Can Someone from a Tradition-Ridden Village Pull Off a Narou-Style Story in a Modern Dungeon? ～The Higher Being Behind Me Is Way Too Much of a Final Boss～ - Chapter 110: Confirming the Current Situation

Master gave me this crazy credit card, but isn't this the kind of thing that can buy anything?

『Oh, that's great ^^』

I'll buy lots of snacks and play up my gluttony!

...No, if I'm in the middle of a fight with Senano-chan, should I show that I have no appetite?

『By the way, Sora, is there anything you want to eat?』

『The twisted love of humans who can only live by clinging to something, I suppose... I'm still hoping for seconds.』

『That's not about content, huh.』

Or rather, are you already eating somewhere else?

Could it be that you're slurping up content in parallel with here?

『Let's at least avoid causing trouble for others...』

『This is a blessing.』

『Then it's a relief.』

There's no way such a clear blue sky would do anything bad, right!

The blue sky isn't a symbol of misfortune, after all!

Even this nonstop sweat of mine is probably just from the heat.

『By the way, Ei, you're a bit scatterbrained so I think you've forgotten, but you're a man right now.』

『Huh? Wait... Wasn't it a girl in my cycle?』

『You miscounted. You're so clumsy.』

『...Oh, was that it? Oh dear, oh dear. Seems I let my guard down. Thanks, Sora.』

『No, no, as your partner, supervisor, and guardian deity, I'll support the content anytime!』

Though for a guardian deity, they seem to be mixing in a bit too many personal feelings.

As always, Sora is beyond help.

What if, before long, the sky turns into a gaming sky when they get excited?

If I look up at a sky shining in 16.8 million colors, I'd go mad in five minutes.

『Then I'd like some gummies. All things considered, those are the tastiest.』

Apparently, they found a favorite gummy somewhere I don't know about.

I thought a calamity-lord-class probably shouldn't be stopping by convenience stores too much, but I kept that to myself. Because I value my life.

『Okay.』

I took the credit card and headed to the convenience store.

Now then, what kind of content is waiting for me here with no right of refusal?

――!?

Suddenly I felt dizzy.

At that moment, what pierced my mind was the image of me and Senano-chan running through this town. And... who is this young man!?

This young man with unremarkable dark brown short hair, what village is he from, I wonder!?

Sumime Village is strict on suspicious outsiders, I tell ya! If anyone sets foot on the sacred peak without permission, they'll be made an offering to Osora-sama! (There's precedent.)

『What's wrong?』

『Sora, this is bad! We're already under attack by an aberrant entity! It's an aberrant entity that carves an unremarkable young man into your brain!』

『What are you talking about?』

『I'm the one who wants to ask! Anyway, something's wrong. My brain, it's spinning...!』

『Oh my, for example?』

『Just now, into my brain... ...Huh?』

The sky I looked up at was as vividly blue as ever.

I had the conviction that if I spread my arms and embraced the sky, I would sink high up into it, endlessly.

Ah, the chorus of cicadas is resounding right nearby.

Or perhaps I had plunged into the chorus of cicadas.

A strange floating sensation as if becoming one with summer itself, and a gentle languor enveloping my body, slowly crawled up into my brain――.

『Ei.』

『...Hah!? What on earth was I...』

Before I knew it, I seemed to be standing frozen in front of the convenience store.

That was close. I almost got taken away by Osora-sama, I tell ya.

『You're not trying to Ten'i me, are you...?』

『Not yet, I haven't gathered enough stickers, so it's fine!』

『You haven't started some weird campaign on your own again, have you?』

『^^』

Sora didn't answer.

At times like this, Sora was definitely smiling.

And if Sora was smiling, trouble is absolutely on the way.

Since I'm a data character, I've got the trends and countermeasures down pat.

The probability that a content show by a higher being awaits after this――99%.

The possibility that I can avoid it――0%.

...I won't lose!

『Ei, by the way, how's your head?』

『Huh, you even turned a simple insult into content?』

『No, no, I was worried since it's so hot.』

Sora giving me a simple worry like that was terrifying...

What's going to happen now...!?

『I'm fine. Let's go buy gummies. Also food for Master and Senano-chan.』

『Yay ^^』

For some reason they're quiet now, but... I definitely won't lose!

I won't let my guard down!

『That makes six times. Your intuition is getting sharper and sharper.』

I felt like I heard some ominous muttering, but it must have been the cicadas' cries playing tricks on me.

That's got to be it.

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Yamamoto Yoshinori is an ordinary second-year high school student.

He doesn't devote himself to sports or studies, and just spends his days doing nothing, so even on a holiday he had nothing to do.

"...I'll go to the convenience store."

The most he does is buy lunch at a nearby convenience store.

If he buys a manga on the way, he could say his day off was fulfilling.

But that day was different.

"――Hey, hello."

On the way to the convenience store, a girl leaning against the guardrail waved at him with a convenience store plastic bag in one hand.

A high school girl with a generic appearance, the kind you feel like you've seen somewhere but will forget tomorrow, approached Yoshinori as if they were old friends.

The reason Yoshinori didn't run away during that time was probably because he, too, had a yearning for youth.

"Um, uh... have we met somewhere before?"

"Hahaha, that's a pretty weak pickup line."

The girl bent forward a little, peered at Yoshinori, and laughed.

His eyes were inadvertently drawn to the defenseless neckline of her summer clothes, but he quickly pulled himself together and looked up.

The sky was as blue as ever.

"You don't need to be formal. From now on, you and I are in the same boat."

"Huh?"

"Sorry about this."

Almost at the same time as she spoke, the girl reached out her right hand and placed it on Yoshinori's cheek.

In that instant, what flooded into his brain was a certain gruesome night from the past.

"...!?"

"How about it, Yoshinori-kun. Do you remember?"

"...Th-this is..."

Death, despair, that night――all were etched into his mind once more.

The exasperating chorus of cicadas and the blue sky now felt completely artificial.

Reality had been in that night.

"What you have inside you now is a real memory. More precisely, it's something that's going to happen."

"Going to happen? That's――"

"Quiet."

The girl placed a finger on Yoshinori's lips and looked up at the sky.

She stared as if searching for something beyond the blue sky, then closed her eyes.

"...Yeah, this is safe. It doesn't look like disposal is necessary."

"?"

"Yeah. I've been caught up in all sorts of troublesome things. ...Ah, sorry, sorry."

The girl removed her finger from his lips and smiled.

That innocent smile, devoid of any malice, instantly dispelled Yoshinori's wariness.

"I'm Harume Ruu. I'm an Enri Bearer like Senano-chan and the others."

"Then you're a comrade of Senano-san and the others?"

"Yeah. But the situation's complicated... We don't have much time, so let's get to the point."

Under the blue sky, Yoshinori thus once again encounters the extraordinary.

"This world is being invaded by aberrant entities. We need your power."

This time, it came with a bag full of ice cream.

『Oh ho, so that's how you come at me. Let's see what you've got (rubbing hands together).』

『What are you watching? Could it be the content has already started?』

『Hahaha』

『I'll take that laugh as a yes.』

『And what if it is? Do you think you can beat me?』

『Perish the thought. All content is for your sake, my lady.』