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 Masanobu

Chapter I - The Divine Nation, Eashen
Touya uses to travel to Eashen once more along with Yae, Elze, Linze, Yumina, Kohaku, Leen and Paula in order to find and explore the ruins that Leen mentioned before. The party arrive in a dense forest in Eashen and Yae leads the group toward her hometown in Oedo, a seemingly well defended fortress town. Touya recalls the politics of the country, how it had a king but was mostly governed by nine lords, Touya remarks that the names of the lords of Eashen are remarkably similar to names of actual historical figures of Japan, he wonders if Eashen is going through region wide conflict like Japan did during the Sengoku period. Touya asks Leen for the name of the ruins and she replies they were known as the "Ruins of Nirya". Yae does not know of any places named Nirya but is sure that her father might remember and so the party continue their way through the city toward Yae's family residence. As they do so, Touya cannot help but notice how Japanese everything looked, with the architecture and people styled like Japan during its earlier periods. Elze, Linze and Yumina are amazed by the place and ask Touya about the exotic things they come across, of which Touya despite not being from Eashen 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 group finally reach Yae's family dojo, once they pass the gates Yae announces their prescence. At once they are greeted by a female servant of whom 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 she and Yae embrace. Yae introduces the group to her mother and she bows at everyone in gratitude for looking after her daughter, of which 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 has gone to war alongside Lord Tokugawa Ieyahsu. When Yae asks what caused this, Ayane replies that Lord Takeda Shingen had invaded the northwest of Tokugawa territory. Yae is confused by Takeda's actions as such an attack would prove very costly for him, to that Ayane reveals rumors that the Takeda had recruited a peculiar strategist known as Yamamoto, a suspicious one-eyed individual said to possess potent magic that might be running things behind Takeda. When Leen inquires of the status of the battle, Nanae reveals that the forces with Yae's father and brother are holding the Takeda at Kawagoe fort but without help may be unable to last much longer. At this Yae resolves to help her family and asks the rest to join her of which they all agree. Touya uses to extract Yae's memory of a ridge not too far from the fort and everyone warps there with.

Using, Touya surveys the battlefield, noting the Takeda forces besieging Kawagoe fort with flaming arrows. Touya then casts to check if Yae's brother is safe, which the spell confirms. Yae wants to go in immediately but Leen points out the infeasibility of the idea since the fort is surrounded and Leen's fairy wings cannot fly properly. As such Touya proposes that he warps to the fort one kilometer at a time until he finds a spot close enough where they all can portal safely, Leen agrees. Touya opens the first and after instructing Kohaku to guard the others while he was away, goes in himself, accidently revealing to a surprised Leen that Kohaku can talk. After a few trips Touya is forced to confront two Takeda soldiers, he tries to take them out with bullets but the soldiers simply get back up and advance towards Touya. Taken aback Touya also notes the Takeda soldiers' unsual appearance, specifically their red skin and the red oni masks on their faces. Touya tries a second shot at the soldiers, aiming for the legs this time but the soldiers shrug that off and continue, as a last resort Touya casts and the soldiers temporarily fall, Touya then physically immobilizes one and kicks his mask destroying it. When the soldier stops moving Touya realizes that the oni masks are controlling the soldiers and shoots the other soldier in the face, causing his mask to split open and the soldier to crumple to the ground. Upon closer inspection, Touya also finds out that the soldiers were nothing more than corpses reanimated by the oni masks, with this new information Touya decides to get to Yae's brother first and discuss a new strategy to break out of the siege.

Using again, Touya believes he has found Yae’s brother when he spots a dark-haired samurai clad in black armor in the fort. Not wanting to be mistaken for an enemy Touya opens a a small distance away from him. At first he and the soldiers around him react to Touya’s appearance with hostility but Touya assures them he is not with the Takeda. After confirming that the black samurai is indeed Yae’s brother, Jutaro Kokonoe, Touya tells him that his sister has come to help him along with Touya. Jutaro reacts in disbelief but Touya tells him he is serious and asks for permission to portal her over. Jutaro consents so Touya casts another in the fort of which Yae immediately emerges out of 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 Kawagoe fort alongside Lord Ieyahsu.

Touya notices the scores of wounded soldiers around him in the fort and decides to try something. Using his phone map already enchanted with, Touya sets a on said map which allows him to mark every target that fits a criteria of his choosing just by selecting one instance. This enables him to target and heal all of the injured Tokugawa forces in the fort with Cure Heal in a matter of seconds, Jutaro is amazed by such a maneuver 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 strange undead forces, but Jutaro could say nothing more than what Touya already knew. Upon closer observation Leen suggests that the undead warriors are the work of an artifact, relics of ancient civillisations that could potentially possess high levels of magic. Touya decides that the Takeda forces needed to be dealt with nevertheless and so using his earlier, he casts Shining Javelin on all of the masked soldiers at once eliminating them, he then incapacitates the regular enemy forces with , and just like that the siege on Kawagoe fort is relieved. While most of the Tokugawa forces celebrate their victory Jutaro is unable to 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, Lord 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, Touya inwardly commends Yumina's impeccable social decorum. To keep things simple Yumina introduces herself as the princess of Belfast and the rest of Touya's party (Yae included) as her "bodyguards" to Ieyahsu and Jubei Kokonoe, the latter of which is surprised that his daughter is protecting someone that important. Ieyahsu then addresses Touya directly, Yumina introduces Touya as her future husband, much to his embarassment. Hearing this Ieyahsu and Jubei sigh in astonishment and admiration, remarking that a person capable of defeating an army in seconds is worthy of engagement to the princess of Belfast, Yumina agrees saying that she is very proud of Touya, which only embarasses him even more.

Yumina then asks Lord Ieyahsu if he knows about the Ruins of Nirya, which after pondering for a moment answers that she must be referring to the ruins of Nirai Kanai, Ieyahsu admits however that he does not know much about it. He turns to Jubei for answers and Jubei replies that Nirai Kanai is in Shimazu territory at the bottom of the sea, making any attempts to reach it difficult if not impossible. Touya asks whether the Takeda forces will attack again, Ieyahsu says he believes they will regroup and attempt a second time with more weapons and reinforcements. Ieyahsu is stumped however, as while the invaders are indeed forces under Lord Takeda Schingen, the offensive was carried out in a way that Ieyahsu believed was not like Schingen, as such Ieyahsu admits that the rumors regarding Schingen might be true after all. When Touya asks for clarification, Jubei tells him there are whispers that Lord Schingen has passed away and that his corpse is being controlled by strategist Yamamoto Kansukay to lead Takeda armies for his own ends. Leen is convinced this is possible, citing that Kansukay may be posessing a spell or artifact that can control corpses.

Knowing now that he cannot ignore the Takeda problem anymore, Touya suggests capturing Yamamoto so the situation can cool down. But Jubei dismisses the idea, saying that stealing Yamamoto is near-impossible with him guarded in the heavily defended Takeda stronghold at Tsutsujigasaki and that they should not act on unsubstantiated rumors. Undaunted, Touya asks Leen if the Light Magic she uses on her wings works for the whole body which she confirms. Knowing that Touya likely planned to head for Tsutsujigasaki with, Linze points out that neither Touya, Yae, her father or anyone of Tokugawa's forces have been to the stronghold making Touya's idea impossible. At this a voice speaks out in the keep, volunteering to take Touya to Tsutsujigasaki, Jubei demands the voice to show themselves. At this a female ninja comes out of hiding and shows herself to the group. The ninja introduces herself as Tsubaki; subordinate to Kousaka Masanohbu, who is one of Takeda's Elite Four generals, having come to Kawagoe bearing a message for Lord Tokugawa Ieyahsu. With Touya keeping his gun pointed at the ninja, Jubei warily takes Tsubaki's message and brings it to Ieyahsu. Ieyahsu reads the message and reacts in surprise and concern, Jubei asks his Lord what it said and Ieyahsu grimly states that the rumors surrounding Takeda Schingen are in fact true. Schingen has passed away and Kansukay has kept this a secret in order to control the entirety of the Takeda army, he has also imprisoned all of the Elite Four bar Kousaka after they had realized this fact, the message pleads for Ieyahsu to help save the land of Takeda. Despite having no loyalties to the Takeda, Ieyahsu opts to help, but as most of his forces were still under assault by the undead soldiers, Ieyahsu enlists Touya to sneak into Tsutsujigasaki and deal with Kansukay, which Touya agrees. Touya elects Tsubaki and Leen to come with him and everyone spends the rest of the day preparing for the infiltration to take place at nightfall.

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