(074) The mysterious printing house

Translator: Tseirp

Incidentally, are you holding onto any of the D(doujinshi) after all as well?

I asked Suzuki.

Yeah, about 10 volumes.

Hoo thats surprising. I thought that you wouldnt really need it since youre traveling with those pretty ladies.

Not like youre one to say! A lot of people are probably retorting with that but I asked because I was curious.

When I did so, Suzuki gave a wry smile and said,

Its because I have not laid my hands on those girls at all.

Uwa, even with those 3 girls that people would yearn for, he has not made a move towards them? Seriously?

Well, excluding the loli girl.

Those are some admirable words. Is it because youre a Hero?

I have no choice right? Miles is a nun. Havent Kusunoki-kun heard before? Nuns must be virgins.

I feel like Ive somehow heard of it before I guess its true that you cant make a move if thats the case? Then, what about that Swordsman nee-chan?

Kyanshi is the direct opposite of Miles in that she actively invites me. But her tribe has an absolute rule of 1 husband 1 wife. If I lay my hands on her then, in the end, I will have to marry her. That is her tribes tradition. In addition, after marrying her, I am prohibited from coming into contact with any other women apart from my own daughters that she gives birth to.

That tradition is way too harsh.

In incidentally, what about that loli girl? As expected, shes out of your strike zone right?

I think that Schreyl is a sufficiently attractive girl as well but before I arrived at her village during the time her village was raided that she was kidnapped by bandits forcibly had a slave collar placed on her and they rough

Wait, you dont have to say any more. Dont say any more. I beg you, please dont say any more. I believe you wont lay your hands on that girl.

I cried out.

Although, she has finally started talking to me in a casual tone and shes now fine with contact up to like touching her shoulders.

Suzuki said with a bitter smile.

Hey, Suzuki. Dont tell me, you, not only are you holding onto D, perhaps its also followed by a T?(TL: DT in Japanese stands for Doutei which means virgin)

Please dont talk about it.

Sorry.

Yup, Ive really said something bad.

Of course he would need the doujinshi.

Unlike me, hes really left hung up to dry.

At the outskirts of town, we entered a half-deserted large building.

That mansion was originally a villa of a noble but it was apparently left abandoned after that noble passed away.

The sun had already set completely and it was pitch dark inside the mansion as even the moonlight didnt enter.

Lighting

Light emerged from the Light magic that Suzuki cast.

Its similar to the Petite Light Light magic I use but mine can only fly forward in a straight line and cant continue floating at the same location like his.

Let alone follow along when we move forward. I was admiring how convenient the magic was.

Wondering if my Petite Light could do the same thing, I tried my best to release a slowly moving Petite Light and it successfully formed a light bead that moved at only the speed of a humans walking speed but it didnt change the fact that it cant move freely.

When I asked Suzuki about it, he told me that even though Petite Light is considered among the Light magic spells, it is under the attack magic category and its a magic to purify monsters like undead monsters.

Lighting is a magic to produce light that has no offensive power under the same Light magic but in a completely different category.

Incidentally, Lighting is apparently a skill he learned after he became a Holy Warrior.

The II and III affixed behind the Light Magic skill shows the number of magic spells one is able to use so 2 people having the same Light Magic skill does not mean that they can use the same magic spells. Which was why Suzuki said that he was jealous of my Petite Light .

Its this fireplace.

Suzuki pushed a brick beside the fireplace.

Upon doing so, the bottom of the fireplace opened and a concealed staircase appeared.

Light shined out from deep within and I could also hear sounds that sounded like conversations.

It seemed like there were visitors before us.

Suzuki entered in first.

Oo, Hero-sensei! How was it? Did you get rid of that lawless fellow?

I heard a voice. That voice was

Entering the passage, I saw as expected, it was the 3 from daytime.

Wha, why are you here!? Hero-sensei, dont tell me youve betrayed us?

The skinhead Cat-user guy cried out in dismay.

You guys are the ones who betrayed my trust. Hes not the kind of guy you people described. Although, he didnt come here for revenge so relax.

Thats right.

I said as I took out the doujinshi the man dropped in the morning from my item bag.

Id like to read the continuation to this. Also, if possible, show me some of the books you have here and Id like to buy some of them. Ill pay with gold if thats what you want.

Youre a Secarian too!? Even though youre traveling with those 3 cute girls.

2D is a different thing. Its fine if you only want to let me see them. If you do so then I wont blame you for the incident in the daytime as well as the deceit you played on the Hero.

Even though what I did at daytime was legitimate self-defence, I did clearly go overboard.

The Cat-user man and his companions looked at one another after hearing me out,

Okay. Its quite hard to find guys who understand the tastes we have here. If you return that original copy then were okay with selling the copies to you.

Copies? You guys are doing mass production?

I thought redistribution of doujinshi was prohibited.

Is the legislation in this world not that advanced yet?

It would be capital punishment if it was done in Japan.

Come along this way.

The man guided us to the back.

Do you know of the job called Magic Journalist?

Only the name.

Its one of the jobs unlocked by raising Commoner level.

Its a job that uses a special ink to create contracts or draw magic circles on talismans and attack by tossing those talismans. However, drawing magic circles is quite a precise task. Creating a talisman would take tens of minutes or even couple of hours depending on the type. Then, the nobles thought of it. Whether a magic tool can be used to mass produce talismans.

What I saw at the back of the room was a printing press.

Or rather, it looked like one of those copier machines placed at convenience stores.

Using the special ink Magic Journalists use, this magic tool made talismans. But the result was a failure. Do you know why?

The effect wont appear if its not written by hand?

Nope, the effect showed. It showed too much. Talismans can only be made by slowly altering magical power. As a result of drawing it all in one go using a magic tool, the Magic Journalist would face magical power sickness due to the alteration of their own magical power and collapse. They could not avoid it no matter what. The reason why it ended as a major failure was because they thought that they could easily make the talismans quicker by that method. After that, this facility was discarded but somehow a mansion was built behind this hidden facility and by a mistake in the design, the hidden stairs were not wide enough to carry the magic tool out. It was written in this journal.

The man said as he took out a book that looked like a research log book.

During his travels, the noble who was the director of this research facility died and this research facility was forgotten.

So, using regular ink, you guys restarted operation as a doujinshi factory huh? It somehow has an amazing history. So, where is the original copy of the doujinshi?

I was waiting for the main dish to arrive but I was not patient enough to leisurely wait for it like in those French full course cuisines.

Its here.

The man turned over one corner of a cloth.

Under it was it might not seem like a significant amount in Japan but in the Otherworld, furthermore in this world where manga has not permeated the culture, even if you took away a lot of them it would still have plenty of allure, in other words, there was a 3-tiered bookcase filled with numerous doujinshi.

Doujinshi are thin to begin with.

With a full bookshelf, the number was more than just a 100 or 200.

On the highest shelf, the 30 books from the right are the books that were written by Big Second master sensei.

Eh? Daiji there are others who draw doujinshi apart from Big Second-sensei?

Yes, the authors who call themselves the Second Children.

For the time being, Ill take an appropriate look at some of the books.

While most of the books were drawn in 2 dimensions, the style of drawing was close to realism. There werent enough deformation styles at all.(TL: Deformation styles = The cutesy drawing style of Japanese manga? Larger eyes, chibi drawings or caricatures.)

Among them, I found a doujinshi drawn with a cute illustration of a cat-eared girl.

Ooo, this looks good. Hey, Id like to copy this ple geh.

What I saw was the disgusting appearance of the skinhead man fidgeting with his face red in embarrassment.

Tha thank you.

Its you! Youre the one who drew this illustration! How unexpected given your face no, its quite an excellent work. Rather, to have Cat-user as your job and also draw illustrations of cat-eared girls, just how much do you like cats!

Wha, how did you know that Im a Cat-user!?

That doesnt matter. Ha? Is this very well drawn picture of this loli loli cat girl character really drawn by you! No matter how I look at you, you dont look like a person who can draw! Rather, youre more like a character that would yell Shall I dye the canvas scarlet red with your blood? but then get crushed like a petite tomato yourself.

Thats harsh. Ill let you know that I really am the one who drew that.

Even though hes just a mob character, a character set to only be a Cat-user and someone who gathers doujinshi, dont further add on a setting to be a manga artist too.

Your name hasnt even appeared you know?

Even though his name hasnt even appeared, if this goes on, he might even get added to the 2nd page of the character sheet.

So this doujinshi was drawn by Cat manga user.

Dont give me such a weird name! My name is

Ooh, youre a Cat-user huh? Its a rare job. I heard that its a job that can only be taken by those who have been recognized by the leader of the Cat Sith.

Suzuki was shocked and then nodded as if in admiration.

If you only know to that extent then remember one more thing. Only Cat Sith priests can bestow the Cat-user job. Those guys, not only did they uproot and steal my Actinidia herb that I was carrying for medicinal purposes, they said that they wanted to give me an appropriate reward and changed my job on their own accord! Furthermore, its an elusive tribe that nobody knows where they are. Ah, damn it. Ill be a Cat-user for life huh.

Ah just like how Carol was troubled by not being able to change her Temptress job, this Cat-user is also troubled by not being able to change jobs.

I should be able to change his job with my ability but getting the party set up would be troublesome so I guess it would be fine to leave it like this.

Because the Cat manga user grumbled his annoyances, his expression looked slightly relieved,

Which is why Im taking revenge against the Cat Siths. The Cat Sith race look almost exactly like cats so they are hostile towards the Cat-kin race whose only cat characteristic is their cat ears. I continue to draw these works in order to raise the Cat-kin races standing and their popularity.

This guy is that huh?

A self-proclaimed fan who sends scandal stories to weekly magazines to fan the flames and raise the popularity of the idol theyre chasing?

It looks to me that it would cause the position of the Cat-kin race to fall instead though.

So what do you plan to do? If youre buying then a single copy would cost 50 sense and my book is split into 3 parts.

Id like all 3 of them!

I wont say something like its expensive.

This kind of work is a unique existence in this world. If I dont buy them here, I dont know when I would ever encounter it again.

While theres a high chance that Daijiro-san has them as well, theres also the chance that the books he had have already been disposed of.

Come back again.

Apparently, the mans books were already copied before and I was handed 3 books.

Even though its a copy, it had stunning penmanship.

At that time.

The Cat manga user man suddenly became flustered and gave a mysterious expression.

Then, a single sheet of paper flew out from his pocket.

Talisman a talisman used by Magic Journalists?

To think that this would appear.

The man said so and placed the talisman that was floating in the air to his ear.

Whats he doing?

Just as I thought that,

Thats a magic talisman used for communication. A receiving type talisman.

Suzuki explained to me.

At that moment, the paper held by that man turned into sand and scattered.

Though it is something that is disposed of after use like this.

The man said so, gave a small sigh and looked over.

Ah, sorry. Its 150 sense. Do you have the money now?

Is 2 silver coins alright? I dont need the change. Just treat it as production cost for the manga.

I passed him 2 silver coins.

I thought that he would be delighted but his expression showed that he was in low spirits.

Looks like the communication was about something bad.

Thank you originally I would have wanted to talk more but please go back for today. Ill ask a subordinate to guide you also, Suzuki. Id like to talk with you for a bit.

Suzuki and the Cat manga user man went to the back of the room.

Under the subordinates guide, I left the hidden doujin shop.

I wonder what is it, even though Ive gotten my hands on 3 high-quality works, I have a bad feeling.

~Side Story At the back of the printing house~

Suzuki was led to the back of the printing house.

Hey, Ill let you know that I have not forgiven you for lying to me

I apologize for that. But, please, this time its serious. Please help.

What happened?

Suzuki asked with narrowed eyes towards the Cat manga user mans serious expression.

Then, the Cat manga user man said that name.

Pinky Pants do you know about this person?

I dont no, wait. Perhaps its the printmaking printer?

Thats right. The author that is incompatible with us. Real name Milky. Lives in Ferruit to the South well, shes my niece but she just contacted me.

Suzuki immediately realized that it was likely the message from the talisman just now.

The cheerful mans appearance turned strange after listening to that talismans message.

Please, save Milky save this country. If not, this country will perish.

Tell me in detail!