In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 408: The Resort, and the Gods.
âReally, Iâm surprised.â
âRight. In terms of the quality and inner reserves of his divinity, heâs already pulling ahead of us. I guess this is as expected for a direct dependant of the World God-sama.â
In a forest with no people, inside a barrier of [Prison] I deployed, I was activating [Divinity Release] as asked for by Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san.
With divinity being released from all over my body, there are white-ish gold phosphorescence around me. When Iâm in this state, I feel pretty restless, to be honest. Itâs like my body wants to move around⊠Like it wants to rampage, or something.
According to Kousuke ojii, thatâs because the mind has not caught up with the body progressing further into the divine; that just means my mind is still immature, isnât it.
âWait, your hairâs grown out again.â
Platinum blond hair thatâs very close to white dropped onto my shoulders. Even though my hair stopped growing during [Divinity Release] ever since the fight against GiraâŠ
âThe amount of divinity mustâve exceeded what you can control. Thatâs a sign that your bodyâs becoming closer to a godâs than before. Whatâs astounding is how you can move freely between your human and divine forms, like pressing a switch. Itâs not the same as us turning into humans, too.â
âTurning into humans⊠I mean, Iâm originally a human, you know.â
âThat might be the reason. You didnât obtain the power of a god as a complete human, but instead, you are a humanâs spirit dwelling in the body of a god. I guess being able to exhibit characteristics of both sides like you can is natural considering that.â
Well, this body was accidentally made by Kami-sama with materials from the Divine Realm, after all. Whatâs more, theyâre materials filled with his own divinity. In terms of my body, it wouldnât even be strange to consider me a blood relative to him, was what I heard.
âI wanted to make a final confirmation before the battle against the evil god, but I guess it wasnât needed. All you need now is to be careful not to make stupid mistakes.â
âHahaha, stupid mistakes, eh. Touya-kun, thereâs no need to take after the World God-sama that much, you know?â
âHahaha, you can say that again.â
Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san looked at each other and laughed.
I didnât laugh at all though. Why? Well, because I can see the person who suddenly appeared behind the two of themâŠ
â*Cough*! You called for the Stupid Mistakes God?â
When the World God-sama made a dry cough, Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san solidified on the spot.
âWh, why is World God-sama here on the surfaceâŠâ
âI took a bit of time off, and thought to meet with everyone after a long time. I didnât expect you guys to be talking about me, really.â
Heâs talking with a smile, but his eyes are dead serious. Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san have cold sweat flowing down their foreheads like waterfalls. Hmm, Iâve never seen these two like this before; itâs kinda interesting. Nice.
âOops, I have the job of looking after the knight orderâs training after this! Gotta go or Iâll be late!â
âAh, not fairâŠ! Etto, I, Iâve been asked by the head chef Claire-san to hunt two, no three birds for her! Ah, Iâm so busy, so busy! Well, itâs like that so, see you later World God-sama!â
Uttering painful-sounding excuses, the two of them disappeared from this place. They ran, didnât they.
âSigh, those girls⊠Theyâve become a bit too relaxed. Have they caused you any troubles?â
âHahaha. Well, Iâm also getting helped by them in a lot of ways, so itâs pretty even overall, I guess?â
I deactivated [Divinity Release]; it does feel like what Moroha nee-san said, pressing a switch. Ah, as expected, my hair is still elongated.
âItâs been a long time. Have you been well?â
âYes, thank you. Um, was it fine to come down to the surface for you?â
âAh, itâs fine itâs fine. This body is a clone, after all. Thereâs another me properly staying in the Divine Realm, so there are no problems.â
A clone⊠So the same thing as the avatar that he used the last time he came down. Itâs convenient, isnât it. I wonder if I can use it in the future, too.
âFor now, standing here and talking is a bit bad, so letâs move to the castle.â
âRight. Itâs been a while since I last met the young ladies too.â
I opened a [Gate], and returned to the castle with the World God-sama.
Before, when Kami-sama first came down to the surface, he named himself as Mochizuki Shinnosuke, and took the position of my grandfather.
Since they know that heâs the World God, basically the supreme deity of all worlds, theyâre apparently finding it hard to establish a good distance between each other.
âWhat, you donât need to worry about that. Just treat me as Touya-kunâs grandfather like usual when Iâm down here, and thatâs good enough.â
âYe, yes. Well then, welcome, Ojii-sama.â
âRight right. Just like that.â
Kami-sama smiled at Yuminaâs reply. Oops, maybe I should start calling him âjii-chanâ too.
Since we wanted to talk alone, I guided him to the castleâs balcony.
âWell, the reason I came down this time was to take a look at how those gods are spending this vacation, and also to check up on this world. This world had already left the management of the gods. Normally, it would either be destroyed by the Destruction God, or be left to slowly wither away on its own. However, for this world, thereâs another possible path of becoming a world managed under you, Touya-kun.â
âAfter I defeat the evil god, right?â
âThatâs right. As long as we remove that, this world will probably not head towards a misguided evolution path. Youâd be saving a world⊠Or rather, two worlds. There wouldnât be any problem for you to become this worldâs manager. Well, youâll probably have a lot of trouble for the first one, two thousand years, though.â
It seems like they wonât ask me to manage this world immediately after I defeated the evil god. Iâll be spending a few hundred years on the ground, then Iâll be frequently heading to the Divine Realm. It somehow feels like a transfer while leaving my family behind, so I donât exactly like it.
âAnd regarding another reason why I came down this time. After the continued existence of this world is assured, Iâd like Touya-kun to develop this place as a recreational space, a resort for the gods. Iâve come to tell you about that this time too. Of course, weâll be making rules. Something like living properly as humans instead of gods, and other things.â
âWai, a resort!? ⊠Eh, now that I think about it, this place is already something like thatâŠâ
The faces of the gods who descended into this world surfaced in my mind. Could those guys already be treating this place as a resort for them?
âEven the gods require some rest, after all. And they canât relax well in a world Iâm managing. Well, itâs troubling for us if they relax too much as well, so.â
âUun⊠I guess itâs fine as long as they donât go overboard with things.â
âWell, that weâll have to deal with later. Umu, this is delicious.â
Kami-sama drank the green tea on the table. Luu was being considerate and poured us tea which Kami-sama liked.
âAbout how long will you be staying for this time?â
âI think Iâll be bothering you for a few more days. After that, Iâll be going around the world to see some things a bit.â
A bit, he says⊠Well, there isnât anything in this world that can touch him, anyway.
âAh, but right now in EisengardâŠâ
âI know. The [Godslaying Poison], isnât it. It is indeed a poison that can even kill gods, but it has no effect on higher-ranked gods. Of course, it wonât do a thing to me.â
âEh!? Is that so!? But I heard that the higher your divinity is, the stronger the poison would workâŠâ
âThatâs only limited to lower-ranked gods. In the first place, the one who accidentally created that poison was the lower-ranked Medicine God. It wonât have an effect on someone with higher amounts of divinity than its creator.â
In general, gods governing over something are all lower-ranked gods. The Love God, Karen nee-san is one such example. When you become a higher-ranked god, you apparently take on multiple different traits, and itâs impossible for you to be described simply as âthe ⊠Godâ.
Before, World God-sama had mentioned that he is both the god of light and the god of darkness. Thatâs probably due to him holding multiple different types of divinity, I suppose.
âThen, donât tell me things like purifying the Godslaying PoisonâŠâ
âOf course, I can do it. However, this is considered a test for you, you know? How would the examiner solving the questions for you do any good?â
âYouâre completely right.â
That makes sense. I kinda asked that without thinking since Kousuke ojii is helping with it already. To be honest, Kousuke ojiiâs help already feels like itâs on the borderline. Something like hiring an excellent home tutor in preparation for a test? Itâs still not in the range of cheating, though.
âAh! Itâs true-nano da! World God-sama is here-no da!â
A young girl holding a liquor bottle appeared out of nowhere. The Alcohol God, Mochizuki Suika. She looks drunk, as always.
âOhh, itâs you. Have you been well?â
âIâm doing great-! Itâs so much fun drinking from morning to dusk-! Thereâs so many different liquors on the surface, so itâs never boring too-!â
Suika laughed like a cat with a âNyahahahahaâ. Looking at it, sheâs pretty drunk already, isnât she.
âWell well, letâs have one cup first. This here, you see, is a local liquor made in the Mountain Province of Roadmare-. Itâs a bit spicy, and really good-. Ah, Touya onii-chan, donât you have any snacks?â
I grabbed Suika, who took out a sake cup from god knows where and started pouring alcohol into it, up.
âSigh, you⊠Where did you get that alcohol this time?â
âGiku. Ano-, that is-, I went to Audrey-chanâs place for a bit, and got it in exchange for helping with some magic beast exterminations-no da. NyahahaâŠâ
Audrey-chanâŠ? Wait, thatâs Roadmareâs current doge, isnât it!?
I thought it was weird since she was always drinking under my tab. So she went all the way to Roadmare just to get her hands on more alcohol⊠I better go apologize laterâŠ
Even if sheâs turned into a human like this, a godâs still a god. Although thereâs no way she would be at Moroha nee-san or Takeru ojiiâs level, Suika is still considerably strong. Your average magic beast doesnât stand a chance.
âFumu. This is indeed quite good. Touya-kun, do you have any snacks?â
âEh, youâre drinking? Well, I do but⊠Sigh, whatever.â
I lined up some edamame, sashimi, cold tofu, karaage, yakitori, and other things that would go well with liquor in small portions on the balcony table.
âThereâs the dinner later, so donât drink too much.â
âWe know, we know.â
âNyahaha. We know, we know.â
As World God-sama and Suika raised their sake cups together, a cheerful tune floated in from somewhere. I can tell without even looking. Itâs Sousuke nii-san.
Whatâs more, isnât this a song about drinking alcohol, with lyrics about making up reasons to drink throughout the year or somethingâŠ
âArara, looks fun-nano yo.â
âYeah.â
âOhh, you guys are here too.â
Karen nee-san and Kousuke ojii came by too. No, seriously, come in by the door. Donât wing it with transfer magic every time! I know me saying this has zero persuasiveness, but still!
Thereâs the stuff earlier, so I guess Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san might feel hard to come? Takeru ojiiâs training with Ende so he wonât be back until the evening.
Thinking to leave them alone until this evening, I left the balcony.
When I came out onto the hallway, I saw the figures of Moroha nee-san and Karina nee-san backing away from the balcony door they were peeking in from. What are you doingâŠ
âI donât think heâs angry, you know. How about you bring these in and share the drink with them?â
I took out two bottles of highest-grade wine I received from the Belfast king, as well as a variety of cheese for snacking out from [Storage].
âWell, you saved us.â
âIâm happy to have such a good younger brother.â
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The two of them received those from me, then entered the room. Man, they keep causing me trouble.
âOhh-! Moroha onee-chan and Karina onee-chan also came-no da! Ah! Th, that wine is the legendaryâŠ! Quickly let me drink it-no da!â
Suikaâs voice could be heard from behind the now-closed doors. Now then, I guess tonightâs dinner is going to be a grand one.
I headed to the kitchen to discuss the menu for dinner with our head chef, Claire-san.