YGDA Ch 67

Chapter 67 - Absolutely Inseparable Strong Bond ~I Am A God, So What?~


Translator: Eros
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Donor: William C.
M8. I feel bad with you keep donating but my speed keep plummeting. I really appreciate it but… this procrastinating habit is killing me.

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“Ehh~”


Why did this guy suddenly came to this conclusion? Renya just can’t help questioning how the man’s head work and turn back to face him again.
The man, while grabbing the handle of his sword, declares without any shred of doubt:


“I absolutely can’t think that Floria-san could be happy living under such a scoundrel like you!”
“That is up to Floria to decide you know?”


How can you push your opinion about other people happiness like that? Renya swiftly denied what the man’s word.
Renya had somehow felt a hint of it before but once again he realizes that the man is really the type that is subjective with his own opinion. As he scratches his cheek, he can’t help thinking that this guy is really a troublesome one. He never thought that he would get trouble with such a guy that is in some meaning, a template character.
Seeing at this person is a too honest type of a man, the man doesn’t seem to be an evildoer but even so, Renya still feel the impulse to shut that loud mouth of him for good.


“Anyway, challenging other people in the middle of the busy road like this and demand that person to hand over his girl, I’m not sure whether it is legal or not……”
“I won’t let Floria-san to be under the evil hand of criminals like you which has bare their poisonous fangs at many women in succession!”
“That’s why I said, the one that will decide that is Floria……”
“For a man, there will also be a time to forcefully take a woman to save them from the clutch of evil man such as you! And that time is now!”
“Oi oi, why did you self-interpret law and such wachamalit to your own convenience like that?”


Just like arguing with a donkey, the man just keep on talking the same absurd logic again and again that even Renya would feel ticked by it and his mood gradually turn sour. Actually he could just let the town guard handle the man and everything might be settled nicely but, how could he let this man who had accused him wrongly like that again and again get off easily? Renya isn’t that virtuous as a man, no, as a god.
The surrounding had become aroused by their argument anyway. Even a stall owner starts acting as a bookmaker and attracts the other rubbernecker to make a bet.
The atmosphere had already worsened that it will make it difficult to settle this problem peacefully.
Well anyway, the one who start giving false accuse (though, his opinion might seems correct for the people who hold pure love principle) are that side. And there are many eyewitnesses for that. Even if there is trouble afterward he might somehow manage… maybe? Renya starts considering about his next action.

And then, feeling the mood in the surrounding, Floria’s expression gradually turned into that of a prankster. She is through and thorough a goddess who loves festival, liveliness, and drama like this.


“Renya, you really are third class in making flags. Why did you continuously keep raising such inedible flag like this?”
“The flag regarding Rebecca’s case has been a continuous of positive flag after all so I’ve been expecting that the time to make up for that will come soon but, is this it?”
“Perhaps. How about you just settle this swiftly and continue on?”
“Can’t be helped then, Floria, get away for a bit”
“N, Okkay. But before that”


Saying that with a light feeling like when she is going to go for a bit to wash the dishes, Floria lightly kiss Renya in the lips.
It was a lighter kiss that their usual deep kiss but they could still feel each other kiss as they do it for quite a long time.
The surrounding spectator is like being lit in fire and start kicking up the fuss from seeing that. And for the man, he is giving Renya a death glare and his fist trembles violently. Renya wants to make excuses that the one who act first was Floria but he feels that excusing would just pour more oil to the fire so he just keep his mouth shut.
As exchange for making excuses, he instead makes a totally mocking expression to the man while also make a jeering smile. He really is acting childish.


“It is a kiss from the goddess of victory~”
“The way I can’t find any fault in your word just now is really amazing”


Because the kiss is indeed come from a goddess wishing him victory! There is nothing else in the world that can surpass it.
The owners of the street stall are already into spectating mode. The rubbernecker around start spread around to give more space to both fighters while having expectation for a good show. When Renya looks around closely, the merchants whose shop Renya often visit group together to give their support for him. It seems that those women shop owner giving a ‘how dare you disturbing them’ mood. They all know Renya party story (with some detail left unsaid of course) so they all treat the handsome man who challenge Renya as a third wheeler guy who can’t read the mood.
The man who feels like he is playing an away game becomes even more enraged and quickly pulls out his long sword which he is familiar with.
The man fighting spirit aura is getting even stronger that it becomes similar to killing intent.


“I can’t go easy on you but I won’t kill you”
“What you said just now perfectly contradicts each other though”


He leaks that much killing intent yet he said that he won’t kill. Just what does he mean with that anyway? Renya wants to point that out to the man but the man’s blood had already climbed up to his head so he couldn’t hear him.


“UUUUOOOOOOO!!!”


While giving out a loud war cry, the man charges forward while brandishing his sword upside his head. (upper stance kendo)
Charging straight ahead from the outside of your opponent’s range while maintaining upper stance, the only attack that could use that momentum fully is only the horizontal slash down move.
The aim will be either the head or shoulder.
Using a sharpened ready-for-real-fight steel long sword to do that kind of move will surely give a deadly wound if hit. Even if he use a blunt weapon this move is still deadly.


(No matter you see, He’s really in this FOR REAL!)


If he failed in evading the man attack then he will definitely die.
What about the thing you said earlier with not gonna kill man? Renya is getting tired in pointing out the man's fault because that man conduct is again and again filled with contradiction. Renya is losing the mood to move around too much and just standing there, waiting for the man attack to come and with much ease, stop it on its track.
He stops it by pinching the man sword with his thumb and index finger, that is.
Under Renya stronger than iron grip, the sword just won’t move no matter how hard the man tried to move it. Renya sword pinching move which is like a move from an absolute expert made the spectator dumbfounded and a sudden silence filled the area.


“Wha……!?”
“Your sword skill is not bad. I can see from this one attack that you have trained the basic and had piled up some real fight experience too but sadly your skill are just ordinary. If your skill only amount to this much ---- even if you attack me a 1000 times, you won’t be able to reach me even once”


From there, with a speed that is hard to follow by normal people's eyes, Renya kicks the man right hand which is holding the sword making the man loses his grip to his sword, flips the sword then grab the handle and point it out to the man instead. It is a flawless weapon stealing move.
After that, just like the template does, he points the sword tip to the man’s neck and end the match.
Renya let out a wry smile inside because this scene is just like a scene from manga.

The way he not continue attacking and beat the man black and blue is because he still has some bit conscience left with him. Even Renya won’t carelessly humiliate someone who is not hostile with him in front of public. Well, the man is coming at him with hostile intent but doesn’t really matter anyway.


“With this the match is over, right? Because you notice Floria then your taste regarding woman is not bad I suppose but I suggest that you stop trying to get your hand on a woman who already has a partner okay?”


This time, the conflict ends without anyone getting hurt but Renya is afraid whether that personality of that man would only spell for more unneeded trouble for him in the future. Because of that, even when he is the victim here, Renya still unwillingly offers his advice to the man.
In the duel(?) that doesn’t even last for a few second, after finally witnessing the Renya’s inhuman true strength, the spectators who keep their silence for a moment suddenly erupt with a loud cheer. Going along with the mood, Renya bows down his head to the spectator like a performer ending his show.
On the side of gambling, there seems to be some people who don’t know about Renya and made a losing bet.

After that, Renya return the man’s sword to its owner. The man just silently accept it and sheathes the sword back, made one last glance to Floria, and like cutting clean all his feeling for her, he turns back and runs away quickly then disappear from sight.
The negative feelings hanging on his back isn’t just any simple grief, Renya can’t help but pity the man. If he just simply accept it when Floria rejected him before, then his wound might be still bearable but, it’s a done thing now so there’s no turning back.


“So now I don’t just only break flags, I even broke other people pride now eh? ……”
“Well, I think that a part of it is also his own fault for not being able to read the mood though”
“Am I being to cruel in chastising?”
“Just that much is still far from being too much you know. That man has accused Renya badly based on his own small minded value so that much is allowed”
“But you know, objectively from other people's eyes, I am also aware of the reason why that man tried to accuse me like that, looking from my usual conduct……”
“Then let me ask you, is there anyone in our party that won’t get angry if they heard that man accusation to you?”
“……… Now you say it like that, no one……”
“Right? To the person who aware that they do things outside common sense, binding them again with that so called common sense is not logical in the least. They should just mind their own business”
“Somehow you look stricter than usual Floria”
“If I heard someone say bad things about my loved one, do you think I won’t get mad?”
“No, I don’t think so. I somehow forgot that you are someone who love very deep”


The concept of love is different from each people so one-sidedly denying other people concept for love is just weird as Floria keep grumbling about it.
She is after all, trying to respect Renya’s feeling in her own way which made her gives her consent for Renya to have a harem. Renya knows that even with her clumsiness, she still tries her best to support and take care of the other girl in the harem. When she heard someone slandering him to that extent, there’s no way she can hold back her anger.

Renya then waves his hand to the spectator while saying ‘that’s all folks, I wanna continue my date here’ and start walking to leave the place behind.
From the spectator, comments like ‘such perfect couple’ and such could be heard. Floria who become bashful because of the spectator comment meekly cross her hand with Renya. This action just made her look cuter than usual.

Starting their date all over again, Renya tries his best to please Floria who still sulking from the matter before by taking her here and there frolicking without any care.
Even if Renya doesn’t want to admit it, Floria’s smile really had become one of the main sources for his motivation.
So if that smile is clouded with something, it is only natural for him to do something about it with the best of his ability.
And his effort finally bears it fruit. By the time the day starting to get dark, Floria’s cheerful mood has returned. Well, let’s just say that it was a result from Floria trying her best to get spoiled by Renya because Renya is trying his best to spoil her.

For the finale for their date, Renya bring Floria to the central park where there are clean fountain and colorful flower bed beautify it.
Renya has calculated the perfect situation for a park date around sunset. Even other people would agree that the atmosphere here is perfect for dating as he can see other couple walking together around the park. Well, it is indeed a standard dating course anyway.


“Well, many things happened but did you have fun?”
“Yeah that was fun. I feel like it’s been awhile since the last time my Renyaleum tank is filled to the brim”
“That’s good then. Now for the last course, here you go”


Renya presents a nice looking wooden box to Floria and then he gives her the gaze that is like urging her to quickly open it. Floria who accepts the present then excitedly opens the wooden box.
Inside, there is a beautiful necklace. It seems to be created from silver with a small gem as its core and its design is not that gaudy yet doesn’t look too cheap either but the elegance the necklace had is pretty well matched with how Floria looks.


“We have been together for long yet I haven’t give you any present like this so I’ve been thinking. So I secretly prepare this. This necklace also has my divine power blessing it DA ZE!” (in a prideful tone)
“Yeah…… amazing…… I can feel Renya’s power in it. But I’d wished that you put more thought when preparing this. You must prepare this when you go somewhere in the middle of our date this noon right?”
“Guh…… Actually, I can’t find the right gem that I want to use for finishing it so I sneaked out to find it”
“Really, what can I do with you, you always forget such important detail like that…… But…… I am really happy. Thank you”


For the first time, Floria feels Renya’s divine power inside something other than his divine armaments.
As she is for one, a goddess of affection, and the one who gives her the present is yet to be half god, she could tell the feeling inside this gift.
Affection, yearning, gratitude.
This necklace is packed with many kinds of Renya’s feelings and all of those feelings are only directed toward one person. And that one person is her.


“It’s been awhile since I become a god but…… as long as you are here with me Floria, I promise that I won’t become like your dad. I am even more convinced of it now. That’s why…… it is a bit embarrassing but, I will say it again”


Renya seems to be really embarrassed as his gaze is swimming all over the place but after he calm himself enough, he looks at Floria straight in her eyes and whisper silently:


“I love you. Even if the member of the harem is increasing now, there is no doubt that Floria, you are my number one. Err, well…… you might said that the thing I said just now is for the sake of the male side convenient but……”


Everyone is precious but amongst them you are number one. That kind of line feels kinda similar to those cheap lines spoken by those unfaithful men so Renya wants to clearly state it to avoid misunderstanding but too bad for him, or good for him actually, Floria doesn’t really mind it.
No, it should be said that for Floria, nothing else matter.
I love you.
He might also said those words to the other girls, but even so, the most important for Floria is that Renya said it directly for her.


“Yeah, I also love you a lot! You are my only destined man that I found after looking from many other infinite multiverse”


He is the one who fulfill her father’s last wish, accompany an oddity like her until now, and even raise his own status as a god in the process.
And now, he is an accomplice and a companion to accompany her on an absurd adventure in this world which had caught their interest.
The one who definitely won’t make her feel lonely ---- the one and only, her other half.

Her feelings are overflowing.
Renya who is before her just looks so dearly to her.
Floria is aware that she can’t be described by the word calm and composed.
There is Brenda who even still holding back a step, could perfectly hold Renya’s reins perfectly as her way of loving.
There is also Elvira who holds the spot for perfect Japanese woman Yamato Nadeshiko, a good wife and wise mother figure as her way of loving.
And last but not the least, Therese and Rebecca who is still awkward but honestly straight because of their young age as their way of loving.

That’s why, she will also keep on loving him in her own way of loving and continue being on this new god side. Floria once again resolved herself and quickly goes into action.
She jumps on Renya’s back with all her might and entangles her hand on Renya’s neck from behind.
Renya becomes a bit bewildered because of the soft comfortable feeling he feels from his back. When Floria breathes out, Renya could feel it close to him and it made him even more flustered and watching her ‘prank’ worked, Floria continues enjoying her fill.


“Then how about doing it outside today? We will definitely get caught and become some urban legend afterward!”
“I’m trying to be serious here why did you ruin that!? Really you are! What do you take my resolution before as dammit~!”
“Ahahahahaha~! I’m so happy you know! Really Very Happy you know!”
“And why did you suddenly turn it into some high exposure activity talk like that!? Really, I could never understand how your brain works!”
“Because my love is open for all to see!”
“I BEG YOU PLEASE, don’t open it except when there is only the two of us together!”


But, that’s why it’s all fine.
Because Floria is just being herself like that, he managed to reach this far. And he also believes that he could go even further from now.
That is what Renya have in his mind while holding up Floria who is entangling her body with his. His own true feeling.
While arguing at each other like that, the two keep on smiling to each other. Only the moon silently witnesses their banter.

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Author Notes: A song that has ‘I love you from 12000 years ago!’ And so on and so on (Eros: Aquarion series anyone?) in the lyrics might be matched for the two.
Go explode and die (why)