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Chapter: 280

Thus, the Adventurers’ Guild created by Julius began to settle down gradually, going through a series of ups and downs.

Well, considering the Emperor was openly supporting it, it’d be strange if they couldn’t settle down.

Moreover, they even secured support from the Church of Life. It felt like Julius was using everything he could get his hands on.

Thanks to that, the Adventurers’ Guild started to blend in among the people little by little.

Beginning with an adventurer rating system starting from F rank, and offering quests whenever help from adventurers was needed.

For monsters that adventurers tended to avoid, the guild itself put out requests to hunt them down. The Adventurers’ Guild was operating smoothly.

Alright! This should be enough! Yup! Feels like I’ve done everything I can!

Now, I instructed LD, which has a newly added feature and passed the tests, to be distributed to the gods. The overall coordination was finished, and agreement among the gods was settled… Hmm. What else is there? Uh, nothing really, right? Seriously, nothing at all?

Great! Alright! Now, it’s time to sleep for real!

No matter what voices I hear from others! I’ll throw everything aside! I’m going to sleep! Just going to sleep!!!! The rest of the tasks will be handled by the other gods! They’ll manage!!!

So! Good night!!!!

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Even if the Goddess of Life fell asleep, the world continued to flow.

Without any major issues, the Romania Empire thrived, while Elves, Dwarves, and Lizardmen spread out across the world, stepping out of their own territories.

Where there are forests, there are Elves. Where there are mountains, there are Dwarves. Where there are rivers, there are Lizardmen.

In other places, humans and Beastmen lived intermixed.

Adapting to their respective environments, they sometimes collided, sometimes cooperated, gradually shaping the form of society.

While the Romania Empire pursued stability, small nations arose nearby, and some traveled across mountains or the frozen land of the north to reach other continents.

The world underwent countless changes.

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Emperor Julius Caesar, succeeding the illustrious Lucius Altirius III, inherited the Immortal Crown from a very exceptional predecessor.

Being called a superhuman, the great former emperor, who vanished with the promise to return in times of crisis for the Romania Empire, remained an insurmountable wall for Julius.

However, Emperor Julius was more than enough as a person in his own right.

Leading the golden age of the Romania Empire that had entered a period of stability during the previous emperor’s reign, Emperor Julius Caesar particularly focused on caring for the people to ensure that no one went hungry, that no one suffered.

He provided jobs for those without work, lent money to those suffering from illness or injury to facilitate their treatments, and offered stable housing to those who wandered without a home or family to help them settle down.

Thus, the people came to refer to Emperor Julius as the Kind Emperor.

Among the numerous accomplishments of Emperor Julius, it would be impossible to overlook the Adventurers’ Guild.

Adventurers hunting monsters and selling Mana Stones or other by-products.

Dangerous individuals wielding weapons who could turn into thieves or brigands at any moment.

The greatest factor transforming public perception of those adventurers was the Adventurers’ Guild founded by Emperor Julius.

Originally, adventurers walked a line between outlaws and hunters, feared and avoided by others.

Those who risked their lives hunting in the lairs of monsters were seen by others as vagrants, and the ominous weapons they carried could be directed against the common folk at any time.

Ordinary citizens viewed them as potential robbers, while the nobility regarded them as latent trouble that could erupt unpredictably.

This perception changed largely thanks to the Adventurers’ Guild established by Emperor Julius.

By ensuring that adventurers with no affiliations joined the guild, they were systematically managed while receiving various benefits.

Adventurers who tasted these sweet benefits found it hard to let go, and the rule of immediate expulsion for causing trouble, along with a ban on rejoining for a considerable period, kept them restrained.

Thus, the Adventurers’ Guild tightened its grip on the adventurers and began meticulously managing them.

Newbies aspiring to become adventurers were cared for with dedication and assigned quests fitting their abilities based on their ranks, while injured adventurers received treatment through the Church of Life.

No adventurer would refuse a guild that even offered compensation for the families of those who fell in battle.

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Of course, not everyone looked upon those adventurers favorably.

Some disliked the idea of their taxes going to something they considered pointless, and there were adventurers who committed crimes despite the risk of expulsion from the guild.

The event that completely changed the negative perception of adventurers was none other than the appearance of the Demon King.

— Regarding Emperor Julius and the Adventurers’ Guild.

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Feeling a bit drowsy, the sensation of completely sinking into sleep felt absolutely wonderful. If I just kept falling asleep like this, I could probably sleep forever.

While my body fell into slumber, my spirit was only half awake. Normally, I’d peek into the internet of another world with a mind that’s half asleep, but… I didn’t feel like doing that right now.

The last time I dozed off completely, a lot went awry. This time, I didn’t want to shut myself off from the world entirely.

With a mind that was barely half asleep, I kept my ears open for any unpleasant changes happening in the world, just in case I needed to respond.

Of course, not all changes occurring in this world had to pass through me… But still, I should ward off as many bad ones as possible and welcome good changes, right?

However, I didn’t want to move my drowsy body. I didn’t want to move. I wish someone else could just take the wheel of this ship called the world and steer it in the right direction instead of this lazy me. I hoped they could bring about change in this world.

As for divine duties, I have kids I delegated that work to, so they should manage just fine… But right now, what I want isn’t fulfilling those duties as a god.

I had left most of the work of a god, including overseeing life and death, to other gods… But those tasks were purely divine, and I hadn’t entrusted them with bringing change to the world.

If I left that work to the gods… they’d probably change it to their liking, which wouldn’t do. No way, not at all.

But what if it were humans? What if I could bring about new changes through humans?

At that moment, a spark of inspiration flashed through my mind.

I didn’t need to give commands for everything; what if I could subtly guide ordinary humans living their lives… just a little, very little, to change the world?

Like a player making a slight intervention in a simulation game that continues to run smoothly even if left alone.

If so, I could change the world bit by bit while being completely sprawled out and half asleep, avoiding the burden of living an entire life… and I wouldn’t even need to wake up.

Alright. I’ve got it figured out. Once I set my mind to something, I must act immediately.

Here, I’ll use the newly organized LD.

Of course, I could use similar abilities without it, but that sounds like a hassle. Seriously.

So, a spare LD I had prepared beforehand floated up and settled onto my head.

Now then… what kind of human should I become?

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One day, in a small village not far from the Mage’s City Procyon, a girl was born.

A girl with dazzling silver hair. A lovely child endowed with the blessing of magical power, holding immense magical energy within.

Her parents named her Encia and cherished her dearly as she grew.

Despite her young age, she possessed deep wisdom, thriving on the love of others as she blossomed.

Then one day, guided by instinct, she moved the magical energy within her, and it summoned a colossal rain to the parched earth.

Rain substantial enough to moisten the scorching desert. Encia, who brought forth such rain, was regarded as a treasure by the villagers.

Thus, Encia’s parents and the villagers recognized her as a mage.

And not just any mage but a powerful one capable of summoning great rain in this arid desert.

However, what they did not know was this.

“Did this help the villagers?”

“Of course! What treasure could be more precious than rain falling on those living in parched land?”

Encia had a voice accompanying her since the moment she was born.