Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World Volume 13

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-7183-1836-6
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World

Blessings to the newlyweds in another world!
Right on the heels of Albert and Eliza's wedding, Tenma and Primera are beginning to prepare for their own big day...or at least they should be. But between golem building, dungeon diving, and all the crazy adventures popping up in their lives, will they ever make it to the altar?
Every step of the way seems to bring a new surprise waiting to trip them up, but in true Tenma fashion, he's determined to face each obstacle head-on and make this special day perfect for his beloved Primera. Even so, can the two of them really make it safely down the aisle?

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Kenichi

Weitere Mitwirkende

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McKnight, Andria

Leseproben

Chapter Thirteen

Part One

I let out a deep sigh. “Man, I’m beat. I guess it wasn’t as bad as Ceruna’s wedding, though.”

“I think you did great,” Primera said.

Today—well, technically yesterday—Albert and Eliza had officially gotten married. The wedding was supposed to have been centered around Duke Sanga’s family, or at least that’d been the plan. I had only been supposed to give a little advice, but somehow, I’d ended up as one of the people in charge. My main responsibilities had been behind-the-scenes stuff, like coordinating the staging and the food.

“Still, the look on Albert’s face after the outfit change was priceless,” Primera said.

I laughed. “Yeah, your sister-in-law was totally into it, but your brother looked like he wanted to crawl into a hole.”

For Albert’s wedding, we had basically taken Ceruna and Henri’s ceremony and upgraded everything. Eliza came in with her parents and walked halfway down the aisle. Albert joined her there, and they continued down to the altar together. After they exchanged vows and were formally recognized as a married couple, they made their exit together.

Then came the first outfit change. But instead of reentering through the doors like normal people, well... I couldn’t help myself, so I had suggested that they descend from the ceiling on a gondola.

Albert had objected to the idea at first, but Eliza had been crazy about it. She had wanted to be the first bride in the kingdom, or maybe even the world, to make that kind of an entrance, so she’d had the final say. The guests from both the duke’s and count’s families had been huge fans of the idea, and in the end, Albert was the only one who had voted no.

After their flashy entrance, the ceremony moved on to introducing the couple again and then the guests. The food was served, and halfway through the meal, the two of them cut the wedding cake. It was nearly twice the size of the one from Ceruna’s wedding—an apology of sorts.

There was another outfit change after the meal, but this time, they came in through the door like normal people, per Albert’s very insistent request. The rest of the event then went as you’d expect. There were congratulatory speeches from friends and family, formal greetings from nobles, and eventually, Albert and Eliza made their final exit and brought the ceremony to a close.

Well...sort of. There were plans for a second and even a third party after the main event. But way more guests stuck around than expected, so I got pulled into helping behind the scenes right up until the last minute.

The guest list was quite impressive, to say the least. Marquis Sammons and Margrave Haust were there, and even the king, Queen Maria, Prince Caesar, and Princess Isabella attended. Normally, only one royal couple would attend an event like this, but all of them were curious and refused to sit this one out, which led to an unusual situation where everyone showed up. But because of that, Tida had been left out of the festivities. Luna was thrilled to have more company at home, though.

I attended as a family member instead of as a friend, so I went with Primera. Gramps, Jeanne, Aura, and Amur attended as friends, along with Cain, Ciara, and Leon. Amy was there as Eliza’s side of the family.

“Hey Primera... When it’s our turn, let’s skip the gondola.”

“For sure. It was fun to watch, but actually doing it would be mortifying.”

And so it was decided that there would be no gondola entrance when we got married. Albert would probably protest when he heard this, but if we were the ones refusing, it wasn’t like anyone could force us into it.

Anyway, it was a good thing I had prepared the food (and especially the desserts) a month in advance. The guests at Ceruna’s wedding had mostly been adventurers and people from the guild. There were only a few nobles at that wedding, so if we had run short on food, I would’ve been able to tell people to just deal with it. That had worked out just fine.

But at Albert’s wedding, nobles were the majority of the guests, so running out of food would’ve been a disgrace to House Sanga. I had figured that it’d be better to have too much than not enough. Because of that, we had doubled the food and tripled the sweets, but even with that, we had ended up with barely enough to feed everyone.

I’d worked out a deal with Duke Sanga beforehand to save some of the leftover sweets for Luna, Kriss, and Tida. But by the end of the event, I’d had to serve a few kinds that I had initially set aside.

Primera and I were currently in a guest room in one of the outer buildings of the Sanga estate. She was going to head back to the main house to use her own room, though.

The wedding had been held in the capital, so I could’ve just gone home if I wanted, but the party had gone late into the night. Duke Sanga had also asked me to attend a family meeting the next day. So rather than go all the way back home and come back again tomorrow, I decided to just crash here.

“Well, good night.”

“Good night.”

It was already well past midnight, so we figured it was time to get some rest for tomorrow’s meeting. We parted, and Primera headed back to the main house.

“Peeping’s a bad habit, Duke Sanga,” I said.

“Ah ha ha. Well, I was passing by and just happened to hear your voices, Tenma. I couldn’t help myself.”

He couldn’t help himself, huh? Sure. The guest rooms weren’t anywhere near the duke’s personal quarters. There was no way he’d be “just passing by.”

“Maybe I’d believe it if you have a habit of sleepwalking,” I commented.

“I’d rather you accuse me of that than dementia. But I don’t have either. Not yet, anyway.”

This wasn’t the kind of conversation I wanted to have before bed. Things like that always made me think about my future in a bad way.

“Anyway, it’s not a big deal, but I wanted to apologize for dragging you into tomorrow’s meeting,” the duke added.

Tomorrow’s meeting would include Duke Sanga, Albert, and the other members of the ducal household, which also included Eliza. Other people in attendance would be his two sons-in-law, the two counts, along with Primera’s sisters. Even though they had married into different families, they were still considered part of Duke Sanga’s family.

I felt a little out of place since I was just the fiancé of the youngest daughter. I pointed that out.

“Well, honestly, that’s part of it,” Duke Sanga began. “I haven’t told any of my sons-in-law yet, but I plan to step down and hand my title over to Albert within the next couple of years. I’m thinking two, maybe three at the most. I’m going to announce this at the start of tomorrow’s meeting.”

I asked why he was telling me this instead of his actual sons-in-law.

“It’s not that I don’t trust them, but... Well, actually... Maybe it is. I can’t bring myself to trust either of them or their vassals fully.”

It was a bold claim, but it made sense to me.

He continued speaking. “They’re the counts of their own houses. When it comes down to it, they’d put their own houses before the duchy. And that’s not wrong of them—it’s just how the nobility works. My house has done the same in the past. But if the time ever comes when things get dicey, I can’t afford to sit around and do nothing.”

As long as Duke Sanga himself was around, those two would stay cooperative. But who knew what would happen once Albert took over. Someone who was younger than them and beneath them in status would suddenly become their superior overnight. Even if they acted friendly, they could still be plotting something behind the scenes.

“So I’m your backup plan?” I asked.

“I apologize if it sounds like I’m using you,” the duke began, “but you’ve got power far beyond the norm, and you’re Albert’s friend. Not to mention you’re also the fiancé of his sister, who shares the same mother. Just knowing that you’re in the know might be enough to stop those kinds of thoughts from forming, and it might keep their retainers from getting any funny ideas too.”

The quickest way to take over the duchy would be to eliminate Primera, because, like Albert, she was the legitimate child of the duke’s legal wife. But if we sent a message to the others that Primera wouldn’t go down so easily with me by her side, even if Albert fell from power, it might make them think twice about doing something.

Basically, the duke had trusted his sons-in-law enough to marry off his daughters to them, but not enough to gamble the future of the duchy on. He was being cautious.

I told him that if my attendance at the meeting would help keep Primera and Albert safe, then I would be happy to be there. He seemed genuinely relieved to hear that.

“Well, don’t worry about doing anything complicated tomorrow. Just sit beside Primera and listen. Oh, and this goes without saying, but don’t tell the other two I told you about my suspicions or that I’m planning on passing the title to Albert soon. Good night.”

And with that, Duke Sanga walked off. He had a skip in his step.

Now that I thought about it, I’d gotten more or less dragged into being his accomplice. But depending on how things went, I...