Chapter 8, Countermeasures

We suddenly decided to change the layout of the rooms on the control floor.

Thanks to the efforts of Silvia and Peach, Kousuke has begun to be recognized as a living god by the church.

Since Kousuke was no longer able to casually visit the 5th floor, they decided to invite people from outside to talk to him on the control floor.

Mitsuki was the one who proposed this idea.

After meeting Gisele the other day, Mitsuki had suggested that changes needed to be made.

Kouhi agreed, and with Kosuke’s approval, they began to modify the layout.

It wasn’t that big of a change.

In the room where the transfer gate to the control floor was placed, there was only one door, and at the end of it, a reception room was built.

Beyond the reception room, the same rooms as before have been placed.

In addition, the room with the three Crystals and control panel was placed at the far end of the floor.

It’s unlikely that the control floor will be attacked, but Kousuke decided to put it at the far edge of the floor just in case.

The room with the Crystals and the control panel was actually inaccessible because the door itself was opened by reading the magic, holy power, and divine power patterns of the user.

In addition, unlike the time when Kousuke and his team took over the Tower, anyone else couldn’t come to the control floor even if they used the transfer gate on the 100th floor.

Therefore, even if someone wanted to attack this Tower seriously, they would be unable to reach the control floor.

[ From what I’ve heard from adventurers, they think it’s impossible to penetrate the high-level floors, so I’ll consider this to be a be a baseless concern for now. ]

There was actually a good reason why the control floor was rebuilt in such a hurry.

Crown and the Administrative Division had contacted him through Wahid, saying that they wanted to talk to Kousuke.

The fact that Wahid, who rarely comes to the control floor, came directly to see Kousuke, made those currently there think that something serious has occurred, so they hastily rebuilt the control floor.

For that reason, the room right next to the transfer gate was turned into a reception room as well as a conference room, which was quite spacious.

Not to mention, the table in the middle of the room was circular.

If it was a rectangular table, the people who would be facing Kousuke would become uncomfortable.

[It was unlikely that a massive group of people would come to the meeting, but we wanted to be prepared for anything.]

In the conference room that had been prepared specifically for this occasion, the main members of Crown and the main members of the Administrative Division were now in attendance.

Needless to say, Kousuke’s face scrunched up when he saw the members who had come to the meeting.

It was obvious that they had come to see the control floor rather than to attend the meeting.

Incidentally, they now have a full roster of Administrative Personnel.

“Let’s get started, shall we?”

When Kousuke said this, the attendees, who had been looking around curiously, hardened their expressions.

There could only be one reason for this gathering.

And that was.

“Is it true that Kousuke, the Administrator of Amamiya’s Tower, has become a living god?”

When Kosuke heard this, he turned to Silvia.

Silvia stared at him for a moment with an ‘ah’ expression that then turned into an embarrassed face.

“I’m sorry, everyone. I told the Church in Mixen, but I forgot to tell you all directly.”

When Silvia said this, the attendees instantly understood what had happened.

“The Church on the 5th floor is the Main Church of Kosuke-sama. I am Kousuke’s Priestess.” Silvia said.

When Silvia was acting as a priestess, she referred to Kousuke as ‘Kousuke-sama’.

Of course, this was for the sake of appearance.

“But as for the Church on the 5th floor, you can just leave it as it is, right?”

At Silvia’s words, the attendees all looked at each other.

Alec responded on behalf of the group.

“We’re not going to have any Priests or Priestesses?”

“What’s the point of having them?”

Alec was unable to respond to that question.

The reason why the Church was managed by Priests and Priestesses in the first place was because they were training to achieve the goal of being able to hear the voice of God.

However, in the case of Kousuke, who was always present in the world, there was no specific reason for such an existence.

All he needed to do was appear in person and speak.

But Kousuke has no intention of going through such a hassle.

As for the Churches, Kouske will keep the Church on the 5th floor, where the Three Great Gods have descended, but he has no plans to allow any of the other Churches to be established.

[Even I, don’t want to break something that has been built without permission, but I’m sure they’ll behave as though they’re free to do as they please.]

When Kouske explained the circumstances, one of the attendees asked him. “So, you’re saying that you’re in direct conflict with the Church?”

Both Kousuke and Silvia chuckled at this.

“Why are you being so extreme? The Church can’t be destroyed even if we wanted it to be.”

[You can remove the people who are in control of the Church, but you can’t destroy the Church itself.]

In other words, Kousuke has no intention of doing that at all.

Afterall, If they were to take away the faith in God that exists, it would actually do more harm than good.

Above all, Kousuke has actually met the Gods, and he has no intention of betraying them.

When he mentioned this to the attendees, they all nodded their heads in agreement.

“So you’re saying that you don’t intend to interfere with other Churches?”

“Yes, that’s right. Each Church has its own God, and I don’t need to interfere with them. If you’re talking about the Churches on the 5th floor, well, that’s another story.”

In other words, it was an affirmation that he would not hesitate to interfere with the Churches on the 5th floor.

Naturally, no one in the group couldn’t read the underlying message in those words.

“What are you going to do about donations?”

Silvia answered this question.

“If you put Priestesses and Priests in the middle, it will inevitably become a breeding ground for corruption. That’s why we’ve decided to stop placing people in between.”

[In short, I’m just going to install something similar to a money box at a Japanese Shrine, which is in fact, the first of its kind in this world. ]

It was customary to directly hand over donations and money to the Priest or Priestess.

This may have confused some of the attendees, but to Kousuke, who had grown up with Japanese Shrines, it was just a normal system.

[When Silvia heard this, she looked surprised and impressed, but I digress. ]

The other attendees also groaned as they listened to the explanation in detail as they had never seen this method used before and did not know how it would affect them.

“Well, there are a lot of new developments and a lot can happen, but we’ll deal with them as they come.”

At the end of the meeting, Alec asked.

“I’m not sure if I should pass on what you said here today as the words of the living god, Kousuke.”

“Well, if you do, I’d be happy if you could convey it in a somewhat polished manner.”

The atmosphere among the attendees relaxed when Kousuke answered in a joking manner.

No matter how you look at it, Kousuke’s attitude was far from that of a so-called ‘God’, but in a world where God himself was so accessible, such a God might be more tolerable.

However, Kousuke felt that he couldn’t just take it for granted.

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“I’m sorry, Kousuke!”

After the attendees left, Silvia suddenly bowed to him.

When they were not in public, she would call him ‘Kouske’ instead of ‘Kouske-sama’.

“I’m not sure what you mean. I didn’t ask you to tell the members of The Tower, that was my blunder too.”

“But…”

“This time, it didn’t become a serious matter, so it’s okay.”

Silvia was depressed, so Kousuke put his hand on her head with a smile.

“What is it? Kousuke?”

“You’ve been helping me out a lot, so don’t worry too much about it.”

For some reason, Silvia averted her gaze from Kousuke, who was smiling at her.