"This world really has changed a lot."
Looking at Nakano Yu with a smile like a flower, Iwanaga Kotoko's voice was very calm, yet it filled Nakano Yu with endless surprise.
Nakano Yu did not expect Iwanaga Kotoko to even notice the changes in the world.
Just as Iwanaga Kotoko said, the world was constantly changing, and even Nakano Yu could not say how many times it had already changed.
If he had to say it, this world had initially been extremely monotonous.
In the world, there existed only Yokai, humans, and ghosts. In the West, there were vampires, but Nakano Yu considered vampires nothing more than another special type of Yokai, so he simply classified them as Yokai.
Besides that, nothing else existed in the world.
But a few months ago, when the system inside Nakano Yu's body awakened, this world began to change.
Nakano Yu knew this very clearly, beginning with the system missions that appeared every day immediately after the system awakened.
At first, Nakano Yu thought the targets of those system missions were ghosts or some evil Yokai, but after completing several missions, he realized something was wrong.
The targets of the system missions were not the same type of existence as ghosts or Yokai. Because of that, after gaining a deeper understanding, Nakano Yu gave those system mission targets the name "Grotesque."
However, Nakano Yu still did not understand where those "Grotesque" targeted by the system missions came from. Those "Grotesque" appeared out of nowhere in this world, as though some irresistible enormous force was controlling everything.
As for the origin of those "Grotesque," after Nakano Yu obtained Glimpse of Fate, out of curiosity he once tried to use Glimpse of Fate to obtain an answer, but the answer was extremely strange, so strange that even now Nakano Yu could not understand it.
The answer given by Glimpse of Fate was the number "7," but Nakano Yu truly did not understand what was special about that number.
He racked his brain, but could not come up with an answer. In the end, Nakano Yu simply gave up thinking about it. For him, it was enough to follow the flow of events and solve whatever appeared.
Nakano Yu had that confidence.
The appearance of the "Grotesque" was the first change in the world that Nakano Yu noticed. The second change was especially obvious.
It was the appearance of Heretic Gods!
Nakano Yu did not think the appearance of Heretic Gods was a coincidence.
Are you kidding? He had been in this world for more than ten years, and during those ten-plus years he had never encountered even a single Heretic God, not even a divine artifact. But now Heretic Gods were appearing unbelievably frequently, on average with less than half a month between each appearance!
With such frequent appearances, Nakano Yu was absolutely certain that it was inseparably connected to the silent changes in the world.
And the third change was the merging of worlds.
Nakano Yu considered the third change in the world to be the most intentional, the most surprising, and the easiest to notice.
The third change was the merging between worlds. Beings and powers from other worlds appeared in the current world, yet they did not cause great chaos in the world, as though everything had always been meant to be that way.
Even the people around Nakano Yu had not noticed the changes in the world, yet now Iwanaga Kotoko had actually realized that the world was changing. Nakano Yu did not think this was because of some special trait of Iwanaga Kotoko.
Recalling the Seraphim from earlier, she had also realized that the world was changing, and when combined with the fact that Iwanaga Kotoko had suddenly appeared before him, Nakano Yu believed that Iwanaga Kotoko had most likely also come into the current world during the third merging of worlds.
When thought about that way, everything made sense, but... it seemed to have become much more interesting.
Nakano Yu had originally thought that only his zombie world had merged with the current world, but now it seemed... there were several, or perhaps many, worlds with characteristics similar to the current world that had merged with it, it was just that he had not noticed them yet.
Speaking of that third change, Nakano Yu suddenly remembered the White Whale from the Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World world and the eyes that flashed through the crack in the world after the death of the Mist Whale.
Honestly, Nakano Yu did not know to whom those eyes belonged, but he definitely knew that he currently could not defeat them.
The above were the three pieces of information regarding the world's changes that Nakano Yu currently understood.
After connecting all of that in his mind, the slight surprise Iwanaga Kotoko had caused in Nakano Yu's heart immediately disappeared.
"Yu, what are you two..."
Just as Nakano Yu intended to casually respond to Iwanaga Kotoko, the door of the examination room beside them suddenly opened and Katsura Kotonoha walked out. When she saw a girl she had never seen before sitting beside Nakano Yu while waiting for him outside the door, she was obviously a little confused.
"Her name is Iwanaga Kotoko, and she is the God of Wisdom among the Yokai. Hm... she doesn't really have much connection with me."
When he saw Katsura Kotonoha, Nakano Yu no longer even had the desire to casually respond to Iwanaga Kotoko. He stood up and walked toward Katsura Kotonoha.
And when Iwanaga Kotoko heard Nakano Yu's words, her expression instantly stiffened. Her little face looked as though she doubted whether her ears had heard correctly.
After a long moment, Iwanaga Kotoko finally reacted, looking somewhat dissatisfied at Nakano Yu.
No matter what, she was a very beautiful rich young girl, and she had continuously shown affection toward Nakano Yu, but what did Nakano Yu say? He actually said they did not have much connection!
Hm... it did seem to really be that way, didn't it? Today was the first time they had officially met, so they truly did not have much connection, but that feeling of being looked down upon still irritated Iwanaga Kotoko a little.
"Yokai... God of Wisdom?"
Upon hearing that, a trace of surprise appeared on Katsura Kotonoha's gentle face, and the way she looked at Iwanaga Kotoko was filled with curiosity. She obviously had not expected such a tiny girl to be the God of Wisdom among the Yokai.
But... she looked human, right? Why would a human become the God of Wisdom among the Yokai?
Although confused, Katsura Kotonoha did not continue asking questions. After all, whether she knew some things or not did not change much. Moreover, Katsura Kotonoha had also noticed something unusual about Iwanaga Kotoko.
While speaking, her right eye was obviously somewhat stiff, and she leaned on a cane. Katsura Kotonoha carefully observed and realized that Iwanaga Kotoko's right eye and left leg were actually a prosthetic eye and prosthetic leg.
Her intuition told her those things were connected to Iwanaga Kotoko's identity as the God of Wisdom. Katsura Kotonoha was not stupid, so naturally she did not ask such private questions.
"Kotonoha, how are you feeling?"
Supporting Katsura Kotonoha, Nakano Yu suddenly felt nervousness in his heart again. He worriedly asked about her current physical condition, as though Katsura Kotonoha were already several months pregnant.
"N-no, I'm fine, Yu. The doctor said... that I'm not pregnant."
Katsura Kotonoha gently shook her head, and while speaking, her cheeks turned red. After a series of examinations, the doctor told her that she was not pregnant, but that her physical reactions were caused by psychological reasons, and that she should use protection in the future.
Thinking about the misunderstanding she had caused today, Katsura Kotonoha felt unbelievable embarrassment, but at the same time also a little disappointment.
She actually... truly wanted to become a good mother.
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