of question we ask will change the amount of information we get out of him.

Yeah, I’ll have to think this through carefully.

 

[…So, have I – no, have we not been doing the right thing?]

 

[Oh? That is quite a surprise.
We were expecting something more… surface-leveled.]

 

[Answer the question.]

 

Gramps pondered it over, putting his hand up to his chin – or where it should be in that shrouding void.

 

[First things first: while this is your past, you two are the ones who will shape the future.
What have kept you alive thus far are your will-power and effort, and above all, conviction – belief that you will pull through despite the adversaries of this era and how your path crosses with that of the Holy Warriors.
The successful implementation of the Archetype Changer for Pochi, the Experience multiplier, and above all, the extermination of the Lord Dragons – those are all impressive results.
However…]

 

[However, what?]

 

[The case with the Holy Emperor was… beyond Our expectations.
Other than that one point, We reckon it is safe to say that things are going as planned.]

 

What’s happening with Leon is… beyond their expectations?

This Messenger of the omniscient God is missing information… this is quite surprising.

 

[That makes two.
Now then, what is your last question?]

 

[Oh, I know just what to ask! What’s the deal with that egg?! My Master said it was just a giant peac.o.c.k egg, but that can’t be right!]

 

And so Pochi opened her mouth unnecessarily once again, wasting the question.

Well, that’s fine, I guess.
I’ve already heard enough of what I wanted, and I’ll admit that I’ve been curious, too.

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[Yes, that is an illogical occurrence, no matter how one tries to justify it.
It would be perfectly normal if it already was a Violet Phoenix egg… But not so since a mutation had occurred during the creature’s birth.]

 

Soooo… he was suggesting the possibility that, at least in this past, there was to be no other Shi’shichou in existence.

But then, if the existence of the Shi’shichou was triggered by our coming from the future, then what about the Shi’shichou we’ve met before coming here?

Damn it, I can’t even tell what’s going on anymore!

 

[Hmm…… The short version of it is that it was caused by Pochi’s arcane energy.]

 

[So the creature’s accelerated growth and change of archetype were triggered by Pochi – or more specifically the Shi’shichou arcane energy she possesses – staying close to the egg for long enough… is that it?]

 

[Indeed.]

 

The Divine Messenger nodded lightly, agreeing to my statement.

 

[And that covers all three questions – is what We would like to say, but We do not think that last one should count.]

 

[I appreciate that.]

 

[You must be curious about how its existence began, are you not, Asley?]

 

[I sure am.
It seemed that the Shi’shichou we met already knew about us.
Could it be that the little bird is-]

 

As I said up to that much, Gramps lightly raised his hands, cutting me off.

 

[You will find out the answer soon enough.]

 

[What the-! I thought you said that the third question didn’t count! You old liar!]

 

[My Master won’t let you have your dinner if he were to catch you lying, sir!]

 

[We said you would find out in time – what more could you want?]

 

Damn this Gramps… always saying the technical truth.

Why did God employ this guy, of all the… entities He could have chosen? Did He have ‘an unpleasant personality’ as one of His hiring criteria?

Still, time will tell, huh… We do have plenty of that to go around.

We’re still five thousand or so years away from the Devil King’s resurrection – the one in our time, not the past.

With that consideration in mind, I calmed myself down.
The Divine Messenger ‘smiled’ at me again.

 

[And that is that; that third answer was satisfactory, was it not?]

 

[I’ll have my payback someday, old man…]

 

[But one last thing – regarding the Experience-multiplying Artifacts…]

 

[…I have a bad feeling about this.]

 

[Hoh hoh hoh… It seems that your intuition has improved as well.
And indeed – those Artifacts of yours are weakening God’s power in this era.
As such, We shall make it so that the multiplication stays in a reasonable number.]

 

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Yeah, that’s what I thought.

…Well, it IS an underhanded thing to do, overwriting the amount of information God derives from his power to the mortal realm like that.
Guess I can’t complain here.

I heaved a deep sigh.
Gramps, seeing that, ‘smiled’ at me one last time before fading away.

 

[I’ll remember this, damn it…]

 

[So will I, sir!]

 

◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆

 

Since then, the effect of the XP-Boosters has been drastically reduced.

Though they did not lose their power completely, its multiplier had been reduced from a hundred to a three; that loss hurt quite a bit, actually.

 

“Chirp!”

 

“No, that’s not it! Woof!”

 

You can’t force the nature of avians, former wolf-dog.

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Woof!”

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Woof!”

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Woof!”

 

Seriously, doing that won’t change anything, no matter how many times she repeats it…

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Chirp! I mean – woof!”

 

Welp, I was wrong.

Seeing Pochi turn away in embarrassment, Leon chuckled.

Looking up through the window at the clear, blinding-bright sky, I heave a sigh, clouding up the flawless glass.

Teaching magic, taking care of children, and managing my own studies… And right after this, I’ve got to…

 

“It’s time we departed, Sir Instructor.
Preparations are complete – we are now ready to combat Goku’ryu the Hell Emperor.”

 

…Yeah, we’ve got busy days ahead of us.

 

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