The Outer God Needs Warmth

Chapter 39

What should I do?

An unexpected problem has arisen.

The people I sent memories to aren’t trying to summon me.

The problem began like this: after collecting Yasle’s summoning-related memories, I sliced them into smaller pieces and transmitted them. I didn’t send them all at once because people who received the full transmission couldn’t endure it and died.

So, I minimized the amount and experimented by gradually increasing the volume. I sent as much as possible without causing harm.

But those with sharp understanding managed to use the magic Yasle once wielded with just the memories I sent them.

Yes.

No matter how much I analyze the memories, all I can discern is the part that relates to summoning me. Yet, some people grasp the principles from those memories and use simple magic. How do they do it?

No matter.

The ability to use new magic—that’s the fundamental issue.

The light that reaches me, submerged beneath the cold depths, always comes from people steeped in despair and resignation.

But those who receive my blessings become inherently strong. Just to be sure, I conducted a thorough investigation. It turns out that, besides the improvement in physical abilities, their intelligence also increases after receiving my blessing.

The extent varies from person to person, but overall, their bodies transform for the better. And if they’re lucky, they even gain a special ability.

So far, of 797 individuals blessed, 236 gained special abilities. That’s about 30%. Isn’t that a decent probability?

Incidentally, I refer to them as “individuals” because they aren’t all human. Among them, 542 were blessed while I was in that world, while the rest came from lights that reached me over time.

Every blessed individual, without exception, became stronger.

Incurable wounds healed, they became younger, stronger, smarter, and some even gained unique powers.

For most, being physically healthier and stronger resolves many of their problems.

That alone is an issue, but the ones who understand Yasle’s knowledge well enough can also use magic.

Many experience dramatic improvements after receiving their blessings.

Yes, that’s the biggest problem.

When they gain the strength to escape their hardships, they no longer need to summon me.

But waiting for the blessed to fall into misfortune again is too unpredictable. Their downfall isn’t being ostracized or abandoned—it’s the moment their heads are cut off.

They rampage with their newfound power, fail to achieve their goals, and are killed.

It’s a dilemma.

To grant knowledge to someone desperate enough to summon me, I must first bless them.

But if I bless them, they no longer need to summon me.

When I was in that world, I could influence those with low warmth. But submerged beneath the surface, I can’t.

Not only was my consciousness drawn upward, but it seems my physical form also rose, allowing me to interfere with that world.

Now that I’ve descended again, I can no longer affect it.

Speaking of descending, a memory comes to mind.

That time.

I remember seeing a crack form in the void when I tried to create the phone. What would have happened if I had pushed harder then? Would the warmth have increased? Or would I have fallen back through the crack?

There’s so much I don’t know.

At times like this, it’s not wise to rush forward. Progress must be made step by step.

First, let’s ensure that a blessed person can summon me.

What should I do?

I think.

How can I make them summon me?

What can I do?

And violence inevitably breeds resentment.

Of course, the one committing violence might be in the right. Perhaps the person they’re attacking truly deserves it.

But would the attacked party accept it as their comeuppance, or would they resent their attacker?

Blessings will undoubtedly bring more warmth.

Yes, more warmth.

I know how to be patient.

I’ll choose the option with the larger total.

In other words, my advantage lies in giving blessings. Warmth extraction can be set aside for now—that’s an issue to think about once I’ve returned to that world.

First, I need to sell my strengths.

How should I sell them?

I sift through the memories I’ve gathered so far.

Hmm.

Hmm.

There was something that kept popping up and sticking in my head from internet video platforms, wasn’t there? That’s right—how various forms of media disseminate specific information to people.

Advertisements.

What if I insert my advertisement when I transmit memories?

Something like, “I can bestow even more blessings upon those around you!” If I include that, perhaps one person will take the bait.

And surely, there aren’t just a handful of people like Yasle or Andrew. There must be many.

Even the faded man’s memories had something like this:

“For a pioneer church to run properly, you only need 80 members.”

With that many, they said the operation enters a stable profit zone without deficits.

Yes, for some people, religion is a business. Wouldn’t blessings be an excellent business item for such people?

I’ve seen this kind of operation with my own eyes and experienced it firsthand.

Surely, there will be someone who sees my advertisement and decides to summon me.

Yes, I’ve decided.

It might take a little longer to fully transmit the memories a person needs, but I’ll insert advertisements here and there.

What kind of advertisement would be good?

Should I mimic that one goddess from a certain game, who starts with, “Can you hear me? Can you hear my voice?” and then delivers a twist at the end?

I’d love it if someone mindlessly summoned me like in a cosmic horror story. Although, now that I think about it, most of those works focus on people driven mad by alien knowledge, so they don’t offer much useful reference.

Hmm.

Let’s keep it simple for now. Simple.

“If you want more blessings, use this knowledge to summon me.”

It’s a sentence with a bit of a trick.

Doesn’t it sound like they themselves can gain more power? But when I say “more,” I mean spreading blessings to more people, not just to them.

Still, depending on the language, the phrasing might need to be adjusted slightly. Some languages use entirely different words depending on the nuance.

But the basic structure remains the same. It sounds like it’s for their benefit, but it’s actually for mine.

I’ll keep the sentences short and straightforward to stimulate their desires as much as possible.

Isn’t that what all advertisements do?

It’s not like there are any rules against it anyway.

Hehe.

I made an advertisement.