Mayonaize Shrimp – Page 23 – Online MTLed Novels by MayonaizeShrimp

Marquekt had a long history and since the Spring of the year 1296, there are 2 rumors that came out of the Adventurer Guild HQ in the royal capital Monokans. Even though they were different, both of them were about the same household, the Chrebl Household.

The first one, the subordinates of the Lord Chrebl keep successfully hunting many high ranking monsters.

As the reward of his achievement, he was given the ownership of a dungeon, which was located rather close to the royal capital.

It’s basically a demand to expand one’s territory towards Sonorat, so there was a strong dispute between some upper-echelons of the country. But since it was requested by the Lord Guardian, the B-class dungeon 『Abandonded Ancient Firedrake Nest』 located about half a day from the royal capital became owned by Marquis Chrebl.

At first, it looked like it will overlap with Adventurer Guild’s authority, but originally the dungeon had many humanoid monsters. Since there is little demand from the material side, the guild had no desire to monopolize the dungeon.

The adventurer guild was entrusted with the task of keeping the monsters in check, they can’t neglect to thin out monster populations in the country. And of course, it costs money. Of course, revenue may be generated from materials and drop items, but it is too small. Considering the trouble of managing the dungeon, the cost greatly surpasses the profit so it can be said that it is a “bad dungeon”.

The adventurer guild had to think about they should do with dungeons like this, but there’s nothing much they can do. In the end, they decided to “push” it onto Marquis Chrebl. The young people, who heard about the now discussed dungeon, foolishly rushed inside expecting profits. Meanwhile, the people from adventurer guild laughed mockingly in their minds while handing over the rights of the dungeon to Marquis Chrebl.

However, they heard that Marquis Chrebl seemed to be looking for a dungeon. At that point, the Guild started to question what was Marquis Chrebl’s plan.

In that dungeon, there must be 『something』 that exists beyond the guild’s imagination, but the famous hero, Marquis Chrebl knew about that certain 『something』. It must be the reason why he wished for a dungeon as a reward for his achievements.

Even so, Marquis Chrebl can’t monopolize the dungeon. As long as they are paying the toll fee and making a report, the adventurers from the guild are allowed to dive into the dungeon. Using that premise, the guild issued an investigation to several high ranking adventurers to dive into the ancient fire dragon nest to try finding that 『something』.
However, after confirming that it was a troublesome dungeon with low profit, the people from the guild had to give up further investigation while tilting their heads.

The other rumor besides the Abandoned Ancient Firedrake Nest, there’s a strange adventurer that was witnessed in several dungeons and fields. Even though the adventurer looked like a 17 or 18 years old maid, it was said that she was swinging around a gigantic sword and fighting.

Moreover, witnesses also said that the girls fought like the heroes in legends. Her big sword was wrapped in flames, swinging as fast as lightning and sliced through the enemies with tremendous speed. At the end of the fight, she divided the ground using her big sword and swallowing her enemies into the crack.

Based on the rumor, the girl is now called 《White Frilled Hero》.
Is she an adventurer?
Is she a retainer from a certain noble?
No one knows who she is.

(TL: ホワイトブリムの勇者 – howaito burimu no yuusha means hero of the white brim. White brim is the frilly hat that maids wear so I translate it was White Frilled Hero)

Regarding her appearance, some say that she looked cute and lovely, while others say that she looked like an ogre.
It has been confirmed that she was not registered as an adventurer from Monokans, but everything else is an enigma.

Regarding the girl, some witnesses said that she had been seen together with Marquis Chrebl in the Abandoned Ancient Firedrake Nest. Some say that she’s the follower of the hero Lord Protector of the House Chrebl or his secret disciple. Some also say that she’s Marquis Chrebl’s illegitimate child. Various speculations were made. Meanwhile, Marquis Chrebl himself left no comment on this matter.

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「ーuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!」
「Ogre! It’s an ogre!!」
「No way! It’s a variant!」

Screaming in the 5th layer of Abandoned Ancient Firedrake Nest was the C-rank party 《Battlefield Hammer》. The party itself is formed by ex-mercenaries. They are often found causing trouble for other adventurers due to their roughness and temper. However, they were still an asset to the Guild since they would take dangerous quests without hesitation.

Right now, the 〈Battlefield Hammer〉 was inside the low-profit dungeon Abandoned Ancient Firedrake Nest for one reason. It was because the gossip flowing around the kingdom.
That is…
『Whether or not Marquis Chrebl was hiding 『Something』 about the Abandoned Ancient Firedrake Nest』

To own such a low-profit dungeon and frequently bring his knights into the dungeon, it was way too suspicious even by the eccentric Marquis Chrebl’s standard. This story is famous among the guild’s adventurer.

Marquis Chrebl said that he is trying to train the knights under his wing, but who would really believe even half of what he said?

『There is something in the depth of this dungeon, something that the Adventurer Guild doesn’t even know. And Marquis Chrebl is trying to monopolize it』 and such rumors were spreading around.

And the 《Battlefield Hammer》 was one of those people who believed the rumor.
To the people who have little faith in the noble’s good deeds, they don’t believe that Marquis Chrebl simply leads his knights into a dungeon with the intention of simply raising their levels.

There must be something here. And so, the guild issued a secret mission to conquer the dungeon.

Despite the danger to the C-rank adventurers, despite their sorrow, they still came to the job and are now struggling to escape from a group of ogres.
Why?

Because originally the dungeon rank was B. It was obvious that the dungeon doesn’t fit their level.

(TL: please excuse my language here. They are mercenaries so they must have sailor’s mouth)
(ED: Let the swear-fest begin)

「You fuckers stand your ground and stop them!!」
「Are you fucking kidding me! I don’t want to be caught dead in this kind of place!」

The party leader ordered the bottommost members to hold their position, but of course, they would refuse.
but…

「Then I’ll force you to do so!」
「Guaaaaa!!!!」

The leader swung his huge mace and crushed the knee of one member.

「We must do our best to keep surviving! Thank you, Buffet! We will survive thanks to your sacrifice!!」
「Gyahahahaha!! Thank you very much, Buffet!」

The other adventurers escape while mocking the fallen adventurer.

「You fucking bastaaaaー」

The fallen adventurer somehow managed his sword and leaning against the wall, staring at the incoming ogres.
They were approaching.

「shit. shit. Shit. SHIT! SHIIIIー」

He decided to stand his ground, raise his sword, and fight until his end.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew from the back of the ogres, past the adventurer.
The adventurer turned his eyes towards the source of the wind and exclaimed.

「w-w-why is there a maid in this kind of place…?」

Right.
There was a maid.
The maid carried a gigantic greatsword and used it to block a club swing from an ogre.

「O-oi! Those ogres are variants! There’s no way a woman could beat them!」

No wonder the adventurer thought like that.
The maid looked like a small and delicate girl.
Her approximate age is 17 or 18 years old. She had long chestnut hair. Her stature from behind looked rather innocent. But most important of all, she looked rather glamorous.
But, normally she wouldn’t able to fight the ogres.
Even soー

「〈Flame Tongue〉!!」

The moment the maid murmured the chant, her sword was clad in flames.

Guoooooooooo!!!

The ogres shrieked in anger.

「〈Thunder Strike〉!!」

The maid’s greatsword swung at an unbelievable speed. The adventurers, couldn’t even perceive the speed. The large sword slices through the neck of the ogre variant while scattering out electricity.

The maid with her greatsword strikes and thrusts like a lightning bolt and managed to deal damage to the variant ogre that the 6-man-party 〈Battlefield Hammer〉 couldn’t touch.

「w… whoa…」

While the adventurer murmured, the other ogres snapped and attacked the maid.
The maid sliced the ogres with the flame-clad sword like a lightning bolt.
Furthermore, she shot a water bullet from the handle of the sword and took a distance

「〈Ground Dash〉!!」

She swung the sword into the ground.
And the ground exploded.
The rock flows from the place the sword hit and swallows the group of ogres.

The adventurer still looked at her while gaping his mouth.

「ーーfuuh. I somehow did it~」

said the maid while humming a light tone.
The maid pulled the sword with a cute「uu~n」 from the ground.
Behind her, a huge shadow approaching.

「Behind you!」

The adventurer shouted to warn the maid.
It was the variant that should have been killed.
The mutant, with blood still gushing out from the neck, picked up his fallen club and tried to attack the maid.

*whoosh*! *splash*! *drop*!!

The adventurer couldn’t understand what happened then.
Something flew at a blinding speed, hit the ogre’s arm and blew it up. The club flew past the maid’s head and crushed the unfortunate rock when it landed.
He tried to look back slowly to see the aftermath of the club and missed what happened in front of him.

When the variant draws near, a sudden metallic sound was heard, and the variant fell to the ground.

「Thank you for saving me, Ed-bochama」
「Now Steph, what did I tell you about being wary of your surrounding?」

(TL: just in case because someone asked me before, bochama is used to address someone with status of very very young master)

A human figure came and the adventurer still couldn’t believe his eyes.
The one appeared before him was a 5-years old child.
The child lowered the bow on his arm… So does that meant that it was his arrow that blew off the variant’s arm?

「But, I didn’t think anyone would still be alive after that much of damage」
「It’s because ogres are stupidly durable, especially since it’s a variant.
This mutant seemed to possess the ability 【Toughness】」
「Then please tell me beforehand~!」
「But didn’t Steph just say to leave it to you? Well other than that, are you okay?」

The boy approached the adventurer and called him out.
He was still puzzled but replied.

「A-ah… Thank you.
Thank you for saving my asー rear」

The man tried to choose his words carefully since there were a maid and a boy with questionable age right in front of him.

「Uwaa, this is a terrible wound. Even his bone popped out. Is it from those ogres?」

「No… it was from my party members. They crushed my leg to buy them time to escape. Those basー guys… washed their hands of me just like that」
「I see. So it was misfortune.
Party is it? So you must be an adventurer. But it’s really weird. I have confirmation from my father that no adventurer is supposed to be diving today」
「Father…?」
「Yeah, he is the Marquis Chrebl. The owner of this dungeon」

The man’s expression paled after hearing the boy’s words.

「O-oi, you look pale. Don’t worry, I’ll heal you now. ИーHeal」

The boy drew a shimmering magic character and the man’s wound started to close.

「oooh… This is the first time I’ve witnessed 【Healing Magic】」
「So what happened? Did you perhaps not submit to the Adventurer Guild and dove into the dungeon anyway?」
「You (Omae wa)… no, are you (Anata-sama) really the son of Marquis Chrebl?」
「Using 『Omae』 is fine. I’m just 2 years old. My name is Edgar」
「tw… two?」

He almost muttered 「are you kidding me?」.

「My name is Buffet. The truth is our partー no… my previous party tried to enter this dungeon without notice」
「Since just making a report is not an obligation, I won’t blame you for it. But why did you do such a foolish thing? You can’t call for help if you got caught up in something」
「We know it. But… that…」

Towards the hesitating man, the boy gave a nasty expression.

「Ahahaha… Do you seriously believe in that rumor? 」
「That is how it is…… But, as Edgar-sama said, is the rumor a hoax?」
「You don’t need to add 『sama』, but putting that aside.
My father had said since the beginning. This dungeon is a place to train his knights. This dungeon is really useful as training grounds since the monster pack moves in an organized manner, it was like fighting in real combat. Well, the raw material we get are few in number, but after the middle layer, the monster levels were raised as well」

「So that is what happened. Damn… They even said that 『Nobles always try to extract profits from people to the bone』 We were completely deceived」
「I’m sorry for you. Well, when you get back to the guild, you can report that you were dumped as a scapegoat. I’m sure the punishment for injuring a party member and turning them into a decoy will result in their expulsion from the guild」
「Even though you’re a child, you sure know a lot about the Adventurer Guild. That attack before, You are Marquis Chrebl’s son of a devil. …… Ah, I apologize. That was very rude of me」

(TL: Just a reminder, he has a sailor’s mouth so calling him a devil’s child was actually a compliment)
「I don’t mind~ By the way, can you go back on your own?」
「I think so… It will be really embarrassing to be escorted by the son of a noble and not the other way around. Even so, as a scout, at least I should be able to scurry home」

Hearing that response, the boy glances at the adventurer.

「If you say so… But, your 【Stealth Step】 is quite sluggish, no? You know you can use it to walk on the surface of the water if you’re careful, right? Meeting goblins or orcs should be alright, but you might be ambushed by Kage-Tokage though」

「water surface… I see! I understand! If you think about it, it’s true!!」

(TL: Kage Tokage basically means Shadow Lizard but I want to preserve the pun. It probably looks like this certain part of an obsolete rank-4 engine from yugioh cardboard)

Hearing the boy’s words, the man hit his hand *pon* since it was such a good idea.

「Good bye then. Have a safe trip. If I were you, I will also report to the guild about the abandonment. After all, you should be allowed to have your revenge, no?
ーNow, Steph. Shall we make some profit?」
「Eeeh? Haven’t we hunted plenty enough already?」

「I see, so Steph is the type who will slack off when left alone. We have to keep on earning relentlessly whenever we are together.
That said, if you leave people like Elemia alone, they will persist doing things excessively so you have to stop them somewhere」
「We had been working too hard these past few days, hence why Elemia-sama took a day off. I’m so jealous~ I also want a day off」
「I wish I can work with Elemia」

While doing such a casual conversation, the boy and the maid disappear into the dungeon.
The craggy ground from the maid’s magic? The boy aimed his palm to the ground and the dungeon regained its original appearance like nothing had happened.

「…… so that was the Chrebl’s demon of a son and the 《White Frilled Hero》…」

The adventurer totally forgot about escaping, he could only just stare blankly as the two left him alone.

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「To~oh!!」

Along the stupidly placed shout, a huge sword was swung at a terrifying speed, cutting the unfortunate goblins in its path.

While watching her fighting, I reminisced about what has happened so far.

Since the start of the training, Steph’s clumsiness could be seen as clear as broad daylight.
To be honest, I think Steph’s power would be too much for regular everyday life. She could swing a great sword like any normal ones. I won’t be surprised if she couldn’t adjust her strength to daily life.
Steph herself didn’t think that she was that strong, but people around her had expected to be a victim of her clumsiness.

Whether it was the effect of her class as 〈Spell sword〉or the result from rigorous training, Steph doesn’t seem to have any trouble controlling her strength.
Thanks to that, her “clumsiness” is reduced to almost non-existent. Her efficiency in jobs like cooking, laundry, and cleaning had improved greatly. Since she can do heavy lifting work, she had grown to be regarded as Ace-class personnel among the maids in the mansion.
The head of Corbette village once remarked when he had seen her growth 「I thought this would happen since the first day, I can’t imagine her growth after this point…」 and shed emotional tears.

Even though there were many mistakes such as mistaking sugar and starch and made an incredibly thick black tea, she has undeniably come a long way.

It was also thanks to the Royal Capital’s maid education trainer we employed, she gradually grows into a refined maid.

Currently, the result of Steph’s 【Appraisal】 is as follows.

《
Stephanie Poporus (Attendant of Chrebl Household | Daughter of the Chief of Trenadette Village | 《Powerful Maid》 | 《White Frilled Hero》)
Level 31
ＨＰ１２３／１２３（７８＋４５）（↑７０）
ＭＰ５８／１７２（１２７＋４５）（↑１２０）

Skills:
・Master_Class
【Sense_Presence】２（ＮＥＷ！）

・General
【Simultaneous_Invocation】４（ＮＥＷ！）
【Martial_Arts】３（ＮＥＷ！）

Class
〈Spell Sword〉Ｃ（↑２）
》

To encourage her class growth, I told her to focus on her skill, so even if she learned other skills, it will be included in the 〈Spell Sword〉 class by the【Skill Magic】.
【Simultaneous Invocation】 was learned to obtain the counter stop bonus, which is 【Uninscribed Invocation】. Unfortunately, her low affinity really slows the growth.
【Sense Presence】 was obtained with much struggle by combining other low-affinity skills like 【Keen Hearing】 with other skills. Her aptitude for【Martial Arts】was low as well, but to make her able to fight a little in case she doesn’t have her sword, I’m doing my best to have her learn it.

Her recently acquired title 《White Frilled Hero》 seemed to be counted as Magic-related title, so it’s possible for her to do max MP expansion technique.
Therefore, her magic sword, which has a bad MP cost and can only act as a trump card, could be used quite easily. If her MP kept increasing, she will become quite a broken character indeed.
Her level also increased considerably after Alfred-tousan asked her to hunt down some monsters on a whim.
Right now, even Gazaine would have some trouble to take her as a hostage.

Regarding 〈Spell Sword〉, she can even use it to give some form of retaliation against my father.
When she is pitted against a human opponent, for example against my father when he’s going easy, she can win 2 or 3 times out of the total of 10 fights. Father’s frost magic had a lot of progress after his match, but Steph’s explosive power output is not something to scoff at.

And that is the how the 2 years-old me spend my days. While training Alfred-tousan, Julia-kaasan, Steph, and Elemia, I am still going to raise my skills and continue my research. Even though every day is monotonous like this, I’m still enjoying it the best I can.

Isekai GM 25. The Sniper Princess and The Farmer

RAW: http://ncode.syosetu.com/n6073cm/28/
Editor: Karuma

I may or may not going to TL something to be posted on Christmas…

*cough* *cough* ero novel *cough*

ehem…

enjoy the chapter…?

Few days after the fall of Raafu’s North-East Fortress.

Since the 『Sniper Princess』 Kisaragi Akiha had shot many people, some of them were killed while some of them had to amputate their arm or leg and had fallen into despair, we need to fabricate a story that some other otherworlder is the one who shot them instead.

It’s fortunate since the common soldiers don’t even know the one called 『Sniper Princess』 nor even their gender.
All they know are some rumors like.

「There was an otherworlder in that room, who we beat after a hard fight. These women were rescued from that time」
and such rumors were made by Jirou and about how the non-existant『Sniper』 was killed in the fortress.

The 『Farmer』 Kisaragi Haruka is now under the care of the Prince. Her status is a war prisoner but she was actually treated like an honorable guest.
Haruka was still my-pace as usual, but it’s her ability was truly amazing.
Like when she heard that some soldiers keep muttering that their food ration was not enough.

「Ara~ Then please wait a moment」

「eh? Um, miss what are you going to do?」

「Just some lunch」

She planted a seed from her pocket.

「Activate skill 【Light of Bountiful Harvest】」

The activated skill grows the seed into a seedling, matures into a palm tree, and then is ready to harvest in no time.
That alone was amazing but the next part is…

「These fruits taste very delicious, you know~ Ah, Akiha-chan! Please shoot them down」

「Okay… *pop* here, soldier-san. please wait while we shoot the other ones」

The soldier? He can barely react to the 【Quick Draw】 and only barely catch the coconut-like fruit.

He seemed to be surprised that the fruit was heavier than it looks.

「U-ummmm… excuse me, Miss what is… this?」

「Ah this? This is curry fruit ♪」

Haruka cut it quickly with a kitchen knife, and miraculously, there was curry rice inside it.
Haruka brought out a tool shaped, cat-like robot and all of us quickly gathered around it.
The tantalizing smell of curry wafted through the air. The contents were about room temperature but the fragrance spread quickly. That day, everyone’s lunch was warm open-air curry.

「If I have to guess, the Empire also had their hands on these as well, right?」

「Of course~ Everyone was so happy. Sadly, these won’t grow without my ability… But I am offering potatoes that are twice as big and grains that are much more abundant than usual」

As I took a bite of my curry, I thought to myself that I just picked up someone with dreadful abilities.
She’s really helpful on the food ration problem, but her ability makes it dangerous that every country would want their hands on her.
The curry is delicious. I was a bit worried since it came out of a tree, but the medium-spiciness is really delicious.

「Excuse me, Haruka-dono, another serving of curry please…」

It was the prince’s third serving of curry.
I always thought that 『Prince of Curry』 as a joke, but to think that I’d see one in real life.

「Of course~ Since Prince-sama ate so much curry, I also wish you the best ♪」

Haruka gave the curry to the Prince with a gentle motherly smile.
Ah… The prince got red and looks up to the sky. It’s another strike.

「So Prince Leon finally found someone…」
「Yeah good for him, but this is a bit painful to eat… water… please…」

Adelle seemed glad that the prince, who was like a brother to her, finally found someone. Meanwhile, Yoko was suffering from the spicy curry.

「Don’t just chug anything if it’s too painful. It will become even more painful if you drink water, so it’s best if you drink milk」

「Is that so? Thank you」

It was fortunate for her that I prepared some milk beforehand.
I was having lunch with my two wives in the garrison of the previous fort. The soldiers were enjoying delicious curry and finally able to eat something decent after a long time.

「Well, Prince Leon. What are we going to do with Kisaragi Sisters from now on?」

Right now we are discussing about the future of Kisaragi Sisters in the Room.
Currently, their status is as prisoners of war. We can’t go on like this
But if they were confined in the Room, it will be more like a comfortable house arrest.

「To be honest… I’d like to send Haruka-dono and Akiha-dono back to our Kingdom if possible」

「I don’t think we should do that. I got a reply some time ago. The 『Banchou』 is currently leading some reinforcement here. They are coming to increase our men to attack Raafu. Returning now would lower our strength and delay the strategy. Besides, if we send Haruka-dono and Akiha-dono without any of us with them, it will be impossible to protect them from the other nobles who are going to try using them」

「If someone dares to use Haruka dono, I will…」

「My prince, please hold yourself back. Jirou has a point」

The prince was holding the country’s treasured sword. Someone stop him!
He really didn’t hide his feeling towards Haruka-dono.
Haruka was muttering 「Ara ara~」 the whole conversation.
Akiha was somewhat gloomy.

「Akiha is quite beautiful/cute, so not just the nobles, even the soldiers might make a move on her. I oppose returning them back to our Kingdom. And we haven’t even considered about the people’s reaction from the people Akiha had shot 」

「You guys have a point. I can’t really expect that all of our soldiers would do everything we ordered」
「It will be the same as with the Empire. There are some bad people. But there are some good people that release innocent children.」

My fiancées nodded to my words.
Akiha’s face started to blush. What the hell is wrong with her?

「So the safest thing for them is to stay in the room like this?」

「It will be boring for them, but at least there is food and beds so it will not be so bad」

They can’t be attacked or kidnapped in the Room, and they can eat rice here as well.
If we provide flower pots, we can grow some of Haruka’s food plants and have a richer menu repertoire.
Akiha raised her hand to interrupt us.

「Umm… Can I discussed this together with my sister beforehand?」

「Yes, I don’t mind」

「Truthfully, we are now your allies」
「Okaaay~ I am going to chat a bit with Akiha-chan first ♪」

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Even though they were happy that both of them had reliable allies…

「Is this fine? We are going to fight the Empire who was once our ally」

「Of course it’s fine. They took onee-chan as a hostage and forced me to shoot people. They are not our allies」

「Well I… I was sooo angry when they forced you to shoot people… I’m still angry… I want them to pay for it. It’s okay, right, my daring Prince-san?」

「Yes! With pleasure!」

「Prince, please don’t answer. Haruka-dono, please don’t mind the Prince」

Haruka bends over a little to ask the Prince. She’s definitely taking advantage of her feminine weapons.
It was super-effective.

「That’s enough, onee-chan!」

Akiha stopped her sister and forced her into a seat next to mine.
She’s really having a hard time.
But are they not hesitating to attack the Empire?

「Since they had stressed their opinion, rather than another unit, should they be put under mine? It might be unreasonable to suddenly place both of them directly under the Prince’s command」

「You……… have a point…」

The prince nodded reluctantly.
You have your reputation to uphold, please endure it for a while.

「Are both of you fine with that?」

「I don’t mind. I have a debt towards Masaki-san, and I feel more relieved being together with more otherworlders」
「In that case… I’ll in your care for so many yeaー」
「Oneechan, don’t say anything anymore!!」

I beg you, please stop it.
The prince kept shooting his bloodlust towards me.

「I’m kidding. Really, Akiha-chan doesn’t let me joke around」

「oneechan……」

「Well then~ everyone nice to be working with you♪」

「a… yeah. Us as well」
「fufu, interesting people. Nice to work with you as well」

The Kisaragi sisters bowed politely, and this way, the 『Sniper Princess』 Kisaragi Akiha and the 『Farmer』 Kisaragi Haruka became our friends.
But I didn’t expect 4 women coming under my command… I hope spring will arrive for the Prince once the war is over.

Also for Akiha’s sake.

Author note: In a sense, the leader might possibly be Haruka-san

Isekai GM 24. The Kingdom and The Empire

RAW: http://ncode.syosetu.com/n6073cm/27/
Editor: Karuma

Sorry, I miscalculated the chapter queue

It should be:
– Isekai GM chapter 23 (prev)
– Isekai GM chapter 24 (current)
– Isekai GM chapter 25 (currently being edited)
– No Fatigue 78
– Isekai GM chapter 26

Anyway, enjoy the chapter…

Several days after Sniper princess had been rescued and the fort was taken by the Saint Drag kingdom.

In the Royal Room, there was King Roland and Prime Minister Albert and another one, a boy with white school uniform shirt and long trousers. (TL: common normal uniform)
On his waist were a red bokutou and a pin with the words 『Banchou』Hayato Kiryuu.(ED: A bokutou is a wooden sword and Banchou is Japanese gang leader)

「Hayato, There’s a problem with our northern expedition. I know I just gave you a break, sorry for calling suddenly」

「I don’t mind. I know that it must be important for you to summon me and I want to hear the story as well」

The 『Banchou』Hayato bowed politely to respond to the King’s words.
He was a player from a VRMMO called 『Banchou Toshi』with the setting of student life and the player must reign the other player and be on the top.
He defeated and managed so many groups until he realized that the whole city was put under his banner.

As the “head” of the group, he was strong, and of course, tough.
He always got up straight back up, even after being beaten with a bat, even after being shot by a bullet, even after a car crashed into him. He always got up and sent fear to his enemies doing so eventually earning him respect as the head.

Banchou Toshi has stats such as strength, agility, and stamina and the one Hayato specializes is in Stamina and Defense. His build focuses more on defense than agility.
His true merits are in his battle endurance and his exceptional leadership.

There was once a massive 40-hour raid due to a bug, it was impossible to fight without falling asleep. There was one single player who managed to protect his turf by going around the leaders of the other groups and giving instructions.
After that, he was taking a break from playing for a day but it was enough for the other player to call him “Real Cheater”. (TL: リアルチート – Riaru Chiito either they are calling him a cheater for being able to play 40 hours straight or calling him traitor for taking a break and enjoying real world)

But he really disappeared.
His disappearance really shocked a lot of his subordinates, some people even tried to look for him IRL.
They were informed by an acquaintance who knows him in real life that he really disappeared and stopped the investigation.

It was another case of the “urban legend” that Jirou told.

The truth is that he was called into this world and fighting as the general of Saint Drag Kingdom.

「This time, I’m calling everyone available. It’s about Masaki」

Currently, the whole city treated Masaki as a hero.
Their voices can’t be ignored by the nobles and local authorities.
It affected the play titled “Hero of Blue Sea and Crimson Princess Knight” as well.

The sequel is being planned as of now.
「People are hungry for entertainment in these dark times. I feel bad for Masaki, but I want him to open the theatre」
Which he gave an OK reluctantly. It was such a big boom that the influence is starting to spread to other cities.

「There was a report from Jirou. He used an ability to become invisible and flew in the sky. He also rescued the 『Sniper Princess』 and her sister.

「Rescue… He can break the slavery collar?」

The King nodded to Hayato’s question, answering his question.
It’s the norm to not release the slavery collar without the key. Trying to do so will result in the death of the wearer.

「Masaki has the magic item called Thieves King’s Wire. It would be impossible to rescue them without it」

「Then we can…」

「Umuu… We can save the other enslaved people from being used by the Empire 」

「However, your Majesty. I think Masaki-dono might be hiding some kind of terrible power from us. With his ability that can even beat Leviathan… can we keep that kind of person in check in our country?」

Albert, who was watching the whole conversation, tried to cut in.
His words had a point. There’s a need to keep the otherworlders in check.
To be able to beat Leviathan, who could level the whole continent if being serious, Masaki had proved that he’s a reliable ally. But if he decided to be their enemy… now that’s something shuddering.

「Albert, You can rest assured. For that purpose, I ordered Earl Allan to pass my dear brother’s mansion to Adelhide. Adelhide seemed to like it as well」

「And by doing that, you’re tying him to the royal family and preventing him from being swayed by the other kingdoms… It’s business as always, Your Majesty」

Hayato smiled bitterly at King Roland’s big grin.
It was one of the country’s lip service. If a strong reliable person appeared, he will do all his best to contain them in his country.
He even used his own distant relative as a bargaining chip.
Assuming Masaki hadn’t rescued Adelhide, the King would use Princess Hildegarde instead, since she will be 14 years old soon.

「So you can rest assured. Even though Masaki is strong, he seemed to rely on us as his sponsor. Besides, as strong as he is, I don’t think he has the desire to commit such a useless massacre. We are not doing such outrageous deed」

「I kind of feeling sorry for the Empire. Imprisoning him without knowing his hidden strength, losing the majority of their fleet while trying to prevent his escape, and they became his enemy. Even though I lost my sympathy when I remembered their aggression」

Everyone nodded to Hayato’s remark.
Even though they can’t deny the Empire’s rotten luck.
Up until now, they were using underhanded methods to expand their empire. Even to the point of using people as tools.
That results in Masaki being turned from being a big war potential into an enemy.

「Since we were able to take over that fort, is the Grand Plains our next…」

「Umuu… I heard the rumors of Empire’s troops gathering. According to the information brought by the sister of 『Sniper Princess』, it seemed that the town Raafu, which was ahead of the Great Plains, was responsible for producing 40% of the Empire’s food rations.

「40 percent!? How is that possー」(TL: Either 4% or 40%. But technically, even 4% of the whole country food ration is still a lot)

Normally, countries will put a little tax on various towns and villages and stockpiles them together. However, to gather 40% of food rations from a single location surprise even Albert, the Prime Minister.

「The reason for that is… Apparently, it was that older sister’s ability that makes crops that can be harvested in a month. It’s safe to say that Masaki just hit a jackpot」

「Not only the Sniper Princess but the one who produced food for their army, no wonder the Empire is so desperate…」

「And the next plan…」

「Well… We are going to take Raafu. And Hayato, I’ll have you go as soon as your vacation ended. I apologize for asking young people to go to such a dangerous mission」

「I still owe you a big favor for picking me up. Besides, I’m fine with going. It’s within my power to create peace for the people, so I don’t really mind」

Hayato gave a gentle smile to the worrying King.
But the ones on the battlefield know the truth about the usual gentle looking Hayato.

To his enemies on the battlefield, he fights like a fiendish beast.

***

About the same time in the Empire.
A heavy atmosphere was filling the strategy room where the generals were gathering. Suddenly a knock was heard.

「Enter…」

The emperor allowed the person to enter.
The messenger opened the door and although he was clearly intimidated by the heavy atmosphere, but he must report the news.

「Reporting… Just now… we have gotten confirmation… Raafu’s northeast fortress had fallen to the enemies. The Sniper Princess’ and the Farmer’s whereabouts are currently unknown. There are some theories that they were murdered or caught…」

He didn’t want to believe it and sighed deeply after receiving the report.

「Is that so… Return to your post」

「Yes sire!」

And so the messenger left the room,
trying to escape as fast as he could. Being the only common soldier in that room would certainly drive anyone crazy.

「Damn it! Those pesky northern barbarians! To think that they dare to attack us directly… they deserve a thousand death!」

General Barry rammed his fist onto the rectangular table in hatred.
It was the general who was visited Masaki before.

「You can say whatever you wish. But what about the reality? I don’t know how they took over the fort, but they seemed to found a way. This is just like that time whenー」

「Just like when the enslavement failed on that person. I don’t know how he managed to escape, but he managed to escape without being detected at all. And he even destroyed our fleet… It felt like the same just like that time」

「You should offer your head immediately and make yourself useful for once, you garbage otherworlder!」

「Oi, don’t badmouth your own allies. It’s not easy being dragged into someone else’s problem」

「What! How dare you!」

「It was just the other day that I was promoted to the rank of Earl. In other words, I outranked you, Viscount Barry-dono. Remember your position」

「You!」

「Silence!」

The general with massive spear shot a glare at the two, it was terrifying and silenced them.

「It’s not the time for an internal struggle. Raafu might be attacked very soon」

「That will cause the decline of our Empire’s food rations… we have to stop them at all cost!」

「To which extent we are going to recruit soldiers from the vicinity, gibushou?」(TL: 魏武将 – Gi Bushou it means general something. JParser can’t give me anything good for a name. Someone suggest me something please)

「50 thousand from Raafu, 200 thousand from the northern Raafu, 500 thousand from the southern Raafu, and 100 thousand from the western Raafu. However, the west is still fighting so we need to send some reinforcement. It’s all because we accidentally laid hands on a demon. Should we ask for a temporary ceasefire? If we involve 『Great Admiral』 like back then, we might even able to bring out about 10000 prisoners」

(TL: this line is confusing 後はそうだな船の経験値上げに忙しいだろうが『大提督』に声かけたら捕虜の１万でも引っ張り出せるかもしれねぇぞ)

The man with the rank『GiBushou』 told them plainly without looking.
The man judged that they can’t underestimate the Kingdom’s current strength. Even his enemies will fight like demonic barbarians, he will still rally his knights in brimming confidence.

Trying to attract attention, Viscount Barry tried to add something to the conversation.

「If our Great Empire was serious, those demonic barbarians willー」

「Aren’t we serious enough already? I don’t need your lip-service nonsense! Your neck will fly the next time you fail! Now leave!!!」

「yーYes sir!」

An angry voice flew from the Emperor after Viscount Barry’s excuse, he tried to be as small as possible as he got out of the room.
If he fails, he dies.

That is the only thing that fills his head.

「How about returning some of the prisoners of war as the condition of the temporary ceasefire? Should we provide some supplies as well?」

「That is assuming that they would accept the offer. Do it only if you have to」

(TL: I’m not sure the accuracy for these parts)

The man responded sloppily after hearing 『Gibushou』’s order.
He also acts like that towards the emperor. However, his strength is mortifying.
He has a good leadership skill.
That is the reason he was promoted as an Earl.

(TL: End of not-sure-ness)

「However, the problem is how to deal with them. The kingdom now has the 『Banchou』, the『Shinobi Chief』, and now the 『Sniper Princess』 and the 『Farmer』 as well. And also that troublesome escapee. We don’t have a stupidly powerful magic that can obliterate the entire town, to be honest」

「About the countermeasure, gibushou. Please allow us to bring the 『Hunter』 and 『Dreadnought』 into the battle」(TL: 超合金 – Chougoukin is probably our super Mecha, ladies and gentlemen. I’ll translate it as Dreadnought because it sounds cooler)

「I understand. I’ll leave Raafu to you」

He gave a big nod, stood up, and gave the emperor a big hand wave casually.
He’s the type who was strong at fights but weak in the head.
Acting violently. But his strength is comparable to 1 thousand men. He can even obliterate a small country’s knight orders alone.

And thus the gibushou went away and the war council against the Kingdom begun.

***

Right now, the thought about all his success, respect, and achievement would be reduced into nothingness weights the General’s mind.

「What do I do!? What do I do!? this way, my dream of marrying the princess and becoming the emperor will be…」

Inside the room, Barry was flipping the table in anger.
His condition was shouldn’t be made light of.

「but… what should I do…」

But still, he must think. He has to do something or his neck will be gone.
Suddenly, a figure appeared before him.

「「I have a good plaan~」」

「Who are you!?」

No one was supposed to be in his room.
but… this man in front of him. His face was covered with a robe so it can’t be seen.
But he didn’t notice him before. so he assumed that he just didn’t see him because of the darkness.
Of course, he wouldn’t notice something his brain wouldn’t recognize.

「「Does it even matters? You wish for the power to do something. Isn’t that right?」」

「Yeah exactly! Those damn otherworlders! They even managed to corner me! ME!」

「「Do you wish for power… like those otherworlders?」」

「What? Is… is that even possible?」

「「Of couuurse~ Of course it is. Well… shall I bestow you the power that transcends the world, the power of 【God of Drugs】? Everything will be fine as long as you have this power」」(TL: Either god of medicine or drugs. Since he’s an antagonist character, probably drugs)

He can’t decide if the robed figure was man or woman. The robed figure gave him a paper wrapper.

「o…oooooh……! A-as long as I have this…!」

「「Let me prepare the stage for you. The instructions were available there. You will be regarded as the 【Hero】」」

「Hero… m-me… haha… I can… hero!!」

「「Then I’ll leave it to you, Barry the Hero…」」

「Aa! Yes! I understand! Wahahahahahahahhaha!」

Viscount Barry shifted his attention to the drugs and didn’t notice the robed figure’s disappearance.

There’s no trance of opening from the door or the window.
There are desks, books, sofas, and many other pieces of furniture.
Barry laughs and drunk on the title Hero.
Meanwhile, a decorative plant in the room slowly jolting as if mocking him.

「「The foolish seed has been planted. Well, let the game begin…」」

said certain someone from the distance.

Thank you, Cory S for the super generous donation.
But seriously though, that’s a lot of money…

I’m starting to suspect that the author never really understand games.
40 gaming hours is cheating?
You gotta pump those numbers up!!!
Those are rookie numbers!