Chapter 1785 – [Preparation for Opening]

Phantom personally visited the store that Cherubim’s Eden was planning to open. Then he worked on providing facilities for the hungry to visit.

Because he has to use his power as an absolute being, his hair, which is usually black when in Great Demon Lord mode, turns light gray. At the same time, thin thread-like things began to flow.

“First, let’s set the scope to all dimensions… The primary target is people who are hungry or likely to die of starvation, right?”

“Yes!!!!”

“But you can’t feed all the hungry people. No matter how hard you try, Eden won’t be able to feed all the hungry people on your planet, right?”

“Hey, on our side, Eden runs a charity foundation, so it’ll be less than other districts.”

“But that’s true. Anyway, if we try to feed all those people, the store will collapse at that moment, so we have to set some other conditions.”

“Hmm, wait a minute. I’ll make the conditions more detailed and write them down.”

In response, Eden wrote down the conditions he had in mind and handed them over to Phantom. Maybe because I had something in mind, I just had to refine it, so it didn’t take that long.

I took a quick look and saw that Eden had conditions for visiting the store. Hmm, what should I call it? First, for the sake of convenience, it’s a different world style… Ah, is this plagiarism? Then let’s call it a two-dimensional restaurant. Anyway, the conditions for filtering out people who crossed dimensions and visited the two-dimensional restaurant were as follows.

1. Must have been hungry (including mentally)

2. Must be an intelligent being capable of sufficient conversation and exchange.

3. Humans are not a staple food and cannibalism will not be practiced.

4. It must be large enough to visit the store.

5. Must have good personality.

There were a lot of little things, but if you look at the big ones, there were five. Of course, since this is the first decision, the conditions may change in the future.

After seeing Eden’s conditions, Phantom understood some things, but there were some things that were ambiguous, so he asked about them.

“First, what about the personality part? I can judge this because I am connected to the abyss, but if I become too strict, no one will come.”

“Hmm… First, what about people who are good at heart even if they don’t act well? I can’t help with people who are disgusting and evil, but I think people with good hearts will be okay.”

“I can’t guarantee that your deeds and actions will be good, regardless of whether you are good on the inside. You don’t have to go far, just look at your dad.”

“Ah, bitter. Are you beating up someone who is still?”

“It’s obvious that you can’t refute it. People from the Choi family are altruistic by nature, but the scope of your altruism is so narrow that you don’t care about other people. So you have a good heart, but you’re a twisted person.”

“I think it would be fun to make people like you by feeding them, right?”

“It’s not like taming a tomboy. Anyway, if Eden thinks so, I’ll set it up that way for now.”

“Yes!!!!!”

Phantom set it up that way and granted it power. The power granted to this space itself may not have been a great power from his standpoint as an absolute being, but at least the scope was extremely wide.

And I see it in my eyes. The threads that spread out from this store are woven together and spread like a spider web. It was difficult to even try to trace how dense and complex the spider web was, so I could only guess by feel.

Many relationships and trials will continue. That’s why it appears clearer to my eyes.

“That’s it for now. Ah, I’ll tell you about this setting.”

And the thread that came out of the phantom touched Eden and melted. Perhaps feeling some strange sensation, Eden wiggles her fingers and looks around her store.

“Oh!!!!”

“You can do small things like turning visit settings on or off or expelling the real son. Instead, I have to deal with the important things, so let me know if anything needs to be changed.”

“Can’t I do it?”

“It’s not possible because the basis of that is the power of the absolute. You can give them permission to use it, but you can’t change something. What should I say, if you go to an amusement park and buy a ticket, you can ride the rides, but you can’t change or steal it as you want. It’s the same thing.”

“Oh, I see.”

“And for an unloaded transcendental to interfere with the Absolute, it would be like a newborn baby dismantling a play equipment with his bare body and without any tools.”

“Eden, he says you’re a loser.”

“I didn’t say that!!!!!”

Let’s laugh a little as a joke for a moment… The next thing to worry about is the will that goes into maintaining power.

What Phantom did for me was no different from buying me a fancy, expensive sports car. However, that does not guarantee the oil that goes into it.

“I just want to give it to my nephew as a gift, but if I run a store for free, it will become a hobby. Think of it as the monthly rent that goes into maintaining your power.”

“I can get my willingness to pay that monthly rent from the customer… Ah, I guess I can.”

“Yes, the reward that comes from serving customers is also a will. If you think you treat customers well, you will be able to run the business well, but if you don’t, well…”

“Will I go bankrupt?!”

“It’s not that much, the powers will just be deactivated automatically. It’s my first store, so it’s not a bad idea to go bankrupt and have a hard time.”

First, other things need to be resolved, but the most important thing that was started in the first place has been completed. It’s good to have an absolute friend. With help like this, you can handle complex tasks in an instant.

And then immediately move on to the next problem. This time, I wondered what the problem was, but surprisingly, if I didn’t take care of it, it would be a hassle to run the store later.

“Next is the issue of language and communication.”

“Dimensional civilization general-purpose interpreter… Is a bit like that. It’s a hassle to carry around, and there may be languages ​​that aren’t registered. Speaking by will becomes one-sided, so that’s another problem.”

Eden’s store will be visited by customers of multiple races and languages. From the beginning, I thought about that and said that the two-dimensional restaurant condition was that it was an intelligent being that did not eat cannibalism, and there were no other conditions.

Like Keter, there are people who have completely different vocal organs, and it is not strange if they use a language that is not registered in the dimensional civilization. In order to communicate with those people, take orders, and cook, language issues had to be resolved.

“If it’s that problem, there’s someone who can solve it.”

“Who?”

“Lucian Storyteller the Wisdom Lord. Dad’s faction, the Four Heavenly Kings…”

“The weakest?”

“Uh… Physically, I guess so.”

As I became a Lord, the minimum cutoff point for the Four Heavenly Kings of the Absolute One of Destiny faction became a Lord. However, if you were to find the physically weakest among them, it would be Lucian. Just like the Choi family’s strange naming sense, the chronic disease of the Storyteller family, one of the dimensional civilizations, is their vain bodies.

That didn’t change even after loading. Of course, there is a load average, so the average person can’t compare, but if you compare it to the same load, it’s truly miserable.

… Still, I can’t ignore that bastard because he is as old as a Death Lord among Lords. What is this, a huge walking library?

“Then, let’s go there. Where are the coordinates of the Akashic Records? If we do well, we can solve it by today.”

“What are Akashic Records?”

“Like the Nature Garden of the Absolute of Nature, it is the realm of the Absolute of Knowledge. It must be quite an interesting place.”

Come to think of it, is this Eden’s first time visiting the Akashic Records? It wouldn’t be a bad idea to take this opportunity.

We separately received the coordinates of the Akashic Records and moved there. Akashic Records, like Delta Castle or Dark Lord Castle, is non-porous, so you need coordinates to move there periodically to get there, but it happened to be nearby, so it didn’t take too long to get there.

Soon, a huge castle of brown and gray colors appears, so much so that the perspective becomes strange. When viewed from a distance, something like a dot stood out, giving the impression that the color had been painted incorrectly, like some kind of impurity, but the closer I got, the more I could see why.

The Akashic Records were a structure made up of books and books. Even though the books may deteriorate and no glue or anything is used, the structure called the castle is maintained because the owner of that place is the absolute owner of knowledge.

“Wow!!!! There are so many books!!!!!!”

“It’s a place where all kinds of books are. All the books in the dimension are there. They’re even being updated.”

“It’s big, but isn’t it a bit small to say it has all the books?”

“It’s not everything it seems. There’s something like space expansion, so there’s probably more in reality.”

Eventually, after anchoring, we get off the cherub and go inside. There were other guests besides us, but soon the librarian and library director here appeared.

That Lucian guy appeared by teleportation without any trace. On the outside, he reminds me of a handsome man with a gentle bookworm personality, but in reality, he is no different from a pervert old man.

“Oh, what happened? You visited without contacting me. Ah, hello Eden. You’ve grown so much while I haven’t seen you!!!!”

“Hello, Uncle Lucian!!!”

“Hmm, how have you been? Did you come here to borrow a book?”

“What book do you have?”

“Since you created English cuisine, the number of related books has increased significantly. I’ll lend it to you for free, so let me know if you need it.”

“Wow!!!! Uncle is the best!!!!”

No, why is this guy cosplaying as a normal person? Doesn’t she look like a caring uncle?

As I looked at him with a cold expression, Lucian looked at me as if something was wrong. No, it’s because you don’t know this guy.

“Why?”

“I’m so surprised that a guy who normally would be talking about sex and playing with Eden is talking about something normal. Why?”

“Hey, no matter how much I do, it’s not that bad for a nephew I haven’t seen in a while. You won’t know it later. But Eden has really grown up a lot. It felt like just yesterday when I went to her first birthday party.”

“Don’t pay attention, pervert bastard.”

“It’s a world of transcendents full of all kinds of abnormal sexual desires, but if I hook up with my friend’s daughter, who also went to her first birthday party, wouldn’t that sound like crap in a different direction? And I say Lori, a tsundere with red hair and twin tails, is my ideal type!!!!!”

“So you told me to marry the commander of the 1st Bloodier Corps? All I had to do was tie my hair in twintails.”

“You’re not a loli, you’re not a tsundere?! And those guys who eat people in the first place are a bit…”

“This guy’s tastes are so picky.”

We decided to leave the small talk for now and get to the point. Since they probably don’t know our story at all, Eden decided to tell them about the store.

Language and communication problems cannot be solved simply by being strong. This is a field that requires a good brain, and as far as I know, Lucian’s brain is as good as any of the transcendentals, and he has more knowledge than that.

“Open a store? Hey, it’s already time. Then, what can I do to help?”

“We need to make it possible for people to communicate even if they have different vocal organs or speak different languages. It will take a lot of work.”

“Of course, if you want to make it possible to communicate in real time between different languages ​​according to culture and understanding, this is not about giving blessings to individuals, but about enabling communication in a limited space, right? Oh, what about the reading option?”

“I think it’s necessary to read the menu, but…”

“Then the power will become heavier. Listening and reading are ultimately branches of communication and language, but they are different things. Um, wait a minute.”

Lucian looked towards Eden for a moment, and then he noticed something carefully. However, the direction you are looking at is towards the chest… Hey, you bastard. You are a lolicon.

“You didn’t see the chest. Anyway, when I looked at it, I felt the absolute power of salvation. Did you go there first?”

“Because that is the priority.”

“I guess I know the method. Then, let’s put a spoon on it.”

“What should I do?”

“I’m going to put this power on top of that power. As you can see, the will that goes into exercising the power comes from Eden, so I’m going to put this power on top of that mechanism so that the same power can be supplied, and the power can be used. In short, I need to use an outlet to use other electronic devices. “I’m not saying we’re going to make another one, but we’re going to install a multi-tap and use it from the same outlet.”

“What problems will arise there? And no matter how much you are a Lord, it must be difficult for you to interfere with the power of the Absolute to that extent?”

Once loaded, you can definitely reach the Absolute. However, it only means that you can reach as far as you want, but that does not mean that you can change it at will.

It’s not for nothing that they say that you need three Lords to deal with an absolute being. Even though Lucian is an amazing Lord, the difference between a Lord and an Absolute is clear.

“There is also an issue with power efficiency, and I want to talk about it with my mother. Please wait a moment.”

“Hey?! Wait a minute?!”

“Oh, they say they’re interested, so they’ll be coming soon.”

And then a huge presence from the Akashic Records basement immediately came up to where we were. As a Lord, I also feel overwhelmed when I see a being that moves in an instant without any sign or warning, I feel like it is an absolute being.

The mother of Lucian Storyteller the Wisdom Lord is an absolute source of knowledge like no other. Although she had little activity and was considered the weakest among the Absolutes, she could not be ignored. In fact, considering her knowledge, she was an Absolute who had greater social influence than anyone else.

When she revealed herself, she was a beautiful, intelligent-looking woman with purple hair. If you look at her objectively, she is comparable to Eden, she is a beauty with no major differences that can be divided only by taste.

What’s unusual is that she’s carrying a thick, antique book at her side. As far as I know, that was the Book of Knowledge, the sacred instrument of the Absolute Knowledge.

“Hello, it’s been a while.”

“Oh, yes. Hello. How have you been?”

“There’s no need to ask how my bean sprout mother is doing. Anyway, mother, because of what I told you earlier, could you help me give some authority to their store?”

“That’s why I came up. This is my first time seeing this kid, but honestly, I’m keeping quite a close eye on that kid.”

Even though she doesn’t have any glasses, she looks at Eden with the eyes of great insight, as she is the most knowledgeable of all the absolutes.

She might be nervous as the Absolute is watching her, but Eden just smiles and greets her politely. I, too, am appalled by the appearance of the Absolute, but I don’t know who I resemble with that kind of guts.

“Hello? My name is Eden Choi.”

“It’s nice to meet you. It’s been a while since I brought in a new item, so I was curious about something, so it’s you? And… You’re Ryu Hyeon’s successor, right?”

“I’m still working on it.”

“I want to retire too, but my son still needs a lot. He needs to grow up a bit more, so I can entrust him with the underground banned books…”

“No, Mom. I can still do it well, right?”

“It’s so light, so why use it? Behave neatly. Don’t just read a book, go out and get some fresh air sometimes.”

“Oh, yes, yes. But actually, my mother doesn’t go out either.”

“Because I don’t need to go out. You need to have a social life.”

Even if you are an absolute child, a mother is still a mother. That’s exactly the kind of nagging.

Putting aside such nagging, Eden seemed to be interested in the banned book that the Absolute of Knowledge was maintaining underground. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind if it was an ordinary book, but isn’t there something exciting about a banned book?

“But what about a banned book? Is there such a thing?”

“In the world, there is knowledge that should not be known, knowledge that can cause major problems if misused, and knowledge that threatens the mind just by knowing it. From the 『Necronomicon』 That you commonly know, it scratches the other person’s mind and breaks the mind by piercing the loopholes. Things like 『Vitriolic Comics』 Containing the law, and 『Invisible Dragon』, Which are similar but shake the mentality differently.”

“No, there’s an invisible dragon there!?”

There are other things that seem worthy, but why is there something like an invisible dragon in there?!

… Ah, still, part of me was a little convinced. To be honest, I am a loader too, but if I were to ask you to read it thoroughly, it would drain your will.

If it’s pushed in front of you, you’ll be like a Balrog and say, ‘Oh shit, let’s run!!!!’ It seems like it’s going to jump out.