Published: September 10, 2025
This is Satou. There’s a saying, “The mountain rumbles, but only a mouse comes out,” but I think that’s much better than the mountain rumbling and a big eruption happening. Peaceful times make sightseeing more enjoyable, after all.
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“Arisa!”
I moved with Tama in the unit formation, and Tama led me as we rushed to our destination.
“Master… I’m sorry…”
“Stay strong.”
I took Arisa’s weakly murmuring small hand and pressed my forehead against hers.
—It’s hot.
According to the AR display, it’s not the flu but a common cold.
“Honestly, doing waterfall training until you get a fever…”
“I’m sorry, nya~”
Lulu, who brought some porridge to the sickroom, scolded Arisa.
Ah, now I understand why Arisa caught a cold.
“Wow, sweet potato porridge!”
Well, it’s not just sweet potato, but the famous sweet potato from Count Seryu’s Domain.
“Master, feed me.”
Arisa clings to me, probably because the fever is tough.
Well, I’ll be gentle for once since she’s sick.
“Ah—yum. It tastes like the love of Master.”
Despite coughing, Arisa’s playful talk doesn’t stop.
I worry she might be delirious from the fever.
Glancing over, I see the younger kids lined up by Arisa’s pillow.
“Ah—”
“Ah—, right?”
“Tama too~?”
Now that I think about it, when I caught a cold before starting school, my younger sister was also like this, begging Mom to feed her like “Ah~n.”
“I’ll feed Arisa first, then—”
I realized midway through my sentence.
I look around the room.
—Just as I thought.
“Arisa, didn’t you take any medicine that cures sickness?”
I had forgotten because the cold was a familiar illness from my original world.
But magic potions or magic here can cure it in no time.
“Huh? Umm, I only had elixirs, so I thought it would be a waste to use it on a cold like this.”
Arisa answered while coughing.
Her cough timing seems a bit off.
“Then, what about Mia’s water magic?”
“She refused.”
Looking at Mia, she shook her head and made an X sign in front of her face.
“See, Mia only came back much later, and I thought drinking water, eating porridge, and sleeping would be enough to heal—”
“Even the brownies in this room can use magic to cure colds, right?”
“Ugh…”
Arisa faltered at my words.
Why did she keep sleeping while having a cold?
“W-well…”
“Spit it out quickly and feel better.”
Pochi imitated a veteran detective pressuring a confession, urging Arisa.
“I-I wanted to play nurse and patient with Master!”
“Play?”
“Arisa…”
Next to Arisa’s soul-wrenching cry, Mia tilted her head in confusion, and Lulu, who knew exactly what was going on, blushed and muttered Arisa’s name.
“Rejected.”
When I refused the nurse-and-patient play, Arisa muttered, “It was the perfect chance to do nurse play with a master who’s too healthy.”
Yeah, Arisa should reflect a bit.
“Agent Pochi.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Administer the standard medicine for the orphanage to sick Agent Arisa.”
“Yes, understood. Is this okay?”
I nodded after Pochi checked the medicine I took out from the Fairy Bag.
“—Suppository!”
Arisa screamed when Pochi revealed the item.
“Eww, no way I want that.”
“It’s okay. It doesn’t hurt.”
“No, it’s not about hurting or not.”
“Rest assured. Pochi is a suppository professional.”
“An innocent maiden’s heart will be broken!”
Cornered by Pochi’s villainous face, Arisa slid down the bed.
“C-couldn’t you at least have Master do it—”
“Arisa, no selfishness allowed.”
“Whoa, can’t teleport? Master, sealing teleportation—”
Listening to Arisa’s screams from behind, Mia and I left the room.
I’ll leave the follow-up to Lulu.
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“Mr. Satou!”
“Welcome back, Satou.”
When I returned to the living room of the Isolated Island Palace, Ms. Zena and Princess Sistina greeted me.
I still have to tell Princess Sistina about the death of her half-brother, Third Prince Sharoric, but that can wait.
She seemed indifferent to the Third Prince anyway.