Housekeeping Mage from Another World: Making Your Adventures Feel Like Home! (Manga)

Alec, an A-rank adventurer, meets Shiori, a woman with the mysterious appellation “housekeeping mage.” She has so little magical power that she’s useless as a combat mage, but to make up for it, she uses her magic to take care of all the daily chores of an expedition, like washing and cooking, single-handedly. As Alec adventures with Shiori, her novel use of magic provides a warm bath and delicious food...in other words, an environment much too comfortable to be called “camping”! He’s completely taken with her, but she has a certain secret...

When Alec collapses with a fever, it falls on Shiori to nurse him back to health. But it’s not just Shiori who is left worried—powerful friends from Alec’s past appear, intrigued by the housekeeping mage the magic swordsman has grown so close to. Alec then picks up a request posted by Shiori herself: taking her familiar Rurii on a trip back home. The trip marks a chance for the two to get to know each other better, but it might also mean surviving a literal ocean of slimy magical beasts in the wondrous winter environment of the Blue Forest...

Shiori and Alec continue their journey through the Blue Forest. This idyllic location is the backdrop for just another ordinary gathering quest—until they find themselves attacked by snow wolves. But they’re not the wolves’ only target. The beasts also have their sights set on the nearby village of Brovito, and more specifically a suspicious group of merchants. While Alec fights to hold the wolves back, Shiori tries to support him and the villagers from the rooftops, but she’s about to face a threat that will end up unraveling the darkness of her past.

In the aftermath of the snow wolf attack on Brovito Village, Shiori begins to come to terms with her past while she and her fellow adventurers help the villagers get back on their feet. She feels like she’s found a place where she belongs. Meanwhile, Alec decides that he wants to continue protecting the housekeeping mage, so he approaches Shiori with a request...but what might it be? And what truths will come to light when Zack reveals to Alec the connection he has to the horrible incident in Shiori’s past...?

Shiori finds her services requested by a well-respected noblewoman from a famous family of artists. The lady is looking for protection on a special journey to the Tower of Silveria, but things get complicated when one of her aides doesn’t even try to hide his hostility towards Shiori. The journey to the tower is treacherous in winter, meaning trust and preparation are of the utmost importance. Can they navigate the snowy, monster-infested paths ahead and find a way to get along?

Shiori and Alec successfully guide their client, the artist Annelie, to the top of Silveria Tower. Their arrival allows Annelie to accomplish her true goal: bringing her lover, Dennis, to the pinnacle of the tower, so she can confess her long-held love for him. However, in the shadow of their blooming romance, danger lurks, and the journey home will prove more challenging than any of them imagined...