Volume 22 Chapter 2, The Second Day

There was a reason why they decided to see the festival in the first place.

He wanted to take a good look at the city that had grown to a size of over 100,000 people by the time he noticed.

At first, he planned to see the city on a regular visit, but it just so happened that a festival was scheduled to be held on the first anniversary, so he decided to join the festival.

The reason why all the members were attending was because some of them did not know about the festival, so when they decided to enjoy the festival as well, they all requested to attend.

Currently, there were only two golems on the administration floor.

The gate that connected the administration floor was currently disabled, so no one could get in or out of the administration floor.

On the last day of the festival, Sylvia and Peach were scheduled to attend the event on the Tower Management side.

The two said that since they were already recognized by the temple, it would not be a problem for them to attend the event.

In fact, they said they would rather be at the event.

Sylvia’s role as Kousuke’s priestess would make it better for her to be out in the open in this case.

Peach, too, was reluctant. However, she was steadily establishing her position as a priestess as well, so she was taking on the role of Sylvia’s assistant.

The second day of the festival.

Kousuke and company split up into two teams.

The team with Kousuke was Sylvia and Peach, who could not participate in the next day’s activities together, as well as Floria and Mitsuki.

Nana was tied to a leash, which Kousuke held onto.

The rest of the members acted separately.

Aside from Mitsuki, there was another reason why Floria was there.

That reason was now before him.

“It must have only been a few weeks, but why do I feel nostalgic?”

The five of them (plus one animal) were now in front of Alec’s mansion on the 5th Floor.

Floria, who had not shown her face for a while, thought that it would be a good time to make an appearance.

She rang the doorbell by the door, and a maid came out.

Incidentally, she did not let them know in advance that she would be visiting.

The idea was to surprise him.

The maid who came out was, as luck would have it, the maid they hired from the time Floria was there, and she was surprised to see Floria with her mask off.

She hurriedly led Kousuke and the others inside and immediately went to call Alec.

The administrative office was also closed during the three days of the festival.

Only the security squad was in operation, in case there was a disturbance, but the other departments were closed.

Alec was not at the festival and seemed to currently be at the office.

He came to the room where Kousuke and the others were.

Not only Alec, but also Sonia, Floria’s mother, accompanied him.

Since they were indoors, the group of five had their masks already removed.

Upon discovering Floria, Sonia hugged her.

Meanwhile, Alec was jovially looking at the two.

He had a complete foolish fatherly look on his face.

“I didn’t think I would ever get to meet Floria again.”

Alec spoke to Kousuke as he looked sideways at Sonia and Floria talking to each other.

“It was just a rare opportunity, you know?”

“I see. Thank you. So, have you decided what you are going to do from now on?”

“If I say something has been decided, then it’s decided, and if I say it’s not, then it has not been decided.”

“? What do you mean?”

“Well, it depends on your schedule, Alec. Why don’t you go see the festival with us?”

Alec looked surprised at Kousuke’s suggestion.

“Is that… Are you sure?”

“Of course, we’ll have both of you wear masks, okay?”

Kousuke looked at Mitsuki with a chuckle.

He then took out two masks from his item box.

“Alright then, let’s go!”

Before Alec could say anything, Sonia, who was supposed to be speaking with Floria, joined the conversation.

“No, but…”

Alec was worried about Floria.

It had been quite a while since they came to the Tower, but that didn’t mean that their previous concerns were gone.

To begin with, when Alec was revealed to be in the Tower, it was assumed that Floria was somewhere in the Tower as well.

Therefore, they were in a situation where they didn’t know where the observers could be hiding.

“If you don’t want to join us, then don’t. If you do want to join us, that’s fine too. It’s up to you to decide, you know?”

Kousuke softly chimed in to Alec.

Floria had been hiding for so long, but it was time for her to start living. Living a proper and a better life.

That was what the bait was for.

He was also optimistic that if she was in danger, there would be a warning from Spica, who had given Floria her blessings.

“So, that’s what you mean… I understand. I’ll make preparations immediately and join you.”

Alec understood Kousuke’s goal and immediately agreed.

Needless to say, he was counting on Mitsuki as a guard to handle it if anything does happen.

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The first place they headed for with the addition of Doria and her husband Alec and Sonia was the temple where Kousuke previously performed the divine summoning.

The plaza in front of the temple was noisy with stalls, but inside it was calm and quiet.

Sonia was at first surprised to be told that Kousuke was the main deity of this temple.

However, when she saw the expression on Floria’s face when she introduced Kousuke, she seemed satisfied.

Of course, Alec told her about what Kousuke had done here.

But that didn’t change her initial impression. Naturally, it was just that she was a woman who could read the atmosphere well.

As expected for a woman who had been the wife of a third prince.

And she had the guts to follow Alec, who had abandoned his position.

According to Floria, she was just a simple idiotic parent, just like Alec.

They came here not for any particular reason, but because they had not been here once since they summoned the deity, and they wanted to see how things were going.

As soon as they entered the prayer room of the temple, they could sense the presence of the Divine Realm.

It seems like the blessings he received when he summoned the deities were still in place.

It was strange, though, that he had such a hard time suppressing his own divine power, even though he could sense the presence of the divine presence in this way.

As they proceeded while feeling such an atmosphere, they found a woman in the hall that appeared to be empty.

Sylvia noticed this person and called out to her.

“Lirica, was it? You seem very enthusiastic, even though it is the day of the festival.”

“Ah! Sylvia-sama!”

She bowed to Sylvia, knowing that she was a Kousuke priestess since they had already met many times.

“It is indeed a day of a festival. But it is also because of Kousuke-sama that we can open the festival.”

“I see.”

Lirica’s answer was met with a smile from Sylvia as well.

Kousuke felt a tantalizing feeling as he watched her.

In the past, he would have felt a lot of discomfort, but perhaps because he was beginning to be more conscious that he was a living god, he felt less discomfort from such emotions.

Lirica glanced at the people Sylvia brought with her, but did not want to ask anything because she thought it would be impolite to do so.

She knew about Peach because she had seen her with Sylvia, but she had never seen the others before.

Above all, she did not know whether she should pay attention to those who brought their monster servants to this temple or not.

Sylvia didn’t say anything, so she was wondering if she should not say anything about it.

Lirica was unaware of the unexpected situation that would soon follow, while she was struggling with her own common sense.