Ch.114114. Stabilization

After sending Lisia off, I watched her for a while.

…

Lisia looked around with a dazed expression.

Amid the crowd cheering for victory in battle, she still seemed unable to adapt to the situation.

“L-Lady Lisia! We did it! You saved us all!”

When a bear-like man shouted with tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, she seemed to finally grasp the situation.

She began to respond little by little.

“W-what happened to the monsters from the Otherworld?”

“They lost their form and disappeared the moment the ancient monster was destroyed!”

“Did I do well?”

When I turned my head, the Visitor was looking at me with her hands on her hips and a confident expression.

“You did great.”

“Hehe!”

After that, she performed a dive using her small frame.

As I watched the Visitor, I rubbed her cheeks together with mine.

The experience of being a constellation doesn’t go away—she’s incredibly perceptive.

I wonder if my past self would have known.

That someday, I would get along so well with the Visitor I once fought to the death.

“…So.”

“Wait a bit longer.”

I tell the Source of the World, who’s calling me impatiently, to give me time to enjoy the moment.

As much as I’d like to continue our conversation quickly, waiting for the world to stabilize takes priority.

“Absolute One.”

A cluster of light formed in the air, and the Black Sun walked out.

“Oh. How are things elsewhere?”

“…”

Black Sun silently raised his hand and displayed several screen windows.

It was a skill I had taught him directly.

-Wooooah!!!

-Father God!!

-Long live the Order of the Father God…!

The world was, quite literally, ecstatic with religious fervor and cheering.

“Oh.”

The scale was certainly impressive—the whole world was cheering for news of our order.

It was a different dimension of enthusiasm compared to what I’d experienced in the game.

-Thump! Thump!

My heart started racing without me realizing it.

‘This is awesome.’

I wanted to immerse myself directly in their emotions among them.

“The Otherworld side is definitely better. It’s cleaner without any need for follow-up.”

If this had been a holy war with other orders in this world, there would have been quite an unpleasant aftertaste due to corpse removal and the elimination of remaining forces.

“Did I do well?!”

“Yes.”

But the beings from beyond the Otherworld that the Visitor managed…

They simply vanished from existence with a single gesture, and there couldn’t be a cleaner or better conclusion than that.

“…”

My eyes met with Black Sun’s, who was looking at us with an unreadable gaze.

“What? You want to join in?”

“N-no!”

When I asked jokingly, he denied it with a serious face.

Why is he so sensitive?

Setting aside that question for now, I immersed myself in the afterglow.

“Isn’t it time now?”

…This would have been a perfect situation if not for the interference from the side.

“Ah, right.”

“What do you want to talk about? Everything’s over now.”

“Why are you so tense?”

The Source of the World had been expressionless for a while.

Though she’s a constellation, a being close to godhood…

I could read what was hidden in her expression all too easily.

“At first I thought I’d use my brain a bit, but it seems too petty to do that at this point.”

“…”

“So I’ll just ask you directly. What’s your condition for resetting?”

Reset.

This world is, after all, just one of the simulations she arranged.

But I had no intention of letting the world fall victim to her reset games.

I raised my hand and gently stroked the Visitor’s crown.

“Hmm~”

As the Visitor leaned into my touch contentedly, I looked at the Source of the World.

A tiny crack appeared in her previously cold expression.

I wonder what this means.

The Visitor, a constellation from the Otherworld.

She can’t be killed by ordinary means, and even sealing her is just a temporary measure.

If she wanted to, turning the world back into that hellscape would be effortless.

She possesses a danger of a different dimension compared to other constellations the Source has dealt with before.

And such a being is currently being affectionate by my side.

‘How did I even manage this?’

Anyway, what mattered was that she was receiving positive attention.

“…What do you want?”

“What do you think I want?”

For someone trying to calculate things rudely, I respond to a question with another question.

The Source of the World looked at me with complicated feelings, then sighed deeply.

“You still don’t trust me?”

“Would you trust yourself if you were me?”

The Source of the World is a repeat offender.

One who has reset the world multiple times, that kind of offender.

“I promise. I won’t reset it.”

“Words are easy. How can I believe that?”

Visitor, bite.

As I quietly gave the command, the Visitor really got up from her seat with a growl.

“…! Don’t joke like that!”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

I calmed the Visitor while watching the Source of the World recoil in disgust.

This is definitely effective.

“Do you know who you’re with right now?”

“An outer god who tried to devour the world?”

“Hehe!”

“…What on earth is going on here.”

Sorry, but I can’t answer that question.

I don’t even know myself how I’m receiving attention from the Visitor.

What’s important is that her existence poses a significant threat to the Source of the World.

At this point…

I decided to use the Visitor to correct the Source of the World’s fundamental habit.

That’s necessary to prevent the tower we’ve built from collapsing.

“You might not believe me, but I like this world as it is now.”

“…It’s strange hearing you say that.”

The Source of the World was momentarily speechless at my words.

“A-anyway! I really won’t touch it!”

“I’ll be the judge of that.”

She’s trying to make things easy.

Maybe it’s because she’s reset the world several times with a simple click.

She has a tendency to want trust handed to her on a silver platter.

“Then let’s make a contract if you insist!”

“A contract?”

“Yes! Even I can’t exercise authority beyond a certain level when bound by a contract! As a constellation, you should know that well!”

“That’s true.”

Unexpectedly, I received a good proposal.

“Um, Absolute One.”

But my train of thought was interrupted by Black Sun tugging at my collar.

“What?”

“W-wouldn’t it be better to decide that a bit later?”

“Why?”

“If we proceed hastily, we might miss something important.”

“I see.”

Indeed, that might be the case.

“…”

Promising the Source of the World, who was looking at me somewhat disappointedly, that we’d continue another day, I temporarily left the place.

#

“Absolute One!”

As I returned to my world, the Emissary of the Sun came running with her maid uniform fluttering.

“Have you been well?”

“Yes! I’ve been working hard on stabilizing the world so that you wouldn’t have any difficulties returning!”

This constellation seems to be working the hardest these days.

‘But I have nothing to give her.’

I felt a bit guilty about not paying her, but just letting her live was already a great fortune.

“You’ve done well. Where are the others?”

“I gave the other constellations temporary rest time…! They’ve all been working hard on stabilization…!”

Stabilization.

At that word, emphasized several times, my mind almost twisted momentarily.

“So the other constellations tried to make a move.”

“…!”

“It’s okay. It’s not like this is the first or second time.”

Compared to the battle we just had with the Past Remnants, their actions are like child’s play.

So I planned to treat them with extra kindness.

“It’s all over now.”

“…!”

“You’ve worked hard.”

Although we didn’t meet on good terms initially, we seem to have become quite familiar with each other now.

“T-then.”

“We’ve sealed the Past Remnants, and they probably won’t be able to come out again.”

Depending on necessity it might differ, but they probably won’t be able to cause major events anymore.

To ensure such a perfect timeline, I’ll need to stay busy for a while longer.

‘Just enjoy it for now.’

Right now, and for the period ahead, I wanted to explore and enjoy the world to my heart’s content, making up for what I couldn’t enjoy before.

‘Lisia.’

Not just her, whom I couldn’t properly care for, but also Belladis and Kalisa.

And our little hero and the Sword Saintess in the Regalium Kingdom.

‘My sin is great.’

Once again, I felt deep remorse for having practically abandoned them.

“Let’s hang in there a bit longer.”

“…! Yes!”

At my words, the Emissary of the Sun answered vigorously with what seemed like a happy smile.

“Good.”

Expressing my gratitude to the maid constellation who responded so, I moved on to other matters.

The world is currently rejoicing in our victory.

But it was important to keep in check those who might try to operate in the shadows during this time.

The moment of being drunk on victory is clearly the most opportune timing for them to move.

“We’ll take care of that on our side.”

“Will you be okay?”

Black Sun said so.

While most of our order had gathered for this holy war and immediate activities were difficult—

Black Sun’s order was relatively widely distributed across the world.

“Yes. The Absolute One has worked hard enough.”

“How thoughtful of you.”

I pat Black Sun’s crown as he says this.

His stiff body soon relaxed, and a red flush spread across his cheeks.

In this strange atmosphere, as I continued stroking Black Sun…

I decided to spend some time focusing on the stabilization of the world.

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“Ah.”

There was still something left to do.

The Moon That Swallowed Dreams.

I should discuss what to do with him.

Since he helped, we should give him a reward, but…

“…Actually, isn’t just letting him live a big enough reward?”

“But that wouldn’t be fun.”

The other constellations endured humiliation through divine manifestation and even wearing maid uniforms.

So why should the Moon That Swallowed Dreams just get to live with his life intact?

That wouldn’t be fair.

Then, a very good idea came to mind.

An idea that would make him reflect on what he had done for a long, long time.