Volume 21 Chapter 8, Jewel of Evolution

Kousuke wanted to proceed with the analysis of the Vermilinia Jewel, but when he was about 40% finished, he decided to return to his original goal.

Although he was doing it in shifts, he also had to be considerate of the Vermilinia Clan members, who had to stay with him all the time.

More than consideration, it was more that he realized that if he continued to stay, he might be seen as taking advantage of his position.

He had become too absorbed, but it was typical of Kousuke. In fact, no matter how he thought about it, it was not a good direction for him to continue like this.

When he came back, he was told off by the others about it. Though, normally, since they knew what his goal was and what he wanted to do, they usually let him be.

This time, his retreat to his laboratory did not take so long. However, the ‘not take so long’ for Kousuke, was in reality, two whole days.

“Is this the divine equipment to be attached to the jewels?”

Peach asked as she looked at the ornaments handed to her by Kousuke.

Most of the divine artifacts made by Kousuke were made in a plain, unadorned manner.

Therefore, Peach was a bit surprised when she first saw the divine artifact he handed her this time.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was comparable to the works of the Ygrite clan, but the Divine Tool this time looked more like a decoration than anything.

“It is decorated more than usual, is this made by Kousuke-san?”

“Ah, yes. When I visited the Ygrite tribe, I had a chance to speak with their craftsmen. I used their work as a reference.”

As Kousuke explained, the decorations on this piece were not just for decoration.

The decorations themselves were created with meaning.

“I see~. And this is the result?”

“That’s right, I want you to test it out and see what happens with the <Earth Jewel>”

“Just as I have expected, huh~. Okay. I will try it out.”

He could have tried it with any Tower’s Jewel, since the Jewel series were now installed in all the all Four Attributes Towers, but Peach was the only one who was in the relaxation area at the moment.

If this works, he intended to start working on the other three right away.

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Peach inserted the <Earth Jewel> into the Divine Tool created by Kousuke.

“… Nothing is happening~?”

Kousuke chuckled at Peach, who tilted her head.

“That’s true. It was made on the premise that it would share the power from the fairies in the first place.”

Kousuke said, and called up Noll, the earth fairy.

“Yes. Brother.”

“Can you give power to this jewel?”

“Yes. …this should do the trick. I will try.”

The moment Noll said that and touched the jewel, the <Earth Jewel> started to shine.

Even so, Noor was pouring her strength into it without paying attention.

“Fuwawa. It’s so dazzling~.”

After it became so bright that he couldn’t even keep his eyes open for a good long while, Noll finally stopped pouring his power into it.

“Now, it’s okay. I’m tired. I’m going to rest.”

“Oh, thank you. Thank you.”

Kousuke said a few words of thanks, and Noll immediately vanished.

The shine of the jewel had already subsided.

“So was it a success?”

“I don’t know. If Noll didn’t say anything, then I think it was successful.”

Kousuke, questioned by Peach, also tilted his head.

Since the purpose was to see if the <Evolution Sprout> would change in the first place, he immediately checked with his right eye.

“Oh. It’s changed, it really changed.”

It had changed from <Evolution Sprout> to <Evolution Bloom>.

He had accomplished his goal, so he could call it a success.

However, when Kousuke saw the description of <Evolution Bloom>, he fell to his knees.

“What’s wrong~?”

“Oh, nothing. The explanation of the insufficient conditions…”

It was a good explanation, but it wasn’t an explanation at all.

<Evolution Bloom>

Missing Conditions: Evolution is almost here? Please wait a little longer.

It was not a condition, but just an explanation of the situation…

It would be fine if this was simply a lack of ability on Kousuke’s part, but if this was all the information that could be obtained, it would be a completely useless explanation.

Kousuke thought that he needed to have a better understanding of the power of the right eye.

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At any rate, it did the job well enough to get him to the next step, which was the goal in the first place…. Now that he was one step closer to the goal of reaching the “Jewel of Evolution”… he decided to think about the next condition.

The Divine Tool that Kousuke created was only for enabling the jewel to withstand the power of fairies, so it had nothing to do with evolution.

He also made various other preparations, but they were not directly related to the Jewel of Evolution.

However, he didn’t have anything in particular in mind.

The description was completely useless, so as usual, he decided to leave it alone for now.

As usual when spirits were involved, time often solves things, so he decided that it would be better to wait for a while this time as well.

Meanwhile, he decided to prepare Divine Tools for the other three jewels.

Preparing the Divine Tools for the three treasures did not take much time.

He only needed to duplicate what he had already made, so the only time it took him was to prepare the materials.

The Divine Tools were attached to each jewel, and the corresponding fairy’s power was poured into each jewel in the same way as with the <Earth Jewel>.

He had considered the possibility of failure just in case, but he did not fail, and the other jewels were already in the same state.

It was decided to leave the jewels in the same condition as the <Earth Jewel> and see what would happen.

Peach mentioned something curious about the neglected <Earth Jewel>.

“Why do you think the Wraiths are seemingly so concerned about it?”

“Concerned, in what way?”

“It was the same before we put the decorations on, but now they seem to be gathering around it even more.”

Before Kousuke could say anything in response, Sylvia interrupted.

“That’s true of the slimes as well, you know.”

When asked, the other two seemed to be exhibiting the same tendency.

If it was just one of them, it could lead him to think of something else, but if it was the same trend in all four jewels, it must be completely due to it.

“The Divine Tool that you created shouldn’t have produced any particular effect like that, right?”

“So that means something is happening because of the fairy’s power, isn’t it?”

“Maybe, that’s all I could think of.”

Kousuke couldn’t answer that question either.

If he had done something to the Divine Tool, he would be able to answer, but unfortunately, he did not do anything like that.

“I guess we’ll just have to wait and see after all.”

“I guess so.”

Everyone present nodded at the same conclusion.

“By the way, what was that work you did on the Divine Tool?”

Floria asked Kousuke a reasonable question.

“No, it’s nothing important. It was just to prevent it from being stolen, or to prevent the jewels from being easily detached by the other dependents playing tricks on it.”

They all looked satisfied with the safety mechanism.

“So, did you need all those decorations?”

“Ah, no. That was to help it withstand the power of the fairies.”

“Specifically?”

“If the power of the fairies were to leak out of the jewel, the Divine Tool would be able to absorb it.”

“So it’s like a safety device?”

The power of the fairies was given to the jewel this time, but the fairies do not always emit a constant amount of power.

Even if the power exceeds the capacity of the jewel, the Divine Tool was designed to absorb the excess power.

Incidentally, as for the power of fairies, they firmly found out about it from the girls themselves.

“In short, that was the main purpose, you see? Well, once the power is stabilized, that won’t be necessary anymore.”

“Oh~? Could it be that this is the condition for evolution?”

“”… Ah.””

Everyone looked at each other in response to Peach’s question.

As a result, the conclusion was correct: only time would tell.