Sabaku darake no Sekai de , Ossan ga Denshimane de Musou suru

'Would it be better to raise a ship like this from the desert sands to the ground?

'Of course. If you leave it in the sand, the quicksand will take it away in the night.

Oh, the discovery of the first villager... uh... isn't it hot in here?

I suffered severe burns on my face a long time ago. Some people are surprised to see me, so I usually wear a mask like this.

'I'm sorry about that (it sounds like a lady-0 fighter...) By the way, where are we?

'The Oasis of the Outcast,' as I call it. There is one other person here besides me... "Master Lalabelle!　Oh, there really are people in distress.

Should we pull the boat out of the sand and onto the oasis?

As I was wondering, a resident of the oasis approached me and said, 'If you don't, the quicksand will wash the boat away.

The first resident of the oasis I met was a young woman.

She wore a mask so I couldn't see her true face, but her voice was young, so she must be a young woman.

She was unfazed by this environment, her long, shimmering blonde hair was tied up in a haphazard bun behind her back.

She was more of a knight than a hunter, and she was equipped with a metal armor that I had heard was rarely found in this world.

Perhaps this is the special metal armor that keeps out the heat of the desert.

With that kind of equipment, it's not a problem to wear a mask, is it?

The sword at his waist must be quite a workhorse as well.

Incidentally, in response to the matter of her wearing a mask, she asked me not to expose her true face because she has severe burns on her face.

I know it's not easy to wear a mask in this heat, but I understood why a young woman would want to hide the burns on her face, so I decided not to say anything.

'Are you a man?　Where are you from?

The other woman was still a beautiful girl in a robe, despite the heat.

No, isn't that wrong in terms of protection from the sun?

Is there a line between being a wizard and a wizard?

He's a lively looking kid with a purple shortcut.

''I'm from the royal capital of the Kingdom of Bart. I was actually going to Water City on a sand drift ship...　

I explained the situation, saying that the sand drift ship I was on had been attacked and destroyed by sandworms and I had somehow managed to escape in a small boat.

'Your sand drift ship was attacked by sandworms?　The destruction is numerous ... a regular flight jumped into sandworm territory?

'It's a bit unnatural, that story. Only experienced sand drift captains can be captains of sand drift ships, so it's strange to go into a place like that.

'Come to think of it, the captain and some of the sailors got out first. Normally, they would be the last to evacuate, wouldn't they?

At least, that was the conventional wisdom of Earth's sailors.

There was no guarantee that the sailors of this world were necessarily so, though.

'Yes, that's true. A sailor who runs away before his or her passengers would be punished severely by nature. Especially since the captain is the chief executive of the ship, he must escape the ship after the crew.

The fact that they still escaped means that the captain knew there was no problem with them escaping and that they were there to protect him.

There was a good chance that the captain and his men had deliberately gone into the sandworm's habitat.

But why?　

Now I have no way to look into that........

It's pissing me off, but right now my priority is to survive.

'Um, what's your name?'

A beautiful girl in a robe asked me my name.

'I'm Taro Kato,'

That's a very unusual name. Oh, my name is Mew.

Miu Miu.

It's a pretty name to go with your appearance.

Are you perhaps a change agent?

What?

How does this masked lady know who I am in this secluded oasis with no outside information?

'Yes, I'm a 'change agent'. However, I was about to leave the country when the king told me he didn't want me...

Unfortunately, I explained to the masked woman that I had been told by the king that I was a failed 'transformer' and that I was about to leave King's Landing, so I was about to take a sand flow ship to another country.

This person called Lalabelle.

Seeing that Mew calls him 'sama', is he a person of high status in the Bart Kingdom?

Lalabelle-sama... "Master Taro, you don't have to call me by my title. I am, after all, a 'monster princess'.

'Huh...'

This person seems to be quite a great person after all.

Is it natural that she is the princess of the Burt Kingdom?

Anyway, why is the princess of a country living in a tent in an oasis in the middle of the desert like this?

'You're a princess, aren't you, Lalabelle?

Sort of. My brother hates me, and here we are.

Are you my brother?

Mr. Tallow, Lady Lalabelle's brother is the king of the Kingdom of Baat.

Is Lalabelle-san the sister of that king?

If that's the case, and yet she's living in an oasis like this.....

Is it a family affair or something?

'That's not to say it's not there at all, but I'm a princess, so I have no claim to the throne, and I'm not a threat to my brother's position. It is simply because I am so ugly like this.

I was told earlier that he had severe burns on his face and that's why he can no longer be used as a pawn in a political marriage?

But it's weird.

I've heard that there is healing magic in this world, and advanced healing potions exist.

It seems that the princess would be able to use them to easily heal her back to normal.

''I was deemed unwanted by my brother and ostensibly given an uninhabited oasis in his domain as a reward for my great achievement in defeating the sand beast, and that's where I went.

But in reality, it's almost like being an islander.

The only companion is Miu Miu, and we are living in tents in an empty oasis with no one to accompany us but the two of us.

This oasis is the only uninhabited oasis known to the Kingdom of Bart. The reason why it remains uninhabited is because this place is surrounded by a nest of sandworms.

That would make it difficult to move to another oasis, another human habitat.

Is this an oasis surrounded by sandworm nests?

So the sand drift boat I was on had rammed through the sandworm nest and into the area where this oasis was located?

The captain and the sailors who did that have escaped in the small sand drift boat they had prepared.

In other words.........

'It was completely set up........'

That king did not originally intend to send me to Water City.

He was hoping that the Sandworms would eat me and kill me.

'Mr. Tallow?'

And I'm just like you two.

Banishing me to this oasis because I'm a 'change agent' that I don't need?

No, based on the way that sand drift ship was attacked by a swarm of sandworms, I was probably going to die there.

But then why did they bother to train me for a month to raise my level?

'It's like that brother. He's always so insidious in his manner, but for some reason he's unusually concerned about the outside world.

Mr. Lalabelle, what do you mean by that?

''The Changer is the trump card for the humans who are at a disadvantage against these desert-filled sand beasts. However, I've read in an old document that it can only be summoned once every fifty years, and it can be hit or miss.

''As a subterfuge, there's a way to summon 'transformers' at short intervals, but it requires an enormous amount of magic power, even more than the last time, and the death of the 'transformer' we summoned earlier.

So you tried to get rid of me because I didn't need it, in order to immediately call up a new 'change agent'.

''However, this is really a subterfuge. Originally, it is considered taboo to call out a 'change agent' in a period shorter than a fifty-year interval. Besides, even if you prepare now, it will take another five years to get rid of it.

Five years is a long time.

Still, it would be far shorter than fifty years, though.

''Since we're going against the theorems of this world and summoning a 'transformer' from another world, we naturally need to store an enormous amount of magical power in the summoning device. Even if you push it too far, it will take five years.

I see.

But since the "Changer" this time is a bust, can't we just get a new "Changer" right away?

The device used to summon people needs to store an enormous amount of magic power.

''You have a device that summons people, right?

"These are the artifacts from the underground ruins. Before this Great Desert became a world full of deserts, there was a great and prosperous unified world empire. It was vastly more technologically advanced than today, and it brought in all sorts of people and things from other worlds. The equipment is that legacy. Today, it is said that the device is owned by three countries, including the Kingdom of Baat.

Three such devices....

So there will be more victims like me in the future.

''But this device. The three devices are being used at different times because if they are used at the same time as they gather enormous amounts of magical power, the devices will resonate and have a bad effect on this world.

Can't we have more than two units in operation at the same time?

'But wouldn't it affect the Bart Kingdom to have the device up and running again in five years?

There are three of them, but their original performance is quite different, and the other two can only work once every few hundred years. They seem to be a bit broken, but it's impossible to fix them with today's technology.

You're in the know.

It's the legacy of an ancient super-civilization, so it's like you're cheating your way out of being a little broken.

By the way, Mew knows a lot about herself and summoning, doesn't she?

Since she's in her robe, I guess that means she's a wizard?

'I'm a court wizard in the Kingdom of Bart, my father is a court wizard. I'm a wizard too.

'Oh, really? It's amazing you can do magic.

I couldn't learn magic after a month of training.......I heard from Major Thunder that the fact that it doesn't appear in my hand as a special skill means that I can't use magic in this world, so it should be safe to assume that I can't use magic.

'The 'Interdimensional Warehouse' is a special skill that I learned after my level was raised in the Sandworm battle, though, so I can't judge whether it's magic or not.

''Is that so?　I'm a wizard, so I'm sensitive to magic, but I can sense a bit of an impossible amount of magic from you, Taro.

I had magical powers........

But you never said anything like that to me when I was in King's Capital.

I didn't come into contact with that many people while I was in the royal capital, since I was mostly going back and forth between the barracks and the outside world, but it shouldn't be possible that there wasn't a single wizard in there.

Could it be that the moment you mastered the 'Interdimensional Warehouse', your magic power went up at once?

There must not have been any wizards on board the sand drift ship.......even if they were in the middle of that battle, they were too busy pointing it out to me?

'Taro-san, can you use any magic?　I can use water magic, by the way.

Water.........

If it can create water, it might be a useful magic in this world.

Come to think of it, Major Thunder said that there are six types of magic systems: 'Fire', 'Water', 'Earth', 'Wind', 'Healing' and 'Demon'.

He said he couldn't use magic, but he said his magic power was as good as a wizard's and his physical abilities were off the charts.

I've heard that magicians who can't use magic, together with the benefit of leveling up, are able to demonstrate physical abilities that far exceed those of ordinary people.

By the way, I seem to have only increased my physical abilities through level-up compensation only.

''I learned the 'Interdimensional Warehouse' when my level increased.

I thought about hiding it, but I didn't want to give them the benefit of the doubt, so I was honest with them.

From now on, there was a strong possibility that I would have to cooperate with them to survive.

If I tried to go to Water City, I was in danger of being wiped out by the king.　

It is not surprising that assassins would be waiting for you as soon as you arrive in Water City, since that king is in charge.

''Oh!　That's rare!　For some reason, 'Interdimensional Warehouse' is in the lineage of 'healing'. Because 'healing' is essentially a lineage of healing magic.

Is it because of the influence of healing magic that things don't deteriorate or food doesn't spoil when you put things inside?

It's just an inference.

'Is it that valuable?'

'Right. When you talk about one in a million people who can use magic, you know how rare it is.

''Oh, I see. It's a good thing I didn't learn it when I was in King's Landing.

It's likely that that king will only use me.

If I had mastered the Interdimensional Warehouse earlier, I might have been treated differently, but it wouldn't change the nature of that king.

It would be happier for me to stay out of it as much as possible.

''You don't seem to like my brother, do you?''

'I know it's a lot of work but...'

He had the right to succeed to the throne, but was ignored by his subjects because they thought it was unlikely, and now he has succeeded to the throne due to the sudden death of his brother.

He is young and somehow he is trying to avoid being taken for a fool by his vassals, but it's unbearable for the people who are affected.

He had a certain perfectionist, idealistic mindset and a certain amount of insidious, means-tested contradictions that were hopelessly out of character for me.

'I can understand, because he hated me too. After all, it was my brother who named me the 'monster princess'. A level that is easy to rise to, a physical ability that increases accordingly, and a vast amount of magical power that can further multiply it by tens of times. It's the same for a man, but it's so for a woman. It's a good thing that they said, "I don't want you to marry me off and have your future husband killed," and that's why they gave me this oasis to get out of the house, but in reality I'm an exile. My only companion is Miu, and I feel bad for her as well.

'I don't have any complaints, though. My father and brothers and sisters don't like me either. After all, I have this look on my face...

Larabell-san was shunned by her brother because she had severe burns on her face and was strong as a monster.

What does it mean?

As a pawn in a political marriage, was it thought that you couldn't have children because of physical developmental problems?

But I don't think her body is that underdeveloped.

Princess Lalabelle is nearly one hundred and seventy centimeters tall and has a good style but is fleshy, so her body might be poor compared to hers, though.

''What's wrong?　Mr. Taro. Come to think of it, you don't turn your head away from me or say, 'That ugly face makes me feel bad when I look at it,' do you?

What?

Honestly, I didn't know what it meant.

Mew is quite a beautiful girl by Japanese standards, but is there a very strict standard for beautiful women and beautiful girls in the Baat Kingdom?

For example, if Miu Miu is a beautiful girl with a score of ninety, then everything below a score of ninety-five is treated as ugly?

The people walking around town were a thousand and one, and on average, I think they were normal.

Many of the women were overweight at a level that would get them warned by a doctor, but I figured that was because they lived in the King's Capital and had plenty of food.

'Ah!　So that's it!

Even on Earth, there were countries and regions where women were considered more attractive if they were fat.　

Is that the case in this Great Desert?

'You don't have to be so overweight, do you?　Since you were born with a beautiful face?

'What?　Are you serious?　It.

Suddenly, Miu Miu's mood became bad.

He seemed to think I was making fun of him.

''Why are you angry?　I'm being honest with you, but...

Now that I think about it, I was only allowed inside the castle when I was first summoned and when I was ordered to head to another country a month later, but all the maids in the castle were fat.

Many of them were also overweight in a way that didn't seem to be good for their health.

Also, there wasn't a single beautiful woman in the castle.

It may be rude to say this, but they were rather ugly and ugly.

No, I remembered that many of them were at a level where even that seemed like a light way to say it.

''Could it be that the Kingdom of Bart is in danger of state finances?''

What do you mean by that, Master Taro?

Even during the Edo period, when the eighth shogun, Yoshimune, had to restructure his inner sanctum, there were plenty of beautiful women to marry, so he left behind those who weren't....

''I wonder if the Kingdom of Bart also did this to cut costs? So I thought.

'I don't think that brother would be so compassionate as to do such a thing.

Of course....

I agree with Princess Larabell about that.

I think they just cut people at random.

'Mr. Tallow, can I have one thing?'

Yes?

Stay down and don't move.

Yes, sir.

Miu Miu was in a bit of a bad mood, but she suddenly tried to tell me to squat down and then not to move, which I obediently complied with.

What was she going to do?

As I was thinking that, Miu Miu moved her face closer to mine.

Still, you look extra beautiful when you look at her up close.

In a few more years, she should be quite a beautiful woman.

''What do you think?　Can Mr. Taro keep his face close to this "scrawny, rotten fawn who spent his time in the famine" and not look away from me... Huh?　I won't deflect.

Mew's nickname is 'a scrawny, rotten fawn who spent time in a famine'.......

I can certainly understand that she's a fawn because her eyes are dull and big, but in this world, doesn't it come with the meaning of cute?

I think I'm an adorable beautiful girl....

Also, what's the point of putting the rottenness on?

I don't know what circumstances led to such a nickname, but it didn't seem very likely to me.

As I locked eyes with her, her face got even closer, and finally the distance between us was almost gone.

''Miu-san, if you get too close, wouldn't it be the other way around, and you wouldn't be able to see her face?''

'It was!　Then this is the final trial!

The ordeal...

He was an old man, and come to think of it, he hadn't had much contact with women since Kana's death, but how many years has it been since he was this close to such a beautiful girl as a man?

As I was thinking about this, she suddenly shut her eyes and met her own lips with mine.

'(What?)　(Why did you kiss me?)

I was kissed out of the blue by Miu Miu.

I only feel lucky to be able to kiss a beautiful girl, but I was worried that an unmarried woman could do such a thing at the first meeting.　

I'm an old man, after all, when it comes to such things.

' (But it's a perk.) Your lips are so soft. (Kissing is a bit like kissing Kana.)

For a moment, I said to Kana in heaven, 'Cheater! The sight of being scolded for this came to my mind, but I was getting old and cunning.

I decided to enjoy the moment immensely, as Miu's lips remained locked together.

Besides, it would have been a problem if I had forced her to kiss me, but it was Miu Miu who kissed me first.

''Eeeeee!　You've had enough!

For a while, I enjoyed the kiss, which I was told was the last trial from Mew, but it ended when Larabell, who was watching, forcefully split us in two.

I was feeling a bit ... quite disappointed.

'Lalabell-sama, Taro-san is awesome!　When I was learning magic with other wizard eggs, the girls would ask me, 'Do you want to kiss a man?　A man who kisses you will die, body and soul. You're ridiculed for your body and soul," and the boys would say, "You won't get 100 million dollars for that!　'Because if I kiss you, I'm going to die,' he said, 'because I'm a fierce dork, and I'm not going to kiss me and I'm nothing.'

....

After hearing Mew's confession, I was speechless.

It had been a little over a month since I arrived in this world.

I learned that I still didn't understand this world at all.

Come to think of it, all Major Sander and I often talked about was the geography, culture, and sand beasts of this world, and we hadn't talked about the standards of beauty and ugliness of women.

Well, normally, I wasn't in a situation to talk about such things.

'Lady Lalabelle, I have finally kissed a man. Well, it's a nice one. I want to go more romantic this time.......ah!

Even though he was dealing with such an old man, he was so happy to be able to kiss her.

If Mew was boasting to Lalabelle with a smug look on her face, she would have lost her patience.

Lalabelle's fist bone fell on top of Mew's head.

With a terrific sound, Miu Miu had tears in her eyes as she seemed to be in a lot of pain.

''Lady Lalabelle, it hurts!''

''Mew, we are pure bodies before we were married. As such, it's vulgar to put your lips together with a man by a woman herself!

As expected of a princess, Lalabelle scolded Miu Miu for being unladylike when she kissed him herself.

I see.

No matter how much she's called a 'monster princess', she's still trying to be a lady, isn't she?

I like that attitude.

I can understand what you are saying, but if you observe such a thing, Lalabelle-sama would end her life without holding hands with a man for the rest of her life. I mean, a nobleman's dora son once said to me, 'If you hold hands with you, you'll get infected with dobs'.

'What?　That's disrespectful....

A nobleman's child talks to a princess like that, and the king....

'Not say anything?'

''Yes. It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to get away with it, because His Majesty says you can curse Lady Lalabelle as much as you want. It's so popular in the royal castle that the phrase 'look away and you're guilty of profanity, look at you and you're a brain-rotating douchebag' is so popular. It's not like you're going to be profane if you look away from Lalabelle-sama.

The king is Larabell-san's older brother, but he's treated very badly.

Also, Miu-san needs to be a little more restrained in the way she says it.......

Lalabelle-san is so depressed that you can see it.

''But Lalabelle-san is strong, right?

'Yes, he's one or two of the strongest hunters in the Kingdom of Bart. I can't tell you how many sand beasts I've slaughtered in my life.

''In other words, Larabell-san has helped prevent the royal capital of the Bart Kingdom from being overrun by sand beasts. That's not a good word to say to someone who had risked his life to protect us. Lalabelle-san, no matter how much she was cursed for her appearance, worked hard to protect the Kingdom of Bart until she was banished by the king. I'm sure she has a beautiful heart.

Maybe I would have run away before the king banished me.

No matter how much the king and the nobles called me a dobus, I protected my people from the sand beasts until I was banished.

Maybe he thought it was his duty as a nobleman, but even so, it's not an easy thing to do.

Larabell-san must be a kind person.

''Eh!　Why are you crying, sir?

When I looked at Lalabelle, I saw tears spilling out from between the masks she wore.

Did I say something rude to make a young woman cry?

'I was just happy because I've never had so many compliments from people before.

This guy has a tremendous amount of respect and deserved achievements........

''That king, he's a helpless fellow.

Do you have a problem with humanity before you were young or something like that?

I'm glad I didn't have to deal with it.

''As a matter of fact........Larabell-sama and the late Grand Brother Prince are the legitimate children of His Majesty's predecessor's legitimate wife who also died after the sudden death of Grand Brother Prince. The current His Majesty is the son of his second wife, so.......

Are they half-siblings?

Then it's no wonder they don't get along?

''Lalabell-sama, Taro-san will be fine. Let's take that mask off.

But you see....

'What?　Isn't the burn worse?

''No, His Majesty said that the sight of Lady Larabell's true face makes him feel ill and the nobles do the same.

No matter how much of a half-sister you are, you shouldn't say that.

No, if it's a family member, you shouldn't say it even more so.

You really are a helpless king.

''It's okay. Even I, who was called the 'Twin Peaks of Dobbs' in the Kingdom of Bart, will be fine.

'The twin peaks of Dobbs'........

Other than Mew, I'm pretty sure it's Lalabell-san.

That means that Lalabell-san is also a beauty by my world standards.......

Even in Japan, people like Otafuku used to be considered beautiful, and I wonder if the world's standards of beauty change dramatically as the world changes?

But still, it's too weird....　

It's an amazing experience at my age.

'(If only the king had told me he'd take a liking to me and give me a beautiful woman...)

So, from my point of view, it was pretty disastrous?

I'm glad the King hates me.

'Come on, Master Lalabelle. Be brave.

Okay.

At Mew's urging, Lalabelle fearfully took off her mask.

Then a beautiful face was revealed, such a beautiful woman, so beautiful that one would rarely see it on earth.

''She's an amazing beauty...''

'What?　Are you serious?

Naturally, I wasn't flattered.

Just naturally, I was complimenting Ms. Larabell's beauty.

Miu Miu is surprised, but from her point of view, Lalabelle-san is an epic dweeb?

''You don't have to tell such a lie about being beautiful...''

Lalabell-san seemed to think my comment was flattering and apparently made her feel bad.

She had always treated me like a Dobbs, so even if I complimented her on her beauty, she would still be suspicious.

''I'm a 'changer' from another world, so my criteria for judging a beautiful woman are completely different from those of this world...''

I could understand why there were so many unfortunate women working in the royal castle.

In other words, the people of this world thought that they had gathered only beautiful women who were worthy of working in the royal castle of the Baat Kingdom.

''Taro-dono, is that what you really mean?''

'Because there's no point in telling a lie here. By my standards, Lalabelle, you're an incredibly beautiful woman. Wouldn't it be different if I met you in my former world and you wouldn't take me seriously?　I'm just a regular uncle.

I don't know if you're successful in business and have become a wealthy man or something, but....

Hey, it's going to be okay, right?　Lady Lalabelle.

'No, but this Lavelle Lester Burt. Twenty-two years since I was born. Always 'Dobbs!' , "Shame on the Kingdom of Burt", "Don't show your face before the rest of the world! I've been told that, for example. I don't believe you so easily.

I know the feeling.

I think they feel bad because they think they are being teased.

But how should I clear up this misunderstanding....

'Why don't you just do as I do?'

Does that mean that Mr. Lalabelle can try to kiss me too?　

It's a bold idea that's typical of Ms. Mew, but I wonder if she'll take it?

Miu Miu, don't be ridiculous.

Oh, I knew it was going to happen.

'Mmm, an unmarried girl, oh, shit, with a lord who's never met her before.......how about holding hands?　Ugh.....

When I said that much, Lalabelle turned over, her face turning bright red.

She said she was twenty-two years old, but unfortunately, she was not at all immune to men and asked me to hold her hand because she was embarrassed to kiss me.

When I looked at Lalabelle, who was as shy as a little girl, I thought she was adorable.

'You're pretty, Lalabelle-san,'

"Wow, I'm pretty happy....

'Master Lalabelle!　Let's be brave here!　If you keep this up, you'll die without a kiss for the rest of your life!

Perhaps Miu Miu was much younger than me, but she had a boldness to her age.

The two of them were so good together that they were made to be islanded together, so they must be a good pair.

''But I'm so embarrassed!

'What's a twenty-plus year old late bride going to do if she's not going to stand her ground here?

Who's a late bloody wife-to-be?

'Master Lalabelle, you can't neck-hang!

As you can see, Mr. Lalabelle was very pretty on the inside, but she was not allowed to mention her age.

My proof to me was cancelled and I had to rescue Miu Miu from being hung by Lalabell-san by the neck hanging.