Dropped Into Another World V3C19

Chapter 19 – How Did It Happen?

「Rope, can you hear me?」

『……』

Can’t I communicate from here?

I have something to ask you.

「Rope?」

『Your lordship! What what! 』

Uwaa, I was surprised.

…..aren’t you a little tenser than usual?

Please calm down a little bit.

『Your lordship?』

「Ah, ehto. There was an earthquake today…..do you know what an earthquake is?」

You probably don’t know it, do you?

Come on, tell me.

『Earthquake? Was there an earthquake? I didn’t notice. I mean, there shouldn’t be any earthquakes in this world.』

Hnn?

There shouldn’t be any earthquakes in this world?

Why?

「Why can’t there be an earthquake?」

『Because this world is maintained by magic. It doesn’t have things like tectonic plates or anything similar like the world your lordship came from.』

Seriously?

Is this world created in a different way?

「Is that why the dragons didn’t know anything about earthquakes?」

『The dragons, which are divine beasts, are placed in a newly created world to take the role of guardians. A dragon from the world where your lordship came from would have knowledge about earthquakes but for this world, knowledge about earthquakes is unnecessary. I don’t think they’ll have any knowledge of it.』

I see, so that’s how it is.

Hnn?

If this world doesn’t have any earthquakes, why did an earthquake occur?

「There was an earthquake earlier.」

『No, like I said before, I didn’t notice it. Did it only happen around the place where your lordship is? I’ll check it out.』

「Please, do so.」

『Ehehehe』

Until the end, Rope is in a different kind of tension than usual.

Rope should be fine, right?

「Your lordship～. Incoming one eye～!」

I looked at the door of the room and saw a one eye coming in with a cup of tea.

This one eye has a rather cheerful personality and the way it speaks is light too.

Or rather, it always speaks in a way where it extends the ending of the word.

The leader of the one eye tried to scold it but it ran away while saying 「Im～ po～ ssi～ ble～」

And this one is also pretty close with Karen.

Sometimes, I see it taking a stroll in the forest on top of Karen.

「Shouldn’t you be strolling with Karen today?」

「Yes, I was supposed to but didn’t continue～. The farming corps has been very busy～.」

Speaking of which, when they’re going for a stroll, it’s not the only one riding Karen but there’s another one from the farming corps.

It looks like they weren’t able to take a stroll because that member of the farming corps isn’t available.

You are so close.

「Your lordship～, tea～」

A cup of tea is placed on the desk near the bed.

「Thank you. The tea you make is great. It makes me feel at ease.」

「Really～」

「Yeah, it’s true. Thank you.」

「Ehe～」

I pat the head of the one eyed rock doll that sounds so happy.

The coolness peculiar to rock dolls was felt by my hand.

A rock is a rock so I don’t know if they even feel when I’m patting them but I can feel that they’re happy.

「Speaking of which, do you one eyes have any knowledge about earthquakes?」

「Yes, we do～. I’ll make it simple～. An earthquake is when a tectonic plate that’s covering the surface of the planet～, which are dozens or more plates of different sizes moving at a speed of several cm per year～, collides with each other—」

「Thank you. It looks like the one eyes know a lot about earthquakes. You’re amazing.」

They definitely know more about earthquakes than I do.

「I heard today’s earthquake seems strange.」

「Right～. Earthquakes shouldn’t happen in this world～.」

I’m surprised you know so much.

「You knew?」

「Of course～. In this world, there’s no tectonic plate because it is made from the magic power of the “fruit of the world” ～. There is no magma so there are no volcanoes so there shouldn’t be any volcanic earthquakes too～.」

「I see, I see. However, there are volcanoes here.」

There’s a big mountain spewing fire there, right?

Well, it’s a little strange that there are trees growing next to the magma that goes through it.

Ah, right.

That’s not a volcano I know of.

Perhaps it’s not even a volcano.

It said there’s no volcano here but, is that really not a volcano?

I’m confused.

「That’s a volcano but it is powered by magic～.」

Can the volcanoes in this world be considered as volcanoes?

But still, everything in this world is powered by magic.

Ah, I forgot to ask a teacher who can teach magic.

It should be important….

「Your lordship～?」

「Thank you. I understand what I need to know.」

「I’m glad～. By the way～. Leader is asking when will the teacher arrive～. It says that there should be a lot of things to prepare～.」

Preparations?

…..since the teacher will be a live-in, I should prepare a room.

「I’m supposed to be introduced to one in 30 days. Tell them there’s no need to rush the preparations because it’s still a while away.」

「Understood～. Okay, I’m going～. Good night～.」

「Good night. 」

I saw off the one eye leave the room.

By the way, the one eyes are really brilliant.

When I made the one eyes, I imagined…..was it a robot that could help me?

I’m sure….that’s it.

Well, in short, I didn’t imagine them one by one.

At that time, I couldn’t afford it.

In other words, they should be similar to each other.

And yet, I was pretty amazed that everyone’s personality and even way of speaking is unique.

What happened for the one eyes to be born like that?

I have no idea.

「……oh, an earthquake. There shouldn’t be an earthquake here in this world but it’s actually happening. 」

I have a bad feeling about this.

Well, I’m sure Rope will do something.

Until then, let’s take it easy.

So many things have happened today and I’m tired.

 

—Scene Change—

 

While eating breakfast, I look into the garden.

I see the angels flying in the sky but tied with ropes.

And they are holding bread.

They’re eating while playing?

Ah, that reminds me.

I looked at the cribs where the angels were sleeping.

「They’re gone. Aren’t they?」

I woke up and felt some kind of discomfort.

I felt something was different from usual.

I looked around the living room and noticed that the toys that had been circling above the angels were gone.

I asked the one eyes and they said that it’s because they didn’t need them anymore.

Had the angles calmed down from doing mischief?

They used to attack the spinning toys in a cute way, didn’t they?

 

Well, they must have had a lot of worries too.

After all, they were supposed to have gone to bed as adults and became toddlers when they woke up.

Well, from the looks of the angels, they seem to have forgotten about it.

Still, there must have been a sense of uneasiness somewhere because of the sudden change.

I’m grateful to the one eyes.

They took care of the angels.

Can I assume that their mischief period is over?

 

Speaking of which, it has been three days since I’ve spoken with Rope about earthquakes.

I still haven’t heard anything from him. What’s going on?

I’m sure Rope is in a human country.

When I asked it where it was, it said that it was in a building in a royal castle.

…..should I go and see what’s going on?

「Or rather, is it okay to leave in a human country like this?」

Should I seriously think about moving Rope somewhere else?

I can’t leave it in a human’s country forever, can I?

After all, it is the overseer of this world.

When I talk to it, it never gives me that kind of feeling at all.

Well, I need to hear from Rope itself what it wants first before deciding what to do.

….when will it get in touch with me?

The longer it takes, the more anxious I get.

 

Shake.

 

Eh.

……stopped.

Is it only my imagination?

For a moment, I felt like the ground shook.

「Your lordship, that’s another earthquake, isn’t it?」

「It didn’t shake a lot compared to the last one.」

Did it really shake?

It was so slight that I would not have given it a thought but Usa and Kuuhi reacted.

「Yes, it’s an earthquake. As Usa said, it didn’t shake much like the last one.」

Usa nodded.

She has a half-eaten salad on her hand.

「Let’s eat.」

Kuuhi resumes eating after hearing me.

It looks like earthquakes occur in this world too.

……I hope the problem will be solved soon.

「Haa, Rope, please don’t bring me trouble.」

Well, it doesn’t seem to be an earthquake caused by Rope so I guess it’s useless to pray.