“WHUH?!” “KYAAAAH!!!” The girls screamed in unison, louder than usual, too. As their screams rang out through the building, my eyes focused on the slimes.
From the looks of it, these slimes had the ability to change into that they encountered. Specifically, women.
The four slimes took on the shapes of Yumina, Elze, Linze and Yae. They mimicked not just their skin, but even their hair and eye colors, as well.
They couldn’t talk, obviously, so figuring out which was which was easy. However, if both sides were silent, it was extremely hard to tell the real from the fake. Even I didn’t think I’d be able to.
... If the fakes weren’t completely naked, that is.
“W-What are you looking at, Touya!”
“N-No! Stop!”
“T-Touya-dono! Look away!”
“STOP LOOKING RIGHT NOW!!” Red as tomatoes, the four screamed the same thing at me in different words. W-Well, I can understand their feelings, but we have to defeat them and... ah shit, now my own face is turning red! How do I deal with this?! Okay, okay. They’re only slimes. They aren’t the girls. Getting distracted by them is just wrong. Get it together, Touya... Wait, why the hell didn’t they copy the clothes, anyway?! I glanced at the girls and then gazed at the slimes.
N-Naked... N-No, stop grinning! Stop grinning to yourself!
“Go to sleep.”
“Augh!!” Yae hit the back of my neck with a knifehand strike. I was knocked out cold instantly.
So that was the “man’s dream” the wizard wrote about. He wanted to be surrounded by naked ladies responding to his every whim and live the all-smiles harem life... For that sake alone, he spent years researching slimes and finally made his dreams come true...
What a guy...
When I came to, the castle was burning. The raging blazes consumed it all, all the slimes likely perished with it.
“It’s a purge.”
“Purge, yes...”
“A purge, it is.”
“A purge.” With expressions as devoid of life as porcelain masks, the four whispered as they watched the castle reduce itself to cinders.
And so ended the ambition of a certain wizard. Well, it wasn’t really the end there. He had already made his desire into reality. He died at true peace with himself.
His cause of death might’ve actually been... no, there was no need to say it. I had to be honorable about it. Even if he was milked completely dry, that was likely exactly how he wanted to die.
Even though we successfully fulfilled the villagers’ request, we were unable to look at each other’s faces for a considerable while.
After all, it always came back to my mind... My face would turn red without fail.
And every time it happened. I said a little prayer. I sent my earnest thanks to that magnificent wizard.
Afterword
Good day. It’s me again, Patora Fuyuhara.
It’s been only a short while since the first volume. And here you have the second one already. Isn’t that amazing?
Well, it would be even better if I had anything I could write for this afterword. That’s a bit of a problem here... Alright, what should I talk about...
In my mind, this work of mine is meant to be a simple, fun read with a slant toward the comedic, so there are a number of scenes made just to get a few laughs. One of the things I like to use for this purpose is [Slip]. It makes me remember something that happened to me once.
It happened when I first went to Yamagata city in the Yamagata prefecture. It was in the middle of winter. I walked down the station stairs, sentimental about finally being there. Then, when I took my first big step into the city, I slipped and fell as if I was in some kind of comedy skit.
The snowfall had made the ground icy. I was surprised by what happened to me, then I looked up and saw the people of Yamagata, walking around on the ice as if it was nothing. I honestly thought they were pretty amazing. Now that I think about it, that event might actually be what created [Slip].
Oh, damn. I was talking about something wintery, but this volume isn’t coming out during the winter at all.
Anyway, here’s my special thanks for this time. To Eiji Usatsuka. Thank you for the excellent dressing room scene you drew as the color illustration for this volume. I actually pumped my fist into the air when I saw the rough sketch.
To K, thank you so much for taking so many things into consideration for me.
To everyone at Hobby Japan’s editorial department and everyone who took part in this and the previous book’s publication, thank you all so much.
And to all those who read my work, regardless if it’s this book or the web novel version, you have my deepest gratitude.
Patora Fuyuhara
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Copyright
In Another World With My Smartphone: Volume 2
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 © 2015 Patora Fuyuhara
Illustrations Copyright © 2015 Eiji Usatsuka
Cover illustration by Eiji Usatsuka
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Original Japanese edition published in 2015 by Hobby Japan
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