To Another World... with Land Mines! Volume 10 (eBook)

Itsuki Mizuho (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
9781718388154 (ISBN)

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Nao's party accepts a quest from Viscount Nernas to serve as bodyguards for his daughter, Illias, and escort her to the beautiful city of Clewily to attend a baron's wedding. Contrary to their plans, however, Nao and Haruka somehow end up having to participate in the wedding as well. In their tuxedo and dress, they look like a newlywed couple themselves. Haruka reveals her feelings for Nao in an endearing manner, but despite reciprocating her feelings, Nao is conflicted about how to respond. Will their indecisive relationship finally progress to the next step? Find out in this tenth volume!

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Sidea-san casually joined us as well. “Does your party make desserts very often?” she asked, looking at us as if slightly puzzled.

Thus far, Illias-sama had mainly paid attention to Mary and Metea; it was the rest of us who had become acquainted with Sidea-san. Given all the information we’d gotten from her, we didn’t mind sharing some apple pie.

“Adventurers like us can acquire ingredients that can’t be bought on the open market, so we do occasionally make desserts during our free time,” said Natsuki. “It’s merely a pastime for us, however; we’re not experts by any means.”

Sidea-san chuckled at Natsuki’s modesty. “One imagines the average chef wouldn’t know how to react if you described something like this as the product of a pastime.”

I was confident that the apple pie that the girls had made today would taste much better than the desserts that we’d been served yesterday. It wasn’t just a matter of skill at making desserts. The ingredients and the recipe that the girls used were completely different from the norm in this world. Back on Earth, recipes were the end products of techniques and knowledge accumulated over long spans of history, which constituted a significant advantage for modern chefs.

“Do you not eat desserts all that often, Illias-sama?” Metea asked. “Even though you’re a noble?”

Illias-sama laughed and shook her head. “My father is rather frugal. He doesn’t hesitate to spend when necessary, but he doesn’t waste money on luxuries. He’s very strict about avoiding unnecessary expenses in daily life.”

The apple pie in front of us was a masterpiece that contained a lot of butter made from strike ox milk. The sweet-and-sour aroma of apples mingled very nicely with the rich smell of the butter. Back at home, the girls would pile ice cream on top, and the cream was also made from strike ox milk, so just in terms of the market prices of the raw ingredients, a single slice was worth a whole heap of gold coins. It was honestly a little nerve-racking to think about; even now that we were moderately affluent, our sense of value hadn’t changed that much. Although, on second thought, Touya had no qualms about burning through dozens of gold coins in a couple of hours at a certain venue. People like Touya who didn’t mind spending that much gold probably wouldn’t mind buying a super expensive apple pie, but normal people would never spend that much on dessert. Most desserts disappeared in a few bites, after all.

Haruka nodded to herself. “I see. The lord sounds like a very pragmatic person. Oh, please do take a bite while the pie is still warm, Illias-sama. And please feel free as well, Sidea-san.”

The apple pie was still fresh thanks to our magic bags.

“Very well, then. I’ll take you up on that offer,” said Sidea. After she took a single bite, her eyes widened in surprise, and she covered her mouth.

“Me too!” Illias-sama took a bite too and immediately began gushing about it. “Amazing! This is the first time I’ve ever had something this delicious!”

Illias-sama swiftly devoured the rest of the slice, and a blissful smile dawned on her face. When we saw Illias-sama’s reaction, the rest of us dug in as well.

Mm, yeah, this is delicious as usual. The light and crispy texture of the puff pastry crust was completely different from the apple pie snacks that I used to buy at convenience stores back in Japan. The distinctive rich smell of butter was also amazing. The butter itself tasted much better than anything available for purchase back on Earth. The fact that the apple pie was freshly baked probably helped as well. If I absolutely had to come up with something to complain about, then the flavor of the sugar felt a bit off and there was no cinnamon scent, but those thoughts were way too picky to express aloud. And notably, the girls had made this apple pie before Haruka had learned the Refine spell from Aera-san, so the issue with the flavor of the sugar would probably be fixed in future pies.

“...Oh, it’s gone.” Illias-sama had already finished her portion by the time I was still halfway through my own. She was sitting there with her fork in her mouth, looking like she wanted more.

That elicited a swift response from Sidea. “Pray don’t act unladylike, Illias-sama.”

“I-I’m sorry...” Illias-sama looked a bit melancholy after that scolding, but if anything, she seemed more disturbed by the lack of more apple pie to eat. Hmm. If she really wants more, I wouldn’t mind giving her my portion, but it’s probably a bad idea to offer a half-eaten slice. There was one person here who didn’t mind sharing, however.

“Illias-sama, do you wanna finish mine?” Metea asked.

“...N-No, but thank you.” Illias-sama smiled, but the fork in her hand was trembling a bit, so she must’ve had to muster a lot of willpower. “Please feel free to finish it yourself.”

Sidea-san nodded to herself as if satisfied with Illias-sama’s deportment. Nobles undoubtedly had to be raised in a very specific way, but my impression was that life as a noble seemed a bit too strict. Illias-sama had explained proper table manners to Metea and Mary during her lessons, and it had all sounded complicated and annoying to me. The table manners she had described were probably common sense in this world, so I had done my best to memorize them, but I was confident that I wouldn’t be able to enjoy my food while observing all those rules.

As Illias-sama reluctantly set her fork down on her plate, Natsuki spoke up. “I’m aware that it’s rather late to be asking this question, Illias-sama, but was it really all right for you to eat a dessert that we made ourselves?”

We had gotten permission from Wiesel-san beforehand, so none of us were truly worried, but we had been a bit surprised by how readily he’d granted us permission.

“Of course. The House of Nernas would never have issued a quest to your party if we were suspicious about stuff like that,” said Illias. “My dear sister Diola is the one who recommended you.”

Yeah, I guess the viscount wouldn’t have engaged our services if he’d thought we might poison his daughter. And anyway, it would probably be much easier to assassinate a target during an escort quest instead... Wait, hold on. “Dear sister”?

Natsuki looked like she was about to ask another question right away, so clearly I wasn’t the only one who’d noticed Illias-sama’s choice of words.

“‘Dear sister Diola’?” Natsuki said at last. “Um, pardon me, but what precisely is the nature of your relationship with Diola-san?”

“She is the daughter of my mother’s elder sister, so she’s my cousin,” Illias replied.

Cousin?! I didn’t expect them to be related that closely! Sure, I assumed that Diola-san was related to the House of Nernas somehow based on the hints she’s dropped before now, but I’m still really surprised.

Natsuki lifted a finger to her chin. “Does that mean Diola-san is a noble as well?”

Illias-sama frowned as if it wasn’t that simple. “Um, it’s actually rather complicated.”

According to Illias-sama, the head of a noble house and his spouse were the only ones who were treated as true nobles in the Lenium Kingdom. Their scions technically weren’t nobles themselves, but as a matter of custom, they were treated as seminobles one peerage rank below their parents. There were, however, situations in which their parents’ peerage ceased to matter—for instance, if the scion married into a different house or established a new independent house. If they were lucky enough to marry the head of another noble house, then the two would both retain their status, but nobles tended to have many children, so there was a lot of competition. The kingdom technically permitted polygamy for both men and women, but that resulted in an increase in the number of children as well as the number of open slots for the position of spouse, so most children of noble families ended up as commoners.

Diola-san’s father was apparently the head of his house, and as such, he had inherited the title of baron. Ordinarily, a single woman like her would be treated as equivalent in rank to a knight, but her circumstances were a bit complicated. According to Illias-sama, Diola-san’s mother was a concubine; Baron Meredith’s lawful wife was a different woman. However, Diola-san was the baron’s only child, so she was the only candidate for the title of family heir. In a situation like that, Diola-san would normally have inherited her father’s rank after finding a suitor who was willing to marry into her family. The issue was her relationship with the baron’s lawful wife. Diola-san’s status as the heir would be an obstacle to any child the baron’s wife bore, so apparently she refused to allow anyone to join the family by marrying Diola-san. She also refused to acknowledge Diola-san as the baron’s rightful heir. At the same time, if Diola-san married into another household, the baron wouldn’t have any heirs—at least, not for the time being. That was why Diola-san was still single.

Man, I kinda feel bad for Diola-san.

“Baron Meredith’s lawful wife is a rather difficult person,” said Sidea.

Sidea-san was a private tutor in the service of the House of Nernas, which was presumably how she knew Baron Meredith’s wife. Smiling awkwardly, she...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2025
• 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-13: 9781718388154 / 9781718388154