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“They’re the textbook example of utter lowlifes.” These girls weren’t holding anything back...

  “ORAAH!” One of the men Linze had called a lowlife charged straight for Elze, knife in hand and ready to stab her. Naturally, Elze wasn’t about to be taken down by a puny thug like this. There was a dry cracking sound as Elze shattered the hand the man was holding the knife in, and in the same movement she brought her heel crashing down against the back of the man’s head.

  “Guhhuergh?!”

  “You bitch... Guahberagh?!” A second man charged at Elze from behind, only to be knocked out in one shot by Elze’s roundhouse kick.

  Another charged at Yae, who swiftly dodged the man’s knife, grabbed him by the arm, and slammed him against the wall in a single swift movement.

  The last man standing looked at Yae and Elze like his brain couldn’t even process what had just happened.

  “Y-You bastards! I’ll get you for this! You’d better remember that!” Abandoning his companions, the man ran away in such a rush that he tripped over several times as he fled.

  “As if we’d bother to remember a lowlife like that.”

  “Everything from the way he ran away to the line he left us with merely proves his status as a mere thug.”

  “He got... everything that he deserved.” They really were running their mouths off here...

  “Elze, Yae, are you alright?”

  “As if I’d ever get hurt against an opponent like that.”

  “Goodness sake... It appears that fools like them can be found in any country, they can.” Yae remarked as she observed the three men collapsed before her. There was some truth to her words, though. On rare occasions, thugs like that even popped up in Brunhild sometimes.

  “You fellas are pretty strong, huh? But you’d best be careful. They’re part of a group of scoundrels who’ve claimed this area as their territory. Their leader’s a bit of an infamous big-shot, almost worse than the actual criminals around here. My advice? You should probably get out of here as soon as you can.” A kind old man who’d watched our little conflict gave us a concerned warning. The fact that these thugs had their own territory was bad enough already. Disorder among the public leads to disorder among the whole country. Next time I see His Imperial Presence, I’ll need to give him a strict talking to.

  “Alright, let’s forget about all this nonsense and get going. Wouldn’t want to miss the play.” Elze grabbed me by the arm and took off running. I struggled to match her pace for a moment there.

  “Hold it right there, Elze! It is my turn to take Touya’s arm!”

  “It is my turn too, it is!” Everyone began chasing after the two of us as we dashed down the hill. Lu and Yae were shouting out complaints, but they still seemed to be having great fun with it all.

  We joked around with our mock-complaints and little arguments in a way so as not to cause any public disturbance, as we entered the tent where the theater troupe was putting on their play.

  “That was pretty interesting!”

  “Yeah, both the acting and the script were great.”

  “Bakram the Dragon Slayer” was quite an interesting play. It started out as a simple love story, but as the tale progressed, political intrigue, love rivals, and dragons all made an appearance. It was a gripping production that spanned four acts.

  Best of all, this wasn’t fiction. Apparently the play was based off a true story from a hundred years ago. Of course, certain parts had likely been embellished for dramatic effect.

  “Maybe we should invite a troupe like that to our country sometime.”

  “I don’t see why not. I’m sure everyone would be happy.” Chatting excitedly, we made our way to the restaurant that’d recently become the talk of the city in Refreese. According to Yumina’s sources, even the reclusive princess has snuck out of the castle before to go eat there. I really hope we don’t end up running into her...

  After a few minutes of walking, Yae and Elze sidle up to me and surreptitiously whisper into my ear.

  “We’re being tailed.”

  “I knew it.” A while back I’d noticed a group tracking us.

  “There’s six to our right, five to our left and eight behind us... I believe that’s all.”

  “That’s quite the force. What do you imagine their objective is?” I casually glanced to my right. The figures instantly retreated into the shadows, but before they vanished I distinctly made out one of the thugs we’d ran into earlier.

  “I guess he brought his cronies along to try and teach us a lesson.”

  “Aaah, I see now.”

  Elze heaved a sigh as understanding dawned on her. Yae slipped back and informed the other three of the situation.

  “How unpleasant...”

  “Some people never learn I suppose.”

  “Sheesh, what a pain.” I could feel the girls’ wrath flare up. The heat was almost palpable. Well, I understood their anger. To be honest, I was rather frustrated myself. They were interrupting my precious quality time with everyone.

  I could have just locked on to all of them and hit them with [Paralyze], but then they might have come after me again. It would be best to put an end to this once and for all.

  “It’s not so bad to get some exercise before dinner, right?”

  “I doubt we’ll manage to even work up a sweat... It’s obvious those thugs won’t put up a decent fight.” I made small talk with Elze as I lured the thugs into a deserted alleyway. The sun was just beginning to set, and the sky was a fiery red.

  I was hoping to settle things before night fell.

  “This should be good enough.” We stopped at an empty street. Seeing their chance, the thugs trickled out from behind the cover of nearby buildings. They were carrying crude cudgels in their hands. Two, four, six... more than I’d thought. Less than thirty though.

  “They’s the ones, boss!”

  “Oh, pretty little things, ain’t they? This should be fun.” The thug from earlier had brought over a hulking bear of a man. He had a knife in his hand, and a longsword strapped to his waist. So this guy was the Big Boss of the little ruffian gang, huh. Well, whatever.

  Fitting of a boss of a group of trash, the boss himself had quite the crooked-looking face with his perverted grin.

  “Yer luck ran out when you made an enemy of us, fellas. Oy, you there. Yeah, you, the brat. If ya leave all the cash you’ve got on ya and hand over the women, I might even consider lettin’ ya go fre”

  “Dumbass.” I whipped out my Brunhild gun and shot the leader right in the temple with a rubber bullet. Knocked back by the force of the sudden attack, he fell backwards and collapsed to the ground unconscious. I wasn’t about to just stand and wait for an enemy armed with a weapon to come charging at me.

  “B-Boooss?!”

  “Y-You bastards, the fuck d’ya think you’re doin’?! Guys, go get ’im—”

  “Blow, O Wind: Dancing Windstorm, [Whirlwind]!”

  “Uwoooooaaahhh!” A burst of wind came out of nowhere and sent a number of the thugs flying into the air. As expected of Yumina, skilled as ever.

  “Entwine thus, Ice! Frozen Curse: [Icebind]!”

  “Nuoouh?! M-My feet are frozen?!” This time Linze showed off her magic skills by freezing one of the thugs’ shoes to the ground. Normally that spell was meant to freeze the legs completely, meaning Linze had deliberately held back.

  Following up Linze’s move, Elze moved in with a straight punch of considerable force, sending the thug flying through the air so hard that he was blown right out of his shoes still frozen to the ground.

  “Gnuhuoh?!”

  “Ouhgack?!” Apparently Lu had snatched one of the enemy’s weapons before anyone could even notice, and was striking down thug after thug with a simple wooden stick.

  “Lu-dono’s skill is rather impressive, it is. I suppose it is time for my turn, then.” Yae swiftly snatched a length of timber from one of the thugs and struck one of them heavily right on the shoulder. With her improvised weapo
n, she continued to send anyone who came her way flat to the ground face-first with great skill.

  After just a single minute had passed, roughly thirty or so thugs were all down and collapsed in the alleyway.

  “Well, then.” Using [Power Rise], I gathered the entire group of thugs into one big pile. I took a piece of paper and wrote “These men are a group of bandits and robbers. I have therefore taken the liberty of arresting them” and slapped the note on the leader of the group.

  Having done this, I opened up a [Gate] to the Refreese Knight’s patrol station that I’d seen near the theater tent and lugged the lot of them through it. That took care of that.

  “Honestly... Now our precious date has been completely ruined.” Yumina puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, and I did my best to calm her down. She was cute when she was angry, but I still wanted the girls I loved to be smiling as often as possible.

  “C’mon Yumina, we can all just visit anywhere at any time. We’re going to be together for the rest of our lives, after all. We’ll have plenty of chances to go on dates. In a few years, we might even look back on this little incident as a funny memory. To be honest, I still really had a lot of fun with our date today.”

  “Touya...”

  “Hey, don’t just casually say it like our date’s already over! We’ve still got plenty of time to go out and have even more fun!”

  “Very true, indeed.”

  “Precisely! Now, let us all head off to a restaurant!”

  “I’m, looking forward to that.”

  “Hey, don’t drag me along like that! The restaurant’s not gonna get up and run away, you know!” As the sun set on our date and the stars in the sky shone above us, we, all of us, all ran together under the starlit sky.

  The food in the restaurant was delicious. It was so good that I couldn’t have been more satisfied. Everyone had returned to their usual cheerful selves, too. We managed to end our hectic date on a very positive note.

  When we returned to the castle, I handed out the souvenirs that I’d bought for everyone. I took a bath and went to my room to retire for the night, only for that thought to be interrupted by a certain group of five girls in their pajamas who had barged right into my bedroom, leaving me at a complete loss.

  Just for the record, nothing indecent happened between us at all. The five had fallen right asleep in my bed leaving little room for me, so I had no choice but to sleep on the couch for the night. Still, all in all, it had been a wonderful day.

  I told myself that I’d do my best tomorrow, too.

  Afterword

  Hello there. It’s me, Patora Fuyuhara.

  We’ve finally released the fifth volume of In Another World With My Smartphone.

  Thanks again for sticking with me this far. I hope you continue to enjoy my work.

  In the last volume, Touya became the ruler of a country, and he’s now the Grand Duke of Brunhild.

  From here, the story will become about Touya’s journey across the world, using his duchy as a home base.

  He has a home now, so he won’t be lugging around so much dead weight. Plus, he has alliances with the surrounding nations, so they’ll help him if he encounters trouble, and vice versa.

  Going forward, the story will see Touya traveling to various countries with his entourage, solving various confrontations. Don’t expect it to mix up too heavily just yet, though.

  In Another World With My Smartphone was written to be an easy-going, comfy adventure, after all.

  In this volume, Pam uses a pretty basic syllable-based language. I toyed around with the idea of making her speak in symbols like ★％☆■○◆＊, but I thought that might be a little boring.

  In the end, it doesn’t really matter if you can’t understand what she’s saying. There’s no hidden story in her lines or anything, so it’s fine.

  I wrote a bit about a wedding in this volume, did you know I used to work for a place that held weddings?

  The only issue is, the place held weddings in Hall A, and... funerals in Hall B. There were a few times where I got the two places mixed up, and there was one particular incident where I nearly rushed into the middle of a funeral to deliver a “congratulations” card... That would’ve been dangerous, for sure...

  Alright, it’s time to give my thanks as usual.

  Eiji Usatsuka, thank you again for your illustrations. I really liked the pictures in this volume, they’re just so lovely. I’ve seen the ones for the next volume, and they’re amazing too!

  K. As usual, thank you so much. Sorry if I’m ever a burden. I’m looking forward to working with you more in the future.

  To everyone at Hobby Japan’s editorial department, please take my most sincere thanks.

  And once again, to all of those who supported me on “Shousetsuka ni Narou,” you have my gratitude.

  Ohoho, I am excited though, because next volume we’re finally going to include that in the story... I really can’t wait, I hope you all enjoy where the plot goes from here.

  Well then, dear readers. I’m looking forward to speaking with you in volume six. See you then.

  — Patora Fuyuhara

  Copyright

  In Another World With My Smartphone: Volume 5

  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

  All rights reserved.

  Original Japanese edition published in 2016 by Hobby Japan

  This English edition is published by arrangement with Hobby Japan, Tokyo

  English translation © 2017 J-Novel Club LLC

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  Ebook edition 1.0: October 2017