The Jo-ins took off with the help of Sylphid and began to live freely.
At first, I thought of teaching them how to lighten their body weight using magical power… but right now, it seems Sylphid simply passing the wind is enough.
Besides, dealing with magical power comes with significant risks, so it seems I should approach it cautiously.
Well, it’d be great if the Jo-ins figured out how to lighten their body weight with magic themselves. But, instead of just strengthening their muscles or skeletons, they would need to think of reducing the concept of body weight. That’s not something you can easily come up with.
Therefore, for a while, the Jo-ins will only be able to soar with Sylphid’s assistance.
Well, as long as the number of Jo-ins doesn’t increase tremendously, Sylphid’s power should be enough. No need to worry.
Okay, let’s wrap things up regarding Sylphid and the Jo-ins.
After relaying Sylphid’s tasks to Sagarmatha, Sagarmatha nodded slightly with a blank expression.
Although Sagarmatha didn’t show it outwardly, I could tell from the expressionless face that there was a feeling of relief underneath, and I smiled softly.
Alright. This settles some of the basics…
“I’m going to sleep!”
“What?! Again?!”
“Again? When have I ever slept?!”
“But you did sleep! Just a little over ten years!”
“Was that sleeping?! I dozed off for a moment and woke up!!”
“Anyway, you slept!!!”
Thus began a fierce nerve battle between me, who wanted to sleep, and Asherat, who wouldn’t let me.
Ten years can hardly count as proper sleep!! I want to sleep more! I should be sleeping in hundred-year terms to feel like I’ve actually rested!!
I barely dozed off because of Sia and woke up! Being scolded by the fragments too, it’s unbearable!
“Look, the things I need are handled by all of you! The gods are doing just fine without complaints! The lives on land are growing just fine too! Why would you disturb my sleep over things I don’t need?!”
“Anyway, that’s not okay! The goddesses being awake and asleep makes a difference in stability! Problems that can’t be handled when you’re asleep are minor when you’re awake!”
“Doesn’t that mean you’re relying on me too much?! I’ve already passed most of my tasks to you, or set them for automatic processing, so I don’t need to be involved!!”
Fragments are handling my tasks and simple things are set to be done automatically! It’s fine if I sleep!!
Sia, now dubbed the God of Magic and Knowledge, has been quiet while expanding her library in her temple! Most of the gods are keeping an eye on the land from the believers’ perspective and aren’t thinking of causing trouble!
If not now, then when am I supposed to hibernate?
“Ugh… but it feels strangely uneasy if the goddess isn’t here.”
“Then wake me when that time comes. Simple as that!”
Hibernating doesn’t mean I won’t wake up for a set period! A little shake is all it takes to wake me!
I might feel a bit grumpy though.
“Hmm… Honestly, I’d like to stop the goddess’s hibernation, but if you insist so much, I guess I have no choice.”
“Why do you act like you’ve made a big concession? The real sacrifice is on my side here!”
How unpleasant it is to wake up abruptly! I said that even at the expense of my feelings!
“Alright. Then if something happens, I’ll wake the goddess.”
“Not for just anything! Don’t wake me unless it’s an issue that I must resolve!”
After getting several promises from Asherat like this, I was finally able to return to my quiet room.
Alright! Now I can sleep!
Nothing will disturb me anymore! I’m really going to sleep! For centuries, I will sleep deeply!!
So, good night!
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Well, even when I sleep, my consciousness doesn’t completely cut off.
If I consider my usual consciousness as 100, then my sleeping consciousness is about 1.
With that 1 of consciousness, I can still think or surf the internet of another world.
Originally, I intended to keep an eye on Sia with this 1 of consciousness… but somehow, I ended up not being able to sleep properly.
Anyway, what I’m trying to do with that 1 of consciousness is…
To check the connection with the other world.
Through a window that only I can see, I’m checking the other world… the original world’s internet.
Digging for necessary knowledge through wikis, browsing the internet for fun, or just out of boredom… but if I think about it deeply, it’s a very strange ability.
Why can I see the internet of another world? Why? What for? How?
The existence of such a ability meant… there’s a connection between me and the other world.
Faded memories and nostalgia for the original world. A past life now forgotten.
The fragment of me that was once human gathers those vague traces and carries the sentiment of a world I cannot reach.
In that situation, by chance… just by chance, I stumbled upon a forgotten small trace on the internet.
It was a post just like I saw when I was human. A very trivial and slight humor in the form of a picture. Little things that made me smile and pass by.
Blurred memories resurfaced vividly, and forgotten memories were sharply recalled.
Along with them, the long-buried emotions of longing were also rekindled.
If I could return… no, I simply want to see more. I want to see the world I inhabited as a human. Not through the window of this internet but directly. I wanted to see much more.
I wanted to see the other world, not the limitations of time’s flow or the constraints of the screen that I can’t view properly.
That’s why… I wanted to confirm the other world through the ability to view it.
Being able to see the internet of another world means that some form of connection still exists with that world.
If I can check that connection and somehow interfere, if I can make it within my reach, even slightly…
Then I could see what I desire.
Of course, the chance is infinitely low.
It might even be lower than a wild monkey randomly striking a typewriter to produce Shakespeare’s works.
Nevertheless, I wanted to give it a shot.
Even if something goes wrong and I lose this ability…
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“Speaking of which… didn’t some of the heroes say they came from another world?”
“Yeah, but why bring that up again?”
“Aren’t you curious? The world of heroes who crossed over from another world! It must be an amazing place!”
The sleepy-eyed girl shook her head lightly at the glasses girl’s words.
“Stop thinking useless thoughts and focus on your magic practice. The evaluation test is coming up soon. You always start saying weird things right before a test.”
“Ugh… do I really have to take the evaluation test? Can’t I just give up on the magic subject? You can teach me the rest…”
“I’ve told you several times, I can only teach the basics. You need to study the advanced courses at the academy too.”
“But… I don’t want to take a test.”
The glasses girl grumbled as she rested her chin on her desk. It seemed she really loathed studying for exams.
Seeing the glasses girl, the sleepy-eyed girl sighed lightly before speaking.
“Okay. If you pass the evaluation test properly, I’ll tell you about the other world where the heroes came from.”
“Really?!”
“Yeah. Really. Just the parts I know, though.”
When the sleepy-eyed girl spoke, a bright smile bloomed on the glasses girl’s face. She looked entirely different from the one who just moments ago seemed to be dying to escape studying.
“Alright! Then I’ll study! Why not! I can just stay up all night!”
“You have to keep your sleep schedule. You promised the uncle.”
“If I don’t sleep on time, I won’t grow tall, right? Besides, it’s not like I’ve decided to become a knight, so what’s the problem if I’m a little shorter?”
“I’ll let him know exactly what you said.”
“Ah! I’m sorry! Cancel! Forget I said anything!!”
“So just behave and study.”
Once the sleepy-eyed girl scolded her, the glasses girl finally picked up her pencil.
“By the way, how do you know about the other world where the heroes supposedly came from?”
“I might know a thing or two.”
“Hmmm… I’ve been with you since childhood, yet sometimes I feel like there are things I don’t know about you.”
“People often don’t really know themselves, so how could they know about others?”
“And here comes another strange comment.”
The glasses girl pouted before opening her textbook and notebook.
Now it was really time to focus on studying.
