episode_0381

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“I would like to thank all the level management officials who attended the regular reports despite their busy schedules.”

A woman standing on a podium and spreading her white wings spoke.

Her wings, which were clearly different from others, indirectly expressed the divine status she had reached.

She wore a helmet as if covering her eyes, so only her lower body was exposed, but looking at her mouth closed in a straight line, she gave off a fairly strong impression.

Unlike other dimension management gods who wore flowy clothes, she wore chained armor.

Some would say that it was not an appropriate outfit for a regular report, but anyone who saw her often would agree that this was quite a formal outfit.

After a brief greeting, she led the regular report.

Athena, a first-class dimensional manager. It was one of the dimension management gods that existed from the beginning when God created the second dimension.

“…….”

Nivir, a second-class dimensional manager, assessed the difference in rank between himself and Athena and shook his head.

When can I become level 1? Nivir thought.

It seems like it took a long time to become a level 2 dimensional manager, but I wonder how much soul experience I need to accumulate for level 1…

Nivir folded his fingers and lowered his head while thinking. This is because the road to level 1 seemed so long.

While I was looking at Athena’s moving mouth and listening to what she saw, one word from Athena caught my ear.

“Recently, reports have come in that the causality at the regional level is slightly off. It seems better for second-level dimensional management gods to directly visit the dimensions of lower dimensional management gods and understand the actual state of dimensional management.”

‘Causality….’

In fact, there are many cases where causality is violated.

The human soul is born with its own destiny from the moment it is born.

However, just as bugs occur in a well-organized system, there are often beings that escape their fate.

Souls who escaped their destiny become involved in the incident, and errors accumulate in the system called the dimension.

When these errors accumulate, abnormal phenomena occur.

A person walking down the street suddenly dies, or

A series of seemingly coincidental events come together and turn into a huge disaster at perfect timing, or

A person who existed in perfect condition suddenly disappears,

Creatures and laws that were not established in the dimension suddenly appear or manifest.

Therefore, the Dimension Management God observes and manages the dimension to ensure that the causality of the dimension in charge is not violated, and allows people who have escaped their destiny to live according to their destiny.

“The reason for emphasizing direct visits is that some inexperienced level management officials may omit reports or minimize or conceal incidents.”

Athena emphasized over and over again that she should visit in person.

Nivir thought of Lanael.

After becoming a third-level dimensional manager, the image of my junior spreading his wings and smiling brightly flashed before my eyes.

Clearly, the deviation of causality that Athena talks about is probably the result of Lanael’s accident.

In several regular reports that ended with [Nothing special.], the words [Casality has begun to deviate] came out for the first time, and it was right that if you couldn’t remember that, you should return your Dimensional Management God qualification.

‘Is the mortal Imina doing well?’

Nivir gave up thinking about Lanael and thought of his contractor.

He was a graceful and calm soul. Although it may take a long time, he will definitely catch up with Kang In-ho.

Nivir trusted his own eyes.

However, I hope Kang In-ho is brought in before it is too late.

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“This concludes the regular report. Thank you for attending for such a long time.”

After the long regular report, the dimension management gods got up and left the conference hall.

Nivir watched a group of people leave, and stood up when the crowds lessened.

There was a lot to go back and do. As was announced at the meeting, we had to check the status of the lower-dimensional management gods and make sure that Lanael had found out anything about Kang In-ho’s whereabouts.

“Nibir.”

As he was about to get up, thinking about the mountain of work he had to do, someone’s voice caught Nivir.

“Ah, senior.”

Athena, who had been talking on the podium just now, suddenly approached her.

“What is second-level life like?”

Nivir relaxed slightly at the slightly softer tone of voice, unlike during regular reports.

“I am adapting well.”

Athena must have liked the standard answer and nodded as if she was satisfied.

“It’s not that I don’t know your status as you quickly reached level 2, but it will definitely be harder than when you reached level 3.”

‘Yes, it was difficult.’

Nivir thought to himself, thinking of Lanael.

“If there is something difficult to handle, it is okay to ask the same level 2 or level 1.”

“Thank you for your concern.”

As Nivir lowered her head, placing her hand on her chest, a faint smile appeared on Athena’s lips.

“It would be great if all second-level dimensional management gods were like you. These days, the 2nd level dimensional management gods have such strong egos… When I was 2nd level…”

“Ahaha….”

When the senior did not end the conversation by recalling old memories, Nivir smiled awkwardly.

“At that time, there was no such system. The guidelines and management methods that were handed down in a rigid manner… Hermes and Ares were trying to return their qualifications saying they couldn’t do it like this.”

“Ah, I see.”

Nivir mechanically agreed.

Athena was so pleased with her partner that she had no intention of letting go, and it was two hours after the meeting ended that Nivir, who was sweating and sweating, was released.

“Huh? You were here.”

It was another first-class dimensional manager who stopped Athena from taking her to her own space.

A man with smiling eyes, the raised curves of his mouth, and sharp lines put his arm around Nivir.

“Loki? What’s going on here?”

As Athena tilted her head, Loki spoke.

“Ah, I was looking for Nivir. The star cluster in Nivir’s space is pretty, so I tried to get some information.”

“I didn’t know you were also interested in interior design.”

Athena said as if it was no big deal, and Loki shrugged his shoulders.

“I’ve been picking up a hobby lately~ It was hard to start when I first started. So I thought I would get some help from my junior.”

“I see. It looks like I caught someone who had a prior contract. I’m sorry, Nivir.”

“Oh, no. Senior.”

Nivir answered, glancing sideways at Loki, who was still holding his arm.

“Then, I will go. See you next time.”

When Athena left, only Loki and Nivir remained in the conference room.

“That senior? Well… you seem to be mistaken… there is nothing wrong with my space.”

Nivir spoke carefully to Loki, who was still holding his shoulder.

Then Loki’s face, which was looking at the door through which Athena left, turned to Nivir. His eyes were still smiling.

“I know. I just made it up to send Athena away.”

“Ah, I see. Well, then, do you have any other business…?”

“Um, recently. Something very interesting happened in my management.”

Loki’s arm around my neck gained strength. Nivir’s face was pressed against Loki’s.

Eyes still smiling. Nivir was momentarily appalled.

“Uh, what happened?”

“The level I manage is. I stopped because I had something to check for a moment, right?”

“Sorry, but what does it mean to stop?…”

“Well, it means not leaving souls in the dimension for a while. To put it simply, there is no being with a soul in the dimension I manage.”

“Is that possible?”

“Well, it’s possible if you use various tricks. Although it’s expedient.”

Loki opened one eye and winked. Nivir’s body stiffened as he faced the bright yellow pupils.

“Anyway, there are no mortals in the dimension I manage, right? There was only artificial intelligence to manage the failing world.”

“…….”

Nivir’s heart sank.

“But one day, a mortal soul suddenly appeared. Then they tried to go to another dimension on some kind of spaceship?”

“Well, I see.”

“Well, it’s good to reduce variables first, so I blew up the spaceship. If it had gone on, it would have been a big problem. Did I do well?”

Loki scolded Nivir as if expecting praise.

“Ah, yes… Well, I think you did well.”

Nivir forced a smile.

“By the way. Something really, really amazing happened. Do you want to hear it?”

Nivir did not want to listen.

“Why did a mortal woman appear through dimension transfer?”

“…….”

Nivir, realizing Loki’s intention, kept his mouth shut.

“I thought it was wandering around for a moment, but then suddenly it was transported to another dimension. If I hadn’t been watching the dimension carefully, I wouldn’t have noticed.”

It would have been a really big problem. Loki breathed a sigh of relief.

“Now, here’s the problem.”

Loki loosened his arms and stood in front of Nivir.

Gulp, Nivir swallowed.

“Guess why I came to you. It’s a question worth 100 points.”

Loki’s eyes were still smiling.