QualiA – Chapter 5: I have been dragged in ⑤

One night after.

I rub my eyes at the light entering, and then, stretch and slowly get up.

“…Where am I?”

I look around the room that’s decorated in extravagant gold and silver articles which are destroying the refreshing morning sunlight, and remember what happened yesterday.

Ah, right. My room was changed.

“Hngh…Kuh~.” (Makoto)

I stretch and confirm the time.

The needles of the needlessly ornated clock at the wall were pointing at 8:30 a.m.

I confirmed with Erin yesterday. This world works on 24 hours a day, 365 days  a year, and the number of days in a month are the same as our world too.

By the way, we are currently in the ninth month.

In our world, it is the season where the lingering heat is rough, but this country that is situated in the center of the continent apparently has warm temperature all year, so it is easy to live in and the attitude of the citizens is gentle, or so I heard.

Also, looks like the money here is used in the same way.

The currency is called Norme.

It is the common currency of this world, and there’s coin and paper money.

1 norme = small copper coin
10 norme = copper coin
100 norme = big copper coin
500 norme = small silver coin
1000 norme = silver coin
5000 norme = big silver coin
10000 norme = paper money

And thus, there’s seven kinds circulating in this world as its currency.

As I am used to the currency in my world, this does bring about quite the queer feeling, but I just have to get used to it.

This is something I understood after six other parallel world summons, but no matter the world, the units for distance might differ slightly, but the outline of it is basically the same. This feels like the Gods simply half-assing things, but knowing them, that might have actually been the case. They are really half-assed after all.

“G-Good…morning…”

Is the low voice I hear as the door slowly opens.

“Good morning, Erin.” (Makoto)

“Ah, g-good morning, Makoto-sama.” (Erin)

Erin trotted her way to me and lowered her head.

I hold back my urge to touch her dog ears and stand up from my bed.

“I will make the preparations to change clo—” (Erin)

“No need to. I can do it myself.” (Makoto)

“Eh, but…” (Erin)

“Those things I can do them myself, so it is fine. Rather than that, what recommendations do you have today?” (Makoto)

I stopped Erin who was about to run off, and I walk to the closet.

While I enjoy the ‘uhm, today’s recommendation is…’ of the pondering Erin, I finish changing, and we left the room.

☆☆ ☆☆ ☆☆ ☆☆ ☆☆

I was told I am free to do whatever I want. But what is freedom?

Act selfishly? No bounds? For now, let’s not think anything crazy.

“Makoto-sama, where will you be going?” (Erin)

“Hmm, I wonder where I should go~.” (Makoto)

After eating at the cafeteria, I was walking around the castle randomly.

My meals are apparently supposed to be done in my new room now, but I adamantly refused that. It will probably all be extravagant food, but I will only find them delicious for the first three days. After that, I would just be bringing the food down my throat by habit. In other words, it is a taste that’s easy to get tired of.

I have experienced this many times in the past. It seems like I have the palate of a commoner, so extravagant food doesn’t match my taste. The food of the cafeteria fits me the best. It is by no means extravagant and the simplicity of it grabs my stomach and doesn’t let go, chef!

“For now, let’s try going to the courtyard.” (Makoto)

And so, since the destination has been set, let’s go~.

“…Ah.” (Erin)

“Is something the matter?” (Makoto)

But the moment I was going to walk on, Erin raises her voice a bit.

I move my gaze to Erin to check if something had happened, and I saw someone walking over.

“Oya, isn’t that Hero-kun?” (Makoto)

“Ah, Kamiuchi…-san.” (Yuichi)

The one who came walking here was the Hero-kun, Takahashi Yuichi.

There’s two maids a few steps back from him, and one of them is the maid that brought over Erin to me.

“Where are you going? Ah, it is fine to call me Makoto.” (Makoto)

“Ah, okay. You can call me Yuichi too….. And so, uhm, from today on, I will be doing sword training.” (Yuichi)

“Oh, I see.” (Makoto)

So he is heading to do training now.

But this guy…

“I may not be the best person to say this but, aren’t you a bit too stiff?” (Makoto)

“Uh.” (Yuichi)

The color of his face is also bad.

Did this guy even manage to sleep properly last night?

When we were summoned, I thought this guy was a harem normie, but this guy…it might actually be bad.

“There’s no hero that’s strong from the beginning. It is the same even in games, right? Everyone begins from level 1.” (Makoto)

It may be a bit meddlesome of me here, but it is bothering me so much I can’t help it.

Me meeting him here must have been some sort of fate, so leaving it be as it is now will definitely also bring harm to the other three as well.

“No matter what your surroundings say, don’t grow impatient. Go at your own pace.,, If you do that, strength will follow after as much as you want.” (Makoto)

“B-But there’s people suffering, so I can’t just be so easygoing… I am a hero after all.” (Yuichi)

“And if you were to collapse because of pushing it? Also, no matter if you are a hero, it doesn’t mean you can protect everything.” (Makoto)

“…That’s…” (Yuichi)

Protect with your life everything you consider worth protecting. When you are able to do that, you will be a great man.” (Makoto)

I slap the shoulder of the Hero-kun, and an awkward smile was directed at me. I thought maybe I said way too many unnecessary things, but one of the maids said ‘it is almost time’ and urged Yuichi to walk.

“Ah, I-I will see you later then.” (Yuichi)

He turned back and bowed, and then, walked quickly on. I saw off that back of his, and we also resumed our walking as well.

I didn’t miss the part when the maids crossed paths with me and had laughed,  but I don’t have the intention of attacking from my side yet. Cause I now know that one of those maids is ‘involved’ after all.

[Obedient Marionette]

Because information is currently in the middle of being gathered, details are unknown.

I used my [Analyze] and the invisible window with the information appeared, and then, I shaped my finger like that of a gun and directed it at the Hero-kun, and…

Bang.” (Makoto)

I used my own style of meddling by administering a vaccine.

The Hero-kun suddenly lost balance and staggered, and the maids hurriedly support him and let out confused voices.

…The heroes are not your toys.

I held in the anger welling up, and walk on with my back turned to Hero-kun and the maids.

“Uhm, that just now…” (Erin)

“Ah, that was like a sort of curse to make someone feel better, don’t mind it.” (Makoto)

I pat the head of Erin, and while listening to the repeated ‘I am okay’ from Hero-kun, I ponder.

Two days since arriving to this parallel world. They played their hand a lot faster than expected.

What was applied to the Hero-kun was most likely some sort of enslaving magic. I don’t know the details of it yet, but the days it was applied on him were short, so it should have been removed without any permanent effects on his mental. Maybe they thought it would be easier to bring him to their side with that move.

If that’s the case, I am worried about the other three girls as well, so I will deal with that later.

There’s also a number of people that would be better if I check them out, so I will finish those things from beginning to end.

Also, the Queen said that she would be protecting Almina, but I should try to investigate a bit on my side as well. All for the sake of my own peace.

But what surprised me the most was that the mental strength of Hero-kun was weak.

I thought a harem normie would be able to handle at least this much, but it looks like he is a lot weaker to the push than I thought. No, the first time I was summoned to a parallel world, I was pretty much like that too, huh.

In novels and manga, you can stay as an onlooker, but once that becomes reality and falls onto your shoulders, it will come baring at you with its rotten real self.

A battle between life and death.

Swords, magic, monsters, humans… People that you thought were comrades would become enemies, and enemies would call for new enemies. There were a number of times where, within all those battles that didn’t give me a respite of mind, my heart would be on the verge of breaking.

But Yuichi has three comrades.

He is different from me who was alone; he has three allies.

Having comrades that have lived in the same environment as you is reliable, but one shouldn’t be thinking idealistically that things will surely be okay.

This is a parallel world. There’s the need to always be ready for unexpected situations.

“I-is the Hero-sama…going to be okay?” (Erin)

I pet the head of Erin who had her tail hanging despondent and was worrying for Yuichi.

It is easy to say comforting words like ‘it will be okay’ and ‘don’t worry’, but it comes with hardships that can’t be put in words, so those words can’t be used casually.

“There’s no one who can suddenly become a hero.” (Makoto)

“Yeah…” (Erin)

“In our world, there’s no monsters, magic, or Demon Lords. He is now going to be facing all that, so it is normal to feel scared about it.” (Makoto)

Everyone is scared of being hurt; everyone is scared of hurting.

“Right now, he is weak to the point that it would make Erin worry just by looking at him, but he will most likely become the hero that brings hope to everyone. That’s why, let’s silently watch over him.” (Makoto)

“…Yes.” (Erin)

I did think I was a bit cheesy there, but I do think he can become a splendid hero.

He is the kind of guy that even in our world he would help people out when in trouble. There was even a time when he was publicly acknowledged by the police.

I think he is the very vessel of a hero.

I just have to hope the person teaching him will be a sincere person.

“Well then, let’s go to the courtyard.” (Makoto)

“Yes… It is over here.” (Erin)

Erin answers me with energy, and while looking at her tail that was wagging happily, I send out a cheer of support to the four heroes.

☆☆ ☆☆ ☆☆ ☆☆ ☆☆

Just as a courtyard should be, it is enclosed, but it is made so that the light of the sun can enter.

The refreshing air of the morning and the scent of the flowers was relaxing. The warm sunlight was making my eyelids come down on their own. Having a nap here would be the best.

“Ufu~.” (Erin)

I glanced at Erin who was stretching at my side comfortably, and my eyelids who were losing to the sleepiness were trying to come down.

But I suddenly felt a gaze and looked at where it came from.

“What is that…?” (Makoto)

“Eh?” (Erin)

Because of what I said, Erin also noticed and directed her gaze at the same direction.

“That’s..a Moruru?” (Erin)

“Moruru?” (Makoto)

What was reflected in my eyes was a pure white something curled up below the shade of a tree that was looking at us.

Its eyes are emerald green. It has a bluish gem at its forehead that in size would be around 2 cm. Its tufty tail is around the same size as its body. It looks like a squirrel, but its body is plump like that of a hamster.

An UMA. <Unidentified Mysterious Animal>

But it is cute.

Crap, I really want to rub that tail.

“A moruru is categorized as a demonic beast within monsters, but it is a scaredy-cat on the level that if a child were to approach it, it would run away. If I remember correctly,  morurus come in white and light brown, but this is the first time I see a pure white moruru.” (Erin)

“Ooh~.” (Makoto)

So it is a variant? Or maybe…

But if that’s the case, I am surprised it has managed to survive until now.

“There’s a legend that says they were sacred beasts originally living in the heavens, but because of a prank, they were dropped down to the surface world.” (Erin)

“Sacred beasts, huh.” (Makoto)

“Yes. The jewel in its forehead is called the eye of the heaven, Sky-Blue Eye. It is the proof that they were sacred beasts in the past. And for the beastmen, sacred beasts are Gods. I have heard that the morurus that are former sacred beasts are targets of worship in certain parts.” (Erin)

I see.

Sacred breasts were the target of worship in other worlds as well. They were a bunch of weird guys though.

Sacred beasts were the kind that would enter the skirts of girls, would come from the back, cling to you, and shake their waists…well, I brought the fist of justice on all of them though.

Those days were terrible.

“And so, what is that one doing?” (Makoto)

“N-No idea…” (Erin)

By ‘that one’ I am obviously referring to the pure white thing called a moruru.

It is staring straight at us and isn’t moving a single bit.

Is it sleeping?

The sunlight feels good and I think it is the perfect setting to sleep.

It is a scaredy-cat that would run even from a child getting close, right? Then, if we are close, you should run away, oi.

Even when we were having a conversation, it didn’t show any signs of getting surprised and running away. Really, what is it trying to do?

But, it is a former sacred beast, right? In that case, maybe…

“Hmm… Right.” (Makoto)

Okay, let’s try giving it that.

“What’s the matte—eh?” (Erin)

I stretch out my arm, and everything all the way to my wrist seemed as if it had disappeared.

Erin saw this and her eyes went wide in surprise, but for some reason, the moruru also seemed to be surprised and flinched, its body was trembling. So you were awake?

“If I remember correctly, it was around here…” (Makoto)

“U-Uhm, Makoto-sama, y-y-y-y-y-y-your hand…” (Erin)

“Does this world not have the item box magic?” (Makoto)

If there’s not, I was thinking I messed up here, but Erin will most likely be seeing a lot more than this in the future, so…there’s the need to prepare her.

“Item…Box?” (Erin)

“Yeah. It is something that lets you store things like tools or weapons.” (Makoto)

“Ah, you are talking about the storing magic ‘Inventory’, right? But that’s something that’s used with a magic tool. It is not something that someone can use on their own…” (Erin)

A gaming term had come out, but they are both basically the same thing.

When I try asking what kind of thing it is, she told me that the Inventory magic, depending on the type, the amount and maximum size it can store differs.

Also, it can’t store living things. My Item Box cannot store living things either, so in that aspect, they are the same.

“Well, mine is something similar to that.” (Makoto)

“B-But the world of Makoto-sama didn’t have magic, right?” (Erin)

“That’s because I am special. I will explain it to you later, so until then, keep it a secret. Ah, be specially tight-lipped with the heroes, okay?” (Makoto)

“Y-Yesh. I-I will keep it a shecret.” (Erin)

With teary eyes and droopy ears, she nodded several times and accidentally bit her tongue.

Yeah, she is cute, so it is okay.

“And so, I remember I had it around here, but…wait, now that I think about it, I can just name call it.” (Makoto)

Relying on the list displayed in the invisible window, I search for it, and found what I was looking for.

If I know the name, I can just name call it to take it out, but sadly, there’s several thousands of things in here. I don’t remember every specific name of the items, so I have separated them in types and put them in lists. It took me close to two months to finish that, but I have added a magic formation to it, so that it would automatically categorize the item once it entered the inventory.

“Ta-dah!” (Makoto)

“…What’s that?” (Erin)

“Food for sacred beasts.” (Makoto)

“…Eh?” (Erin)

Ignoring the dumbfounded Erin for now, I throw the food towards the pure white moruru.

“Mukyu.”

Surprised by this, it raised a low cry, and jumped to take distance. But for some reason, it didn’t run away and simply stared at the sacred beast food that’s rolling on top of the lawn, at times, its nose would twitch.

“U-Uhm, Makoto-sama.” (Erin)

“Hm? What?” (Makoto)

“W-What is…that?” (Erin)

“Didn’t I say it is sacred beast food?” (Makoto)

She blinked a number of times and maintained silence for a bit. And then, she opened her eyes wide amusingly, and cried out.

“Why do you have something like that?! What is sacred beast food?! Have you been feeding Sacred Beast-samas with that?!” (Erin)

“Ah, yeah. That’s right.” (Makoto)

“You have been… wait, what are you doing?!” (Erin)

Oh, nice retort, Erin. Atta girl, you can do it if you try.

“Well, they weren’t the sacred beasts of this world, so isn’t it fine?” (Makoto)

“Ah, right…wait, it is not fine! They are Gods in a sense, you know?! And you are feeding them?!” (Erin)

“They are big gluttons, after all. With one of those, you can make them full. It is awesome stuff. I created it myself.” (Makoto)

“Makoto-sama was the one who made it?!” (Erin)

“Yeah. It is apparently so delicious that sacred beasts would drool and devour it. I tried eating it once, but the taste was dicey.” (Makoto)

“Does it have dangerous stuff?” (Erin)

“How rude. It has no coloring, no additives, and it is a 100% made from natural ingredients, I’ll have you know.” (Makoto)

The sacred beast food is the best kind of product that was created with the highest of alchemic techniques and processes of highest difficulty.

If I had to compare it to something, it would be like the Momotaro-san that was born from a peach and had given the grandma a millet dango. It is the kind of food that, when eaten, you would want to become their comrade…apparently.

I carefully selected the ingredients, and I don’t remember putting anything that has dangerous elements in it, but every sacred beast that has eaten it has become my comrade, and so, I ended up creating a fluffy paradise temporarily once.

A shocking fluff-fluff paradise country had been born, and it had brought chaos into that world for a period of time, but I will keep that a secret. I was seriously reprimanded by the spirits after.

Thanks to that, I ended up having a constitution that is extremely likable to sacred beasts though. This little one probably got affected by it, since it is apparently a former sacred beast.

“Oh, it is eating it.” (Makoto)

“Yeah.” (Erin)

While I was speaking to Erin, the moruru had arrived close to the sacred beast food, nervously got close to it, sniffed it several times, and then…ate it.

“———Mukyuuuuu~”

Suddenly, it made a really long cry, and began to eat the sacred beast food at a terrifying pace.

It is wagging its tail an incredible lot and devouring the food with a scary face.

It is kinda off-putting.

“Makoto-sama…” (Erin)

“What?” (Makoto)

“It really doesn’t have some sort of addictive component to it, right?” (Erin)

“It…shouldn’t have.” (Makoto)

“What’s with that ‘shouldn’t’?” (Erin)

For some reason, her retorts are taking proper form. Onii-chan is happy.

While I was thinking that, I looked at the moruru that cried ‘mukyu’ as if satisfied and was sprawling with its stomach up.

I looked up to the sky and thought ‘I shouldn’t have done that without thinking’.

But I’ve got no regrets. Cause, doesn’t this look like it will be fun?

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89 thoughts on “QualiA – Chapter 5: I have been dragged in ⑤

    1. Glad you’re already here, I don’t think I can give another complementary cliched harem if I had to summon you again. Even though they’re the least expensive kind you can get at Harems-R-Us, they’re still pricey.

  1. Thanks for the chapter!

    I just noticed that all these chapters are still about being dragged in without different titles. I guess this is all just prologue and stage setting stuff.

  2. Chappy o arigatai~.

    So, the reason for the last scene in prev chapter is the hero in process of controlled, eh? Seems there’s more party in the kingdom than I thought.
    And that sacred beast food though lol

    1. Since Makoto said that sacred beasts like to get into girl’s skirts for a moment I thought he threw some panties for the beast: D

  3. For some reason, her retorts are taking proper form. Onii-chan is happy.
    So it seems that the MC likes to be retorted
    Thanks for the chapter

  4. Mmmm the plot is not going to work, because Makoto Sama can use his “magical gun” to erase the magic XD

    So he is loved by the Sacred beasts eh… Well that was a really cool parody of Momotauro the peach boy, I loved it.

  5. Shouldn’t that be a charm, not a curse? If it’s giving positive effects, I don’t think that should be considered a curse.

    {Makoto has earned the title [Sacred Beast Drugger]}
    I wonder if he can give me some of that Sacred Beast food. I wanna see if it works on Flying Orca. Or is Flying Orca a Demon Beast?

          1. So picky. I thought orca were the apex predator of the sea?

            Were whales taken off the menu out of respect for their endangered status or something?

      1. Do Orca have princes? Are the wings a crown-equivalent or sign of royalty?

        Or is this a curse thing where a prince was turned into an orca? Do Trucks have a royal family?

        1. Do orca have princes?
          That is a profound question. Don’t human call their offspring princess or prince too as a way of saying they’re precious to the parent? Orcas do this too. It doesn’t necessarily means royalty as we have no need for a monarchy system in the animal kingdom.
          I have heard that kissing a frog will change it into a human of royal blood but it remains unproven until today.

          1. I wonder what makes frogs so special that they get to turn into princes if they’re kissed? Isn’t that kind of a slap in the face to all the other animals, like orca?

            Heck, even humans don’t turn into princes when kissed.

            …Hmm. That might make for a decent shoujo, actually.

  6. Finally !!! I was beginning to feel the withdrawal symptons !! Thank you Reigokai-dono, no, samaaaa !!!
    *I’m not a sicko, not at all*
    *Ok, maybe just a little*

  7. Thanks 4 the chapter!

    He’s preemptively breaking her common sense. LOL
    And that fluffy paradise he had, a certain princess (later queen) would be so jealous. Her dream of Fluffidise was done by someone else.

  8. oh shiet….. so he make a paradise of MOFU MOFU in one of the world he transported !? damn i wanna to know how much the MOFU MOFUness

  9. Thanks for the chapter.

    Looks like I’m pretty late to the party, but part of me is glad I am because I got read all of this at once. I look forward to how this will go; more specifically, I’m hoping that the author will betray my expectations at some point by not following a generic scenario that dies off and creates a tedious story. I get the feeling that there will be some unexpected twists, kinda like the whole fluffy paradise of sacred beasts bit. That sounds like something interesting to imagine: Sacred beasts at the beck and call of one man’s cooking and getting chastised by the world’s spirits for it lol 🙂

  10. You know what? I’m glad that a premise as depressing as “I kept getting dragged into long and arduous Isekai adventures on the whim of gods” still left room for Makoto to be goofy with his fluffy heaven and doing things just because they seem fun. He even seems to be training up Erin’s Tsukkomi skill too.

    I’m imagining the sacred beasts were purring.

    Besides that…okay, ya got me again QualiA. I did not see Yuichi’s drugging as a move to hit him with enslavement magic. It’s not even that rare of a concept. I can definitely see a sort of Senpai-Kohai relationship between Makoto and him now too, so hopefully that’ll mostly be sweet.

    And Makoto might want a relaxed, normal life, but thus far he doesn’t actually seem that adverse to throwing himself into the fray, unlike the usual reluctant or cynical hero. True to his nature as a veteran Hero, he helps people who need help and shows kindness or empathy just because he can.

      1. From how the prologue described his story, it doesn’t seem like he reincarnated. His “adventures” were described chronologically while he continued to age normally in his own world. It’s more plausible that he was just brought back to his old world at the moment he disappeared as if nothing happened after his task was completed.

        1. Then tell me how can a Demon Lord rule over demons while he’s a human, it was clearly stated he died on his first world because that was the fate of every single hero and demon lord, in his second try he was betrayed and killed, in his third world and four wasn’t stated but probably by age, don’t remember what he was in his 5th time and in his six he was a demon lord and died by betrayal too.

          1. I don’t think any deaths have been confirmed except in the first one.

            The second one had something about psychics, and sixth had him be a Demon Lord(which doesn’t necessarily mean he can’t be human, but he probably wasn’t).

            Besides that, We don’t know any details about his other summons besides there were Alchemist, Sage, and Spirit User plotlines. We don’t even know if his betrayal was in any specific summoning or if it’s more something done by a god.

      2. He was transported between space and time so the time he got transported once isn’t exactly what time he left and he got older by the time he transported from last world where it was just a months before the 4 heroes got transported as rumors says.
        Thats what my conclusion of the previous chapters the mc explain maybe.
        Not much accurately

  11. Thanks for the chapter, good as always, so the Marionete Puppet was the maid or the hero kid??? Thank god the MC manged to do something about it. And as such the MC jorney of creating a fluffy paradise has started!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. Thanks for the chapter. Boy he is really op as he can use all his previous magics and skills. They didn’t reset to zero after all

  13. Thanks for the chapter, what the hell kinda of stingy spirit reprimands someone for making MOFU MOFU paradise, Makoto should be commended for this instead

    1. Must be beastmen haters. That’s one weird thing about these stories.
      I know there’s fantasy racism and all that, but I’m still sometimes baffled at how all these isekai have human supremacist nations that universally treat fluffies with disdain.

      I mean, monster girls are a thing in our world, and sometimes examples are still actually monstrous when we want to bone them. Actually, no, beyond mere monsters…there are stories that feature eldritch-level beings as romantic heroines-and have their monstrous form be cuter than their human form.

      Are you telling me there isn’t a sizable amount of “deviants” that are into fluffies?

      1. Oh, I don’t doubt there is, never forguet that one of the recurring trops s the slave monster girls that are constantly raped and used as sex object, the are into all the fluffy just not the good way.

        1. True…though they still seem to be racist as they do it.

          …Follow-up objection. Does vanilla not mean what I think it means? The people who happen to like fluffies are the same people who go about it terribly?

          1. Exactely. They completely go wrong about it, they crave for the fluffy but fear how mutch they love it!!!!!!!!!

  14. Thanks for the chapter! It’s a bit weird seeing a story in a fantasy world without gold coins as currency.(I even recall reading a werid one that iron was more valuable than gold or silver)…

  15. In the legend of Momotarou, he has been given 3 millet dangos by the grandma who found him in the peach, and by giving away those dangos to animals (A dog, a monkey, and a pheasant) he met on the way to Onigashima he made them his allies.

  16. “Sacred breasts were the target of worship in other worlds as well. ”

    Oh I bet they were…

    Thanks for the chapter!

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