'Excuse me...!　Please pass by!

　The gatekeeper hurriedly raised his head and opened the gate leading to the end of it.

'Kurt you're still horseshit.
'Lara couldn't lift it at all!
"Kurt's power is greater than God's.

　Lara, Marise, and Cynthia, the usual three, were astonished behind me.

'Lazevara,'
What?
Was this the extent of God's power?

　If this child trickery is all there is to God, then there doesn't seem to be anything in the God Realm that I'm likely to get.
　Let alone 'someone stronger than me'.

　But Lazevara shook his head.

"Hmmm, don't worry. It's just a test of strength. If a human wanders in here, I'm just making sure that no strange people are allowed in. There are more interesting things ahead.

　He moved his lips.
　'Mmm, that's a relief.
　But Lazevara looked forward and muttered softly.

'....maybe...'
Hey, Lazevala. What did you say?
It's nothing.

　She says so, but sure enough, she mouthed the word "maybe.
　Well, there's no point in being discouraged here. I'm a person who only believes what I see with my own eyes.

Then let's move on.
'Wow!　I've never been to the God Realm before, have I?
Of course!

　Lara spluttered and Marise tsked.

　And just beyond the gate--


Welcome to the Kingdom of God. Welcome to the God Realm.


　It was a modern city.

'You look like a human being,'

　Since he's a god, I somehow thought he lived differently than humans.
　But the city spread out in front of us is like a royal city. Tall buildings stand in a row, and it's crowded with humans....pardon me, gods.
　Nevertheless, most of those walking the streets are indistinguishable from humans.
　

''That's right. I wonder what on earth you guys were imagining.

　Giggling, Lazevara laughs.

'I thought I was in a more godly place!
Lara. What's the godly part about it?
'What?　Let's see....it was kind of fluffy and happy.

　It's too abstract.
　But looking at the scene the two of you have become completely comfortable with each other.

'I never pictured it as such a row of buildings.

　Marise looks at Lara and lets out a sigh of disgust as she looks at Lara.

'Cynthia too...'
'Hmm. Well, I suppose it's not so surprising. But God is just like you. He's living in the same way you do.

　What, then, is the element that separates man from God...?
　I think about it for a moment, but quickly turn it off. I can't help but think about that now.

'Do you really live like a human being?'
Yes, I do. Oh, that. It's called the 'pied-à-terre' drink, a specialty of the God Realm, why don't we drink it together?

　As we walked through the city, Lazevara pointed to a certain stall.
　There was a line in front of it.

'Let's have a drink together!'
'I'm also curious about this drink in the God Realm.
Looks good....

　Lara and the others were excited and queued up.

'Goodness. You look like you're totally enjoying yourself.

　I got in line the same way they did.
　It was quite a long queue, but it seemed that the piper drink was a drink with a high turnover rate.
　It didn't take long for our turn to come around.

Sorry to see you.

　The waiter hands us a couple of cups of pipioca drink.
　It's a transparent container with a liquid that looks like milk tea.
　There were a few black granular things mixed in with it.

'Lazevara, what is this black stuff?'
Pipioca. Why don't you try it first?　There's no poison in it.

　Lazevara laughed with amusement, perhaps amused by the word 'poison' when he said it himself.

''I'll take it!''

　Lara and the others put their mouths to the straw and tried to suck out the drink inside.

'Delicious!'
These black grains are quite sweet.
Strange taste...

　Then the three of them rolled their eyes, as if they liked the pipioca drink.
　I continued to drink it.

Mmmm..............

　I groan.
　The black grains - it's a bit of a challenge to suck out the pipioca, but the sensation is addictive.
　The drink itself was also sweet and delicious.

''So there's something like this in the divine world too?''
They say it's a divine turtle egg that lives only in the divine world. Well, I don't know much about it either.

　Lazevara, who was drinking a pypioca drink, looked more like a student like Lara and the others than a god.
　More and more, it was hard to believe that this was the God Realm.

''Feast!''

　Lara was the first to finish her drink.
　Marise, Cynthia, and I continued on and finished our drinks as well.
　We threw the empty container in the trash and then

"...Razevala. Does a god need food in the first place?

　I asked a simple question.
　Because if gods need to consume food too, I thought that they were increasingly no different from humans.

''Hmm...?　I don't want it.
Then why is there a store like this in God's world?
'Well I haven't thought about it. It's not that God and the angels don't need to eat food to live. But it's delicious.
Is it because it's good?
'Yes. Even God wants to eat good food.
That's just the way it is.

　I decided to force myself to agree with that thought.

　Well, sipping on food and drinks is probably not the only reason to nourish yourself. Sometimes it's necessary to eat with someone else, or to enjoy the taste itself.
　So God is also hungry for entertainment.

'But I learned a lesson,'
You're welcome.

　I could see that Lazevara was responding appropriately.
　She's still as elusive as ever.

'So what do we do now?'

　Razebara speaks up.

"We've come all the way to the God Realm. Do you want to go sightseeing?
'Yes!　I'd like to tour the sights.

　Lara raised her hand and cheerfully suggested.

''Well it's kind of like you're on a normal trip.

　Marise's expression is soft, too.

'I'd go anywhere with Kurt...'

　Cynthia squeezing my right arm.

　Well, you know what? I was expecting something else, but it would be good to take a tour around the sights and sounds to scout them out.
　I'm also curious about the "sacred artifacts", but we can pursue that later. There should be time for that at least.

　Just as I was thinking about that, I heard a voice saying, "Stop!


''Don't!''


　I heard a girl's voice from a nearby alleyway.
　I could ignore it but I got the impression that she wasn't messing around, but that it was urgent.

'Kurt!'
Hmm.

　I looked around with Lara and the others and quickly headed to the back alley.
　Then there........three burly men were surrounding one pretty girl.

　Apparently, the atmosphere is disturbing.
　The girl doesn't like it either.

　It would have been a shame to miss it.

Hey, what are you doing here?

　I call out to them.
　I have a bad habit of sticking my neck out like this but it's in my nature....
　A girl, and then three guys, turn to me.

'What?　You.
We were just trying to have fun with this girl!
Get out of my way.

　The guys are awesome.
　I saw the girl's face, but she said, "No, no! He shook his head from side to side.

'Something like this happened to me once before...'
Well that's when I first met Kurt.

　Lara looked at the men uncomfortably.

'Let him go, you don't like it.

　Attempt to resolve it peacefully.

　But.

"Heh!　I just found my top ball!
And you're human?　Why would a human want to be in a place like this!
"Don't be a man against God!

　And the men showed a willingness to rebel.

　Come to think of it, this is the God Realm. Girls, he called them men, but does that mean they're all gods?
　They're gods, but they're so lowbrow that it makes me want to let out a sigh or two.

'I'll say it again. Let him go.
'I hate this!　If you really want me to do that, why don't you try force?
'Hahaha!　There's no way a human could do that, though!

　By force?

What?　You said it.

　I held out my hand to the men.
　The men lifted their feet off the ground and floated up.

"This is gravity magic...?
How dare a human being... how dare a god...!
Hey, stop it!　Why can't you resist magic?　You could have countered the magic of a human being in a heartbeat!

　The men flap their feet in the air.

'Did you think a god could resist my magic?

　I drop it to the ground as it is.
　The three of them resisted until the end, but there was no way a god could do that to my magic.
　The three of them fell to the ground and hit their heads so hard that they passed out.

''Mm.''

　I brushed my hand away and continued, "There's no such thing as a god.

I said, "A god is not much of a god. The evil god Bagnuba was hundreds of times better than this.