Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!

I'm finally here!

The royal capital of the Kingdom of Tils!

The palace is just a little smaller than the Kingdom of Brandel's.

Wh-Who are you calling a country girl?

It's normal the first time you go somewhere! Anyone would—

I did it again!

Yes.

We do have a room available.

It's five silvers a night.

Meals are an additional fee.

Also, one basin of hot water is five coppers.

Oh, I can handle hot and cold water myself, so I won't be needing any.

There we go.

That's amazing!

It's magic, right?

Oh! Are you a Hunter, Miss?

You're half right.

I've actually been accepted to the Hunters' Prep School here in this country.

I'm Mile.

I'll be staying here until the school entrance ceremony.

I'm the face of this inn, Lenny!

Do your best out there, miss!

If a famous Hunter favored our inn, we'd start really raking it in!

I'm not interested in standing out like that.

What's this?

I'm aiming for just one thing!

Absolutely average, completely unremarkable, everyday happiness!

Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!

You Said I'd Get a Do-Over in a New World!

Okay! Time for a redo of my life in a new world!

This time I'm going to find normal happiness!

Have a nice day!

Thank you!

I'll start by getting a feel for this town.

Oh, I want to eat gelato!

Sapain Square

Arena

Wow! What a gorgeous view!

Dragon's Mouth

My hand! My hand!

Oh, dear!

Just kidding!

I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!

Now that I'm done sightseeing, I'll head for the marketplace.

Oh, I see...

I thought this town was a little subdued.

I haven't really seen any children besides Lenny-chan.

Could it be that even in this fantasy world,

they've been hit with declining birth rates?

Oops. Careful there.

I'm so sorry!

Um, thank you very much.

Um... Mister... Miss...

Miss Sir?

Yes... In trying to be considerate, you got a little mixed up.

If you daydream too much and get lost,

you might not find your way back home.

I-I'm not that little!

Well then, I'll take my leave.

Oh, and... I'm a woman.

So that bothered her.

That aside... Treating me like a child was pretty rude.

Despite my appearance, my actual age is...

You there, little one.

Huh?

Turn back right now.

A child walking into the slums without a care...

They'd chew you up and suck on your bones.

A child?

You're littler than me. It's obvious.

At any rate, I'm saying to stay away from there.

Wow... It's like the perfect depiction of a seedy underworld.

I'm sorry!

I was thinking and almost went in by accident.

I-It isn't as though I care what happens to some child I don't know.

But if I'd pretended I hadn't noticed, I wouldn't have slept well. That's all.

Th-This is...

There's no mistaking it! You're tsundere!

Huh?

Tsundere?

I'm sorry.

That concept doesn't exist in this world, does it?

I feel as though you're poking fun at me.

I have no plans to go in there!

I apologize for worrying you!

Well, that's fine, then.

Now, if you could just do something about that

"country girl" look on your face...

But she went in...

Wait!

"Country girl" face?

I said not to laugh!

It's the marketplace!

Are you all right?

Y-Yes, I'm fi—

I-Is something wrong?

Did you hurt yourself?

N-No...

It's nothing.

I'm sorry I wasn't looking where I was going.

Not at all. I wasn't paying proper attention, either.

Excuse me for a moment.

Huh?

Huh?

There you go.

Well, take care, won't you?

What a kind young lady.

I'm sure she's lovely, just the same inside and out.

But those breasts just aren't fair...

Oh, that's right! I haven't tried orc meat yet!

Okay.

I'll ask them to cook it for me at the inn.

Excuse me! I'll take this one.

Coming right up!

This contains the best part of the tenderloin.

But are you going to be able to carry it home yourself?

Oh. I'll be fine.

It's so big!

Here we go.

Well, that's surprising.

You're very strong, miss, and you can use storage magic, too?

Oh, yes. More or less...

There aren't many who can use that magic.

And a child like you can.

Well, that's knocked me for a loop.

I'm only saying this for your own good.

It's dangerous for children around here. You should hurry and go home.

Huh?

I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you.

Then it's true? Right now, here in the capital...

Yes.

Children around our age have been disappearing in the last few days.

Please be careful, miss.

A child that can use magic is valuable.

I will.

Wait! A child?

You mean me?

So children are going missing...

This must be why things felt odd today, right?

Nano-chan...

You talking to me without thinking was outrageously odd as well, Mile-sama.

After all, normal people can't see me.

Oh, don't remind me!

But you know, some of it was because you talked first, Nano-chan.

That's because you're the first person in hundreds of years to perceive us,

the nanomachines, so...

I can't help it.

Fantasy plus nanomachines, huh?

I guess anything goes...

in alternate worlds.

This is a secret just between us.

The truth is, "Mile" is just an alias I'm using.

I'm really a noble from the Kingdom of Brandel named

A d e l e • v o n • A s c h a m

Adele von Ascham!

Except I'm actually...

a Japanese high school student named Kurihara Misato.

K u r i h a r a M i s a t o

It's embarrassing, but I'm one of those

people who reincarnated into another world.

Because I was able to do just a little more than everyone else,

I always stood out...

Meaning, I never had a single friend.

Oh! But my parents and little sister loved me very much.

Then...

And there it is!

The famous reincarnated-into-another-world Out-of-Control-Truck!

Because that happened...

A god-type person said I could be reincarnated into another world.

And, of course, it would be with all the expected bonuses.

The bonus I asked for was...

In my next life, I want to make normal friends and live a normal life.

So please, whatever abilities you give me...

I want them to be average for that world!

After that, I was reincarnated into this world and a lot...

a lot... really a lot happened in these twelve years.

Regular happiness...

I wonder if I'll ever find it.

I'm sure you will.

Day Before the Entrance Ceremony

Okay!

I have complete knowledge of the capital!

Now I can start school without a care.

I'm back, Lenny-chan!

Huh?

Don't stop me! I'm going to look for Lenny!

This is the busiest time of day! What will we do without a chef?

Aren't you worried about Lenny?

She's just a little late coming back from shopping. That's all.

She wasn't at the marketplace.

Mile-sama, you know...

You say you want a normal life,

but you do tend to poke your nose into dangerous business.

Is something wrong with that?

Not at all.

Still, can you think of anywhere other than the marketplace that she might be?

Could we use search magic?

It's possible, but if we expand the search to the whole capital,

it would exceed even your data processing capabilities, and...

Your head would go boom.