Registration of God's People

I put my card data on the magic tool and after a while the letters come up.

79,539,831th

Kusunoki Shigeto

Guardian: Orient

1st Ladder

Affiliation

Skills

Swordsmanship   Concentration　

Hmm? One, ten, one hundred, one thousand,... almost 80 million,... I don't understand. I don't know what the population of this world is, but I hope there are a billion. Domoto said five figures. ... How high is he? My inclination was to ask about rank, but I also felt embarrassed, so I asked about something else.

"1st Ladder? What's that ...? This one."

"Those who were with you said, 'Levels'? As mentioned earlier, as you fight and gain experience, you move up the ladder. As a result, physical abilities, which were measured earlier, will also increase dramatically."

“Level? I understand then. I see. Then, as you move up the ladder, your ranking will also increase..."

"That's right. The value of increase in ability for each step up the ladder is also different for each person, but basically, it goes up."

“I see... Is there an upper limit to the ladder?"

"I've heard it said that the highest ladder is the 10th step, although very few people ever make it..."

Ten steps, huh? Surprisingly few. I thought so, and asked something different.

"So then what exactly are these things called swordsmanship and concentration?"

"Those are skills. These are skills that were acquired in your world before you came here. They are things that are not from here, so I'm not sure how good they are."

“When you say 'skills', you mean techniques; is there such a thing as skills acquired here in this world?"

"Skills acquired here are not displayed, but when you learn them, you can sort of recognize them yourself. It is said that they are influenced by the Guardian Spirit..."

Swordsmanship, surely that's something I got built up as a skill because I was doing Iaido. Concentration was probably another skill you got from Iaido. Well, I don't know how it differs from the skills of this world...

And by Guardian Spirit, I guessed she meant this "Orient" thingy. Is it a Guardian Spirit?

“No, erm……please wait a moment.”

Saying so, the Priestess opened some book and began to check inside.

"Oh, here it is. Orient is the name of a spirit. It is a spirit that supposedly helps to stabilize one's mind."

... Well, since I've been over here, I took a deep breath to calm down and it's strangely calming... Is it because of the guardianship of this spirit? Maybe I'm learning some skills like that. If you think so, this is a very good skill to have, isn't it?

“A spirit. I feel like I've received the protection of a magnificent guardian spirit!"

The Priestess replied with a slight smile as she said with a little tension.

“It is said that those who have been transferred to this world will always receive such protection. The original inhabitants of this world may or may not have it, but if you have the guardian, you can fully benefit from the spirit, so I think that's a good sign."

Mm-hm. I'm feeling a little more confident.

"Those who were with Shigeto-san this time received pretty good patronage."

"Huh? Oh ... mine was a spirit that helps stabilize the mind. Did other spirits provide protection as well?"

"Yes. I was also surprised to see that Kyohei-sama is protected by Credor-sama. It's as if he's guaranteed a life as a hero or a valiant warrior! It's a wonderful protection that only comes along once every few hundred years or so!"

"Oh, oh...?"

Seeing the excitement of the Priestess makes me feel like my spirit is very insignificant. Then she explained to me that Ikeda, a second-year student, has the protection of "Brights" and Sakuragi, a first-year student, has the protection of "Rukia", something I had no understanding of.

In this world, the sole God "GS" is at the top, followed by the three 'Pillars of Heaven' (Tengen) called "Credor", "Juli", and "Signo", and below them are the eight 'Heavenly Lords' (Tendai) called "Brights", "Alba", "Preza", "Rukia", "Five", "Ast", "Exeline", and "Oceanus".

I guess they are like the gods and angels on earth.

―――

God > GS

Tengen > Credor, Juli, Signo

Tendai > Brights, Alba, Preza, Rukia, Five, Ast, Exeline, Oceanus

―――

Originally, it was rare for a group of nine people like us to be transferred, but it was even more rare for Tengen and Tendai to appear like this. The other students were not above the clouds either, but they had spirits of a relatively high rank.

"... High rank? Do spirits have ranks?"

"The Tengen-sama and Tendai-sama can be said to be high ranking spirits, but there are many other famous great spirits as well."

"Haa... Um, my Orient is…"

"That's ... the spirit that doesn't have a rank attached to it, so I think it's a spirit outside of the ranks..."

"Ah…"

I feel like I shouldn't. No... It has already helped me when I panicked. I'm sorry I shouldn't assume it's useless.

"By the way, I heard that Shigeto-sama is in the position of their teacher..."

"Oh, yes, that's my position. The students seem to have gone over the top in a lot of ways, though."

"I see... Oh, and one thing I'm curious about is Akira-san's guardian spirit."

"Akira? Kohinata? Oh, what about him?"

"I've been told that he tends to be a little inconsistent with his spirit. Campanella, a very powerful spirit, is also famous for being the guardian spirit of the Berserker."

"Berserker???"

"He was a legendary warrior. Legend has it that he fought to the death in a fit of rage."

"Until death…"

That sounds bad. She told me to tell him to be careful, but I think she told this to me with the feeling that I might be able to restrain him as his teacher. However, Kohinata is a particularly rebellious guy to begin with. I am sure that if I spoke out, it would have the opposite effect.

I was on good terms with Domoto, and I wondered if he would cooperate with me if I was with him.

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