Chapter 299: The Girl Realizes the Truth About His 'All-Nighter'...
It had been a day since the final battle between humanity and the gods, Ragnarök, came to an end.
A girl who appeared to be around fourteen years old was running while carrying a stack of items.
She needed to deliver the things in her hands to a certain place.
The items were submitted by other pantheons. The new chairman was beginning to consolidate the forces of all pantheons, so these documents contained some internal information from each pantheon.
By the way, why not use the Akashic System to look it up?
Some things can't be fully understood just by using the Akashic System, and to see clearly, one needs to enter historical recordings, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Moreover, since many pantheon spaces, which served as servers for the Akashic Records via the World Tree, were occupied by the Primordial Gods, they were disconnected from this side, making investigations even more difficult.
The new chairman would properly integrate the forces of each pantheon and formulate battle plans.
Otherwise, the gods' confrontation with the other side would start off terribly—as shown in the virtual world simulations.
The enemy's attacks were highly targeted against this side. For example, when invading a pantheon, the invading forces were specialized units designed to counter that specific pantheon.
Back in the virtual world, the gods initially paid little attention and often acted independently, each responsible for competing over their own mythic domains.
This resulted in heavy losses.
Thus, the new Chairman needed to reorganize the collective power of the gods.
After sprinting to the end of the corridor, she reached a staircase several stories high.
Stepping onto it would lead to the new Chairman's office.
"Whew~~~"
Göll finally climbed the staircase, utterly exhausted.
Catching her breath, she looked ahead and couldn't help but freeze in mild surprise.
Right at the entrance to the office door stood two people: her eleventh sister, Hlökk, and her tenth sister, Alvitr.
So why was she surprised to see them at the door?
The reason was that the door was closed, but the two were sneakily pressing their ears against it.
What were they doing?
Why not just go in directly? What were they eavesdropping on?
Without alerting them, Göll tiptoed closer.
When she got within half a meter of them, they still hadn't noticed anyone behind them, seemingly fully absorbed in their eavesdropping.
But what were they listening to? Why did both sisters look so strange?
Their faces were flushed crimson, as if blood might seep through, their eyes slightly moist, bodies tense, and they occasionally squirmed unnaturally.
"Has it stopped?"
"Seems like it~"
They murmured in a daze.
"What stopped? Sister Alvitr, Sister Hlökk~"
Göll asked curiously.
And so—
"Eek!!!"
"Waaah!!!"
The two sisters shrieked in panic, like thieves with guilty consciences.
No, it wasn't just guilt—it was the fluster of being caught red-handed.
In their panic, they lost balance, their hands pushing against the door, which swung open, sending them stumbling clumsily inside.
So, what was going on?
Startled by their reaction, Göll peered inside but saw nothing unusual.
In the exceptionally luxurious room, she spotted the new Chairman, who had just sat down at the desk. Stepping over her sisters, Göll entered to hand over what she had brought.
As she moved further in, scanning the office, she noticed a figure lying on a lavish sofa. Was that Sister Brunhilde?
Why the uncertainty? Because a blanket covered the entire person, making it hard to see clearly.
Huh?
It didn't seem like Sister Brunhilde—she spotted strands of brown hair peeking out from under the blanket.
That looked like Sister Randgriz.
Had she gotten tired and decided to rest here?
"Chairman, these~"
Gathering her focus, Göll handed over the items, feeling slightly nervous.
It wasn't because the person before her was now the Chairman of the Gods, but because his legendary status made her as excited as a fan meeting a super idol.
Speaking of which, the Chairman looked a bit pale, likely having stayed up all night since yesterday handling affairs.
So dedicated~!
"Thanks, Göll~"
"N-No problem"
Her slightly stuttered reply was accompanied by a sweet smile.
After turning around, Göll prepared to leave.
But as she turned, she noticed her sisters Alvitr and Hlökk standing awkwardly in place, looking rather suspicious about something.
They occasionally stole glances at the Chairman, their faces flushing red before looking toward Sister Randgriz.
Huh?
Sister Randgriz seemed to be awake and aware of their gazes, as she was trying to shrink her body in embarrassment while desperately pulling the blanket to cover herself properly.
How peculiar.
Just then—
"Göll"
It was her eldest sister Brunhilde's voice.
"Yes?"
Göll responded while looking toward the source of the voice, then her eyes widened in shock.
Sister—Sister was in such a terrible state! She had walked out completely naked!
No, not completely naked—she was holding her clothes in her hands.
"Take these to clean~"
With that, she tossed the garments over, covering half of Göll's body and making her scramble to remove them.
Ugh, there was something stuck to them.
"Oh right, take care of Randgriz's too"
As she said this, her sister walked toward Sister Randgriz.
"W-Wait, don't come over!"
A panicked voice emerged from under the blanket.
"Why so nervous? Weren't you quite bold earlier? Daring to oppose your elder sister and steal someone? Why so timid now?"
What was Sister Brunhilde talking about?
Göll didn't quite understand.
The next second, Sister Brunhilde gave a strong tug and pulled the blanket away, revealing Sister Randgriz—
At that moment, Göll's eyes widened even further. Sister Randgriz's situation was somewhat similar to Sister Brunhilde's, the difference being that Sister Randgriz was in the middle of frantically trying to get dressed when she was exposed.
So after staring blankly for a moment, Göll gradually understood the situation.
She understood why Sisters Alvitr and Hlökk had been eavesdropping and blushing, and she understood what was stuck to the clothes in her hands.