Nurturing the Hero to Avoid DeathCh14.1 - The Hero’s Long Absence (Middle Part)

Translator: Mii

Editor: sleepchaser OnAk53


Spring break has arrived. Starting today, I will have three weeks off from school.

The twin brothers Jade and Jain left for their relative’s villa. It’s right by a famous and beautiful lake, the surface of which is as clear as a mirror.

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Snay also went away for vacation. Currently, he’s at his grandmother’s estate at the outskirts of town, where vineyards are abound.

Those three have invited me to stay with them, but I refused. I have a lot of things waiting for me to do. iGNZ3E

Once I bid them a good holiday and tried to send them away, they burst into tears, saying things like “not being able to meet you for three weeks is unthinkable!” Once they were finally leaving the village, they kept looking back at me. Why were they crying though? It’s not like this was our final farewell.

It’s only… three weeks.

I’m sure that it will pass in a blink of an eye.

Before I realize it, the vacation will be over.

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Since I’m taking the role of Lian, I have to accompany Lian’s elder brother on a business trip to the neighboring territory’s town hall. It’ll last for four days. The purpose of the trip is to fulfill my father’s duty as a feudal lord.  Then, Lian’s grandfather, who lives in a town closeby, asked us to stay a few days there… Okay, scratch that. Since he already said it, then it’s less of an invite and more of an order.

Other than this, I still have to make the demon alarms, figure out where to place them, make the hazard map, and create an evacuation route.

Once I finish the map, I plan to send copies to all the villagers.

If I tell Lian’s father that this will make him look like a good feudal lord, and increase his appeal to the higher ups, then he will gladly lend me a hand without a doubt. lucdEi

So, yeah. I’m busy. Terribly so.

Even though it is spring break, I have no free time and no breaks.

As I jot down my checklist in my room, the sunlight streaming through my window grew stronger.

I glance outside. The leaves from the trees outside are starting to turn a darker green. Up above, blue skies stretch on and on. An occasional soft breeze rolls in. it feels pleasant. EJ7gz

A day like this is perfect for starting on a trip. rs6Pwc

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Currently, he should be in his father’s study doing his morning paperwork, under the watchful eye of the capable butler Loendal. 4XMPjd

I rather not, but I have to greet them a few times during this break.

Anyway, whenever I go out, I have to inform Lian’s brother first, which is very bothersome.

He’s super nosy, shooting question after question at me and chasing me here and there. That’s why I’ll just quickly inform him of where I’m going before sprinting off.

Since I already informed Loendal of my schedule, there shouldn’t be any problem. EGmNxg

I knock at the door to the study. Loendal’s calming and refined voice greets me from within.

“It’s Lian.”

There are suddenly a clamor inside. After that, the sound of something rattling and continuously falling on the floor reverberates. What is it? It’s noisy. What’s going on there?

“So it’s Lian. Please come inside.” nTfSIl

After a clink, the door slowly opens from my push.

Loendal bows gracefully with his usual calm smile, and he positions his hands clad in spotless white gloves in front of his chest.

“Ahhh!! My Liaaaaaannn!!”

Lian’s brother leans over to the large desk, his face appearing from between the mountains of the overflowing documents. 8nRl3O

That… looks like it will be hard to organize. I look at Loendal. He’s smiling, but there are veins pulsing from his forehead.Uhhh. I totally understand how he feels. You’ve worked hard. And also, thank you very much.

Lian’s elder brother tries to push the documents aside without any care, and he leans forward in excitement. As if asking for my help, he stretches both of his arms towards me… I’m glad that there’s a large desk between us.

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“Lian! Oh, my cute Lian!” He inhales and exhales hard. “Today, you’re also beautiful, cute, and sweet… Ahhh… That dignified yet ephemeral figure… You look like a beautiful moonlight fairy basking in the glow of the moon… I want to be on your side all day, no, all night. And love you until the end of time…”

The usual antics again. I can’t understand what he is saying. 4pNMAr

“What’s wrong? My beloved Lian! Are you perhaps lonely? It’s okay, come here! I will prepare a chair next to me, so…”

“No, thank you. Err, then, I’ll be heading out soon. Loendal, I’ll leave it to you then.”

“Yes, I understand, Lian-sama. Please take care on your way. I have ordered two guards to follow you. They’ll be trailing a little behind, so that they won’t disturb you.Please feel free to instruct them if necessary.”

Since I’m always careful and having guards around make it hard for me to move freely, I tell Loendal that I don’t need any. But he suddenly bursts into tears and tells me that if I travel alone he’ll be worried, and if he’s worried he might get a heart attack. That he’s afraid any more stress is bad for his health. Z6Pe3g

…But I’m sure that’s not true! Because I often see him muscle training in the garden before the crack of dawn!

“Thank you, Loendal. I’ll probably be coming back late at night, but I’ll definitely come home. Ah, I won’t be needing dinner, since I’ll eat it outside.”

“Yes. I understand. Please be careful.”

“Eh!? Ehhh!? L-Lian? W-where are you going!?” o26bqt

“Lian-sama is heading west of the village for an inspection.”

“Ehhhhh!? T-then…! I-I will… I will go together with him…!!”

“You won’t. Roberto-sama has many tasks waiting for you to do. Now, may I ask you to confirm this document, please? Since this is regarding an urgent matter, please process it before the afternoon.”

Finished speaking, Loendal lifts another mountain of papers from a closeby cart and places it on the desk in front of Lian’s brother. He maintains his calm smile throughout. diRhGf

The stack of papers was enough to block anyone’s line of sight completely.

“Ahhhhhhh…”

On the other side of the pile, Lian’s brother weeps.

As always, thank you Loendal! Let’s go for a cup of tea next time! Of course it will be my treat! 23G7mW

“Then, I’ll be off, big brother and Loendal.”

I close the door to the study and rush out of the front gate where Shurio is waiting.

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After driving around in the carriage, I have Shurio pull the horses to a stop on a hill near the west side of the village. Then I start to sketch the map using a compass and measuring instrument.

Before my eyes is a peaceful rural landscape. g13qVd

Just beyond is a dense and large forest. And past that, a mountain.

It’s a scenery that inspires feelings of being homesick within me.

Shurio covers his face with his hat, snoring comfortably outside the carriage.

Sitting on the hill, I sketch the roads and trees using the twenty-four colored pencils I bought previously. Since I have to place the demon alarms in the most beneficial locations, I need to predict the pathing of the demons as well as I can. NVwMkE

“Ah! Are you by any chance… Lian-sama?”

“Yes?”

I flip around after I hear someone calling my name. At the end of the road by the foot of the hill, a woman stands with her baby suspended on her chest. In her hands are baskets of vegetables and towels. She’s walking toward me.

She looks unfamiliar. SUHfAZ

“You areー”

“Ah! I-I’m very sorry! I can’t believe I just call out to you without telling you who I am… I-I’m…”

“Who are you?”

“Ah, yes. I-I’m… eh, uhm, I’m Pierre Merlot’s grandchild.” Ghl413

“Pierre…?”

The name rings a bell…

“Ah,” I say, without realizing it. I quickly close my mouth.

I know who that is. 3sfgYL


Special thanks to Anon-san and Nikki Gee-san for the ko-fi!

Next part will be ultra painful… I’ll upload the sponsored release tomorrow at 11 AM GMT+8 to make everyone feel depressed together with me. :3

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On the bright note, chapter 15 will be super fluffy and full of rainbows so don’t worry… they’ll heal your heart…… hopefully.

Also, I’m currently reading a super domestic and diabetes-level-of-cute JP BL novel where the seme is so whipped and cute, and the uke is so… precious… In one of the smut chapters, they describe p**** as meat stick, which surprised me (I never thought that JP novel will use that word too…), and then… I found this gold: 78w1a9

“…From the tip of his meat stick, his soup starts to flow down…”

My perverted mind suddenly lost its focus and I laughed so much… I won’t be able to see soup normally anymore… //cries

Translator's Note

I randomly search the meaning of this word in dictionary, so I thought I will share :3

旅立つ

(1) to start on a journey, to depart, to embark
(2) to die, to pass away, to depart this life

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56 comments

    • Is the new character a friend? Or a foe? If he hurts Lian, he won’t escape our punishment!! (°ー°〃)

      Thank you for reading, Ryss-san!

  1. What’s it called? QAQ what’s that bl uhuhu

    • It’s 無上の幸福 (The Greatest Happiness) by Nakayun Kinako-sensei!^^ It hasn’t been translated, but it’s super cute!!! The first 15 chapters might make the MC sounds very annoying (because he is so unsecure with everything at first, but they’re quickly resolved!), but the other 164 chapters… they’re gold~ :3 No drama, just a super fluffy family~

      I might pick it up if no one translate it yet when we are halfway at NHAD :3 //actually, this potato already start stocking up chapters for that series

      • Yes! Pick it up please! If other’s already translated it please give us info or link.
        So i can read it

  2. Don’t worry dear MC, your hubby misses you too! Thanks for the chapter Mii!

    • It’s nice that we can have Alfred’s POV too soon, about when he went on the trip^^ I haven’t read it yet, but surely he will miss his wivey~

      Thank you for reading, Applepie2334-san!

  3. brocon is being cute again wwww

    thanks for the ch! (ノ*>∀<)ノ

    and what jp novel is it 👀

    • His brother is so silly, it’s kind of funny! www (^^♪

      Thank you for reading too, konokono-san~

      I already described the novel at Beshiiiie-san’s comment above, but it’s 無上の幸福 by Nakayun Kinako-sensei! (^_-)-☆ The fluff is so toothachingly sweet~

  4. PFFT–🤭 that phrase is definitely GOLD. I think it would ruin my appetite for soup tho 🤣.

    Thanks for the update~

    • I was very shocked when I read that part!! Now I can’t look at soup the same way anymore!! 😂💦

      Thank you for reading, Akusuo-san!(*´∀`)

  5. Absolutely adorable as always! Liam is so earnest and hardworking 😀 Thank you so much for translating!

    • *Lian lol XD also the meat stick thing made me smile

      • Lian is such a good boy! 😭 He works so hard to protect everyone even though he could just run away, and he doesn’t wait for someone to help him protect the village! 👀

        …And the soup meat stick will continue to hunt me for weeks 🤣💦 Author-sama, just whyyy!!!

  6. The next chapter is painful?! Oh no… I will wait till 15 comes out to soothe my heart.. thank you for the warning!! I’m a baby and will cry and be sad for days when sweet angels (Lian or Alfred) get hurt 😭 happy to hear there is fluff in ch 15 to save us all HAHAA.. thank u again for translating 💗

    • Chapter 15 will heal our heart! QAQ I’m also very sad when I’m translating chapter 14, and I have to immediately read the next chapter after that to heal my pain!!

      Thank you for reading, Yuki-san💕 I’ll wait for you at chapter 15!^^♪

  7. Soup… Frick! That image is– OAO

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

    • …The sexy times are so good too! But that one line have to ruin it!! 🤣👀

      Thank you for reading, PhantomShade-san!💕🌟

  8. Who WHO W H O CURSE YOU CLIFFHANGER

    thanks for the update qwq

  9. But what BL series is that? You must enlighten us, Mii-sama

    • It might be my next pit, the title is 無上の幸福! And the word count is the same with NHAD, but it has 189 chapters, while NHAD has… 44 chapters only… <( ̄◻︎ ̄;)> But if I split NHAD into the normal Japanese web-novel word count, I might make this story into hundreds of chapters LOL

  10. Its only been one chapter but i already miss his interactions with Alfred. They are soo cute together
    (゚▽゚)
    Thanks for the chapter!😚❤️

    • YEAHHHHHH I really miss those two being cute and silly 😭💦 Alfred, quickly go home to your wifey!!

  11. Me:
    //read about the soup thingy
    //look down at my own bowl of thick mushroom soup
    //sigh
    “You both are soup, you both are white, and you both are made from a mushroom. Wonderful.”
    //resume eating

    Thanks for the chapter 💕 Ah yes, tabidatsu. Me and my friends at college (we took 1 course of Japanese class there) used to call it ‘that creepy tabidatsu’. It was normal when you only glance at the first meanings, but some of the verbs related to it are ‘shinu’ and ‘kutabaru’, like, why? Would you so? Creepy? All of a? Sudden?? (?o?)

    Oh my frog, an upcoming angst?? Lemme grab my ice cream and tissue box real quick then 🏃

    • MADE OF MUSHROOM OMG 🤣🤣👀

      I actually never knew about tabidatsu, and I just searched it super randomly because it has the same title with one of my favourite GreeeeN songs, 旅立つ QAQ It’s such a romantic song, but now… uwu

      But then, Japanese words has a lot of hidden meanings actually! Like 目の毒 (Poison for the eye) can means ‘tempting’! (/∇\)。o○♡

      I never expected the angst though, I think this story is all about fluff, oh no… 💦💦

  12. Ah, sweet Leondal, Lian’s Brave protector, keeping the scary brocon in check.

    Thanks for the great translation ♥️♥️

    • His brother is so perverted, it’s kind of funny actually 🤣🤣 He is so clueless that Lian is not amused with his antics wwww

      Thank you for enjoying my translations too, Keep-san!^^💕💕

  13. Poor Soup-chan, her image has been tainted and she can’t be a bride anymore u╭╮u

    I’m scared for next chapter, when will chapter 15 come out? Maybe I’ll wait for it, or maybe I’ll release my M side, who knows~? ╮(╯▽╰)╭

    Lian’s brother scares me and amuses me~

    I think Loendal is worried something’ll happen to the only normal and decent person in that family LOL.

    Thanks for the chapter~☆

    • I’m sorry Soup-chan, from now on you will be the same as something salty and thick in my mind… (+_+)

      I can’t say anything definite, but sleep-san said that she can edit another sponsored chapter this week!^^ I will upload it when it’s done! //mii doesn’t know the concept of stocking chapters

      His speech in JP is actually creepier! OwO He said something like want to ‘make love’ the whole night… Nope, I didn’t say anything!

      LOL his everyday worry is to protect the young master from all of the weird people that is going to harm Lian 🤣

      Thank you for reading too, Sakuya-hime-san!

  14. Hmm, maybe I’ll wait till ch.15 is out so I can end it on a fluffy note. Or maybe I’ll forget about this story for a while so when I come back, there’ll be lots of chapters for me to binge read. And hopefully developments 😉😏

    • But, the development is actually not that far, pyon? Maybe it will be at next part, or next chapter, pyon? Am I baiting you, pyon? Who knows~ (^^♪

  15. Why do I feel like there might be a misunderstanding about someone’s death? Hmmm. But anyways Thank you so much for translating! This is such a joy to read and omg that novel you’re reading already sounds golden! 😂😂😂

    • Misunderstanding on someone’s death!? OAO But, Alfred will definitely come back home, right? …Right? (´ . .̫ . `)

      Thank you for reading too, Nicole Guevara-san! And it really is!! It’s unexpectedly quite silly and cute, plus the fluff is going to kill me soon! ヾ(。>﹏<。)ノ゙✧*。

  16. Lol Brocon to the max.
    I hope we could get Alfred’s pov during thus vacation. Im sure he miss Lian .

    Oh what was that novel it sounds cute and funny?

    Thank you so much for the chapter!

    • Actually, we will get Alfred’s POV after chapter 15! It’s about when he went on the trip too! Did he miss Lian? I’m sure we already know the answer anyway~ (^^♪

      It’s 無上の幸福, by Nakayun Kinako-sensei! It might be my next pit~ 👀🌟

      Thank you for reading too, Jwel-san! (●’w’●)

  17. Lol. It looks like Lian is working harder than his brother.

    • That’s why our cute MC is Lian, not his perverted older brother! +。:.゚ヽ(´∀。)ノ゚.:。+゚゚+。:.゚ヽ(*´∀)ノ゚.:。+゚

  18. Thank you for the chapter ❤️ yay sleepchaser but Mii-san is so cruuuuuuuel 😭 first with Alfred departing from location/life and now deep deep foreshadowing of the next chapter 😫😫 noooooo my babies!! Sniffles I will do my best to hold out for chapter 15 🥺 in recompense I want the name of soup smut story because 😂
    … (Love you really though Mii 😘 enjoy your vacation time as much as you can)

    • Thank you for reading too, Xass-san, and eh!! I’m not cruel!! I just like to tease Xass-san a little bit!!! ∑d(d′∀`)グッ!Chapter 15 should be up at Tuesday/Wednesday, so you shouldn’t call me cruel anymore, okay!!! (⌒ー⌒) The soup story is 無上の幸福 by Nakayun Kinako-sensei! It will be available in English one day, probably!!! Σd(≧ω≦*) グッ

      (Thank you, Xass-san!!! I ate barbeque together with one of my good friend today, it was really fun!!!!!)

  19. I don’t know but everytime lian brother appears i kinda wanna punch him a bit i mean he’s kinda creepy

  20. palo de carne y sopa 😂😂😂 sin duda uno va, con el camino equivocado con esas palabras en un bloque 🤣🤣 Gracias por su traducción 😘😘

  21. Thank you for the chapter!

    “…From the tip of his meat stick, his soup starts to flow down…” 🤣🤣 okay no more soup

    🤣

  22. The con brother acts again. I’m amazed. Lian has been able to conserve his chastity next to that man 😅

    Thanks for the chapter!