Volume 19 Chapter 4, Human Evolution

As for the new power, there was no way to confirm its current conditions, so they decided to work with the assumption that time would tell, as always.

He could also have asked Peach to read his fortune as he had done before, but Peach adamantly refused to do so.

He was concerned because it was a matter of evolution, but since there was no particular urgency, he decided that he would figure it out in time.

So Kousuke was now working hard to solve another problem, not related to his new power.

It was something to do with training to suppress his divine power as a living god.

Sylvia was sitting in front of Kousuke with a serious look on her face.

She wasn’t angry.

She was checking to see if Kousuke’s divinity was being properly restrained.

The training to control Kousuke’s divine power did not start yesterday or today, but had been conducted under Sylvia’s supervision for some time.

Of course, Sylvia could not be with him 24/7, so whenever she found time, she watched the results of his training.

There was a reason, of course, why Kousuke was training in this way.

But there was only one reason.

If he didn’t, he would be confined to the Administration Floor.

Kousuke had no intention to live only by managing towers.

Until now, he had been in a semi-reclusive state because he had to do things one after another and had to deal with them.

However, from now on, once he had settled down from managing the Tower, he wanted to go around the world and see various places.

The reason he conquered the Tower in the first place was to get a base, not to stay cooped up there.

That was why he had the desire to visit various places, but he could not travel so casually when he kept leaking divine power.

If he was unable to suppress his divine power, he would be subjected to the preaching of the priests wherever he went.

As one would expect, Kousuke would not want that to happen, so he had been practicing diligently for some time.

“It’s much improved from when I saw it before, but it is still not to the point where it’s completely suppressed.”

Sylvia said apologetically, feeling Kousuke’s gaze on her.

“No. There is no need for Sylvia to make such a face. It’s simply my lack of training. I mean, I’ve come to understand that it’s not good for some reason.”

Sylvia blinked at Kousuke’s response.

“Have you been able to feel more of your own divine power?”

“More clearly than before. I mean, I can tell from my previous experience in the sanctuary.”

The experience during his treatment in the sanctuary had helped him in an unexpected way.

Before that experience, he had been able to sense Divine Power, but he had not been able to understand the divine influence of an actual god.

However, after that experience, he was able to understand what Divine Power was all about.

Once he got a sense of it, he was capable of controlling it with less difficulty than before.

So, he somehow knew that even in the current situation, he was still not good enough.

“By the way, how does it feel?”

“It’s hard to put into words… It’s about the same as looking at a cloudless night sky, searching for the moon, and then looking for one of the stars.”

Anyone could find the moon if they were told it was the moon, but it would be difficult to immediately identify what star it was.

On the contrary, it would be easy to find them if you were an expert.

That’s what Sylvia was trying to say.

“Hmmm. I see…”

Kousuke groaned.

The training was for deceiving priests in the first place, but if expert priests could distinguish the difference, it would be completely meaningless.

Kousuke felt that he still needed more training to be able to go outside the Tower freely.

He was not in a rush because he did not have to go outside currently

Eventually, he intended to be able to completely conceal the divinity, which would mean that it wasn’t good enough yet.

“We’re definitely making more progress than we have in the past.”

Before, it was hard to tell if things were going well.

Compared to that, things were a far cry from where they were now.

“I see. Well, I think I’ve got the hang of it for now, so I think I’m almost there… I guess…?”

“I think so, too.”

Sylvia nodded at Kousuke’s optimism.

In fact, the situation had improved that much.

Kousuke was relieved to see a glimmer of hope in a training program that until now had been so uncertain.

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“By the way…”

Kousuke turned to Sylvia a little awkwardly.

Sylvia tilted her head at the unusual look on Kousuke’s face.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, well, um… I was wondering if you could lend me a hand. I’ve been considering doing something, but I thought of trying it on humans…”

Sylvia, who had no idea about what he was referring to all of a sudden, tilted her head for a few moments.

“Oh, you mean your new power?”

“Yeah. Well, that’s right, but…”

As for Kousuke, he was somewhat uncomfortable because it seemed like an experiment on the human body.

But then again, there was a debate whether it would be better to use summoned beasts, but that was different.

Sylvia nodded without hesitation, as if she had somehow read Kousuke’s thoughts.

“No problem. Please check it out.”

Saying that, she immediately extended her right hand.

Kousuke hesitated for a moment, but Sylvia forcefully took his hand.

Sylvia felt that it was too late for that, but she also felt happy because she knew that Kousuke was worried about her, for him to be acting like this.

But she also understood that she was a priestess and that she was only useful at times like this.

Of course, Sylvia was aware that Kousuke had no intention of making her do anything that might go out of hand, so she had no intention of making such a statement.

Instead, she decided to show it by her actions.

“So, how was it?”

Kousuke tried the new power as if he had given up, but the results were half good and half bad.

The first good thing was that Sylvia also had <Evolution Sprout>.

This showed that it could be used in the same way as the status display, and not just on summoned beasts.

And the bad thing was that, although the <Evolution Sprout> was the same, the explanation that followed was similar.

In other words, the message of the expansion of the Soul Vessel was the same.

It was good to know that even he could verify this on humans as well, but other than that, there was no progress at all.

“Yeah, well, it won’t be that easy, I guess…. Sylvia?”

But after hearing Kousuke’s explanation, Sylvia somehow seemed to have a happy expression on her face.

When Kousuke called her name, Sylvia looked flabbergasted.

“No, I’m sorry. However, does that mean I can evolve too?”

“Well, that’s the complicated part. I’ve never seen a human evolve before. Besides, we don’t know if black wolves can really evolve.”

At Kousuke’s words, Sylvia’s expression turned slightly disappointed.

Sylvia was going through some ups and downs, and even Kousuke noticed.

“Sylvia, is something wrong?”

“Oh, no. I didn’t think I could evolve… And as for human evolution, I heard that it has happened in the past.”

“What? Really?”

“Yes. I don’t know if humans evolved as they were, or if they were the offspring or descendants of stronger ones, but there used to be a species called High Humans.”

High Humans were mentioned in a lot of old literature.

After all, some of the most famous heroic tales involved such High Humans.

“I see, High Humans. What about other races?”

“I don’t know about other races. But the High Elves are the most famous.”

As for the High Elves, they existed in the South Tower.

“Oh, I see. Would you say the High Elves are an evolution too? Oh, but there have been stories of High Elves becoming Elves, haven’t there?”

“Well, I don’t know. I haven’t really been familiar with that part of the world, either.”

Sylvia wasn’t very knowledgeable about the other races, either.

Since there were various races on the Administration Floor to begin with, it would be quicker to ask them directly.

Kousuke thought that he should check with everyone immediately.