Part 1:
So, uh, is that Hikari on the right on the cover? That’s an awfully revealing outfit for a ten-year-old.
Hmmm… Normally I would say that meal deprivation would be a bit harsh of a punishment, but Ciel doesn’t actually need to eat.
Cute illustration!
Hikari really doesn’t want to go to an orphanage, huh? I wonder if an orphanage in the Elesia Kingdom sold her to the intelligence division.
Oh, is the special slave system basically all downside for the owner or the slave? I’m guessing since he wasn’t told about it before, it’s mostly downsides for the owner. Honestly, based on the description, it sounds like author rebranded a combination adoption-apprenticeship as a type of slavery to give an excuse for Hikari to call Sora “Master” all the time.
“Not that I was bitter about it or anything.” Now that’s a tsundere line if I’ve ever seen one.
Seems like Ciel and Hikari are easily swayed by food.
Can you get things on credit with a merchants’ guild card, or is it more like a debit card?
“That was classified info.” LUL
Does the contract kit allow for magical c
I still think that outfit is a bit revealing for a ten-year-old, but that is a cute illustration with the smile Hikari has. (It’s also not quite as revealing as I thought it was. I thought it had a skirt, but the legs are separate. Still entirely too much leg for “armor,” though.)
Here’s hoping Sora gets an upgrade to Walking that lets him at least extend the “never get tired from walking” part to his companions at some point.
Part 2:
Hmmm… I wonder what was going on with the caravan on the way to Roille.
“It was more than a simple growth spurt could account for.” She’s probably making up for lost time.
Ah, yeah. Being merchant now does make it harder for him to get people to let him help with fights, I suppose.
Another orc attack? That’s a bit suspicious.
“Of course, if you accept, we’ll ensure the safety of your girl as well.” I don’t like way this is phrased….
“You’ll regret this, brat.” Well, that’s ominous.
Yeah, why are Aurora’s escorts so shoddy? I feel like there’s some sort of insurance fraud going on, which means they’ll be attacked later.
Oh boy. Layla saw Hikari in bed with Sora withe arms wrapped around him and got the wrong idea.
“The word ‘magic’ seemed to have activated [Yor].” LUL
Part 3:
Just giving away potions? You’re not really good the whole merchant thing, are you, Sora?
Use of scouting skills on the cave is being blocked? Hmmm…
Automap started working as soon as Sora entered the cave? …It’s a dungeon, isn’t it?
So, Orc Lord. Is it time for Sora to use Gun again?
Part 4:
So if the Orc Lord’s skin is like steel, I’m not sure how effective a gun will be.
I bet Loid is leaving the sword in because it’s stuck in an artery, and pulling it out would cause him to bleed out.
“I let loose on full automatic, aiming right at his chest—the place I assumed his magistone would be.” New guess: The mithril sword is lodged in Lloyd’s magistone, and removing it would destroy the magistone, killing him.
Cool illustration!
I bet the holy flame was from Ciel.
“At this, Layla turned a bit pink. I wonder why.” Gee, I don’t know. Why could that possibly be?
Oh. It turns out I was wrong about why Layla was blushing. I thought it was because she likes him (which very well may still be the case), but it’s actually because she had to administer a potion to him mouth-to-mouth.
Part 5:
So that’s how Luilui’s search skill works. Sort of like controlling seagulls in Wind Waker.
I’m guessing that the girls they saved from the orc lord are the daughters of the woman that ran over to them.
“Use them as bait.” 🤣
“‘Y-You won’t get away with this!’ Enrique spat at us with a baleful glare when Locke told him of the decision.” Keep dreaming, pal.
Gee, way to keep a low profile there, Sora.
So how are we dealing with Steit here?
So Yor’s from a big-name family in Frieren, huh?
Definitely feels like a “beware the nice ones” situation here.
Either Cacus has some sort of truth-detection skill, or there’s some sort of Spanish Inquisition–type thing going on. Guessing the first one.
Part 6:
Yeah, I don’t want to see a drunk Hikari either, Sora. I’m a bit afraid what she might do.
I’m a bit worried that the Arbiter of Truth is gonna figure out Sora’s background.
“I’d offered to ride in the front wagon, but they’d rejected that idea for some reason.” Yeah. “Some reason.” >_>
Cool illustration!
“If Sora volunteered to serve as your home tutor, would you stay home forever?” LUL
Sounds like next volume’s destination may be Majorica.
“I believe the repetition is important to capture the magnitude of it.” LOL
Cute illustration!
Oh boy. Catgirl
“Maybe I’ll get to see an elf or a dwarf soon!” I suspect you’ve already seen a dwarf, dude.
Wait a minute! You can’t just casually drop that the catgirl is Sera with no indication of how Sora knew like that! (I’m guessing he must have recognized her wearing the talisman or something. No, it’s because Appraise Person tells you the target’s name, not just their level. Duh.)
Part 7:
“Dragons in dungeons” LUL
Huh. Can’t say I can relate to being scared just from being in a forest.
Was Regulus just trying to help? Mia claims he’s one of the “villains,” but I don’t know if that’s the truth, a misunderstanding, or a lie so she can keep exploring. The volume description did mention a “dastardly plot,” though.
“Perhaps she was agitated.” You don’t say.
So, dastardly plot, huh? Perhaps they’re trying to assassinate Mia, the current saint, so that they can name that one summonee as the new saint? Unfortunately for them, that won’t work if the kingdom has anything to say about it.
“Maybe this was a phenomenon exclusive to the study of magic.” Or maybe some people just like learning? Have you ever considered that?
That pause before “current saint” was suspicious.
“seems to be cracking a bit under the pressures she’s been experiencing” I’ve heard that one before. Generally as a reason to try to prevent people from listening to what someone says. Suspicious…
“that didn’t match the idea of a princess in a walled garden” Really? You’ve never heard of a rebellious princess before?
Alternate idea about why people are trying to kill Mia: Maybe there’s something inconvenient in the full prophecy Mia received concerning the Demon King, and they’re to kill her before she can make it public. I almost wonder if the goddess sent the original Demon King, and he was meant to unite the nations, but not through war against a common enemy.
Part 8:
Why exactly did a kid in another world name her dog something that means “white” in Japanese? I see no indication that Mia would have any reason to know Japanese here. (Speaking of Japanese, Sora should try talking to Hikari in Japanese and see if she understands it.)
Seriously? We’re going with the trope of the girl getting angry at the guy for accidentally touching her chest while he was trying to protect her?
Wow. She actually backed down once she remembered it was an accident. I don’t believe it.
Oh, come on, Mia. I’ve seen the cover. Your chest isn’t that small.
“He was walking around with a slave. Was he a pervert?” At least someone thinks it!
So this “boy” can cause false prophecies? That throws the prophecy about the Demon King into question, too.
They’re planning to have Mia publicly executed? Uh oh.
“all the humans” So the “boy” must not be a human, then. But is he a demihuman or a demon? I would think a demon would have been detected, but maybe not.
Hmmm. I’m tempted to think the boy is a demon since he’s calling the Saint “dangerous to our lord,” but he also says this plot took “many years of preparation,” which isn’t exactly consistent with what we’ve been told so far about demons and the Demon King, I don’t think.
“Yor objected to this comparison, although I noticed that she was the only one who did.” LUL
Sounds to me like Mia became able use holy spells from a skill granted by the goddess or something rather than learning them normally, and that’s how she got her Saint job.
Oh boy. Sora’s a headpatter!
It’s good to see that outright forcing a slave into having sex is banned, but it sounds like there’s still room for coercion, unfortunately.
I suspect that the “boy’s” attempt to get rid of Mia is gonna backfire. Saints in general may be a threat to his “lord,” but Mia likely wouldn’t have been due to her lack of control over her magic if he had just left well enough alone. Now she’s going to learn how to properly control her magic from Sora.
Part 9:
Sera can dual-wield dual-bladed axes? That’s pretty cool.
Ah, the dessert stomach. Alas, I’ve lost that as I’ve gotten older.
They’re planning to send Mia to the Black Forest once she’s officially authorized as a Saint? Yeah, I think that pretty much confirms the “boy” from the beginning of the previous part is a demon, then. I think he’s severely overestimating how powerful she’d be at this point, though.
Sounds to me like the bad guy’s plan is turn Mia’s authorization ceremony into a public execution.
Cute catgirl illustration!
Part 10:
So is the bad guys’ plan to blame the monster stampede on Mia somehow, perhaps?
I’ve got a bad feeling about the announcement at the church. I suspect it may not be about the stampede like Sora expects.
Oh my. The dome collapsed? That’s not good.
sigh Mouth-to-mouth potion feeding again?
I wonder what the unnaturally moving presence is. The powerful mana source in the church is probably the “boy” from the beginning of part 8.
Going to the Howler Slave Company? …Sora’s solution to getting out of town is to enslave Mia, isn’t it? sigh
Part 11:
Wait, is the woman wielding a sword or a dagger?
So now the protagonist is enslaving some rando assassin woman? sigh
I suppose this illustration is cute…. They do look a bit like sisters here.
Thankfully, Mia isn’t calling Sora “Master,” at least. Hopefully, it stays that way.
“extremely competent at anything that didn’t involve his daughters” LUL
So the “boy” is indeed a demon.
“Humans were ridiculous beings who pursued their own goals even though they nominally belonged to the same organization.” Oh, the hypocrisy.
The demon has experienced the feeling of lamenting a death before? Interesting…
So is Sora labeling everyone there as hypocrites? Because that’s hardly fair. Some of those people (like Dan) actually helped save the real saint.
Part 12:
So, uh, why exactly are we still concealing that the Saint is still alive? Everyone knows Mia wasn’t actually a fake saint now. (Obviously, the reason is so that she can be added to the protagonist’s slave harem, but I don’t see a legitimate in-story reason for it. The reason given is “you never know who might be listening,” but who exactly other than Adonis do we not want to know the real saint is still alive at this point?)
Welp. There goes the pendant.
Alright, so the actual given reason for Mia to stay with Sora is that she could be targeted by demons if they know she’s still alive. At least it’s a better reason than “you never know who might be listening.”
“What do you want from me, man?” LUL
Well, at least Sora isn’t keeping Isabella.
“I’d decided to spend my platinum piece to buy all the slaves that Dredd had.” …Why?!
Well, at least Sora only bought the slaves for the village, not himself? I’m not sure if that’s better or worse.
“I didn’t have a choice.” But the author sure did.
I checked future illustrations on Japanese Bookwalker to see whether Mia and Sera keep their collars, and accidentally got spoiled on something else potentially major. Oops. Hopefully there will at least be foreshadowing I can enjoy to make up for not being able to theorize about it, but because of that, I’m going to hold off on continuing for roughly a month in hopes I forget the spoiler.
