The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 180: A Chance Meeting Under a Moonlit Night (1/3)

“Who are you?” [Ryouma]

“A maid, Young Master. I was instructed to attend to your and their needs.” [Black-Haired Maid]

What appeared under the gentle caress of the moonlight was a maid with sleek black hair.

For some reason, even though there was plenty of space were the ground was paved, this maid revealed herself from under the shadow of a tree where the ground was not.

She spoke with confidence, but I found her suspicious.

One reason was because she was hiding at a place like that, but more than that…

“I don’t recall ever seeing you before, though.” [Ryouma]

“It’s a big manor, Young Master. Nothing strange about not recognizing a face or two.” [Black-Haired Maid]

“Perhaps, but you’re not a maid, are you?” [Ryouma]

Apart from the young maids the other day, who were merely hired for extra help, the only maids permitted to appear before guests are those who have received sufficient training. Arone-san the head of the maids, Rurunez-san, and Riviola-san all knew how to interact with guests.

But this woman? She claims to be a maid, and yet she has neither named herself nor bowed her head. Now, I don’t have a hobby of getting people to bow to me, but when I told her I hadn’t seen her before, there was a tinge of provocation in her voice when she replied. It’s evident that she’s not acting like a maid, and while she might be playing the fool, it doesn’t seem as if she’s actually all that keen in hiding her identity.

“If I’m not a maid, then what do you think I am?” [Maid]

“The House Haunting Fairy.” [Ryouma]

When I said that, the woman didn’t deny it and instead smiled.

But not the sweet sort. No. It was a suggestive smile. Regardless, it didn’t seem like I was wrong.

“Since when did you notice me?” [House Haunting Fairy]

“I have always felt your presence.” [Ryouma]

Ever since I found out about the House Haunting Fairy, I figured that that might be the presence that I’ve been sensing all this time, so I decided not to mind it too much.

And now, there’s no mistaking it. I’ve felt this same presence too many times since coming here.

…The only thing is that I never really thought that the fairy would reveal herself to me.

“Those four were acting strange too.” [Ryouma]

They may have spoken naturally, but we never actually talked about eating out here tonight.

And yet the four of them came prepared with drinks and food.

Besides, why in the world are we eating outside? They never showed any interest in going inside either.

Moreover, even though it’s already gotten so dark and I haven’t returned yet, no one’s tried to check up on me.

The people here are all busybodies, so it’s really strange that no one’s come.

“Do you always eat food brought by suspicious people so calmly?” [House Haunting Fairy]

“I was certain that the food hadn’t been drugged or poisoned. I checked it when I took out my slimes when we were preparing to eat.” [Ryouma]

That time I brought out a lot of my scavenger slimes from my Dimension Home to deal with the trash, I also brought out a poison slime and a medicine slime.

“Poison slimes and medicine slimes love to eat poison and medicine, so I figured that since they’re not reacting, the food must be okay. It was nothing more than a passing thought, though.” [Ryouma]

I mean I never really felt like I was under any threat. In fact, that holds true even now.

I just checked to be doubly safe, and everyone else just nodded too and didn’t say anything either.

“I was sure you didn’t use Identify, so that’s how you checked the food, huh.” [House Haunting Fairy]

“Well, to be honest, I just thought it up on the spot. It’s a great idea, though, if I say so myself. Using slimes to check for poison and medicine. That’s definitely one avenue worth researching.” [Ryouma]

“Yes, I’m sure the nobles would love to hear more about that, but… You tend to prattle when talking about slimes, so let’s not go there.” [House Haunting Fairy]

…I actually want to talk about it more, but okay. I’ll just let it go this time.

“So, in the end, what exactly is your true form?” [Ryouma]

“You got it half right. It’s just that while the people of this place might call me a house haunting fairy, I am not house haunting fairy, but merely a fairy that happened to settle down here.” [Resident Fairy]

Looks like she was never really all that keen in hiding her identity. She quickly admitted to being a fairy too.

There’s a new question, however.

“Are fairies and house haunting fairies different races?” [Ryouma]

“The way we’re born is similar, but house haunting fairies and fairies that attach themselves to tools are existences that are very close to the undead. They are merely beings that benefit humans.” [Resident Fairy]

She taught me gently.

According to her, fairies are born from the abundance of natural mana in the world and are existences that have a real body. Fairies by nature are pure and free-spirited. Usually, they just live wherever they are born, but in rare cases, there are some curious ones who travel a long journey out of curiosity and lose their way in human towns. They look like small humans and are cute, but they possess strong mana and specialize in fire and ice magic.

In contrast, house haunting fairies or fairies that dwell in things are born from the mana and thoughts leaked by the owner of the house or the item. They don’t possess a real body and can’t stray too far from the object that has been deeply dyed with mana. The personality of such fairies have been deeply influenced by the owner of the house or item they are attached to, so some of them are helpful to people while others are harmful. In other words, they are what we refer to in Japan as artifact spirits (tsukumogami).

 

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19 responses to “The Man Picked up by the Gods – Volume 3 Chapter 180: A Chance Meeting Under a Moonlit Night (1/3)”

  1. JeKeBe Avatar
    JeKeBe

    Wasn’t expecting that one, but it’s an interesting turn of events.

    Thanks for the chapter.

  2. sfcipher Avatar

    Error:
    That’s de finely -> That’s definitely

    Thanks for the treat.

    1. Philip Avatar
      Philip

      And there I was going on google to check if there is such an expression. Well, after a couple seconds and tabs I gave up and wrote it down, but since it’s already mentioned, I’ll just add a reply here to make it more obvious.

  3. Philip Avatar
    Philip

    I didn’t even think that such a situation is abnormal, so I guess a fairy like that would easily make me disappear 😀
    Thanks for the update! Awesome translation! God bless you!

  4. twinnnn100 Avatar

    thanks for the chapter

  5. WillTell Avatar

    A wild fairy appears!
    Ryouma uses Slime Talk
    It’s ineffective!

  6. Zax Avatar
    Zax

    Seems like that fairy is very interested in him. Thanks for the chapter

  7. Belkar Avatar

    Thank you again!

    1. Darkwhiz Avatar
      Darkwhiz

      Isn’t this a contradiction, the fairy are born from abundance of natural mana, but isn’t the reason Ryouma is sent to the world is because there lack of mana in the world?

      1. Lyss Avatar
        Lyss

        I think it’s more like a cycle characteristic to this world. As you know Ryouma was not the only Otherworlder so it’s probably sth like this: lack of mana → transfer of Otherworlder to fill in the mana pool of the world → abundance of mana → fairies are born/ ppl use magic etc → mana is being depleted (again)…. an so on

      2. BrassKnight Avatar
        BrassKnight

        Overall, the world is lacking the appropriate amount of mana, thus the gods periodically transfer otherworlders in order to help compensate for this deficit. However, the distribution of mana throughout the world isn’t even. There are regions with a severe lack of mana, and regions with an abundance of mana. The fairies are born in the latter. So there is no contradiction.

      3. Cameron Avatar
        Cameron

        That depends on how old she is. Also just because the world in general is lacking doesn’t mean there aren’t dense mana areas.

  8. kuroharuto Avatar
    kuroharuto

    Thanks for the chapter!!!

  9. 07la30 Avatar
    07la30

    Thank you for the chapters!!

  10. Tsuki Avatar
    Tsuki

    Small human? Cute? Strong mana? Specialist in ice and fire magic??? Why do you seem to describe Elia…

  11. Mischa Avatar
    Mischa

    Taking fairy time! Or we can go morbid style and say Fairy slime time! Lol thanks for the chapter, stay warm, it’s really cold today.

    1. Mischa Avatar
      Mischa

      I meant Taming Fairy time. Gosh darn auto correct.

  12. Hanif Ahadin Avatar
    Hanif Ahadin

    Need ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽moooooooorrrrrrree

  13. darkLoki Avatar
    darkLoki

    Thanks for the chapter, what will happen to the fairy now?

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