Light Novel Volume 3

Light Novel Volume 3 is the 3rd volume of the In Another World With My Smartphone light novel series.

Summary
Stalwart as ever, 16-year-old Mochizuki Touya heads off to the far eastern land of Eashen with his party in tow. For what purpose? The Matriarch of the Fairy Clan wishes to delve into some ancient ruins, of course! But it's never quite that simple for Touya and his friends, oh no. The party is thrust into the midst of a clash between the warlords Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu, while a nefarious necromancer makes his move in the shadows... (via J-Novel Club)

Chapters

 * Chapter I - The Divine Nation, Eashen (神国イーシェン)
 * Chapter II - The Legacy of Babylon (バビロンの遺産)
 * Chapter III - Everyday Life in Another World (異世界の日常)
 * Interlude I - You Can't Hurry Love (恋はあせらず)
 * Interlude II - The Cursed Sea (呪われた海)

Characters

 * Touya Mochizuki
 * Yae Kokonoe
 * Elze Silhoueska
 * Linze Silhoueska
 * Yumina Ernea Belfast
 * Kohaku
 * Leen
 * Paula
 * Ayane
 * Nanae Kokonoe
 * Jutaro Kokonoe
 * Jubei Kokonoe
 * Tsubaki
 * Kousaka Masanohbu
 * Baba Nohbuharu
 * Naito Masatoyoh
 * Yamagata Massakage
 * Alfred Ernes Ortlinde
 * Sushie Ernea Ortlinde
 * Ellen Ernea Ortlinde
 * Tristwin Ernes Belfast
 * Yuel Ernea Belfast
 * Leon Blitz

Chapter I - The Divine Nation, Eashen
Touya along with Yae, Elze, Linze, Yumina, Kohaku, Leen and Paula travel to Eashen once more in order to find and explore the ruins that Leen had mentioned before. They arrive in a dense forest next to Yae's hometown in Oedo, a seemingly well defended fortress town. When Touya asks Leen replies she is seeking the "Ruins of Nirya", Yae does not know of such a place but is sure that her father might remember. As the party continue their way through the town; Touya cannot help but notice how similar Eashen to Japan during its earlier periods, from its architecture and people's appearances. Even the lords of Eashen share similar names of actual Japanese historical figures. Elze, Linze and Yumina are equally amazed by the place and ask about the exotic things they come across, which despite not being from Eashen Touya is able to answer with a surprising degree of accuracy, a fact that Yae is quick to point out. Touya notices that there seems to be a vibe of anxiety and fear among the townsfolk.

The party finally reach Yae's family dojo and Yae announces their presence, at once they are greeted by a female servant that Yae addresses as Ayane, the two are glad to see each other again and Ayane calls to Nanae Kokonoe that her daughter has returned, soon Yae's mother comes out and embraces her daughter. Yae introduces the group to her mother and she bows at everyone in gratitude for looking after Yae, Touya humbly tells her there was no need for that as Yae herself has helped them out too. Yae then asks her mother where her father was, of which she grimly answers that he along with Yae's brother have joined Lord Tokugawa Ieyahsu in battle. Surprised, Yae asks what happened and Ayane replies that the Takeda clan had invaded the northwest of Tokugawa territory. Yae cannot believe why the Takeda would make such a brazen attack like this, to which Ayane talks of a strategist supposedly under the Takeda known as Yamamoto, a suspicious one-eyed individual who possesses strong magic that may be running things behind the scenes. When Leen inquires of the status of the battle, Nanae answers that Yae's father and brother are holding the Takeda at Kawagoe fort but may not last much longer without help. Yae resolves to help her family and rest of the party agree to join her, Touya uses to extract Yae's memory of a ridge not too far from the fort and everyone warps there with.

At the ridge; Touya casts to confirm that Yae's brother is safe. Yae wants to go in immediately but Leen points out that the fort is surrounded and Leen's fairy wings lack the strength to fly them all in. Instead Touya proposes that he portals a few distances at a time until he can find a safe spot to portal everyone, and Leen agreed. After making a few trips Touya is forced to confront two Takeda soldiers; he notes their unusual appearance, particularly the red oni masks they were wearing, Touya tries to shoot the soldiers with bullets but they simply get back up and continue, with few options Touya casts  on the ground and the soldiers fall. Touya then physically holds one down and kicks his mask which destroys it, when the soldier stops moving Touya deduces that the oni masks are controlling the soldiers and shoots the other soldier in the face which splits open his mask which stops the soldier for good. Touya inspects the fallen soldiers and realizes they were nothing more than corpses reanimated by the oni masks, Touya elects to continue toward the fort to decide a new strategy with this new information.

Using at the fort, Touya believes he has found Yae’s brother when he spots a dark-haired samurai clad in black armor and portals a small distance away from him. At first he mistakes Touya for an enemy but Touya assures that he is not with the Takeda. After confirming that the black samurai is in fact Yae’s brother, Jutaro Kokonoe, Touya tells him that his sister has come to help. Jutaro reacts in disbelief but Touya asserts he is serious and asks for permission to portal her over. Jutaro consents so Touya casts another of which Yae immediately emerges from and shares a heartfelt reunion with her brother, during which the rest of the party follow through. Yae introduces her friends to her brother and asks him if their father is alright. To her relief Jutaro confirms that he is indeed safe in the keep of the fort with Lord Ieyahsu. Noticing the wounded soldiers around him Touya sets a on his phone map already enchanted with to mark every target that fits a criterion of his choosing just by selecting one instance. This allows him to cast Cure Heal on all of the soldiers in the fort in seconds, Jutaro is amazed by this feat but Touya informs him that he should still have his forces rest up as the spell did not bring the soldiers back at full strength. Touya then asks Jutaro if he knows anything about the undead soldiers but Jutaro replies that he does not. Leen suggests that the undead warriors are the work of an artifact, relics of ancient civillizations that possess strong magic. Touya decides that the Takeda forces needed to be dealt with either way and so using his earlier, he casts Shining Javelin on all of the undead soldiers at once eliminating them, following up with on the regular Takeda forces and the siege on Kawagoe is lifted. The Tokugawa celebrates their victory but Jutaro cannot comprehend what had just happened. The girls however simply sigh at the whole ordeal, remarking that they shouldn't be surprised at this point, Touya finds their comments a little disheartening.

Later everyone gathers at the fortress keep, Yumina introduces herself as the princess of Belfast and the rest of Touya's party as her "bodyguards" to Lord Ieyahsu and Jubei Kokonoe, the latter of which is surprised that his daughter is protecting someone that important. Ieyahsu thanks Touya's party for coming to his aid, to which Yumina humbly replies that it was no trouble and that they only happened to come at the right time. Ieyahsu then addresses Touya directly, Yumina claims Touya is her future husband, much to his embarrassment. Hearing this Ieyahsu and Jubei resignedly sigh, remarking that someone that defeated an entire army in seconds is worthy of engagement to the princess of Belfast, Yumina agrees saying that she is very proud of Touya, which only embarrasses him more. Yumina then asks Ieyahsu and Jubei if they know about the Ruins of Nirya, which after pondering for a moment they answer that she must be referring to the ruins of Nirai Kanai, Jubei tells her that Nirai Kanai is in Shimazu territory at the bottom of the sea, making any attempts to reach it difficult if not impossible. When Touya asks whether the Takeda forces will attack again, Ieyahsu says they will most likely regroup and strike a second time with more weapons and reinforcements. Ieyahsu is stumped however, as the invasion was carried out in a way that Ieyahsu believed was unlike Lord Takeda Schingen, he remarks that the rumors might be true after all. When Touya asks for clarification, Jubei tells him there are whispers that Schingen has passed away and his body is being controlled by strategist Yamamoto Kansukay for his own ends. Leen is convinced this is possible, reasoning that Kansukay may possess a spell or artifact that can control corpses.

Touya proposes capturing Kasukay and holding him until the situation cools down but Jubei dismisses the idea, saying that stealing Kansukay is near-impossible with him in the heavily guarded Takeda stronghold at Tsutsujigasaki and that they should not act on unconfirmed rumors. Undaunted, Touya asks Leen if the light magic she uses on her wings works for the whole body which she confirms. Linze points out however that neither anyone in Touya's party or the Tokugawa's forces have been to Tsutsujigasaki rendering any attempts to portal there impossible. At this a voice in the keep suddenly volunteers to take Touya to the stronghold. Alarmed, Jubei demands the voice to show themselves and a female ninja comes out of hiding. The ninja introduces herself as Tsubaki; subordinate to General Kousaka Masanohbu, who is one of Takeda's Elite Four generals, bearing a message for Lord Ieyahsu, being that the rumors are indeed true. Lord Schingen is dead and Kansukay has kept this a secret in order to take control of the entire Takeda army, imprisoning all of the Elite Four minus Kousaka at the moment, Kousaka having sent Tsubaki to Ieyahsu imploring him to save the Takeda. Ieyahsu wants to help, but as he still needs his current forces in Kawagoe to defend the next Takeda assault, he enlists Touya to sneak into Tsutsujigasaki and deal with Kansukay which Touya agrees. Touya selects Tsubaki and Leen to come with him and they prepare for the infiltration in the evening.

Once night falls, Touya instructs Tsubaki to picture an obscure area close to the stronghold. Despite some death glares from the girls, Touya extracts the image with and opens a  for the infiltrating trio. Once they cross Touya uses to find and select a garden tree within Tsutsujigasaki as a starting point to break in. But when Touya tries to enter with he finds himself being magically forced back, Leen suspects that a barrier talisman likely from Kansukay is blocking the spell. Tsubaki offers to go in and break the talisman herself but Leen is concerned that her attempts would alert Kansukay and make him harder to capture. With no other option Touya decides to have Leen use her concealing spell on Touya and herself right now so they can stealthily accompany Tsubaki into the stronghold directly, Leen consents and she casts Invisible. Leen uses the brief moment adjusting to the spell to toy with Tsubaki, fondling her while making it seem like Touya was responsible. Touya chops Leen on the head before she could cause any more harm but her shenanigans have made Tsubaki wary of working with the group. Touya becomes very worried about the outcome of the infiltration task.

At Tsutsujigasaki; Touya and Leen follow Tsubaki while invisible as the guards let her through the main gate. Touya is worried the barrier will break their spell but Leen assures him the barrier will only affect the stronghold and not the two of them directly. As not even Tsubaki has permission to enter the dungeons Leen makes her invisible as well enabling the trio to sneak in undetected. After climbing down some stairs they come across an old man meditating in one of the cells, and having sensed the trio's presence he asks who has entered. Addressing the old man as General Baba Nohbuharu, Tsubaki tells him that she is under orders from General Kousaka to break him out, also asking where she could find the other two generals Naito Masatoyoh and Yamagata Massakage. Acknowledging his colleague's intentions against Kansukay; General Baba agrees to the plan, telling Tsubaki that General Naito and General Yamagata are in cells further down, he does however ask the trio to reveal themselves. When they do Tsubaki introduces Touya and Leen to Baba and Touya creates a space in the cell bars for Baba to leave with. They make their way deeper in the dungeons and eventually find Naito, a gentle-looking man looking similar to a retired worker, and the battle-scarred Yamagata, Baba calls for Touya to break the two out, mockingly referring to Touya as "squirt". Peeved, Touya reminds Baba of his name and Leen chimes in, recalling Touya's feats. The two imprisoned generals are shocked by this but Baba elects to still use squirt for Touya to protect his pride, Naito and Yamagata follow suit, calling Touya however they liked. Touya inwardly expresses shame that he would not be able to meet the lord that united these misfits under his banner.

Touya explains his plan of warping them out of the stronghold but General Yamagata insists that he stay behind so he could mete his own justice on Kansukay. General Baba and General Naito also point out that Kansukay is a formidable foe with an exceptional strategic mind as well as demonic powers from a mysterious jewel he came across, which Leen concludes must be where his necromancy comes from. With that in mind Touya asks Tsubaki where Kansukay was and she answers that he is likely in Tsutsujigasaki's central quarter, which Touya confirms with. With no need for stealth now that the Elite Four were safe, Touya opts to destroy the barrier and approach Kansukay directly, he asks Leen how and she replies that he only needs to break one of four talismans at each of the stronghold's four corners. Yamagata leads the group to one of the talismans, but as Touya is about to shoot it Baba suggests that the group arm themselves to help fight Kansukay's forces, so Touya uses to craft some weapons. With the three generals ready Touya destroys the talisman, and after Touya checks and confirms that his spells were working again, he uses them to neutralize the soldiers in the stronghold, Touya then opens a to Kansukay's location.

The group soon find Kansukay in a large garden, General Yamagata immediately charges at him but is blocked by none other than the reanimated corpse of Lord Schingen himself. Kansukay then summons skeletal warriors to further shield himself, Touya dispatches some of them before Leen decides to end it quickly by taking out all of the skeletons at once with Banish, leaving unfortunately only Schingen's corpse remaining standing. Kansukay taunts the group, boasting that he is untouchable since none of the generals would dare strike their lord even if he were dead only to be interrupted by Touya destroying Schingen's mask with his gun taking Schingen out. Kansukay is confusingly shocked but quickly recovers as he takes off his eye patch, revealing what he claims to be the "Jewel of Immortality" that gives him the ability to recover from fatal strikes, which Yamagata immediately demonstrates when he slices off Kansukay's arm only for him to regenerate another. Kansukay triumphantly declares he has the upper hand again but Touya simply plucks the jewel right out of his eye socket with. Leen examines the gem and confirms that it bears a curse that corrupts the wielder, the generals are impressed that she could tell with a mere glance but Leen simply says not to underestimate the eyes of a fairy. Ignoring Kansukay's pleas, Leen declares the gem too dangerous to keep around and throws it into a wall utterly shattering it, Kansukay screams in pain before completely withering away into dust. The generals wonder what had just happened and Leen clarifies that the jewel has likely absorbed all of Kansukay's life force ages ago leaving his body only being held together by the negative energy of said jewel, as such destroying the jewel meant that Kansukay could no longer sustain himself. The group also notice the undead soldiers including Lord Schingen also fading away, the generals and Tsubaki say their prayers for their dead and Touya cannot help but join them in the act thanks to sharing similar habits in Japan.

Chapter II - The Legacy of Babylon
Touya's party spend the next three days helping the Takeda clan recover from the Kansukay incident. General Kousaka reveals that he had hidden and protected Lord Schingen's son Takeda Khatsuyohri from Kansukay and makes him the new lord of the clan, the Elite Four are reinstated and stability is restored. Just to be on the safe side though, Touya advises the Takeda not to pick any more fights with other clans. The party then say their goodbyes to Yae's family before continuing toward their intended destination of the Nirya ruins, which they quickly reach courtesy of extracting General Baba's memories of the place with. The party find themselves on a beautiful beach on an island not too far from mainland Eashen, the girls are enamored by the ambience but Touya remains focused on the ruins. He runs a and finds the ruins a hundred meters away from the beach on the sea floor just as Jubei said. Not wanting to dive all the way down, Touya asks Leen if she knows any spells that enable someone to breathe underwater, which she replies unfortunately that she does not. Watching the girls playing around at the beach shoreline, Touya decides to arrange a seaside holiday with the party as well as everyone in his house, and when Touya tries to invite Sue, Duke Alfred and Duchess Ellen decide to join too, at the Duke's suggestion even the royal family as well as General Leon agreed to come as well. Touya gets worried for the state with how much free time the Belfast nobility seem to be having.

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