Let’s Manage the Tower - Volume 17 Chapter 4
Volume 17 Chapter 4, New Fairies
Sylph suddenly came to Kousuke, who was watching Golem No. 1.
“Big brother, why don’t you call the others?”
“….Yes?”
Kousuke was taken aback by her abrupt words.
Sylph’s sudden appearance was always a surprise, but her words were so out of context that they caught him by surprise.
“What ‘others’ are you talking about?”
“The others are the others!”
Sylph emphatically explained, but he didn’t understand, so he asked again.
Unfortunately, Sylph could be a bit peculiar in her speech, so sometimes, the conversation remained unclear.
He tried to understand what Sylph was trying to say, but gave up soon enough.
“…Esena, help me.”
“Yes, big brother.”
As soon as Kousuke called out, Esena appeared.
“Did Sylph do something again?”
“Terrible. I didn’t do anything.”
Sylph puffed out her cheeks.
“Ha ha. No, she didn’t do anything. I mean, I need you to please translate for me.”
“Oh, that’s what you mean… What did you say this time?”
“I didn’t say anything strange! I just asked if he could call the others!”
Kousuke had no idea what she meant by ‘the others’ so he called Esena.
“And that’s why… Do you understand?”
“Yes. We are talking about the other Fairy Stones.”
“What about the other Fairy Stones? What do you mean?”
“I think she means summoning them, like what you did with Sylph.”
“Eh? I can summon them now?”
He had rarely visited the place where the Fairy Stone was located these days.
In other words, it was because he had forgotten about them.
He has been engrossed in the golem project, at the same time, he also grew bored with the unchanging statuses of the Fairy Stones.
“Big brother, did you forget?”
“Eh? No, well, no, not really, okay? I was just busy with other things.”
“Muuu.”
Kousuke turned to the side to avoid Sylph’s gaze.
“Sylph, are the others ready, then?”
“Yes. All they need to do now is to ask for big brother’s permission.”
Kousuke was left out of the conversation between the two fairies.
“Umm, what do you mean?”
“It looks like the Fairy Stones are ready, so please give it one last push.”
Esena explained to Kousuke.
“In other words, all I have to do is touch the Fairy Stones?”
“Yes!”
Sylph, who finally saw that Kousuke understood what she was saying, replied happily.
Kousuke headed for each floor where the Fairy Stones were set up, thinking that he would never have been able to communicate with them without Esena as his interpreter.
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Before heading to the Floors where the Fairy Stones were located, there was a bit of an incident.
Kouhi and Mitsuki, who were making the second golem, were working on something they couldn’t let go of.
Kousuke said he would go without Kouhi and Mitsuki, but they declared, “Absolutely not!”
They insisted on coming along with him.
Kousuke thought they were being overprotective, but there was no way he could disobey them. Thus, he decided to wait until he could get Kouhi to let him go.
The wait was only about an hour, and Kouhi came to call him as soon as she was done.
So, accompanied by Kouhi, they headed for each floor where Fairy Stones were set up.
First, the 46th Floor, where the <Fairy Stone of Fire> was set up.
As before, he touched the <Fairy Stone> and sent divine power into it.
Then, just like the time with Sylph, a small fire fairy appeared.
At the urging of Esena and Sylph, who had come with him, he gave the fire fairy his divine power.
“Big brother, take care of me!”
A very manly fairy was born, and he was named Sala. Of course, it was after a Salamander.
Next was the 48th Floor, where the <Fairy Stone of Water> was located.
The process was the same as that of the 46th Floor.
First, he touched the <Fairy Stone>, poured divine power into it, and gave it one last push.
After that, Kousuke’s divine power was passed directly to the water fairy that was born and grew.
“I look forward to working with you, oh big brother.”
After being greeted, he named her Dinne and was pleased.
Next was the 81st Floor, where the <Fairy Stone of the Earth> was located.
Here, there was a brief struggle before heading to the <Fairy Stone of the Earth>.
Kousuke was hit by Nana’s rush attack.
Kousuke praised Nana in his heart for her swift attack less than a minute after entering the gate.
Adding Nana into his group, he went to the <Fairy Stone of Earth> and used the same procedure as before to give birth to the Fairy of Earth.
“Big brother, I’m looking forward to working with you.”
The earth fairy, whose appearance seemed to be the oldest of the four fairies, greeted him.
The name was changed slightly from Gnome to Noll.
Finally, there was the 80th Floor with the <Fairy Stone of Wind>.
He was wondering if a wind type fairy would be the same as Sylph, but like the previous fire fairies, it flew towards the flying dragons.
Kou was its target. Esena and the other four attribute fairies present were unsure whether it was just a coincidence or inevitable.
Kou combined with the wind fairy and an Evolution took place, just as when the phoenix pair was born.
Unique Name: Kou
Race Name: Divine Flying Dragon
Inherent Skills: Biting Level 8, Flying Level 8, Scouting Level 7, Wind Magic Level 6, Understanding Language (dependents) Level 6, Manipulation of Divine Power Level 6
Gifted Skill: Communication Level 5 Wind Benefit Level 1 Wind Attribute Level 3
Title: Kousuke’s kin, Divine Beast of the Wind
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Compared to the other flying dragons, it was one size larger.
The flying dragons were large, and they were intimidating.
However, in front of Kousuke, their intimidation seemed cute.
Incidentally, even though they had grown bigger, they still made the same ‘kyuo’ call as before, which allowed Kousuke’s group to still understand them.
After enjoying a short stroll in the sky for about an hour, they returned to the management floor.
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When Collete saw Kousuke, who had suddenly brought home fairies of all four attributes, materialized, she became dizzy and almost collapsed.
Sylvia, who was standing next to her, hurried to support her.
“Hey, Collete, are you all right?”
Sylvia was waving her hands left and right in front of Collete’s eyes.
Shrein, who was looking at her, said while holding her temples.
“…I was surprised when you became a god, but this time, it’s even more amazing.”
“Eh? Eeh!”
Kousuke panicked at their combined reaction.
For Kousuke, he had not expected such a reaction from simply adding another Fairy to the mix, as he had done with Sylph.
It also appears that Kousuke was not the only one who thought so.
“Is it that big a deal~?”
Peach asked Shrein, tilting her head.
Sylvia had a similar expression on her face.
For Sylvia, a priestess, it was not as surprising as when he became a living god.
“For people like us who deal with spirits, fairies are the stuff of legends. And to be able to command all four attributes is an accomplishment on par with being a spirit god, you know?”
“I see.”
Shrein could only remain calm like this because of Collete, who was more than distraught.
It could well be that Collete, who was the closest person to the spirits, was deeply shakened.
Shrein continued to explain to Sylvia, who was still puzzled.
“If he suddenly brought back four low-ranked gods in front of you, even you would be like this, wouldn’t you?”
“….I see, that makes sense.”
No matter how many Sylphs there were originally, the impact was different when you see fairies of all four attributes in front of them.
Even if they had the <Fairy Stone> and could have predicted this to happen, it was still a huge shock to see them in front of their own eyes.
Kousuke thought it was a bad idea to take them home without saying anything.
“Oh, um, I’m sorry. So, Collete, are you okay?”
“No, well, I’m fine! I was just a little startled!”
Collete managed to get up, but when she saw the four fairies again, she nearly tripped again but managed to hold her ground.
It seemed that her rationale had kicked in so that she wouldn’t have to go through the same thing twice.
Shrein patted Collete on the shoulder in sympathy.
“Maybe you should be prepared for more than what you’re currently experiencing.”
“When you say more… what do you mean by that?”
“That, you know…”
Kousuke wondered for a while whether to butt in on the disturbing conversation between the two, and eventually decided not to.
Somehow, he felt that the way they were looking at him was telling him not to ask any more questions.
