Book 12: Chapter 3: Sea God (2/5)

Book 12: Chapter 3: Sea God (2/5)

T-Too fast kyaahhhh?!

Ahahaha

Hey, hey. Did you try the current over there, too?

Yup! I shot up midway! Its way too fun!!

Really? Then Ill go try it for a bit!

Ah, me too! One more round!

The mermaids were happily playing in the currents that had been generated within my shrine.

This place was basically open, so mermaids and mermen could go in and out as they pleased.

There was too little entertainment in this undersea world, so the merfolks always looked forward to the currents I created on a whim, but

They found this Halt boys currents far more interesting than the currents of mine that were only fast.

Hoh. So theres a sudden drop from that point, I see.

Whoa! The bend is at that angle over there!?

Fumu, fumu.

Spiraling, then whoosh.

I see Yeah, its fun alright.

I also wanted to try it for myself, but I cant help but be conscious of what the shikigami and the merfolks would think if I, the Sea God himself, were to play in the currents created by a human.

Then, I just have to make a similar current and secretly play there.

Halt, is it?

Yes. Im Halt Vie Silveray. A Sage from Glendale.

Sage at that tender age Perhaps, are you a transmigrator?

Yes, thats right.

Halt answered my questions honestly.

No plans to hide?

Or was it because Im a deity that he thought it would be futile to hide anything from me?

Well, I dont care anyway. I like this Halt.

Hes young, but hes courteous, and the amount of mana he had based on the several currents he generated inside my shrine, coupled with the manipulation skills he had told me this boy was powerful.

I like strong guys.

The deities also have powerful guys like the Martial God and the Dragon God, but we cant just battle freely.

Gramps Creator God will scold us.

Thats why I get pretty excited when I meet strong people among humans.

Not only that, this guy went out of his way to visit me.

He defeated Kraken and Leviathan underwater, and he even came to me.

Theres no other choice but to battle it out with him, right?

Wait, calm down.

Sea God, Posei Ehh?!

You know me?

Y-Yes. Of course! One of the Four Great Deities, am I right?

Yeah.

It seems that even the transmigrators already have that kind of knowledge.

Then this place must be the Shrine of the Sea God?

Yeah. My home.

I-Im so sorry! I did something weird inside the Shrine without knowing anything!

Hes probably referring to the currents he made so that the mermaids can play.

Nah, dont worry about it. The merfolks seem to be enjoying themselves, too.

Halts mana control was perfect, and the currents he created using his mana didnt break any of the ornaments, much less the shrine itself.

Rather than that, what bothered me was

You came here without knowing this is my Shrine, so you dont have any sort of wish for me, the deity, right?

...Yes.

Oh, so thats how it was.

This became quite troublesome.

I wouldnt be able to have him fight against me in exchange for granting his wish.

In this world, Gramps Creator God forbids us deities to make a move on humans.

The only exception was for the human to make a move on the deity first.

Deities were allowed to retaliate in that case.

Thats why I wanted Halt to be the first one to attack so that we could start a battle.

However, since Halt came here without any sort of expectation, I couldnt negotiate with him.

Im the deity of sea creatures, so I dont know what the earth people want in the first place.

This is turning more troublesome by the second.

Hey, Halt. Wanna battle with me?

Its a pain in the neck coming up with ideas, so I just asked him directly.

If he refused, then theres nothing I could do.

A wish from him The chance is pretty slim.

Anyone willing to fight against deities would either be an idiot with a few loose screws in the head, an overconfident fool who blindly believed in the power he had, or a Bakemono that was far more powerful than us deities.

Halt may look young but he did come off as intelligent, and it was also kind of amazing that he managed to make it this far, but I didnt sense any sort of Bakemono-level power from him.

Thats why I didnt really think he would be willing to fight against me.

Thats what I thought, but

Yes, its fine with me. Lets do it!

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