It was surprisingly quick for Artemis to wake up from her break.

Ever since she told us to give her time, Artemis had reverted to her bow form and stopped moving, but after about 19 hours of ...... experiencing, Artemis reverted to her girl form.

It is certain that 24 hours have not passed since the ritual stick left the planet according to its rotation and has not been seen approaching again.

Has the power returned yet?

Yes. I think I can give my power to Valius now.

Artemis said, ...... and held out her right hand.

Give me your hand so I can give you my power.

I did as I was told and grabbed Artemis' hand.
Then ...... I felt something warm flowing into my body.

It's warm. ...... What is this?

"This is called divine power," he said. It's kind of like a ...... power that only beings like me are allowed to have.

Artemis replied to my question.

...... Are you sure you want to take that kind of power?

No problem. The word "allowed" means that you were born with a circuit of divine power in your body. It is not forbidden to create such a circuit in another person's body.

Just as Artemis finished saying this, a warm feeling stopped flowing into me.

However, humans are not designed to have divine powers. ....... I made the circuit perfectly, but I could only transfer a small amount of the power itself. If you give him any more, the divine power will go out of control in his body.

Artemis looked slightly disappointed.

But if you train your divine power well, you should be able to use it someday. Use it well.

Artemis held up her thumb.

The unexpected harvest made my heart leap.
I didn't think I'd be able to get a special power here.

I have no idea how to use it, though.
Let's ask .......

What kind of things can you use your divine power for?

"Well, let's see. Well, for starters, there's the attack technique where you send arrows of divine power. You can also use it to interfere with space-time and reanimate the dead. And finally, this is not strictly a property of the divine power, but a byproduct of the process by which I gave the power to Valius. ...... You can communicate with me with zero latency, regardless of distance.

...... It was an incredible power.

Time and space interference and reanimation are both things that are considered impossible with magic.
How long the arrow of divine power can be used will depend on how I train it. ...... If the other two are like that, it will at least be stronger than ordinary offensive magic.

I'm getting excited all of a sudden.

Thank you. I'll keep you posted on how the divine power is working out for me.

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

Thus, Artemis' desire to thank me was accomplished.
But it looks like it will be some time before the tip of the ...... ruyi-bar approaches the moon again.

With that in mind, ...... Artemis made a further suggestion.

There was a limit to the amount of divine power I could give you, but ...... Varius, you originally came to pick up Lunar Metal, right?　There's more than enough Lunar Metal on the moon, and you can take as much as you want.

"...... Is that so?

Yeah.

I was about to give up on my harvesting request when it came to this point.

I'll take it.

I said, and began to put away the Lunar Metal into the storage spell, randomly.

However, when I had stored about four tons of Lunar Metal.

"Hey ......, wait a minute!

Artemis stopped me.

"What's wrong?

What's wrong?" "Valius ......, how much can you store ......?

...... Oh, no. I think I picked up a little too much.

...... Sorry. If I picked up too much, I'll put it back.

I'll put it back if it's too much." "No, I don't mind if you put it back. The comet that hit the moon was also made of lunar metal, and the amount of lunar metal here has been increasing. I'm just a little baffled. ......

Apparently, you can take what you store with you.
Thank goodness. I was thinking of bringing back at least a crater's worth, since they are rarely available on Earth, but ......4 even a ton of them would be a big gain.

Even if I buy only half of it, I will earn 400 million soles. ...... No, I don't think they will buy that much.
Well, I'll find a way to put it to good use, one way or another.

After that, the four of us (one, two, and a knife?) went for a walk to kill some time. After that, the four of us (one, two, and one?) went for a walk to kill some time.

Finally, at ......, the tip of the ruyi-bou that we had circled came into view.

"So this is where we say goodbye.

Oh. ...... Send me a reminder once in a while, I promise?

Artemis's hand was glowing with some kind of light.

What's that light?

"Oh, this. It's to transport Valius and the others to the pole. Well, consider it an example of space-time interference.

The light from Artemis's hand enveloped us with an environmental shield of muscular dwarf clouds. ...... The next thing I knew, I was holding a ruyi rod.
The Caucasus and Belzebub are with me.


The funicular cloud is safely tucked into the corner of the Caucasus.

"That was fun, Artemis!

"Oh, and thanks for the help, too!

I'm not sure if this is a good idea, but it's a good idea.



I'll be back.



A few more days passed.
We're finally back on the ground.

"Caucasus, thaw me out.

Yeah.

The Caucasus once again emitted a flash of light from its horns ...... that was sucked into the surface of the lake and melted the lake ice without a trace.

I'll try to use my detection magic to look into the lake.
...... Well, it seems to be alive and well.

I was relieved and decided to take the myotrope back to the guild.

...... Well, I can't wait to see how much Lunar Metal I can get for it.