The seven orbs formed the shape of a hand and flew in the sky to carry the seawater-filled bucket back and forth. … For him to use his Balance Breaker in such a way. Well, Cao Cao’s Balance Breaker is a quiet one after all. I looked on in puzzlement as I watched the plastic pool that was being filled. “B-By the way, what do I do in this Ocean of Milk?”
When I asked Sakra like that—. “—Stir the Ocean of Milk.”
I doubted my hearing after receiving such an answer. “…Eh? Stirring the…Ocean of Milk?”
Stirring it!? The Ocean of Milk…this seawater? While I still felt confused, Sakra laughed. “HAHAHA, your face became weird, you know? No, no, what I meant by stirring the Ocean of Milk is an ancient ceremony recorded in the Hindu mythology. If the Ocean of Milk were to be stirred by the Gods, a certain thing might be refined.”
As he said that, Sakra took out a small bottle from his pocket containing a shining golden liquid. “—The refined thing is a miracle drug called Amrita.”
The miracle drug Amrita! Somehow, the name was like medicine that you’d feel grateful for! Sakra then continued while looking at the plastic pool. “Well, it was originally done on a mythological scale, but…because I am only going to make your drink, we don’t have to go that far. If it at least became a motivation then that’s good. So rather than the entire ocean, just this kid’s pool is enough.”
After Cao Cao finished relaying the buckets, he moved onto the next stage. Cao Cao put various things into the pool. Sakra then started to explain
“First, put in all the plants here and that plant’s seed. Furthermore, get the legendary giant turtle Kurma — place its child in that pool.”
Suddenly, near Sakra’s feet, there was a turtle around fifty centimetres in size! There was a strange protrusion which grew on its back. As the turtle was prompted, it dived into the pool and sat in the centre. Next, Sakra suddenly grabbed a snake that had been coiling itself on his back. Because its head looked like a dragon’s, I was sure that it was an oriental dragon. Sakra then wrapped the dragon which he had caught by the head onto the pretursion which grew from the back of the turtle. “If I wrap the Hindu dragon Vasuki around the thing that grows on the descendant of Kurma’s back…”
After he finished wrapping the dragon around the turtle, Sakra motioned to pass the head to me as he prompted. “Now, the Sekiryuutei will hold the head and Cao Cao will hold the tail. —And, pull it reciprocally.”
Following Sakra’s command, I held the head and Cao Cao held the tail. “……W-What is this?”
The situation had already evolved to the point that I was unsure of what to say. Sakra laughed excitedly
“HAHAHA, it’s as I said right? It’s the small version of the ‘Stirring the Ocean of Milk’. Now, don’t complain and pull.”
… It seemed like we had no choice but to pull. The milky-white color of the seawater and the plants, that plant’s seed that was put into the pool, and in the centre of all of that was a turtle…where a snake-like dragon was wrapped around the turtle’s back was being pulled reciprocally between Cao Cao and I, and we made the turtle rotate sideways. …When the atmosphere had become so strange that we couldn’t say anything, Cao-Cao sighed
“Really, because I was told to become Sekiryuutei’s partner, I obeyed his orders until now, but I didn’t expect that we would end up doing this… Being Sakra’s Vanguard is not something that you want to do.”
“I’m not sure but, I’m sorry. No, but seriously, I don’t understand anything.”
I had no choice but to apologize! Because! A place called the ‘Ocean of Milk’ sounded like it was perfect for me, and because I heard that he had a plan to strengthen me, I came here. But we ended up pulling this snake-shaped dragon! Was this really a mythological activity!? Was a miracle drug really going to be made!? I doubted it! Sakra then yawned. “Keep stirring for an hour or two, and it’ll be over once the colour darkens. Until then, I’ll sleep over there-ze.”
On the lush sandy beach by the Ocean of MIlk, Sakra began to take a nap while Cao Cao and I continued to pull the dragon—. Well, it’s been nearly two hours Since Cao Cao and I started chatting and pulling the dragon…The seawater inside the pool — the milky-white colour became more concentrated and there was a hint of gold, which gradually shone! Amazing! Even though I was in a half-belief and half-doubt situation, the colour turned into gold! Sakra woke up from his nap. He checked the situation inside the pool while yawning. “OK OK. The color has changed nicely. The simple edition of Amrita is now done.”
A jar-like cup then appeared in Sakra’s hands. While filling the cup with the seawater that was in the pool, he explained
“The original is said to be the miracle medicine of immortality. An effect that would make even a God feel grateful if they drink it. Because of that, the Hindu Gods had a war and fought over it a long time ago. That was a fun time. There was a big war over a single glass of milk, you know?”
Just because of a glass of milk, the Hindu Gods started a war…
The miracle medicine of immortality Amrita, huh. I didn’t know that a war had started because of this Ocean of Milk. Sakra then gave the cup to me, after my interest in the mythological event was piqued. “Here, drink it.”
“Eh!? T-This, am I really going to drink it!? Me, being immortal! ?”
I couldn’t help but feel surprised! No, he certainly did summon me here for this, but I didn’t think that I would come actually make the miracle drug of immortality! Certainly, if I became immortal, I could somehow do something even if my enemies were Gods, but…! While holding the cup in my hands, Sakra sighed as he looked at my bewildered expression. “It’s the simple edition, so it doesn’t have that much of an effect, you know. If it had one, then the Gods would have fought over it again. As part of a treaty, we can’t make the real ones.”
Ah, so the ones that I just made didn’t have that much effect, huh. …I was relieved but felt disappointed at the same time… Sakra then continued
“I said it right? If it became a motivation to you, then it’s enough.”
“Motivation huh. Somehow, you think that it seemed like all my power-ups were because I was motivated.”
I mumbled like that. Just like Azazel-Sensei who was at the top of my list, all of the people who trained me always gave me problems, or even thrusted situations at me, all so that it would become a ‘motivation’ to me. The power that resided inside me was amazing, but because I myself was weak, a ‘motivation’ was required to bring the real power out, and I had experienced it many times. Each time, my real power did come out, but… Sakra then laughed
“Well, that’s the thing. Because you are ‘too weak’, every time you encounter a wall, you need something that would become a motivation for you to be able to break the wall.”
He was right on point! Yes, that’s right!