Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Chapter 1056: Yame Learns About the World Beyond the Island

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Previously on Isekai Nonbiri Nouka...

Yame, a devil who had been asleep for centuries, revealed her true nature to Ursa and her companions. After showing them her humble base and sharing her life story, Yame learned that the world had drastically changed. Ursa offered Yame a chance to leave the island and discuss her future with her father, leading Yame to agree to go with them. After a few days exploring the island with Ursa and her group, Yame finally left her home.

Ursa’s airship docked at a certain town once.

I didn’t get off.

We were leaving again soon.

Ursa received a large number of documents in that town and checked them inside the airship.

I didn’t really understand what the documents were about, but they were using fairly good-quality paper.

So, it felt strange that some of them were written on wooden boards instead of paper.

I wonder if they haven’t standardized things yet?

-0-

The airship arrived at a huge town.

Apparently, it was called Village Five.

Do they still call a place a village when it’s this big?

But the town we stopped at a little while ago was smaller than this.

In any case, if Ursa was the daughter of the village chief of a village this large, it was only natural that she was wealthy.

……

Huh?

That’s not right?

Ursa’s village isn’t this village?

Her father is the village chief of this place, too, though?

What does that mean?

-0-

I understood that Village Five wasn’t our destination, but then why did we come here?

Is it a little troublesome to travel all the way to the destination by airship?

I see.

So we’re changing our means of transportation here.

And they had already sent a letter ahead to let them know that I would be coming along.

We were going to wait in Village Five until they received a reply.

Got it.

I’ll quietly stay at the inn they assigned me.

I won’t go wandering around.

If I go wandering around at a time like this, I’ll get caught up in some kind of trouble.

I’m smart enough to know that.

Ah, no, no, you don’t have to worry about me.

What?

That’s not it?

Once we return to the village we’re heading to, Ursa won’t be able to move around freely for a while, so she has to finish her work while we’re in Village Five?

So she couldn’t finish processing all those documents.

The four Angels and the ice monster are going to help her with that, too.

Am I in the way?

Got it.

I’ll go kill some time outside.

-0-

For now, they gave me a tag that was something like an identification card.

Apparently, if I showed this, I could enter most places.

I didn’t have to worry about payment, either.

The bill would be sent to Ursa’s father.

I have to make sure I don’t lose it.

And I should remember where the inn is, too.

Village Five is huge.

But the inn is near the airship landing field, so it’s easy to find.

Hmm?

Who is that running toward me at full speed…?

They’re definitely coming straight at me.

One of the secretaries of Village Five’s acting village chief?

My guide?

Ah, Ursa must have arranged this for me.

Nice to meet you.

Huh?

Why am I holding up my shield?

I feel safer when I’m carrying it.

-0-

For now, I had a meal at the place the secretary guide took me to.

Since the weather was nice, we decided to buy something we could eat outside.

I bought what the guide recommended.

It was incredibly delicious.

What is this?

I thought it was just a simple meal because it came in a paper box, but it was surprisingly filling.

So they make it at that factory over there.

Huh.

They’re making good use of golems.

They didn’t use golems that way back before I went to sleep.

I guess this is what the passage of time looks like.

Huh?

They change the menu every day?

That’s amazing.

-0-

After finishing my meal, we went to a museum next.

The guide took me there because it was a good place to kill some time.

……

There was something incredible at the entrance.

It looked exactly like a physical manifestation of us devils.

Isn’t this a temple or a mausoleum?

Are you sure this is the right place?

Are you sure this is okay?

It’s really a museum?

……Hmm?

Huh?

Something caught my attention while I was listening to the guide’s explanation.

Wait.

Tell me the name of this museum one more time.

「This is the museum that Village Five is so proud of. The Prada Museum.」

Prada?

That’s a name I know very well.

[Gold Coin] Prada.

Or [The Devil Who Collects Art] Prada, one of the few devils I know.

Just as I was thinking that, Prada appeared.

「………………Yame-sama?」

Ah, it’s been a while… I guess?

From my perspective, I saw her shortly before I went to sleep, so it feels like it’s only been ten or twenty years.

But for Prada, it must have been more than two thousand years?

Our sense of time is off by about a hundred times.

I understand that, but could you stop touching me all over?

And stop testing the strength of my shield.

It’s fragile.

「Yame-sama, haven’t you become incredibly weaker?」

Yeah, I have.

I have no idea why.

「Nooo! Then I can’t punch you!」

Don’t punch me.

-0-

I told Prada everything that had happened to me so far.

「It sounds like you’ve been through quite a lot.」

Yeah.

「But things have been difficult on my end, too.」

Come to think of it, I heard that the devils began serving the dragons…

Did they make an exception for you?

「They didn’t make an exception for me. The person who is my current master is someone important enough to voice their opinions to the dragons, and that master has entrusted me with this museum.」

Huh.

It’s amazing that they gave [The Devil Who Collects Art] the perfect environment for her hobbies.

「Exactly. I’m amazed, too.」

You know this already, but no gambling, okay?

Prada gets so carried away when someone invites her to gamble that she’ll even bet works of art.

「I’m doing my best to resist the temptation.」

That’s good.

「Betraying my master would be quite frightening, after all.」

Really?

「If I were to betray my master… before my master even had a chance to get angry, a whole bunch of dragons would come flying over and blast me with their breath.」

So the dragons would come on their own?

There really is someone like that?

You did say your master was someone who could voice their opinions to the dragons…

I hope that’s just Prada exaggerating.

-0-

At the Prada Museum, there were also Katy of [Box], Rudio of [Sound], and Sharune of [Letters].

They were all eccentric devils.

And they were among the few devils I knew.

I wondered why they were here, but… Prada must have gathered them.

And all three of you, stop trying to punch me when you see me.

I’m already much weaker than even I realized.

Seeing you three made me realize it.

I’m incredibly weak.

And my shield is even weaker.

It shattered.

I’m crying.

-0-

Maybe because I cried, they gave me lots of sweets.

Delicious.

I really like these things called dango. They have such a strange texture.

Also, when I told them about my plans for the future, they invited me to stay at the museum.

That’s very kind of them.

If things don’t go well when I talk to Ursa’s father, I’ll rely on them.

「There’s something about that…Ursa-sama’s father… the village chief is my current master.」

Huh. The world really is a small place.

……Hmm?

The person who can voice their opinions to the dragons, and who would have a whole bunch of dragons come after them before they even got angry if they betrayed him?

「That’s right. By the way, the village chief has two dragons as wives, and one of those dragons is Ursa-sama’s mother.」

……!

But Ursa is human?

「She is his adopted daughter.」

Ah.

「And as a bit of advice… Ursa-sama has another mother, though I’m not sure whether I should call her that…」

That’s a complicated family situation.

Does that mean I shouldn’t get involved in their family relationships?

Are they having some kind of dispute over who will inherit the position?

「No, it’s not that. It’s just that the other mother is stronger than a dragon, so you should absolutely make sure you don’t upset her.」

……

What kind of world has beings that are stronger than dragons?!

「Apparently, Ursa-sama’s father defeated that dragon and made her his wife.」

………………

Now I’m scared to meet Ursa’s father.

「Don’t worry. The village chief is the most gentle person in the village. If you need someone to rely on, rely on the village chief.」

So that means I absolutely must not make the village chief angry.

I’ll remember that.

-0-

After getting caught up talking with Prada and the others, I apologized to the guide I had left waiting.

I’m sorry.

Before I knew it, the sun was almost setting.

「Not at all. There’s nothing wrong with catching up with old friends. Besides, it gave me a chance to take my time and look around the museum for the first time in a while.」

Ahaha.

I didn’t get to see any of it.

「It seems you’ve lost your shield, though… Shall I have a new one prepared for you?」

I appreciated the offer, but I declined because I would feel bad accepting it.

I mean, I do want a shield, though.

-0-

After enjoying some meat and alcohol at the restaurant the guide took me to, I returned to the inn.

Thank you, guide!

I’ll tell Ursa how hard you worked.

And I’ll tell Ursa’s father, too.

His name was Messer, right?

I’ll remember that.