You Don't Necessarily Have to Become a Convert!

"Gather faith? Forgive my bluntness, Lord Roger, but the Goddess is the wisest person in this world. Even compared to the Wisdom God, she was no less impressive, yet she still had no good solution. Spellcasters influenced by the 'magic' divine authority could not become converts on a large scale; any attempt would be futile. We had tried countless methods, even dragons and elves..."

"You only need to pass this along for me... Forget it, I'll tell her myself. Just report on your own matters." Roger suddenly regretted talking to this fellow.

It seemed that aside from teaching, this fellow was never normal.

"Lord Roger..."

The book wanted to say something else, but another voice suddenly interrupted it. "The Goddess just went to deal with the Divine Kingdom's barrier. You said you had thought of a way to gather faith?"

"Puppet, how many times have I told you not to barge into my room?"

Roger rubbed his temples and turned to look.

A very familiar face.

She had pink twin-tails, a crown on her head, flawless delicate features, and a Gothic-style dress that faintly conveyed a certain noble air.

She was utterly perfect, so perfect that she did not resemble a human at all.

In fact, she was not human.

If one looked carefully at her joints, it was not difficult to tell that she was also a magical creation.

It seemed that every intelligent lifeform around the Magic Goddess was a magical creation. He was the only Divine Spirit who had been able to come into contact with the Magic Goddess in recent times.

"This is the Goddess's room."

"But I live here."

"The Goddess has never restricted me from entering her bedroom."

"But I live here now."

"Goddess..."

"How long will it take for the Goddess to return? I have some ideas."

Roger directly cut her off, unwilling to waste time on something so meaningless.

Magical creations always had some strange quirks.

"Lord Roger, you can tell me directly. I am the Goddess's laboratory assistant," the puppet said proudly.

"If I remember correctly, magic power can transmit information." Roger thought for a moment. "Is it possible to use Magic Cores to design a virtual world, one that any spellcaster can enter by using magic power to send a sliver of their soul inside? No, it doesn't need to be their soul. A sliver of consciousness would be enough."

"Theoretically, yes, but not in practice. Dispersed magic power is insufficient to support something like that." The puppet shook her head slightly.

"So it is only because there is not enough magic power?" Rather than feeling disappointed, Roger was delighted. He hurriedly asked, "Then what about transmitting text?"

"Just text..." The puppet pondered briefly. "That would be no problem. It would only require a simple magical device for sending and receiving information. Do you want to use it to let mages communicate? If that is all, it will not be enough to make them convert."

"Of course not."

Roger's face was full of delight. "Communication would only be one of its functions. What we need to do is give them a place to discuss things!"

"And who said we needed to make them convert?"

It actually could be done!

If every spellcaster could use this device to transmit information, wouldn't that make the internet possible?

At most, it would only reach Internet 2.0. The image era of 3.0 and the video era of 4.0 still could not be realized, but it would still be a crushing advantage!

Faith? Wouldn't we be able to get as much as we wanted?!

Spellcasters loved pursuing truth and would rarely convert, so there was no need to make them convert. Every time they opened the Magic Internet, they would need to pray once. He refused to believe their faith would not rise!

As for images and videos later on, he believed they would eventually become possible. It was only that the puppet had no way to achieve them yet!

With that thought in mind, Roger used the simplest and most straightforward language possible to explain his ideas for the Magic Internet and its first application, the Mage Forum.

"You mean building a bulletin board where people can discuss things? Everyone can post notices, and then others can choose a notice and discuss it there?"

Roger nodded slightly. "That is roughly how it would work at first. Every time they open this bulletin board, they would need to pray once. Even if they were only casual believers, we should still gain quite a bit of faith, right?"

"But Magic Cores can only transmit information. They cannot store it."

Though she was a puppet, her expression was remarkably human.

Roger could clearly see her disappointment.

But he did not think that was a problem. "Then could we add another step? Any mage could use the sending and receiving devices you mentioned to send text, but instead of transmitting that information to others, it would be sent to one of our magical devices that stored information. Then everyone could view the information stored there?"

"In your terms, we would treat the Magic Core as an errand-running servant. We would create a bulletin board, and everyone could use Magic Cores to read or write the information on it."

Since Magic Cores could serve as network cables and base stations, wouldn't adding a server solve everything?!

"Genius! What a genius idea! I think I am completely qualified for this job! We only need to connect me and those sending and receiving devices through Magic Cores, and everyone can discuss things through me. Other creatures might be somewhat difficult, but humans naturally loved joining in the excitement, and mages were no exception. I can already imagine countless mages discussing topics that interested them through me every day. We can set a threshold so that they must pray every time they visit..."

The book finally seemed to understand Roger's meaning and could not help crying out.

This time, Roger did not stop it.

Because Roger was stunned.

That's right!

How had he forgotten about this fellow?!

Wasn't this fellow the perfect server?!

Magical creatures were naturally able to connect with magic power.

Moreover, it was the Magic Goddess's library and stored a vast amount of information.

He had been so focused on magical devices that he had overlooked the special existence of magical creatures.

"Rather than watching for excitement, I think they would use this device for magical discussions."

The puppet clearly did not think mages would be like ordinary people. They were beings who pursued the mysteries of the world. "But you are right. No one would refuse such a tool. Even if they were only casual believers, those spellcasters would provide us with a great deal of faith."

"I'll go to the laboratory first and make some sending and receiving devices. You and Kenuosencha can figure out how to build this bulletin board."

Roger did not argue.

In the early days of the internet in his previous life, the content online had indeed seemed quite high-quality.

It was normal if mages were the same.

There was no point discussing that. It would be better to focus their energy on a prototype.

"Ah... You still haven't told us when the Goddess will return!"

By the time Roger came back to his senses, the puppet had already vanished. "Forget it. I'll make the prototype first."

But the instant his gaze fell on the book, Roger felt a faint ache rise in his head once more.