Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 320: If We Meet in a Dream
A beach from some time ago.
The blue sky stretched out overhead, and if one looked a bit farther off, the sea was visible.
The ground was paved with asphalt, and there were road signs around.
Rest sat on a bench at a bus stop, listening to the sound of the waves and the cries of seabirds.
“Ahh, takoyaki really is delicious. Can you make Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki next?”
“…No way. Too much of a hassle.”
Sitting next to him on the bench was a familiar girl in a sailor school uniform—Shoko Sanada.
Shamelessly begging for more food, Shoko was met with Rest’s half-lidded glare.
“Your villagers begged me until I made a mountain of takoyaki. My fingers are sore now because of that.”
“Use healing magic. You’re good at it, aren’t you?”
Shoko laughed cheerfully and pulled out a bottle of cola.
As she opened the cap, the familiar fizzing sound of carbonated soda echoed, and white bubbles foamed inside the bottle.
“You can eat anything you like in a dream… but in the end, it’s just a dream. It all feels bland, unsatisfying.”
After drinking half the cola, Shoko handed the bottle to Rest.
As he drank, just as she said—it did taste like nostalgic soda, but somehow lacked flavor and impact.
This was a dream. Yes… this was a dream.
They were in Rest’s dream world—a mental landscape of sorts.
Shoko Sanada wasn’t real. Neither was the queen dowager. Both of them were long dead.
“That’s why I was really happy you made takoyaki for me. I tried making it when I was alive too, but it didn’t turn out well. It looks easy, but it’s actually really tricky, right?”
“I don’t think it requires that much skill… You were just clumsy.”
“Hey, that’s so mean! If you’re going to say things like that, I won’t tell you my super secret info!”
“Super secret?”
“Now you’re curious, huh? Well… I guess I’ll tell you, since you’re my beloved Rest-kun.”
“……”
Annoying.
Rest sighed inwardly and signaled her to continue, only with his eyes.
“You’re looking for ingredients for your party, right? Then how about… a Diamond Bear?”
“Diamond… Bear?”
A bear, judging by the name?
He’d heard bear paws were considered a luxury food, but personally, the idea didn’t seem that appetizing.
“The Diamond Bear is a monster native to the eastern part of the kingdom. Not a widely-used ingredient, but it caused a stir when Margrave Lavender offered it to the royal family. I had some too—it was so unique, you wouldn’t believe it was bear meat.”
“Hmm… I didn’t know something like that existed.”
“You’re pretty close with the daughter of House Lavender, right? Why don’t you ask her about it?”
“……”
She must be talking about Urla Lavender.
They were on good terms.
Just the other day, they’d dived into a centipede nest together, and for some reason, he ended up promising to give her a ring.
“Yeah… I’ll ask her.”
He didn’t have any other plans anyway.
He’d never eaten bear meat—not in this life or the last. It piqued his curiosity.
“All right then… Let’s head to the Lavender territory next.”
“Just be careful that you’re not the one who ends up on the menu, okay? Hehehe~”
“…?”
Rest frowned suspiciously at Shoko, who grinned mischievously for some reason.