The Ideal Sponger Life Vol. 13


Book Description

When Zenjiro came to the Kingdom of Capua, he hoped for a laid-back sponger's lifestyle, but now he'll do anything to protect his wife and children. With a new baby on the way, he's traveled abroad to the Twin Kingdoms, hoping to secure a magical healer to help with childbirth. Yet no sooner did he arrive than the king declared his intent to abdicate the throne! A royal succession is never a simple affair, but Zenjiro is at risk of being used as a pawn in the intrigues of foreign royalty. Hidden truths lurk behind public facades in a nation where the ancient traditions of the desert struggle against newfound feudal customs. When a shocking revelation threatens to draw the Kingdom of Capua even further into local affairs, Zenjiro's not about to take it lying down!




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 13 (Light Novel)


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After a long journey, Zenjirou has finally arrived in Uppasala, Freya’s homeland. Immediately upon his arrival, he meets with King Gustav and various movers and shakers in the country. In order to finalize the trade deal between their countries, Zenjirou asks the king for his daughter’s hand. Naturally, many of those present are unwilling to give up their first princess—particularly to a prince consort—but the first prince, Eric, is especially hostile. His warrior spirit and aggressive personality lead him to absolutely refuse to allow someone who has not even passed the Rite of Age to marry his little sister. To attain the right to truly propose, Zenjirou finds himself facing a complex situation—one in which he will need to prove himself a man by the norms of a somewhat militaristic nation.




The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 3


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This is the third volume in the saga of our beloved “sponging protagonist,” and at this point, “sponging” is the last thing he’s doing. A year has passed since his marriage to Queen Aura of Capua, and the capital has welcomed their new child and heir to the throne, Carlos Zenkichi. The kingdom is busy with festivities to celebrate the happy news, but something more ominous has reached Aura’s ears. Margrave Gaziel tells her that his territory has had no salt for a year, and with his lands lacking both sea and rock salt, it could spell the region’s end. While the queen immediately orders an investigation, Zenjirou’s free time is becoming more than he can handle in the inner palace, and he starts to investigate what advancements might be made to move their nation forward.




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 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. 3


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When he chose to leave Earth and marry Queen Aura, Zenjiro learned that his blood carried an otherworldly ancestry...but it turns out his family tree had more secrets than anyone imagined. The children he and Aura hope to have together could upend the world's peaceful order, bearing powers no one expected. It'll take all of Aura's cunning to navigate intrigue between kingdoms, even while Zenjiro prepares for the possibility of a new addition to their royal family.




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?




Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, Vol. 14


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Amid the chaos that has beset the kingdom after the secret of Leonhart’s human form was exposed, Set’s plot to usurp the throne succeeds. In stunned confusion, Leonhart flees the city with Sariphi at his side ! As Set fans the flames of war, can Sariphi’s beloved overcome the terror in his heart and be the king she believes him to be…?!




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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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?