realizing that no one on the Tower management side was listening to Karl any longer, Alec finally stopped him.
“Um… It’s getting to be a good time, so can we just cut to the chase?”
Depending on how you look at it, it may sound rather rude, but no one cared about that, except for the man himself.
The Gates Kingdom side had a similar reaction, probably because they were in the same mood as the Amamiya side.
“This is why I have a problem with common snobs. Two rulers of the Tower are talking. Shut up with your mere deputy-like behavior.”
Kousuke finally responded to these words.
“I’m the one who trusts that deputy-like person, and you want me to keep him silent? Shall I remain silent as well?”
“What are you talking about? If it were you, you would listen to me, wouldn’t you?”
Karl finally started to talk to Kousuke, who smiled broadly at him.
Unfortunately, the smile meant nothing to Kousuke.
“Ah. I was not listening to your long and meaningless talk. If possible, could you talk to me again? In the same words, word for word.”
Of course, this was Kousuke’s joke.
There was no way that man could speak the same words he had spoken up to that point, word for word.
It was an easy provocation, but Karl, who had an easy personality to understand, took me up on the challenge.
“What…? I couldn’t possibly do that….”
“Well, that’s strange. According to your words, the Tower’s administrator said that time is precious. Since you used that precious time to talk at such length, this must be significant to you, right?”
“And this is not…”
“Then you have been wasting your precious time up to now talking about it. Can you return my precious time?”
Of course, there was no way he could do that.
Kousuke wanted him to be clear and definitive that his time had been wasted, and it seemed that Karl had managed to understand.
“…You mean to tell me that all my talk up to now has been a waste of time?”
“You finally understood? Yes, I do. It was clearly a waste of time.”
Karl’s expression of anger was plain to see in front of Kousuke’s face as he said this with a smile.
“Shut up and listen, you newbie!”
“Well, who is it that is lowering their head down to this newbie?”
“I’m lowering my head to you…?”
Finally, Karl’s address to Kousuke changed to “you”, but Kousuke did not seem to mind at all.
He thought that it was silly to react to such matters all the time.
He had dared to continue the provocation so that this would happen.
It turned out that Karl finally revealed his true nature, just as Kousuke had planned.
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What Karl was trying to say, in essence, could be summed up in one word: Let us discuss how to manage a Tower.
It was no different from the messages that had been sent to the management tool that Kousuke had ignored until now.
He did not even check to see if any of those messages were from Karl.
Anyway, Karl must have been annoyed that Kousuke did not respond to him at all, so he came all the way to see him in person.
As for Kousuke, he did not feel the need to answer each one of those.
If he told someone, he would probably be confronted by other administrators, who would demand the same thing from him.
He did not want to go through that trouble.
“What else would it be? You want me to tell you how to manage the Tower, don’t you?”
“Yes! So in exchange, I want to teach you how to deal with the country…”
“Nope, I don’t need anything like that. I already have someone you may call my representative in the Tower.”
Kousuke quickly pointed to Alec, interrupting Karl’s words, which seemed to be becoming longer and longer.
If he didn’t do this, he would start talking again.
“To put it bluntly, what you are offering me does not appeal to me at all. It’s not even a negotiation, so I’d appreciate it if you don’t come back again. It’s not worth the trouble.”
Deciding that it was no longer worth talking to him, Kousuke concluded unequivocally.
Alec, who was standing next to him, laughed at this, but he could not retract his words now.
Kousuke also had no intention of retracting his words.
Karl looked at Kousuke with a piercing gaze.
He had probably never been treated like this before.
“You think you can get away with this for free, don’t you?”
Kousuke was about to argue with Karl, but Floria, who had remained silent up to this point, stopped him.
“Let me return that line exactly as it was. Do you really think you can get away with that kind of talk to Kousuke-sama, a God present in this world, for free?”
Karl only sniffed.
“What does it matter to you?”
“What does it matter to me? Do you even know who I am?”
“What…? What are you doing?”
Suddenly, Karl’s expression turned bitter.
Karl was the only one who looked distressed, and nothing was happening to the other people around him.
They looked curiously at Karl, who appeared to have changed.
“Can’t talk? Or what? Are you intimidated by the gaze of a little girl like me?”
Of course, it would be a lie to say that she did nothing, and only used her ability on Karl with very little pressure.
For Floria, who wanted to know what would happen if she used it on a human opponent, it was a good test for her to learn how to go easy on humans.
Kousuke noticed this and watched the scene with a wry smile on his face.
