Let's eat!
Let's eat.
This looks so good.
Yes.
Let's eat.
The meat's so tender!
Yummy!
This is great, Liza. And I can tell you two worked hard on this, too, Lulu and Nana.
You honor me, Master.
Her tail definitely isn't hiding how she feels.
Venison
Mia, you shouldn't be such a picky eater.
Elf... Meat.
Oh, so elves can't eat meat? I guess that's what you'd expect from fae folk.
We'll eat it for you!
So delish!
Well, I guess if it's not just you being a picky eater.
I'm so full!
Stuffed.
Liza, I'm pretty sure we won't be able to eat any more.
Oh, this is for us to nibble on while we're on our journey.
Oh, I see.
I'll store it in this.
What's that?
An Item Box.
It's like the inventory storage you see in video games.
It takes mana to deposit or withdraw items from it, so we'll use it sparingly.
We can eat them whenever we want if they're in here, right?
Acquired Skill: Item Box
You need MP?
Item Box
Storage
All Items
It seems different from my Storage...
They're finished.
Oh, okay. Thanks.
Thank you.
Leave it to me!
Storage
All Items
Actually, I don't really know what my Storage can and can't do...
I'm finally getting used to this parallel world.
Well, I guess I can gradually look into it when I have time.
Now, then.
Before we take off,
make sure you prepare according to your roles I assigned earlier.
Yes, sir.
Okies!
Work hard?
Yup!
Log
Her complexion looks much better from when Zen kidnapped her.
I think she'll be able to handle the long journey home.
But...
Say, Master,
I was wondering if it would be okay if I touched up the straw cushions.
Were the straw cushions not good enough?
No, it's just that the straw keeps poking through and making my bottom itch.
Then why don't we all fix up these cushions?
Okay, Pochi and Tama, let's get the cloth off these straw bundles.
If you undo this string, you'll be able to take it off.
Okies!
Aye, aye!
Mia, if you see any straw poking out
from the unwrapped bundles, please take them out.
Mm.
If we use this goatskin leather on the part that we sit on,
the straw won't poke through, right?
You don't mind using something so expensive?
No. I don't want everyone's butts
to get all scratched up because I was cheap.
Yeah, then our butts wouldn't be soft to the touch anymore. Yup!
I have no plans of touching your butts...
Acquired Skill: Sewing
Acquired Skill: Leather Crafting
Wh-Whoa! How can you be so insanely fast at sewing?
You're amazing, Master!
Like, amazingly amazing!
Huh?
Why?
"Why?" my ass!
How could you forget to knot the end of the thread?
Oh...
Acquired Skill: Doll-Making
Acquired Title: Puppeteer
Meat?
This bird is so round and plump!
Mm. Cute.
Master!
I request permission to look after this larval creature.
You like it?
Yes.
It's fluffy, round, and yes, cute.
You can have the first one, Nana.
I'll make one for you, too, so don't get mad.
Mm.
It's a tiny Tama!
And this is a small Pochi.
Bunny.
I think I'm going to end up having to make one for all of them soon...
Touching Pochi's ears!
Tama's ears are so fluffy!
Pochi's so soft!
Her tail is so cute!
Master, should we get ready to depart soon?
Oh, right.
Guy Lv. 5
I guess it'd be better to let the horses rest a bit longer.
And I want to let Pochi and Tama play a little more.
I wonder if she's tired because she's not used to long trips on carriages.
Let's depart after resting a bit longer.
Understood.
Hmm... All right.
Cadet Tama! Cadet Pochi!
I will now give you your mission!
Conduct a search around that stone outcropping!
Aye!
Okies!
Go, go!
That looks fun. I'm gonna go, too.
I'll call you guys when it's time to leave, so don't wander off too far.
You're really good, Mia.
Really?
Yeah.
Princess Mia,
please instruct me on how to whistle with a leaf, I implore.
Not Princess.
But...
Nana, Mia doesn't like being called Princess, so please don't.
Yes, Master. I have confirmed the change in her name is now Mia.
She's so straightforward...
Acquired Skill: Musicianship
Acquired Skill: Instrument Crafting
Acquired Title: Instrumentalist of Nature
Satou?
Please don't look at me like that.
All right!
Character
Behold the skill of someone with level 10 musicianship!
Used Skill: Musicianship
Wh-Why do you sound like someone
who's really good and trying to play badly on purpose?
Denied.
M-Master, I'm sure you'll improve if you practice!
I believe in you!
Th-Thanks...
More importantly, Master, come with me for a second.
Look.
What is it?
Stone torii?
At first glance, I couldn't really tell,
but it looks like there were three torii in a row that fell over.
I wonder if there was a shrine here.
I wonder why... I feel like I've seen these torii before.
What the?
Ichiro-kun...
Don't forget, we'll always be together.
No matter the world or era, you will always be Ichiro.
I wonder if reincarnation is real...
It is. But reincarnation isn't enough.
I remember now.
That shrine in the background is the one that was near my Grandpa's place.
Then is the girl with weird-colored hair my friend from when I was little?
The lifespans of humans and gods are different.
In order for us to stay together, you need divine intervention.
That's the Kagura dance.
A dance dedicated to a deity who fell in love with a human.
Hey! Hey!
I'm sure that you can...
Hey!
Master!
Huh? Arisa?
Jeez, how could you doze off in a place like this?
You could've fallen.
Log
It doesn't appear that I faced some psychological attack from someone.
Not to mention, the torii at the shrine near my Grandpa's place were red,
and the girl looked completely different.
Come to think of it,
I made a doujin game with that shrine as the setting, as a student.
I don't remember having any of those conversations in real life,
so maybe they're from the game or something...
You're spacing out again.
Sorry, my bad.
I was just thinking about the shrine I used to play at when I was a kid.
Stone Torii Travel Gate
This looks like a broken Travel Gate.
A Travel Gate?
You mean like that warp gimmick that shows up in games? Can you fix it?
No way.
Come on, let's go find Tama and Pochi and get ready to depart.
Prey!
Master, since we were able to procure some meat,
I was wondering if I could butcher it before we leave. Is that all right?
Yeah, sure.
Liza-san, please teach me how to butcher game, as well.
Then, I will instruct you and you can take it apart, Lulu.
All right.
Her hair's filled with sand.
Mia, is there a Water Magic spell that's like the Everyday Magic's Soft Wash?
No.
I see...
Meat!
I got meat!
Great job, Tama!
Whoa, what is that? It's adorable!
Rocket Wolf Lv. 1
It's some kind of baby monster...
L-Let me hold it a sec.
'Kay!
It may look cute, but it looks like a baby monster, so be careful.
Okay!
Ow!
Prey!
The prey got away...
I'm sorry, Tama! All because I couldn't hold onto it.
S'okay.
Master, I'm sorry. I couldn't catch up to the prey.
It's okay.
As long as you're safe, there's always next time.
I don't want you pushing yourself and getting hurt. Got it?
'Kay!
I'll get an even bigger prey next time.
I'm hungry after all that moving around.
Then, let's eat the pancakes from earlier.
This thing's convenient, but it can't keep things warm.
It might not taste as good as when they were freshly made.
It's still delicious!
Nummy, nummy!
"The Hunting Song That Started With a Death March"
Now... How to spend this time...
All Items | Broken Axe
All Items | Shadow Magic Spell Book
A spell book on Shadow Magic? When did...
I see.
Zen's mementos are now in my inventory.
Maybe I can figure out how magic works in general.
All right. I've completed my lesson on beginner's Shadow Magic.
But...
It's amazing how compatible
the magic in this world is to programming language.
It's as though whoever founded the magic in this world was a programmer...
First of all, I want to see if I can recreate Everyday Magic's Soft Wash
with Water Magic for Pochi.
I'll look into Everyday Magic next.
Hm... This Everyday Magic is rather difficult.
It's fundamentally unlike any other magic.
It looks like recreating Everyday Magic with Water Magic is impossible.
Which means...
Just like Mia tried to copy Arisa's humming by ear,
I'll have to consider the techniques necessary for Everyday Magic,
and copy and paste existing parts of Water Magic into the formula
and make a new spell.
Acquired Title: Researcher
I love research and analysis like this.
I could do this for hours.
My hand's touching something...
H-Hey! How long do you plan on fondling her chest?!
Lewd.
You pressed it onto me.
Satou, you're not supposed to do perverted things.
You're not supposed to touch the body of a woman you're not married to.
That means you can't touch her.
You had your eyes open, but you weren't reacting at all, Master.
I'm going to have to make sure my eyes are closed
You were acting weird back at the monolith, too,
when I'm looking at the menu...
so I was worried.
Sorry about that.
I was concentrating too hard on the fundamentals of a new spell...
New spell?!
Are you a researcher of spells, Master?
No, I was just creating a spell I just thought of.
I was hoping you'd try it later, Mia. Is that okay?
Mm, okay.
Rada Lv. 8 Jene Lv. 11
Mitoro Lv. 11 Hoze Lv. 9 Zeze Lv. 15
These pop-ups...
Ratmen?
Thanks, Zatou-dono.
What are you going to do now?
I'mma go find my friends.
We were all separated while trying to protect the Princess.
Liza, stop the carriage.
Zeze, Jene, Mitoro, Hoze, Rada!
Brincess!
Mia's vassals?
They apparently acted as decoys in order for Mia to escape the Cradle.
All right, let's spend the night here.
Satou.
What's wrong?
Acquired Skill: Gray-Ratman Language
Satou, talk.
With me?
Satou-dono, thanks for saving us,
but we have something we gotta do, so can we go on ahead?
Yeah, sure. We'll catch up with you tomorrow, so see you then.
Take that!
You're amazing! Liza, meat!
Well done, Tama.
Aye!
Well, let's cook it up.
Yeah. I'll leave that to you, Liza.
Tama-chan, you did such a good job helping.
Let us praise Tama's military achievements.
Not bad.
Meat, meat, meat, it's meat!
Meaty meat!
Mia, could you help me with that spell I mentioned earlier?
Mm.
Bubble Wash.
All clean!
And fresh!
It's a success. Thank you, Mia.
Now then, it's a little boring by myself.
As for creating more new spells...
I'll restrain myself when I'm doing night watch.
I guess I'll try my Storage experiment.
Storage
All Items
Acquired Item: Cup
Storage
All Items
Apparently I can store things from this distance.
Then...
I guess that's a bit far.
But it looks like I can store stuff from about three meters away.
Acquired Item: Soil
All Items
Storage
I guess I can conveniently separate each component of blended things.
Acquired Skill: Experiment
Separation of the Item You Can Separate This Item Water | Rock Dirt | Sand
In that case...
If we can take the salt out of it,
that'll be really helpful when we're near the ocean.
Acquired Item: Salt Water
Storage
All Items | Salt Water
I guess I can't separate the salt from the Salt Water item. That's too bad.
In that case...
I wonder if I can dissect the insect corpses I got from the Cradle.
All Items | Insect Corpses
Separation of the Item You Cannot Separate This Item Insect Appendages Insect Core Insect Legs
If that's possible, Liza won't have
to take apart the prey that Pochi and Tama get.
Used Item: Insect Corpses
It's no use. It's not going as well as I'd hoped.
But...
Title Title: None Race
I didn't lose any MP.
It appears this is different from the Item Box thing Arisa was talking about.
Maybe I'll inspect the Item Box, too.
Item Box
Acquired Skill: Inspect
I tried a few things, but the Item Box is definitely inferior to my Storage.
Item Box
Storage All Items
It's useless at this rate.
Well, actually...
Acquired Item: Burning Paper
Used Item Item Box
It's gone out after all.
I guess the items in the Item Box change over time.
Storage
All Items | Burning Paper
Used Item: Burning Paper
On the other hand, my Storage is different.
The status of my items in my Storage don't change over time.
Storage
All Items
I'm not sure if time's stopped in there or not.
Burning Paper
Acquired Title: Seeker
It could be like a game and it's just data stored in there.
Okay, if I use this...
So warm and yummy!
Warm in my tummy!
You reheated the stew from yesterday.
Thank you very much, Master.
No problem. Well, Mia? Is it good?
Mm.
It's good.
Sparkly!
Used Skill: Long-Distance Vision
Looks like they're here to welcome us.
Is this...
Ratmen Grave
A grave for all of the ratmen who died protecting Mia?
Zatou-dono, I thank you for saving my friends.
No problem at all.
Thank you... everyone.
I, Misanaria of the Bolenan Forest, implore the trees.
Please let the brave ratmen who perished valiantly
rest in peace.
Used Skill: Gray-Ratman Language
I wish to bestow you with this bell.
Silent Bell of Bolenan
It was crafted by the elves.
As you have garnered the trust of Misanaria-sama,
I trust you are worthy to possess it.
Acquired Item: Silent Bell of Bolenan
Acquired Title: Friend of the Ratmen
The Fantasy Conspiracy That Started With a Death March