Chapter 203: The God of Waters and Fishing II (3/3)
“Ohh! So you’ve heard of ? I am indeed Grimp the God of Farming. You should be the Ryouma who ca from Earth, right? I heard about you from my wife.” [Grimp]
“Please allow to express my thanks once more. Thank you for saving . Also, if you don’t mind my asking, why is the situation like this? I don’t recall what happened, so…” [Ryouma]
“Just as you said, we were on our hundred-millionth honey moon. Along the way we saw Sereriputa’s barrier. We thought it strange, and when we got closer, we found out he was ssing with you… After that my wife…” [Grimp]
It seed to be sothing hard to say, so I didn’t pursue the subject, but either way, it seems Willieris-sama broke the barrier forcefully. After that they secured and Sereriputa, and now the latter is being given a stern talking to. Grimp-sama was left in charge of digging out and protecting .
“My wife and Sereriputa has never gotten along well, you see…” [Grimp]
“I see.” [Ryouma]
“When the land and sea of this world was born, they argued about how to divide. Ever since then they’ve had a relationship akin to cats and dogs.” [Grimp]
“…That’s a pretty big thing to argue about…” [Ryouma]
As I listened to him talk and quietly watched the two gods argue, Sereriputa turned to .
Looks like he noticed .
“Ah, Ryouma-kun!” [Sereriputa]
“Listen to ! Good grief… Ryouma-kun, are you okay? Let apologize in place of this self-righteous god. I’m very sorry for the discourtesy and pain you had to go through.” [Willieris]
“Umm, please raise your head.” [Ryouma]
This incident wasn’t Willieris-sama’s fault in the first place.
“But…” [Willieris]
“Isn’t it fine, Willieris? Ryouma-kun says it’s fine, after all.” [Sereriputa]
“That’s not sothing you should be saying!! Just as you’ve heard, Ryouma-kun, this degenerate of a god doesn’t think one bit that he did anything wrong and has no intention of apologizing.” [Willieris]
Well, yeah. I always thought that was the case.
“After talking to him all, I’ve kind of figured sothing out… Sereriputa is that, isn’t he? The kind of guy who thinks it’s okay for a strong guy to do whatever he wants—” [Ryouma]
“That’s exactly right! I knew you’d understand, Ryouma-kun. That’s exactly right. That’s the truth of all living things!
What’s more is that you’re sohow able to remain calm and are able to talk with like this.
I thought if it was you we’d be able to get along and that you’d accept for who I am. I see I wasn’t mistaken! A normal human would find fault with my appearance and—” [Sereriputa]
“Shut up for a mont, will you?” [Grimp]
I’m glad that he confird it, but I wasn’t asking for more info.
Sereriputa-sama approached with a face full of smiles, but Grimp-sama suppressed him.
“Thank you very much. So since he’s exactly how I think he is, and Sereriputa-sama is an existence above – being a god and all – he’ll never listen to the words of soone like , a lower existence.” [Ryouma]
“But…” [Willieris]
“Willieris, leave it at that. Ryouma has a point. If Sereriputa says sothing like that to him, it’s only natural that he’d be troubled.” [Grimp]
Grimp-sama interjected again. He’s really a huge help. ntally speaking.
“Dear… Yes, you’re exactly right. My apologies. In that case, let’s notify all the gods about this matter. That way Gayn (God of Creation), Kirillel (Goddess of War), and Fernoberia (God of Magic) can give him a proper talking to and the appropriate punishnt.” [Willieris]
“GEH! Those guys!?” [Sereriputa]
“Naturally, I’ll be joining too. Your actions have clearly broken our rules!” [Willieris]
It’s good that the gods can solve the problem among themselves.
However the person himself may appear to be unhappy, he understands that he has indeed broken the rule of the gods and isn’t trying to refute the fact.
“Please do that. As for , I’ll just consider the incident with Sereriputa-sama as water under the bridge.” [Ryouma]
“You an it’ll just the God of Waters’ issue? Hmm, that’s not really that interesting.” [Sereriputa]
“…” [Everyone Else]
That timing!
Because of that poorly tid comnt, Willieris-sama looked like she was about to snap again. What’s more is no one said anything like that!
“Ah, this sounds like it’s going to be a pain, so I’m going ho! Oh, right! Ryouma-kun!” [Sereriputa]
“Now what?” [Ryouma]
I don’t think I can respect this guy anymore…
“I’m here already anyway, so I might as well tell you how to catch the mud sli like you’re looking for. There’s a forest around the village you’re at, right? Try rummaging through the mud there with mud magic. The mud slis use a skill called ‘assimilate’ to hide themselves inside the mud, so you’ll have a hard ti looking for them just by relying on your eyes.
If you move the mud they’re hiding in with mud magic, they’ll co out on their own.” [Sereriputa]
“O-Oh? Thank you.” [Ryouma]
…This is really good information.
“Later then, Ryouma-kun. I pray that in the near future you will be able to beco happy in the ‘true sense’.
It’ll get noisy around you in the near future, so do your best.
Enjoy your peaceful life at the village until then. If you ever find it too hard to live, you’re welco to drop by my place anyti.” [Sereriputa]
I was confused to see him suddenly make a serious face and say that. There was a sharp glint to those eyes heavily laden with deep black corners that said he was not joking.
“Well then, until next ti!” [Sereriputa]
Or so I was thinking, but then he suddenly went back to his usual expression and then vanished into the lake.
When he was completely gone.
“…What just happened?” [Ryouma]
“Weird, right? He’s always been a selfish guy who never thought of how troubled others are by his actions, but I haven’t seen him say sothing so serious in thousands of years.” [Willieris]
“That’s—Oops! Out of ti, huh.” [Ryouma]
Those grain of lights began floating around again.
“Well then, you two. I’ll be going now. Thank you very much for saving .” [Ryouma]
“Let’s talk more leisurely next ti. And…” [Willieris]
“?” [Ryouma]
Willieris-sama’s expression tightened once more.
“Ryouma-kun. I heard what Sereriputa told you. From what I’ve heard, it’ll be hard to tell you not to worry, so I just want to tell you that… ‘your life belongs to you’.
I’m sure there’ll be plenty of worries and bitterness in life, so it’s fine you take so ti. But please live the way you want to. You have the right to have that freedom. Please don’t forget that.” [Willieris]
“…Thank you very much.” [Ryouma]
“Oh, co to think of it, there was sothing I wanted to tell you when I t you.” [Grimp]
When the atmosphere was getting heavy, Grimp-sama jumped in and softened it again.
I noticed this earlier, but he sure is mindful others.
The exact opposite of Sereriputa.
“It’s about your crops. Your crops have taken shape sohow thanks to your fertilizer and magic, but your farming is pretty much just relying on brute force.” [Grimp]
“I understand. If I have the ti, I’ll properly study up on farming.” [Ryouma]
“That would be good. If you do then you should be able to further increase the quality and rates of your harvest. I’ll tell you more next ti.” [Grimp]
“Thank you very much for advising . I’ll be going now!” [Ryouma]
Wrapped in light, my consciousness returned to the now dark village.
“Fuu…” [Ryouma]
There really are all sorts of people among the gods… Actually, I ca here to pray because I’m going to be eting the feudal lord tomorrow, but it looks like there was no point in that… Anyhow, I was able to co back safely, so let’s just go back and sleep.
I left the small wayside shrine and went back ho. As the cold winds blew against on the way back, Sereriputa’s words echoed in my mind.
‘It’ll get noisy around you in the near future, so do your best’
‘If you ever find it too hard to live, you’re welco to drop by my place anyti.’
It’s almost like a prediction. Is he talking about Gimuru? I’ll be going back soon, but it does seem like the public order has worsened. But still… I wonder why he left such serious words?
…Well, whatever.
‘Your life belongs to you’
Just as Willieris said, I’m going to keep on living in this world.
Even if Sereriputa is right, I’ll just have to chase after my kind of happiness on my own.
Fortunately, I have plenty of ti.
And what’s more—
“I’m back!” [Ryouma]
“Oh, welco back.” [Mother]
“Supper will be ready soon.” [i]
“I’ve been waiting for you!” [Hoi]
“Ryouma, sorry but please drink with our dad.” [Kai]
“Sothing seems to have happened, but his pace is too fast and we just can’t keep up.” [Kei]
“Please leave it to .” [Ryouma]
—Whatever might be waiting for in the future, I’m sure this happiness I have now isn’t wrong.
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