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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
After finishing his conversation with the Temple Director, Kousuke returned to the temple where the Prost coffin was located.
This was to see what the outcome of the Prost Clan’s meeting had been.
Shrein was still there and would have given them a proper detailed explanation of the Tower.
With the entire clan summoned, it would be up to them to choose whether to head to the Tower.
Kousuke went all the way to the Temple Chief partly because it was better for them to have a discussion on their own, but also because he did not want his presence to influence the Prost Clan’s choice.
It might be difficult to discuss it in the presence of the person they hailed as the <Supreme One> and a living god.
However, they had already been told that Kousuke was based in the Tower, so his influence could not be completely erased from their decision-making.
Still, he decided that it would be better if he was not there, if only to ease his mind.
When Kousuke entered the room, he found that the main members of the Prost Clan had gathered there.
The result of the meeting had already been decided, judging from the serious expressions on their faces.
They seemed to be chatting with Shrein and the others with smiles on their faces.
Above all, those near the entrance immediately noticed Kousuke’s arrival.
Since those around him immediately noticed Kousuke and bowed their heads, the others immediately noticed him as well.
They bowed to him as a matter of course.
They did not kneel down to him, but he could still fully understand their feelings.
For the Prost Clan, the <Supreme One> was their equivalent of a God.
It is also a fact that Kousuke was a God.
“You’re back.”
Shrein approached, perhaps thinking that the conversation could not go on forever in that state.
“Yes, I’m back. So, have they decided?”
“Of course. I mean, they didn’t really discuss it at all.”
“What do you mean?”
Kousuke tilted his head, to which Shrein replied with a wry smile.
“When I told them that you were based in the Tower, they decided to move there right away.”
Kousuke inwardly thought, “Uwaah,” but barely showed it on his face.
Apparently, Kousuke had underestimated the Prost Clan’s commitment to the <Supreme One>.
It seems that the existence of the <Supreme One> itself was so great that the entire clan could immediately make a decision to move to the new location.
In addition, the decision to move also resulted in them abandoning this temple.
“Are they sure about this?”
He asked for confirmation.
Ines, however, quickly responded.
“This temple is certainly important to my clan, but I would not be so foolish as to place it in the balance in relation to my clan.”
“I see.”
“Besides, it would be an honor just to be in the presence of the <Supreme One>.”
At Ines’ words, the Prost Clan members nodded in unison.
Kousuke, who had never experienced such a compliment in front of his own eyes, blushed involuntarily.
Peach, Mitsuki, and Shrein saw this and chuckled.
“Okay, if you want to come to the Tower, you are welcome.”
When Kousuke said this, the Prost Clan members present smiled.
Some of them looked relieved.
Kousuke did not dare to mention it, but he wondered what they would do if he rejected them.
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The Prost Clan decided to leave the main members behind and the others were quickly moved to the Tower.
Since it would take a long time to get there by ordinary means, a transfer gate was prepared.
Kousuke went back to the Tower and brought the tools to set up the gate, and then Mitsuki moved back to the Tower to prepare the gate.
The gate was to be removed as soon as the remaining members were transferred to the new location, since it was only needed to move the Prost Clan from their current location.
Kousuke and the others planned to return to the Tower leisurely after the gate was removed.
As he watched the Prost Clan members enter the gate one after another, Kousuke was already thinking about what would happen after they left the town.
Almost all of them had moved to the Tower, and only the leading members remained.
About that time, Biana asked Kousuke a question.
“We are leaving this temple, but how will it be managed?”
“Oh… right. There was that.”
Kousuke had completely forgotten that in order to maintain this temple, it had to be properly managed by someone.
If the temple were to disappear, it would mean that the town of Arcis itself would not be able to maintain itself.
Kousuke would like to avoid that.
“I guess the priests here will have to manage it, considering the circumstances. Would it be difficult to maintain it?”
Kousuke and the others would have to use their divine power, as they did when they first entered here, for example, which would make it impossible to manage for people other than those involved, no matter how hard they tried.
Incidentally, in Biana’s case, she was not able to use her divine power, but was registered as an administrator from the beginning, so she was able to come and go without any inconvenience.
“No. I’ve managed it on my own, so it’s not that difficult. It’s just…”
Once Biana heard the words, Kousuke tilted his head.
“In order to maintain the temple’s functions, it will inevitably need to be supplemented with power, but will they be okay?”
Hearing this, Kousuke scowled for a moment, then quickly blurted out.
“Well…that’s a heck of a punishment for them to receive, isn’t it?”
Naturally, Biana did not think it was a punishment, but Kousuke dared to say so.
In order to maintain the temple, it was necessary to supplement the magical power that powered it.
However, the only people who would be able to manage the temple from now on would be the priests who could use divine power.
“No, not at all. I didn’t mean to come across as mean-spirited or anything…”
“Oh, no. I’m sorry. I don’t think the Prost Clan is thinking that. Besides, you don’t need to worry so much. It’s not only the clergy that are part of the church.”
It might not be well-known, but not all those who worked in the church were clergy.
Some of them could be clerks, and some of them may be working with magic.
From now on, they could use those people.
“Well, that couldn’t be helped, because that’s how things work. More importantly, is it okay for the temple to be maintained only by replenishing the supply of magic power?”
For Kousuke, that was more important.
He made a decision that would prevent the townspeople from being driven out, but if they were forced to leave the town as a result of not being maintained properly, it would make the decision meaningless.
“Yes. It’s okay. Before we leave completely, I’ll also rewrite the conditions for those who can come and go.”
“Right. Can I leave that to you?”
“Yes. I will take care of that.”
“Well then, I’ll leave this to you…Ines, can I ask you to come with me?”
Ines tilted her head in a questioning manner.
“What? Where are we going?”
Kousuke replied with a sly grin at Ines’ questioning look.
“The Temple Director’s place.”
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Deciding to leave the Prost Clan’s migration to the Tower to Shrein and Peach, Kousuke, along with Ines and Mitsuki, went to visit the Temple Director again.
“What… what is it this time?”
The temple director asked when he saw that Kousuke had brought a woman he had never seen before.
“Oh. This is Old Ines, head of the Prost Clan.”
Kousuke introduced the young looking Ines to the Temple Director, feeling a bit uncomfortable about calling her “old”.
The Temple Director had heard Kousuke’s story earlier, so he did not intend to say anything about the Prost Clan’s presence in front of him.
The question was, why had he brought her here?
Kousuke gave a wry smile back to the Temple Director, who was on full alert.
“Don’t look at me like that. I only brought her here because you were worried about their situation earlier. Also, I am telling you that the Prost Clan will not be residing in this town.”
“Wha, what? So, where are they going?”
“They all wanted to move to Amamiya Tower, so I will be bringing them there.”
This would reveal to them that the Prost Clan would be in the Tower, but of course this was intentional.
“You understand, but if you try to mess with them, of course we will do our best to interfere, okay?”
The Temple Director gulped and nodded cautiously at the advice from the living god.
“I understand. I won’t go out of my way to do that.”
“That’s good, then. And there’s a matter that I want to discuss with you, and that’s why I asked the head of their Clan to come all the way here, to talk to you about how this temple will be handled.”
Kousuke asked Ines, the head of the Prost Clan, to come all the way here because he thought it would be better to have her tell the Temple Director directly that the Prost Clan was planning to leave the Temple behind.
Above all, it would be better to have Ines tell him that they had no intention of antagonizing them.
Kousuke did not know what the church would make of that.
If they were to become hostile, it would only lead to the same situation as he had warned him about earlier.
In the end, their discussion ended without incident.
When Ines told him that the temple needed magical power to maintain the temple, the Temple Director was troubled.
She also told him where and how to supplement the magic power, so it would probably be all fine.
Even though it was a temple, it was not entirely devoid of people who could use magic power, so she was going to teach those people who could use magic power how to replenish it.
Because of this work, Kousuke and the others had to stay in town for a few more days.
Incidentally, the function to block intruders, such as when Kousuke first opened the entrance, was deactivated.
The temple would be unmanageable if such complicated functions were left in place.
Alternatively, researchers might be able to enter the temple to examine it, but that would be fine with him.
Kousuke, the creator of the temple’s core, did not see any problem with this, so from now on, the church would officially manage the temple.
However, Kousuke and his group would have no more influence on what happens after that.
After informing the people concerned of at least the bare minimum they needed to do, Kousuke and the others left the town of Arcis.
