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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
It was before the country of Razequa Amamiya was established.
A rumor circulated among adventurers in the Tower.
The rumor was that if adventurers put their faith in Kousuke, the living god, they would be able to obtain rare materials more easily.
When Kousuke first heard of the rumor, he wondered where it had come from, but there was nothing he could do about it, because by the time he realized, it had spread throughout the adventurers.
Kouhi and Mitsuki did not make any move because the rumor was not a bad one, but rather one that promoted faith.
If anything, they were encouraging the spread of the rumor.
When Kousuke realized that he would have to deal with this matter on his own, he decided to leave things as they were.
To make matters worse, Lirica’s presence was the basis to support the rumor.
Lirica herself did not talk about the Divine Blessing, but rather told the truth that precious medicinal herbs were now easier to find.
Strangely enough, reports of the discovery of rare items began to flow in from the adventurers who had started visiting the temple.
Kousuke thought it was just a coincidence and decided to leave it alone, hoping that it would eventually go away.
Little did he know that this would cause a bit of a stir later on.
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One day, quite a while after, rumors of the power of the living god began to circulate.
Sylvia had received a certain report from Lirica.
“Is there a commotion?”
“Yes, yes. Anyway, I want Kousuke-sama to come forward.”
Sylvia frowned and let out a sigh when she received the report from Lirica.
“That’s not good, is it?”
“Yes. Anyway, we have to control the commotion…”
Lirica reported that adventurers were making a commotion in front of the temple in the Fifth Floor, demanding that the God grant them his power.
The reason for the commotion was that the story had originally circulated among some adventurers, but had spread outside the Tower by some strange chance.
The adventurers who spread the rumor had no malicious intent.
They were simply passing on the gossip as a way to pass the time while escorting merchants.
Such things had happened before, but for some reason, this was the only time the story spread quickly.
Normally, it should have been just a figment of the imagination or a funny story, but the rumor spread with certainty.
One after another, adventurer after adventurer began finding rare and valuable materials outside the Tower.
Adventurers began to worship Kousuke as a God.
If only that had been the case, but some of them were foolish enough to demand more than that.
Some of them were foolish enough to make the accusation that the discovery rate had not increased at all, even though they themselves were firm believers of Kousuke.
It was obvious that such good fortune would never come to a person who thought that way, but only such people were not convinced.
However, this resulted in them gathering together and causing a commotion in front of the Fifth Floor temple.
Sylvia would have told them that if they had time to come all the way to the Tower and make a scene, they should brush up their skills as adventurers.
Sylvia was about to correct Lirica’s statement, which was out of line with what she had in mind, when someone entered her office.
It was Floria, Queen of Razequa Amamiya.
Lirica had been Sylvia’s companion for some time, but she never seemed to get used to the sudden appearance of Floria.
Again, she hurriedly got up from her chair and assumed an upright, immobile posture.
“I’ve told you many times that there’s no need to be so formal.”
Seeing this figure, Floria also chuckled every time she said so.
“Well, I can’t simply follow…!”
Lirica tried to say something in a hurry, but Floria interrupted her with one hand.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have time for this back and forth, so sit down while we talk.”
“Ye, yes!”
Sylvia looked at Lirica, who sat down hurriedly at Floria’s urging, with a wry smile on her face.
However, she quickly returned her gaze to Floria.
“Is this about the disturbance out there?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
The two of them have known each other for a long time.
They immediately understood what each other was trying to say just from that exchange.
“It was bad, wasn’t it?”
“It’s not that bad. But, we don’t want that kind of commotion in the capital, right?”
After saying this, they let out a sigh.
The city of the Fifth Floor functioned as the royal capital when Floria, the Queen, was present.
As a side note, it became an extremely unusual existence that an official name of the city had not yet been decided, even though it was supposed to be the capital of the kingdom.
Outside the Tower, it was simply called “the city in the Tower” or “the royal capital”.
“We need to get this mess under control before Kouhi-san and Mitsuki-san find out about it.”
“Yeah, leave it to me.”
“I’m sorry. If that were the case, I should be the one to make the move, but…”
This time, Sylvia should be the one to make the move since it was about faith in Kousuke, but she couldn’t move so casually as she was already heavily burdened.
“What, don’t worry about it. When I was a burdened woman, you helped me a lot. It’s my turn now, right?”
In this sense, Floria, who had already given birth to her second child, the first daughter, was a lead mother among the members of the group.
Lirica looked at them with a curious expression.
“Um…may I ask you something?”
“What’s the matter?”
Lirica looked uncomfortable, and Floria tilted her head.
“If it’s Mitsuki-sama, I saw her before I came here a few minutes ago.”
Lirica, who had become a priestess alongside Sylvia, had already seen Kouhi and Mitsuki several times.
She would never forget seeing them, so she was certain that it was Mitsuki whom she had just seen from a distance.
When they heard Lirica’s words, they looked at each other and said the same thing.
That was, “Ah, it is too late.”.
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When Floria arrived at the temple at the center of the commotion, she saw the scene and let out an inward sigh of relief.
She was glad that the situation was not the worst.
However, Lirica and the guards who had been following her were twitching.
After all, there were many adventurers, both male and female, lying in a fan shape around the entrance to the temple.
And in the center of it all stood a beautiful woman,
“If you have time to complain about such things, improve your skills as an adventurer. It’s disgraceful.”
She said so with a smile on her face.
“I was trying to deal with the situation, but is there anything I can do to help you?”
Floria asked as she approached Mitsuki.
Floria didn’t want to get caught up in Mitsuki’s bad mood.
“Oh, Floria, you’re late. Now that I made them understand how stupid they were, there is no need for you to deal with them anymore.”
Floria couldn’t help but nod, seeing the situation, and it couldn’t be helped since they did try to force their way without knowing what they were doing.
Especially since it reminded her of what she had done before.
She thought, with perhaps a slight sense of escapism, that life was uncertain because of the kind of relationship they now had, and that it was irrelevant.
Besides, it was also a relief to Floria that Mitsuki restrained them not as a messenger but simply by her strength in combat.
If they were beaten so badly, they would never think of doing the same thing again.
Despite the fact that she was outnumbered in the attack, she was not even out of breath after dealing with all of them.
“I see. But can you leave the rest of the work to me?”
“Hmm? Alright, then, I’ll leave it to you.”
After saying that, Mitsuki left with one hand raised as confirmation.
After seeing her off, Floria let out a sigh and gave instructions to the guards who had followed along with her.
Incidentally, after this commotion, Lirica, under Sylvia’s direction, spread two teachings that prevented a similar disturbance from occurring.
One of the teachings was that those who seek things to become easy to get, will never get them.
The other teaching was that those who dared to challenge God would find no reward.
