Isekai Walking: Volume 4 Magic Nation Eva - Dungeon Arc (eBook)

arukuhito (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-5256-8 (ISBN)

Infos

At the behest of the mysterious librarian Seris, Sora and his party are going all in on conquering Majorica's dungeon. With the help of the newly arrived Chris and Rurika-as well as another group of old friends who happen into town-they make steady progress through an increasingly difficult series of labyrinthine floors punctuated by verdant grasslands, rocky ravines, and a forest lake swarming with undead hordes. But as the party comes closer to their goal, a new intrigue begins to take shape behind the scenes. Dark forces are plotting things in the dungeon's depths, and their target is...Layla?! Sora will have to race against time, not just to prevent a monster parade but to save his old friend too!

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Chapter 1

“Be back soon, master!”

“Okay, I’ll be heading out soon myself.”

“Big Sis Hikari, take care,” Norman said.

“Sure, I’ll bring lots of gifts,” Hikari declared confidently in response.

Hikari and the others were going to start at the first floor of the dungeon on their way to the fifth. Rurika and Chris weren’t registered there yet, so the five girls—Hikari, Mia, Sera, Rurika, and Chris—would start from the beginning and make their way there together.

Meanwhile, my own plan was to wait for two days, then go straight to the fifth floor, where we’d meet up and head for the sixth. But if any of them looked too tired at that point, of course, we’d turn back.

“By the way, Chris. Why do you always wear your adventuring outfit?” It was something I’d been wondering for a while. She was currently dressed in the adventuring outfit she’d worn when we first met, while the rest of the girls were in their Magius uniforms for the dungeon dive.

“You never know what might happen in a dungeon. In case my transformation ends up dropping... I want to be in my adventurer’s outfit with its hooded robe.”

“Yeah, and the uniforms are a little tight around the shoulders. That’s why I’m wearing my usual clothes too,” Rurika chimed in.

Rurika’s adventuring outfit was indeed quite revealing in that area—other than a pauldron on her right shoulder, which she seemed used to. Still, I’d seen her move quite comfortably in the school uniform, and she’d expressed fondness for it in the past, calling it cute.

“Rurika’s wearing her adventuring outfit because of me. She didn’t want me drawing attention by being the odd one out,” Chris confided in me after Rurika walked away.

She might have denied it if you asked, but Rurika clearly cared a lot about Chris.

We registered our party at the dungeon entrance, and I watched the five of them go in.

I wasn’t going along this time because Hikari and Mia had asked me not to. We’d split up during the fight with the shadow wulf, and they’d gone through a lot together during that time. They also said they wanted to bond on a girls-only trip. We’d reported the situation to the school, of course.

“Gonna learn to cook from Big Sis Rurika and Chris!” Hikari had declared, looking forward to the dungeon dive. She’d been enraptured by the stories Rurika and Chris had told her about all the places they’d gone as adventurers and the different meals they’d cooked on the way. She’d also been helping Mia cook at home more often lately, but cooking in a house and cooking while camping were different things.

They’d all worked together to get ready the night before.

Norman and I split up as we left, at which point I headed for the academy.

Hanging out with Norman reminded me of Fred’s team. Fred was one of the adventurers who’d fought the shadow wulf with us on the fifth floor, and we’d stayed in touch since then. He’d been coming by lately to give Norman’s crew instructions on self-defense and breaking down monster bodies.

He’d also mentioned two days ago that his team had found a new party to group up with, and they’d be going into the dungeon soon too.

“How’d you meet your new party?” I’d asked him. He explained that they’d gotten drunk together and gotten along really well. I guess it’s important to have chemistry?

“Oh... I see we’re alone today...” Seris said to me as I arrived at the library.

I used to go to the library by myself a lot, but now that Chris was attending school I often came with her. “The others are starting a dungeon dive,” I told her.

“Oh...you did mention that, didn’t you... And you’re going to meet up with them later... But you never know what might happen in a dungeon...so you really must be careful...” she lilted.

I nodded, remembering what had happened during our last dungeon dive. Still, I’d probably be fine as long as I didn’t run into any advanced subtypes, and I’d likely focus on gathering herbs and ingredients while I was alone anyway. I was planning to avoid fighting monsters as much as possible.

I picked up a book about golems, as had been my daily routine of late, sat down, and began to read. In response, Ciel moved to her usual sunny spot and dozed off immediately.

It’s been a while since I’ve had a nice, quiet time to myself, I thought, thinking back on my reunion with Rurika and Chris and the busy days that had followed.

◇◇◇

Sera wasn’t the only one happy about the reunion with Rurika and Chris. I was too. I’d been glad to finally let them in on all the secrets I’d been keeping from them as well. They’d said they’d thought I seemed a bit suspicious but had chosen not to press me on it, which felt like further evidence of their kindness.

Chris also told me why she really gave me the write-up about magic when we parted ways in Elesia: It was a roundabout way of hinting that I should form a contract with Ciel. She couldn’t tell me directly because she’d had to keep her identity as an elf a secret, but we had indeed managed to form a contract, so her hints had worked well enough.

Then, the next day, when I had been going to have a serious talk with them about the dungeon and everything else, someone had stopped by our house early in the morning.

It was the vice principal of the Magius Academy of Magic, who looked out of breath.

“How can I help you?” I’d asked.

Completely out of the blue, he’d responded that two girls staying with us, Rurika and Chris, were to be temporarily admitted to the school, just as we’d been. I’d expressed my suspicions about why he knew the names of two girls who had only just arrived in Majorica. He must have interpreted this as a refusal, because he’d started pleading with me.

There was no sign of the blustering baddie he’d been the day we’d first arrived. “I’ll ask them to come speak with you, so could you please tell me what this is all about?” I’d said at last.

A sudden look of relief had washed over his face. He left after they promised to pay the school a visit, looking like a man who’d just received a stay of execution.

I later learned that Seris had picked up on Chris’s mana and ordered the vice principal to do this. I could still remember how deferential he’d acted toward Seris when I was up in the tower.

That was the first major thing we’d had to take care of. The second was getting Norman and the others moved.

The down payment on their new house had been paid with the money we’d gotten for beating the shadow wulf. I’d spent all mine on the mithril, so we’d paid with Hikari, Sera, and Mia’s shares. Just to be clear, I wasn’t ordering them to pay as their slave master—Hikari was the one who had proposed it, and Mia and Sera had agreed.

I’d been especially surprised by Sera, who was getting close to having enough money to buy her freedom. Buying a house would set her back quite a bit.

“I can always make more money,” Sera had replied, a bit flustered, when I’d asked if she was sure.

After that, we’d had a busy day of carrying things around and buying necessities, and Fred’s group had stopped by amid all the hubbub.

I’d seen Hikari talking to Fred about something after the shadow wulf was slain, and apparently she’d asked him and his team to look after Norman’s crew. Mia’s compassion must have been rubbing off on her. It was stunning to compare her current behavior to how expressionless she’d been when we’d first met.

With all that going on, things had been very busy lately. Incidentally, Fred had taken the job for free partly out of friendship—since we’d fought the shadow wulf together—and partly to thank us for cooking for them in the dungeon.

I was reading my books and thinking back on all that when Ciel woke up and flew over to me. Time for lunch, eh? I thought.

While I was getting my own lunch ready, Seris came to join us, and we enjoyed a meal together. Seris watched with gentle eyes as Ciel chowed down hungrily.

When I looked over at Seris, she seemed to notice my gaze. She looked up and met my eyes. “Yes...?”

I quickly tore my eyes away, but I could tell through my peripheral vision that she was smiling mischievously. I didn’t look away because I was embarrassed or anything. It’s true, okay?! The reason I’d been looking at Seris was that I was thinking about Chris. There’d been something on my mind since the moment I appraised her.

[Name: Chris / Job: Adventurer / Level: 22 / Race: High Elf / Status: Nervous]

Those words—High Elf. How is that different from a regular elf? I’d wanted to ask, but I chickened out at the last second. Seris didn’t know that, though, which was why she’d taken on a teasing air.

I was trying to figure out how to handle this annoying development when I sensed someone outside of the door. It turned out to be Layla, who felt like my...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.10.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Isekai Walking
• Illustrationen: Yu-nit
• Übersetzer: Elizabeth Ellis
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Game elements • Light Novel • male protagonist • Subverted Tropes • summoned hero • Underdog • unique ability
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-5256-5 / 1718352565
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-5256-8 / 9781718352568