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"In that case, I'll continue asking."

"Mr. Morikawa, you should also know that I am the mediator between humans and yokai."

"Then I'd like to ask, what's your view on the relationship between monsters and humans?"

"Are you really going to ask me this kind of question?"

Morikawa Yu frowned.

In his previous life, he was an atheist, but after transmigrating to this world, he discovered that it was actually a mysterious place.

This was already giving him a headache enough, and now he had to answer such a philosophical question. He felt like his headache was about to flare up again.

Can I say I'm a little surprised?

"I initially thought it would be monsters harming humans, but it turns out that humans are the ones brutally attacking monsters."

"It's actually quite normal for you to have this kind of unexpected experience."

Kondo Ryoko glanced at the night sky.

"After all, in old legends, monsters were indeed much stronger than humans, and there were even gods."

But things are different now.

"The monsters have become weaker, and humans have become stronger?"

Morikawa Yu answered.

He was familiar with this situation.

He had read many novels before, all set in this mysterious, decaying world.

Moreover, in some books, the gods actively choose to step down and let humans take over the world.

However, this situation is generally rare.

"That's true, but not all monsters have become weaker."

"Some monsters remain powerful."

"If they are determined to oppose humanity, it will be difficult for humanity to escape their shadow unless it is prepared to perish together with them."

"Do you still remember your sister's friend, the great goddess Feiyue?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

He remembered her, but then he couldn't find her anymore.

What he didn't know was that the great goddess Feiyue had been following him all along, but she just hadn't appeared in front of him.

"She's a great monster."

"Moreover, if it weren't for the mysterious disappearance brought about by human progress, she might have even had the potential to become a god."

"Is she so powerful?"

Morikawa Yu was a little surprised.

"I was very strong before, and of course I'm still very strong now."

However, these are not the main points.

"The point I want to make is that these still powerful yokai don't want the weaker yokai to be forced too harshly by humans."

"That's why I've been doing what I've been doing all along."

"Maintain contact with powerful yokai, help weaker yokai, and then maintain the fragile balance between yokai and humans."

"And I hope that you, with your great power, can help me deal with these things."

"Of course, Morikawa-san, I don't need you to give me an answer right now."

Everyone has the right to choose.

I shouldn't have made that decision on my own.

"You can go back first, think it over, and then tell me what you think."

Morikawa Yu shook her head.

He felt he already had the answer.

Chapter 40 Free as the Wind

Whether it's the matter of Senri Miyabi or the matter of Aso Tatsuya.

He will not stand idly by.

Even without Kondo Ryoko's instigation, he would still have gone to kill Furuno Tsugawa.

He just didn't like being told what to do by Kondo Ryoko, not that he disliked helping the weak.

The strong should do what the weak cannot.

One of his favorite manga series when he was a child was "Rurouni Kenshin," whose protagonist, Kenshin Himura, was a powerful swordsman.

Kenshin was initially a reformer determined to overthrow the shogunate and save the people. Later, he gave up his identity as an executioner, vowed never to kill again, and fought only to protect those around him and the stability of society.

He also fantasized about being Kenshin, wielding a wooden stick as a sword, and beating up the neighborhood kid who was the king of the kids, mistaking him for a villain.

Then his parents found out and took him to a neighbor's house to apologize.

But later, the ringleader no longer dared to bully the other children and obediently listened to him.

He enjoyed the feeling of fighting to protect others, and he became a detective with that same idea in mind when he grew up.

After transmigrating, he joined the kendo club for the same reason.

But he was not Kenshin after all, and Hojo Maki was not Hiko Seijuro. She did not know the Flying Sword Style, nor would she use the Nine-Headed Dragon Flash to teach him the Heavenly Dragon Flash.

He awakened the Gale Swordsman System.

However, he also likes swordsmen.

If Kenshin accompanied him through his childhood, then Kengo accompanied him through his youth.

Although swordsmen may lack some of the protective qualities and possess more of a lonely sense of being misunderstood, they are all equally handsome.

Playing as a swordsman, if you encounter someone you don't like, you can use the forward slash to pass through the swarm of enemies, build up a gust of wind to blow them into the air, and then hack them to death with a flurry of blows. It's incredibly fun.

However, the situation is different now; some heartless bastards are doing inhuman things.

He wants to enjoy the breeze, so he can't let those bastards have it easy.

In contrast, Kondo Ryoko treated him very well.

Although a large part of her kindness towards him stemmed from his status as a swordsman, there is no such thing as unprovoked kindness in this world.

He felt he didn't need to resist so much.

Morikawa Yu thought for a moment, then glanced at Kondo Ryoko's hand again.

She had just grasped the blade of his knife to apologize to him, and her palm was still bleeding.

Although it cannot be ruled out that this was a ploy on her part, he was still moved.

"I was in a bad mood just now, I'm very sorry, Aunt Liangzi."

He leaned slightly toward Kondo Ryoko and sheathed his sword.

I'm willing to help you.

"I just don't want to accept arrangements made by others."

"I still hope to help others based on my own ideas."

Kondo Ryoko nodded, her eyes flickered slightly, and finally a smile appeared on her face.

"I understand"

"I'm glad you accepted my request."

"This was my mistake."

"The wind should be free; I will no longer try to restrain you."

"As long as you're willing to help me, that's fine."

"I will teach you how to deal with these things. When I leave this position, you will be the next God."

Morikawa Yu nodded, but didn't feel much.

She looked at him, so young, and guessed he'd be a god for a long time to come; he didn't need to suddenly have so much work.

Kondo Ryoko sighed, seemingly understanding what Morikawa Yu was thinking.

"Mr. Morikawa, do you think I'll stay in this position for a long time?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

Kondo Ryoko chuckled, but then sighed.

She took a few steps closer to Morikawa Yu and glanced at the main figure not far away.

"Don't be fooled by my appearance, Morikawa-san."

"Although I look young, I'm actually quite old; it's just that my body stopped changing fifty or sixty years ago."

"My lifespan is still human lifespan, and I don't have many years left to live."

"Mr. Morikawa, when you become the next God Lord, it will be the same."

"This is the price of becoming a god."

"Is maintaining eternal youth a price to pay?"

Morikawa Yu didn't understand why Kondo Ryoko said that maintaining one's appearance would be the price to pay.

"If there were no attachments, then of course it wouldn't be a price to pay."

Kondo Ryoko's voice was somewhat low.

"But if you have a husband and children, and you see their hair turning gray while you are still young, you'll understand."

"For more than 20 years, my husband refused to see me. Until his death, he didn't want me to see his wrinkled face and white hair."

"You've met Lanna before, haven't you? She's not my biological daughter, but a child I adopted before he passed away."

Morikawa Yu nodded; he seemed to understand something.

If he becomes a god and marries a human girl, he will encounter the same problem.

When he is seventy or eighty years old, he will still look as vibrant as when he became the God, but his wife will have become an old lady.

Even if he didn't mind, his wife would not want to appear in front of him, just as Ryoko's husband did not want to see Ryoko.

Thinking about it this way, there's a big problem.

Morikawa Yu suddenly became worried.

"Are you starting to get scared too, Morikawa-san?"

Kondo Ryoko put away her sadness and looked at Morikawa Yu.

"Actually, there is a solution to this problem."

"As long as I don't go and marry a human girl, it's fine, right?"

Morikawa Yu chimed in with a comment.

That being said, and that being thought about, isn't something anyone can do—becoming a rough-and-tumble hero or an undead knight.

He likes animal ears and white hair, but he doesn't really want to find a monster wife.

"What, do you only like girls who are also human?"

"No"

Morikawa Yu nodded obediently. Many of his fictional wives in his previous life were not human.

Some are dragon girls, some are warships, some are silver-haired half-elves, some are outer gods, some are planets, you name it, there's everything.

"That makes things easier."

Kondo Ryoko's smile became even gentler.