chapter 48
48. Benongat, what is this bastard planning?
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“Give it to me.”
“Uh, what kind of thing are you talking about…? ?”
“Give me all the designers from the kingdom.”
Already, I thought a lot about skins and costumes while planning the festival.
In conclusion, I couldn’t apply it this time –
Still, I can’t stand cosplay.
The king looked embarrassed.
“There is no such thing as a designer from the kingdom….”
“If you don’t have it, make it and bring it.”
Let’s hold a designer contest.
“… Yes?”
“Uh huh, then you won’t get me out of hell?”
“Oh, I understand….”
It is not acceptable to only accept designers.
Because at this moment, I am taking the risk of losing time.
Originally, I should be playing with Azel and Jenna right now.
“One more.”
“Yes… !”
I gave him a sneak peek. Can you guys go out?
I want to talk to the king alone.
The quick-witted ministers rushed out.
Two more people need to go out.
“… Jenna, Azel. For a moment.”
“Huh? Ah, I see. Brother.”
I looked at Jenna with a deliberately serious expression.
Xena held Azel’s hand and followed her ministers out.
“Please inform us on Saturday….”
The king broke into a sweat when he saw my serious expression.
I approached the king and spoke into his ear.
Noisy-
“Can’t they make a dressing room like this?”
“… Which clothing room are you talking about? ?”
I said ‘dressing room’ without thinking, but-
Rather than a ‘costume room’, I want a place where I can see cosplay by myself.
“Or is there no place where a costume contest can be held in the name of the royal family? It’s a bit eerie and only I can see it….”
Currently, we cannot do anything properly externally due to the doctrines of JoA Church.
We have money, manpower, everything.
Why can’t we have a swimsuit party?
Why can’t we have a bunny girl party?
“… Ah! “I understand!”
“You know? This is a secret. We’re the only ones who know. Okay?”
The King nodded his head carefully.
“If you resolve this matter well, King, I will take care of your convenience. I understand?”
The King nodded his head frantically.
“It’s just something the kingdom does on its own. The justification is something like a change in religious attire. “The screening criteria will be sent separately later, so please check.”
“Yes!”
“Is there a good place?”
The king rolled his eyes for a moment and answered my question.
“That…. First of all, there is a place like a villa that is managed separately by the royal family… !”
“Height.”
“… Yes?”
“I mean height. “Where are the keys?”
The King hurriedly handed over something that looked like a business card.
“You can use a car or card like this instead of a key….”
“Good. Then, sign a contract.”
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“Well, since the contract is done, I will release that person, whether he is your relative or not.”
He took Bondrean out of hell and threw him back in front of the king.
A red light came down from the sky and threw something that looked like a corpse.
Sharply—
“hehehe… ! Yiiiii! hahahahaha… ! Ehehehehe!”
Bodies… No, Bondrean was completely naked.
Unknown liquid(?) Was sticky all over the body.
His eyes were completely opened, and fluid was leaking from the holes and holes.
“Bo, Bondrean… !”
The king was flustered, looking like he didn’t know what to do.
“Ugh… dirty.”
I feel sorry for the cafe part-time workers. You’ll have to clean up all the liquid on the floor.
As I frowned, the King protested to me.
In soccer terms, it’s as if he received a yellow card unfairly.
“Jo, Jo! But this….”
“What? The contract is over. You released it. Then that’s it. Right or wrong?”
“Ha, but no matter who sees it, I’m not in my right mind….”
“… “Do you want to go to hell too?”
The King swallowed and covered his buttocks with both his hands.
“Anyway, our deal is over. I’m going. Effort.”
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[Revised work, ‘Benon Academy with Joa’ – Artist Aneka]
[‘Benon Academy with Joa’, a work that ‘Joa’ had ‘revised’, proposed to be sold for 10 billion credits….]
[Artist Anneka, “I have no intention of selling my work… I will keep it as a heirloom forever.”]
[‘Benon Academy with Joah’ sets the highest price in the history of art….]
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I left after taking care of business with the king.
The weather was still sunny.
Outside the cafe, Mr. Chu Gwan and his group of contractors were waiting.
“Foam… No, Jo. “Has the problem been resolved amicably?”
Mr. Chugwan bowed his head in an awkward tone.
Why is this guy suddenly acting like this again?
“… Please don’t do that. Please.”
“How dare a lowly human being challenge God…” .”
It wasn’t an overtly flattering tone like before. A very serious, low voice.
Looking at what this guy is doing, I’m sure the community will get into a lot of trouble again.
This is the kind of person he is anyway, so just leave him alone.
Looking ahead, it is spectacular.
“… “If things continue like this, I don’t think I’ll be able to enjoy the festival today.”
There are already a lot of people around.
Academy students are something I am familiar with, and because of my instructions to ‘treat me like a student,’ there weren’t many around.
However, since the festival is an event open to the outside world, many people come from outside.
“Joa! “Can you please take a look here just once?”
“Joa! “This way!”
“Joa, since you hosted the festival yourself, what is the purpose of the event?”
There are a lot of people, including reporters and people doing interviews on TV.
If I answer these questions one by one, I’ll give up today.
Anyway, it’s not just for today, you can enjoy it again tomorrow….
I asked the two people who were still cosplaying as knights.
“Jenna, Azel. Where do you most want to go to have fun right now? “Not like ‘everything is good if we’re together’.”
“It’s all good if I go somewhere with my brother….”
“Me too.”
This is the hardest thing in the world to decide.
What do you want to eat? I can do anything.
“Then, out of all the places we went together, which was the best place?”
“… “When did you first come here?”
“That’s right. “Well, it’s the first night.”
Is this a story about going home in the end?
No, it’s not a house….
I had no idea where to go.
I was planning to use it to open an event later.
I stepped forward, fiddling with the King’s business card in my pocket.
“Okay, everyone. “They say the King has something to announce?”
I took my hands out of my pockets and held Azel and Jenna’s hands.
“I think you should listen to that. “I’m busy so I’ll stop.”
We flew straight into the sky.
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You can see the entire area from the balcony on the rooftop.
There is a waterfall behind. A dense forest ahead.
“Hey, is this a royal pension?”
I would believe it even if it were a castle.
“Guys, should we stay here instead of the dormitory until the festival ends?”
“Yes! Great!”
I already know everything about the dormitory, so it’s crowded every day.
It’s annoying.
On the other hand, there are no people here and it is perfect for being quiet. Could it be said to be an optimal resort for hikikomori?
Anyway, after gaining godhood, it became possible to fly here and there-
When I rest here, I rest and enjoy the festival during the day.
This is life.
“Brother, let’s go out and play together later when school is on vacation. “I think it would be nice to just look at the scenery together.”
“Okay. But when is the vacation?”
Jenna took out her identity card and checked her calendar.
“I think there’s about two and a half months left….”
Two and a half months.
Approximately 75 days.
It still feels like something far away.
“I want to play every day like I played today….”
As I muttered to myself, two people looked at me.
“hehehehe, oppa? Me too.”
“Wow….”
Joah, you also have a humane side.
While listening to Azel’s muttering, a thought occurred to me.
‘What kind of person am I to the people here?’ ?’
In my own way, I thought, ‘Please treat me like a student.’ I got along with everyone and enjoyed it without any discrimination.
Is the perception of a ‘divine being’ still firmly established?
“… Because I am human too. No, because I did it? Do I feel like a god?”
“… “My brother has always been like that since I was 10 years old.”
“Joa has always been like a god to us!”
‘One like God’, Ira.
It’s good to change something you don’t like.
But in reality, it’s burdensome when people treat me like a god.
It may be a bit contradictory, but….
“I am a selective god.”
Okay, let’s go with this.
“… Huh?”
“I decided that sometimes I am God and sometimes I am not God… Azel, don’t close your eyes. “I am not God now.”
“Well, but how dare I…” Oh, I understand!”
Azel made an awkward expression.
Jenna tilted her head.
“If my brother is not God, then what is it?” ?”
In the past, I would have confidently answered ‘Dad’.
It doesn’t come out anymore.
“… Something you guys think.”
“Something we think about… ?”
“Hmm.”
Feeling embarrassed for no reason, I cleared her throat once.
“Anyway.”
He is not God now. But-
“… Should we just go on vacation right after the festival?”
At times like this, you can become a god again.
“Really?! “Oppa, you’re the best!”
“Joa is indeed a god!”
Two people hugged me from both sides.
Munch, munch.
Oh, should I just do it?
At that time when I was worried like that.
Great cherry—
Great cherry—
The bell started ringing outside.
Jenna and Azel were embarrassed when they tried to kneel out of habit.
“Uh…. Uh… ?”
I heard this just after arriving at Benon World.
When the bell rings like this, it usually means a sponsor has appeared.
Someone starts sponsoring or giving a gift.
The two people noticed. Should I kneel or not?
“You don’t have to do it.”
At my words, the two people hugged me again.
Is it good?
But-
Well, what are we going to do?
The bell rang, but nothing changed after that.
Just like before in the tower, it seems like it rings for other purposes as well…
Azel and Jenna’s reactions are strange.
“… What could it have been? “I’ve never had anything like this before.”
“What is it? Why does it end with a bell ringing? “Is it because you have an older brother?”
“… I didn’t do anything. Why? “What’s strange?”
Jenna answered my question.
“The bell only rings when something very important happens. Aside from support and gifts, things like when my brother came down, or when my brother ascended to godhood…. But I’ve never rang like this without any incident.”
Azel continued Jenna’s words.
“That’s right. At least Benongat tells us what’s going on through a message.”
“… It’s strange when I think about it. “I don’t think I’ve hardly heard the bell ring since you came.”
Except when my brother is doing something.
If you really think about it, it is true.
“Originally, how many times did the patron bell ring a day?”
“There was a time when it rang a lot and kept ringing. “To the point where my knees hurt.”
“That’s right… 100 times? Much more than that. It did decrease a bit later, but…. Still, it’s strange. “It stopped ringing after my brother came.”
Jenna, what Azel says makes perfect sense.
The number of sponsors that Benongat has is in the tens of thousands.
The number ‘tens of thousands’ is not just maintained.
There are many people who do not maintain their subscription and quit midway.
According to that, there will also be an influx of people in the middle.
But it hasn’t rang once in the over a month I’ve been here.
“… “What is this guy, Benongat, planning?”
This is a request for a 1:1 interview.