Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 76: Impromptu Wolf Gang ⑤ – From Here On Out
I firmly planted my feet on the ground, clenched my fist, and struck with all my strength.
It was the first time I had ever punched someone with clear intent.
The rabbit who had just begun introducing himself as “Hayan” was sent flying, hitting the wall and falling down.
“Phew, that felt good.”
Truly, it felt refreshing. Maybe the most satisfying moment of my life so far.
“W-What are you doing, all of a sudden!?”
The rabbit—Hayan—was holding his cheek in confusion.
That reaction made sense. Waking up only to be punched in the face right away would confuse anyone.
It was completely unreasonable.
But I felt great.
Ah, incredibly great.
“Well, yeah. But if Wof hadn’t punched him, I would’ve.”
Axe said.
“Nn… I would’ve hit him too.”
Liv added.
She looked at her blade. Were they really planning to hit him with that?
“I’m fine since Wof already did it.”
Mineha said.
“W-What is with you people… Such rudeness—huh? What is this body?”
Hayan began inspecting his body, tilting his head in puzzlement.
I asked:
“Hayan… is that you?”
“Yes, indeed. I am Hayan, the alchemist who dared to defy the gods. But… what is this?”
“You’re a rabbit.”
“A rabbit, right.”
“Yes… a rabbit.”
“I know that! I know! But you—lovely young lady and cute young lady—why am I a rabbit?”
“Nn… dunno.”
“No idea.”
Even if you ask us…
We all looked at each other, lost.
“What do we even do with this?”
“Wof, you… maybe you’re cursed?”
“Eh? Wait, blaming me seems a bit much…”
“Nn… boy… caught up in this… also… older girl-younger boy dynamic…”
“Older girl-younger boy!?”
Where the hell did that come from!?
“Also, why did you punch me?”
Hayan’s violet eyes glared at me with blame.
“Well—say you create three devices corresponding to white, blue, and red, and write that clearly on the monument, but actually only white activates everything, and anyone who moves forward thinking they solved it gets punished by a summoned monster. What would you do?”
“I’d punch them with everything I had.”
Hayan replied with a straight face.
“Exactly what I did.”
“I-I see… So that’s how it is.”
“Are you satisfied now?”
“I understand, but… hmm…”
He seemed to be hung up on something.
Axe narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
“Wait, are you really Hayan?”
“Yes. I am Hayan, the Alchemist.”
“The one with the three eggs?”
“Yes. Wait, what?”
“It’s a nursery rhyme. About Hayan having three eggs.”
“I did have them, but… a nursery rhyme?”
“So you were real, huh?”
Mineha quickly lost interest. She didn’t seem all that invested from the start.
“Wait, that’s it!? He’s Hayan! The legendary relic-class alchemist Hayan!”
“Even so, I only know the song about the three eggs.”
“Was there anything else?”
“…I didn’t know to begin with.”
Liv said.
“Just the nursery rhyme!? Seriously!? I’m Hayan, you know!?”
Hayan—the rabbit—was in shock.
Well, even after digging around, we never found much about him.
Axe looked at him and sighed.
“So, what do we do?”
“You decide, Wof.”
“Why me?”
“Nn… because… leader…”
Well, fair.
“Um, Hayan?”
“What is it, boy who punched me full force?”
Still bitter, huh. Even though it’s your own fault.
“Setting aside why you’re a rabbit… why are you even alive again?”
When people die, they don’t come back.
That’s a universal truth.
But people always dream of resurrection. Of course they do.
Immortality and revival are eternal human dreams.
It’s awkward to call this rabbit a successful example, but technically, he is.
“It’s simple. I used an egg. A Phoenix’s resurrection egg.”
We all stirred. Phoenix resurrection… does that actually exist?
Hayan continued.
“But I didn’t plan to be revived just like that. The world had rotted. It turned against me. So I left my hopes with the future—to be revived there… or so I thought.”
“As a rabbit?”
“I don’t know. Even I have no idea why I’m a rabbit. And why am I not in my lab?”
“Lab?”
“Isn’t this the spare key storage?”
“Spare… key?”
“You mean this?”
Axe showed the key.
Hayan crossed his arms with arrogance and nodded.
“Exactly. That’s the lab’s spare key.”
“Is that lab in the Ark Ruins on the 12th floor?”
“The Ark… ruins? What is that? What is the 12th floor?”
“A dungeon.”
“Hmm? Isn’t this Rudbeckia?”
Rudbeckia? Is that a place?
Axe and Mineha tilted their heads.
Liv suddenly spoke.
“Nn… that place… perished… like… 4500 years ago…”
“4500 years!? So it’s 4500 years later now…!?”
Hayan was stunned.
“You know a lot.”
“…It was… in the book… Pakira was reading…”
“Then, where is this!?”
“This is Hydrangea.”
“…That remote foreign land?”
Foreign land? I explained the situation.
Hayan nodded again and again, groaning, his long ears twitching every time.
“I see… so someone used the dungeon’s preservation function to trap my soul in this rabbit body and store me here with the spare key…”
“And it’s been 4500 years.”
“I was supposed to wake up after 100 years…”
“No idea. Could be tragic or just your fault.”
“Leaning toward your fault.”
Mineha said.
I agree.
Hayan seemed to realize something too, muttering names of several women.
Definitely the latter.
Also, he casually called Liv and Mineha “lovely” and “cute.” That surprised me.
Liv muttered:
“Nn… you too, boy… better be careful… or you’ll end up like that…”
“I won’t!!”
What is she saying!?
“No, you might. Boy who punched me with all his might.”
“I’ll punch you again. And I’m Wof, by the way.”
“Ah, I’m Axe.”
“I’m Mineha.”
“…Liv.”
“Mineha. Liv. Your names sound as beautiful as you look.”
He ignored me.
Maybe I should punch him again.
Liv and Mineha looked visibly disgusted. Axe just looked tired.
“So, what now?”
“We’ll have to go back, I guess.”
“Hmm… no results… disappointed.”
“I want to go to the lab.”
“……”
“……”
“……”
“……”
“Gentlemen. Why the silence?”
All of us were thinking the same thing—”what do we even do with this guy?”
Well, we had no choice but to take him back with us.
“So this is your house, Wof?”
“…Yeah, that’s right.”
Liv immediately refused, and Axe’s was rejected by Hayan outright.
So the only place left was my house.
Mineha gave me a cold stare and said:
“Rabbit. If you enter the tower, I’ll kill you.”
“Y-Yes ma’am.”
She really looked like she’d do it.
I sighed.
“Alright, this way.”
“Muu. Why such treatment? I’m so cute… and an alchemist, no less.”
He grumbled, clearly displeased. I gave him a deadpan look.
This guy tried to stir up trouble on the way back—Even though he was upset about being a rabbit, he tried to use that to his advantage and pick up girls.
“If you don’t mind people finding out about your violet eyes, be my guest.”
I said, half-seriously brushing him off.
Hayan looked awkward. Even though he’s a rabbit.
“Ugh, I didn’t know about that…”
A rabbit with violet eyes is nothing but a recipe for trouble.
Apparently, this rabbit—Hayan—is of the Edda race. So that’s why he has violet eyes. Or is it?
“By the way, Wof. What is that… enviably outrageous lifeform?”
“You mean Dagaa? He’s a pet and… a knife.”
Dagaa, who was completely limp, was being carried by Mineha.
I secretly hoped he might be connected to Hayan somehow.
But he just clicked his tongue.
“Enviably outrageous!”
“…Is that all you’ve got to say? Isn’t he related to you somehow?”
“Never seen him before. No memory of it. Just… enviably outrageous.”
Is he really an alchemist? My hopes were rapidly diminishing.
With no other choice, I brought him into my room. He looked around and commented:
“Feels like a young boy’s room.”
“That’s because it is.”
“I don’t dislike it.”
“Uh… thanks?”
“This is what a lab should be like.”
“It’s just a bedroom though.”
Unfazed, Hayan sat down on the bed.
“Phew. On the way here, I saw a city. But wasn’t Hydrangea a lake?”
“It’s in the south now. It’s turned into a water dungeon.”
“…4,500 years, huh.”
Hayan looked melancholic.
I mean, who wouldn’t be?
Imagine waking up 4,500 years later and finding yourself in a rabbit’s body.
……Actually, even thinking about it, that’s more than just shocking.
Some people might just take their own life.
Hayan squinted at the sky and muttered:
“Hmph… 4,500 years’ worth of beautiful girls and beauties, huh…”
“……”
“Hmm? What’s with that garbage-disposing look?”
“Anyway, I’m hungry.”
“Hey! Don’t ignore me!”
I ignored him and headed to the kitchen.
So I cooked, and we all sat down to eat.
At that time, Mineha had returned to her Fairial form, which surprised Hayan.
Then he was shocked again when he found out she was ten years old. What a noisy guy.
As always, she ate a lot. But something felt off about Mineha.
She looked deep in thought. Worried, even. I watched her with concern.
She must’ve been feeling down about the spear.
That thing was a precious OOPArt from her mother.
I’d heard it enhanced her Spiral abilities.
She’d lost a long-time partner.
I remember how crushed I was when my first knife broke.
I know exactly how that feels.
…No, that doesn’t mean I’ve gotten used to it.
Even now, I’d be devastated if my weapon broke. I’m always determined not to let that happen.
Once we finished eating, I started cleaning up.
“Na!”
“Hey! What are you doing, you creature!? What is this lifeform!?”
“Na!”
“Stop! You enviably outrageous… even if she’s female, I have no such tastes!”
During cleanup, Dagaa—now full of energy—was playing with Hayan.
Well, if it got dangerous, I’d stop it…
Wait, Dagaa’s female?
I didn’t know that. Actually, how did the rabbit figure that out?
Oh well. So Dagaa has a gender. Not that it really matters.
Just then, Mineha, sipping her tea, landed on my shoulder.
“Hey, Wof.”
“Yes?”
“I want to talk with you for a bit.”
“Talk?”
“…On top of the tower.”
I widened my eyes.
Seeing the tension in her face, I gave a quiet nod.