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Small doors on either side of the hall.

One of the doors is half-open, and a boy is peeking out of it with a sense of trepidation.

“Oh, Mer! Just in time.”

“Maia-sama! Where the hell have you been? We were worried about you!”

Maia called out, and the boy called Mer came running over to her.

He looked about 12 to 13 years old. His short-sleeved jacket, which seemed to be easy to move around in, looked somewhat otherworldly.

“He is ……, this man is …….”

“Don’t worry Mer. I’ve brought a powerful helper!”

“…… helper?”

Mer looked at Seitaro suspiciously.

…… Well, that’s what happens when you suddenly have a stranger in an unfamiliar outfit, Seitaro thought.

Didn’t minding that, Maia said with a proud face

“Yes, he’s a consultant.”

“What, ……?”

Mer looked at Seitaro quizzically.

Seitaro took out his business card, thinking that she should say his name, not his profession.

“My name is Seitaro Izumi, a management consultant.”

“Oh..”

Mer took the business card curiously and looked at it sullenly.

“This is Mercurius. My attendant. He does chores and housework in this temple.

“Please call me Mer.”

Maia introduced him, and this time he bow politely.

Maia was looking smug even though she hadn’t done anything special, while Seitaro had the impression that he was very firm.

“So, ……, what is this ‘consultant’ about ……?”

“Oh my God, Mer! It’s ‘bussiness strategy” skill we’ve been looking for!”

“What ……?”

Confused, Mer alternated between the business card and Seitaro’s face.

Seitaro said after coughing, thinking that this goddess is not good at explaining things.

“I have heard from Maia that you are having financial difficulties. Sales of goods are not going as planned and the number of believers is not increasing, which means that income – offerings – is also in short supply.”

“Oh..”

“I will propose a plan for restructuring the business, in other words, improving the balance of income and expenditure. That is the job of a ‘consultant’.”

The number of question marks on Mer’s head seemed to be growing.

Seitaro reflected on whether the phrasing was a bit difficult.

“Um ..”

Mel opened his mouth, looking at the business card.

“The written here is letters, isn’t it? What the hell is this ……?”

Oh crap, I forgot.

Come to think of it, it is not surprising that there is no culture in the other world that would give you a business card.

Moreover, for some reason, he doesn’t seem to be able to read the letters, even though he can understand the language.

I guess I’ll have to …… explain it a little more clearly.

The moment Seitaro was about to open his mouth with this thought, Mer turned to Maia as if he had noticed something.

“Maia-sama? Could it be that you brought this man from another world?”

Maia was startled and freezes for a moment. Immediately, she hurriedly waved her hand in denial.

“What are you talking about, Mer? No, calm down, let’s calm down and talk ……”

“It’s so dangerous!”

Mer exclaimed, looked panic.

Seitaro stood there with a blank stare, not understanding what was going on.

“Do you understand? It is forbidden to bring in people and things from other worlds! If Maia, the Goddess of Order, were to find out that you are breaking the prohibition, you would ……”

“It’s all right!”

“What part of …… is okay?”

“I’ll ask him to leave as soon as he’s done! Then no one will know! As long as they don’t find out, I’ll be fine!”

Mer was pestering Maia with an annoyed look on his face, and Maia was flapping her hands soothingly.

He couldn’t see what they were talking about, but he couldn’t miss the disturbing words.

“That …… prohibition, you mean ……?”

He asked Mer fearfully. With a sigh, Mer answers.

“It is forbidden for the goddess to use her power to go to other worlds. Of course, bringing something or someone from another world is also forbidden.”

“What’s that?”

“I heard that if you do that, you will be deprived of your …… divinity. ……”

“What are you talking about?”

He looked at Maia and she looked away awkwardly.

I have a …… bad feeling about this.

As he kept looking at her, Maia began to talk reluctantly.

“Anyway! It’s shame to get caught! So it’s absolutely secret that you came from another world!”

“There was no way … I can’t let people know that the goddess is in trouble with money. Besides, there is no one in this world who knows how to sell Otaku goods ...”

This client is a vain bastard, isn’t she? She’s better than the overbearing ones, though, but she’s still a pain in the ass.

“Anyway! It would be bad if they find out, so please don’t tell anyone that you’re from another world!”

“………… Well, I hope it doesn’t interfere with my work.”

Maia, bowing her head with her hands clasped together, replies in resignation.

From the start, it is full of anxiety factors.

I don’t know what prohibition mean in this world, but I’ve rarely had a decent client with whom I’ve had to deal with rule-breaking …… or, to put it another way, illegal behavior.

If this is the only contravention, that’s fine, but if the means of management itself is doing something that violates the rules, it’s …… pretty bad.

(I mean, wasn’t she …… the goddess of orders?)

I have just embarked on another world, but I might as well be ready to withdraw at any time.

“Just to be clear, you didn’t do anything …… else that violates the rules…or forbids it, did you?”

“That’s…”

Maia was about to open her mouth when the great doors of the hall opened with a loud bang.

Seitaro turned around, a little fed up with what now …….

“Maia sisーーー! Are you there?”