The Amazing Village Creator: Slow Living with the Village Building Cheat Skill: Volume 1 (eBook)

Shichio Kuzu (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-3052-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Luke wasn't sure what he would receive in his blessing ceremony, but his father certainly expected more than a seemingly useless and altogether strange blessing: the Village-Making Gift. Now disowned and exiled to the borderlands under the pretense of 'reclaiming the barren wasteland,' Luke has nothing left to lose. He sets off for the wilderness with only a dream of a quiet life and a single loyal maid. But the moment they arrive at the desolate frontier, his mysterious Gift automatically activates, building a village out of thin air!
What was supposed to be a peaceful, off-the-grid life quickly spirals into something else entirely. As new villagers arrive and Luke's Gift evolves with each new level up, his humble outpost quickly becomes one of the most formidable cities in the world.
Luke dreams of a slow life, but that endgame seems more out of reach with each passing day. Because in this self-sufficient isekai fantasy, one failson's throwaway Gift may just reshape the world!

Textauszug

“But please don’t lose hope, Lord Luke.”

“Huh?”

“Oh, hm. Is it just me, or do you not seem all that discouraged?”

“Well, sulking won’t change anything,” I said.

“How wonderfully optimistic, even in a place like this! I’d expect nothing less from you, Lord Luke!”

“Are you certain about this, Myria? You could’ve been the head maid, you know.”

She’d been my personal maid, but she was highly capable and an essential member of the castle staff. There’d been absolutely no reason for her to come here with me.

“What do you mean, Lord Luke? When I became your personal maid, I swore an oath to serve by your side always, no matter what. That promise remains unchanged. I’ll follow you wherever you go, through fires or floods.”

“Myria...” I began. Knowing someone cared about me so much moved me. It felt like she’d really seen me for who I was, not my status or position.

(He he he... Are you wondering why? It’s because I’m a sucker for cute boys! Lord Luke, in all of his adorable glory, is exactly my type! He he he...)

I blinked.

Huh? Was that a chill that just ran down my spine?

Nah, I’m sure it’s just my imagination... It’s only the two of us out here, after all...

“Well then, Lord Luke, let me be frank.” Suddenly serious, Myria held up two fingers. “You have two options.”

“Options?”

“Yes. The first is to do everything in your power to develop this barren land. We have enough food to last us a month. Growing and harvesting crops between the two of us in a place like this would be nearly impossible. Of course, we could always hunt or forage in the nearby forest, but either way, the path ahead won’t be easy.”

She was right. Even a glance at the soil made it painfully clear how difficult it would be to cultivate.

“The second option is to run away with me and settle down in a city somewhere. No one’s watching us, after all. It wouldn’t be hard.”

It was obvious which choice she preferred. And honestly, her plan did sound far more realistic than the first option. Now that I was forced to choose, I hesitated.

But there was something I wanted to try before making my decision.

“I was granted the Village-Making gift, but I still have no idea how to use it, or what I’m supposed to do with it...” I said.

For some reason, however, I suddenly felt like I could use it.

Then, out of nowhere...

This location is suitable for village creation. Create a village? ▼ Yes / No

“Huh? What is this?” I said, squinting at the line of text that had appeared in front of me.

“L-Lord Luke?”

(N-No way... Did my face betray my thoughts?! This is bad! If he saw me grinning like a creep, he’s definitely going to think I’m some kind of weirdo!)

Myria was clearly panicking about something, but that didn’t matter right now. The odd phenomenon I’d just experienced came first. The weirdest thing was that the text was written in a language that didn’t even exist in this world, but somehow, I could read it.

“Wait... Is this from my previous life?”

I had memories of a life I’d never lived—memories of a world completely different from this one. They were hazy, though. I couldn’t remember who I’d been or what kind of person I was, but I did remember the language, the customs, and the knowledge with surprising clarity.

And that’s why my values had never quite aligned with those of this world ever since I was little, and it often left me confused. That’s probably where my aversion to fighting came from too.

This location is suitable for village creation. Create a village? ▼ Yes / No

“So if I move this arrow, I guess I can choose an option?”

I remembered this kind of prompt from video games in my previous life. The difference here was that I didn’t need a controller. I could interact with it just by thinking about it.

“Lord Luke, are you talking to yourself? Oh, no... Could this extreme situation have finally driven him mad?! Lord Luke! Please don’t worry! I’ll stay by your side, no matter what!”

“N-no, I’m fine!” I said quickly, realizing how panicked Myria looked. “I swear I’m fine! I think my gift is just finally activating!”

Maybe I hadn’t been able to use my gift until now because I’d always been on land that already had an owner.

“I’m not totally sure how it works, but I guess I’ll try creating a village for now.”

I selected Yes from the prompt.

The moment I did, the ground beneath us flattened until it was perfectly level, forming a circle with a radius of about a hundred meters. Nothing else changed in the surrounding area, but a new bit of text appeared in my vision.

Luke’s Village

Village Level: 1

Village Points: 50 (Gains 10 points daily)

Villagers: 0

Village Skill: Facility Construction

It looked like a status window. I wasn’t sure what Village Points or Village Skill were, but there they were. When I moved the cursor over them, short explanations popped up.

Village Points

>>Points required to develop your village.

Village Skill

>>Skills currently available for use.

Well, those tooltips weren’t exactly groundbreaking.

At the bottom of the window, I saw a section labeled “List of Constructible Facilities.” When I selected it, a new window popped up right away.

Hedge (10)

Hut (10)

Watchtower (20)

Storehouse (20)

Moat (20)

Earthen Wall (20)

Waste Incinerator (20)

Field (20)

Well (30)

Small House (50)

I wondered if the facilities would appear in the real world if I selected one. It reminded me of one of those city-building simulation games. Or in this case, a village-building game. I guessed that the number in parentheses was probably the number of Village Points needed to build each facility. The cost varied depending on the structure.

“Well, the first thing we need is a place to sleep. A hut should do the trick, right?”

A hut cost ten points, and a small house cost fifty, but it didn’t seem like a good idea to spend all my points on that right away. I still wasn’t fully convinced this would even work, but I moved the cursor over to “Hut” just in case.

Hut

>>A simple shelter sufficient for protection from rain and wind.

That was all it told me. It would’ve been nice to have had a preview image or something, but I guess the interface wasn’t all that user-friendly.

Spend 10 Village Points to Create a Hut? ▼ Yes / No

I selected Yes. The next moment, a small wooden building appeared in front of us.

“Huh?!” Myria and I said in unison.

“I-It actually worked...”

The building was a small, plain hut. It had neither windows nor furniture, not even a bed, but it looked like it’d protect us from the elements, just like the description had said.

I had no idea how long or how much work it would’ve taken to build something like this ourselves, but creating it instantly like this... It turned out this gift of mine was actually pretty useful.

“Lord Luke, this is...”

“Yeah. Looks like this is the true power of my gift.”

“Building something like this in an instant is incredible, Lord Luke!” Myria said. “As I’m sure you’re well aware, the three necessities of life are food, clothing, and shelter. You’ve already solved one of them just like that!”

“Well, technically, I didn’t do anything...”

(This will be our little love nest... Hee hee hee...)

“Um, Myria?”

I had forty Village Points after building the hut.

“Maybe we need a second hut? Or should I build a field? Or a well...”

“You can build other kinds of buildings?!” she exclaimed.

“Yes, but...” I hesitated, trying to decide which to choose.

“We should build the well!” she interjected.

“Huh? But it’s kind of cramped in there. I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense to have a second hut so we’re not...you know, sleeping together?”

“No! It may be small, but it’s more than big enough! More importantly, we need to prioritize collecting water! People can go days without food, but we’ll be dead without water!”

“Y-yeah, that’s true... All right, I’ll make the well.”

I folded under Myria’s insistence and selected the well, even though I knew we probably still had...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2025
• Reihe/Serie: The Amazing Village Creator: Slow Living with the Village Building Cheat Skill
• Illustrationen: Yasutaka Isegawa
• Übersetzer: Andria McKnight
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: ability user • family drama • Isekai • Light Novel • LitRPG • OP protagonist • slow life fantasy
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-3052-9 / 1718330529
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-3052-8 / 9781718330528