The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 13 by Tsunehiko Watanabe

Author:Tsunehiko Watanabe [WATANABE, TSUNEHIKO]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club

Intermission 2 — A Temporary Return

When Zenjirou opened his eyes after the teleportation out of the forest, it was to a dark room. There were no windows. Instead, the room was lit with a brazier.

It was a familiar room to him, and the sweltering heat of the furs and leathers covering him was not due to the fire. The room itself—no, the continent—was just that hot.

“Welcome back, Sir Zenjirou.”

“We are glad to see your safe return.”

Zenjirou raised his hand in greeting to the surprised guards and spoke.

“This is a brief return. I shall be heading back tomorrow. Given the visit’s unofficial nature, I would appreciate you only informing Her Majesty. I will be heading to the inner palace immediately.”

“Understood.”

This was the royal palace of Capua. While Zenjirou was in the midst of his trial, he had temporarily returned home.

It had been a while since he had been in the inner palace, and it truly felt like a homecoming to him. The first thing he did as he stepped into the living room was relieve himself of his pack, take off his shoes, and then strip.

“Man, that was hot and heavy. It’s always heavy, but that was shockingly hot.”

On his return from the deserted island, he had been wearing his usual clothing and hadn’t truly noticed the change in climate. This time, though, he was wearing furs and leathers suitable for the deep forest and snow. Even the rainy season—which was relatively cool for Capuans—felt stiflingly hot compared to the forests of Uppasala.

The guards must have sent word because the maids were waiting in the room and gathered his discarded clothing before folding it up neatly.

“Welcome home, Sir Zenjirou,” Amanda said to him.

“Thank you,” he replied.

He had rather missed her unruffled, perfect adherence to etiquette—even in the face of a sudden return from him. Clad in only his T-shirt and boxers, he felt the urge to just lie back on the sofa and rest his eyes. Although he was moderating his pace, the dozen or so days of trekking through the forest and nightly meetings with the movers and shakers in Uppasala meant that the mental exhaustion he hadn’t noticed until now had suddenly come surging forth. Still, he couldn’t just sleep now. There was something important he had to see to as soon as possible.

Zenjirou shook his head to shake off his sleepiness and retrieved the camera and music player from his pack, both of which were getting uncomfortably close to being out of power. The camera in particular already showed a low battery light.

That was the biggest reason he needed to return. He had gotten far more accustomed to using the spell while on this journey, but outside of his “base” of the stone room in Capua, he still needed the images from the camera to do it well. Given his daily commute via teleportation in Uppasala, the camera was an almost literal lifeline for him.

“That’s sorted,” he said, breathing a sigh of relief as he saw their charging indicators light up.

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