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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Silavin
Kousuke had come to the Floor, where the succubi were located, after visiting the elves’ village.
Since he had visited the vampire and Elf villages, he decided to check out the succubus village.
Since he had not visited the villages of the subhumans recently, he thought it would be a good opportunity.
After arriving at the 79th Floor, Kousuke, accompanied by Mitsuki, visited the Succubus village.
Aside from Peach, Kousuke and Mitsuki rarely visited this village.
Except for the time when they used to show up quite often until the village stabilized, they rarely visited the village since the activities of the Defrayer Clan began to stabilize.
Therefore, it was not unusual for later arrivals from the Eisler Clan to not recognize Kousuke’s face.
Kousuke inwardly wished he had brought Peach with him. He quickly stopped Mitsuki, who was about to make a move, with his gaze. If he did not do so, she would have defeated the Succubus in front of him at any moment.
The reason for this is obvious: the unsheathed sword that was being held against Kousuke and the others.
The owner of the sword had a stern look on his face as he pointed the sword at Kousuke.
“How in the world did you get in here! Answer me quickly!”
He seemed to recognize him as a completely suspicious person.
In the first place, to enter the Floor, where the village of Succubus was located, they had to use a transfer gate that only limited people could use to enter.
No matter who it was that was trying to reach their village, even if they knew where the gate was, they would not be able to use it unless they had the magic crest that was registered to activate the gate.
However, the man either completely forgot about this fact or was unaware of it from the very beginning, and as soon as he found Kousuke and the others, he pointed his sword at them.
Mitsuki was about to take immediate action against the man for his rudeness, but Kousuke managed to hold her back.
Kousuke wondered if it was safe for the Succubus, who was working behind the scenes, to not know his face, but for now, they had to settle this situation first.
Just as Kousuke was about to speak, another Succubus, perhaps noticing the commotion, came over.
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
“This guy just came through the gate.”
“What!?”
The Succubus that joined them looked at Kousuke and the others with a surprised expression.
“How in the world did he…? No, wait a minute.”
But the succubus’s surprised expression only lasted for a few moments, and then she quickly tilted her head.
She recalled the special conditions for using the transfer gate.
She thought of those who could use the gate as they wished… and after realizing this, the Succubus’s expression gradually turned blue.
She realized who the person in front of them was.
Fortunately for Kousuke, the Succubus was a person who held an important position in the Eisler Clan and had solid information about Kousuke.
She came to identify Kousuke and the others when she saw that the two figures in front of her completely matched the characteristics she had heard about.
In the next moment, she held the head of the man who was still pointing his sword at Kousuke and the others, forcing him to bow his head, while bowing deeply as well.
“I, I apologize!”
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Arriving at the mansion of Gizelle, the head of the Defrayer Clan, Kousuke and his team were immediately greeted by Gizelle and Camilla with a bow.
“Don’t mind it, we’ve already had enough of these concerned apologizes.”
“No, that is not the case. It was our negligence that they were not well-educated.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“That being said, it is my fault for not bringing Peach with me and for coming without further notice.”
Gizelle and Camilla shook their heads left and right at Kousuke’s words.
“That has nothing to do with it. It’s my fault that I didn’t communicate well about the special nature of the transfer gate.”
“Since the only people who can come through the gate are those involved, it’s inappropriate to suddenly point a sword at them.”
As the two people piled on the words, Kousuke realized that it would be useless to say anything more. Realizing that continuing this topic would not do either of them any good, Kousuke quickly decided to change the topic.
“Well, well, anyway, I haven’t been here for a while, how are things in the village?”
It was a blatant change of subject, but the two chiefs were all on board.
“Nothing has changed.”
“We are grateful to Kousuke-sama for providing a safe place for our Clan.”
Camilla bowed her head in agreement.
In fact, Kousuke had already received similar words every time he visited.
Like the Defrayer Clan, the Eisler Clan would have been in danger of extinction if they had not been protected by the Tower. That was how deeply grateful they were.
“Even if you say it’s safe, though, monsters still come out.”
“That is true, but there is no place in this world where monsters do not appear. Rather, just having a barrier that covers a village to protect it from monsters is now more than enough.”
“Yes, that’s true. I’m thankful just being able to sleep peacefully at night.”
Gizelle laughed at Camilla’s words.
Although guards were posted for the training of the young men, there was basically no need for guards in the village, which was covered with barriers. That alone was enough to call it a paradise.
This situation had brought about a certain change.
“This is going to sound corny, but it appears that couples are spending more time together at night. The birth rate seems to be increasing.”
Kousuke blinked at Gizelle’s unexpected words.
“Is that so?”
“Yes. but Slowly.”
“It’s the same with Eisler as well as Defrayer Clan, so I’m sure of it. I am surprised at the unexpected effect.”
Kousuke was also surprised.
It was a change that showed that the families were living in an environment free of attacks by enemies, let alone monsters, and that they felt safe and secure.
“The birth rate has increased, and the mortality rate of young people has gone down as well. The number of families is definitely going up.”
“I don’t know how many decades it will be, but it could be a village of a thousand people.”
It was a very long-winded story, but it was not impossible as far as what they were seeing now.
“That’s also going to be a long time in the future, isn’t it?”
Kousuke said as he let out a sigh, and the two chiefs looked indescribable.
“Well, we probably won’t be able to see it, but I hope that Kousuke-sama will watch over the future of our village.”
“I pledge that the prosperity of our village will be with Kousuke-sama.”
Kousuke’s expression turned puzzled when they suddenly started saying such things.
He had never said such a thing before.
“Please don’t look at me like that.”
“It means that we, too, have found a safe haven and can finally look forward to a bright future for our family.”
“I see.”
Kousuke nodded as he watched the two of them say this with an extraordinarily cheerful expression.
No matter how he thought about it, Kousuke would not pass away before these two.
Kousuke felt a little sad when he realized this.
Gizelle, who sensed this from his expression, added with an expression that seemed to say nothing at all.
“Kousuke-sama has the great task of watching over the future of the village, and I hope you will be able to see the result.”
Kousuke, who was just a Human when they first met him, had no idea that he would become a living god.
It had been one of Gizelle’s dreams to have Kousuke join the rank of Gods and watch over their family’s future.
Kousuke involuntarily choked up when he heard these words for the first time.
Perhaps sensing Kousuke’s confusion, Gizelle laughed it off.
“What? There is no need to think too hard. It’s fine if you can simply come by once in a while to see how things are going.”
Next to Gizelle, who smiled as she said this, Camilla nodded.
“I understand.”
Kousuke, feeling relatively embarrassed, replied shortly.
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