"The Federation is not a place where you will not live well if you don't work hard. From the beginning... no one has ever had to live under anyone's coercion. Most of what we do is because—I want to."

Haha~

After saying that, the boss laughed loudly, shrugged his shoulders amidst the laughter of the customers, and went back to the kitchen to start preparing the next batch of ingredients... leaving Raphael behind, slurping his noodles while deep in thought.

We live because we are willing, we survive because we are willing, and we continue to exist because we are willing.

A group of lazy, fun-loving people make up the Federation's civilization... Thinking about it this way, this place is perhaps too suitable for those idle outsiders.

No, or rather, it's suitable for anyone who wants to feel comfortable... then that's it.

Even the gods... no, it has nothing to do with the gods, even me...

"..."

Raphael finished his noodles and drank a lot of the broth. In silence, he walked out of the noodle shop, simply analyzing his own thoughts... Yes, even he was feeling lazy and didn't want to make any effort right now.

But no, no, no…

“Yinla... said something like, ‘It’s a good thing that you’re willing to come back and help,’ so I still have something to do for the main plane.”

"..."

Raphael resolutely dispelled the laziness within him, and then... he felt the surrounding space, according to the will of his soul master (Ira), gradually begin to repel him.

"Are they here?"