In Another World with Household Spells: Volume 1 (eBook)

Rika (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-4068-8 (ISBN)

Infos

One day Kaoru Aoyama is working as a normal office worker in Japan and the next she's waking up to find that she's become Patience Granger, the daughter of a viscount! She isn't sure if she's been reincarnated into this world or if she's just possessing this body, but one thing is for sure: This isn't a simple magical adventure in another world. Despite being nobles, the Granger family is destitute! Patience is desperate to figure out how to help her family, including her adorable younger brothers, but her magic proficiency lies in household magic-a type relating to domestic chores. Not only does she have her family to worry about but Patience is also ten years old. She'll be enrolling in the Royal Academy, where she'll have to navigate relationships with other nobles while trying to grow her skills. Using her knowledge from her past life and the memories she has from the original Patience, this young noble is determined to use her talents to protect her angelic little brothers!

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I kissed Nassius on the cheek. Ah, I’m so happy! Patience didn’t stop me, so this was probably a normal part of their mornings.

“Does that mean we can play together?” Henry, my younger brother, asked. He had the same blond hair and blue eyes as I did; we both took after our mother. I need to make sure he doesn’t die young.

“Yes, let’s play,” I said, picking Henry up and kissing him on the cheek. This is bliss!

My happiness didn’t last for long. This is gross! I thought as I ate some bland soup with some minuscule vegetable bits floating around, along with some thinly sliced yet hard bread. Patience is so skinny! She does not need to be dieting. Also, I can’t believe this is the best breakfast we can afford for my brothers! Growing children need to eat! How horrible!

Patience’s ingrained elegance forced me to slowly sip my soup, but it didn’t have enough flavor to be savored. I had to find out whether Eva, our cook, was just unskilled, or if our family’s finances were so tight that this was the only kind of meal we could afford.

I finished my unsatisfying breakfast and wanted to stay in the slightly warmer dining room, but that didn’t seem possible. As soon as breakfast was over, my father retired to his study and my brothers were taken to their room. Not only was I alone, but George, the servant, began scraping out the logs that hadn’t burned from the fireplace. Staring at an unlit fireplace wasn’t going to make me any warmer.

According to Patience’s memories, the morning was time for studying. Of course, we didn’t have something as fancy as a tutor. Oh, Patience’s memory corrected me—she appeared to have had a tutor for a short while when she was younger. The Granger family had probably lived as nobles usually did before our father had lost his job. Following his dismissal, my mother had taught me my letters and numbers, and then... That’s right! I’m responsible for teaching my brothers!

I rushed over to my brothers’ room. Teaching my little brothers sounds fun! Their room was spacious and had a desk with three chairs in front of a fireplace. Yeah, they don’t need a room this big. A poor excuse of a fire was lit in the fireplace. This is too cold for them!

“I’d like you to continue where we left off, Nassius,” I instructed. “And can you write all the letters in the alphabet, Henry?” According to Patience’s memories, Nassius was quite gifted, and Henry had just begun his studies.

“I memorized them,” Henry said, his small hands earnestly writing out letters onto a slate board with chalk. So cute.

I wondered how Patience felt about studying. She seemed to like it quite a bit, and I had many memories of reading books. The Granger family seemed to enjoy learning, and though we were poor, our library was impressive. Our father was a bookworm, and these days all he did was read books or newspapers.

Are there any schools here? I began searching through Patience’s memories. It seemed there was a school here in the Kingdom of Lawrence—specifically, the Royal Academy located in the capital city, Romano. Apparently it was mandatory for nobles to attend from the ages of ten to sixteen.

“Wait, ten? Does that mean I’m to attend the academy?” I muttered to myself.

I didn’t mind studying, but dealing with other nobles sounded like a pain. I wasn’t even sure if I could interact with other nobles in the first place. I could rely on Patience’s memories for behavior, but my shabby clothes would probably make me stand out even if I could act the part of a noble.

Just as I’d promised him, I played with Henry after he practiced his writing and completed some simple math problems. We called it playing, but I was just reading to him. There’s no way I’m going outside when it’s this cold and a flurry’s coming down.

Lunch...just made me sad. It was the same soup and thinly sliced bread from breakfast, with one slice of ham so thin you could nearly see through it. You know, it isn’t easy to slice something this thinly. Maybe Eva is actually really skilled, I thought to myself in an attempt to escape from reality. Patience gave this ham to her brothers, right? Yeah, there’s no way I can keep doing that! I’m going to die at this rate.

“I’m still recovering, so you two should eat this,” I said. Gah, I can’t help it! They’re growing boys. Of course I want to feed them!

Lunch—such as it was—had gotten me pumped about improving this family’s living situation, but after eating I was called to my father’s study. I wonder what he wants. Looking through Patience’s memories, it was rare for her to be summoned like this. Did he find out that I’ve taken over this body? I had Patience’s memories, and her common sense and habits dictated my actions, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that she had died. Perhaps her father had noticed discrepancies in my behavior. What do I do if I’m kicked out? I grew nervous as I knocked on the door to my father’s study.

“Come in, Patience,” he responded.

The study had a calm atmosphere, and I could see why he would stay cooped up in here. It was like a hideaway—the perfect place to escape reality.

“Did you need something, father?” My words were automatically converted into Patience’s manner of speech, and my question came out more formally than I intended.

“Sit down. I think it’s time we have you evaluated at the church.”

Oh no. Did he figure out I’ve possessed this body? Am I going to be exorcised? My face must have paled with anxiety.

“There’s no need to be so nervous. Finding out your magic proficiency is a simple process. I think you’ll be able to use household magic. Julianne was good at it. And it’s best that we have you evaluated before you enroll in school.” My father smiled, which put me at ease.

Household magic? What’s that? Tell me, Patience!

“What is household magic?” I’d meant to search through Patience’s memories, but I’d ended up asking my question out loud.

“Well, household magic is magic used for everyday life. Many people can use household magic, but Julianne was exceptional at it.”

Patience’s memories were more helpful than my father’s vague response. Household magic seemed quite useful and encompassed spells for things such as lighting fires and lamps, producing water, cleaning, and practicing good hygiene.

It’s magic time! Reincarnating into a world of swords and magic sounds like an exciting adventure...but that was undercut by the fact that I was poor, despite being a noble. On top of that, it seemed many commoners were able to use household magic. It feels like something that would be more useful for a maid than a dashing adventurer.

“We’ll have the church evaluate you tomorrow. Let Mary know.” It seemed my father would be telling the butler.

Why does he want me to tell Mary? I searched through my memories and got multiple answers. First, clothes for going out had to be prepared. Also, Mary had to come with us as my attendant, so she had to prepare not just me but also herself. Finally, Mary was the only maid we had, so she had to take care of some tasks ahead of time if she wasn’t going to be home.

“Mary,” I called out to the maid, “father and I will be visiting the church tomorrow. It seems they’re going to evaluate my magic proficiency.”

Mary, who had been cleaning, began to bustle about.

“Your coat, my lady, it’s... Well, let’s try it on.” I tried on the coat that had been hanging in my wardrobe. It was quite tight, but it somehow managed to fit. “I’ll have to make you a new coat before school starts,” Mary said with a deep sigh. I don’t think we have the money for that. What’s she going to do?

Mary then brought out an outfit for going out. The fabric was much thicker than the dress I was currently wearing, and it looked warm.

“Please try this on,” she asked. “It may be a little big, but I think it will be fine if we use the sash to tighten it...” These clothes appeared to be hand-me-downs from a relative, but they were warmer than anything I’d worn thus far, so I had no complaints about that. “We should take in the shoulders slightly,” Mary said, placing several pins before carefully undressing me. She was probably going to adjust it by tomorrow.

Though it seemed a bit late to do so, I decided not to rely solely on Patience’s knowledge and instead research household magic myself. I also wanted to find out about the church, which there wasn’t much information on within Patience’s memories. All I found was the sad memory of holding her mother Julianne’s funeral there.

The Granger family didn’t seem very religious, but I wasn’t sure how we compared to the citizens of Lawrence as a whole. I couldn’t handle strict rules and being deeply religious, so I was glad for our family’s attitude. But, even though we weren’t very religious, we would still be going to the church for my proficiency evaluation.

In light novels, ability checks were usually followed by a huge commotion because the reincarnated character would be broken—overpowered—in some way, like being able to use...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.7.2025
• Reihe/Serie: In Another World with Household Spells
• Illustrationen: Rika
• Übersetzer: Rika
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Academy • aristocrats • Family • female protagonist • lighthearted • Shojo • unconventional magic
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-4068-0 / 1718340680
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-4068-8 / 9781718340688