Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 217: The Long-Awaited Fiancée
After completing the worm subjugation, Rest and his party began their return to the royal capital.
They had secured the permission of Andrew Iwood, the second prince.
He apologized for overworking them and promised an appropriate reward.
“Finally, we can return to the townhouse in the royal capital. It’s been a short while, but I miss home.”
Viola said.
“Living in the cottage at the frontier village was fun too. Being in a small house brought us all closer together.”
Primula added.
Of course, Rest’s fiancées, Viola and Primula, were accompanying him on the return trip.
The three shared the same carriage, swaying intermittently as it traveled toward the capital.
The carriage had been arranged by Andrew as a gesture of gratitude. It was equipped with springs, offering comfortable seating and a pleasant ride.
“Still… it feels like it’s been ages since it’s just been the three of us.”
Viola remarked pensively.
Indeed, the carriage held only the three of them. Urla had parted ways with them on the eastern plains, and Yuri had gone west.
Rest had invited Yuri to join them in the carriage, but for some reason, she had declined.
“I have some errands to run, so I’ll have to part ways for now. But we’ll surely meet again soon…”
Rest hadn’t asked what the errands were, but Yuri had seemed different somehow.
Her usual carefree energy was replaced by a more somber, fleeting, and mature demeanor—very unlike her usual cheerful self.
(Well, childish or not, we’re the same age… though her figure is ridiculously mature…)
“Rest?”
“Rest-sama?”
“Ah!”
Lost in thought, reminiscing about how Yuri had clung to him during their nights in the tent, Rest was startled as Viola and Primula called out to him.
Startled, he flinched.
“What’s wrong? Why are you so jumpy?”
“Did something happen?”
“N-no, nothing at all. By the way, about the eastern plains…”
As the saying goes, a guilty conscience is chatty, and Rest began to ramble about the events on the eastern plains unprompted.
He glossed over the nighttime incidents, causing both Viola and Primula to look surprised.
“An Elder Worm? That’s incredible! You defeated such a massive creature?”
“And Leonard Gascoigne of the Council of Sages… you actually met him!?”
A worm as massive as a mountain and the chairman of the Council of Sages.
Both were extraordinary encounters.
Encountering two such rarities in a single night—it was hard to say whether his luck was good or bad.
“An ancient worm, likely centuries old… even its damaged corpse would fetch over a hundred platinum coins, wouldn’t it?”
“A hundred platinum coins…”
One platinum coin was worth ten million yen.
A hundred coins meant a billion yen.
A fortune most ordinary people would never see in their lifetimes. And yet… somehow, it felt underwhelming.
“Compared to the rewards from the Sabnock subjugation, it does seem small… I’ve really lost my sense of money…”
The reward from subjugating Sabnock.
The inheritance of Rodel Iwood.
Having had such vast sums flow to him repeatedly, Rest’s sense of monetary value had become utterly skewed.
“With ten platinum coins, you could build a mansion in the most prestigious district of the royal capital.”
Viola noted.
“You could also keep a harem. Plenty of funds for child support, too.”
Primula added.
“A harem and children… that’s a joke, right?”
“……”
“……”
“Wait, why are you two silent? That’s kind of scary!”
Rest didn’t know this, but the Rosemary sisters had already been briefed by their mother about potential candidates for Rest’s concubines.
That was likely why they casually asked him whether he was interested in having mistresses.
“Well… let’s set that topic aside for now.”
“Yes… we’ll leave it for the future.”
“The future? What’s going to happen?”
“Anyway… why do you think that Leonard Gascoigne, the ‘Heavenly Emperor,’ appeared before Rest?”
Viola asked, her expression puzzled.
“Of course, we can’t be sure it was really him… but if it was, why would he appear before Rest?”
“Good question… why indeed…”
Rest muttered.
He hadn’t mentioned the part about Leonard bringing up reincarnators.
(It’s probably because he sensed the magic power from that explosion… but was his goal to warn me?)
Leonard had specifically told him not to use the magic [God of Flame Creation] against people.
(He seemed intent on ensuring that [God of Flame Creation] wouldn’t be used on humans… was he trying to prevent such destructive magic from being exploited in war?)
[God of Flame Creation] was a spell with power comparable to a nuclear weapon.
The fact that Leonard didn’t want it turned on humans suggested he wasn’t an enemy of mankind.
(That said… he made some cryptic remarks about “their side” and not falling into corruption before disappearing. It’s hard not to be curious…)
“Um… how about asking the Headmaster about this?”
Primula suggested.
“The Headmaster… wasn’t Professor Verloid Harn a member of the Council of Sages? If we talked to her, we might learn something.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
Viola said, her expression brightening.
“That makes sense. When we get to the capital, let’s stop by the academy,”
Rest agreed.
With that, the three continued their conversation as they made their way toward the royal capital.