Chapter 222: Shrine of Gods (1/2)

Chapter 222: Shrine of Gods

TLN: I really wanted to bring out a second chapter today, I really did, but I have a project that is tying my hands right now. Sorry about that.

Also, the patreon thief has not deleted his page, he simply changed the name. If the thief is reading this, remember, your patreon is easy to trace, no amount of name changing will help you escape that. (Though, I am dissapointed in patreon itself for not smiting him yet after all the reports…)

But leaving aside the distasteful talk, I want to thank all the people at my new patreon site! Thanks. The site is kind of lacking in content, but if anyone has any suggestions for the patreon site, please tell me.

Once again, thanks for the support!

I overdid it there, but I don’t regret it.

It is a phrase that is normally seen in newspapers and weekly magazines.

But I didn’t think that the day I thought this would be when I am in a parallel world.

Now that I think back on the day Samal was summoned, there were other ways to deal with the situation that would have been more beneficial.

Thinking about it in advantages and disadvantages, I chose a disadvantageous one.

Samal returned to his original tool form, and is now in the laboratory of Shiki.

There’s the need to research a lot in order to be able to utilize the powers of that tool, and it will take time and personnel.

In essence, I have thrown away my chance to obtain a fast way to return to Japan.

“…But well…” (Makoto)

Looking outside from within my work room, a monologue comes out from my mouth.

As I thought, I don’t regret it.

If possible, I want to return to Japan. That’s the truth.

But if that means I will have to leave Asora and everyone, my answer is no. I haven’t reached any conclusions with the Goddess.

And to endure the insults thrown to my parents in order to return? That would be a no.

I want to return home, but I am probably not that hurried about it.

“Also, I am already learning the customs and the way of acting in this world. A shitty world huh…” (Makoto)

Even so, there are comfortable places similar to Asora and Tsige.

This room that was completely empty, is now decorated by a lot of things that the people of Asora gave me. I also received books recommended by Rembrandt-san and representative Zara, and also from my teacher colleagues. Right now, it even feels like this room is a bit cramped.

Even if it’s a world that’s ruled by that Goddess, it doesn’t mean I have to hate everything.

As a whole…I like about 5% of it.

Not 50%, but 5%, so it doesn’t change my opinion that I hate almost everything.

“Fuh~. Now that I think about it, in Japan, it is almost the season for plums. When that passes, it will be the season for the cherry blossoms. I think cherry blossom viewing is an event that Tomoe would be happy about.” (Makoto)

Rapum blossoms, plum blossoms, and then, cherry blossoms.

When I was in Japan, I always went around every year in March.

I think cherry blossom viewing is the main event in spring.

But in the famous places for cherry blossoms, there’s normally food carts lined up and it becomes more of a festival.

That’s why, even if my sight remembers the fully bloomed cherry blossoms, in terms of my sense of smell, it wasn’t the scent of cherry blossoms, but the floured food and skewered food as well as the scent of alcohol.

Especially in holidays and in the night.

Cherry blossom viewing huh.

If it’s cherry blossoms, there are in Asora as well.

When I looked around, I could see that there were a lot of mountain cherries, Kawazu cherry blossoms, and morning cherries.

I am used to seeing weeping cherries and Yoshino cherry trees.

Things like fruits and vegetables that are clearly not the type that grow in the wild, are growing naturally in Asora, but regarding the cherry blossoms, I haven’t seen if they are the horticulture type.

The possibility is not zero. The one that has the highest worth in seeing is the Yoshino cherry tree, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look for it.

I personally would like to see the mountain cherries and the weeping cherries, but for a cherry blossom viewing event, it would be best if the ones we first see are the pink and fully blossomed ones.

But it is not like we are growing any cherry blossoms for the sake of viewing.

A place where we can appreciate the cherry blossoms and are growing in numbers huh.

Is there one?

If it’s the mountains, I can ask the animals in the mountains if they know.

Okay.

The faster the better. Let’s try looking now.

“It would be nice if it’s in a nice place in the mountains…eh?” (Makoto)

Asora has…expanded.

I haven’t done anything.

There’s been many cases when Asora expands by reacting to my magic power.

They happen mostly when I am sleeping.

In that case, this time is because…I defeated Samal?

I did use quite a lot of magic power and I tried summoning the arms.

I was a bit angered there, but…in terms of magic power, there are a number of possibilities I can think of.

“But this is a bit strange. I feel like the scale is pretty big.” (Makoto)

The expansion was bigger compared to the others.

The land that we are using in Asora is comparable to how much land a base takes in the wasteland.

In other words, most of the land here is not used.

Even if the residents here have surpassed the thousands in total, there’s also the races that live in the sea.

This is just an approximate feeling, but the current vastness of Asora might be the same as the part of the Goddess’ world that is currently known.

But we don’t even have a country. The most we have are two towns and a few villages.

We totally have too much to manage.

At first, it was as if we were creating a town in a miniature garden, and yet, by the time I noticed, the miniature garden had transformed into a savannah. That’s how it felt.

The expansion this time feels slightly different from before.

I use [Sakai] and investigate the land that has expanded.

The new land was obviously created at the edges of Asora, so I am looking at Asora as a whole.

When [Sakai] is too wide, it is impossible to use it to check details.

Right now, it is fine if I can tell if it’s mountains, valleys, plains, lakes, or a sea.

With my previous experiences as reference, it has probably expanded 100 kilometers in every direction.

If that’s the case, this is quite the large scale.

“…Hey, you are kidding, right?” (Makoto)

As soon as I began investigating, I found something unbelievable.

I could tell my face had stiffened.

Asora itself is an outrageous place, but as expected, this is something I can’t believe immediately.

In a sense, it was the same as when I learned about the sea, or maybe I am feeling even more surprise than that time.

Ah, the same as with the sea…

That means…

One possibility came to mind.

“Waka!!!”

Right at that moment, Tomoe rushed into my room without knocking.

….From the window.

Well, you wouldn’t be able to knock if you enter from there huh.

Anyways, there’s no doubt she is incredibly agitated.

“Tomoe, please enter properly from the entrance. This is bad for my heart.” (Makoto)

“Running through the corridors is a waste of time! Right now, Asora is…right now it is…!!” (Tomoe)

“Calm down. I understand…probably.” (Makoto)

“W-Waka, why are you so calm?! This is of utmost importance you know?!” (Tomoe)

“How to say it, I was surprised, but someone who was even more agitated than me came to my room. Came in with a ‘Bam’ you see. Well, when the sea appeared, it was pretty surprising too.” (Makoto)

It is also because I have an idea of what’s going on.

Tomoe is agitated to the point that it is amusing.

It is probably because she knows Asora the most, and since she knows a lot about space magic to begin with, she ended up like this.

“When the sea appeared, I was at least able to narrowly understand! But this time, this is definitely impossible! If the formation of Asora is made possible by Waka and I, this is definitely impossible!!” (Tomoe)

“Well, you are right. Hey Tomoe, leaving aside if it’s a phenomenon we can understand or not, you understand that there are times when Asora changes completely even without us being involved in it, right? Like the time with the sea.” (Makoto)

“Regarding the miracle from that God of another world, well, yeah.” (Tomoe)

“Isn’t this time the same? He did say there would be more after all.” (Makoto)

“Waka… but…” (Tomoe)

“Let’s go investigate immediately. We shouldn’t agitate ourselves thinking about the possibilities of what happened, and simply accept them as something that has already happened. You see, lately, I have been feeling that there are things in society that are just pointless to think about.” (Makoto)

In the first place, I feel like living your life thinking in probabilities and rationale would be tiring.

In my case, the chances of me being transferred to another world has severals zeros lined up, and yet, here I am.

“…Is that an enlightenment?” (Tomoe)

Tomoe seemed like she was impressed, and at the same time, seemed to be worried as well; she had a complicated expression as she looked at me seriously.

That’s definitely not the case.

“Nope, it is an ‘I don’t care anymore’. I have learned that a lot can happen in life. So I decided to give up and accept the unreasonable and irrational points. In a positive way, that is.” (Makoto)

“To give up… Giving up in a positive way is a splendid conduct. Fumu.” (Tomoe)

“I won’t question what you have comprehended, but, you are going to the investigation too, right Tomoe?” (Makoto)

“Of course, I will accompany you. After all, in that place, there is…” (Tomoe)

“Yeah…” (Makoto)

“A manmade object after all.” (Tomoe)

“A manmade object.” (Makoto)

The voice of Tomoe and I overlapped.

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In the end, aside from me and Tomoe, Mio and Shiki joined us in the investigation.

All the followers.

I was thinking about searching for cherry blossoms, but it has been substituted by a long journey of repeating teleportations for around 30 minutes.

Because it was in a direction that has expanded and hasn’t been explored, we matched the pace of Shiki who’s the one that’s the least skilled in teleportation, and it ended up taking 30 minutes.

There’s no doubt that this is more like going out to a picnic for us, but for Shiki, it seemed to be pretty rough.

Well, we have arrived close to the location and the manmade object is in sight, so taking into account his recovery, we walk towards the objective.

“You really are unskilled in teleportation as always-ja na.” (Tomoe)

Tomoe makes an amazed expression at Shiki who has a dead pale face as he walks and breathes roughly.

“Even though we were teleporting so slowly, you still end up like this.” (Mio)

Mio didn’t make things easier for him.

Not only that, she went and comboed him.

The breathing of these two is still normal, and they don’t seem like they are in any pain.

I am also the same. Only Shiki is incredibly tired.