The warding of the world.
Isn't there any way to fix it?

　God is pondering as he takes a bite of my special Yisheng rice crackers. The same four and a half tatami mats and the sea of clouds that spread out from it. I'm in the God Realm now.
　I could have asked him on the phone, but I thought I should visit him directly with a package of sweets.

There's nothing to do. It's a little bit of a stretch," he said. But it's forbidden for the gods to interfere in the world below. If it was an evil god that broke the warding, there's no need to fix it.

　Zuzu took a cup of tea and let out a breath of wind.

'But the wards were restored once 5000 years ago...'
The only thing I can think of is that someone on Earth has restored it. We can't be certain that no one else has that ability.

　Who's who? It's not very accurate.

Me using my 'divine power' to fix it is...
I don't think that's a good idea. Can you fix a spider's web with your bare hands? You can't use too much force, not until you have precise control.

　Still (?) I thought it would be OK for me, who isn't approved as a god, to interfere in the earth. Certainly, on the contrary, there's nothing we can do if we break the boundaries.

I didn't think about it, but is there an evil god?
It's here. Well, unlike us, they are born on earth. They are born on earth, unlike us. They are the result of grudges, obsessions, and not-so-good vibes that come together to form something that has an ego and is fused with the artifacts of our gods. It's almost like a mourning spirit in your world.
So God can get to them?
We can't do that directly. I've done my best to give the chosen brave a holy sword. That's a lower rank than the Dependent God.

　Is he lower than a subordinate god? Well, let's just say, he's a confused god.

By the way, what if a brave man with a holy sword is killed?
There's nothing wrong with that. That's all. How many times do you think God will help you? Worst of all, that world will be left alone. The world that is away from God's control will continue to decline, so the world will slowly come to an end. Well, we'll do everything we can to prevent that from happening.

　God laughs to himself when he says that. Probably, but there are many worlds that I was forced to abandon like that.
　As I was thinking about this, God let out a sound as if he had remembered something.

I forgot to mention, Fuyao-kun's smart phone, right? That's just a divine weapon, right?
'What? This is it?!

　I pull my phone out of my pocket. This was a godsend!

When you died, I brought it to this world and made changes to it. There is no doubt that this is a sacred artifact with divine power in it. Otherwise, we would not be able to receive information from or contact the divine world.

　If you say so, it's true. I see, so this was a divine artifact.

Is it possible for me to make a divine artifact?
I'm sure there's nothing you can't do if you pour your divine power into it. But I wouldn't recommend it, would you? Like I said, it could lead to the creation of an evil god.
I see.

　Suddenly, a holy sword given to a brave man to defeat an evil god. That's a divine weapon too, right? Then if that holy sword is possessed by an evil spirit, will another evil god be born? That's the question that came to mind.
　According to God, as soon as the evil god is defeated, it's destroyed, or it's secretly recovered or replaced with a fake. Sometimes they forget about it, and then, hundreds of years later, the evil gods appear again, and they don't realize it until they hear about their resurrection. It's no good.
　Once again, I think the gods aren't perfect. Well, even in the world I used to be in, there are plenty of stories of gods who cheated, made terrible mistakes, and were human-like. There are quite a few annoying gods too.

''Hey, Fuyao-kun. This was a long time coming, but.... You don't want to run that world, do you?
Yes?
''Eventually ... well, when you're a senior god, you'll be in charge of one of the worlds. Wouldn't it be better to have a familiar world anyway?

　No, no, no. Senior God. That makes you better than your sisters? No. Isn't it strange that he's a member of God's family, the world god?

...Am I going to become one of the gods after all?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I didn't ask for it. But the other gods are delighted. We haven't had a new god in tens of thousands of years. You want to give them some "seniority".

　I appreciate the fact that you're happy with it, but.... To be honest, it's subtle.

''If I were to become a god race, would it be okay for me to have children or something? I'm getting married next year...
There are plenty of children between us and the gods. That's not a problem. Well, they may have greater abilities than others, but not nearly as much as the Father.

　So that's it. Hercules, Perseus, Achilles, and Coughlin, they're all mentioned in myths.
　But according to the doctor's story, he has at least one son, and a daughter of eight.... If all of them were born with the power of a demigod, it would be very difficult to raise them.

''Um........is there a god of child-rearing?
There are some that do.... I think you should raise your own children by yourself.
Right....

　It's a good argument. I don't want to abandon my child, but why should I be so weary with a child that hasn't even been born yet?
　Well, just because I'm married doesn't mean I'm going to have a child right away, right? ........no?

The best thing you can do for now is to try everything you can do without using the power of a god. As a result, it seems to me that it was fate that brought you to that world. Anyway, you should try your best.
Yes, sir.

　And I know I have to do it. Let it happen.
　With God's encouragement, I resigned from the God Realm.





"Replenish the ranks, huh?
'Yes, sir. Since we're starting to have some leeway compared to the early days of our nation's founding, I think we should try recruiting again around here.

　I listen to the explanation of Takasaka-san, the Prime Minister, and think for a moment. It's true that there are less than a hundred members of our knightly order if you add up all of them. Moreover, about 40 of them are non-combatants. Non-combatants in this case refer to those who don't ride Frame Gear.
　They are the intelligence officers under Tsubaki-san, and the internal and external personnel under old man Naito. Naturally, they have a certain amount of fighting ability, but they are basically exempt from combat training.
　Because it is not such a large country, it is not necessary in the unit of a thousand men like other countries, but certainly it may be good to increase it a little more.

'How many people do you need?'
''Well........ If we were to simply double the current number of personnel, we'd have 100 people, but if we include the town patrol, castle guards, clerical staff, and so on, we'd want 150 people.
How many of those knights will be riding in frame gear?
With the previous 60, I'm thinking about 100 or so.

　So only 40 out of 150 men. The rest of the 110 will be sent to guard the castle, patrol the streets, and conduct espionage. Of course, those are also important jobs for the Order. Of course, those who say they don't want to do that probably won't be able to join our order.

So, I guess we should recruit according to ability...

　And even if your combat skills aren't that high, if you're good at administrative skills, then you're a usable person.
　That said, though, that doesn't mean I'm going to lower the standard. I'd like them to be as strong as last year's recruits.
　Well, even if you're a little unsure of your fighting ability, you'll be able to acquire at least a minimum level of strength if you throw them into Sister Morohime's Sword God Boot Camp.

Then, in the meantime, please rub it in with the people in charge of each one of them, aiming for 150 people. If there's someone you'd like to recommend, then do that as well.
I understand.

　Unfortunately, I don't have any recommendations on my end.
　Well, if I had to choose, I'd say adventurers Sonia and Rengetsu, and the four new adventurers Rop and the others, but I'm sure they'd earn more money as adventurers.
　I'll have the adventurer's guild recruit them again. There are going to be even more applicants than before.
　In the past, I asked Yumina and His Eminence's magic eye duo for an interview, but this time I'll have Dr. Fox make a lie detector, the Keeler Polygraph.
　With that in mind, I transitioned to Babylon and found only Monica and the mini-robots maintaining Gerhilde in the hangar.

'Huh? Where's the doctor?
I'm in a meeting with Rosetta at the lab 2. They're talking about what to do with the next plane.
Conference?

　I'm not sure, but I went over to the second lab in the "lab" as Monica had said, and found various blueprints on the desk, miniature frame gear, and what looked like wire frames of various parts floating on the video board on the wall.
　And in front of them were two girls who kept crossing their arms and groaning, hmmmmm.

'What's going on?' You look like you're in a lot of trouble again.
Oh, Master. It's a plane that has been under development. It was decided that Linse-dono's plane would transform into a flying form, and then merge with Else-dono's plane, but the concept was decided upon...

　Saying that, Rosetta took the miniature frame gear that was on the desk, folded her arms and legs, and spread her wings to transform into a flying form. Heh. It's a smooth transformation.
　It looks like a form that can withstand atmospheric entry, just like the space shuttle. If it's one piece, it looks like it can fly with frame gear on top. I mean, this miniature, or rather figure, would sell...

The problem is Lean's fuselage. The question is, what direction will I go in? To be honest, I'm thinking of an annihilationist bombardment type with heavy weapons built into its body. Magic doesn't work on Fraise. If that's the case, the only way to destroy it is to send the warhead flying with a magically created explosion and use live ammunition. I was thinking of making a weapon like the Vulcan or Gatling gun from the anime or something like that. Just.....

　It seems to be inefficient when considering the cost of anything. It's a good idea to have a warhead that is at least a mithril or higher to injure Fraise's body. If not, then I'll have to put magic power into the crystal material. It's also difficult to make thousands and tens of thousands of rounds of such things. It's not like we have to operate our 'workshop' at full capacity just to do that. Aside from Mithril, the day you make one, it's like throwing money around.
　Also, there is a limit to how much ammunition we can carry around. That's right, using it as a fixed turret might not cause any out-of-round problems, but does it have to be a frame gear? And it's like.

"How much can you shoot if you actually build it and fire it full blast?
Maybe for a minute.
Short.

　Well, I remember in the anime, when you ran out of ammunition, your combat power dropped dramatically.
　I'm sure the operating time is much longer since it's not firing at full strength for a minute, but that's a short time for that. After you run out of all the bullets, do you have to switch to a normal attack like a sword or something?
　More and more, there's no point in attaching a Gatling gun to the frame gear........

"Rather than a Gatling gun, wouldn't a sniper....sniper-type weapon that shoots through the core of the flames shot by shot....be more efficient?
That's true, but........ Thorough destruction by the massive firepower that doesn't let the enemy come close, a moving fortress and an ammunition depot, that's the appeal of this type of weapon.

　Ummm, Rosetta plops down on the desk. Not so much.

''If it wasn't against Frase, it could have been a magical attacking Gatling gun that shoots 'Fire Arrow' or 'Thunder Arrow' or something like that.

　The doctor laughs with a bitter smile. It's true that there's no need to worry about running out of bullets then, but this time Lean's loss of magic power is going to be a problem.

''........Speaking of which, where are the bullets in Master's gun?
Me? Just in case you're wondering, I have a pouch on my hip. Real bullets, paralytic bullets, explosive bullets, and so on.

　I showed him the inside of the compartmentalized pouches. There are about 20 bullets in each of them.

.........Does that mean you reload them during battle?
No way. It's an auto-load. Are you 'programmed' to eject the shell casing when you run out of bullets and 'apports' to load it?
That's it!

　 "You don't have to carry anything with you, sir!

'You don't have to carry bullets for anything, sir! We can set up a huge ammunition depot in Babylon and have the weapons transfer directly from there through a 'gate' or 'teleport'!
'Hmm. There will be some time lag, but it's not like they'll be firing continuously for several minutes. That's plenty of time. The problem is the bullet production line...

　I don't know what it is, but we're both excited. I feel like I've been left behind.

"Fuyao-kun, by the way, how much crystal material do you have?
There's a lot of them. Basically the only time I consume a lot of them is when I'm building a new plane.

　They're getting a sneak peek at Euron and Roadmere. We've got enough to start a price war if we get them on the market.

Enough of this stuff. I don't want someone taking over my workshop to make bullets for me. So.... make them.
Make it? Make what?
We're going to need another workshop. There was always a plan to build a second workshop. If it's not too big, just a small cabin, it's not too difficult to build. A small workshop.

　You're going to create a workshop specializing in ammunition! You wouldn't dare! No. Isn't it useless to consider that it can be used to equip other aircraft?

But is it really that easy to do? Even though it's small, it's a 'workshop', right?
"? We could make it in the workshop.

　Yes? Building a "workshop" in "workshop"?
　I freeze at Rosetta's plain words.

The workshop is an all-purpose factory. There is nothing that can be made as big as a shed.

　Rosetta beamed with pride.

I'll have two weeks to make it. I have to incorporate and process the magic, too. But at the end of the day, we'll have to have Fuyao-kun move through the gate. Unlike Frame Gear, I can't walk, you know.
No, that's not a problem, but...

　Making a "workshop" out of a "workshop".... It's a foul play. It's about the size of a shed, so you can't make frame gears or anything like that, but it's enough for a few things.

"Alright! We're on the verge of something! Let's get right to it!
"Raja! There is!

　With a slamming noise, the two little guys run out of the lab. What can I say.......I guess this is the normal operation here.
　I take a look at Linse's plane, which has been transformed into a flying form on the table, and Lean's plane, which is armed with a Gatling gun in her right hand and a Vulcan gun on her whole body, in my hand.
　It's very well made. Aerial flying type and residual warfare bombardment type?
　I tried to put Lean's fuselage on Linse's fuselage for no reason. Yeah, it's pretty good.
　I should talk to the merchant, Mr. Orba, to see if we can't sell this for real. I wonder if we can make it smaller and sell it as a capsule toy. The kind you buy with a mess. If I could sell them for a price that a child's pocket money could buy, there's not much I can say.
　Thinking about this, I left the lab with the miniature in my hand.