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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 1 Chapter 3.1

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“Translator: Goma/Editor: TheNix”

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Section 1

 

    The doorbell rang and I looked up.

    It was a Saturday afternoon and I was bored. Currently, I was reading a book in my room.

    Although I wanted to read a light novel, I did not have the money to afford such a luxury. Hence, after school, I had borrowed a book from the town’s library after going to the town center.

    The book that I had borrowed from the library was from the famous and all-time great series, 『Sherlock Holmes』.  I was silently reading this.

    By the way, the earthbound spirit who is the master of this room, Nanana Ryūgajō was currently playing her online game. It seems that she was attacking some castle with her online friends, while shouting, 「Follow me! 」She moved the mouse, and rattled the keyboard.

    While glancing at her with my peripheral vision, I remembered the page number that I was currently at and stood up.

    Then, I headed towards the entrance, and looked through the peephole and looked at what was outside. I could not help but be surprised.

 「……I, I did not think…….that such things happen…… 」

    A cute maid was standing in front of the door.;

    The maid had a boyish short hair, and tan skin. The person was attractive and cute, and seemed to be a foreigner. She was wearing maid clothing.

    She was looking around nervously while standing in front of the door.

    It seemed that she was extremely embarrassed. She looked down slightly, and her cheeks were slightly reddened. She glanced at the room 202 door as if she wanted me, who was hiding behind the door, to reply quickly. She was wearing maid clothing.

    Isn’t she about to cry at how embarrassed she is! All while wearing maid clothing!

「……Hey, why are you breathing in a weirdly excited way while sticking to the door」

    At the voice from behind, I felt like my spine froze. When I turned around, from inside the room, Nanana was looking at me with a disappointed expression.

「No, it’s nothing」

    While smiling, I slowly opened the door.

「Ah, great! You are home」

    The moment I appeared, the girl smiled as if genuinely happy. The ends of her eyes even had tears on it.

    I fancied a wild idea of her calling me 「Master」. Meanwhile, suddenly, someone came between me and the maid.

「From that reaction, hm. It must be it」

    Here appeared another cute girl. However, the petite blonde girl had a problem.

「……You stink」

「I see. Actually, the main protagonist who is a smart policewoman in a drama that I had borrowed from the video store a few days ago apparently stank as well. She did not wash her hair for a few days, and I am currently mimicking her……. 」

「No, but you are beyond that. You kind of smell like trash」

「Ah, Tensai. It is because you had been rolling around in the alley just now」

    Upon the maid pointing this out, the blond hair girl sniffed her uniform. Then, she wrinkled her eyebrows.

「I see. It is indeed smelly. On top of that, my head is itchy. Now then, can you please lend me your bathroom Jūgo Yama, you thief」

    The girl who stank of rubbish suddenly said so.

「What do you mean by thief…… 」

    Although, I kind of knew why she said so.

    It seems that the blonde girl was satisfied with my expression because she smirked.

「Right now, I want to bathe. We will talk afterward」

    After saying this, the girl entered room 202 while pushing me away. Then she suddenly started stripping.

「W, wait. Who are you two? 」

    I pretended to hide my eyes with my hands while actually staring at her from between my fingers. The blonde girl who had undone all the buttons of her blouse smirked at me.

「Well, we are just a normal pair, a famous detective and his assistant」

「F, famous detective? 」

    Then, the petite blonde girl took off her skirt already and thrust out her chest which had breast of an appropriately petite size. Then, she pointed to herself.

「People call me, detective Tensai Ikkyū」

 

Section 2

 

    Since I had started living independently, I, Jūgo Yama, have gained a lot of trivial knowledge about girls.

    I now knew the softness of a girl’s (though an earthbound ghost) breast.

    Although I had always worshipped the recording of maids on media, the maid that I first saw in real-life was exceptional. As I had thought, the maid in real-life was on a whole different level.

    And on top of that, a girl that had just bathed smelled super-duper good.

「Oh, I just realized, but Nanana don’t smell like anything, huh」

    She slapped me with all her might. It felt so painful that I thought my cheeks had been slapped off. My cheeks were only red and swollen but, my neck was completely broken now. I see. One must be very careful when commenting on a girl’s smell.

    It seems that I had become wiser again. That is, while sacrificing my neck to whip-lash.

「Now then, I shall introduce myself again. I am the famous detective, Tensai Ikkyū」

    The girl who had just gotten over smelling like garbage looked so good that I had to reconsider my opinion about her. Her long blond wavy hair was tied underneath a towel. The color of her white skin seemed very healthy since she had just bathed. Her cheeks were red like an apple. I could sense that she was a strong-willed person from her daunting eyes. By the way, the clothing that the famous detective was now wearing was a T-shirt that I had offered. It was because of course, her uniform smelled of garbage. By the way, the uniform in question was placed outside the house’s door stuffed into a trash bag. With regards to her undergarments, the maid had gone and bought them while the famous detective had borrowed our bathtub.

    The famous detective was now sipping a coffee milk blend (the maid had brought instant coffee along with the undergarments) with a straw, just after she had bathed. The maid, who was behind the famous detective, bowed her head.

「I am her assistant, D’arc Hoshino」

    It was another unique name. I want to see the parents who had named her.

    When the introduction had ended, I decided to ask what I was curious about the most.

「Um, what do you mean by, famous detective? 」

    It was a natural question to ask. Although there was a job called detective, there was no vocation called the famous detective. When I glanced at the floor, there was the immortal work of literature, the mystery novel that I had borrowed from the library. The main character of this book was a famous detective. That means that being a famous detective was a job in fiction.

    Upon hearing such a question, the self-proclaimed famous detective who had just bathed thrust out her chest, and replied.

「To be a famous detective is a way of life」

「No, you should not copy what the famous quote of the brother and sister who wears restraints [1. TL Note:  The famous quote of Rizumu Niōnomiya who is a great detective and one of the characters in the novel turned anime series “Zaregoto”」

「I really respect you! 」

「Stop, everything cannot be solved by just saying that」

「Then, how about this? I am the one that most appropriately fits under the description of Famous Detective [2. TL Note: Famous quote from the novel series, “Sherlock Holmes” by Arthur Conan Doyle]! 」

    Ugh, this seemed like another copyrighted quote, but I did not know where it was from. Well, I should not care anyways.

「Then, um…… Ms. Ikkyū, right? 」

「Call me by my name or full name. If you just call me by my sir name, it sounds like some small brat. My personal brand is 『Famous for solving mysteries』, and not a『Fool』」

    Well, if you just heard the name, it definitely sounded like Ikkyū-san [3. TL Note: Ikkyū-san is the main character of the Japanese historical comedy anime series produced by Toei Animation].

「Err, well then Ms. Tensai. What did you come here for? 」

「I came here to have you return that」

    In the empty bookshelf that she pointed at was a lonely black box that was open. It was the box in question that had come floating down from the sky, and inside that was a blue gemstone the size of a fist. It still gleamed brightly.

    As I had expected. It seems that the famous detective came searching for the ((Lustrous Lie Detector )) (I will add that it referred to the blue gemstone, the ((Eye of Kontholos )) ).

「I see, I shall give it to you,l but I have a condition」

「I see. A condition for the exchange huh. Sure, I shall hear you out, you thief」

    The famous detective leaned forward. I pointed to her side.

「In exchange of this gemstone, give me the maid」

    At my request, the famous detective smirked.

「Sure, it’s a deal」

    The famous detective and I shook hands.

It was indeed a swift deal that only took less than 10 seconds.

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