“After training we’re all gonna head over to meet Baba and have some boar hotpot with him and the boys. You wanna come too, boss?”
“Nah, I’m good. But I hope you guys have fun.” I smiled softly, but declined Yamagata’s invitation. I didn’t feel like getting drunk with a bunch of older guys. It’d be too tiring an experience.
I used [Storage] to produce two barrels of sake, some meat, some veggies, a bunch of fruit, and a few chunks of Bloody Crab meat.
“Here, you guys can make use of these better than me. Feel free to have your party here, just clean up afterwards.”
“Ohoho! Hey, everyone! The Grand Duke just gave us all a present! Let’s work hard today, and play hard tonight!”
“Woohoo!” Everyone cheered in unison.
“Wow... Grownups are strange.” Sue muttered in surprise as she watched all the merry knights laughing together. Hey now, don’t be like that. There are many types of people out there...
We parted from the smiling knights and went to our final destination for the day. West of the castle.
The place hadn’t been developed much, so it was largely empty plains. The only thing around was the baseball stadium I’d built a while back.
“It’s crowded...” There was a lot of happy cheering coming from the baseball field. I’d opened the stadium up to anyone so long as they paid for entry to play. Games went on all of the time, so I made sure to keep the prices low.
Children played on the grassy lots, while adults paid for the privilege of using the proper stadium.
Watching the games were free, so the players would often be supported by their spouses and kids, who’d look on excitedly.
We also hosted friendly matches with members of the western alliance.
Sadly, our team wasn’t especially impressive. We didn’t have many players with the right stuff.
The baseball field had been built as a leisure facility, but I wanted to build more places to entertain my citizens. I wanted kids to have fun but also be healthy, so I decided an athletic focus would be smart.
An activity that trained the body while also relaxing the mind was best. Plus we could offer harder versions of the activity to train the Knight Order.
We went into the stands and looked down at the game, where a red-uniformed team was facing off against a white-uniformed team. There were a few people walking through the stands selling drinks and popcorn to the supportive fans.
“Touya... Popcorn...”
“More food...?!” We just had lunch earlier, sheesh. Well, whatever...
I bought her some caramel popcorn and we sat watching the game for a while. The match was pretty good, and both teams were very respectful of one another.
“Touya, you really are amazing...”
“Huh?” Sue held my hand as we walked back to the castle, and she murmured something suddenly.
“Everyone here is really happy. It looks like they’re enjoying their lives. You’re a wonderful leader, Touya.”
“Really? I don’t think I’m doing anything special.” It was really nice seeing everyone today, though. First and foremost, I want my citizens to live full, happy lives. In a way, the people of Brunhild are all my family.
From the bottom of my heart, I wanted the children born in Brunhild to grow up with a strong sense of national pride.
“I feel safe here. And I think this place is very special. You might get worried sometimes, Touya... But I think you’re doing a wonderful job. Everyone here seems like they’re friends with one another, like they can do anything they set their mind to.”
“Ahaha... Well, thanks. I’m doing what I can.” That made me happy. It was as she said: everyone seemed like they were happy to do whatever they put their minds to.
I had to work hard to make Brunhild a bright and happy nation.
We reached the castle, and the knights on guard duty opened up the gate.
“I’m back.”
“We’re baaaack!” We happily returned to the castle. Back to my family. Yumina, Lu, Elze, Linze, and Yae. I was home.
The Duchy of Brunhild... This is our home. Now, and forever.
Afterword
Hello again. This marks the sixth time we’ve met. It’s me, Fuyuhara Patora.
Finally, we’re on volume six of In Another World With My Smartphone.
Did you like it?
We’ve finally reached the volume that reveals the Frame Gear. One of my greatest hopes when the story began serialization was that we’d be able to print enough to reach at least this point in the story, and now we’re finally here. This is thanks to all you loyal readers.
I suppose my next hope would be we make it as far as the appearance of Touya’s special machine. I’m looking forward to it, I hope you are too.
There’s been a lot of bad guys in the series so far, hasn’t there? But even when I think about all the villains that have shown up in the series, I think that Prince Zabune is probably amongst the worst in terms of character so far.
He’s the kind of person that only thinks of himself, looks down on the weak, and blames others when things go wrong. If I managed to make at least one reader think “What a disgusting guy,” then I think I’ve done my job as an author properly.
I think I enjoy writing villains. Horrible characters like him are fun to characterize.
Some characters I try to write as roguish or rough around the edges but not entirely awful, but... As I continue to write them, they eventually become irredeemably horrid characters. So don’t worry, I’ll continue to write unpleasant villains in the future.
It’s summertime right now as I’m writing this. Do you like summer?
I can’t say I’m fond of summer... I always feel weak during these months.
I use the 冬 character, which means winter, in both my pen name (冬原) and Touya’s name (冬夜). I think it’s probably a silent manifestation of my feelings about the seasons.
My immune system is weaker in the summer, and it’s easy for me to catch a cold. My summer cold is thankfully over as I write this. I had an unpleasant fever and couldn’t stop coughing... It lasted around four days in total, but I was in total delirium.
It’s a frustrating thing that happens every year.
They say that “idiots get summer colds,” but I don’t think they mean that “anyone who catches a cold during the warm days of summer is an idiot.”
I feel that it means “Idiots are dense, so they take until summer to realize that they caught a cold in winter.”
Because of that, I don’t think that anyone who constantly catches summer colds is necessarily an idiot. Or, at least, that’s what I want to believe...
Either way, winter is when I feel best. Probably because I come from the northern provinces.
Now, let’s get to my words of thanks.
To my illustrator, Eiji Usatsuka: thank you so much for the illustrations this volume. A lot of characters were introduced and you rendered them beautifully.
Thank you so much to Ogasawara Tomofumi, for designing the Frame Gears. They look so cool... There’ll be a lot more Frame Gears to come, so I’ll be relying on you in the future.
As always, K, I’m indebted to you. Please don’t catch a summer cold like me.
To the editorial department at Hobby Japan, and everyone involved in publishing this book, thanks as usual.
And a very big thanks to you, dear reader. As well as everyone that read my story on Shōsetsuka ni Narō.
— Patora Fuyuhara
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Copyright
In Another World With My Smartphone: Volume 6
by Patora Fuyuhara
Translated by Andrew Hodgson
Edited by DxS
This book is a work of fiction. Names
, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 Patora Fuyuhara
Illustrations Copyright © 2016 Eiji Usatsuka
Cover illustration by Eiji Usatsuka
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