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 115: Intervening in the Path of Love
-Thank you DCRangeRange, Dean Dexter and Cannedbread
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Yamamoto Yoshinori is an ordinary male high school student you could find anywhere.
One summer day, he learned that his childhood friend was a member of an organization that fought supernatural phenomena.
After various twists and turns, now he——
"I-I like you...!"
He was confessing his love to save the world.
In a park with no sign of people, with the noisy cicadas as BGM, he sacrificed the confession of a lifetime for the sake of the world.
(This is fine, right, Ruu!)
Believing that she was watching him from somewhere, he let his gaze wander slightly.
However, she was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, he could clearly spot Ei peeking this way from the shadow of a tree planted at the edge of the park.
(I-I'm being watched!)
Having his confession seen by his childhood friend's little sister was quite hard on his mind.
Even if it was within expectations.
(No, this is fine! R-Right... this is fine. This way, I can shift attention away from the fight. Just as planned, just as planned, just as planned——)
Yoshinori glanced at Ei again.
She had her smartphone pointed this way from the shade of the tree.
"Huh?"
Not noticing that Yoshinori was watching her, she popped her face out and was doing something with her phone.
Soon, the flash went off from the smartphone, and for some reason Ei herself was flustered.
(Yep, this got recorded. It was perfectly saved as a summer memory.)
(TL Note: LOL)
To Ei, her older sister's romance with her childhood friend was apparently a huge event.
After finishing her recording, satisfied, she was waiting for the continuation with sparkling eyes.
(Ugh, escaping the loop is top priority right now. That data can be dealt with by groveling or money.)
Yoshinori is a man capable of making choices.
Therefore, he was able to throw away his youth and dignity for the sake of the world.
No, actually, he also had just a little hope.
(I-If I actually get an OK, what do I do...!)
The protagonist-like feeling that this mysterious experience had given Yoshinori endowed him with strange confidence.
Normally, Nene was an existence far out of his reach, but the current Yoshinori was able to believe he had a chance.
He was trying to make this confession succeed, if possible, based solely on the element of being her childhood friend.
(Looking at her again like this, Nene really is beautiful.)
Her features were probably closer to a warrior than an idol.
Her beauty caught the eye more than her cuteness, like the unconscious urge to straighten your back when faced with a Japanese sword crafted by a master artisan.
It made sense that she was popular with both men and women.
(If I get an OK, from tomorrow I'll walk to school with her and show off to the class... wait, she still hasn't answered? C-Could she be frozen because she hates the confession too much!?)
Yoshinori timidly looked up at Nene.
She had exactly the same expression as before she heard the confession.
"...?"
"Um."
"What is it?"
"Y-Your answer..."
"Answer?"
Nene tilted her head.
Then she put a hand to her chin and began thinking about something.
She groaned "hmm" and glanced at Yoshinori several times, then groaned again.
After repeating that, she finally said:
"An answer to what?"
"I said I like you, right? I meant your answer to that!"
"I see."
"...Eh?"
"I see."
"Eh?"
"I'm saying I see."
"H-Hold on a-"
"Yes, sorry! I'm borrowing my big sister for a moment!"
"—Ei-chan!?"
Ei, apparently unable to watch any longer, barged in and grabbed Nene's arm.
Then she tried to pull her toward the shade of the tree, but Nene didn't budge at all, and Ei was about to fall over instead.
"So heavy!?"
"I train, after all. I constantly think of myself as a giant Yakushima cedar——"
"Never mind that, come this way!"
Told that by Ei, Nene tilted her head and started walking as she was pulled by the hand.
Yoshinori could only watch.
"She left..."
Seeing his childhood friend, clearly not fully hidden behind the shade of the tree, Yoshinori could only stand there in the blazing sun.
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That was close!
The confession event was about to be ruined in a terrible way.
"Master, what was that earlier?"
"Ah, that was a way of standing that focuses on your center of gravity. As I said earlier, think of yourself as a Yakushima cedar——"
"That's not what I meant."
Master... could it be that she has thrown away confessions like this many times before...?
『Ahaha, I didn't think it would go this far!』
『Right?』
『Who'd have thought she'd be so dependent that she'd take her hand at a moment like this!』
『Hm? ...Is Sora the only one looking at something different?』
『Oops, excuse me. I was looking at different content from this. Now, Ei, you understand, don't you? We'll make them a couple. I hear that the demand for heroines like this human is rising right now!』
『Leaving the heroine demand aside... since this is a chance to meddle in people's love lives from the sidelines, I'm going to enjoy it thoroughly! I'll even lick the plate the content was served on!』
『Come now, Ei. That's indecent.』
『『Ahahahaha!』』
Right now, I am synonymous with a higher being.
That is exactly why I cannot allow the best content to end in a place like this.
『Once they get on good terms, let's also consider entering as a heroine in the little-sister otokonoko slot.』
『Could we please discuss that one first? (trembling voice)』
This time, I think of it as that thing where an actor in his later years takes the megaphone himself...
Or rather, first I need to cultivate this content.
"Even though that person went out of his way to confess to you, why won't you give him an answer!?"
"Confession... I see, so that was a confession."
"What else would it be..."
"The confessions I know were more... intense. Or rather, if that was a confession, then those people who did similar things to me up until now also...?"
"So there are other offenses... no, wait! First, please respond to Yoshinori-san's feelings!"
"Hmm, but..."
Master frowned as if troubled.
Certainly, she might worry about whether to accept a confession from an existence that is data.
But still, for the sake of my content, I wanted her to accept it.
"I already have a partner."
"Eh?"
"If she found out, what would she say..."
A woman, of all things!?
So this is S-rank...!?
Wait, both of the S-ranks I know are people who could go for the same sex!? Is S-rank like that!?
...H-Heheh, my knees are shaking from some unknown terror.
『Do you know, Sora?』
『Let me take a quick look... Ah, yes. It's this human, isn't it? ^^』
『Tell me!』
『I'll keep quiet because not telling seems more interesting. ^^ More importantly, at this rate, she's going to reject the confession, you know?』
『T-That's no good!』
Damn it, work, my brain cells!
"Please! Um... This is the first time I've ever seen something like this, and I'm really excited!"
With innocent sparkling eyes, I took Master's hand and jumped up and down.
Like a pure and innocent child begging for a toy.
Master is a good person, so just doing this will probably make her waver considerably.
"B-But..."
"After this Night Kagura ends, it'll all reset, right? Then there's no problem, is there? Yoshinori-san had serious eyes, you know?"
"Hmm..."
It can't be helped... If it comes to this...!
『Sora, is there a place in Sumime Village where I can train super, super hard?』
『Osora Reihō has just sprouted. ^^』
『Thanks a bunch!』
Thanks to Sora, who understood everything from a single question, the map of Sumime Village changed.
I immediately disclosed the freshly made, super-hot information to Master.
"...If you accept that confession, I will grant permission to climb the harsh sacred peak in Sumime Village. That place was once known to those in the know as a training site for mountain ascetics..."
"I'll accept the confession."
"...Thank you very much!"
"To think there was such a place in Sumime Village...! Training in mountains where calamity-lord-class beings dwell!"
Master, now cheerful in complete contrast to before, exchanged a firm handshake with me and headed toward Yoshinori.
All right!
『Now you have a pretext to return to the village, Ei. ^^ Let's show the humans the abnormal treatment you receive in the village and make them all gloomy!』
『Aah! (Despair)』
In the end, I was also just part of the content...!
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After waiting a few minutes, Nene eventually returned to Yoshinori's side.
Her eyes were sparkling for some reason, and Ei was still peering this way from the shade of the tree.
"Yoshinori."
"Y-Yeah?"
"Let's go out."
"Eh, is it okay!?"
"Yeah!"
Yamamoto Yoshinori, second-year high school student.
On a summer day that showed no sign of ending, he got a girlfriend.
However——
(With this, the loop will end...!)
(If there were a separated body of the Sorayodo no Oohito around, I wonder if I could test myself against it.)
(Watching people's love lives is fun!)
(Playing with people in the palm of your hand is fun, isn't it?)
Not one of them faced the feeling of love head-on; everyone was looking in a completely different direction.
(TL NOTE: AHHH THE CONTENT! But that aside, this chapter was pretty funny.)
-Thank you DCRangeRange, Dean Dexter and Cannedbread
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