Chapter 6 : I’m going to build the entrance.

“Ria, as you said, we can’t bring the dead back to life.

You said that you wouldn’t know how to live in a world without me, and you wouldn’t go anywhere…

And besides—.

‘Since I’ve checked things like this….’

I sighed and looked at the bracelet.

GPS-equipped bracelet, can’t be removed.

Now Ria and I have to move together everywhere.

“…Haa.”

But why am I……

Hugging Ria like a teddy bear?

Even the top of my head is tickling since earlier―.

It got hot, then cold.

‘No way.’

“Hnyaaaaaaaaaang?!”

“Uung, Senior’s smell♡”

While I was spacing out,

Ria, who had grabbed me, was sniffing my head like crazy.

“Stop it! Stop it now—!”

“Yes♡”

“Put me down!”

It was Ria who obediently put me down, even though her expression was dripping with disappointment.

…It’s a relief that she listens to me.

‘…Is this okay?’

I tilted my head, feeling a sense of ominousness for no reason.

Ria, who was staring at me, smiled and took out her notebook.

Then she took a pen out of her pocket and started writing something diligently.

“…What are you doing?”

“Since Senior has changed like that, I need to change the ‘101 Romances to Spend a Lifetime with Senior’♡”

…Romance, 101. …What?

My mind turned blank in an instant.

Is this it?

Something I want to know, but absolutely don’t want to know.

When I started sweating, Ria smiled and said.

“Still, I think it’s possible with the current look from number 1 to number 5♡”

“…What is it.”

“Number 1, sleeping in the same bed with Senior every day♡

Number 2, holding hands with Senior and walking together♡

Number 3, hugging Senior every morning♡

Number 4, taking a nap on Senior’s lap♡

Number 5, living happily together in a house with Senior♡”

…This bracelet, how do I take it off?

I pulled at the bracelet again and desperately wriggled.

“Uaaaaaaaah! How do I take this off?!”

“It’s no use♡ And if you keep doing that, your weak wrists will hurt, Senior♡”

“Hurt! I’m not a childddd—! My mind is a full-fledged adult male—!”

“That’s right♡”

Ria hugged me again like a teddy bear.

While I was struggling to escape from Ria’s arms,

Ria’s voice, more calm than usual, stopped my movements.

“Senior.”

“Yes?”

“What is Senior’s wish?”

“…My wish?”

I tilted my head, looking at Ria,

Ria smiled softly and nodded.

“Senior must have wished something to that Goddess too. Since you already achieved the world peace, which you talked about so often, I thought you must have wished for something else this time.”

“…Uung.”

I hesitated at Ria’s question.

Was it because I had been hiding my wish for a long time?

Now I’m not a hunter, and I don’t need to hide my taste,

I felt embarrassed even though I was talking to Ria, who was the most comfortable.

But……

‘Ria is not someone who would laugh at my wish.’

I covered my face with my palms and shouted.

“I wished to live buried in cute things!”

“Cute things?”

“U, yes…. Um, so that the Goddess gave me a pen to make cute things….”

“That was your wish, Senior.”

“…Yeah.”

Ria was silent for a moment, and then she smiled brightly and said.

“It’s a wish that suits Senior well.”

“…Really?”

“Of course. I never lie about such things♡”

“Hey, are you saying you do it with other things?”

“Ah, Senior is always unexpectedly sharp only at times like this♡”

Ria spun around with me in her arms.

And then she hugged me tightly.

“Do whatever Senior wants to do. In this life, I will be by your side and protect everything. Senior, and also everything that Senior makes.”

Ria’s words were gentle, but firm.

Held in her warm embrace, I let out a small sigh.

“Is this okay? Going back to where you used to live every time….”

“That’s already ruined. And I was going to come back to Senior’s side after solving everything in the first place♡”

“…Huh? Really?”

Ria nodded, smiling.

“Then you should have come after solving it…… Oh, something feels strange.”

“What is it, solved, and then you die♡? Senior didn’t want to separate from me?”

“Noooo—! That’s not what I meant—!”

Ria stared at my face,

And then she raised the corners of her mouth and gave a mischievous smile.

And then.

Ria opened her notebook and moved the pen, writing something.

Why is there a chill running down my spine again……

“Ria.”

“Yes? Senior?”

“What did you just write…?”

Ria smiled brightly and held out the notebook over my head.

“Senior doesn’t want to separate from me♡, is it.”

“What are you talking about—! Erase it—!”

“That’s absolutely impossible♡”

I desperately tried to snatch Ria’s notebook,

But she was already much taller than me, and she stretched out her arm, so I couldn’t reach it.

“…Uuuuu.”

“Anyways, the conclusion is that I don’t want to separate from Senior in the slightest, and I will protect Senior in this life”

“…I can protect my own body.”

“I know. But I want to do it. Senior has already given me something precious♡”

Precious thing…

It’s been gone for a long time, so I don’t even know if it was precious anymore.

Well, leaving that trivial thing aside.

Ria usually listens to my words, but

She will never back down from being stubborn like this.

‘…I can’t help it.’

What else can I do?

In this situation, there’s nothing to do but to find a way to live with Ria.

I took a long sigh and told Ria my plan.

“You know, Ria.”

“Yes?”

“The Goddess gave me this vast land, right?”

“Wow♡ A land-rich person♡”

“Wow! Real estate owner—!”

…No, that’s not it.

I shook my head and said, stomping my feet.

“That’s not important, but I’m going to build an amusement park here!”

“…Yes?”

“I’m going to build an amusement park on this land, and on the high cliff, I… no, we will build a house to live in!”

Ria’s eyes sparkled at my words, and she clapped her hands.

“That’s a really great idea, Senior♡”

“Reaaally?”

“But why is it such a high cliff? It suddenly shot up like that. Did Senior do it?”

“Yeah—!”

I explained the circumstances.

Both before and after becoming a hunter.

I was never free from the gazes of people for a single moment.

So, for this life, I wanted to have a space that was completely my own,

So I decided to build a house on a tremendously high cliff.

“So that’s why!”

“…Is that so? I understand♡”

Ria’s eyes turned black in an instant.

Soon, dark red magic enveloped the cliff and shot up as if piercing the sky.

“…Wh, what is that?!”

“Um, it’s a magic to execute other lifeforms who approach us?”

“Wh-what?!”

I looked at Ria, terrified.

Her eyes were already dyed black,

And the dark red magic was undulating more intensely, enveloping the cliff.

“That’s too excessive! I don’t want that much—!”

“Yes? But Senior wanted privacy.”

“No, but why are you making ‘intrusion = death’—?!”

“Then, shall I put up a warning sign?”

Ria flicked her finger with a serious face, and a huge letter was engraved on the cliff.

[Warning: Unauthorized access will be treated as ‘instant death’.]

I covered my head.

“That’s not it! I’m not talking about that—!”

“Ah, is the wording too gruesome? I’ll change it to something cute♡”

Ria waved her hand, and the warning sign was covered with pink hearts and star decorations.

[If you come to the cliff without permission, your body will be torn into a ‘☆’ shape♡]

“…In what sense is this even more terrifying?!”

“It’s cute♡”

“No, it’s not a matter that can be resolved by saying it’s cute!”

I desperately grabbed Ria’s legs and shook them.

I might really end up with a field of corpses below the cliff.

“Erase the magic! Just make them bounce away without getting hurt!”

“…Yes♡”

“A, and let’s build fences and entrances on the site! That’s all!”

“I understand, Senior♡”

Ria waved her hand once,

And the dark red magic enveloping the cliff gradually faded and soon disappeared.

‘…I’m already tired.’

I sighed, wiping my chest.

The immediate-death zone is right behind the amusement park of dreams and hope.

‘I almost failed before the opening….’

I took out the magic pen the Goddess gave me, half exhausted.

I have to draw the entrance quickly before Ria causes another accident.

A black gothic-style fence gate as a base,

At the end of the fence, a beautifully drawn heart decoration.

I also added a cute and lovely cat ear with a ribbon that’s drawn on top of the gate.

Also, they say you can’t spit on a smiling face, right?

I also drew a bright smile with a heart full of the feeling of looking forward to the future.

[Entrance Appears!]

…It felt a bit too much, but

I nodded in satisfaction, believing that the person who opens this door will feel good.

“Ria?”

“…Um, um.”

Ria slowly lowered her head.

•You don’t like it?”

“No! Not at all♡ It’s the most beautiful entrance in the world♡”

Even though I felt a little uneasy,

I decided to think it was good since it was praise.

“Then, let’s go to the other side over there! We’ll make that the entrance!”

“Yeahhh—! Great!”

“Yes♡”

Ria hugged me,

And in an instant, she jumped lightly and arrived on the other side.

‘…It’s unexpectedly comfortable?’

I was getting used to being hugged by Ria.

Hubert ran through the forest without rest.

His heart was pounding fiercely.

It wasn’t because of the long running by any means.

As he got closer to the sacred ground, ominous signs began to appear one after another.

A black and huge something that suddenly appeared in the sky above the sacred ground.

The mass of darkness, with a bizarre shape that made him frown,

It was bigger than a house and was wriggling in the air as if it were alive.

Goosebumps rose all over his body at first sight.

That dreadful sight made Hubert hesitate.

Fortunately, the mass soon disappeared, and he hurried his steps again.

But the calamity didn’t end there.

It was when he got a little closer to the sacred ground.

Suddenly, half of the sacred ground began to spew out a black-red column of fire.

The power of magic brushed across Hubert’s entire body.

“Ugh…, wh, what is that?!”

The black-red magic was undulating very threateningly.

Hubert wanted to run away, but

Curiosity and anxiety kept him moving forward.

Was it thanks to that courage?

The black-red flames also disappeared as if by a lie.

“What the…. What is that?!”

Not only that,

He covered his mouth at the unbelievable sight.

Half of the sacred ground where the black-red flames had disappeared was soaring high into the sky.

“…What in the world is happening in the sacred ground?”

He approached the sacred ground cautiously.

Fear and hesitation were growing in his footsteps.