219 # 219 Subordinate god, and spirit world.







 Hey, Ola Winter's Night!

 What a line I could have uttered, my hair is platinum blonde and stretches to my waist, and a divine light leaks out of my body. It's better that I'm not standing on my head.
 In contrast, the same thing was happening from the old man in front of me, but the light was a murky golden light, even if the gold was gold. Let's call it dark gold. It's a huge explosion of weirdness.

''Shhhh!''

 A skinny, praying mantis-like old man released divine energy from his palm, and I caught it with my palm as well. In the next moment, everything around the great hall we were in was blown away. The golden keep, the floorboards, and the walls are all blown apart with us at the center, falling apart.
 Amber and Yae almost fell out of the dismembered castle, so we held it still in the air.

''Ukya──!

 The monkey, dressed in gold, falls headfirst downstairs with the debris. The monkey also falls from the tree........no, from the castle.
 
 Huh? I'm floating around right now, even though I'm not using "Fly" or "Levitation". Is it the effect of divine power?
 As I was wondering, the bearded old mantis spoke up.

"You are the one..... You're a subordinate god or a subordinate god who came from the God Realm to capture me...
Neither, and that's not my job. I mean, why don't you just sit back and let them catch you? You're not allowed to come down to the ground without permission, are you? In addition, you're interfering all over the place, and Yisheng's messed up.
Shut up! Do you have any idea the torment you must endure every day of your life? The thirst of empty eagles who can be no gods!

 Ah, so that means there are no positions below that of the lower level gods? Hanakoi-sister is the god of love who controls love, and Morobane-sister is the god of swords who controls swords. So this guy is unemployed? Neat.

"I just haven't gotten to grips with it yet. With the right position and power, he could be a god that anyone would worship...!

 It's so neat, even the remarks are neat. You should be a neat god or something.
 In the end, this guy was dissatisfied with the god world that didn't recognize his abilities, so he went down to this world and tried to secretly change the world?
 And with that, he wanted to get a job ... or even become a lowly god. That's really annoying.

''Anyway, what you did was violate the rules of the divine world, right? I think you'd better quietly turn yourself in.
"Hmm, I can feel it. Your divine energy is still uneven. Most of you are new gods who haven't been around long enough to become gods, right? You don't think I'm going to get caught by that guy?
No, no, it's not my job to do that, but...

 I was about to correct the subordinate god's words when suddenly the landscape around us became distorted.
 We noticed that our surroundings had turned into a world of glittering grains of light spinning in a milky white space. The beautiful and mysterious space was endlessly spreading. There was no ground, and we drifted around like in outer space.

''This is........''
'It's a spirit world. This is where you can use your divine power and not have it affect the earth.

 Hanakoi's sister appeared beside me with a huff. Did she transfer it to you? Ah! What about Yae and Amber!

''Yae and Ember would have been able to break the hypnotic state and send them to your allies' camp, so don't worry. I didn't miss a beat.

 In the same way, with a huff, this time Morobane sister appeared. The subordinate god who was watching her began to back away with a surprised expression.

''Love God and Sword God! Why did you come here...?
You're causing trouble on earth, of course you're here to catch me. I think you've been playing our eyes off pretty well, but it's time to pay your tribute.

 Sister Morobane pulls the sword from her waist. It's nothing, it's just a steel sword. However, it's a different story when the bearer becomes a sword god. Even a simple steel sword can become a divine sword.

There are many rules for exercising divine power on earth. You've broken them, haven't you? I mean, you're unemployed, you shouldn't be using it.
No....

 A subordinate god who bites his teeth at the words of his sister Hanakoi. Basically, each of the sisters are not to use their powers for anything other than romance and sword-related matters. There seems to be a set of rules, but I've heard before that my position is a difficult one.
 I'm not a god while inhabiting the power of a god. If you're not a god, you're not limited by your powers. And well, it goes like this.
 The World God says, "You're ~you're a god! I've heard that if I approve of it, I'll be one of the gods. In the meantime, I'm not going to do that.

'Well, it would be easier for us if they caught us quietly. As far as I can tell, there don't seem to be any extenuating circumstances.
It's like 100 million years of reincarnation into a lower life form.
Oh, you gotta be kidding me!

 The subordinate gods unleashed their divine power again, but faster than that, Morobane sister moved and cut off that outstretched right arm from her elbow in a single blow.

''Guuuuuuut!''

 There was no blood flowing from the severed arm, and the chopped off arm was still floating in the air.
 Even though he's at the bottom, God is God. I wonder if he is an immortal being after all. If that's the case, he's aged to the hilt, and although he's an old man, he may have just wanted to show his dignity. There are people who want to get in from the way they dress, aren't there?

If you complain any longer, I'll take you off your head. If you pay for your sins properly, you could be reincarnated as a god again, but would you prefer to be annihilated?

 It seems even gods are not immortal, let alone immortal. As they say, "Curiosity kills the cat, and boredom kills the god, too. Maybe God does die. Maybe God dies too.

"I'd rather struggle to the end than be reborn as a lowlife. Ha!
'Mmm! That's not going to happen!

 Suddenly a dazzling light was emitted from the subordinate god, and then Morobane sister's sword cut that subordinate god in half from the head down, cutting it in half. Wow. It's not blood or anything, but it's hard to visualize.

''Huh, next time it won't be like this.......''
What's next?
Moroi-chan, your arm!

 Sister Hanakoi shouted while the subordinate god laughed while falling down.
 The arm that had been cut off and drifting away disappeared from the spot, blurring. Eventually, the body of the cut down dependent god crumbles like sand.

''d*mn. You're a wily fellow.''
"...no, you can't. You're losing your mind.
'What? What happened to that?

 I ask them, unsure of what happened.

"That guy transferred most of his divinity and divine power to his right arm and transferred it to the ground as his alter ego. Moreover, he also erased his divine power and mimicked something else.
So we're back to square one, and we're back to square one.

 Oh my God. I can't believe they're able to escape after cornering me to this point.
 I can't detect it because I've turned off my divine power, and I can't "search" it because I don't know what it mimicked.
 A lizard's tail cut off. In this case, though, the main body is the one who was cut off.

"Anyway........Fuyao-kun? What's with the outfit?

 Hanakoi's sister looked at my outfit and pulled back a bit. That might be strange because I'm still wearing my mask.

''I don't want to have anything to do with Brunhild, so I disguised myself. What is this, by the way? All of a sudden my hair changed color and started to grow back!
''Hmm. The awakened divine power must have transformed his hair. By the way, in case you haven't noticed, your eyes have turned gold too.

 Huh? I took the mirror out of the "storage" and looked into it, and sure enough, my eyes were golden, too.

'Is this going back?'
'I think if I cut off the divine power, it will return to normal. You're in control now, aren't you?
''Oops, you shouldn't do that in the spirit world [here]. Right now the divine power is unleashed so nothing will come to you, but if the humans find out that you are here, the spirits and phantoms will come to you and cause you trouble.

 Is that so? I'm not going to cut off the divine power like Sister Morobane said.
 Suddenly, the phone in my pocket began to vibrate. I took it out, which I had set to manor mode, and the words "Incoming God" appeared on the screen.

Hello?
''Oh, it's Fuyao-kun, isn't it? It looks like your divine power has been fully awakened.
Is this some kind of a side effect?
'Yeah? It doesn't mean that you have become a god, and there's nothing wrong with that. However, since I was the one who brought your body to the divine world and restored it, your divine energy has the same quality as mine.

 Is there such a thing as a quality in divine Qi? Ah, but that subordinate god's divine qi had a hint of darkness to it.
 Looking at the sisters, Hanakoi's sister had a golden divine qi that seemed to be mixed with some light pink, while Morobane's sister appeared to be golden with a bit of sky blue mixed in. Is this the difference in quality?

''Hmm, what can we do about it? It's a good thing that you're a member of the family. Fuyao Yao, there's no problem for you.
What do you mean?
You are a human with divine powers. You have to be clear about your position in the divine world. I can't give you the rank of '˜God', but on top of that, you can't be my subordinate god either, so I'll call you my family.
I mean, we're family.

 When I was twisting my neck because I didn't understand it well, my sister Hanakoi told me. I see. But please don't eavesdrop on the contents of the phone call!
 Family. I'm the world god's family.......is it okay for me to be the world god's family?

''Don't think about it too much. You already have two sisters, just think of it as a new grandfather.

 No, it's a pretty high bar. Oh, I see.

Excuse me, do you know where the escaped Dependent God is?
I don't know. I don't know. It was like a grain of sand. And that's not my job. If I find one, the gods around me might say something about it.

 As I was twisting my head again to see what she meant, Morohana whispered to me softly, "It's just that you won't have a cause to go down to earth.

I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what it means to go down to earth. I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.

 Oh, you don't have a reason. Wait, no way.
 When I glared at Morobane sister with jaded eyes, she waved her hands vigorously from side to side as if in a panic.

You're not. No, no, I didn't let you go on purpose. There's no way you would mix up public and private matters that much.

 Are you sure? Well, from the looks of it, it sounds like it's true. Hmm? So does that mean that some kind of god is still trying to come down on us?

Anyway, that's what I'm talking about, so take care of it. Bye.

 Oh, he cut me off before I could plunge in.
 Hmm, let's see what I can do when I'm in this God 《God》 mode for now. I know it seems like I can use magic without chanting, but it's scary not to have a proper grasp on it.
 Thinking about this, we left the spirit world.