Volume 19 Chapter 9, Evolutionary Research

Thanks to the <Vermilinia Jewel>, Kyousuke was able to understand something about the power of his right eye.

As was the case with the status display, the power of the right eye only displayed the current state of the subject, and does not directly work on anything.

Of course, in Sylvia’s words, the current state may not be all of its power, so there may still be room for further possibilities.

However, it would not be so easy to find a place to work on, so for the time being, there was nothing to do but to examine the current state one by one.

“By the way, have you found out about the expansion of the vessel of the soul?”

“No, I haven’t. Did you find out anything?”

Peach suddenly asked that question, and so, Kousuke answered honestly that he did not have a clue.

“I don’t know whether it’s an answer or not, but~. I just have an idea of what it is…”

Whether as a fortune-teller or innately, Peach had good intuition.

She once said that succubus were a species with such a keen intuition, so perhaps it was one of their species traits.

Under such circumstances, Tower members already knew that Peach’s word ‘somehow’ could not be ignored.

“What do you mean?”

“How is it that Nana and Wanri were able to evolve so smoothly to begin with~?”

Peach tilted her head as she said this.

On her lap, the miniaturized Nana was being comfortably petted by Peach.

Wanri, who had also been transformed into a human, was sitting next to Kousuke.

All eyes were on Wanri.

Wanri felt those gazes and shook her head as if in a panic.

“Uh… Uh? I’m sorry. When I awoke, I had evolved, so I don’t even know the reason why.”

The last part was an apologetic whisper.

“Oh, that’s okay. If I knew the answer to that question, Kousuke wouldn’t be so worried.”

Collete quickly followed up on Wanri’s seeming dejection.

In addition, before Wanri was able to humanize, she did not even understand her own status, so it would be unreasonable to ask her for the solution.

“Yes, yes. However, I kind of understand what Peach is trying to say.”

Kousuke also mentioned while smiling at Wanri.

In addition, Shrein also nods in agreement.

For what it was worth, Shrein was the oldest of the group, apart from Kouhi and Mitsuki.

She had been watching Nana and Wanri for the longest time.

The same, incidentally, could be said about Kousuke and his ability to see their status.

“That’s what I mean, there are a few things that made Nana and Wanri different from the other dependents, but the big difference is that they were filtered out.”

Shrein’s words made Sylvia notice as well.

“…Oh, I see. Titles, is it?”

Both Nana and Wanri had titles attached to them early on.

Few other dependents of the same race had titles.

However, at least there was no title change similar to Nana’s, if any.

As for Wanri, she had multiple titles other than <Kousuke’s kin>.

“Speaking of which, doesn’t the fact that they have the title <Kousuke’s dependents> in the first place also explain why the dependents can evolve so easily?”

The members looked at each other when Floria said that.

Floria almost said it as an idea, but after she said it, she somehow began to think that it was the right thing to say.

“No. Wait, wait. You’re getting a little ahead of yourself. If that’s the case, shouldn’t all the dependents be able to show something with the power of the right eye?”

Kousuke put a stop to the discussion that had started.

“I think you’re right that titles are a factor in evolution, but not all of them, do they?”

Speaking of late, they had never seriously discussed titles in a serious way before.

Of course, if you look at the individuals who evolved, it was obvious that titles played a major role, so they didn’t venture to discuss it in-depth.

“I see. I wonder if it would be better to take a look at titles, or rather, their status?”

“Especially with evolution, I think it would be better to consider it.”

Until now, they had been doing things by intuition, but now they were talking about systematizing it properly.

“Oops. I have been so busy that I have been neglecting it.”

Kousuke did indeed think about this, but he put it off until later, and now the problem became apparent.

Though, it was not so big as to be called a problem.

Sylvia saw this and raised her hand.

“Can you leave it to me to systematize and summarize it?”

“Sylvia, huh? I don’t mind.”

Sylvia abruptly suggested, and Kousuke gave his permission.

However, there was a big problem in doing so.

“If Sylvia wants to do it, I guess it’s fine… But how are you going to check the status?”

To begin with, Kousuke was the only one who could check the status without any tools.

As long as the status could not be checked, it was obvious that work would not get done unless Kousuke was by her side.

“That’s…”

Sylvia knew that, too, so she was at a loss for words.

But seeing the members in such a state, Kousuke smiled and stood up.

“Kukuku. I thought that something like this would happen…!”

Saying this, he left the place and headed for the laboratory.

Kousuke soon returned from the lab and was holding something in his hand.

It was a small, palm-sized box-like object.

“What is that…?”

Sylvia, who had a vague idea of what it was from the conversation, asked Kousuke on behalf of everyone else.

“Don’t be surprised! This is what we’ve been waiting for…”

“That device allows you to see statuses, right?”

Collete quickly answered, cutting off Kousuke’s attempts to be dramatic.

No one showed any sympathy for Kousuke, who sank to the floor.

Realizing that Wanri was among them, Kousuke quickly pretended that his earlier line had never happened.

“So that’s what I mean. Well, there will be restrictions that the only people who can use it are those who have Divine Power, but that doesn’t matter to everyone here.”

The fact that all of them had trained to handle Divine Power was useful here.

Naturally, it would be considered a Divine Tool since it would not activate without Divine Power, but since that was already a common occurrence for everyone, they all went through with it.

“If you have something like that, I can help~”

Unusually, Peach also actively wanted to participate.

“Peach? Of course, I don’t mind. Oh, by the way, I only made two. And you don’t have to use it with just the two of you.”

They nailed Kousuke first because it looked like he was going to run for another position.

Furthermore, the dependents who have evolved so far, they have no choice but to rely on their memories.

Kousuke had no desire for precision in this area.

Originally, it started from the power of his right eye, so Kousuke only thought that if he could make a connection with it, all the better.

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The ladies were gathered in the relaxation area, now that Kousuke was gone.

“You two are being very aggressive, aren’t you?”

“Yeah, I guess so. What’s wrong?”

Shrein and Collete asked Sylvia and Peach, tilting their heads.

Floria listened, perhaps feeling the same way.

“…what about Peach?”

Sylvia did not answer that immediately, but looked at Peach.

“Probably thinking the same thing.”

Sylvia nodded at Peach’s reply.

“Perhaps it’s that fact that we also have an <Evolution Sprout>, you know… That should be connected to that matter.”

“I thought so too~”

Sylvia and Peach’s words caused the other three to change color.

They knew immediately what they were talking about. But until now, they hadn’t thought of it with the folklore.

“…I see. So, we should go behind the scenes?”

“Yes. We definitely need to follow up on that.”

“Hmmm. In that case, I think it would be better to leave this matter to the two of you.”

The three of them immediately agreed and looked at each other.

Thus, without Kousuke’s knowledge, the women’s plans proceeded.