There you have it, the complete translated bits of volume two. I plan on starting the next volume next year, but if I’m motivated enough, I might start early. I figure things would get busy at work so I may not have that chance though. Also, from the afterword, you can see that the author really put their all into the jokes and references that’s why I was adamant about people telling me if they ever find any that I didn’t catch (sadly, no one has still told me anything though).
I also wanted to get this out today to at least put this out there:
誕生日おめでとう、めぐみん！
Two months ago, the cast of KonoSuba just got their character birthdays revealed and today is Megumin’s if you didn’t know.
That random bit aside, please enjoy the epilogue and afterword to this volume. And I suppose I will see everyone next year (probably).
TL note: Reference to Tokimeki Memorial
I’m not a stalker but, I just can’t help wanting to find out about things I’m curious about.
I was looking into the classroom from an inconspicuous corner in the hallway to check up on Ako.
Early morning in the classroom, you could see a lot of people loitering and wandering about. They would be hanging around with their preferred crowd, talking about their preferred topics, all the while fooling around and laughing.
In the midst of all that was Ako, who had her eyes cast downward towards her desk.
And while she was in that state, a girl called out to her.
“Ah, Tamaki-san. You were absent again yesterday weren’t you? Were you not feeling well?”
“Ah, no…”
Ako raised her head up for a moment but then proceeded to hang her head again. The girl waiting for her reply seemed troubled as she tilted their head.
Involuntarily, I took a step forward. I wouldn’t be able to cover for Ako as good as Segawa in this case, but leaving her here is just—.
“About that you see, listen to this—”
Just then, an amiable voice naturally joined in on the conversation.
Just when did she get here? Akiyama-san just joined in on the conversation without any hint of her being out of place even though she’s from a different class. She then cheerfully tapped on Ako’s shoulder.
“This girl you see, has a boyfriend in my class you know—. And when he heard that Tamaki-san was calling in sick, he went out of his way to take a leave from school as well to nurse her back to health!”
“Eeh, no way!”
“E, eeh?”
Those who showed their surprise at Ako was not only the girl who called out to her, but also the nearby girls who heard that. They couldn’t turn their eyes away in wonder of this interesting gossip.
“I even heard that he went to her house today so they could walk to school together! Looking at it like this, it’s like we haven’t made any progress at all compared to Tamaki-san.”
“What’s that about? I haven’t heard about that!”
“Hey, hey, what kind of guy is he?”
“Ah, n, no…”
Ako could only move her eyes back and forth in surprise as the conversation continued on without her.
“I know him! It’s that guy who plays games with her that she calls by his something like his nickname! I heard it from a girl in another class!”
“Is that something like an online handle?”
It seems they were ignoring Ako, who was in the middle of it all, as they kept continuing their conversation.
“Ako!”
Just then, an elegant voice resounded from the hallway. With a majestic and confident voice that stands apart from the noise of the morning classroom chatter, Master called out to Ako.
“Splendid. It seems you properly came to school. I have an important announcement to make today so make sure you come to the club later!”
“Y, yes.”
Without paying heed to the attention she has garnered from the classroom, Master looked satisfied as she nodded.
“You too, Rusian.”
“Gotcha.”
I really wish she would stop giving us that look as if we’re both problem children. I mean, I was worried after all. As a result, I even got her to come to school with me.
But well, as everyone was looking at this sight,
“Tamaki-san, you’re friends with the president?”
“Goshouin-senpai is really cool but since she’s the daughter of a bigshot in school, everyone just keeps a distance from her right? That’s the first time I’ve seen her act chummy with anyone.”
“Master is, uhm…”
“Oooh, oooh! Master? What’s that about?”
It seems like this is going to work itself out, somehow.
As I let out a sigh of relief, Akiyama-san looked my way for a bit and smiled.
She’s really incredible. It’s like seeing one of those hardcore players in LA. Her level and skills in real life are just way different from mine. It makes me think that I can never be like that.
Though, I can’t really say that Akiyama-san’s way of showing concern is not meddlesome, so hang in there, Ako.
—And, well… As rumors about me and Ako spread like this, it’s like, as the groundwork for our relationship was being laid out, it also prevented my escape.
Rusian got the title ‘Online Hookup Predator’!
I felt like I just heard that sad notification going off.
“It’s finally time for club activities—”
Ako, who had exhaustedly plopped on her desk face first, let out a sigh of relief.
“You looked like you had quite a bit of fun there though.”
“With my starter level social skills, getting used to it at this time is impossible. I already knew it but… it’s really hard after all…”
Ako went ‘auu, auu’ as she was lamenting at her own helplessness.
Can she really adapt well into the class fumbling around like that?
“I only heard this from Nanako but, it seems it would be fine if you just keep the character of a female otaku that has an otaku for a boyfriend.”
“Are you really okay with that though? Won’t they find out that you’re a net game otaku too?”
“Nanako’s the one who took care of it this time so it’s fine right? That girl won’t lose face just because of that.”
“The abilities of a normie are fearsome indeed!”
I guess there are mechanics like this too.
Normally, we would be cowering in fear of the normies, but having them as allies would be reassuring.
“I wonder if she feels a sense of responsibility because she intentionally got us into that mess?”
“Mm— well there’s that, but she unexpectedly seems interested in LA too.”
Even though she just came to LA to poke fun at Segawa?
Ah, I see. So she did quite enjoy it after all. Well, that’s the natural result of having worked hard for something.
“And it was all thanks to a certain someone being gentle and caring while looking after her…”
“…Hey, Segawa. Ako just seemed like she was getting better for a bit there but don’t you think her mood’s relapsing?”
“No way that’s happening.”
As I was staring at her, Segawa then tried to change the topic as if to throw me off.
“Err, you’re fitting in pretty well with your class now aren’t you Ako?”
“I had no idea what they were saying midway, so for now, I just told them that my husband was the best.”
“So that’s why those girls were giggling and laughing at me during the break!”
So that’s why it felt like the girls were staring at me more than usual!
Ah darn it, I guess it’s fine so long as they don’t say anything like we’re having an illicit relationship.
“That aside, let’s go play! I’ll show you the power of me who has taken a step forward toward being a normie!”
“Haa… Are you really going forward though?”
“But of course! I even got invited to go to karaoke with them during dismissal!”
“Wow, that’s real normie-like.”
Even though no one has invited me to anything like that… Honestly, I’m pretty jealous.
“I calmly rejected them though! There’s no way I would be able to sing you know! They should at least be able to figure that out!”
“That’s what I thought.”
“Ah, but I can sing the theme song of LA. I bought that CD after all.”
“Though I’m sure the reason you bought it was because the collaboration item was cute…”
“That’s fine isn’t it? And Master also had that important announcement she’s going to make so I couldn’t go anyway.”
Just as she was saying that line, the door opened wide.
“Hear me out my brethren!”
Master, who just entered, spread out her hands.
“We’re embarking on a training camp!”
“…Ha?”
“We’re going to go one whole night without sleeping to further our net game prowess! This was originally my plan to rehabilitate Ako by giving her a change of pace, but since Rusian was able to do something about that in just a day, it’s all wasted! I’m depressed about this fact so I’ll just have you all participate by force!”
“I’m sorry about that!”
“I’m sorry for worrying you too!”
Master was just being herself doing all these things for us. We’re really sorry.
“I’m sorry to butt in while you’re all fired up but…”
Following behind Master was Saitou-sensei, who put her hands to her forehead as she said this.
“There’s no budget allotted for club you know? Where are you going to get your funds from?”
“I’ll pay for it myself.”
“…I know I’m your adviser but, do I really have to go?”
Master smiled as she said,
“If meow please would.”
“T, this is just purrfect…”
It seems the matter of getting Nekohime-san onboard was already settled.
She’s pretty dependable, being our advisor and all.
“A whole night… With Rusian…”
“So that’s what you’re focusing on?”
“We’ve already made a vow after all, so this time for sure, I’ll be prepared.”
“We haven’t done that and I don’t need you to be ready for that.”
“Then Rusian, you better ready yourself for me.”
“I won’t do that.”
“But a training camp is a pretty important event right? I’m sure the choices leading to the Rusian End is hidden somewhere there!”
“Even if it’s there, I won’t be picking the same choice as you.”
“Uuuuu…”
‘Mai waifu’ was looking at me all teary-eyed.
I had no idea that my online wife would turn out to be a girl like this.
If others were to compare her to the usual girl, you might feel that it’s a shame to have her but, in my point of view— yeah. I won’t dare say it.
She’s really surpassed my expectations, in both the good and bad meanings of those words.
“Hey Ako, I’ve been thinking about this…”
“Yes?”
I rest my hand on Ako’s head.
“Real-life Offline seems to be a better game than we thought, huh?”
“I guess so.”
Ako smiled wholeheartedly as she gladly agreed to that statement.
The artificial light of the monitor then shined on us, as if enveloping all that we are.
Sorry for the shout.
TL note: This is a manner of how people start talking in World Chat in the online FF games (11, and now, 14). Not really everyone does it but they pass it off as sort of a joke.
It has been a while. But if this is not the case for you, then it’s a pleasure to meet you.
This is Kineko Shibai.
Recently, I’ve been getting questions here and there that worry about the current state of things going, ‘Are you okay? Do you still have enough jokes left for the second volume? Are you writing properly?’. As you can see however, Netoge no Yome Onnanoka Janai to Omotta? Lv. 2 has been successfully published.
This is all thanks to the support of the readers. I’m really grateful.
For this time’s volume, I was allowed to write as much as I wanted. If everyone reading was able to laugh along with this author in their work, then I need not anything else.
Again, this might be a personal matter, but just like I have mentioned in the previous volume’s afterword, I too have delved into the marriage system in net games.
I’ve married a female character ingame, and I’ve divorced that same character when I found out that she was cheating on me with another unrelated female character. The reason why I found out about this was because of the incident where ‘My wedding ring had the other character’s name, that she cheated on me with, engraved on my ring instead of mine’.
Up until now, these wounds have still not healed.
TL note: I’m not sure which game this is since it definitely isn’t Ragnarok Online, but in Mabinogi, your partner is the one who types the custom engravings on your ring when you get married. FFXI only has the option to engrave both your initials or name but since there’s an option to overwrite the engrave, it’s possible the other person just didn’t overwrite it yet.
Sorry for the shout.
And now we move on to the credits.
To the illustrator, Hisasi-san, thank you so much for the cute illustrations! This is exactly the image that I was hoping for! More than that, for going even past my ideals and giving it form like this, I am very thankful.
Also, since I love to riddle my work with jokes, often times, I would google for the source with Editor-san joining me. I may have troubled you a lot this time, but I look forward to working with you from here on as well.
While I was looking for jokes about net games, there were times that I had no idea what they were, that people would explain to me what they actually meant. And thanks to everyone who helped, this has turned out to be a fun novel. Thank you very much.
And lastly, to the readers who have purchased this book, I would like to extend my gratitude. If you happen to meet the author somewhere in a net game in the future, please treat them kindly.
And that’s it. When the opportunity arises, I shall see you again soon.
This was the author, Kineko Shibai.
There you have it, the complete translated bits of volume two. I plan on starting the next volume next year, but if I’m motivated enough, I might start early. I figure things would get busy at work so I may not have that chance though. Also, from the afterword, you can see that the author really put their all into the jokes and references that’s why I was adamant about people telling me if they ever find any that I didn’t catch (sadly, no one has still told me anything though).
I also wanted to get this out today to at least put this out there:
誕生日おめでとう、めぐみん！
Two months ago, the cast of KonoSuba just got their character birthdays revealed and today is Megumin’s if you didn’t know.
That random bit aside, please enjoy the epilogue and afterword to this volume. And I suppose I will see everyone next year (probably).
TL note: Reference to Tokimeki Memorial
I’m not a stalker but, I just can’t help wanting to find out about things I’m curious about.
I was looking into the classroom from an inconspicuous corner in the hallway to check up on Ako.
Early morning in the classroom, you could see a lot of people loitering and wandering about. They would be hanging around with their preferred crowd, talking about their preferred topics, all the while fooling around and laughing.
In the midst of all that was Ako, who had her eyes cast downward towards her desk.
And while she was in that state, a girl called out to her.
“Ah, Tamaki-san. You were absent again yesterday weren’t you? Were you not feeling well?”
“Ah, no…”
Ako raised her head up for a moment but then proceeded to hang her head again. The girl waiting for her reply seemed troubled as she tilted their head.
Involuntarily, I took a step forward. I wouldn’t be able to cover for Ako as good as Segawa in this case, but leaving her here is just—.
“About that you see, listen to this—”
Just then, an amiable voice naturally joined in on the conversation.
Just when did she get here? Akiyama-san just joined in on the conversation without any hint of her being out of place even though she’s from a different class. She then cheerfully tapped on Ako’s shoulder.
“This girl you see, has a boyfriend in my class you know—. And when he heard that Tamaki-san was calling in sick, he went out of his way to take a leave from school as well to nurse her back to health!”
“Eeh, no way!”
“E, eeh?”
Those who showed their surprise at Ako was not only the girl who called out to her, but also the nearby girls who heard that. They couldn’t turn their eyes away in wonder of this interesting gossip.
“I even heard that he went to her house today so they could walk to school together! Looking at it like this, it’s like we haven’t made any progress at all compared to Tamaki-san.”
“What’s that about? I haven’t heard about that!”
“Hey, hey, what kind of guy is he?”
“Ah, n, no…”
Ako could only move her eyes back and forth in surprise as the conversation continued on without her.
“I know him! It’s that guy who plays games with her that she calls by his something like his nickname! I heard it from a girl in another class!”
“Is that something like an online handle?”
It seems they were ignoring Ako, who was in the middle of it all, as they kept continuing their conversation.
“Ako!”
Just then, an elegant voice resounded from the hallway. With a majestic and confident voice that stands apart from the noise of the morning classroom chatter, Master called out to Ako.
“Splendid. It seems you properly came to school. I have an important announcement to make today so make sure you come to the club later!”
“Y, yes.”
Without paying heed to the attention she has garnered from the classroom, Master looked satisfied as she nodded.
“You too, Rusian.”
“Gotcha.”
I really wish she would stop giving us that look as if we’re both problem children. I mean, I was worried after all. As a result, I even got her to come to school with me.
But well, as everyone was looking at this sight,
“Tamaki-san, you’re friends with the president?”
“Goshouin-senpai is really cool but since she’s the daughter of a bigshot in school, everyone just keeps a distance from her right? That’s the first time I’ve seen her act chummy with anyone.”
“Master is, uhm…”
“Oooh, oooh! Master? What’s that about?”
It seems like this is going to work itself out, somehow.
As I let out a sigh of relief, Akiyama-san looked my way for a bit and smiled.
She’s really incredible. It’s like seeing one of those hardcore players in LA. Her level and skills in real life are just way different from mine. It makes me think that I can never be like that.
Though, I can’t really say that Akiyama-san’s way of showing concern is not meddlesome, so hang in there, Ako.
—And, well… As rumors about me and Ako spread like this, it’s like, as the groundwork for our relationship was being laid out, it also prevented my escape.
Rusian got the title ‘Online Hookup Predator’!
I felt like I just heard that sad notification going off.
“It’s finally time for club activities—”
Ako, who had exhaustedly plopped on her desk face first, let out a sigh of relief.
“You looked like you had quite a bit of fun there though.”
“With my starter level social skills, getting used to it at this time is impossible. I already knew it but… it’s really hard after all…”
Ako went ‘auu, auu’ as she was lamenting at her own helplessness.
Can she really adapt well into the class fumbling around like that?
“I only heard this from Nanako but, it seems it would be fine if you just keep the character of a female otaku that has an otaku for a boyfriend.”
“Are you really okay with that though? Won’t they find out that you’re a net game otaku too?”
“Nanako’s the one who took care of it this time so it’s fine right? That girl won’t lose face just because of that.”
“The abilities of a normie are fearsome indeed!”
I guess there are mechanics like this too.
Normally, we would be cowering in fear of the normies, but having them as allies would be reassuring.
“I wonder if she feels a sense of responsibility because she intentionally got us into that mess?”
“Mm— well there’s that, but she unexpectedly seems interested in LA too.”
Even though she just came to LA to poke fun at Segawa?
Ah, I see. So she did quite enjoy it after all. Well, that’s the natural result of having worked hard for something.
“And it was all thanks to a certain someone being gentle and caring while looking after her…”
“…Hey, Segawa. Ako just seemed like she was getting better for a bit there but don’t you think her mood’s relapsing?”
“No way that’s happening.”
As I was staring at her, Segawa then tried to change the topic as if to throw me off.
“Err, you’re fitting in pretty well with your class now aren’t you Ako?”
“I had no idea what they were saying midway, so for now, I just told them that my husband was the best.”
“So that’s why those girls were giggling and laughing at me during the break!”
So that’s why it felt like the girls were staring at me more than usual!
Ah darn it, I guess it’s fine so long as they don’t say anything like we’re having an illicit relationship.
“That aside, let’s go play! I’ll show you the power of me who has taken a step forward toward being a normie!”
“Haa… Are you really going forward though?”
“But of course! I even got invited to go to karaoke with them during dismissal!”
“Wow, that’s real normie-like.”
Even though no one has invited me to anything like that… Honestly, I’m pretty jealous.
“I calmly rejected them though! There’s no way I would be able to sing you know! They should at least be able to figure that out!”
“That’s what I thought.”
“Ah, but I can sing the theme song of LA. I bought that CD after all.”
“Though I’m sure the reason you bought it was because the collaboration item was cute…”
“That’s fine isn’t it? And Master also had that important announcement she’s going to make so I couldn’t go anyway.”
Just as she was saying that line, the door opened wide.
“Hear me out my brethren!”
Master, who just entered, spread out her hands.
“We’re embarking on a training camp!”
“…Ha?”
“We’re going to go one whole night without sleeping to further our net game prowess! This was originally my plan to rehabilitate Ako by giving her a change of pace, but since Rusian was able to do something about that in just a day, it’s all wasted! I’m depressed about this fact so I’ll just have you all participate by force!”
“I’m sorry about that!”
“I’m sorry for worrying you too!”
Master was just being herself doing all these things for us. We’re really sorry.
“I’m sorry to butt in while you’re all fired up but…”
Following behind Master was Saitou-sensei, who put her hands to her forehead as she said this.
“There’s no budget allotted for club you know? Where are you going to get your funds from?”
“I’ll pay for it myself.”
“…I know I’m your adviser but, do I really have to go?”
Master smiled as she said,
“If meow please would.”
“T, this is just purrfect…”
It seems the matter of getting Nekohime-san onboard was already settled.
She’s pretty dependable, being our advisor and all.
“A whole night… With Rusian…”
“So that’s what you’re focusing on?”
“We’ve already made a vow after all, so this time for sure, I’ll be prepared.”
“We haven’t done that and I don’t need you to be ready for that.”
“Then Rusian, you better ready yourself for me.”
“I won’t do that.”
“But a training camp is a pretty important event right? I’m sure the choices leading to the Rusian End is hidden somewhere there!”
“Even if it’s there, I won’t be picking the same choice as you.”
“Uuuuu…”
‘Mai waifu’ was looking at me all teary-eyed.
I had no idea that my online wife would turn out to be a girl like this.
If others were to compare her to the usual girl, you might feel that it’s a shame to have her but, in my point of view— yeah. I won’t dare say it.
She’s really surpassed my expectations, in both the good and bad meanings of those words.
“Hey Ako, I’ve been thinking about this…”
“Yes?”
I rest my hand on Ako’s head.
“Real-life Offline seems to be a better game than we thought, huh?”
“I guess so.”
Ako smiled wholeheartedly as she gladly agreed to that statement.
The artificial light of the monitor then shined on us, as if enveloping all that we are.
Sorry for the shout.
TL note: This is a manner of how people start talking in World Chat in the online FF games (11, and now, 14). Not really everyone does it but they pass it off as sort of a joke.
It has been a while. But if this is not the case for you, then it’s a pleasure to meet you.
This is Kineko Shibai.
Recently, I’ve been getting questions here and there that worry about the current state of things going, ‘Are you okay? Do you still have enough jokes left for the second volume? Are you writing properly?’. As you can see however, Netoge no Yome Onnanoka Janai to Omotta? Lv. 2 has been successfully published.
This is all thanks to the support of the readers. I’m really grateful.
For this time’s volume, I was allowed to write as much as I wanted. If everyone reading was able to laugh along with this author in their work, then I need not anything else.
Again, this might be a personal matter, but just like I have mentioned in the previous volume’s afterword, I too have delved into the marriage system in net games.
I’ve married a female character ingame, and I’ve divorced that same character when I found out that she was cheating on me with another unrelated female character. The reason why I found out about this was because of the incident where ‘My wedding ring had the other character’s name, that she cheated on me with, engraved on my ring instead of mine’.
Up until now, these wounds have still not healed.
TL note: I’m not sure which game this is since it definitely isn’t Ragnarok Online, but in Mabinogi, your partner is the one who types the custom engravings on your ring when you get married. FFXI only has the option to engrave both your initials or name but since there’s an option to overwrite the engrave, it’s possible the other person just didn’t overwrite it yet.
Sorry for the shout.
And now we move on to the credits.
To the illustrator, Hisasi-san, thank you so much for the cute illustrations! This is exactly the image that I was hoping for! More than that, for going even past my ideals and giving it form like this, I am very thankful.
Also, since I love to riddle my work with jokes, often times, I would google for the source with Editor-san joining me. I may have troubled you a lot this time, but I look forward to working with you from here on as well.
While I was looking for jokes about net games, there were times that I had no idea what they were, that people would explain to me what they actually meant. And thanks to everyone who helped, this has turned out to be a fun novel. Thank you very much.
And lastly, to the readers who have purchased this book, I would like to extend my gratitude. If you happen to meet the author somewhere in a net game in the future, please treat them kindly.
And that’s it. When the opportunity arises, I shall see you again soon.
This was the author, Kineko Shibai.
