In Another World with Household Spells: Volume 2 (eBook)

Rika (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Heart (Verlag)
978-1-7183-4070-1 (ISBN)

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Since reincarnating into a fantasy world, Kaoru Aoyama has been succeeding in her new life as Patience Granger. She's changed things for the better in the Granger household despite having to live away from her adorable younger brothers in the Royal Academy's dorms. Her first school term is over, she passed her exams, and it's time for summer break! Patience has all the time in the world to play with her brothers, work on the garden, and make money for the family... Just kidding. She's given an offer she can't refuse from the queen herself: spend her vacation at the royal family's summer palace! She's devastated that she'll be apart from her brothers, but wait, there's more! Summer break with the royals means keeping busy fulfilling Princess Margaret's demands, managing Prince Keith's moods, and being pulled into a special project with Prince Richard. Fortunately, Patience is ready to use her skills in household magic-along with knowledge from her previous life-to survive the summer!

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Chapter 1: To the Summer Palace

It was morning, and our ride had arrived from the royal palace.

“Be well, Nassius, Henry,” I said, bidding farewell to my brothers as I waved to them from the carriage. I didn’t dare stick my body out of the window, since Mary would scold me, but that meant the angels were quickly out of my view. The lump I felt in my chest made me understand the true meaning of the phrase “having a heavy heart.”

“We will be meeting up with the other carriages at the southern gate,” Charlotte, the court lady, explained. Though we had a member of the royal staff aboard our carriage, it wasn’t as suffocating as having to ride with Queen Victoria or Princess Margaret.

Charlotte had all of her hair neatly tied up without a single strand out of place, and she was properly dressed in her court lady’s uniform made of black silk. I’d met Charlotte several times before during my visits to the royal palace with Princess Margaret whenever the queen summoned me, so her presence didn’t make me as nervous as a complete stranger’s would have.

“I’ve never left the royal capital before,” I remarked. Patience’s memories all took place in the royal capital. In fact, she hadn’t left the Granger estate until she’d visited the church for her mother’s funeral. She’d been quite the sheltered girl.

Charlotte smiled, as that wasn’t entirely unusual for a noble from Romano.

“That must mean you’ve never seen the ocean before, Lady Patience. You must be excited that the summer palace is so close to the beach.”

That’s right! I am excited! After all, being by the ocean means that there’s probably delicious seafood! If I’m going to be separated from my brothers, I’m at least going to have some fun! Otherwise, I won’t survive this trip! Maybe I’ll find some pretty shells along the beach to bring home as souvenirs for my brothers.

Just as that thought crossed my mind, we made it out of the nobles’ quarter.

“Look, Mary. There are lots of shops!”

The street was lined with countless shops, but none had opened yet, since it was still early in the morning. Some shops had signs indicating they sold clothes and accessories.

“My lady, Romano is home to a plethora of shops. Now please, sit down properly.”

All I’d done was bring my face closer to the window, yet Mary had scolded me. Since we were going to be at the summer palace with Queen Victoria, Mary was even stricter than usual when it came to monitoring my behavior. It’s not fair. She’d gotten way more laid-back after becoming my co-conspirator in working side jobs.

We were now uptown, which was filled with grand buildings that reminded me of Parisian apartments I’d seen during my previous life. The carriage continued to travel along the main streets that connected the Granger home to the southern gate of the royal palace, and the residences grew smaller as the city gradually grew more dense. There weren’t many people out on the streets in the nobles’ quarter or uptown, but downtown was busy with all sorts of people walking about. To one side was a man carrying a large sword on his back. To the other side, I saw a merchant unloading wares from a carriage. Downtown Romano was full of life.

“Oh, there are some stalls open!” There was an open-air market with stalls that appeared to open early in the morning for those headed to work.

“Those cater to adventurers,” Charlotte explained. “After accepting jobs at the adventurer’s guild, they stop by these stalls to grab a bite to eat before heading out of town.”

An adventurer’s guild?! Now that’s something you expect to hear of in a fantastical otherworld! I wonder if they have any part-time cleaning jobs. I could totally clean things up easily since I’m skilled in household magic. Mary’s pretty strict about me acting like a noble lady, though. She won’t even let me go shopping on my own, so there’s no way she’d allow me to have a job like that.

“You know so much, Lady Charlotte,” I said admiringly. Patience didn’t know much about the world, and all I knew about this world was what I’d learned at the academy.

“Well, I have passed the court lady exam,” Charlotte remarked.

I didn’t know that you have to pass an exam to become a court lady. I should look into that.

In this world, it seemed that job options for women were limited—especially for noblewomen, who would usually get married instead of joining the workforce. The Granger family had no money for a dowry, but a dowry wasn’t necessary for me to get married. For example, there were wealthy commoners who married noblewomen for their aristocratic status, and widowers who wanted a woman’s help raising their children. But neither Patience nor I wanted to marry under those circumstances!

“Um, I’m thinking of enrolling in the civil service track. Will that provide any sort of advantage for those exams?” I should use this opportunity to ask questions! I’m riding with an actual court lady, after all! My questions could have perhaps been answered by my father, but his lack of life skills made him seem unreliable.

“Oh, my! You’re choosing the civil service track? I enrolled in the home economics track and took the law and government courses separately. Students graduating from the civil service track usually take the entry-level bureaucrat’s exam to work as a government official, but I’m not sure if the same applies for women. Though, I’m sure you’ll be able to pass the court lady’s exam.”

It seemed that female government officials didn’t exist. I was disappointed to find that out, so Charlotte began to cheer me up.

“However, there is a woman who has become a knight. She’s often seen working as a guard to the women of the royal family. There may not be any women working as government officials right now, but please do not give up on the possibility of such a future.”

Our conversation had made time fly, and before I knew it, we had arrived at the southern gate. The carriage coming from the royal palace hadn’t arrived yet, but there were several knights already lined up at the gate.

“Oh, Lady Eugenia is here. She is the lady knight I was referring to!” Charlotte was always so composed, but I could see why she’d gotten excited. Lady Eugenia was a captivating person. She shone among the other knights like the star actors in the all-female theater troupes I knew during my previous life.

Ever since I’d come to this world, almost all of the women I’d met had long hair. However, Lady Eugenia had shoulder-length hair. The morning sun gave her metallic chestplate a heavenly glow.

“She seems absolutely lovely,” I replied.

“Doesn’t she? She’s also incredibly strong. She even won tournaments while a student in the knight club.”

It should have been obvious that Lady Eugenia had enrolled in the knight track, given that she was currently a knight, but I was still surprised. As someone who couldn’t even capture an obedient horse that was standing still, I could never imagine becoming a knight.

“Since Lady Eugenia is here, I’m sure Her Majesty and the others will be arriving soon,” Charlotte explained. She then instructed us to disembark from the carriage, and we awaited the royal family’s arrival.

“The southern gate is quite large,” I commented. It was not only tall, but also incredibly thick.

In this world, war broke out over the smallest of things. Fortunately, the Kingdom of Lawrence had only been involved in minor scuffles near the border over the last decade or so. These sturdy gates were perhaps here in the case of any emergencies.

Mary silently tugged at my sleeve and gave me a look that said, Please stop staring at everything.

The dress she’d tugged at was a light green, summery garment that we’d just finished preparing yesterday. I’d used household magic to make some white lace, with which I’d decorated the collar, sleeves, and hem. Unlike with handkerchiefs, adding lace trim to a dress took a long time and had been exhausting. I’d been especially worried about being able to finish the trim on the hem, which was particularly long because this dress was to be worn with a petticoat.

My hair was accessorized with a ribbon that Mary had made out of some matching fabric and braided into my hair. Mary had been firing on all engines this morning to get me dolled up—in other words, I’d been woken up at the crack of dawn. Standing all serious like this was boring and made me sleepy. We’ve been waiting for a while. How much longer are they going to be?

“It seems they were running slightly behind, but I see them now,” Charlotte finally announced.

A convoy of carriages escorted by knights arrived. There were so many carriages appearing that I began to wonder if my presence was really necessary at the summer palace. The frontmost carriage stopped, so I curtsied and waited with my head bowed down.

“You’ve made it, Patience,” Queen Victoria greeted. “Well then, let us head out.”

Finally, we’re leaving! I thought I was free, but Princess Margaret began to plead with the queen.

“I want to ride with Patience,” the princess insisted.

What? I want to ride with Charlotte and Mary....

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2025
• 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: 1-7183-4070-2 / 1718340702
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-4070-1 / 9781718340701