Published: September 10, 2025
Satou here. I remember reading in some novel that "peace after war is merely a preparation period for the next war." Well, if you divide things strictly into war and peace, that might make sense, but I wholeheartedly agree that peaceful times are precious.
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"Welcome back safely, Lord Satou, everyone!"
The brownies of the Isolated Island Palace came out to greet us.
After casting the "Outer Being"—the boss monster called the "Golden Phoenix Treefish (Chaos)"—into a black hole at the center of the galaxy, we had returned to the Isolated Island Palace.
"I was hoping they’d say 'Okaerinasai' instead."
"Yeah, and of course with the ‘I’ flipped horizontally."
Arisa and Hikaru exchanged such remarks.
I recognized the reference, but didn’t want to join in and leave everyone else behind, so as usual, I just let it slide.
"Lord Kuro!"
While enjoying the tea the brownies served, Elina, the manager from Echigoya Trading Company, and Tifaliza suddenly rushed in through the gate from the Royal Capital.
They looked flustered, and when I asked, they said that right after we went to the Demon World, demons hiding around the world had teamed up with the demon king worshipper group to cause trouble.
Even after we had cleared so many, some were still left.
"Ichiro, if you want to deal with those nuisances, I can send my followers."
"No thanks."
If Kagura’s followers—the dragons—were dispatched, the damage caused would be worse than the commotion caused by the demons or the demon king worshipper group.
"Lord Kuro, what about your side?"
"—The Dragon God."
Arisa smiled broadly and answered before I could.
"I see, the Dragon God...?"
The manager screamed while Tifaliza nearly fainted standing up. Luckily, recovery magic and mental magic quickly restored their normal states. Magic really is convenient.
Putting that aside, let's handle the world's chaos.
Since we had obtained maps of the world when dealing with the Purple Tower earlier, we could quickly grasp where and what kind of troubles were happening.
Fortunately, no significant damage had occurred in places connected to me.
I picked out only locations where local people seemed overwhelmed, appeared "everywhere" as the hero Nameless in each spot, and quickly sorted things out.
Some even tried to bring out a gigantic flying island resembling the Lalacie civilization’s "Floating Island," but since I confiscated it into storage, they shouldn’t be able to do much now.
"Lord Kuro, about the earlier matter, how shall we proceed?"
"I already dealt with it. I only intervened where locals couldn’t handle it themselves."
"—Huh?"
"Lord Kuro, did you know the incident would happen?"
Tifaliza misunderstood, so I explained during that exchange that I had already dealt with it.
"But when... did you even...?"
Before a skeptical Elina, I showed them the two versions of Satou and explained how I had gained that power.
"—Ascension?"
"Lord Kuro has joined the ranks of the gods..."
"No. Lord Satou is our master. The human tribe should worship the creator god Satou. Karion also says so."
"Not true. Before Urion speaks nonsense, he should deliver the message Tenion entrusted him with."
Suddenly, the two gods Urion and Karion appeared in the Isolated Island Palace.
"Did something happen in the divine realm?"
"The divine realm is peaceful. Galleon and Zaikuon just quarrel often, but rebuilding is proceeding smoothly."
"Urion should get to the main point. The message concerns the human realm. They came to report they performed a divine oracle because of the upheavals worldwide. Tenion asked to confirm if direct intervention is necessary."
"Karion is too bureaucratic. Answering the creator god’s question is important."
"Thanks for the message. No direct intervention is needed."
When I answered, the two goddess figures vanished with light.
"…Creator god?"
"So, Lord Kuro was a god from the start after all."
Tifaliza’s misunderstanding deepened.
Well, anyway, I told them that the world’s problems had mostly returned to human hands and that I wanted to hold a big celebration soon to commemorate world peace.