Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 36: A Brief Respite
“Hah?”
Sieg unintentionally let out a disrespectful reaction toward royalty.
“Do you not like it, Sieg?”
“N-No, my apologies. I was just surprised.”
“Lord! Explain what this means!”
“Sigh… Honestly. Didn’t I tell you that from now on, you will operate as an Asgardian? So, what about your background?”
“That’s… uh…”
“If you were Japanese, it wouldn’t matter—you could simply say you have no family. But an Asgardian? That’s different. And besides, how would you explain your strength? To be honest, I’d like to hear the real reason for your strength right now. But if anyone asks, we can just say you’ve been receiving special training from Sieg since childhood. That won’t raise any suspicions. And having the blood of a War God… That will come in handy in many ways.”
“I-I see…”
“Sigh… I’m seriously getting sleepy now. If I don’t get at least eight hours of sleep, my brain stops functioning. I consume way more mental energy than you do.”
(…Annoying!)
Kenya felt irritation bubbling up at Lord’s offhand remark.
Seeing his reaction, Lord smirked and fanned the flames even more.
“It’s just a fact. Don’t get mad. Yawn… I’m done. Let’s call it a night. Sieg, we’re leaving. Meet at Sieg’s mansion tomorrow at noon. We’ll collect this machine later. Take that vehicle to get there.”
“Hey, wait—!”
“Good night, my dear ally~”
“Make sure you don’t get found out, Mitsurugi.”
“Good night, Kenya-kun.”
With that, Sieg, Reina, and Lord left.
Once things were decided, everything moved incredibly fast.
“…Is that how Lord really is? His personality seems all over the place.”
A ruler who stood alone.
Proud, noble, and a genius of warfare.
That was the image Kenya had of him.
Yet, when they spoke, Lord felt more like an ordinary friend of the same age.
A loner with no friends—then again, Kenya was also a loner.
“This situation has turned into a real mess.”
“Yes… If only we could get a message to Kaguya and the others.”
But there was no way to contact them.
Tanaka had exchanged contact information with Isshin, but there was no signal outside the capital.
In this world, international communication didn’t work like the internet from the previous world.
Besides, the Asian Union and the Asgard Empire were at war—communication between them shouldn’t even be possible.
If anything urgent happened in this era, representatives would have to meet in person to hold discussions.
Even in the previous world, important diplomatic meetings were typically held face-to-face, so this wasn’t entirely surprising.
Though surely, the top representatives had their own secret methods of communication…
“We’ll be able to tell them one day, as long as we share the same goal. Unfortunately, I don’t have any ties to the Asian Union. I’m sorry.”
Tanaka wasn’t in charge of diplomacy—Isshin was the one who handled relations with the Asian Union.
“…I know. I want to see Kaguya, but… I can’t exactly tell her I’m alive.”
Kenya wanted to let Kaguya know he was still alive.
But unless he could do so in a trustworthy way, it would only expose his identity, as Lord had warned.
“Yeah… For the sake of the mission, we can’t reveal it publicly. But meeting her directly… That’s not an easy problem to solve. For now, let’s get some sleep. We’ll figure it out later.”
That night, Kenya and Tanaka decided to sleep where they were.
The air was comfortably cool, and they drifted off to sleep with the lingering scent of gunpowder in the air.
The Next Morning
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The morning sun woke the two of them.
“This wasn’t a dream, was it…? Everything that happened yesterday was real.”
Kenya still couldn’t fully accept reality.
There had been too many changes.
But when he looked at Takemikazuchi beside him, he knew it was all real.
“Good morning, Kenya-kun. Here, have some coffee. It’ll wake you up.”
“Ah, thank you.”
Tanaka, who had woken up first, handed him a cup of coffee.
It seemed their transport vehicle was well-equipped.
“Shall we head to Sieg’s place?”
“Before that… Can we do something first?”
Kenya glanced at Takemikazuchi and then at the fallen.
“I see… Yes. That would be best.”
Kenya climbed into Takemikazuchi and began digging.
One by one, he buried the fallen—he couldn’t bury them all, but he wanted to do as much as he could.
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The orphans, too.
Before a simple, makeshift grave, the two pressed their hands together in prayer.
Their eyes were shut tightly, but tears seeped through the cracks.
“Azusa… Midori… Takeru…”
He called out their names one by one, recalling their faces, and wished them peace.
He had heard this once before.
That funerals and graves were for the living—for those left behind.
Back then, his cynical younger self had scoffed at the idea.
What nonsense. It’s just a pointless hassle.
But now, he finally understood.
“A grave is a marker… A way to move forward.”
“Yeah… A step forward.”
Kenya stood up.
He wasn’t without sorrow.
But now, he had a goal.
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So, he set his mind forward, toward that clear purpose.
To make Lord the emperor.
To eliminate conflict from the world.
That was the only way to give meaning to the sacrifices made.
That was the greatest repayment Kenya could offer them.
“Well then… I’m off. I’ll take it from here.”
Kenya didn’t look back.
But he carried them in his heart, their memories forever etched into his soul.
Carrying them forward, linking past and future.
Because the heart—one’s will—is humanity’s greatest strength.
…
And so, with Tanaka at the wheel, they set off for Sieg’s mansion.
“What about you, Tanaka-san? What do you plan to do next?”
“Hmm… That depends on you, Kenya-kun. But I think I’ll continue my research somewhere. There’s still plenty of room to upgrade that machine.”
Kenya and Tanaka discussed the future.
With royalty backing them, they had a degree of freedom.
Yesterday’s conversation had ended on an ambiguous note, so nothing had been firmly decided yet.
“Well, we’re here.”
After about one to two hours by car, they arrived at Sieg house.
As always, it was a massive mansion—so big that even a military vehicle parked outside didn’t look out of place. The entrance resembled a hotel’s rotary driveway.
“You’ve arrived, Tanaka.”
“Can I park here?”
“No, the back would be better. I’ll guide you.”
Sieg came out to greet them as they arrived.
“Kenya-kun, I’m going to discuss some things with Tanaka about the future. In the meantime, you should take a bath.”
“Really!?”
“Yeah. Besides, Reina went out shopping to get you some necessities. She should be back soon, so go ahead and bathe first. Just enter the house, turn left, and go straight ahead.”
(I’m honestly covered in sweat, blood, and sand, so this is a huge relief.)
Following Sieg’s instructions, Kenya entered the house.
Since he’d been there once before, he had a rough idea of the layout.
He’d never used the bath before, but when he turned left as instructed, he found the bathroom.
“Whoa, it’s huge… And there’s a proper bathtub!”
It wasn’t quite as big as a public bathhouse, but it was still quite spacious.
Imagine a luxurious round jacuzzi in a high-end penthouse—something like that.
Steam rose from the hot water, making it clear that this was the bath of nobility.
“Sieg-san, I truly appreciate this!”
Kenya carefully took off his filthy, mud-covered clothes and placed them in one spot before diving into the bath.
Even just the warm shower was enough to make him feel like he could fall asleep.
In front of him were two types of shampoo.
One was a simple, mass-produced one—probably Sieg’s.
He didn’t seem like the type to care much about fancy grooming.
He could easily imagine Sieg saying, “A real man only needs a cold rinse.”
The other set was a luxurious, elegant shampoo and conditioner that looked expensive.
Kenya immediately had a realization.
“This must be Reina’s! She takes baths here all the time!”
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His excitement surged.
His imagination ran wild, picturing Reina’s sensual, curvy figure… the nape of her neck…
The silhouette of her showering flashed in his mind.
Oh crap.
A high school freshman’s body—driven by hormones, ready at all times.
Seven hits in seven at-bats, sometimes even two hits in one at-bat.
“No, no, I can’t. Not here. But… maybe because it’s here…”
He shook his head violently, trying to suppress his thoughts.
This level of perversion was too much, even for him.
His body was reacting honestly, but maybe that was precisely because of everything that had happened.
He had read somewhere that when people face life-threatening situations, their libido increases.
A survival instinct to ensure reproduction.
“Well… just a little. I mean, no one told me which one to use. This is an accident. Just an accident.”
Convincing himself, he reached for the shampoo Reina probably used and started washing his hair.
A pleasant, soapy fragrance filled the air—a truly amazing scent.
“So this is Reina’s scent… If only I could experience it directly…”
His head became flooded with pink-hued fantasies.
His rationality, already weakened by exhaustion, snapped entirely.
“Kenya-kun?”
“Haha, my imagination is so strong, I can even hear her voice.”
His delusions had reached the point where he was hallucinating Reina’s voice.
Through the sound of the shower, he heard her say his name.
If he was going this far, he might as well visualize her naked, imagine bathing together…
Knock, knock
“I’m coming in, Kenya-kun.”
“Yeah, sure, come on in! You can even wash my back whil—wait, WHAT!?”