It seemed that there had been several humans who had been sent to other worlds before, and all of them had gone happily.
Most of those who were reincarnated had gone while they were still young, so in that sense, Qiong Xing was clearly an exception.
"Then, Qiong Xing truly wants reincarn..."
"No! No no no no!"
"...ation within the cycle of rebirth…"
"Haaah… you're being that selfish again…"
Lunioswho seemed to have recovered, shouted at full volume and then once again returned to Qiong Xing's lap.
Why the lap again? There was an empty seat right next to him.
Ignoring Qiong Xing's silent question entirely, Lunios apparently liked sitting on the old man's lap, clinging to him while repeatedly shouting, "No, no!"
"No! No no no! I don't want to stop seeing Qiong Xing!"
He was acting exactly like a spoiled child.
It was cute, like a grandchild growing attached to him, but was this really acceptable behavior for a god?
"We're not asking for your opinion. This is something Qiong Xing needs to decide for himself—"
"No!"
"...…"
"...…"
The discussion remained at a complete standstill.
Lunios was clinging to Qiong Xing and crying, while Solinus wearing a demon-like expression tried to pull him away.
Solinus seemed to be on Qiong Xing's side, but since the final decision rested with the god, nothing could be resolved.
As Qiong Xing wondered what to do...
"That's it! You don't have to reincarnate at all! Just stay here and be my assistant!"
"No."
"That's not possible."
Their voices overlapped without meaning to.
The god looked pleased with himself, as if he had just had a brilliant idea, but that was clearly not acceptable.
"I'm happy that you care about me so much, but you already have Solinus, don't you? And besides, I'm not from this world..."
"Then! Swap places with Soli—"
Smack.
"...…"
"...… "
"You must never say something like that, even as a joke."
When Qiong Xing gently but firmly tapped Lunios's cheeks with both hands, holding his face in place, he froze in shock.
Solinus who had opened his mouth to argue back, also stared at Qiong Xing in surprise.
"…Why?"
"Don't you understand? Lunios has worked this hard for your sake."
Reaching out with one's hands was not ideal, but perhaps it was the only way the message could truly get across.
They had only been together for a short time, but Qiong Xing could tell that Solinus was doing his best in his own way and trying hard to support him.
And it did not seem like Solinus was the type to take out his irritation on others for no reason.
"…But… he's always angry at me."
"For no reason at all? Didn't Solinus explain his reasons properly?"
If Solinus got angry, there was surely a reason for it.
Most of the time, it was probably things like do your work, stop skipping your duties, or hurry up and get your work done.
Perhaps he realized this himself, because he lowered his head as if trying to hide his face.