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I just wanted to thank you for translating the light novel of Saint Book's Cafe! I brought the manga in English, and it's one of my favorites!! It's just. So. Perfect. Girl out here living her best life! I was really happy to have an English translation of the novel which I enjoyed reading! Here's hoping they'll have that to buy in paperback in English one day!! Anyway, thank you for your hard work!! I appreciate it! =D

ahh thank you for reading im glad to hear you like it!!! i really love this series, both manga and light novels (even tho i still havent finished reading the third novel lol)

i'm also hoping the light novels get licensed and translated too, that would be so nice!! the art in them is also very pretty and so it would be so lovely if the physical copies were available in english!!

#ask #not an ask #desertfyre #thank you so much for reading :D

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wow! was that an update ?!?! you bet!!

but actually i cant believe it. i actually finished the book. hell yeah im so sorry it took thirty six million years to do but i actually finished the first book like i said i would !!!

tbh im a little unsure of where to continue from here lol.. there is a bonus scene at the end of the book that i think ill do, but for one obviously every chapter is a Project so i think ill just be sticking to like the primary light novel content... despite the fact that a whole nother book is.. a Lot... we’ll see!

tentative plans (with zero scheduling) is i’d like to do the 2nd and 3rd light novels if possible as well.. but with how long it took me to get thru this first novel i think itll be a While bc i only have the beginning of like. the prologue done. and like nothing else lol

(that said i also havent even finished the 3rd novel and if i get back into reading it we might get hit with a big motivation spike so! here’s hoping maybe ?! dont hold your breath)

anyways! im alive! i cant believe i finished the novel.. hope it wasnt too painful of a wait and thank you very much for everyone who sent me nice messages during the breaks and who stuck around despite the fact it seemed like i would never finish lol

#update

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Hi! I just wanted to say that I found this series recently, and that I am so thankful to your blog! I'm waiting patiently for the rest of the novel to be translated. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to this series <3<3<3

p.s. main couple is so adorableeeee ahhhhhhh

ahhh thank you !!!! im glad to hear that you like it !!! i love this series so much (even tho translating it takes forever aha) ill and tsukina are sooooo cute and i love all their interactions

#ask #not an ask #anon #these messages make me so happy but im so sorry it takes me a million years to reply or like update the tl haha. oops

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The Savior’s Book Café in Another World: Chapter 10 [Last Chapter]

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Chapter 10: Living Anew in This World [Last Chapter]

Translated by: sydney Proofread by: Necro

I jumped up to see his familiar face, smiling somewhat awkwardly yet warmly.

Along with the huge bouquet of flowers in his arms.

So that’s where the red color and nice smell were from.

“Ill?”

“Yeah, uh.... First, these are for you.”

“H-huh?”

My head is still reeling, but the flowers are pushed toward me, and laid on my lap.

Whether or not he knows I’m still in a panic, he grasps my hand.

It’s been awhile since I’ve held his hand.

He looks straight at me, and his eyes are just like always, filled with kindness and determination.

Even though he knows now that I’m a Savior, I don’t sense any feelings of rejection, and it's only the two of us in the café.

He brushes his free hand against my cheek softly, and I feel my cheeks heat up with a blush.

He’s looking at me like he can see right into me, and my eyes can’t leave him.

“You beat me to it, but that day I was planning to tell you too. But first, I didn’t tell anyone that you’re a Savior, and no matter what your answer is, I don’t intend to.”

His gentle smile is exactly the same as it was that night, when we were watching the aurora together.

“I like you. If it isn’t too late, if you still like me, I would like to court you.”

I don’t know if I’m struggling to process his words because I’m still low on magic or because I never thought I would hear them.

His words echo in my head, and the moment it makes sense my face heats up even more.

“Is it possible you might want that too?”

Without thinking, my body starts to pull away from him, only to be stopped by the firm hand holding mine.

The hand that I love.

“Even though, I was hiding something from you this entire time?”

“You mean about being a Savior? I was surprised, but after I thought about it, I only thought that I should have noticed from how strong your magic is, and the fact that you didn’t know about the biggest festival in the country.”

“Um, well, if this is just because you want me to cooperate with something, I’m not--”

“Surprisingly, that didn’t even occur to me. Do you know why I didn’t tell anyone that you’re a Savior? To put it plainly, the entire country is searching for you.”

“Huh?”

“Because of the Great Magic barrier in the sky, everyone knows that there’s another Savior other than that girl. The country wants to officially welcome you.”

I’m silent, my thoughts racing as I process the fact that my prediction was right.

Seeing my expression, Ill’s smile turned wry.

“Tsukina, you’re from a different world so you may not know, but in this world polygamy is perfectly acceptable so long as it’s mutual among those involved. And as a Savior who can use Great Magic, there will likely be numerous suitors coming from other countries to ask for your hand in marriage. Connections with a Savior is something every country is desperate for.”

“...huh?!”

“I don’t like the idea of that. I want you to be mine. I can’t even believe it myself, but that’s the only reason I’m keeping your identity secret.”

The heat doesn’t leave my face, and my hand feels hot in his grasp.

My heart is pounding so hard I feel like I might die.

“...are you sure?”

“Yes, that’s why I’m here.”

I had given up on ever seeing Ill’s smile again, but here he was, with the same smile right in front of me.

I place my hand over his on my cheek, as if to control my blurring vision.

This is completely beyond anything I could have hoped for.

But the only feeling in my heart is pure happiness.

“My feelings haven’t changed. So, um, I'd like to go out with you....”

I think the end of my sentence was nothing more than a whisper.

But seeing Ill’s happily smiling face, I realize that it really is mutual.

Not knowing where to look, I stare at the flowers in my lap.

I’ve never received such a big bouquet before.

Suddenly the outline of the flowers distorts in my vision.

This timing is awful, I think, overcome with drowsiness again.

“You still haven’t recovered your magic, right? You should rest.”

“But...you came all this way....”

Even before I can finish my sentence, my vision is starting to go dark.

“I took the day off, I’ll still be here when you wake up. This country’s peace is safe for the next several decades, and it’s all thanks to your Great Magic. You should take your time and recover.”

I see Ill smile and say, When you wake up we’ll talk, before I close my eyes.

He rubs my head gently, and it’s relaxing.

I surrender my body to the sleepiness, realizing the days I thought would never come back have now returned, even more blissful than before.

“Thank you for bringing peace to this country, my Savior.”

The corner of my mouth twitches with a smile as I use the last of my energy to say, “Stop, with, that....”

In the end, Ill really didn’t tell anyone about me.

He only introduced me to his childhood friend as his girlfriend.

It was the same blond man that I saw in the town running with incredible speed, and the same person that was on the other side of Ill’s transmitter during the incident.

He had a different kind of traditional handsomeness from Ill.

He’s probably popular, although he’s soon to marry the Princess.

And one thing that had changed since that day was that Ill and I officially became engaged.

Ill introduced me to his parents as well.

He took me to a village snowier than here, but warmer, where he grew up.

I was so worried about making a good impression, but Ill’s parents immediately welcomed me.

Or rather, they kind of pulled me into their family immediately.

The first few hours included them thanking me tearfully, explaining that they had given up on Ill getting married.

I ended up spending the entire time desperately trying to comfort them, while Ill sat next to me with a lifeless look in his eyes.

Having lost my parents at a young age, it’s been a long time since I had a mother and father.

I never would have expected that in a world different from the one I was born in, I would end up with a new family.

When I visit, they greet me with a Welcome home, and they’ve become very important to me.

My other new home, and my new family.

A new part of Ill’s life was moving to my café, and he started commuting from here to the castle for work.

Like living together before we get married.

I decided to take on the additional job of supplying the Knights with barrier charms and drinks with restoration magic as well.

Even if I can’t publicize that I’m a Savior, there are still things I can do for the people in this country.

The items I supply seem to be highly valued by the Knights, and along with the fact that I’m the Captain’s future wife, they’re very kind to me.

My life continues, filled with the happiness of being able to say Welcome home to the beloved person I met in this world, the person I came to love, while hiding that I’m a Savior.

The barrier is still there, but that doesn’t mean that all of the monsters have been eradicated, and there’s also some ‘Demon King’ out there.

Even so, while I know it’s selfish, I have no intention of changing the life I have right now, which is overflowing with happiness.

So to the Saviors in other countries, and the new Saviors that will probably be summoned from here on:

I leave protecting this world’s peace to you.

Because right now, I have my hands full protecting the happiness I have here.

“I’m home, Tsukina.”

“Welcome home, Ill.”

I savor the happiness I feel looking at his gentle smile.

From now on, until I die, I will live in this world.

But, I’m sorry.

I’ve decided I will leave the role of being a Savior to the young people.

Delicious food, a mountain of books, and a comfortable chair surrounded by antique decorations.

My book café, filled with the dreams that began in this world, and the person I love with all my heart.

In this world, in my ideal café, I will continue to live with the person I love, for now and forever.

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hi im not dead lol can you believe it

i have! been slooooooowly chipping away at chapter 10 lol its been awhile since ive been into this series so the motivation is significantly lower but i still do wanna finish at least book 1 bc my god im so close like i have to

other fun fact my friend mentioned the font was kinda small on my blog and i realized she was totally right and while i still like it that way for default i also !! added a setting to make it bigger!

u can click the + here up to 3 times and i think it gets pretty big?!?! so like if anyone still looks at my blog u can tell me if u want more options.. and i can add them !! (probably) also its sticky just like the dark mode so if u reopen the page or go to different pages it should stay the same size u chose

also i moved that button and the toggle dark mode button to the bottom left bc i was getting annoyed about tumblr having the dumb icons that show up above in the top but then like.. when they hide then my toggle button is like still leaving the space... it looks bad so i fixed it!

but yeah some like blog updates that hopefully make the site more accessible!! let me know.. if theres any issues it is not the cleanest system so like there might definitely be issues !! or just if theres other things that would make it easier i really want this site to be like clean and easy to read for anyone since it is literally to host my translations aka text so yeah !!

anyways uhhh i will post chapter 10 eventually! i dont know when! but one day!

#update #ish? #i mean technically im #like halfway thru ch10 alr in the proofreading process... #its just still long lol and takes time #so it wont be like soon cuz also i do have a job #and other things #but i do really wanna finish it!! #and i will!! #it just might be forever!! #anyways hope u all are doing well

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#look whos fucking alive again #one more chapter and its so much shorter (1/3 of this one) #then ofc there are bonus ones which im thinking of translating idk honestly uve seen what happens #anyways cant believe i might actually finish what i started #13 months after ch9 hoo hoo #enjoy the wait for ch10 i hope it wont be long but we'll see #the adhd motivation at the start really put some high expectations on this project huh

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The Savior’s Book Café in Another World: Chapter 9

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Chapter 9: The Savior

Translated by: sydney Proofread by: Necro

Was my alone time always this slow?

It’s been a little over a week since Ill returned to the castle.

In the past, time would fly by in an instant so long as I was reading a book, but now it feels strangely slow.

In the meantime, I’ve been researching a little about Saviors.

Before, I had only briefly looked over the basics, so this time I decided to dive further into Saviors and their magic, and what happens when a Savior’s magic goes out of control, like God had mentioned.

There are a few things I’ve learned.

That when a Savior uses Great Magic, the same Savior’s Mark that is on a Savior’s body appears within the magic circle.

That as God said, there was a Savior whose magic went out of control before.

And that when that Savior’s magic went out of control, a magic circle containing the Savior’s Mark just like the magic circle for Great Magic appeared in the sky, and it blew away an entire country.

After running my fingers along the image of the magic circle that appears when a person’s magic goes out of control, I stand in front of the mirror and try to use Great Magic.

I made sure to stop before it activated, but in my case as well, the magic circle that had been expanding had the Savior’s Mark in it.

Not only that, but the glowing Savior’s Mark appears above my head as well, and all of my hair is clad in light from the glowing Savior’s Mark, and begins waving around, like in the wind.

After the Savior’s Mark faded, I pulled my hair away from where it had appeared and looked in the mirror, to see the Savior’s Mark clear on my skin.

I sink to the ground weakly in front of the mirror.

“And after I had it put under my hair so it wouldn’t stand out. If it’s just going to appear in the sky anyways.... And it makes my hair glow like crazy, I should’ve just let it show up somewhere on my body.”

Like this, I know the moment I use Great Magic I’ll be exposed as a Savior.

I was thinking that even if that Savior does something, maybe I could quietly create a barrier to protect everyone.

To the young Savior in the castle, please don’t do anything outrageous.

I really don’t want to have to worry about your magic going out of control.

In this country is Ill, who’s fighting to protect the country’s peace.

That Ill has become an important person to me, so I’m no longer able to abandon this country the way I would have when I first arrived.

I can’t quietly use Great Magic, and while I considered using Great Magic to put up a barrier before anything happens, in this country whenever someone mentions a Savior, they mean the girl in the castle.

If people think she did it, it’ll probably make things even worse.

I can only guess based on what I’ve heard from Ill and God, but she seems like the type who would tell everyone she casted the spell and use it as an excuse to act even more selfishly.

“Aaugh, I give up....”

Ill seemed rather resentful of the savior, saying she was just playing around and doing whatever she wanted.

But I’m exactly the same.

Because even though I have the ability to save this country, I’ve been hiding away and immersing myself in my beloved reading.

If he found out I was a Savior, I wonder what he would do.

“...I don’t want him to hate me.”

I never thought I would agonize over love this much at thirty-three.

For now, I can’t do anything but pray that the Savior behaves herself.

I glance over to my calendar.

The day marked ‘Aurora Festival’ is now tomorrow.

“Maybe I’ll look for something to wear tomorrow.”

It won’t do any good to worry, and because I’m finally seeing Ill again after some time, I want to look as nice as possible.

Because although I don’t have an answer for the conflict in my head lately, I have an answer for my feelings towards him.

And the next evening, he arrived at the same time as usual.

It’s refreshing to see him in casual clothes, rather than a uniform.

Seeing the broach pinned to his cloak made me a little happy.

As he approached on his horse, I called out to him, “It’s nice to see you again.”

“Yeah, it’s nice to see you to. I actually wanted to come here earlier so I could spend some time here before we leave, but I only barely finished my work in time.”

“Oh, are you alright to go?”

“Yeah, I wanted to go with you no matter what. I’m relieved I finished in time.”

“O-oh, thank you.”

He smiles at me warmly, and I feel my face heat up.

Ill offers a hand to me from atop his horse and I take it without thinking, only to feel weightless for a moment.

The next thing I knew, I was sitting on Ill’s horse, in front of him.

“Wait, huh?”

“We can go by horse like this. There’s a horse stable near the grounds reserved for the festival.”

That part’s fine with me, but, he’s so close.

Ill is so close to me.

We’re incredibly close to each other, and we’re so high up.

Right, she’s a war horse.

I knew Ill’s horse was big, but the ground feels so far away.

“It’s, so high....”

“Oh, sorry, are you okay with this?”

“I-I’m fine, but, this is the first time I’ve ever been on a horse, so I was just surprised.”

“She likes you too, so she won’t drop you. Just hold onto me.”

That actually makes me more nervous, I think, though I can’t say that.

Did he really lift me all the way up here with one arm?

I knew he was strong and he had big hands, but this is too much.

I suddenly become aware of the arm wrapped around me to support me.

What is this, a manga or something?

Is there a demand for love stories like in manga but with women in their thirties?

I’m jostled by Ill’s horse while my mind races faster than I can keep up with in my confusion.

Perhaps because Ill is skilled, or maybe because his horse is being careful, it’s not uncomfortable at all, so it’s kind of pleasant.

Though I can’t see his face because of how close I am to him.

After some time we arrive at what appeared to be the festival grounds, and that heavenly, but in a way hellish time ended.

It’s nearly pitch black out, and there are people around, but it’s relatively quiet for the number of people here.

“It’s really quiet here.”

“It starts with everyone just watching the aurora at first. The aurora disappears after about an hour, and then any shops and stalls open from then on.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Are you okay with walking a bit? We can go to the place I watch from every year, where it’s quiet.”

“Like a clearing? Sure.”

“Yeah. Let’s go.”

The fact that we hold hands unconsciously makes me a little happy.

We go up an incline, Ill leading the way, and emerge at the top of a small hill.

It feels like it’s just the two of us.

It’s a place surprisingly spacious in the middle of the growing trees on the hill.

“It’s amazing. You can see the whole sky so clearly, unlike anywhere else.”

“Yeah, my long-time friend told me about it before.”

“Is that friend not coming?”

“He’s the Vice Knight Captain, so every year we switch shifts for guarding the royal family. Well, he says he doesn’t mind either way because guarding the royal family means guarding his fiancée, the Princess.”

“O-oh, I see. Then it sounds like there’s going to be a special announcement soon in this country.”

“Yeah.”

Oh, so his long-time friend is a man, I think, realizing exactly how in love I am.

I was immediately disgusted by the part of me that wondered if he came here with a female friend just after hearing the phrase ‘long-time friend.’

One of the reasons I thought love was a pain was that specific aspect.

The old me wouldn’t have even been able to imagine myself thinking this much about one person, let alone in another world.

I thought love was a bother, and that if I had time to devote to a partner, I’d rather spend it reading.

The me that always thought doing things for others was a waste of time now finds it enjoyable to give up my time for the sake of the person next to me.

I glance up towards the sky, where the aurora still hasn’t appeared.

In the middle of the forest, we watch the sky together.

My hand feels hot in his.

Even though we’ve already arrived at our destination and we don’t have to hold hands, he makes no motion to let go.

It feels like he’s thinking of me.

It feels like the fact that we’re still holding hands makes that possibility a little more likely.

Is it okay to hope that maybe he doesn’t want to let go of my hand either?

“It’s starting now.”

At Ill’s words, I look up at the sky.

It was a sight I couldn’t put into words.

A curtain of light spread across the sky, from one edge to the other, high and low.

An aurora that, thanks to the sharp chill in the air, drifted through the sky, burying the brightly shining stars in a flood of light.

The fundamentals of the world I was born in may differ from this one, but it looked exactly like what I’d seen in pictures and videos.

But the impact was completely different.

Every inch of the sky was covered in a beautiful veil, and I was so taken that I nearly forgot to breathe.

I continue to stare at the natural display in front of me, unable to pull my eyes away.

Who would have thought there was something so beautiful in this country, where I live?

It feels like I’m finally realizing that this country, which I’ve been thinking of as ‘someone else’s problem,’ is actually relevant to me too.

I don’t know how long I was watching the aurora.

The curtain of light in the sky continued drifting with the wind, staying bright.

Suddenly I feel a gaze on me, and I remove my gaze from the sky and look beside me.

I meet eyes with Ill, who’s looking at me with a gentle expression.

“Do you like it?”

“Very much so. Thank you for bringing me here, Ill.”

“I’m glad you like it.”

I can see the aurora past Ill’s gently smiling face.

It feels like I’m looking at something incredibly important and precious, and I almost think I’m going to cry.

Ahh, it’s no good.

I really do like him.

I feel his hand squeeze mine more than ever before.

And just as Ill, smiling at me, opened his mouth as if to say something--

A thunderous booming drowned out all of the stillness.

I jolt in surprise, before I’m pulled close to Ill, his arms wrapping around me as if to drown me in his chest.

The ground shook, allowing me no time to be startled, and I desperately clung to Ill.

When I finally raise my head, I can see the sky, soaked in an ominous bright red.

As if puncturing the now-faint curtain of light, giant flaming rocks began raining down, coming our way.

“Eeek!”

Even though I can see the boulders closing in on us, my body is frozen.

I’m pulled even tighter against Ill, and I can see Ill’s arm directed towards the sky.

From his hand, water droplets flew towards the falling boulder, sending it flying.

“Tsukina, are you okay?!”

“I-I’m...okay....”

It took all my effort just to get the words out.

This is why I said I can’t be a Savior.

Right now I actually have magic, and I can put up a barrier, and I can spray water like him too.

But in the midst of danger, I can’t even think of defending myself.

Even right now, I have no idea what I should do.

Being raised in a peaceful country, all I can do is freeze up and tremble pathetically.

This isn’t a book or a game.

I can’t move perfectly like the hero of a story.

This is the reality when I’ve been suddenly hit with a catastrophe.

“What on earth....”

I hear a voice echoing from against Ill’s chest, as he continues to keep watch around us.

It seems he took out his transmitter.

“Ill, you okay?!”

“Beork! I’m fine, what about you, what happened?”

“It’s the Savior! She did this!”

My stomach dropped at the words coming from the other side of the transmitter.

When I look up at the sky, I see a faint magic circle in the red sky.

It’s the same one I saw in the book, the magic circle when a Savior’s magic goes out of control, with the Savior’s Mark in it.

Ill, looking up at the sky just like me, notices the Savior’s Mark, and shouts into the transmitter.

“What do you mean?!”

“The Prince said he’d persuade her, right, but it seems somehow our Savior’d rather the country be destroyed than her have to learn magic! What an amazing Savior!”

Within the bitter sarcasm of the person on the other end of the transmitter, a small, high voice echoes out.

“Why, why?! Mommy and Daddy said I could do whatever I want! They said I don’t have to do anything I don’t wanna do! I keep saying I don’t wanna study, but everyone’s trying to make me! And locking me in my room! I’m not ba--”

The voice that came through the transmitter sounded almost like a child throwing a temper tantrum, until a dull sound cut that voice off.

“Hey, Beork, what happened!”

“The Prince stabbed the Savior...! Prince, please stand back! Shit, Ill, the Savior’s still alive! A second wave is coming!”

“Hey, hey! Beork?”

The sound of an explosion rings out as the transmission cuts off.

From a short distance away, we hear screams.

It was almost like a scene from hell, with flaming boulders falling from the sky, towards the expanding forest below us.

A huge shadow appears from above us, and a small scream escapes from my throat.

Once again, Ill deflects the boulder hurtling towards us with magic, and his face contorts as he shouts.

“What, just what are Saviors good for! What are you saving us from?! You’re just selfishly manipulating us and taking what you want!”

I realize this is the first time I’ve seen him truly angry.

Even so, it feels like I’m going to cry from how kind he’s being to me, deflecting the boulders with magic and protecting me so I don’t get hit.

My chest feels hot.

What am I doing?

In contrast to the heat in my chest, the inside of my head is suddenly cold.

I stop shaking.

In my head, I recall my conversation that day with God.

“But, let’s see, if for example her magic went out of control but you were able to contain it with your barrier magic, then it would be possible for me to retrieve her without the country being destroyed. Even if the country was ultimately saved, it would mean she had still nearly destroyed it.”

“Like I said, whatever you decide is your choice. You should live as you like.”

I look at Ill, his breath ragged as he protects me, searching for some way out of this.

I feel the warmth of his body, almost hot, and I know he’s really protecting me.

The one person who I met and fell in love with after I came to this world.

Ah, I wonder if he’ll hate me.

“Hey, Ill.”

“What’s wrong, are you hurt?”

He looks at me, eyes filled with concern, and I smile at him.

Even if I can’t act for someone I don’t know, I can for him.

It’s okay, he’s protecting me right now.

I won’t die before I can activate my magic.

No matter what, he’s always providing me with safety.

“I like you.”

“...huh?”

He looks at me in surprise, as if in disbelief of what he’s seeing, and I smile at him again.

Please don’t hate me, please, my heart cries out.

“So, I know it’ll probably be difficult, but I hope you don’t hate me.”

Tears fall from my eyes.

This is pathetic, I can’t even control my emotions like a proper adult.

I remove myself from his loosened grasp, and gently raise my hands towards the sky.

If I could have, if you would have let me, I would have hidden it and kept smiling with you.

Magic gathers in my fingertips.

I see my hair glowing and waving around in my peripheral.

Surprised, Ill’s gaze moves from my face to over my head, where the sign of a Savior, the Savior’s Mark, must be visible in the air.

I wave my hands lightly, and shoot the collected magic towards the sky.

Below that girl’s magic circle, mine expands, spreading across the sky with incredible speed.

The red light of her magic is flung away and dispelled by my silver Great Magic barrier.

In addition, I saw light falling from the barrier, healing the destroyed forest, and likely healing the wounds of the people inside the barrier as well.

Inside my head, God’s voice rings out.

“I will retrieve her now. Thank you for protecting this world. I’m sorry.”

I didn’t do it for you, I think to myself as I turn to face Ill again.

The magic stopped flowing from my fingers, and the Savior’s Mark disappeared along with the glow.

In the sky, the barrier remained.

With the Savior’s Mark inside it, proof that it was the work of a Savior.

I looked over at Ill, still too surprised to move, and opened my mouth.

“I’m sorry for hiding it. The festival was really fun, thank you for taking me.”

“T-Tsukina, that marking, the Great Magic-- are you a Savior, too?”

“I’m going back to the café. Her magic should be gone now, but be careful getting back,” I say, not answering his question.

I’m too afraid to wait for his reaction, so I quickly turn on my heel and grip the waiting teleportation magic intermediary.

I’m weightless for a moment, and then the familiar café is around me.

All of the energy leaves my body, and I slide to the ground right there.

I wonder if I’m dizzy because of my emotions... no.

God did say that using Great Magic once would leave me bedridden for several days due to magic deficiency.

But one use of it should create a Great Magic barrier that will hold for decades, so this country should be secure for a while.

Using my arms, I manage to drag myself to the sofa in the café and collapse into it.

I let out a sigh when I feel the soft cushions against my back.

Now he knows.... He probably won’t come back anymore.

Or if he does, it’ll be on official business.

It’s hard to imagine the country would just leave the existence of a Savior be.

“Even though, I can’t...do anything....”

Even today, the only reason I was able to act was because I was safe in his arms, because I didn’t want the person I love to be sad.

Yeah, love....

The ceiling light in my vision blurs and I can’t see anymore.

We probably won’t be able to spend time together peacefully anymore.

It was as if I was being pulled along by the situation, I just thought, Well, if this is the end anyways, and looked at him and confessed, but maybe I shouldn’t have done that.

I hope he, who’s so kind, doesn’t think too much on it.

The end, the end.

Even though I confessed to him, even though I was undeniably happy until then.

I wonder if this is the punishment for keeping quiet about being a Savior.

But if it’s God punishing me, I think I deserve giving him a punch in the face, at least once.

“I’m tired.... I’m low...on magic....”

The world goes black, and I’m led into a deep sleep.

I wonder if anything will have changed when I wake up.

That’s what I had thought as I closed my eyes, but as it turns out, nothing has changed.

I’m the only one in the café, and Ill doesn’t come.

Because I have so much magic, it’ll take quite awhile to completely recover, and it’ll only replenish little by little.

About three days have passed, though most of my time is spent sleeping to recover my magic.

I don’t even know when I’m going to end up falling asleep, so I can’t even go upstairs to my living space in time.

I never thought a day would come where I’d be using that private room like this.

For days, I eat food summoned from my pendant, and I just take quick showers in the bath in the private room, and sleep.

After falling asleep and waking up who knows how many times, I’m face-down on the counter with absolutely no idea what day it is.

I’m still not used to this sudden drowsiness.

It’s not about being able to open the café though, because even if I opened it no one would come.

It just wouldn’t be unusual for a messenger from the castle to come any day now, but the door showed no signs of opening.

Either way though, I don’t have the energy to worry about that.

I can’t do anything about the sudden dizziness that overcomes me, so I try to return to the sofa once again to lie down.

I’m sleeping less now, so I’ll probably be awake again in two to three hours.

I decide to abandon my body to sleep, and close my eyes.

I wish I could fight off this sleepiness, but at the same time I am a little grateful I won’t have to look at this lonely café.

And then I’m conscious again.

I wonder just how long until I’m free from this drowsiness....

Having just opened my eyes, my vision was still blurry, but there was one thing I noticed.

Something smells nice, what is this?

It was like flowers, a nice smell, and I closed my eyes once again before slowly opening them.

In my slightly blurred vision is the color red.

Did I put something red here?

I rub my eyes, still in a daze from just waking up, and sit up.

“Are you awake?”

I hear a familiar voice, and suddenly the sleepiness is gone.

I don’t really remember how I got back from the festival grounds.

I remember getting on my horse; maybe I just let her bring me all the way back, she’s a very dependable horse.

The Prince who stabbed the Savior requested a punishment, saying it was his fault the country was almost destroyed.

But not a single person wished the death penalty on the Prince, the person who tried to fix the problem with his own hands by stabbing the girl with a sword, so he was only confined to the castle for several years and made to redo his various studies.

More than anything else, the entire country was worked up trying to find the other Savior.

If you look up at the sky, a giant barrier protects this country, the same as in the stories passed down, one made of a type of Great Magic that heals all allies within and shields them from any outside attacks.

Not with the sinister red light created by that girl, but a kind, silver light.

Only I know who put up that barrier.

I showed so much disgust for the Savior, but I never imagined her to be one too.

“So, I know it’ll probably be difficult, but I hope you don’t hate me.”

I can’t get her tearful smile out of my head.

Since then it’s been three days, and I haven’t made a single move.

Of course there has been a lot to clean up after that incident.

But really, I don’t know what I want to do.

I’m lost in my thoughts, unable to work on the documents in front of me, when a knock sounds from the door.

The door opens to reveal Beork, who looks at my face and sighs.

“What are you sighing at?”

“You, you were all excited to go and confess to her only to come back and not only not say a word to me, but get all depressed too. And it doesn’t seem like you just failed to tell her.”

“...that’s...”

“Were you not able to confess to her during the Savior incident?”

“Sort of. Well, she did first.”

“Huh? As a man you should at least be the one to confess, even I was the one who ultimately confessed to the Princess. But that aside, then it’s mutual, so why are you all depressed?”

“I haven’t answered.”

“What? Oh, because of that Savior’s attack?”

“Well, there was that too....”

“I don’t know what’s going on with you, but as for me, I’d greatly welcome her being your girlfriend. Thanks to her barrier charms, miraculously there were no deaths during this incident.”

I stay silent, and Beork tilts his head at me, continuing in an exasperated tone.

“Just what on earth are you so concerned about? If you haven’t replied to her yet then just go see her. Or are you going to tell me you don’t know how you feel all of a sudden?”

“What if I did?”

“Hey hey, even though you’ve always spent all of your time thinking about the things you liked, it was almost refreshing how little you thought of the things you lost interest in. What you’re worried about is whether or not you like that woman, right? If you’re not sure if you like her, then imagine if she started dating someone else, how would you feel?”

I do what Beork suggests, and imagine a scene where a man I don’t know is standing next to her.

The man I don’t know turns into the man I saw at the café that one day, and all I felt was a strong discomfort.

“...I absolutely don’t like that. Sorry, Beork, but please switch shifts with me for today!”

“You’re so spirited lately. But for my one and only childhood friend’s romance it’s not a problem. I still owe you for helping the Princess and me out. You go buy some flowers or something and see her. If you start worrying about it again and hesitate, this time I’ll be the one pushing you into a frozen lake.”

Beork’s eyes have a joking light in them.

It seems he’ll never forget when he was worrying over his love for the Princess, and I accidentally pushed him into a lake trying to pat him on the back.

“Please spare me that. I’ll be back, I appreciate it.”

“If you really want to show your appreciation, then just introduce her to me once she’s your girlfriend. Both the Princess and I have been wondering about the woman who captured your heart.”

Beork watches me leave with a smile, and I start off on my horse.

I haven’t seen her since that day, I wonder if she’ll be in the café.

I suddenly get anxious, and my horse speeds up as if reading my mind.

“You really are a good horse.”

Taking Beork’s advice, I buy some red flowers and rush to the café.

Just like usual, though slightly rushed, my hands are shaking as I put my horse in the paddock, and I suppress my racing heartbeat and unease as I push open the door, which moves easily like always.

I don’t hear her usual “Welcome.”

Don’t tell me she really left the café.

I slowly peek inside, not seeing any sign of anyone, and my heart pounds loudly.

I step inside, and look around.

I can’t hear anything over my pounding heart as I wonder where she is.

I look around several times, before spotting her laying on the sofa in the corner.

I realize she’s asleep, and quietly move towards her.

She’s remarkably low on magic, to the extent that I can tell just by looking at her.

It’s probably from using the Great Magic.

Then she must be sleeping to recover.

Trying not to wake her, I sit down on the open part of the sofa.

Once she wakes up, I’ll finally tell her.

So please, let her still like me.

I gently stroke her cheek, and wait for her to wake up.

#savior's book cafe #savior's book cafe translation #bookcafenovel #chapter 9 #the savior

[saviorsbookcafe]

Hello! I hope life has been treating you well! Life must be a bit chaotic since we haven't heard from you in a while! I hope all is well!

hello!! i don’t know if youre the same anon who sent the ask i just answered, but in any case, life has been pretty good!! sometimes very busy, sometimes a reasonable amount of busy lol but all good things really, thank you!

i hope you’re doing well too!!

#ask #not an ask #anon #the anons who just ask how im doing are so nice #much appreciation to you #esp just for sticking around

[saviorsbookcafe]

Howdy! How's life treating you? :)

hello!! life has been... busy and not busy lol very much depends on the week, but overall quite enjoyable :)

i hope you’re doing well, thank you!

#ask #not an ask #anon

[saviorsbookcafe]

I'm so excited to find your translations. Do you think the novel will be released as an English translation. I would purchase it if I could. I need order all the mangas, so hopefully that helps the author. Thanks for your translations.

this ask is from sooooo long ago but i’m so glad to hear you enjoy my translations! i am very hopeful that the light novel will get an official English translation, but unless it’s soon after the manga translation is finished i’m not sure that it will. definitely purchasing any official manga or light novel content will help the author though!! and it might help the chances of getting a light novel translation (though i’m not actually sure how that all works lol)

if you did want to purchase the light novel there are digital copies available (at least on the JP amazon store if you can purchase from it) and there are about 10 ish pages with art from the artist per light novel if that’s worth it to you!

thank you for the ask!

#ask #howlsaya

[saviorsbookcafe]

ohhhhhh my god its been so long since ive like. been here.

first things first is i have updated my info page for all details on getting the manga/light novels etc. to be updated properly but also wow. tumblr killed my page so it took me forever to figure out how to make it work (hint: it had javascript in it) so it unfortunately no longer has my neat askbox included feature but alas.. what can you do (i just added a link at the bottom)

volume 5 of the manga came out recently (does a month ago count as recent?) with a very very neato pamphlet bonus if you can get it (digital is also available) which includes a colored! comic of tsukina and ill post-volume 5 storyline very cute highly recommend (link on that info page)

but anyways due to the above and also getting caught up in trying to make myself a little timeline of where all the events in this series take place (super productive day i am very into excel) i ended up not getting like any actual work done on the next chapter except realizing its a cool 21 pages that i am like only 7 pages into i was Really hoping it was short or like not 21 pages

i know its been like. forever. looking at the published date on the light novel its been like 2 years since it was released and i am pretty sure its been a year and a half (maybe the full 2) since i started translating this light novel and obviously it has been very inconsistent.. but i do truly want to finish this translation if you can believe it lol so bear with me.. i am gonna try to work on more of chapter 9 tomorrow and maybe i can at least get some progress done.. and for tonight im gonna.. look at my asks! after years of waiting lol although i think this post will mostly sum up how things have been

#update #i still havent even finished reading volume 3 of the light novel #by which i mean #i only finished the prologue lmao... #i think im gonna read a bit of that before bed tho (or pass out trying) #cuz im getting back into the book cafe feels #esp with the release of volume 5 manga #and realizing how much bonus content ive not read #i still love them very much #and now im not dying from full time work (minus now i stayed up too late last night) #i think i can get back into translating #at least for the rest of this book #havin some doubts about whether or not ill make it through 2 more lol #at least gotta read them first #anyways thank you to the anon who sent me an ask like last week ur the reason im back

[saviorsbookcafe]

I heard the novel is in it's final arc with the 5th volume being last😭😭😭

do you mean the manga? the light novel series has a total of 3 volumes, the third one being announced the last volume when it was released. the manga is currently midway through volume 5 though (around chapter 24 is the most recent chapter), and it does seem to be coming to a close unfortunately !! im sad to see the series end but alas... im hoping we get some good scenes at least !!! and maybe a final bonus story or two when the last volume is published

#ask #anon

[saviorsbookcafe]

Hello, Just want to say thank you for working on the light novel! I just finished reading the chapters you have available! Will you be updating soon?

I... TOTALLY THOUGHT I REPLIED TO THIS... LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO...........

ANYWAYS... thank you so much for reading!!! i really love hearing people enjoy it!! as for updating, i was Hoping to get chapter 9 out by the end of january but im now realizing thats in like 3 days so its pretty unlikely... so i'm not totally sure when! i started working full time recently and i have way less time than anticipated lmao but ive already gotten partway through so i wanna say definitely by the end of february! no promises but that's the goal!

#ask #hinatagirl0805 #for real i coulda sworn i answered this forever ago pls if i did someone tell me im not crazy #also forgive any typos im sooo tired rn lol #still adjusting to waking up early and its not going perfectly yet #anyways... i still am in love with this series i keep up with all the manga updates #and im determined to finish this translation!! #but also sorry its dragging out so long lmao this is how i work unfortunately

[saviorsbookcafe]

completely forgot to add, while i am planning to translate the next two volumes of the series, i am also thinking i'll take a break after i finish the first volume. when i did the first volume, i worked on translating most of the story before ever releasing to make sure that i didn't create any continuity errors, and i want to do the same for the next two books, which means setting up for some time before actually beginning on releases. we'll see how i feel when it actually comes down to it (i have to finish this book first still lmao) but that's the plan for now! just to let you all know

and now for an update on my own side!

i have finished translating the last 2 chapters! (chapters 9 and 10) but i am waiting on proofreading before i actually release them (which is why Likely they wont be out before new years but honestly who knows) but also they’ll probably be released in somewhat close succession bc im pretty sure theyll get proofread all at once lmao

then i just have the afterword and then the bonus chapter, and then the first book translation is complete! (im not going to translate the bonus chapters that are exclusive to digital purchase or anything)

i am hoping that because the last chunk of the book is rather short, i can get it out by like.. the end of april? or something like that, early next year yknow

but yeah! stay tuned for that~

#update #and this break will be Intentional #not like the others lmao

[saviorsbookcafe]

yet again i've updated my info page with more updated info, this time on the release of the english manga adaptation volume 1 and the release of the third and final volume of the light novel in japanese !!

the english adaptation includes a translation of a bonus scene (that our group did not do), on tsukina's daily life before she was summoned, so i recommend you buy it for that and to support the author in general! having skimmed through it, the translation is solid (though i gotta be honest, the use of bold in the text is really excessive), and of course, it's still the amazing art of sakurada yureiko. info on where to purchase (it's available both digitally and paperback) are in the info page !!

there is still no sign of an english adaptation coming to the light novel, but i am hopeful that if the manga does well that there will be an official translation of the novels as well! it's been announced that volume 3 of the light novels is the final book to the series, making it a trilogy, and i am looking forward to reading it myself (i just bought it this morning) !!! once again i highly encourage everyone to purchase it if they are able to, as there is bonus art included in each light novel that you wont find anywhere else!

oh also ?!?! i don’t think i ever made a post regarding this, but in my info page i have all the links to purchasing any and all of the raws for this series (manga) and to purchasing the light novel that i am currently translating here and its sequel which I also intend to translate (which i’m pretty sure most of you are here for the light novel, considering i’m terrible at keeping up with updates on the manga)

i highly recommend purchasing these books if you can to support the author!! the light novel especially, it comes with very pretty art in the chapters (all done by the manga artist and cover illustrator for this series, Sakurada Reiko) that I haven’t been and won’t be posting on this blog. i don’t want my translations to just be the free replacement for purchasing the book, so if you love this story please purchase a copy if you can!! details are on this page under “FAQs: where can i find the raws?”

#not to completely flood your dashboards all at once #but man a lot of exciting news just in the last couple weeks #i'm very excited.. and am mentally planning to translate the next volumes of the novel as well

[saviorsbookcafe]

and now for an update on my own side!

i have finished translating the last 2 chapters! (chapters 9 and 10) but i am waiting on proofreading before i actually release them (which is why Likely they wont be out before new years but honestly who knows) but also they’ll probably be released in somewhat close succession bc im pretty sure theyll get proofread all at once lmao

then i just have the afterword and then the bonus chapter, and then the first book translation is complete! (im not going to translate the bonus chapters that are exclusive to digital purchase or anything)

i am hoping that because the last chunk of the book is rather short, i can get it out by like.. the end of april? or something like that, early next year yknow

but yeah! stay tuned for that~

#update #i'm gonna update the page as well next #for like getting the raws #and ill announce when that's all complete because also! manga vol 1 has been released in english #so im going to include info on that #available digital and physical (i bought the digital one bc i wanted to compare) #its not bad but a little awkward in places to be honest #but lets be real mine probably is too so /shrug

[saviorsbookcafe]

i have returned very briefly before new years (bc likely i wont get a chapter out still before the year's end but who's to really say) !!

because of !! very exciting news in the series!!

the third and final light novel has been released as of december 24th !!! and same as for the second light novel there is a bonus scene for digital purchase and a separate bonus scene for physical purchase at Animate in Japan (you need to live in japan or ask someone who lives in japan to buy it for this copy)

i'm going to update the page on how to get the raws today hopefully with more details but this is where i got the info for now

https://twitter.com/kyoka_izumi1/status/1472885786681167874?s=21

i am incredibly excited to read it (i just bought the digital edition on amazon like an hour ago) and likely this third volume will fall after the second on my queue of "to (eventually) translate" -- i highly encourage everyone to purchase the digital version even, it helps support the author much more than my translations ever will, and i believe this book as well comes with lovely art (i think? there's an art piece for the bonus scene which is ill and tsukina going on their honeymoon which is so precious and i am so looking forward to) so please if you have the ability to i hope you purchase a copy for yourselves !!

#update #i am very excited to read #much content #also gonna make an update on my side post soon #cuz ive made progress !! #so stay tuned for that