After learning about all the recent changes in his world, Izumi could not help but grumble internally.
Still, he chose not to interfere.
Whether people invaded other worlds or started interdimensional businesses—
—in the end, the one who benefited the most was still him.
If anything, all of this accelerated the fusion of worlds and pushed his Dimension World toward a more stable and complete system.
Once he finished understanding the current state of affairs, Izumi rose into the sky above the Sephirah Tree.
Below him stretched the vast Dimension City.
Looking down at the bustling metropolis, he suddenly realized something.
"It's about time to expand this place."
"At this rate, the city won't be able to hold everyone."
More and more people would continue arriving in the future.
The current scale was already becoming insufficient.
With that thought, Izumi activated his power.
In an instant—
—a vast and immeasurable force descended over Dimension City.
Everyone inside the city immediately noticed the change.
The city itself began expanding outward at incredible speed.
Districts stretched farther and farther into the horizon, as though new land and buildings were appearing from thin air.
The newcomers were utterly stunned.
Many of them had never witnessed anything remotely like this before.
"It's growing?!"
"The city is literally expanding in real time!"
"This is insane!"
Meanwhile, the veterans who had arrived during the early days simply looked at the rookies with smug expressions.
"What's with the fuss?"
"You think the City Lord's power is something you can comprehend?"
Hearing that, the newcomers immediately stared at the older residents with admiration.
"The senpais are right!"
"City Lord Izumi is the strongest!"
Regardless of anything else—
—as long as you praised Izumi, you were probably correct.
Even those who had never personally met him understood one thing clearly:
This vast world itself had been created by Izumi.
He was an existence beyond common sense.
Naturally, Izumi heard all those conversations.
Within his world, almost nothing could escape his awareness.
If he truly wanted to, he could even livestream every embarrassing thing happening throughout the multiverse.
Thankfully, he had no interest in becoming that kind of omniscient being.
After finishing the city expansion, another matter came to mind.
Gabriel.
Thinking of her, Izumi vanished once again.
...
The next moment, he appeared within a pure white space.
Gabriel, Gabiru—no, rather, Gabriel, along with Vigne's counterpart? No, in this adaptation: Gabriel, Satanichia's opposite? Still—
Three angels stood gathered around a radiant woman emitting divine light.
This was the sanctuary where the consciousness of the God of the Bible had been preserved.
At the moment, Gabriel had completely shed her usual lazy and degenerate demeanor.
Instead, she looked holy, elegant, and unbelievably pure.
Izumi took one glance and immediately understood.
She's absolutely pretending.
As Izumi appeared, the glowing woman turned toward him.
"You have arrived."
Izumi nodded politely.
"This is our first meeting."
"God of the Bible."
Gabriel immediately became excited.
"Izumi-sama!"
The radiant woman smiled gently.
"Please, call me Via."
"Thank you for saving me."
Her revival had only been possible because of Izumi.
Even if she now technically belonged to Izumi's divine system, she didn't particularly mind.
Izumi examined her curiously.
Then he looked toward Gabriel.
"She only just woke up?"
Gabriel nodded.
"Yes."
"Via-sama awakened shortly after you returned."
"It seems the strengthening of the world accelerated her recovery."
Hearing that, Izumi looked back at Via thoughtfully.
Because of the evolution of his world, her strength had risen dramatically.
She had already reached the level of an exceptional Four-Digit being.
Without restrictions, she might even have advanced into the Three-Digit realm.
Originally, she had only been around the upper SSS-class range of Four-Digits.
Yet after dying once and reviving, her power had grown enormously.
A blessing in disguise, perhaps.
Izumi nodded lightly.
"In that case…"
"You should return to the DxD world for now."
"There are still many people waiting for your return."
The angels exchanged glances before nodding.
As they prepared to leave, Izumi glanced toward Gabriel again.
A teasing smile appeared on his face.
Seeing Gabriel act like a proper angel again was honestly hilarious.
Nearby, Phil also looked at her with an amused expression.
It had been ages since they'd seen the "little angel" version of Gabriel.
Especially after coming to Izumi's world, she had spent most of her time hanging around certain residents of Gensokyo online.
That influence had corrupted her thoroughly.
If her older sister hadn't dragged her back here, there was no telling how hopelessly lazy she would have become.
Now, seeing her forcibly return to angel mode was genuinely entertaining.
Gabriel herself ignored everyone's gazes.
After all—
—you had to maintain appearances in front of God.
She even gave Izumi a suspiciously polite smile.
"Izumi-kun, we'll be going now~"
"See you later."
Yes.
She, Gabriel White Tenma, was absolutely a refined and courteous angel.
Watching them leave, Izumi's mouth twitched.
"Look how much pressure that poor girl is under…"
He honestly did not know whether to laugh or sigh.
Shaking his head, he left the sanctuary as well.
...
After returning home, the first thing he saw was Kuko tightly clinging to Nyarlathotep's leg.
"Hehehe~ Nyarlathotep!"
"Don't run away~"
"I want kisses! Give me kisses!"
"LET GO OF ME, YOU MANIAC!"
"Do you want me to beat you to death?!"
Nyarlathotep looked utterly disgusted.
Kuko, meanwhile, looked blissfully happy.
Watching the two of them, Izumi concluded once again:
Yeah… they were hopeless.
He decisively ignored the chaos and headed straight toward Asagi Aiba's research institute instead.
The moment he opened the laboratory door—
—two unfamiliar voices reached his ears.
"Hehehe! We finally finished it!"
"Momo, look! This magic should be powerful enough to destroy an entire planet in one shot now, right?"
Following the voices, Izumi saw three pink-haired girls gathered together excitedly discussing something.
Standing nearby was Asagi herself.
When she noticed Izumi, surprise flashed across her face.
"Oh? You're back already?"
Hearing her words, the three girls turned toward him as well.
The instant one of the long pink-haired girls saw Izumi—
—her eyes sparkled brightly.
Patapata~!
She immediately ran over on her long legs and stopped directly in front of him.
A devil-like tail swayed behind her.
Looking up at him with wide curious eyes, she sniffed lightly.
"Wow… you smell really nice."
"So you're Izumi?"
Then, without hesitation, she declared:
"Become my fiancé!"
Izumi immediately laughed.