Volume 19 Chapter 10, Relationship between Title and Soul Vessel

Leaving the women to investigate the dependents, Kousuke decided to take another route to confirm his thoughts about the titles.

That other route was Goddess Jal.

[So? What is it you want to ask me?]

Kousuke communicated with Jal, who immediately answered.

The last time I went to the Divine Realm, they complained that they were getting busy, but he wondered if that had settled down. Kousuke went through his thoughts with Jal.

[About the titles…]

[Sorry, but I don’t get it…]

Jal took the initiative to fill in Kousuke’s queries.

[Uh…?]

[You want to know about the relationship between titles and soul vessels, don’t you?]

[Well, I suppose that’s part of it?]

[I think that person also answered, but we really don’t know. In the first place, the term <Soul Vessel> is based on Kousuke’s authority, right?]

Kousuke tilted his head at Jal’s statement.

[What do you mean?]

[Kousuke’s authority to see the <Soul Vessel> has never been seen or heard of, not even among us. Of course, no one can answer that question.]

[You’ve never heard of a <Soul Vessel>, so you don’t know if it has anything to do with the title?]

[That’s what I’m saying.]

Like the status indicator, it was a power that had never been used to express a state of being in the process of evolution in written form.

That was why it became Kousuke’s new authority as a God, and that was why even Asura and the other Gods did not know what it signified.

Kousuke remembered hearing this from Asura before.

[Hmmm. If that is the case, then it can’t be helped.]

[Huh? Is that okay?]

Kousuke easily backed down, and Jal, on the contrary, sounded as if she had lost his cool.

[Yeah. Because I kind of knew what to expect from the previous talk with Asura. But more importantly, this time, another topic is the main issue.]

[I see. So, what’s the primary issue?]

Even Jal couldn’t figure out Kousuke’s true purpose.

[Can I get blessings, too?]

[Yes, you can.]

Jal immediately answered Kousuke’s question.

[Eh?]

Kousuke was surprised at how quickly she answered.

It was as if she had been waiting for Kousuke to ask her that question in advance.

For Kousuke, it was a question that he wondered if it was alright to ask, even though he was a God, but for Jal, it was an easy matter.

[Of course. That’s within my domain.]

[I see… So? Is there some sort of paperwork to go through?]

He had heard a lot about the procedures that were necessary for the gods to influence the world.

He asked because I thought it applied to him as well, but Jal’s answer was simple.

[You don’t need it, you know?]

[What? Really?]

[Yes. The screening process I’m doing in the first place applies to those in the Divine Realm. It has nothing to do with Kousuke, because you’re down there.]

[I see.]

[Well, that doesn’t mean that you can’t go wild with it… so, it’s hardly a problem.]

[…I don’t know how to in the first place, the way you put it, though, it sounds like we have been running wild.]

Kousuke asked, thinking it would be a fluke, but Jal went above and beyond that expectation.

[Well, if it’s just a random fluke, then it’s alright. Well, knowing your temperament and actions so far, I don’t think you would do anything that would actually upset the balance of the world.]

He could only hear her voice, but it was as if he could see Jal’s suppressed laughter.

She was absolutely right, and there was nothing he could say in return.

[But I don’t know what the border is, you know?]

[You don’t need to worry about that…. and Sister Eris said so as well, she’s currently beside me]

Apparently, Jal was communicating with him right now, with Eris by her side.

[I see. Then I guess everything’s ok then?]

[Hey, what do you mean by that? You don’t believe me?]

Kousuke could see Jal’s sullen face and was about to burst out laughing, but he managed to hold it in.

He pretended he didn’t hear the laughter coming from behind Jal.

[No, no. It’s not like that.]

[…Something doesn’t add up, but whatever]

He did not say specifically what the difference was, but Jal seemed to be convinced by that, and Kousuke was relieved.

[So? How do I get the blessings I need?]

Kousuke, who had started this meeting because he wanted to ask this question in the first place, was finally able to get to the point.

[Eh…? Well, you just go to the person you want and say, “Here…?”]

Kousuke wondered what Jal’s explanation was all about, but before he could broach the subject, he heard another voice.

[I’m not sure how that explanation is going to get through to him, Kousuke-sama can’t see you, right?]

It was Eris who interrupted with an exasperated voice.

[Because~. I can’t explain it well in words.]

[You should realize that trying to explain is a mistake.]

[Hmm? what do you mean by that?]

Kousuke interrupted their exchange.

[To begin with, to give blessings means to share a small portion of God’s authority. Naturally, the power given varies, so there would be no fixed way to grant blessings.]

[Ah~. You mean to say that a part of God’s power is called a ‘blessing’?]

[That’s how it is. On God’s end, granting power does not mean that we lose it.]

With Eris’s explanation, Kousuke understood what she was trying to say.

[In short, since there are various kinds of power, there are naturally various ways to give said power?]

[Correct.]

[Kousuke should be able to handle that side because you’re used to using the power to display status, let alone your recently awakened power…]

Jal interrupted and explained so.

The immediate answer she gave earlier was also referring to the power to display status.

[Do you want to grant the display status as a blessing?]

Kousuke nodded his head.

He had no idea how to give something like that to someone.

On the other hand, Eris and Jal had no idea how to explain it to Kousuke.

In fact, he would not be able to explain it to the other Goddesses either.

For these women, who originally existed as Gods, the power to grant blessings was something very natural to them.

[I need to share a small part of the divine power, right?]

[Yes. In the first place, the power of a deity should be so powerful that if you carelessly share it, your body would not be able to endure it.]

[My paperwork checks out those things, too, you know?]

[Something about that makes me think it would be better not to give them a blessing.]

Kousuke suddenly became afraid of giving blessings.

They were saying that giving blessings without knowing how much or how little to give will lead to bad results.

[I can only say that you will understand that as a feeling when you try to give a blessing.]

[Yes, yes. Somehow, you can tell that it cannot go any further.]

This was something that could only be understood by actually trying it out.

Incidentally, once one learned how to give blessings, the rest would follow on its own.

The problem was the first time.

[Well, what am I going to do now?]

Kousuke was worried, while Eris and Jal avoided meddling in this matter.

They knew that if they meddled in these issues, it would surely have some kind of impact.

That was why they refrained from talking about it.

However, since there was a partner involved, he could not just casually put it into practice.

In the end, the meeting didn’t result in a good answer..