The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 1


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Yamai Zenjirou is your everyday office worker in modern Japan. One morning, he suddenly finds himself summoned to a tropical world where dinosaurs roam the land. He is told that this is the kingdom of Capua and the person who summoned him - its monarch, Queen Aura - wants him to marry her and leave his old life behind for a life of carefree extravagance as her prince consort. The reasons for her offer are many and varied, but she needs an heir, and she wants him to be the one to provide it! If he accepts, he’ll never have to work again, lazing around in luxury with no worries other than securing the kingdom its next monarch. Certainly, sleeping with the buxom beauty is far from a hardship, but is everything really as it seems? He’ll also need to give up everything he knows on Earth. Is he ready to drop it all at a moment’s notice for her sake? And how well will he be able to navigate the politics, people and culture of this new world if he does?




The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 4


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Two years have passed since Zenjiro was summoned to a kigdom in another world and married its beautiful queen. Now, Zenjiro and Queen Aura celebrate the birth of their child--the young First Prince of Capua---and the realm celebrates with them. Yet while Zenjiro is busy adjusting to his new life as a father, a bloody massacre breaks out along the vital Salt Road. A company of knights and warriors rides to do battle with all manner of wyverns, even as a delegation arrives from the Twin Kingdoms with an agenda all its own!




The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 6


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PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA A young girl calling herself Princess Freya arrives in the Kingdom of Capua, claiming to have sailed from across the northern sea! With Queen Aura preoccupied with matters of state, Zenjiro is sent out to the port city of Valentia to see if he can establish profitable trade between the continents. It’s Zenjiro’s first-ever journey out of the royal palace...what could possibly go wrong?




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 11 (Light Novel)


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Burdens on both Aura’s time and body mean it’s finally time for her to appoint a prime minister and marshal. While the lightening of the load couldn’t be more welcome, the risk of those appointments pushing the country away from her control is stronger than ever. With both that potential and her husband’s future in mind, she grants Zenjirou a dukedom to help maintain the balance of power. Coupled with even more guests from the Twin Kingdoms, the prince consort is in for a fair amount of personal upheaval, but now his wife wants him to head to the Northern Continent with his likely concubine-to-be as well! It’s going to take quite a bit for Zenjirou to feel comfortable with the journey, but their current guests just might have the solution...




The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 12


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With his wife Queen Aura now expecting another child, Zenjiro is dead-set on obtaining a magical healer to help her with the delivery. To obtain one, he has no choice but to travel to the Twin Kingdoms and treat with the King of Sharou. Yet no sooner does he arrive than the king makes a shocking announcement about the future of the crown! Fending off one charming guest after another, Zenjiro will need all his wits to avoid getting swept up into the murk of royal intrigue.




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 12 (Light Novel)


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After a long and perilous voyage across the intercontinental waves, the Glasir’s Leaf has finally reached the Northern Continent. Princess Freya makes the decision to dock in the port of Pomorskie, a country relatively free from the church’s influence. Zenjirou rewards his subordinates with the chance to stretch their legs now that they are finally back on dry land, offering them money and time to do with as they will. But when one of them runs into a young orphan who has pressing information to share with a priest, the prince consort quickly finds himself acting as a go-between. Even on a whole new continent, intrigue seems to dog his steps as the orphan boy brings word of an impending attack on the country!




The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 6


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A young girl calling herself Princess Freya arrives in the Kingdom of Capua, claiming to have sailed from across the northern sea! With Queen Aura preoccupied with matters of state, Zenjiro is sent out to the port city of Valentia to see if he can establish profitable trade between the continents. It's Zenjiro's first-ever journey out of the royal palace...what could possibly go wrong?




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 8


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Zenjirou safely returns from the Gaziel march to good news—his wife may be pregnant! With the rainy season setting in, he practices teleportation with more vigor than ever, knowing this new spell will enable him to bring a healer from the Gilbelle family when the child arrives. Margrave Gaziel also returns to the capital, this time accompanied by Nilda. Her addition to the register of names reminds the margrave just how much he owes the prince consort for his actions during the wedding festivities. But is his gratitude a sign that Zenjirou is going too far beyond the bounds of his position as a mere figurehead? Meanwhile, the inner palace is taking applications for new maids, but the Uppasalans have other issues caused by their unfamiliarity with the local climate. Zenjirou’s insight might just offer a unique new perspective for both Freya…and Aura!




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 9


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Now that he can finally teleport on his own, Zenjirou is off to the Twin Kingdoms of Sharou Gilbelle. His goal there is to secure a healer for Aura and their child when the baby is born, but King Bruno makes a shocking announcement upon Zenjirou’s arrival. The king will soon be abdicating, and Zenjirou’s presence plays a part! With many members of the Sharou royal family and the nobility opposed to the king’s sudden decision, Zenjirou swiftly finds himself dragged into a domestic power struggle that will require the utmost care to navigate.




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 7


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Zenjirou and Freya have arrived at the Gaziel March to attend the wedding of General Pujol Guillén and Lucinda Gaziel. When they arrive, the person in charge of the servants introduces herself as Nilda Gaziel, the margrave’s second daughter. But the name “Nilda” was conspicuously absent from the initial briefing Aura gave her husband. Did Aura know of her existence and simply not mention it? Did she forget? Or is there perhaps some more sinister meaning behind it? Things get more complicated when a delegation from the Kingdom of Nabara trespasses, causing the situation to escalate. Zenjirou is soon saddled with the task of keeping the peace to the best of his ability and must rely on Freya’s help for a solution, bringing them closer together. How much will their relationship deepen, and will Zenjirou be able to juggle everything without getting swept away by romance or political intrigue?