Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 424: Rain
I firmly check the distance to the target destination. There’s no need to aim precisely, but it would be better to narrow the range as much as possible. Is this about the right distance?
“Julius-sama, what exactly are you planning to do?”
“Well, I was thinking of making it rain over that burning area. Like how we water the herb garden.”
The four of them are speechless. Huh? I didn’t think I said anything that strange. Doesn’t anyone else think that way? If it rains on that burning spot, the fire will be put out, and it’ll prevent further spreading. It’s a win-win.
“Can you really do that?”
“Huh? I’m just going to make it rain.”
Ah, everyone’s mouths are gaping. This is one of those things I shouldn’t use. But I think it’ll make it much easier for the Eastern Border Lord’s army to fight.
The worst thing right now is for the Eastern Border Lord’s army to lose. If that happens, it’ll take time to recover, and during that time, the Big Apes’ forces will grow stronger. That could lead to the Forest Wolves coming out of the woods again.
“I’ll say this in advance, but don’t tell anyone about what’s going to happen next. If anyone does, I’ll make them drink a disgusting magical potion, understand?”
The four of them turn pale. They all put their hands to their mouths and nodded repeatedly. …Do they really hate it that much? I’m not thrilled about it either, but as someone who makes magical potions, I have complicated feelings. The potion itself isn’t to blame. But it can be used as a threat.
I stretch my hand toward the direction where the black smoke is rising. The range is good, the distance is good. If it rains too long, the ground will become difficult to navigate, so I’ll make it a short time until the fire is put out.
“Squall.”
Suddenly, a black cloud appears above the black smoke. It immediately starts raining. The rain is heavy enough that it can be seen from here. The soldiers are getting soaked. Once the fire is successfully extinguished, I’ll use wind magic to dry them off.
“No way… really?”
“I can’t believe it…”
While Isidore and Nero are left dumbfounded, Gile and Christopher kneel down and start praying to me. Stop it.
With complicated feelings, I watch the situation ahead, and gradually, the black smoke begins to disappear. It seems the fire has been put out. I quickly wave my hand to stop the magic. I also send warm wind to the spot from earlier to dry off the soldiers. This should be fine now.
“Julius, it looks like the fire has been put out safely.”
“Yeah. Now, the mages should be able to join the attack. Oh, it seems the Eastern Border Lord’s army is focusing their attacks on the leader. At this rate, it’s only a matter of time before they defeat them.”
“That’s good to hear. But, we still don’t know how the battle will turn out, do we?”
“Yeah, that’s true. But we can’t stay here the whole time.”
What should I do? It’ll soon be noon, can we eat here? No, probably not. Eating in such a high, unstable place with nothing around? That would be some kind of punishment game.
“Hey, wouldn’t it be better if Julius just took them down with magic in a flash?”
“That’s a good idea… wait, you idiot! I’m not falling for that. You just want to see magic, don’t you, Ijidor?”
“N-No, that’s not it!”
Isidore says this in a flat tone while looking away. Oh, he’s got some guts. When did he become such a sly kid? Could it be because of me? No, that’s not it. He must have been influenced by Axel’s bad habits. That’s definitely it.
“Oh, it looks like they’ve taken down the leader. Now it’s just mop-up. With this, we should be fine.”
“That’s good. Now we can take our time with lunch. Should we eat in the capital, or go back to the mansion?”
“Let’s eat in the capital, since we’re here.”
There was no opposition. If I let the mansion know we’re eating lunch in the capital, that should be fine. No one had said anything about needing to be back before lunch when we left, after all.
Since Axel and Carol are at the mansion, Fabienne won’t be eating lunch alone.
But it might be a good idea to buy a souvenir.
We descended from the clock tower and joined up with the knights. When we discussed lunch, they immediately made arrangements. Until then, we decided to go buy a souvenir.
“What should we get for Fabienne?”
“Well, how about a date voucher? The main purpose today was to visit the magical tools workshop, after all. I think tomorrow it would be good to invite Fabienne for a date.”
Nero said this seriously. Yeah, that sounds about right. Along with the date voucher, I should give her a nice bracelet as a present.
We entered a jewelry shop, and with all the taste we could muster, we searched for a gift. It would have been great to have someone who knew more about women’s preferences here, like Alex-niisan.
Lunch ended up being at a Chinese-style restaurant. Apparently, it was a new shop that had just opened in the capital. The Chinese food looked exactly as expected, which threw me off a little. This was definitely something a reincarnator must have brought over, right? It looked just like that. And the taste too.
“This is… interesting.”
“Did it not suit your taste?”
“No, it’s really delicious. I just hadn’t seen food like this before, so I was surprised. I didn’t know there was such a dish.”
I get it, I get it, everyone replied the same. With eyes wide open, everyone was eating. Perhaps there’s even Japanese food somewhere here? Will it eventually make its way to this country? Nah, the idea of me being able to cook it… that’s a bit much. If I could cook too, that would definitely be going overboard.