Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 62: Rank V Explorer②
I helped Liv clean up the corpses.
Though really, all I did was use 【Vanish】 to make the bodies disappear after she’d gathered them.
Since she’d already seen me use 【Vanish】, I took the time to explain it to her again.
Liv nodded and muttered,
“Mmm… super… convenient… for cleanup…”
Yeah, I mean—it’s really useful in situations like this.
“…What do you think about it, Liv-san?”
“Mmm… about what?”
Liv was crouched, collecting the dead men’s adventurer tags.
Apparently to hand them over to the guild. She looked like a kid playing in the dirt.
“About killing guys like that.”
“Mmm… requests… sometimes ask for… bandit extermination… so… it can’t be helped…”
“That’s true, but…”
“Kid… these kinds of people… are like hostile organisms… like goblins… they’ll kill us… if we don’t kill them first… they want to kill us… You want to die?”
“Of course not.”
“Mmm… then kill… no point talking… if they won’t listen… no point persuading either… wasted effort… you might regret it… I don’t want to… so I kill them.”
She said this, still with that same blank expression.
Even her red eyes, reflecting me, looked as vacant as ever.
I let out a soft mutter.
Yeah… I guess that makes sense.
We arrived at the base of Torquetum—that mansion.
This was the second time Liv-san had led me here. She took me to a room on the second floor.
Wait… now that I think of it—
“Aren’t Pakira-san and Lupinas-san here?”
“Mmm… at Tasan’s place.”
“Tasan?”
“Complicated… stuff… yeah.”
“Right…”
I glanced around the room I’d been brought to.
This… was Liv-san’s private room.
A warmly colored carpet. A closet. A shelf with small personal items. A bed.
A small table. A plain desk. And in the corner—a large black box.
That was about it. A simple room. On the desk sat a metallic box.
A glowing orb floated from the ceiling, providing light.
Upon closer look, the bed was a pipe-frame bed.
Even the closet looked mechanical, housing jackets and suits.
Simple? …Near the closet was a basket—stuffed haphazardly with underwear.
For some reason, I got the feeling she doesn’t do laundry. Then it hit me—and chilled me to the bone.
This is Liv-san’s room.
In other words… a girl’s room.
Wait, is it really okay for me to be in here?
The more I think about it, the more jittery I get.
“…Kid… what’s up?”
“Ah—no, nothing. Um, about repairing the knife…”
“Mmm… hold on… just sit… anywhere…”
“O-okay.”
“Anywhere”—so I sat on the pipe bed.
A pipe bed. Literally a bed made of pipes.
This world does have pipes, after all.
Without them, there’d be no way to transport water.
Copper pipes are the standard. But that’s not the point.
The mattress was soft and fluffy.
Fluffy. But of course, it’s a mattress.
Still, for someone like me, who’s used to sleeping on straw, this is luxuriously fluffy.
Liv rummaged through the large black box.
White glowing lines crisscrossed its surface, and a small red lamp blinked.
I don’t know what this box is, but it doesn’t feel like it belongs in a fantasy world.
That kind of tech is scattered all throughout this otherwise plain room.
But what keeps drawing my attention is the fact that it’s a girl’s room.
Also… that bed frame… the pipe… Wait.
“Ah.”
Come to think of it—I’ve got a good amount of money now.
Could I… maybe remodel my own place?
Yes! This is it—the time to finally upgrade from a straw bed!
And… thinking back to my past life… what was that thing again?
Ah, FIRE. Financial Independence, Retire Early. Could I actually do that?
“Mmm… found it.”
What Liv-san pulled out was a smooth, silver capsule-like container.
About the size of something you could hold in both hands.
A capsule. Yeah, this is a capsule.
“What’s that?”
“…If I remember… nano… nano… mmm… forgot.”
“I-I see.”
Nanomachines, huh…? I mean, they’re a classic sci-fi trope, but still… they’re real here?
Somehow I get the feeling I know how it works.
“But… I do know… how to use it…”
The capsule had four buttons on the side: ■ △ ○ ×
Very simple.
She pressed ○ and the capsule opened.
Inside was a basic black divider.
“Mmm… put… knife shards… here…”
“Okay.”
“Then… press… button again…”
The lid shut. She pressed the ■ button.
The lid turned into a screen showing an image of the knife.
Yep, that’s Agaro’s knife.
But suddenly a sound played and red text appeared on the screen:
‘Error… Insufficient materials…’
“Liv-san?”
“Mmm… not enough…”
Yeah… most of the blade did turn to powder…
“Do you have any spare metal?”
“…Metal… no.”
“Nothing at all?”
“Kid… Liv… always wondered… that pouch of yours… different smell… not elixirs… minerals… metal?”
“Metal? Ah—maybe this.”
I pulled a cloth pouch from my belt.
And from that, a cube-shaped chunk of metal.
Its surface glittered golden—but it wasn’t pure gold.
It looked like fool’s gold… but it wasn’t.
This metal was layered—dozens, no, hundreds of layers.
And faintly, it sparkled with countless flickers of light.
I didn’t know what it was. I had some guesses from my past life’s knowledge.
But they were just that—guesses.
Maybe one of them is right. Maybe not.
In short: I have no idea what this metal is.
I found the glowing blue material in the Tomb of Death’s garbage dump.
It’s a super ultra rare item.
Even now, when I check it with 【Wheel of Fortune】, it glows a brilliant blue.
There are a few things in this room that glow yellow or blue, and to be honest, it makes me want to close my eyes.
I’m curious about them… but why is something glowing blue inside a basket of underwear?
“…That’s Unobtanium.”
“Eh? What did you say?”
“Mmm… put it in.”
Before I realized it, the capsule was already open.
As instructed, I placed the mysterious metal—Unobtanium—inside.
Unobtanium. I’ve never heard of it.
I have my doubts, but Liv-san is the one who knows how this capsule works.
If it can restore the knife, then that’s all that matters.
She closed the lid and pressed the △ button.
“What does that one do?”
“Mmm… mixes.”
The △ button blinked green.
When it finished, she pressed the × button.
“And that one?”
“Mmm… combines.”
The × button blinked black.
When it finished, the monitor displayed an image of the knife.
Yes—it’s Agaro-san’s knife.
It kind of resembles the kind used by that certain professor named after his dog.
Also, the screen now displayed “OK.”
Looks like it can be created.
Liv-san pressed the ■ button.
“And that one?”
“Mmm… restoring.”
The ■ button blinked blue.
“…Hey, kid.”
“What is it?”
“This time… sorry… Liv… went overboard…”
“It’s okay. It’s being fixed, after all.”
“Mmm… you were strong… and it was fun… I got a little carried away.”
“Well, I wouldn’t say I didn’t enjoy it either.”
It was intense, but I’m glad I got to spar with Liv-san.
By the way, when facing the witch, even if they’re unarmed and I have a knife, I still wouldn’t stand a chance.
Liv gave a faint smile.
“Mmm… I’m glad… you could have fun… playing with your big sis’s body…”
“…Yeah.”
That phrasing though.
Then the blue blinking of the ■ button ended, and Liv-san pressed the 〇 button.
The capsule opened with a burst of smoke like dry ice.
As it cleared, the knife appeared—
The restored Agaro-san’s kni—wait, restored?
“…”
I took the knife in my hand.
Its make and structure were the same as before.
It looked unchanged—except the blade now glowed with a burning blue hue.
That’s strange. It should’ve been a fiery red.
I looked at Liv-san with narrowed eyes.
“Mmm… it’s harder… than before…”
“……”
When I moved the blade, it almost felt like blue flames danced along its edge, depending on the angle of the light.
Weird. Very weird. Compared to before… Hmm. What exactly changed?
“Kid… if you don’t… like it… should I…?”
Maybe she noticed me staring at it curiously and misunderstood.
Liv-san spoke awkwardly.
Should she… what?
“No, that’s not it. Um, this is fine.”
I put the knife away.
Liv-san’s red eyes grew misty as she lowered her head.
“…Kid… I’m sorry…”
“It’s okay, Liv-san. I understand now. I forgive you.”
“Mmm… thank you… and if you ever… want to play again… with your big sis’s body… just say the word… I’ll do my best… for you…”
“G-Got it…”
“Mmm… good.”
Liv-san smiled gently.
Seriously though—that phrasing…