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 113: The Boundary Crumbles

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Gii gigi gigi!

Watching a high school boy's love life from up close is fun, giji!

『Kyaaah!!』

In high spirits, our god looked down at us from the rooftop, kicking their feet.

The time would soon be two in the afternoon. Normally, this was the time to offer up content in the form of dozing off beside Senano-chan, but today was different.

Why? Because we were going to play with an NPC named Yamamoto Yoshinori.

"T-Today's weather is nice, huh."

"Yeah. It's hot, so get to the point."

"Oh, my bad."

Yoshinori-kun had come to the house with me.

Master and Yoshinori stood facing each other by the muggy entrance, while Senano-chan and I observed from a short distance away in the garden.

Youth was about to begin, so I would take a front-row seat to watch.

"W-Well, actually..."

His interest was, of course, Master, also known as Nene-nee-chan.

Apparently he seemed to like Master, and had been thinking up excuses to see her.

He told me something about homework or whatever... heheh, young man, if that's the case, why are you empty-handed, hmm ^^?

If you're going to lie, you need to choose your words thoroughly, meticulously, and flexibly so you don't get caught. That's advice from me, someone who keeps deceiving higher beings!

『...^^』

Oh myyy?!

At this rate, it's like I'm playing with Yoshinori-kun as content too!

Well, once in a while is fine! I want to toy with someone in the palm of my hand too!

『Ei』

『Y-Yes』

『This is fun, isn't it? ^^』

『...! Yes! It's kind of fun!』

『Ei is so cute that I'm having fun too ^^』

Seeing the villagers' happy faces and enjoying it meant that Osora-sama truly was a good deity.

All of us in the village will keep making offerings every day from now on!

We'll offer up the outsiders who forcibly push development on the mountain, and the groups of young people who come peeking at the village traditions just for fun. And every last one of them, without exception, will be TS'd by Osora-sama and sent off as content!

"S-So, um... Nene."

"What?"

"Would you walk and talk with me a little?"

"Did you not hear me say it's hot?"

"...I think that would train me more."

"I get it... no, wait a moment."

Yoshinori-kun seemed to know how to handle Master.

After all, that person had an extraordinary obsession with training...

ZONE's NPCs really are amazing. Do they act with this much consideration too?

They're no different from humans now. Their actions and speech have so much life in them that it almost makes me suspicious.

『Sora, is that really an NPC?』

『Yes. It's a ZONE NPC. Though, from my perspective, it's not much different from a human. If you like it, shall I make it human and bring it back with us?』

『That's different from keeping a pet.』

『? But for the purpose of keeping and doting on it, they're no different from a human, are they?』

『I thought we were enjoying this from the same viewpoint as you, Sora, so don't suddenly step on the gas.』

I'd thought the two of us were laughing as we held Yoshinori-kun in our palms, but it might actually be Sora holding me in the palm of their hand as I held Yoshinori-kun in mine.

Thinking too deeply about this isn't good for my mental health, so I'll stop.

Right now I need to enjoy the feast in front of me!

"I'll go talk with the two of them for a bit. Actually, I have a little something planned."

"Sorry."

"It's fine. Wait there."

Master said that and came over to us in the garden.

"Ah, she's coming this way."

"She's been frowning this whole time, huh."

Master headed straight over to us as we secretly watched, and with a frown still on her face, said:

"An anomaly is occurring...!"

"Is that so?"

Master nodded with a sour face.

"Yes. No doubt. Unless we speak to them and implant settings, they won't act on their own. In other words, there's no way he would come to the house like this."

"Do you have any idea? Maybe you implanted some setting the last time you came and left it like that?"

"Hmm, the last time I came, if I recall... ah."

At Senano-chan's question, Master looked up with a start.

"The Night Kagura was so boring that I set it so all the townspeople were after my life. It might be a remnant of that."

This person is nuts.

"Isn't that bad!?"

"Huh, so that's how you train, Master."

"Yes!"

"Don't teach weird things! ...So, in that case, did that human called Yoshinori come here to kill you, Master?"

"Who knows. It might be that only part of that setting remained. Like 'actively make contact with me,' so to speak."

"Aren't you being a bit optimistic? You should be wary and refuse."

At Senano-chan's sound opinion, Master slumped.

Despite her stony face, she was somehow an easy person to read.

"But he said he would train... There are no bad people among those who train. If anything, talking under the blazing sun seems like good training too."

"You'll just get heatstroke."

"I'm fine. I've trained to survive in any environment. So to me, a conversation under this blue sky is just a light jog. So... I think I'll go talk with him now. My only worry is that I haven't trained as a high school girl, so if the conversation goes on, I might let something slip."

True, with a build like that of Aberrant Entities, if anything, Master was already implausible as a high school girl.

On top of that, her way of speaking was like a ruffian's... How did she even get approved as a high school girl? What are the higher-ups doing?

"What kind of worry is that?"

"Give me one of those 'high school girl-isms.'"

"Waking up and finding your gender tends to have changed!"

"Thanks, I'm off."

"Don't take that weird trope with you!? ...Ahh, she went."

Having received a trope from me, Master departed briskly.

Her back was large and sturdy, and inspired confidence.

Master... please let me enjoy your romance with Yoshinori-kun...!

"—Sorry to have kept you waiting, Yoshinori."

"Yeah. The two of them?"

"They sent me off warmly. Let's go. I don't mind walking around the whole town like this."

"I'm not planning on a walking pilgrimage..."

The two left the house, exchanging words as if they were old acquaintances.

After they left, with the sound of cicadas overhead, Senano-chan and I looked at each other.

"I'm worried."

"About Master?"

"About Yoshinori. If he accidentally shakes hands with Master and gets smashed to bits, that would be too pitiful."

"So, will you go after them?"

"...No, I'll prepare for the Night Kagura."

Senano-chan said that and went inside the house.

I called out to her back in a slightly dejected voice.

"I'm, well... curious."

"Oh."

Normally, she would probably sigh and come along with me.

But now Senano-chan couldn't quite gauge the distance between us.

After that curt reply, she waved her hand lightly and continued.

"Be careful of cars, and don't cause trouble for anyone."

"Senano-san, won't you come with me?"

"I have to take care of Hibari. Look, if you don't hurry, you'll lose sight of Master."

"...Okay, understood."

Clearing my content quota, I bowed once and dashed out through the entrance.

My feet striking the concrete were light, and the light tat-tat-tat echoed modestly.

『Now then, let's have fun!』

『Hehehe, I'm already having fun ^^』

As expected of Osora-sama!

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Senano listened carefully as the footsteps faded away.

Ei's footsteps, as if fleeing from the atmosphere of the conversation just now, echoed against Senano's eardrums again and again as though reproaching her.

"...You idiot."

Was that a word meant for Ei, who was trying to peek at Master and Yoshinori?

Or was it for herself, who had said she would protect her and yet had spoken in such a cold, dismissive way?

Ei's presence grew day by day within her, and whenever Ei was involved, she often lost her ability to make sound judgments.

But she couldn't solve that on her own.

To put it more simply, she didn't know how to make up with a friend.

Because from the time she aimed to become an Enri Bearer until now, no one had ever tried to walk beside her.

"............Really, I'm like a child. What am I doing?"

Senano forcibly suppressed her feelings and turned around.

At this late point, she too seemed about to chase after Ei.

But what she saw next was the figure of a girl standing in the entrance before she knew it.

"—Fuefuki!?"

An ordinary girl who could be found anywhere had opened the door at some point and stood there looking this way, smiling.

Fuefuki waved her hand, the sunlit world beyond the entrance at her back, and said.

"It's been since today, hasn't it? Now, let's have that talk without being interrupted this time."

For some reason, the sound of the cicadas was clearly audible.

It was as if it was mocking the fact that she alone had been left behind here with Fuefuki.

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