Volume 4 Chapter 65 Rhodes River
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”You little shit. Of course. It’s you.”
The bellow hit me in the gut. Was he talking to me?
A massive shadow loomed in front of me. Then the shing of a blade being drawn.
Shit!
I dropped low. The sword whistled past so close I felt it graze my hair.
”Tch. Gettin’ old.”
No, old man. That’s not it. If I hadn’t trained at Old Master’s village, my head would be decoratin’ the floor right now.
”Big Master, please stop!”
I heard a familiar voice.
”Out of my way! This bastard dies!”
Oh shit! I could see the big man’s face clearly.
Helmut Vogt. Nico’s grandfather.
Behind him, someone—one of the Vogt paper shop’s clerks, I think—had him in a full nelson.
Old Rocani and an elderly Dwarf watched with wide eyes, clearly not followin’ what was happenin’.
”He knocked up my granddaughter Nico, then abandoned her! And as if that wasn’t enough, he sold off the Kneff girl and her child to some foreign country! This bastard right here!”
”That’s a misunderstanding! I didn’t abandon Nico, and I didn’t sell off my sister-in-law!”
I denied the old man’s accusations.
The “Kneff girl” was my sister-in-law Teressa. She was the eldest daughter of the Kneff family. The Kneff and Vogt families were in-laws—Nico was Teressa’s cousin.
”You still got the nerve to lie? The fact is, you’ve ignored Nico for over two years!”
Ugh.
I couldn’t argue with that.
Nico had been servin’ as my sister-in-law Teressa’s lady-in-waitin’ at my family home. When I enrolled in the Bizan Magic School, Nico ran away from home—reckless as always—and installed herself as my caretaker in the dorms. Then, of her own will, she ended up pregnant. I’d seen her once before goin’ to Rus, but that was over two years ago. Not since.
”Go on, say something! You rotten bastard!”
”I had… circumstances.”
Circumstances. The Empire of Rus. Founding the Fee Grand Principality. Restorin’ the Kingdom of Larland. For some reason endin’ up on the other side of the planet. Two years can fly by, you know?
The frustration of not bein’ able to explain any of that in one word.
”‘Circumstances.’ What a convenient word. And why aren’t the Kneff woman and her child at your home in Strock Village? Which perverted noble did you sell them to?”
”Don’t be stupid. You’re sayin’ I sold my sister-in-law and my son?”
They’d gone to the Fee Grand Principality. Reinhardt had become its leader, with Teressa actin’ as one of his guardians. And the one who’d taken them there was that middle-aged Intelligence Bureau officer—Helbert.
I’d been in the Grand Principality the whole time. I had nothin’ to do with it.
”What about it? Your own brother said so.”
Brother? Brother Hans? What the hell was he sayin’? That bastard.
”Sister-in-law and Reinhardt are in the Fee Grand Principality.”
There was no point hidin’ it anymore.
”Still schemin’?!”
Helmut broke free of the clerk’s hold and raised his sword overhead.
In that instant—if I’d hesitated even for a moment, it would’ve been fatal—the blade swept past, inches from my face. For an old man, he was terrifyin’ly sharp.
”Reinhardt is—”
I started speakin’ as I circled to his left, bracin’ for his next move.
”Bastard—”
His face puckered like he’d bitten into something sour. He didn’t like my movement—he put distance between us.
This wasn’t some retired paper shop owner. Who the hell was this man?
”Reinhardt is the head of sta—”
I tried to rephrase, but he didn’t wait.
”RAAAAGH!”
With a howl, Helmut brought his sword down in a diagonal slash from his upper left.
I dodged the tip, stepped inside his guard, and went for his hand on the hilt.
But—
He stopped the swing mid-arc, pulled the hilt back, and drove it into my chest.
I twisted sideways, barely avoidin’ the hit, but he swept my feet out from under me. I hit the ground hard.
”Damn heretic! Makin’ me work for it!”
The old man gloated, adjustin’ his grip on the sword.
Too easy, old man.
In the instant he adjusted his grip, I palmed his exposed shin and drained his mana. The white-haired giant collapsed, unconscious.
”Jesus, I thought I was gonna die. Are you really a great-grandfather?”
When I stood up, the three spectators stared at me like I was insane.
Too much? But if I hadn’t done that, I’m pretty sure he would’ve killed me.
”I—I really must be goin’, Larry.”
Right. The transfer gate wouldn’t stay open forever.
Old Rocani of the Land of the Fire Ring double-checked the transfer gate’s openin’ time and date, then returned to the other side of the planet.
But what was I supposed to do with this old man?
I asked the elderly Dwarf if he could carry him. He shook his head left and right.
”I’m too old myself. No way I’ve got the strength to haul Vogt’s big frame.”
Even Dwarves get old, I guess. But carryin’ him with just the three of us would be a pain.
”Guess I’ll wake him up, then.”
I pushed his weapons aside. No sense takin’ chances.
I laid him on his back, positioned myself in a squat so I could bolt if needed, took his wrist, and gradually fed mana back into him.
Before long, his eyes opened. He blinked a few times, then turned just his eyes toward me.
”Right. You’re a mage.”
It sounded like he was talkin’ to himself.
”Did you forget?”
I asked, stayin’ cautious. He didn’t answer.
”Where did you learn to fight?”
”Old Master’s village. They worked me like a soldier, even though I was a civilian.”
I tried to inject some humor, but his expression didn’t change. I worried I’d offended him. Then—
”I see. Then I’ll listen to your excuses. Why did you abandon Nico?”
”Before that—can I ask you something?”
”What?”
”Is Griselda doin’ well?”
Griselda. It’s Nico’s daughter or my daughter.
For just a moment, I thought I saw the old man’s cheeks relax.
”Yeah. She talks up a storm. Takes after Nico—she’s clever.”
She’d only just turned two. Talkin’ already, huh? I just hope her mother’s sharp tongue didn’t rub off on her.
”I won’t let you meet her.”
”Why?”
”Why? Who would let some slacker father who catches venereal diseases anywhere near their granddaughter?”
So word had gotten around about the syphilis. And he just kept gettin’ more unlikeable.
”Anyway. Let’s hear your excuses.”
Helmut sat up, crossed his legs, and faced me.
With that, we did introductions. The man who’d restrained Helmut was Lubellman, clerk of the Vogt paper shop. The elderly Dwarf was Garda.
After the formalities, I gave them an abbreviated account—from my days at Bizan Magic School through the Magic Academy.
I told them about losin’ Ms. Henrietta in the Haritz Rebellion.
About my research on magical tools at Old Master’s village and becomin’ an associate professor.
About how my deal with the Amazoness at the Battle of Fifty-Three Checkpoints was deemed overreach, earnin’ me a death sentence.
About how the condition to avoid execution was to kidnap a VIP from the Empire of Rus—and how I’d accidentally kidnapped Emperor Fyodor III and his empress.
About cuttin’ a deal with the emperor and bein’ allowed back home, only to be separated from my companions and stranded among Sámi speakers.
About how, while fightin’ off the Proton Order and a former major named Thomas from Schweilitz, I’d somehow unified three local factions into a Grand Principality and been installed as its first leader.
About how the Schweilitz Intelligence Bureau had moved to declare me dead, made Reinhardt the second Grand Duke—Sámi II—and installed my sister-in-law Teressa as one of his guardians.
About how I, supposedly dead, investigated the Boltechino ruins, went to Frontier Count Pugachev’s territory, came back to find the old Kingdom of Larland in chaos, and had to help rebuild it.
About finally returnin’ to Schweilitz, only to find myself engaged to Princess Tina, confined to the palace.
About escapin’, gettin’ kidnapped and taken to Kure.
About how Rosa—a former student now a Naval Academy professor—was abducted, and I was ordered to assassinate her, so I boarded the cuttin’-edge cruiser Izumo to find her in the Dwarf Kingdom’s capital of Tete.
About how I abandoned the assassination.
About the storm that swept me away on my return voyage, until I washed up in the Land of the Fire Ring—Androgynos.
”So you see. Even if I wanted to see Nico, I couldn’t.”
I finished summarizin’. One hour of nonstop talkin’.
The three listeners were stunned silent.
”I’d heard about this new Grand Principality. But it was you?”
Helmut studied my face with renewed interest.
”You even went to the Dwarf Kingdom—where no one from our family has ever set foot.”
The elderly Dwarf looked equally amazed.
A long silence followed. Then a figure appeared at the entrance.
”Gramps, are you done? I’m hungry.”
The face was backlit, impossible to see clearly, but the body was clearly a child. Garda’s grandchild? But the build was too slender for a Dwarf. Way too slender.
”Shall we relocate? I’ll have food prepared.”
The elderly Dwarf started walkin’ toward the cave entrance.
Old Vogt retrieved his sword from across the room and followed. Everyone moved out.
The transfer gate was located in an old Luminous Magic-Iron minin’ site. A side tunnel led to a diagonal shaft stretchin’ ten kilometers beyond the gate.
Emergin’ from the tunnel, we stood on a mountain slope—apparently the eastern edge of the Horn Mountains. Below, a narrow river flowed through a valley, with houses clustered along its banks.
”The luminous magic-iron is long gone. That village down there was lively once, but now—aside from Vogt’s place—it’s just a summer shelter for goatherds, and dwarven prospectors drop by a few times a year.”
The elderly Dwarf explained as he sealed the tunnel entrance.
”Gramps, I’m hungry.”
”Right, right. We’ll go home and have breakfast.”
The boy smilin’ at Garda’s words looked about ten.
Wait.
He had short hair, but a delicate, feminine face. A narrow waist. His skin was more reddish than pale—Latin in tone. Hair and eyes nearly black.
He clearly wasn’t related to the Dwarf Garda by blood.
Maybe a male bride. The build looked familiar—like those children I’d seen in the Lamu tribe.
If he was Amazoness, poking into it probably wouldn’t end well. I kept quiet, followin’ the child and the old Dwarf down the mountain slope.
The path led directly into the village’s main street. Through a gate at the entrance, past houses—most of them crumblin’ ruins—until, just before the village’s far edge, smoke rose from a chimney.
”Grandma, I’m hungry.”
A boy broke into a run and hurled himself into the house.
Following close behind, a plump dwarf woman with a square face emerged, wiping her hands on her apron as she welcomed them in.
”Please, come in, come in,” she said, gesturing to a large table. Breakfast was laid out—bread and soup, just like back home.
Breakfast, huh… For me, though, it’s dinner.
I could’ve used something more filling.
Can’t be helped when there’s a twelve-hour time difference.
Still, I wasn’t about to turn down a free meal. I gratefully accepted the breakfast set before me.
”So this ‘Mr. Rocani’—one of the elders, wasn’t it?—called you an agent,” the old man said.
”Who said I’m your grandfather? You know full well what a Vogt shop does, don’t you?”
”It’s a paper shop.”
”Exactly. The people from the Land of the Fire Ring seem to consider parchment made from cliff goat hide a necessity. Ever since the old days—back when the Transfer Gate was in Salzheim, the rock salt mining town—our shop has traded with them. And even about a hundred years ago, when they said they were closing the Gate and relocated it to this now-defunct Luminous Magic-Iron mine… the trade continued.”
An agent in the sense of an aid mediation1 broker, then.
Come to think of it, Ms. Rao had mentioned something about writing programs on parchment.
”Well, it’s not just parchment. We sell Luminous Magic-Iron, amber, and even high-quality wheat and bacon. And before you ask—no, it’s not smuggling. We’ve got permission from the Kingdom Office. Officially, that is. We just don’t publicize it.”
”So was there anything you imported from the Land of the Fire Ring?”
”They wouldn’t tell us about that. But what they took to the Kingdom Office looked like books.”
”Paper books?”
”Probably. The paper used—most likely cheap stuff they bought from us.”
The old man says “cheap paper,” so it’s probably wood-based paper, not parchment.
”I’ll take you to the delivery site. This time, that’s as far as I’ve been hired to go.”
Got it. The rest is up to me.
”So the question is how we get you there.”
”Hm?”
”If you follow the road from the village down, you’ll pass through a few towns and reach Salzheim, where they mine rock salt. But from Salzheim to Seiren Village, that’s the King’s direct domain. You’ll need a transit permit to pass. Do you have one?”
”No—Viscount Bizan’s Treasure Sword2, my bankbook, they’re all at my house near the Kingdom Office.”
”We could hide you in a wagon. But if they found you, it’d be a head-lopping3 on the spot.”
”Look, if I’m taking this job as an agent, shouldn’t you be making me a fake transit permit or figuring something out?”
”There’s another way. A game trail—used by dwarf prospectors.”
Hmm… Back home in Strock Village, monster activity doesn’t peak until late October. It’s September now, but up in the mountains, they might already be stirring.
Better than getting caught and losing my head on the spot—but where does that trail lead?
”The stream running alongside this village is a tributary of the Rhodes River.”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
”That’s right—the same river that flows through Strock Village.”
Follow the Rhodes River downstream to Obernbach, then arrange passage on a trading ship there, sail up the Danube to the Royal Capital. Can’t get inside the walls, but they’ve arranged for someone from the Kingdom Office to meet me and hand me over.
Wait—if I go a little further down the Rhodes, there’s the house the Fourth Sage gave me. It’s got a waterwheel for drawing water, and right next to it… a dock.
If I get back home and retrieve my bankbook, I can breeze through checkpoints with priority access. And with the royal family’s crest on my hat and clothes, I could even enter the palace.
After that, though… who knows.
As I perked up, the old man fixed me with a stone-cold serious look.
”There are three problems with going down the Rhodes. First: it takes seven days just to reach a decent road. Second: the first three days pass through land where monster activity is especially high. Third: you’ll be passing through areas where your acquaintances and relatives live—including Strock Village. You cannot be seen. After all, impossible as it sounds, you came from the other side of this planet.”
He’s right.
And that’s not all. If Monica finds me, I’ll get a few good punches in before she even starts, and then I’ll be in for it. If Yutia catches me, she’ll cry. And the worst of all would be Brother Hans. The thought alone gives me a headache.
Ugh… So maybe I should just take my chances on the main road and hope my head stays on.
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Summary:
The protagonist is confronted by Helmut Vogt, who accuses him of abandoning Nico and selling Teressa and Reinhardt. After a brief and nearly lethal fight, the protagonist explains his two-year absence through an absurd summary of events involving empires, grand principalities, and accidental kidnappings. The chapter ends with the group descending to a village, where a child of ambiguous origin—possibly from the Lamu tribe or Amazoness—appears.
The protagonist enters the Vogt shop and learns he is being sent on a delivery mission to the Kingdom Office through a trade route, but discovers the only viable path via the Rhodes River requires navigating monster territory and avoiding relatives who would recognize him.
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Trivia:
The protagonist’s training at Old Master’s village saved his life during Helmut’s attack.
Nico ran away from home to become the protagonist’s caretaker at Bizan Magic School.
The protagonist hasn’t seen Nico or his daughter Griselda for over two years.
The Fee Grand Principality was founded by the protagonist but is now led by Reinhardt as Sámi II.
The protagonist accidentally kidnapped Emperor Fyodor III and his empress during a mission.
The Schweilitz Intelligence Bureau declared the protagonist dead and made Reinhardt the new Grand Duke.
The protagonist was engaged to Princess Tina upon returning to Schweilitz.
Rosa, a former student and Naval Academy professor, was abducted, leading the protagonist to the Dwarf Kingdom.
The transfer gate leads to an old luminous magic-iron mining site in the Horn Mountains.
The village below was once lively but is now a summer shelter for goatherds.
Garda’s grandchild is too slender to be a typical Dwarf and may be a male bride or of Amazoness lineage.
The protagonist has syphilis, which Helmut references as a reason to keep him from Griselda.
The term “Big Master” is used by Nico’s family, indicating a specific family dynamic.
The Land of the Fire Ring is also known as Androgynos.
The Lamu tribe is mentioned, suggesting past encounters with Amazoness or similar groups.
The Rhodes River flows through the valley beneath the Horn Mountains.
Old Rocani uses the transfer gate to return to the Land of the Fire Ring.
The protagonist’s brother Hans provided information to Helmut about the family situation.
Teressa and Reinhardt were taken to the Grand Principality by Intelligence Bureau officer Helbert.
The Battle of Fifty-Three Checkpoints resulted in a death sentence for the protagonist.
The protagonist researched magical tools at Old Master’s village and became an associate professor.
The protagonist was stranded among Sámi speakers after returning from the Empire of Rus.
The Proton Order and former major Thomas fought against the protagonist’s faction.
The Boltechino ruins and Frontier Count Pugachev’s territory are mentioned as part of the protagonist’s past.
The protagonist boarded the cruiser Izumo to find Rosa in Tete.
The storm swept the protagonist to the Land of the Fire Ring, where the current chapter takes place.
The Vogt shop trades in parchment, Luminous Magic-Iron, amber, wheat, and bacon with the Land of the Fire Ring.
The Transfer Gate was originally in Salzheim but moved to a closed Luminous Magic-Iron mine.
The protagonist owns a house near the Kingdom Office containing Viscount Bizan’s Treasure Sword and his bankbook.
The Fourth Sage gave the protagonist a house on the Rhodes River with a waterwheel and dock.
The journey down the Rhodes River would take seven days to reach a proper road.
The first three days of the Rhodes route pass through high-monster-activity territory.
The protagonist must avoid being seen in Strock Village by Monica, Yutia, and Brother Hans.
The protagonist has a twelve-hour time difference issue, indicating travel between worlds.
The Kingdom Office issues transit permits, and the King’s direct domain requires them.
The old man uses “washi” as an elderly masculine first-person pronoun.
The Dwarf woman’s square face is explicitly described in the opening scene.
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Translation Notes:
Notes:
• Master – An old master who serves as a mentor to the protagonist. He maintains a calm and pragmatic demeanor.
• Helmut – A large, tall novice soldier with a flushed red face and a mane of white hair. He owns the Vogt shop, wields a magnificent two-handed Royal Army sword, and wears leather armor. Prone to complaining and fierce-tempered, he possesses an intimidating presence, capable of incapacitating foes with one blow. As Nico’s grandfather, he demonstrates lethal intent to protect his granddaughter’s future.
• Nico – A petite, silver-haired Besanburg lady-in-waiting from Strock Village, she is a Kiridal merchant’s granddaughter and part of Earnest’s history. Formerly Teressa’s maid and cousin to the Marquis’s captive, she survived a Marc assassination. She remains Larry’s close confidante, pregnant partner, and mother to their two-year-old daughter, Angelica.
• Vogt – The Vogt family name, carried by Helmut and Nico. The family has business dealings with the Magic School regarding parchment supplies. The Vogt family name, carried by Nico and Helmut. The family operates a prominent paper and parchment shop located along the Danube River.
• Kneff – Teressa Kneff Fee Getys carries a formal noble lineage name representing her familial bonds. As a member of the Kneff family, her background connects her to elite noble circles, specifically the high-society network where Henrietta once provided tutoring services.
• Teressa – A woman from Earnest’s history whose striking figure serves as a benchmark for the twin priestesses’ beauty.
• Bizan – The Viscount of the Bizan family is the lord of a unique castle built within the Danube River, governing a territory that encompasses a capital city, a popular local fabric shop, and the location where Larry first met Kenze. His noble identity is deeply defined by his residence and his relationships with his subjects, for whom he serves as a distinct and central ruler.
• Rus – A neighboring power deeply involved in regional politics and mediation, best known for annexing the Kingdom of Larland.
• Principal – The mother of Line and the administrative head of the institution. She exercises authoritative control over research assignments and seeks to trade Larry for Ilse Klein due to interpersonal conflicts in her laboratories. The mother of Sabrina and Rhein who intervenes during Rhein’s violent corridor assault to break up the confrontation.
• Larland – A fallen kingdom, marked by its royal lineage of eight distinct princesses, has reemerged as a ruthless invading force. Driven by the loss of their homeland, these royal heirs now lead an aggressive campaign that threatens the entire region, turning former neighbors into desperate targets as they fight to reclaim power.
• Fee – Larry Fee Getys is a 15-year-old reincarnated youth and titular Duke. Pragmatic and telepathic, this sharp-eyed young man leads the Getys household and rules Strock Village alongside Hans, Iffens, Teressa, and their maid Nico. While building a new nation, he enjoys prime whale meat and maintains crucial connections to Adolf and various underground networks.
• Reinhardt – The golden-haired, blue-eyed infant son of the protagonist is the Grand Duke and heir of the Fee Grand Principality, chosen by Helbert. Taken there and cared for by his aunt (Larry’s sister-in-law), he serves as the central figure of inheritance, bearing his father’s political duties and a controversial invasion agreement. He is also engaged to Sanna.
• Helbert – Lt. Col. Helbert Ougen‑Sigmund is a short, stout, middle-aged Schweinitz strategist, Chief of Staff, and Royal Army politician in the Intelligence Bureau. A stern father to Robert and protective advisor to the protagonist, he delivers critical briefings, manipulates Larland’s politics, reports shipyard issues, coordinates with Marshal Yan, and seeks reinforcements from Sergei.
• Hans – Rugged 2m, 100kg Obernbach ruffian, Kessler heir, and harsh Strock Village Head. Charismatic but hot-tempered, he protects the narrator’s family and deeply cares for his subordinates despite past clashes with Niko. He is Ursula Ullman’s husband, a new father to twin girls, and Larry’s devoted brother-in-law (Hans-niisan), whom he aggressively grabs upon his return.
• Sister-in-law – A sweet-scented woman who cares for Reinhardt, keeps the protagonist informed about village news, and once embraced him from behind. After struggling with the emotional shock of leaving Lyrica and Maria in Besanburg—which caused a temporary period of intimacy avoidance and separate rooms—she eventually reconciled with the protagonist in a mixed bath.
• Larry – A dark-haired, weary 16-year-old reincarnated Second Lieutenant, this cynical, analytical youth is the Schweilitz Navy cruiser Izumo’s Acting Captain, chief engineer, and Associate Professor. A Mana user and Fee Grand Principality founder, he carries Saba’s letter and Philip IV’s sword. He distrusts superiors and protects Rosa while dealing with trauma from Henrietta’s death and past wives.
• Griselda – The infant daughter of Nico Vogt.
• Lubellman – A shop clerk who watched over Larry during his recovery. He acts as a protective presence during the confrontation with his master. A young man who works as a shop assistant for the Vogt family. He is approximately twenty years old and speaks with a refined, polite tone.
• Henrietta – Earnest (Larry)’s perverted fourth wife is a muscular, massive-busted orphan, mage, and Royal Magic Academy researcher. A Bizan graduate, she guarded the protagonist at East Palace until her assassination by the former Principal in the Haritz Rebellion. Now parasitizing Larry’s daughter—recognized by slave Pamela by scent—her telepathic bond has Earnest considering her summoning.
• Haritz – A fortified town famed for iron-clad guard Golems and a past rebellion whose lingering forces targeted the Cain estate. Nearby, a Marquis hid his grandson—a figure who participated in a duel trial against the protagonist before being surrendered to authorities.
• Fyodor – The Emperor of the Empire of Rus, currently held as a captive after being kidnapped. His ongoing confinement and treatment have become the subject of intense political discussion among rival factions and foreign powers.
• Sámi – A reincarnator from Japan, now a political figure caught between nations. He suffers from headaches and maintains a sardonic, self-deprecating internal voice even in dangerous situations.
• Schweilitz – This kingdom, featuring towering academy spires and a full military arsenal of Royal Army troops, forces the protagonist to return. Ruled by a king involved in a hostage exchange, this political power holds a captive feared for execution. It also ordered the confirmation of Princess Rosa’s corpse, driving a scheme that the Queen has caught onto.
• Thomas – Thomas Bauer is a hulking, middle-aged General with a muscular build, reddened face, and scalp burns. Larry’s former comrade and tactical advisor since Schweilitz, he commands 100 Twanste troops alongside Fee and Earnest. Married to Maria, the widow of his subordinate Rhein, he trained local farmers before vanishing in a bridge collapse, prompting Kenze to retrieve him.
• Frontier Count Pugachev – A count from the Schweilitz frontier who previously received the protagonist, Kenze, and the Old Master’s village master in audience. The meeting established a pattern for three-person delegations.
• Boltechino – An entity that departed from Rus, this explorer traveled to discover a continent that became the birthplace of shipping trade.
• Frontier – A local noble who governs a territory in the Empire of Rus, possessing sharp diplomatic instincts and a cautious approach to the magical weaponry of his enemies.
• Pugachev – The aging, short, and chubby Frontier Count of Rus is a powerful, politically cunning figure who manages the fortress city of Tsaritsyn with unrefined authority and an oversized crown. Fiercely loyal to the Emperor, he commands a massive military force. He is Igor’s father and grandfather to Ellie’s child, prioritizing imperial protection over independence while masking deep deceitfulness.
• Tina – Schweilitz’s 12-year-old Second Princess and heir is a wild-red-haired, sharp-eyed Eastern Palace resident acting as a Celt Kingdom proxy. Cheerful yet arrogantly masking a need for approval, she seeks an Academy suitor to dominate the protagonist. She scorns her perverted alternate-protagonist fiancé, and her potential engagement to Earnest complicates his other relationships.
• Ti – A component of the name of the Port Administrator.
• Izumo – The iron-hulled primary vessel, named and personified as a character herself, who loyally carries the protagonist and his crew throughout their journey.
• Rosa – A genius dwarf-human hybrid engineer and former student of Larry, this Naval Academy professor designed the Izumo and fought in the Fifty-Third Defense Battle. Kidnapped from Suez by Amazonesses to build black ships, her technical expertise is a major geopolitical threat. Now sought by Larry and the Major, her safe return is the primary motivation driving current negotiations and regional tension.
• Ho – Ho is the family name of Oliver, a 17-year-old deck crew member and comrade of the protagonist. As a member of the military unit that defended Garao Village, the young man was ultimately murdered during a night watch, slaughtered alongside Marx-san.
• Rao – The Androgynos colony leader, calling herself “the Red of Mount Yue, Fifth Generation,” is a direct, confident woman with an elegant bearing and weary undertones. Unfazed by nudity, this Amazoness-like figure is casual yet refined, often teasing but polite. As a spirit magic programmer, she writes grimoires under tight deadlines. She manages colony operations, coal negotiations, reproduction, and her two reincarnated successors.
• Viscount – A noble of the Rus who insisted on bringing reinforcements to the defense of the city.
• Fourth Sage – The Fourth Sage of Schweilitz is a cool-headed, elderly high-ranking official and enigmatic advisor who oversees the protagonist’s life, issues lethal bureaucratic orders, and controls Larry’s housing. They believe diplomacy relies on military might. Aloof yet manipulative, they are actually a reincarnator from Japan who preceded the protagonist, referenced by writing from their past life.
• Fourth – An enigmatic and cunning figure also known as the Fourth Sage. This mysterious entity actively seeks advice from Larry while simultaneously insisting on Larry’s crucial participation in the upcoming New Continent mission.
• Sage – An elderly instructor and mentor who acts as a schemer behind the scenes. He is responsible for recommending Larry for various academic and safety-related positions.
• Monica – One of the women in Earnest’s history, this dark-skinned, sun-tanned, slender 15-year-old with a missing front tooth was his tomboyish, free-born concubine and sister-in-law. Tied to Larry’s countryside home, she was his strong-willed wife at 13, bore twins including Alisa at 14, and wet-nursed niece Maria. Widowed at Vod Fortress, her demise remains a source of concern for him.
• Yutia – A slender, quietly observant Getys household livestock worker from the village with shoulder-length hair and fever-scarred skin. Marked by dystonia successfully treated with mana, she loves cutting hair with wool shears and shaved Larry’s head over two years ago. Intimidated by Hans, she shares a deep bond with Larry, giving him a symbolic hair charm and a unique mana treatment.
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