Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! Volume 11 (eBook)

Hiiro Shimotsuki (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-4968-1 (ISBN)

Infos

For a fact-finding mission, the excursion north to the demons' isle has left Shiro with considerably more questions than answers. Who is the mysterious merchant named Jilvared? Why had he been so eager to get Celes to join his side? A hume who can enslave powerful demons and order around a legendary dragon isn't to be taken lightly! And what about the Setting Sun, the merchant guild he belongs to? After exchanging a few terse words with Jilvared, Shiro now knows the guild's main goal is to assassinate the demon king. But to what end? Whatever the case, he has to put a stop to the guild's plans, so he enlists Ney-the guildmaster of the Fairy's Blessing branch in Ninoritch-to help him in his endeavors to find out more about the elusive Setting Sun. After agreeing to go to the royal capital to do some digging, they make preparations to set off, but before they leave town, a few of Shiro's usual crew unexpectedly fall ill. Can he find out what's wrong with them in time?

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Chapter One: Back in Ninoritch

“Look, Mister Shiro! It’s snowing!”

“Oh, so it is. Looks like it’s the snowy season here too.”

We had just stepped out of the teleport gate in the Gigheena Forest, the woods to the east of Ninoritch. The gate was linked to an identical one on the demons’ isle, so once we activated it, we were instantly whisked back home.

Prompted by Aina, I looked up at the sky and saw snow softly falling, each flake catching the sunlight in such a way on its descent, it almost looked like the air was sparkling.

“Oh? Looks like we’re getting some snow again this year,” Karen muttered, shaking her head with a sigh.

“I’m so done with being cold, meow!” Kilpha complained as a chilly gust buffeted her.

Patty and Suama, on the other hand, seemed in good spirits. “Shiro! When the snow’s all piled up, we have to do the thing! You know what I mean! Build a snowy-man or whatever it’s called. Right, Suama?”

“Ai! A shnow-man!” the little dragon girl squealed in agreement.

Baledos the blacksmith turned to his older brother. “Eldos, let’s ’ead straight to the drinkin’ ’all when we get back to town,” he suggested.

“Aye. Gotta warm ourselves up with some booze,” Eldos agreed. The pair were already salivating at the thought of the alcohol that awaited them.

I noticed there was barely any snow on the ground. Maybe it had only just started falling. Compared to the northern isle, where the ground had been frozen solid and the cold had been so intense, I’d genuinely feared for my life, these conditions were a lot more manageable. It was just a mite nippy. Actually, if anything, I was even a little warm in the extra-thick down jacket I’d worn to the demons’ isle.

“It’s a little before noon,” I remarked, glancing at my wristwatch. “Dramom, can you take us the rest of the way to Ninoritch?”

But my question was met with silence. I looked across at Dramom and noticed she had her hands pressed firmly to her temples with a pained expression on her face, as if she had a pounding headache.

“Dramom?” I tried again.

This time, she heard me. “Master? Did you say something?” she asked, turning toward me.

“Well, I was just asking if you’d take us the rest of the way to Ninoritch, but you seem a bit out of sorts. Are you all right?” I asked with concern.

On the northern isle, she had battled the Destruction Dragon, a creature who was every bit as strong as her. Each time they’d clashed, the sheer force of their attacks had made me feel like I was watching two giant kaiju duke it out. If Celes—with her awakened new powers after taking a bite out of Dramom’s flesh—hadn’t been there, Dramom would likely have struggled to repel her draconic foe. That just showed how intense the fight had been, to put it mildly. True, she had superhuman regenerative abilities and she excelled at healing magic, but it was entirely possible she was still suffering from damage she had taken during the fight.

“I was simply lost in thought. I am fine,” she replied with a smile as if to reassure me.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. I apologize for worrying you, master.”

“There’s no need to apologize,” I said. “It seems I’m the one who got the wrong idea.”

Quite a lot had happened on the demons’ isle, after all, so it was understandable if her fatigue was making her zone out a little.

“Hold on...” I’d just noticed something odd.

Celes was uncharacteristically quiet. I knew for an absolute fact she never missed an opportunity to find fault with Dramom and would always make some snide comment whenever she displayed a weakness. But this time, she hadn’t said a word.

I glanced in her direction and saw her staring at her hands, which she was opening and closing over and over, as if there were something wrong with her body. “Celes? Do you have an issue with your hands?” I asked.

“No,” she replied after a beat. “I am simply tired.”

“Well, you pushed yourself to your limits on the northern isle, so it’s not surprising. You should go soak in the hot springs and relax when we get to Ninoritch.”

“Yes, I shall do as you suggest,” she said, an impassive look on her face.

The battle with the Destruction Dragon seemed to have taken its toll on both her and Dramom.

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After this short exchange, Dramom changed into her dragon form and flew us back to Ninoritch. I got her to land a little way from the town, and we finished the journey on foot. After all, the townsfolk had been shocked at the sight of a dragon in their town when Dramom accidentally uncovered a hot spring with her flames while trying to dig a well, and I was sure the memory was still fresh in their minds. So to avoid giving them another fright, I always made sure to have her land somewhere out in the forest whenever we went anywhere on her back.

“Aaah, home at last,” I groaned while stretching to relieve some of the tension in my limbs, before turning to my companions. “Thanks for accompanying me on such a long trip, you guys.”

Ninoritch had become a second home to me, so it really did feel like I was coming home after twenty days away. A wave of relief washed over me as soon as I found myself walking down its familiar streets again. I’d really grown attached to this little town, hadn’t I?

“Shiro, I’m heading straight over to town hall. What about you?” Karen asked.

If it had been the evening and we were both free, I might have invited her over to mine for a drink. Unfortunately, it was still the middle of the day, and she was the mayor. Her desk was likely piled high with paperwork that had accumulated while she’d been away, and in addition to dealing with all of that, she had to make a start on the preparations for welcoming the devils who would soon be moving into the town. We hadn’t told Celes yet, but we planned on getting her little sister, Mifa, to join us in Ninoritch in the near future. Furthermore, Karen had also told me that she wanted to write to the earl of the fiefdom, Lord Bashure, as soon as possible to tell him about this mysterious Setting Sun merchant guild.

“I think I’ll return to my shop. My sisters have been looking after things for me the whole time I was away.”

“Right you are. Okay, see you, then. Say hi to your sisters for me.”

“Will do. Bet you have loads of work waiting for you. Do your best with it all,” I said, giving her a little pep talk.

“I always do. After all, I’m the mayor,” Karen said simply before heading off toward town hall.

The rest of the group decided to call it a day, with Patty, Kilpha, and the two dwarf brothers heading straight to the Fairy’s Blessing Adventurers’ Guild.

“We will also take our leave, master,” Dramom said.

“Pa-pa, bye-bye!” Suama babbled.

And with that, mother and daughter left as well. Probably in search of something to eat, the gluttons. Celes had also disappeared off to who-knows-where, so Aina and I were all that remained of our traveling party.

“Well, shall we go?” I said to the little girl.

Aina nodded with a quietly murmured “Yeah,” and the two of us headed back to my store.

“Mister Shiro?”

“Hm? What is it?”

“Do you think the snow is going to pile up?”

“Who knows? It’s not super cold right now, so it might not last. Are you hoping for lots of snow?” I asked her.

Aina flashed me a bright smile. “Yeah. I want the snow to pile up really high so we can make another snow hut.”

“A snow hut, huh? That’s a great idea. So you’d want to make one in Ninoritch too?”

“Yeah!”

On our way to the village of the devils, we’d found ourselves having to build snow huts every night in order to stave off the cold. The weather had been so horrible there, the adults of the group—me included—had hated every second of it, but it sounded like Aina felt differently. To her, sleeping huddled up all together in the snow hut had likely become a fond memory, and she was eager to re-create the experience.

“So what kind of snow hut do you want to build next?” I asked.

“Um...” She thought about it for a moment. “A really big one! Way, way, way larger than those ones we made before!”

“Sounds good to me. In that case, let’s invite Shess over and we can build a huge one together when the snow starts piling up.”

“Yeah! I wanna make a snow hut with Shess!” the little girl exclaimed delightedly.

The snow kept on falling and showed no signs of stopping. Who knows? Perhaps it really would start piling up. Over the past few years, it had snowed less and less in Tokyo, to the point where there had even been years without any snow at all. Now, you’d think I would’ve had my fill of snow after spending three weeks surrounded by it on the northern isle, but we were so busy while we were there, I hadn’t been able to just stop and enjoy the landscape whatsoever. But winter had only just started in Ninoritch.

I kinda want to sit alone with some nice booze and just watch the snow falling. Ah, then again, having hot pot with the gang sounds great...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.12.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want!
• Illustrationen: Takashi Iwasaki, Bérénice Vourdon
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: cute girls • Isekai • Light Novel • male protagonist • Slow life
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-4968-8 / 1718349688
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-4968-1 / 9781718349681