Side Story 1, Announcement Board

The executive branch of the Tower was located in a building in the center of the city.

The town’s government was housed in the building, and it was responsible for the administration of the city, which was still expanding in size.

Nevertheless, the number of adventurers as well as residents who have settled in the city was increasing, and the current scale of growth was too much for the administration to handle.

They have been recruiting several times, but they still couldn’t keep up with the work that needs to be done.

At one of the government offices, a girl dressed in a shrine maiden’s outfit was paying a visit.

“Sigh… It’s you again, Lirica-san”

“I told you I’d come back as often as I could until I was accepted, didn’t I?”

The woman sitting at the reception desk let out a sigh at the words of Lirica, the girl in a miko outfit.

“No matter how many times you come, I can only give you the same answer. I have no intention of accepting a religious figure to manage the temple,”

“Why!!”

Lirica let out a yell of anger at the words of Fool, the receptionist.

Fool let out a sigh at the sight of her.

“I’m sure I’ve answered this many times before, but… it’s because the owner of that temple doesn’t want it to happen.”

“Isn’t that strange! Temples should be managed by the clergy. And moreover, that temple is a God-given property. It’s not right to leave it as it is now!”

The location where Lirica was currently at, was not a separate window, but a corner of a long counter.

Naturally, other residents and adventurers who had come for other purposes were also in the same place. In such a place, making noise like Lirica was doing would naturally attract attention, but no one tried to stop Lirica. It is a matter of course in this world that temples were managed by those in the ranks of the clergy.

This was not the case in this tower, however. But that doesn’t mean that it should definitely be left for the church to manage. For ordinary people, all they needed was a place to pray, and it didn’t matter who was in charge of it. The residents of the town just thought that it was a strange thing to do.

However, when it comes to those in the clergy that supposedly serve the gods, the story changes. That’s exactly what Lirica was doing now. As expected, there were few people who complained directly, but it was clear that many of them were dissatisfied. Knowing this, there was no one to stop Lirica.

“…As I have said many times before, just because it is a sacred object does not mean that only those in the religious order are in charge of it. In addition, since you can enter the prayer room itself, I have always said that you are free to do whatever you want with it and so on.”

“I am asking you to let me manage more than just the prayer room!”

Currently, the temples on the fifth floor are only accessible to those who have been approved, except for the prayer room, which has been open to the public.

Lirica and the other members of the clergy were unhappy about this.

After all, this was a divine gift that had been summoned by the three great gods and had also been granted their blessings.

As a member of the religious order, it was only natural that she would want to manage it.

Incidentally, it was not that Lirica wanted to manage it herself.

It’s just that she couldn’t stand the fact that the temple, which was a sacred object, was simply being cleaned without being managed.

She felt that she needed to be in a position to manage it.

“That temple is private property. Are you suggesting that we should take it away by force?”

“Kuh…that, that is not what I’m trying to imply here!”

Fool had a good argument.

However, in general, it was impossible for a person to own a temple. That temple was the exception among exceptions. That’s why the current way of managing the temple was still in effect.

Fool was about to press Lirica further when a colleague handed her a piece of paper and her expression changed. The man who handed the paper to Lirica also had a slight change of expression.

“?…Is something wrong?”

Lirica tilted her head when she saw Fool’s expression.

It was noticeable that Fool’s temperament had suddenly changed. When asked why the sudden change, Fool took a deep breath and bowed once to Lirica.

“…I apologize for the inconvenience. I will tell you now that I was given permission. In another hour, you will be informed about it by this Executive, by order of the Temple and Crown…”

At first Lirica was surprised at what Fool had said, and then she turned pale. After listening to the whole story, Lirica walked out of the government building with sluggish steps.

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When Lirica returned, one of her party members noticed that something was wrong with her.

“Oh? Lirica, what’s the matter?”

“…Eh? Ah…Umm”

The members of the surrounding party members looked at Lirica quizzically at the unusual behavior of the energetic girl. Lirica was an adventurer who usually works in a party to gather materials in the Tower.

All the party members were female. This was the policy of Sally, the party leader. In addition, she is also a member of Crown.

“Oi, oi, what’s going on? Didn’t you go to the executive branch?”

Sally herself had a bold personality, so she normally acted in a straightforward manner. It was because of this that she was able to be a party leader.

“Umm… that is, well… we need to go check Crown’s notice board…”

Lirica then went into her room after saying that.

The members looked at each other and decided to head to Crown for now.

There were two types of bulletin boards for Crown. One was the well-known bulletin board where requests were posted. The other was a bulletin board for notifications to those who belong to Crown. The content of the notifications ranged from trivial things to information about the dangers of different floors, so it was a great place to gather information. Of course, old-fashioned word of mouth was also important.

There was a crowd of people in front of the notice board. From the buzz, they could tell that it was quite important. There was a Crown employee in front of the bulletin board, asking people who had finished reading to kindly leave.

They thought that this was because if people were standing around talking, it would attract too many people. When Sally managed to get to a position where she could see the contents on the bulletin board, she couldn’t help but check the contents again.

She couldn’t believe it, but at the same time, she understood why Lirica had looked like that.The notice informed that Kosuke, the ruler of Amamiya’s Tower, had been recognized by the Gods as a present living god.

“…What does this mean? Is this Tower controlled directly by a God…”

Sally mumbled to herself, but the surrounding members had the same expression on their faces.

Other than that, it said that the temple in the Tower was the property of the living god, Kosuke himself, and that the living god did not require the care of the clergy.

Lirica’s claim was completely rejected by God himself.

“…in the first place, what is a living god?”

Unfortunately, no member of the group was able to answer Sally’s question.

Unless you’re a professional priestess or priest, there’s not much known about the current Gods.

At best, they only know that they were one of the Gods.

Lirica, who seemed to be the only one among the party who knew much about them, was currently holed up in her room at the inn.

Originally, they were going to leave her alone for a while, but the situation made it impossible for them to do so.

It’s not like she was going to suffer any immediate damage, but even so, the key to surviving as an adventurer was to know what you need to know as soon as possible.

Sally let out a sigh as she wondered how she could get Lirica out of her hiding place.