To Another World... with Land Mines! Volume 7 (eBook)

Itsuki Mizuho (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-8809-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Nao and his friends return to Laffan for a short break before accepting a new quest to retrieve a sword-a prized family heirloom that belongs to the House of Nernas. The sword apparently went missing at the abandoned mine they briefly checked out once before, but upon further exploration, they discover that the mine is really a full-blown dungeon! On top of that, they meet Mary and Metea, two sisters who were chased from their home in Kelg because of the Holy Satomi Sect. Trouble just seems to follow Nao and his friends wherever they go, making their dream of an easy life feel further away than ever! 

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Chapter 1—At the Orphanage

The morning after we returned to Laffan, I woke up and saw that the sun was already high in the sky. Okay, perhaps “morning” isn’t the most accurate term to describe this time of day. I had gone to sleep right after we had returned home from the guild yesterday, and I must have been more exhausted than I’d realized from the battle against a powerful new foe.

“Well, I guess all of us were exhausted from the battle,” I said.

Despite the time, nobody had come to wake me up, so everybody else was probably still sleeping, or else they’d allowed me to sleep in to recover from fatigue. I crawled out of my bed and put on some indoor slippers, then opened the window, stretched, and took a deep breath of the fresh summer air. I roughly combed through my bedhead with my hands and then descended to the living room on the first floor without changing out of my pajamas. Not too long ago, the room had been a bit barren, but now it was filled with new furniture we had bought the other day and had become a place where all of us could relax; we just had to be sure to wear slippers.

I yawned as I entered the living room. “Hellooo. Am I the last one— Or not, I guess.”

All three of the girls were in the living room, lounging apart from each other on three different sofas. They had cups of tea in their hands.

“Good morning, Nao-kun,” said Natsuki.

“Hello,” said Yuki. “Actually, though, it’s almost noon.”

“It’s true that we’re not working today, but you seem way too relaxed, Nao,” said Haruka. “Your hair is a mess too. Come over here for a bit.”

Haruka beckoned me over, and I obediently walked over and sat down next to her. She took out a comb and started to put my hair in order. Yuki grinned when she saw that and walked over behind us. “Do you plan on heading out somewhere today, Nao?”

“Nah, I plan on taking it easy and resting. Yesterday was exhausting,” I replied. “You girls are planning on doing the same, right?”

The girls had changed out of their pajamas, but they were wearing light indoor clothes that looked quite cute but weren’t suitable for walking around outdoors.

“In that case, you’re fine with whatever for your hairstyle, right?” Yuki asked. “Any ideas, Haruka?”

“Braids, maybe? A chignon could work as well,” said Haruka. “What do you want, Nao?”

“Whatever you feel like doing is fine,” I replied. “I’m okay with anything as long as it doesn’t get in the way.”

What’s so fun about playing with my hair? It’s way shorter than Haruka’s or Natsuki’s, so I don’t get it at all. I relaxed into the sofa and looked at Natsuki in front of me, and she chuckled as she looked between my face and my hair. “Are you sure about letting the two of them do whatever they want with your hair, Nao-kun?”

“Like I said, I don’t really care if I don’t have to go outside,” I replied. “More importantly, is Touya still asleep?”

“Yeah,” said Natsuki. “He suffered a serious injury yesterday, after all. We healed it with magic, but healing can’t restore stamina.”

“He should wake up any time now due to hunger, however,” said Haruka. “Sit up straight for a bit, Nao.”

“Yeah, I feel kind of hungry myself,” I said. “Oh, yeah, he’s awake now. I’m surprised that you guessed correctly, Haruka.”

From far away, I heard some footsteps on the stairs—obviously Touya’s, since all of the other residents of this house were here in the living room.

“It’s hard to continue sleeping at this time of the day during the summer,” said Haruka. “Did you not get hot when you were sleeping, Nao?”

“Oh, right, it’s uncomfortable to continue sleeping with closed windows,” I said.

Our rooms were all laid out the same way and all faced the sun, so they were warm and cozy during the winter. However, the peak of summer was now approaching, and the temperature in our rooms rose abruptly by late morning. If we opened all the windows in our rooms and the corridors, it would draw a breeze through the house, but we couldn’t do that while we were asleep.

“We probably should start practicing the Air Conditioning spell real soon,” I said. “I guess we’ll have to make do with something else for now, however. Wind.”

“Hello. Man, it’s really hot,” said Touya. “Oh, whew, this feels great! Thanks for the wind, Nao!”

I had used Wind Magic, which I had recently learned, to send some air in Touya’s direction the moment he entered the room. He seemed very relaxed; he closed his eyes and wagged his ears and tail, which had been drooping before he was fully awake.

“Being fluffy must be nice and all, but it looks like summer feels hotter for you,” I said.

“Yeah, it kinda does,” said Touya. “That’s one downside of being fluffy. Oh, Nao, I see that your hair’s being played with.”

Touya chuckled when he looked at my head, and I chuckled back. “I’m the one who’s letting them play with my hair, ha ha.”

“Yeah, it’s true that I’m playing with your hair. I’ll give you a pigtail look if that’s what you want, Nao,” said Haruka.

“Anything but that, please,” I said. “Also, I kind of want to eat lunch right now...”

“Yeah, good point. All right, this should do,” said Haruka. “You want something for lunch as well, right, Touya?”

“Yeah, please,” said Touya. “By the way, are you going to leave your hair as is, Nao?”

“I mean, I don’t really mind,” I said. “It’s not like I’m going outside today.”

I couldn’t see what Haruka had done to my hair, but when I shook my head gently, it felt fine, so I didn’t really care. Anyway, Haruka and Yuki would probably fix my hair once they got bored of whatever this new style was.

“Don’t worry, Nao! You look good,” Yuki exclaimed.

“Mm, that’s true, tee hee. You look very cute, Nao-kun,” said Natsuki.

Although Yuki and Natsuki were both praising my new hairstyle, Touya had an awkward expression on his face as he examined me. I was a bit curious as to why Natsuki had used the word “cute,” but the only people who would see it were my four friends here, so it wasn’t important.

“Well, if you’re okay with it, then sure,” said Touya. His gaze followed Haruka as she headed into the kitchen. “More importantly, we’re taking today off, but what are we doing tomorrow?”

Yuki pointed at Touya. “We need to get your armor repaired, of course! It only lasted one day in spite of how expensive it was.”

“Yeah, it really was expensive,” I said. “It was a brand-new breastplate that cost over fifty thousand Rea.”

We had provided the elemental metal ourselves, so most of the cost had been the skilled labor. It would have cost many times more if we’d wanted to purchase elemental metal armor.

“The breastplate is so damaged that we’ll probably have to get it completely reforged,” said Natsuki. “The elemental metal can probably be reused, but as for the cost of the labor...”

“Depending on how much we end up earning from that lava boar, our battle might have been a net loss,” I said.

“Ugh. I’m really sorry about this,” said Touya. “I’ll pay for the repairs out of my own pock—”

Haruka interrupted Touya’s words as she returned with her hands full of plates. “No, Touya. We all agreed that weapons and armor fall under shared expenses, remember? They protect all of us as a party, after all.”

It was true that we had all agreed on that policy before. It would have been a different story if Touya had broken his breastplate outside of combat, but he had stood on the front line protecting the rest of us, so it wouldn’t have been fair to make him pay for the repairs by himself.

The rest of us nodded in agreement with Haruka’s words, but I had something to add. “That said, we’re leaving it to you to come up with an excuse for Gantz-san, Touya. I’m not brave enough to tell him that we broke one of his newly made pieces on the first day of use.”

I had heard before that elemental metal was way more difficult to process than normal iron and even more difficult than harder metals like white iron, so Gantz-san would probably be upset if he found out that the armor had been destroyed instantly. Touya seemed to realize what would happen, and he sighed at the thought. “All right, I’ll be the one who takes a scolding from Gantz-san. What about everyone else, though? Any plans for the near future?”

“Well, I’d like to practice my healing magic a bit more,” said Haruka. “To be honest, I was barely able to save you this time, Touya.”

“Yeah, the breastplate was completely caved in,” I said. “I’m pretty sure you had some broken ribs.”

“Definitely!” Yuki exclaimed. “I’m surprised you still had the energy to joke around and say ‘I’ll be back!’”

At the time, I had assumed Touya was fine because he was joking around, but the blood had drained out of my face after the battle when I’d checked the damage to the breastplate. On top of that, Touya had been spitting a lot of blood, so I was really impressed that Haruka had somehow kept her composure...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.7.2023
• Reihe/Serie: To Another World... with Land Mines!
• Reihe/Serie: To Another World... with Land Mines!
• Illustrationen: Itsuki Mizuho
• Übersetzer: Itsuki Mizuho
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: childhood friend • Game elements • Isekai • Light Novel • Magic • Reincarnation • Survival
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-8809-8 / 1718388098
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-8809-3 / 9781718388093