Volume 15 Side Story 3, Circumstances of the Goddess

Kousuke was visiting the Garden of Everlasting Spring again.

This information quickly spread among the Goddesses in the divine realm.

To begin with, the divination skill of the Succubus clan had a high rate of accuracy.

Naturally, there were several Goddesses who specialized in divination as well.

Information spread from these Goddesses.

When the Three Great Divine Sisters received the news, it was after the rumor had already spread throughout the divine realm.

“So? What are you going to do this time? Rumors have already spread, and I don’t think it will go as well as last time, right?”

The one who asked Eris was Midir, who had come to visit as a representative of the lesser deities.

Although not as powerful as the Three Great Goddesses, Midir, the Goddess of the earth, was a familiar figure for the people who work in agriculture.

Because Midir was the representative of the lesser Goddesses, there had been no commotion so far.

If it were not for Midir, a group of Goddesses might have already stormed Asura’s residence.

The fact that there was a bit of time before Kousuke would arrive was also a problem.

It was enough time for rumors to spread, but not enough time to coordinate in advance.

The reason why rumors of Kousuke’s visit to the Garden of Everlasting Spring had spread so quickly was because the Goddesses he had met on his last visit had spread the word.

In particular, good news about the Goddesses with lesser worshipers had attracted a lot of attention.

As faith in them weakened, their connection with Earthgard weakened as well, but their connection suddenly became stronger.

Of course, it was still too weak to be compared to the Goddesses who still had plenty of worshipers in Earthgard, but it was the sliver of hope for the Goddesses who were just waiting to fade away.

It was only natural that the number of Goddesses who wanted to get close to Kousuke would increase after his last visit.

What’s more, it was not only the weaker Goddesses that were trying to get connections.

The number of powerful Goddesses getting involved was also increasing.

According to the Goddess, it was easier for prophecies to succeed.

To put it simply, the number of prophecies that could be interpreted without unnecessary noise had increased.

This surprised the senior Gods.

Naturally, they wanted to verify the oracle since it would have a great impact on their work.

In light of these circumstances, Midir made her move before anything else could happen.

Midir’s question was answered by Eris with a sigh.

“It can’t be helped. This time, instead of having him return immediately, we’ll have him stay overnight. During that time, we’ll have him interact with as many of them as possible.”

“When you say interact with them, how many are you talking about? I mean, the number of people who’ll be able to interact with him would be less than the number of people who want to.”

“I guess so… Jal, do you have a plan?”

“Huh…? You’re being absurd again… I can’t think of a plan that quickly, you know?”

Jal, who had been abruptly called out, pondered frantically.

“Anyway, if we are having him stay overnight, we can hold some kind of night party, right?”

“Of course.”

Both Eris and the Goddess Midir nodded at Jal’s suggestion.

“I’ll have Spica run that one. I’ll let Jal think of something else. Something that will get as many of them into contact with Kousuke-sama, please.”

“Okay.”

Spica agreed briefly to Eris’ words.

“As for the night party, since the number of people is limited, let’s gather the participants first. I’ll leave it up to you to decide in what manner you’d like to select them, and you can discuss it with Mir (Goddess Midir).”

“Yeah, that’s a good idea.”

The Goddess Midir, who was the representative of the group, was in a position to coordinate everyone.

Incidentally, the reason why Midir was not in such a hurry this time was because she was there during Kousuke’s last visit.

Including her, those who were able to get in contact with Kousuke last time were going to be a lower priority.

Nonetheless, the demand to meet him would still exceed the number of Goddesses who could fit into the night meeting.

Even if they could forcibly pack as many Goddesses into the night meeting, it would be meaningless if they could not approach Kousuke.

During that time, Kousuke had a limit to how many he could interact with.

While the four of them were pondering, the door suddenly opened and an intruder walked in.

“You can have a handshake session…!”

The person who came into the room who said so was Asura.

The reason why Asura knew about the handshake session was because she was linked to Kousuke’s memory, which made her knew about his visit to the Garden of Everlasting Spring.

As a side note, Kousuke gave me his permission to access his memories before she did so.

This was one of the things she found in his memory.

“What is a handshake session?”

Eris asked naturally, as she had never seen or heard of such a thing before.

The other three also had a curious look on their faces.

Asura began to explain about the handshake event to them.

As she explained in detail, their expressions brightened.

“That’s true, if it’s like that, then we can handle many in just a short span of time.”

Everyone nodded at Goddess Midir’s statement.

Currently, it was decided that the first handshake event would be held in the world of Earthgard.

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After Kousuke returned to the Tower.

Mir had come to Asura’s residence.

Because of her refrain from this time’s event, Mir had avoided visiting the residence.

“So? How did it go?”

“No problem. It was a great success.”

Mir’s face broke into a smile at Jal’s answer, but then she suddenly pondered.

“Did you find any incompatibilities?”

“Strangely enough, no.”

Even if a person were to glance at another, when someone was in direct contact with another person in the form of something as close as a handshake, there were bound to be incompatibilities no matter what.

That was how it was.

But there was not a single report that mentioned this.

“Isn’t it strange that after being exposed to that many people, not a single one has been reported? Is there a reason for this?”

“Of course there is.”

It was Asura, not Jal, who answered Mir’s question.

“It’s a big reason for why Kousuke came here in the first place, it wouldn’t have been the same if he had gone to Earthgard by himself.”

Being exposed to the air of the Garden of Everlasting Spring in his soul state made him more like the Goddesses living there.

Furthermore, being the first male deity, Kousuke was able to focus on standards that had not been there before.

If Kousuke heard this story, he was going to have a hard time thinking about it.

“So the girls didn’t harbor any bad feelings from the start, did they?”

“If you ask me, I didn’t either.”

Mir had come to see Kousuke on his first visit out of sheer curiosity, but upon meeting him in person, those feelings had turned favorable.

“I have a feeling there might be more to it, but it’s hard to tell with the way things are going.”

Asura concluded.

“By the way… Can’t you ask him to come back regularly from now on?”

Everyone in the room froze at Mir’s question.

It hadn’t occurred to them until Mir asked.

But now that she mentioned it, it was possible for them to communicate with each other, so they could just ask.

If he could come regularly, there wouldn’t have been a commotion like this.

“I’ll check with him later.”

Eris, the one with the strongest ties to him except for Asura, replied.

The reason Asura didn’t answer in this case was because Asura herself couldn’t interfere with Earthgard that easily.

In the end, Eris confirmed through Sylvia that he would be visiting Earthgard regularly, and thus, there would be no more commotions such as that in the future.