Tsuki – Chapter 384: To the Untrodden Stage ②

TLN: Double chapter today! Make sure you didn’t miss the previous chapter!

Is this also a business discussion?

A little bit before Tsige had gained independence and became a nation, I invited Rembrandt-san and Morris-san.

Invite… I feel like that was close to forced though.

It seems like his wife had invited Tomoe and Mio even before that, and I have heard that she would often go there as of late. 

By heard, I mean that it is not like I am meeting them personally all the time.

Cause you know, she is the wife of someone else, so…no matter if it is our establishment, it is a hot spring we are talking about here.

I don’t know if it would be okay to ask something like that every time I go there when talking about casual stuff and how they have been doing.

They are head-over-heels for each other after all! 

Even so, Haruna, Akina, and there’s times when even Tomoe and Mio would show up, so I think there won’t be any problems if I just leave her to them.

That’s not what I am currently consulting about with the people that have entered the hot spring with me though.

“And so, Capli-san has been coming to our place, and it is troubling. How do you all interact with that person?” (Makoto)

Rembrandt-san who is the top of Tsige as always, and his friends.

In other words, the Rembrandt, Bronzeman, Batoma, and the Muzo Companies’ representatives have come to the hot spring resort in the demonic mountains to relax.

I am accompanying them to serve as their host.

“Rather, that’s unfair. I was driven out even though I told you it was okay to ignore me.” (Rembrandt)

That’s because the person I would be meeting would obviously get scared, Rembrandt-san.

You were clearly not interested at first in the Stirling engine model.

“As for me, even though I left the reception room myself, I was made to exit the store too. Ain’t it unfair that it is only that lady the only one getting preferential treatment?” (Bronzeman)

That’s because you had the young ones of your place occupy the display of the store, Bronzeman-san. 

Just how much of a blinded business obstruction do you think that is? 

“I remember that -not only the display- you don’t even listen to what I say.” (Batoma)

There’s no way I can introduce you to marriage partners for Ates, Batoma-san.

We may be a miscellaneous store, but we are not doing marriage interviews here.

“That’s indeed appealing after all. When the exhibition items change, you have to check them at least once or you will regret it. As for me, I have recently been interested in the incense that is used to enjoy the smell.” (Muzo)

Muzo-san was completely ignoring the topic at hand and just nodded as if he had remembered something.

He is the only one that’s not complaining about me, but it seems like his hobby was originally antiques. I remember the time when his narrow eyes went wide and bloodshot at the pottery and lacquer ware. 

It seems like he also had quite the interest in the waterfall incense that can even fill the outdoors in its aroma in a specific area. 

I personally like it too, but rather than the censer, I would have wanted for him to pay more attention to the function of being able to enjoy it outdoors too.

It is true that smoke slowly swaying like a living creature has its appeal though.

“Aah, that’s nice, isn’t it? It would be nice to try out and set a few in the new parks that will be made.” 

“Really? I think that miniature golem is what’s crazy though.” 

“If it is Capli-san, it would be that Diorama, right? Even though it was clear that she would get energetic if she were to see that. I think it is already too late. If you lower your guard, she might end up dragging you around, but you can earn gold from her. Well, just learn how to divide those two. Earn a whole ton.” 

“That comic that presented a play by adding drawings to writing was quite interesting too, wasn’t it?” 

“That can be used in advertisements.”

“Speaking of advertisements, this ‘idol’ thing that you’ve commenced…it is quite terrific.The publicity and the way advertisements are done in Tsige will definitely make a change.” 

“True. The benefits in emergency times are easy to tell. But if we were to talk about the changes it can bring to the inside, it would be magic constructions that are flashy at sight. It could surpass advertisements and publicity. There’s even the possibility of companies specialized in that area to be born.” 

“At any rate, the expansion of the movement range for the route wagons and shuttle wagons will bring incalculable benefits. Honestly speaking, won’t that be the tastiest part for your place, Batoma-san? I knew that the foundation of this so-called station was quite the good one, but do you have some sort of ideaman with you, Rembrandt-san?” 

“The trigger of that wasn’t me but Raidou-kun. Stations and transportation network plans were things that were in his head to begin with.” 

“Hooh…even so, his ideas are most likely things that we wouldn’t be able to digest properly at all. No matter how splendid of a gem it is, there’s no point unless you can polish it. To think that one action would actually lead to an unbelievable meeting.” 

“Raidou and Rembrandt? I don’t know if it was good or not for these two to have met.” 

“ It is true that the station has a lot of tasty possibilities in it, but…oi oi, that was originally from Raidou too? Then, isn’t it your own fault that the Capli old woman ended up being drawn to you? I do thank you for the matter of the station and for being the trigger of our change in objectives for the company…but this is basically like you saying it hurt when you threw a rock and it bounced back at you, Raidou.” 

“Ooh, right. The Couple Company has been coming to consult quite a lot. Isn’t she going to everyone’s places too depending on the contents?” 

“She has come with a mountain of requests. From orders to consultations.” 

“Same.” 

“Negotiations to lower the price too. She really doesn’t let anything go.” 

“…It goes without saying for all you here, but the work she currently has is of the top priority in terms of scale and worth, and it will become something that will support the country of Tsige as a whole.” 

“We know that, Rembrandt. I intend to cooperate with that old woman with my all. That’s the most profitable thing to do after all.” 

“Same here. I think helping out the Couple Company in order to develop the internal circulation of goods without the need to rely on the Golden Highway is the natural thing to do.” 

“It goes without saying. If stations are made in various places, who knows how much demand it would be born there. It would be a different story if the Couple Representative is incompetent, but if she is unbelievably competent, having her go wild as much as she wants would create the most profits.” 

“Good. It helps that there’s no need for unnecessary explanation.” 

It seems the 4 think they have already finished their response to me, they were now talking about how to put into use the things shown in the display in the city. They were beginning to talk about the unprecedented benefits that will be born in Tsige as if in their own bubble.

Gununu.

“You see here, if she goes too wild, the burden on us will be unbelievable, you know…?” (Makoto)

“But Raidou-kun, I heard that the craftsmen of the Kuzunoha Company are already beginning to put a hand on the wagon station for your place.” (Rembrandt)

“Eh, no way! I properly told them to have nothing to do with the station building though.” (Makoto)

Really?” (Muzo)

When I explained to Rembrandt-san, Muzo-san looked at me dubiously.

“Obviously. The magic construction team has finally been made in Tsige, so we wouldn’t pour cold water on that.” (Makoto)

““…””

“W-What is it?” (Makoto)

When I proclaim this clearly, everyone directed doubtful gazes at me.

Why?

“Meaning ‘it goes without saying that the Kuzunoha Company would do a better job, but we will watch over them’, huh. Big words there, Raidou.” (Bronzeman)

“…Ah!!” (Makoto)

I see! 

Bronzeman-san is the central person managing the magic construction team.

My way of saying it was basically as if picking a fight with him! 

Oh no, even though I am not alone with Rembrandt, I ended up speaking without thinking.

“Just kidding. We are the ones stealing the technique to begin with. What you say isn’t strange.” (Bronzeman)

“Bronzeman-san.” (Makoto)

“It does light up my fighting spirit though!” (Bronzeman)

“I am sorry!” (Makoto)

“And so…!” (Bronzeman)

“?” 

“For some reason, the dwarfs of the Kuzunoha Company have begun to eat lunch close to our place at this timing.” (Bronzeman)

“Lunch…?” (Makoto)

Is that so?

I haven’t received a report like that.

Or more ilke, regardless of if it is in Tsige or Asora, I don’t mind them eating wherever they want.

I have no intention of putting any restrictions in their time and their diet after all.

Could it be that there’s good drinks in the sectors where craftsmen gather? 

“They would say in pretty loud voices. ‘How about making the painting in this way to see how the coloring goes?’.” (Bronzeman)

“…”

“Talking about how if you mix a number of materials into black paint, it would do something about the reflection of light or something, and about heat insulation and whatever.” (Bronzeman) 

“…”

“About how if you do this to the white paint, the reflection rate would increase sharply, and it would increase the cooling indoors without the need of magic or something.” (Bronzeman)

“…”

“This also applies to magic construction, but the dwarfs were talking in such a lively way that it felt as if they were saying ‘please steal it’.” (Bronzeman)

“…A-Ahahahaha…” (Makoto)

So that’s what it is.

They are giving random information about techniques and discoveries that could be used in magic construction.

They are probably doing that so that our place won’t be relied on for pointless things in the future, to reduce the burdens on us. 

The reality is that I was worried about what to do if requests about magic constructions were to blow up on us. 

But when I opened the lid, Tsige’s craftsmen had taken in the technique far faster than I thought, so it didn’t bury us in work. 

I am truly thankful for that.

“You have helped us out there, Senpai. Thanks, you cheeky brat! Also, tell them we are in their care. Good grief, this hot spring is the best through and through!” (Bronzeman)

Bronzeman stood in the hot spring, and spread his limbs heartily. 

That back of his made everyone else show wry smiles.

“I see. So Raidou-san is also moving in his own way for the sake of the city. A number of questions I had have melted. Is this also the effect of the hot springs? I have also taken a great liking to it.” (Muzo)

“It bothers me that there’s not much food after you finish bathing, but I agree mostly to that. It seems the Rembrandt Company and the Kuzunoha Company have grabbed onto one more weakness of mine, but…it isn’t bad.” (Batoma)

“Right?! It is pleasant, our talks won’t leak to the outside, and your wife will be happy too! Didn’t I tell you all that there’s no facility better for talks than here?! Hahahaha!!” (Rembrandt)

Of course talks won’t leak when we are in Kaleneon.

It would be another story if it is the Lorel people, but the Tsige merchants don’t have much in the bathing practice, so I didn’t expect them to like it this much.

Haah…

So I have to tag along with the Couple Company completely or it won’t end, huh.

I don’t know how to make efficient time charts though.

Maybe the Arke Minato, Shiki, or Tamaki would have ideas for that?

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76 thoughts on “Tsuki – Chapter 384: To the Untrodden Stage ②”

  1. thanks for chap
    mc is completely destroying the existing systems there

    lmao but the idea of their miscellaneous store selling marriages is also hilarious

  3. I keep thinking he is letting good money, not only leaving it on the table. He’s letting it FALL off the table… sure he might not have invented a lot of,these things, but it’s his knowledge of them, and sure, he doesn’t need to profit directly, hell he can put it aside for orphan works etc.

    Poor Makoto tho, being pulled around if not by the big five, by his own Asora residents doing what they want.

    Well, at least that diarama didn’t have a spare shuttle launch pad at its centre…

    1. I keep half expecting a sequel to this series… “I was summoned to another world expecting fantasy Isekai and I was greeted by (a modern society)” …

      1. i feel a better title would be “I was summoned to a fantasy Isekai and thought of using my cheat modern knowledge but the world was in the science fiction age?!”

  6. 《….but this is basically like you saying it hurt when you threw a rock and it bounced back at you, Raidou》

    ~exactly!!! It is also thanks to the help of his wild subordinates tho~
    ~The elder dwarves being sneaky and generous too
    (｀∇´ゞ
    But the question is. Do they know that they were actually at Kaleneon or just in some place faraway?? The Kuzunuha company has its own teleport formation just like the adventurer guild and how was it explained to them that Kaleneon isnt demon territory anymore~? Curious~
    ヾ(´･ ･｀｡)ノ”
    Thanks for the fun chapter~🌟

  10. Thanks for this. I still like Tsuki, but I kinda wish the author would focus more on stuff between makoto and the goddess. When it focuses on small stuff like this, it doesn’t seem as interesting. There’s also Tomoki who the author seems to be ignoring which I don’t get. Still waiting on Makoto to deal with him and that princess who are trying to control the world through his charm magic or whatever it was. Kinda surprised he isn’t putting any focus on it since the last major story arc.

  11. Thanks for the chapter, I feel doing meeting in Open Door Bath sound so cool, like those kind of old style Japanese Movie thingy but the best thing ofc Sakeeee(Welp in those situation they can’t drink it thou)

  19. Thank you for the duble chapters Reigokai! I love this pace! Really! It’s refreshing, because the author slows the pace and later the action chapters will be more interesting! And usually these kind of chapters have a future reason, they will explain future actions of the merchants and the Asora residents.

  24. My only wish is that, Makoto should develop Asora the way Tsige has been develop.

    One of the weakness of Asora is the man power, cause we know that demi humans are propagated slowly unlike hyumans.
    Makoto would need to revisit carefully and seriously the proposal of Lime though, to let orphans be the citizen of Asora, for development purposes….

  27. Thanks for the chapter, its really fun to see this sort of development, Makoto now will turn into a match maker, he can lend some dwarvs as consultant to those companies and charge some fees rigth?

  30. Good thing he took the model train out. Heads would have asploded. I feel like there’s not enough fantasy/technological interplay though. Like, you could do some interesting things once workable frictionless force-fields come into play. Magical hover trains, why not.

  31. Thanks for the chapter!

    I really enjoy these slice of life chapters. It really slows the pace down and makes the action and hype scenes more dramatic. This just feels like a way for the Author to make a new arc come front and centre.

    Also to add onto another comment above, Culture and Economy always wins in turn-based games! Makoto for the revolutionary win among the three otherworlders

  32. Thank for the chapters ^^

    Happy valentine.

    But for Reigokai to have time for a double release today……well, hang in there XD

  33. So hibiki are creating a goverment/political revolution in Limia, Trashmoki that indirectly giving raise in military revolution with modern firearm in empire, and finally makoto that goes with economic and culture win, bringing capitalism in Tsige huh….

    well, looking at many isekai story, the one that goes with economic and culture route are the winner though

    1. Ooooh a civ fan! Capitalism, economics, and culture will win. All three of them will easily give rise to a stronger military and democratic reforms (representative or council system).

      What Hibiki and Tomoki fail to understand is that this world is not a game world. Tomoki is just a puppet following his lust. Hibiki’s efforts are futile as long as the BUG and her apostles are around that can easily reverse her progress.

    2. I think that all this slow transition to capitalism, with the new sect that is going to attack kunozuga only serves so that in the next arc everyone in the goddess world will find out that Makoto is from the earth and the devil, making everyone question why he does not help in the war, Rembrant and the other companies will see him as the hero of the merchants, all when seeing the calm economy and society of tsige have only envy and Tomoki with Hibiki lose followers when seeing Makoto’s students be stronger than them.

  38. Why so much hate? I love these chapters, they are slow, and show daily life, rather than nonstop action. while I would be concerned if this continued forever, I feel like this is setting the stages for another bigger arc. So it’s ok, Y the Hate?

    1. Yeah, for someone soooo amazing on Earth, Hibiki’s efforts in this world have been lackluster. With all her grandstanding, rather than a “hero” she’s more a damsel in distress just by the number of times she was saved by Makoto&Co. That’s what you get when heroes get into politics instead of doing hero stuff lol

  48. So, when Lisa wants to go to the hot spring, she literally nag the shit out of Tomoe/Mio to teleport her? I mean there’s no way for them to hire one teleporter as the location is only known to Kuzunoha’s member doesn’t it?

    2. In this world, teleportation is really limited. They have expensive rare fixed point-to-point teleportation constructs, and even those aren’t enough to get from the human capital cities to School Town in one ‘port. Individuals are even more limited. When they explored Asora, Makoto and the OP gang teleport hopped a bunch of times in a row to get to the Shrine. A mage who can teleport wouldn’t be able to get Lisa to the hot-spring. That’s why Makoto can sell things so cheaply. No transportation cost, no time cost.

      What the OP gang are doing is closer to … tessering. They are making gates that jump up and down dimensions. Or… more like exploiting how the coterminous planes interact? They’re using Asora to connect points of space in Goddess Land. Making a door between two distant places. They could leave an open door/gate between the Rembrandt house and the Hot-springs to make it easier; I bet, she just nags them to open the gate/door.

  49. Thanks for the chapter. I don’t want to diminish the efforts it takes to translate these, and its not like I want it to be all action all the time, but… I dunno. It feels like the chapters that have been releasing after the author took that several year break have been kinda lackluster. More and more chapters I read and I kinda think “I didn’t learn anything in this chapter and nothing happened.”

    2. I’d say that it feels like the author is really diving into the merchant side of the story, but simultaneously is unable to delve too deeply into the intricacies due to mikoto not being very good at the details himself. it’s nice to get a feel for how tsige is growing, but I feel like the rapid modernification doesn’t really fit with how the story has been going. I think it will be interesting to see how it affects the rest of the story, because once we get to the political side of the story, the international relations should look a little different from the start of the story. It’s definitely weird that we are getting this much SoL when it likely isn’t going to be super related to the plot, yet it is still tied to it. it’s like a gray area.

    3. Yeah… don’t get me wrong, i like the world building and the everyday life description. But the pace is somewhat off and I’m not hooked like before the hiatus, wandering what’s going to happen next. Especially since the other Makoto adventures are so good.
      But many thanks for your hard work, reigo-sama!

    4. I have to agree somewhat, for instance, what’s happened to Gritonia during all of this? The other isekai’d guy who’s simultaneously creating guns, has a power to set off a nuke AND is currently brainwashing the world? The Author’s apparent reluctance to continue with the Academy, Makoto’s magic study, or interactions with characters other than the Tsige folk and his companions, makes me feel like he’s in a bit of a writer’s block at the moment, although the Apostle arc seems to go against that theory. Either way, I’m going to keep reading with absolute gusto, and I want to thank Reigokai for translating all of this and Weakest Mage too! P.S. What is it with isekai authors and heavy focus on cooking? I seem to notice more and more stories are filled with cooking/eating chapters, maybe they’re just hungry when writing LOL

    6. Maybe the author whanted to do some world building before entering the last arc that is just around the corner, there is not much to tie anyway

      Thinks to do
      Tomoki (just kill him already)
      Annoying sempai
      Goddess
      Girls on Earth (maybe side chapters or after story so no rush with this)

      Outside of that most situation are already done

      Love is done
      Training is done
      Demons are done
      Love is done
      Dragons are done
      Tsige is done(or in progress if you look at other Angle but basically the author can at any moment say next so yeah)
      Love is done

      Did I miss one?

      1. Well… Kalenon (I don’t remember the name, is the ancient country where the hot springs are) and Makoto’s parents history, for example

      2. The parents are done you know? In an side history it is told their history, how the mother got lied by an demon and she scaped and ended up calling in love again with her fiancee and scaping to Earth

      3. The Fanclubs by cliche still gotty escalate and result in annoying Generic stuff

        Another Denon Arc will be necessary too

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