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Great Sage 5 – This World Can’t be Underestimated Either
December 14, 2021Zathael
“My grandparents were using this room until I entered highschool so it’s still quite cluttered but feel free to use it. As for a change of clothes….. the size might not be quite right but the ones in the drawer are clean”
The place I was led to next was uncle’s room that I played in many times as a kid.
In the centre of the 12 tatami mat japanese style room was a low wooden table above which a nostalgic chess board lay.1
On the side of the table, a brand new futon was layed out.
“You did this?”
“Mom’s a bit inattentive with these things so I thought this would happen”
“Thanks”
“Hehe, do you need anything else? apart from my-bo-dy that is”
Maya-chan put her hand on her hip and twisted her body.
The slender body that was tempered through basketball made her well endowed chest stand out.
With the way they swayed around, plus her scent after a bath and still slightly wet hair, even as a joke that gesture had a sense of guilty pleasure.
“I’ll take you up on your offer then. Could you lend me your textbooks. Later is fine”
“Is that so”
Somewhat disappointed, she lowered her shoulders,
“But what do you plan to do with textbooks?”
She titled her head cutely.
The way her attitude and expression changed was like a small animal.
“It’s been a while since I was in Japan so I want to understand the situation”
“Ones on society?”
“If possible all subjects”
The changes in culture and science and technology in this country, or the advancement of mathematics. Textbooks are valuable books which contain that knowledge.
“OK! Then I’ll add the recent newspaper as well. It’ll be quite bulky though so help me out”
“Thanks, if you leave the textbooks in the hallway I’ll deal with the rest. I’ll put them back where they belong by tomorrow morning”
“In the living room there’s a container with old newspapers you can read. Also If you want, feel free to use the bath. If you go now you can have a taste of a JK’s remaining bath water, and its the golden time for the a lucky pervert event like accidentally running into my mother, so I would be quick”
What’s a JK? I thought to myself,
“JK is an abbreviation of highschool girl!”2
She peered into my eyes again,
“Hahaha, then take your time”
She left while waving happily.
――Was she trying to induce me, or was that just her nature.
While watching Maya-chan’s small firm butt leave, I take a deep sigh at the items stuffed into the corners of the room and the sense of discomfort from the futon.
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There’s lots to worry about but for now I clean myself with purification magic as I usually do and change into camping clothes left in my storage dimension.
Like this I should be able to sleep comfortable and be able to respond to a sudden enemy attack.
“Maybe tomorrow I’ll try dip my legs into the onsen”
It’s been a while so I wanted to take a bath but I’d be troubled if a lucky pervert event actually occurred.
My principle with relationships is to be open but I’m not confident I’ll have enough patience.
Besides there’s sill a ton that needs to be done.
I take out three magic stones that have been processed into the shape of chess pieces.
“Set pawn to guard the perimeter, positioning on auto”
I affix a simple magic circle to them with my finger.
I was the second person to obtain the title Great Sage in a world of sword and magic, and subjugated the demon lord.
So after returning to Japan I thought it would be easy mode but…..
“Master once said ‘A great sage must have the arm strength to destroy a stone bridge and the leg strength and discretion to fly out of the valley afterwards”
I couldn’t understand what she was talking about when I first heard it.
“Certainly….. It seems I am still naive”
In the first place, even as fiction, the concept of magic exists in this world.
Not just magic, espers and cyborgs in science fiction, and ghost and yokai in the occult.
As I was laying on the futon while flipping through the textbooks and newspapers floating in midair, I heard the sound of a pawn break.
It may be the weakest of my pieces but you would have to be at least a superior officer in the demon army to break it.
“Ouch, what’s this”
“Don’t peek, if you knocked properly you wouldn’t have to get hurt”
Maya-chan gently opened the door.
“Wow, that’s amazing!”
Her eyes lighted up watching the textbooks and newspapers dance around the room. The fox like ears on top of her head twitched excitedly.
“Who are you”
I make an exasperated sigh,
“A kitsune that looks after mom. Ah we’re properly related by blood, my dead father was a yokai”
While embarrassedly scratching her head the well endowed chest wrapped in her camisole and her cute animal ears swayed.
As expected, this world can’t be underestimated either…..
―― A beautiful big breasted girl with animal ears is exactly my type isn’t it.
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According to Maya-chan’s story,
“I’m sure you’ve noticed but mom’s eyes have a special power”
It seems Kanako-chan is a descendant of a clan of [anti demon warriors], from a lineage where powers will awaken in one person every few generations,
“In order to prevent any harm to the kitsune, dad was tasked with watching her”
Despite having the power, it seems Kanako-chan doesn’t have the techniques to use it.
“Then the two fell in love”
He managed to overcome the objection of the kitsune clan and get married, but other anti demon warriors found him and took his life.
In order to protect the newborn Maya-chan and Kanako-chan, while keeping the circumstance a secret, a kitsune aunty lead them to move to this area which was part of her territory.
“Recently some strange mafia along with those anti demon warriors have been wandering around, I wondered if Onii-san was one as well”
Maya-chan scrutinised me in concern.
“My ability lets me peek into a persons mind but I cannot read their true intentions, plus your techniques are of a different system than those anti demon warriors. So I figured I should properly hear you out”
As she spoke she put her finger to her chin and cutely tilted her head slightly. Good grief, should I look at the ears or the chest which were both swaying at the same time, It’s quite difficult to decide.
“I plan to explain properly but”
The problem is if she’ll believe me. We’re both fantasy like existences but the nature is so different that it might come off unnecessarily suspicious.
“What do you mean by but? Will you not explain honestly, even after I spoke without hiding anything….. well, if its about those anti demon warriors then it’s information you already know”
Maya-chan snapped her fingers and four [things] hidden in the corner of the room spread out, invoking a magic circle I didn’t recognise.
At the same time, I felt something like mana from below the futon I was lying on.
The technique’s form is very different so I can’t properly analyse it but if Maya-chan drew this then she’s got good sense. The parts of the magic circle I can see are shining and the link to the other magic circle that’s probably under the futon isn’t bad.
As the textbooks and newspapers around me lose their mana and fall to the floor with a clatter, Maya-chan weaves through them and draws close,
“This is a shintai of Inari-sama, the thing that cut Onii-san’s shikigami. Its sharpness is different than that of your average spirit blade”3
She pulled a katana about 30 centimeters from her back.
“You seem to be disguised as one of Mom’s acquaintances, are you a hired assassin from the Kashizu Sect? Or perhaps an omyouji from the Shimogami School.
While holding the katana to the nape of my neck, she brought her face close to mine and stared into my eyes.
Her eyes were so close that I could count her eyelashes.
Her shaking lips were also sexy but,
“Even if you don’t talk it’s fine, I’ll read your mind when I ask questions after all”
Leaving the situation as it is right now might be bad.
Because the shintai katana or whatever it is cut my pawn, it’s beginning to decay….. That pawn has also regenerated and is aiming for Maya-chan.
Automatic defense has both its benefits and disadvantages.
After receiving an attack, Maya-chan has been recognised as an enemy.
“Stop!”
I order the pawn,
“Don’t want to, this field is made from oni sealing stone so your average anti demon warrior or stray onmyouji won’t be able to break it. Now, the only path left is for me to read the depths of your mind as you are unable to lift a finger and your power is mercilessly stolen”
Maya-chan was laughing but…..
The pawn, that halted its attack, returned to my hand,
“I swear I split that shikigami”
As she pointed the katana towards the pawn, she finally realised the abnormality in her hands.
“No way, the treasured tool handed down the kitsune clan”
Now that she’s finally separated from me I stand up and this time the magic circle deployed beneath the futon and around the room disperse with a crackling sound.
Yeah, I didn’t expect it to be this weak.
“My bad, I didn’t mean to break it”
“E- E- Even the oni sealing stone”
I’m still not used to the laws of this world so as expected some accidents occurred.
While looking at the trembling beautiful big breasted fluffy eared girl in what looks like underwear holding the broken and decaying katana…..
“No matter who or how you look at this scene, I’m the villain aren’t I”
――Feeling dismal, I slowly shook my head left and right.
Translators Notes:
1: Tatami mats are a type of traditional japanese flooring about twice as long as they are wide. The exact measurements differ depending on region.
2: Joshikousei(highschool girl)
3: A Shintai is an object of worship in which spirits or gods reside.
Inari is a japanese god of foxes amongst other things.
Shikigami are like familiars used in Onmyoudou.
I might’ve missed some notes at the end there but honestly most people here reading japanese webnovels probably already know these things and if not I’m sure you guys can use google.