Volume 21 Chapter 5, Changes in Peach

After giving Divine Protection to the wolves, he went around to the other members of the household and gave them Divine Protection.

The foxes included ten each of the celestial and land foxes.

For the other summoned beasts, 10 of each species were selected.

He also selected those that did not have <Evolution Sprout>.

That should help confirm the extent to which Divine Protection affected evolution.

He also wanted to check how many Divine Protections could be given, but there seemed to be no upper limit, so he decided to hold back from going any further.

There was no particular reason, but he felt that it would be meaningless to overdo it with Divine Protection.

Incidentally, Kou and the other flying dragons were not given Divine Protection.

The reason was that he did not know whether the flying dragons were capable of evolving or not.

Of course, there was no problem in giving Divine Protection to them even if they did not evolve, but this time it was only for investigating how it would work with evolution, so it was decided that he would give it to them another time.

When he returned to the Administration Floor, Peach was sitting there with a puzzled look on her face.

“Nn? What’s wrong?”

Peach looked up, as if noticing Kousuke’s presence only after being called out.

“Yes~? Ah, Kousuke-san?”

Kousuke called out to her, but she seemed somewhat disoriented.

“Hey, hey, are you okay?”

Kousuke rushed over to Peach in a bit of a panic and began waving his hands from side to side in front of her.

“No~. I am feeling a little unwell, but it’s not that bad… I was just a little confused by all the information I am receiving all at once.”

With that line, he understood what kind of state Peach was in.

It was good that the power of Divine Protection had been manifested, but there was too much information obtained from that power, and there was a possibility that it was not being processed in time.

If it goes too far, it would be similar to when Kousuke first released the power of his left eye.

Of course, Divine Protection would not manifest that much power.

However, it would still be too powerful for Peach to handle.

It was not an Out of Control state, but it was close to it.

“If you release it in one go, the information may rush in all at once, and the result would be the state you are in now.”

“That seems to be the case~”

“Uh, yeah. For now, you should meditate so that you can organize the information in your head.”

He had heard that the information obtained from the eyes used most of the brain’s power.

By forcing her to block it out, he believed that it would be better for her and to let her brain organize it as much as possible.

“I’ll do that~.”

Kousuke sat down next to Peach, who meditated after saying that.

Then he gently held Peach’s head, which seemed to be unsteady, and laid her down on his lap.

“Fuwawa~ Kousuke-san~?”

Peach opened her eyes and looked surprised.

It was unusual for Kousuke to act like this in the daytime, so she was surprised.

“Well, this should be good for you once in a while, right? Take a good rest.”

It was also unusual to see Peach with a slight blush.

Since it was a good opportunity, he decided to take the time to appreciate her elegant face.

“….I’ll do that.”

Although she showed some hesitation, Peach meditated as it was.

“Right, right. I think you’ll feel better if you just go straight to sleep for a bit, you know?”

“Yes~”

Peach replied, already feeling comfortable.

Of course, it was not because Peach was sleepy, but because Kouhi was playing a prank on her.

He was wondering if it would be safe to use more magic on her when she was half out of sync because of the Divine Protection, but it appeared to be no problem, so he left it as it was.

Normally, the Collete and the others would come in and say, “No lovey-dovey,” but they didn’t bother them, and continued to keep the situation as it was until Peach woke up.

Peach woke up about two hours later.

The relaxation area on the Administration Floor was usually frequented by many people, but not a single person had passed through until now.

Kousuke thought that perhaps they had noticed Peach’s unusual condition and had been reluctant to come in.

The reason being that Floria came in at about the same time Peach woke up.

“Oh? No one else is here? That’s unusual.”

“I was asleep earlier, so I didn’t notice~?”

Peach said and looked at Kousuke.

“Yeah, no one has come in since Peach went to sleep.”

“Hmm? You were sleeping? That’s unusual. Is something wrong?”

Peach was usually laid-back, but rarely took a nap in front of anyone.

Other members of the group could often be found napping on the couch in the relaxation area where they were currently located.

“Ah, apparently she was overwhelmed by the power of Divine Protection.”

“I was a little overzealous~.”

Her tone was laid back, but she was slightly depressed.

“No, no. It’s your first time using it, so there’s no need to be depressed. I’m rather sorry I couldn’t give you proper advice.”

As a new God, he had no idea what would happen if he gave Divine Protection.

If this were Eris or someone like her, they would be able to give proper advice.

Floria, who saw that the two of them were both feeling depressed, became a bit flustered.

“Wait, wait. What’s wrong with both of you being depressed together? It’s the first time for both of you. It couldn’t be helped, could it?”

Floria, who rarely consoles others, thought that the situation between the two of them was not good, so she tried to contain the situation.

Then came Floria’s helping hand.

“Oh, my~! What is this atmosphere?”

“Father, what’s wrong?”

Collete came in with Haku.

They had probably been on an inspection tour of the Tower together.

“No, I don’t know what’s going on. This is how it was when I arrived.”

Since there was no choice, Kousuke explained how Peach had been groggy before falling asleep.

Hearing this, Floria and Collete looked at each other.

“Could it possibly be a form of magic sickness?”

“Or, as Kousuke said, it could be an outburst… I think it’s magic sickness, too.”

“Am I under the effects of magic intoxication? Am I?”

Magic intoxication was a kind of growing pains that occurred when a person who handled magic power rapidly increased the amount of magic power in their body.

Of course, in the case of divine power, the term “Divine Power Intoxication” would be used, although both meant the same thing in this case.

“What’s Magic Intoxication?”

“Well, I don’t know much about it, you know?”

Kousuke, asked by Haku, looked at Collete with an honest look on his face.

“No, I don’t know much about it as well… Oh, Sylvia, please explain!”

Collete, who was in a tight spot when asked to explain, saw her savior Sylvia enter the room and turned to her.

“….Yes?”

Sylvia, suddenly asked to speak, naturally tilted her head, confused.

“I think I’m also magic intoxicated, though.”

Shrein, who came in after Sylvia, said this after hearing the explanation.

Sylvia thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

“Well, that’s right. I guess you could call it magical power sickness, or in this case, Divine Power Sickness.”

“”Divine Power Sickness?””

Sylvia continued to explain to everyone who tilted their heads.

“It was the same as before we got Divine Protection, and Peach-san is the best at handling Divine Power among us. Except for Kousuke-san, of course.”

Everyone nodded at this explanation.

“I found out when I was training to use Kousuke-sama’s Divine Protection that perhaps when you use Kousuke-sama’s Divine Protection power, you are using Divine Power.”

“I see. So, Peach, who is the best at handling Divine Power, was the first to manifest it?”

“Well, no. If anything, as I considered before, it was the race characteristics that manifested it first, and then followed by the handling of Divine Power.”

Besides Peach, both Shrein and Collete had distinct racial characteristics.

But still, the fact that Peach was the first one to manifest the power of Divine Protection before anyone else included the fact that she was already adept at handling Divine Power.

“I think she became a little intoxicated with Divine Power because the Divine Power she has been dealing with for a long time was suddenly strengthened by the Divine Protection. But, of course, there seems to be a mixture of what I refer to as Kousuke-san’s information overload.”

Sylvia’s accurate opinion made everyone look convinced.

“Oh, um… What I just said is not absolute either, so please take it just as a reference.”

At one end, Sylvia reminded them so, but unfortunately, no one listened.