I also replied with a grin, “Don’t speak nonsense, Lin.”

“Are you ignoring me, you little bastard?” he snapped.

I ignored him and continued, “I can tell. This thing is definitely tied to me, but it’s not purely my power. Not for now, at least.”

He grumbled, “Hmph, well, you’re not wrong. It can’t be that easy to become a god.”

“Right? A god is something more…” I stopped in the middle of my sentence. I didn’t want to say something I had no clear idea about. Instead, I scratched my head, or rather, my armor.

Lin then laughed and said, “So what are you going to call it? Since you said it wasn’t a part of you, shouldn’t you give it a name to call it?”

I nodded. “You’re right. Hmm, I don’t know what metal it’s made of, so I’ll just call it something basic. Like Steel.”

He guffawed. “As I thought, you have no naming-sense.”

“It’s better than Pure Black Desire!” I retorted.

I stuck my tongue out at Lin, but ended up licking Steel’s metal. Because of how comfortable it was, I kept forgetting that I was wearing ...