Volume 15 Chapter 7, Procreation?

After Asura left, having told Kousuke to wait until she was ready, Kousuke was left waiting… Though, he was not idle. He was having a conversation with the Goddesses.

The conversation, though, was just answering questions asked one by one.

[Perhaps they organized it beforehand, but there are no questions that overlap with each other.]

He wondered where they had the time to do that, but decided not to pursue it, as it was the Goddesses who questioned him.

Not all questions were answered, of course.

He clearly stated that he couldn’t answer what he couldn’t answer.

Still, they continued to ask questions without a care in the world.

When Kousuke started to show signs of getting tired, the Q&A finally stopped.

It wasn’t something that anyone had said, but it was a brilliant way to end it.

“… I’m… I’m tired.”

Kousuke plopped down on the table in the seat he had been given.

“Good work.”

Jal, who had been by Kousuke’s side for a long time, came up to him.

“Oh, Jal… Is that it?”

Jal chuckled at Kousuke’s weak voice.

“Everyone seems to want to hear more, though.”

“…Please spare me.”

“Yes, yes, indeed. I think it’s time for everyone to stop.”

Jal said, and the surrounding Goddesses nodded.

“Kousuke, just being your usual self. You handled it decently well, but it got out of control.”

“… Geez… I didn’t notice that…”

As Kousuke was conscious of being a newcomer, he assumed that he had to respond properly.

No one had ever said that, though.

“Well, I guess everyone is attracted to you because you’re you.”

Again, the Goddesses were nodding in unison.

“Fascinated… Because of that?”

“It’s precisely because of that.”

For Kousuke, he was responding as usual, but that seemed to be taken in a good way.

As he was chatting with Jal while talking about such things, attracting the attention of others, Eris came up to him.

“It looks like it was worth the time…. It looks like Asura-sama is ready to go, so can you come over soon?”

Eris’ words were met with a collective sigh from those around her for some reason.

“It’s okay. We’ll have a proper dinner party afterwards.”

Kousuke was about to retort back when he heard something he wanted to avoid hearing, but before he could, the people around him burst into applause, and he missed the opportunity.

For now, Kousuke decided to follow Eris, who asked him to follow her.

At a distance from the venue, he asked Eris about what had just happened.

“… What’s with the dinner meeting?”

“After Asura-sama’s business is done, we will have a dinner meeting. Well, it’s in the form of a standing party.”

“…I haven’t heard anything about it…”

At these words, Eris stopped dead in her tracks.

“… Excuse me? What is this again?”

Eris looked back at him with a scary face.

She was so beautiful that it was way scarier when she looked like that.

Incidentally, it was Jal, who had been following along with me, who reacted to that.

“Oh… Huh? Didn’t I tell you? Wait, wait, wait, Eris-sama!”

“We don’t have time for this right now, so I’ll keep it in mind for later.”

Jal was in tears as Eris assured her.

She looked at Kousuke as if to ask for help, but unfortunately, there was nothing Kousuke could do either.

If possible, Kousuke did not want to touch Eris in this state.

When they reached their destination, Eris stopped in front of one of the doors and knocked.

“You can come in.”

Asura said from inside.

Eris opened the door and stepped inside, followed by Kousuke.

“Jal, what’s wrong?”

Asura asked curiously, noticing that Jal was still reeling from the incident earlier.

“Don’t worry about it… It happens all the time.”

Asura let out a sigh at Eris’s curt words.

“… Well, in moderation, you know… Anyway, let’s get down to business.”

Asura then looked at Kousuke.

“Eh, ummm… what?”

Kousuke tilted his head at Asura, who had a look on her face that he had never seen before.

“Kousuke requires a companion, so shall we resolve that?”

“No, by resolving it… What do you mean?”

It was the problem that brought him here in the first place.

That’s what she told him, never really mentioning how it would be solved.

Asura answered that question with a smirk.

“Make a child with me…!!!”

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He had been unconscious for exactly one minute.

When Kousuke regained consciousness, he asked her fearfully.

“Um… What did you just say?”

“I said that Kousuke and I should have a child together.”

The words he heard before he lost consciousness were not a misunderstanding.

Asura looked slightly flustered at Kousuke, who was about to lose consciousness once again.

“What… Do you really hate having a child with me that much?”

“In the first place, why do you want to do that?”

Kousuke managed to voice his question.

“… Because you want me to?”

“Is that a question?”

“In the first place, Kousuke said he wants a new companion… Ah, aah!”

Asura nodded as if suddenly convinced, and the other members tilted their heads.

“Kousuke, I think you’re misunderstanding me. I’m not saying that we should do it, okay?”

“… Eh?”

Kousuke’s expression turned red as he realized his misunderstanding.

Asura was also the problem because of her confusing way of speaking.

Incidentally, Kousuke didn’t notice that Asura was deliberately using a confusing way of speaking.

“Simply put, I’m saying that we should mix my power and Kousuke’s power to create a new power, or rather a new soul.”

“Uh… What will happen to the soul created by that?”

“Of course, we’ll prepare a suitable vessel for it to be ‘born’, right?”

What Asura meant was clear.

The born individual would become the new member of Kousuke’s team.

“No, no… Is that okay?”

Aside from his own power, Asura’s powerful power would be mixed in.

But to that, Asura simply replied.

“It’s fine. Or rather, I’d rather ask for it from you.”

Of course, Kousuke knew that Asura had her own reasons for saying this.

“Is it okay to ask why?”

“It’s okay, it’s not like I have anything to hide. As it stands, I can’t get involved in that world, so I want a being that can get involved with it directly.”

A being created by mixing Kousuke and her powers meant that she would be able to do that.

“Is that okay?”

Kousuke asked, feeling uneasy in many ways.

“What? You sound like I’m going to do something dangerous… I’m telling you this because it’s not a problem. If it was, I wouldn’t have mentioned it in the first place.”

“I see.”

“It’s beneficial for us. What do you think?”

Asura asked, and Kousuke thought about it.

There was no problem…

However, it seems like there were some potential issues.

He felt frustrated because he didn’t know what it was.

“… Hmm… Oh, I see. Is it okay if I bring the child with me when we’re done?”

That was what it meant to take someone along as a companion.

” Yes, you can. I mean, even Kouhi and Mitsuki, who are by your side, are like daughters to me. Well, there are many other things mixed in as well.”

“Eh? Is that so?”

Kousuke was shocked by this new revelation.

Well, certainly, if Asura’s power was in play, it would make sense for that ability.

“In other words, you’re saying that we’re going to create beings like Kouhi and Mitsuki?”

“With mine and Kousuke’s power, yes. Wouldn’t you like to see what kind of being we can create?”

“… Umm…”

When she said that, his curiosity was aroused.

In the end, that curiosity became the final deciding factor, and Kousuke decided to accept Asura’s offer.