Volume 15 Side Story 2, Pressing Issue

Kousuke returned to the Administration Floor with Haku, and Haku was positively accepted by the other members.

He said, “positively accepted” because Kousuke had been forced to explain many things and had many things squeezed out of him.

Since all faults were directed at Kousuke, Haku was left alone.

Kousuke was relieved from the bottom of his heart once the whole group forgave him.

As for the other members, they thought it was just a matter of adding one more person to the group, but Haku’s origins became a problem.

After all, Haku had called Kousuke her father.

That was something that could not be ignored.

From what Kousuke told them, it made sense to some extent.

Unfortunately, Kousuke did not understand the subtle nuance of “to some extent”.

This was typical of Kousuke, so the women left him alone.

However, due to Haku’s presence, the women had some concerns.

Thus, there was a serious discussion taking place without Kousuke’s presence.

The five representatives, Shrein, Sylvia, Collete, Peach, and Floria, decided that Sylvia was the best choice.

Aside from being qualified, Sylvia was the only one who could do it.

And what’s more, she was capable of communicating with the Gods.

Sylvia was very nervous as she began to communicate with the Gods.

[Sylvia, what’s wrong? You seem to be more tense than usual today.]

The other party was, as usual, Elisa Meir (Eris).

Eris noticed that Sylvia was acting differently as compared to how she usually was.

It was not as if they were face to face, but Sylvia was even more nervous, knowing that she was dealing with an absolute God right now.

[I have a question I wish to ask you.]

[What is it?]

Sylvia hesitated, before asking Eris.

[Is it a coincidence that we can’t have children, or is it inevitable?]

This was the question that the women had raised.

Not much time had passed since they started doing it with Kousuke.

So, it was no surprise that they hadn’t had any children yet.

However, there was a problem when dealing with Kousuke.

That is, Kousuke is a “living god “.

No one knew whether Gods and humans or demi-humans could have children together.

Since this was the first time a living god had appeared, there was no way to get an answer.

That was why Sylvia was on the scene, hoping for an answer from the God communicating with her.

As Sylvia waited nervously for the answer, Eris casually replied.

[You could say it was a coincidence, or you could say it was inevitable.]

But the answer was not what she wanted.

It was very vague.

[What do you mean?]

[I can’t answer it directly for some reason, but… Yes. As a priestess of the church, you know the story of a child born to a God, don’t you?]

Sylvia was puzzled by the far-fetched answer.

[Of course I know about that, but…?]

[You will get your answer from there.]

It was truly an oracle.

At the same time, it also meant that there was no need for further questions.

[I hope you will get the right answer.]

As if to indicate that was all she needed to know, the communication with Elisa Meir was cut off after those words.

Sylvia, who was left behind, let out a big sigh.

Although she didn’t get a direct answer, she believed that she had gotten something significant enough to be a guideline.

Rather, she had not expected to receive such a direct answer.

As soon as possible, she decided to tell her friends what she had just heard.

All of them were waiting for the answer.

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“You’re talking about the story of a child born to a God.”

Hearing the story from Sylvia, Collete let out a huge sigh.

She did not sigh because she thought it was a story that indicated having a child with Kousuke was akin to grasping clouds.

Rather, she sighed because there were too many stories, and it would take too much effort to find the right one.

In the world of Earthgard, from folklore to mythology, stories of children being born between the union of Gods and humans or demi-humans are all over the place.

To begin with, it was said that the ancestors of each race originated from a certain God.

In a sense, it was safe to say that such stories have been handed down to each race.

“Aren’t myths and stories involving Gods what the church is all about?”

Shrein turned the conversation to Sylvia.

Sylvia, on the other hand, had a difficult look on her face.

“That’s probably the case. Originally at least. But since it involves the origins of that race, even the Church will not acknowledge it if it is opposed to their own beliefs.”

If the God of a certain race was not acknowledged to exist by the Church, it involves the very foundation of that race.

The church could not give recognition to a God that may or may not exist.

However, there were some Gods who were involved in the creation of a race, whose existence has not been officially recognized by the Church.

In the first place, the Church only recognizes a handful of Gods.

“So you’re saying that the church can’t be relied on for this~?”

“I’m afraid that’s how things are.”

All of them groaned at Sylvia’s answer, but only Floria had a different expression than the others.

It was as if she was trying to remember something.

Peach, who was just sitting across from her, noticed her expression.

“Floria-san, what’s wrong~?”

“Mm…? No, I think I’ve met someone like that before, but I can’t seem to remember.”

She has been twisting her neck a lot since earlier, thinking about it, but she just could not remember.

“Is that about God’s children~?”

“No, I wonder what it was about…?”

“Where is it~?”

“That too… No, I guess it should be in the castle, since that’s about the only place I’ve been in the first place.”

Peach was asking many questions, trying to somehow jog her memory, but Floria just couldn’t remember.

“You can’t even remember when it happened or anything~?”

“No, I don’t know. I think it was probably when I was just a little girl.”

When Shrein heard the word “little girl”, she suggested an idea that had just occurred to her.

“Then why don’t you ask someone who knows a lot about what happened to Floria when she was a child?”

“Hm? Someone who… Oh.”

At Floria’s words, they all thought of the same thing.

They decided to go see that person right away.

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Sylvia and Collete went to see Alec right away.

Even though he was the head of the administrative body, the two of them were able to meet him right away, as he was also the Tower’s front administrator.

” I apologize, Alec. I really needed to ask you something right away.”

” No, no problem. It’s part of my job to help with the Tower’s administrators in the first place.”

Alec smiled, showing off his handsome face, but it didn’t work on the two of them.

He immediately decided to get down to business.

“In the past, has Floria ever been involved in a conversation about a child of a God?”

“A child of God? Well, if that’s what you’re talking about, then the church is… No, wait, hold on?”

Alec quickly remembered that the Church was not interested in that kind of talk.

At the same time, he remembered something that had happened to Floria when she was a child.

“I recall there being once a visitor who came to the castle. That visitor went around collecting lores and published a book about it?”

They were both stunned to hear that.

“You mean something like that?”

“Ah. No, of course he wouldn’t have come to the castle if he’d only published one book or something, but it seems that he’d spent his whole life compiling the lores that he’d collected. In the end, he must have published dozens of books.”

That was another great discovery.

Just the fact that he continued to publish dozens of books based on the same subject was rare.

“”What’s that person’s name?””

“Um, wait. I can’t remember. And I’m certain that person died a few years later after he left the castle.”

Alec’s words made both of their shoulders slump.

“Why are you two looking for him?”

“What are you getting at?”

“Even if the author died, his books still exist, right? I’m pretty sure they’re still in the castle.”

“Oh, I see. The title! What’s the title of his series?”

Alec turned his head, trying to somehow remember, as Collete rushed forward.

“I think… I believe it was titled [God and God’s Children].”

After getting the title of the book from Alec, the two went on their way to Schmidt.