Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Chapter 1059: Yame Is Returning to the Island

My name is Yame.

A frail and pitiful little devil girl.

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A girl is a girl no matter how old she gets!

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It has been about ten days since I came to live in Big Tree Village.

I have been keeping myself sane by petting cats.

Petting this particular cat makes me feel strangely refreshed.

It doesn’t run away, either.

Petting them just doesn’t feel quite right.

And they run away.

Well, as long as I have this cat that doesn’t run away, I’m satisfied.

There, there.

Is this the spot? Is this where you like it?

Hahaha.

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Let’s face reality.

Rananon.

The dragon I drove away before I went to sleep had a wife, and that wife was Rananon.

Back then, she wasn’t his wife yet, was she?

Yeah, she wasn’t.

She shouldn’t have been his wife yet.

And yet, she didn’t like that I had driven away the dragon who would become her future husband, so she relentlessly targeted me.

Ah, thinking about it now, she was taking revenge on the enemy of the man she was after.

Rananon killed me over and over again.

Even hearing Rananon’s name was an ordeal.

My hated enemy.

I remember her.

And now she’s right in front of me.

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I mean, apparently about two thousand years have passed, so I’d like to think she has forgotten all about me, but…

No.

Those eyes remember.

Dragons are intelligent, and they have excellent memories.

Gnnngh.

I have no choice.

In that case, I’ll threaten to spread the story of how Rananon managed to win over the dragon who became her husband.

Ah, no. That won’t work.

She knows all about my embarrassing past.

If this turns into a contest of exposing each other’s secrets, I’m at a disadvantage.

W-wait. Could I counter with the story about all the trouble caused by Rananon’s marital arguments?

I’m not sure.

Rananon seems unsure, too.

…………………………………………………………

Rananon and I made peace.

Forget the past and live in the present.

Yeah, that’s for the best.

Thank goodness.

Huh?

Since there is now a descendant with the same name, I should call her Rana-san?

Well, that’s fine.

I was invited to Rana-san’s home, where we drank and reminisced about the past… It was only a little while ago from my perspective, but we had a great time talking about it.

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There was a World Tree in Big Tree Village.

It was growing lush and green.

If only there were a convenient way to use one of its leaves on me and completely restore my weakened state.

But there was no such convenient solution.

The effects of World Tree leaves are weak on devils like us.

I wouldn’t say they have no effect at all, but the effects are greatly reduced.

In my case, they have absolutely no effect.

I know because I actually tried using one.

If I remember correctly, it turns into poison about once every three times.

Did I do something to offend the World Tree?

Well, anyway, that’s why.

So, I simply returned the World Tree leaf that was given to me to Ursa.

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Rumani Bran Transilver.

I know him.

He’s a famous gargoyle craftsman.

He used to make gargoyles and leave them all over the place.

I’ve been attacked by those gargoyles so many times that I remember him well.

Rumani’s gargoyles are dangerous.

And now Rumani is standing right in front of me.

Huh.

He’s the vampire ancestor, so the village chief calls him Ancestor-san.

……he’s the vampire ancestor?

I didn’t know that.

Ah, you mean he’s the oldest vampire.

Well, if you’re not an enemy, nice to meet you.

And don’t place your gargoyles wherever you please.

It’s not my village, though.

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Versa.

Ah, I think I’ve heard that there is some ancient devil named that.

I don’t know her very well.

She was already around when the Evil God was sealed, so she’s a devil far older than me.

I’ve never had anything to do with her.

I heard she was hiding away somewhere…

Was she hiding away in this village?

No?

She’s in Village Five now?

The place where I arrived by airship.

It’s a nice town… no, a nice village, after all.

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Versa’s maid, Hermes.

I know her.

That’s why she immediately tried to punch me.

Come on, you can tell I’m weakened!

If I take your attack right now, I’ll die.

Don’t do anything dangerous.

So, why are you here?

Did you hear about me from Prada or something?

No?

Huh, you’re working as Versa’s attendant now?

Oh.

And you’re also running a business to spread the books Versa writes.

I don’t know what kind of books they are, but I’ll support you.

I hope her books become popular.

Let me read one sometime… Later. Later is fine.

Don’t recommend so many of them all at once.

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For some reason, the book Hermes brought out was confiscated by the village chief.

Apparently, it was treated as a forbidden book in this village.

No, I’m not interested in it or anything.

Yeah, just leave it confiscated.

So, um, are we going to the island?

Yeah, we’re going.

I’ll show you around.

What about the village chief?

The expedition team is going ahead first.

Got it.

We’re leaving tomorrow?

That’s sudden.

I don’t mind, though.

Yeah, I’ll get ready.

I suppose we’ll be taking an airship from Village Five again.

I’d like to bring some souvenirs for the birds and Ivan.

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We traveled using Rana-san’s teleportation magic.

However, she can only teleport to places she has already visited, so we first traveled by airship to a place where it had previously stopped… the town where Ursa had received the documents for her work. From there, we traveled with Rana-san.

The angels who had been aboard the airship had given us directions to the island, but apparently there was some discrepancy, so it took us a little longer than expected.

Still, we reached the island sooner than I had imagined.

Hmm, it’s a familiar sight.

I feel at ease.

For now, we headed to the cave that served as my base.

The birds and Ivan seemed to be doing well, too.

Thank goodness.

I’m happy they’re welcoming me, but please stop swarming around me and pecking me.

Look, the people from the expedition team who came with me don’t know what to do.

Though when I say expedition team, there are only two angels besides Rana-san and me.

We’re the advance team of the expedition.

Rana-san will return to Big Tree Village using teleportation magic and bring the main expedition team back with her.

Since she can come back so quickly, I think the village chief could come too…

But I suppose it’s better to make sure the area is safe first.