The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage's Carefree Life in Another World

Forty-year-old Satoshi Osako is a farmer in the Japanese countryside—and a hardcore player of Swords & Sorceries, an online VRRPG. The day he finally manages to defeat the game’s final boss, it curses him with its dying breath and kills him in real life! With a little help from a carefree goddess, Satoshi finds himself reincarnated into a mysterious new world as his in-game character, the incredibly powerful Great Sage known as Zelos Merlin. He accordingly decides to use his newfound powers to...continue living a quiet life on another farm! But first, he’ll have to fight his way out of the vast, dangerous forest he woke up in—thanks a lot, goddess—and it won’t be long before he’s running into bandits, getting roped into teaching a young noble girl magic, and more. Will the almighty Great Sage be able to conquer the toughest quest of all: getting some peace and quiet?

Zelos is back in the Far-Flung Green Depths—but at least he’s not alone this time. Celestina, Zweit, and a squad of knights have joined him for a training camp, looking to get some combat experience against the deadly monsters that lurk the forest. Their levels are already skyrocketing, but things are getting tougher by the day. Will they all make it out alive? And will they be the same people when they return? Not that leaving the forest will be the end of their worries: more dangers await them outside, as does a certain girl with whom Zelos might have more in common than the two of them first expect. And of course, with the training of his students coming to an end, Zelos is set to face another enemy that no amount of magic can vanquish: the looming specter of unemployment...

It’s been a tumultuous couple of months, but Zelos has wrapped up his job as a private magic tutor and moved into his very own home. Finally, he hopes, he can settle down and live a quiet life...but things might not be that easy. Not only is there a band of rowdy dwarven builders determined to rope him into helping out with a difficult project—some people with mysterious plans are lurking in the shadows, as are what might just be the toughest foes Zelos has faced yet. Meanwhile, Zweit and Celestina are back at the Istol Academy of Magic, equipped with all the knowledge they’ve learned from Zelos over their summer break. How will they stack up against their brother, Croesus, who spent the whole break engrossed in research of his own? And will any of the three siblings get to focus on what they actually want to do at the academy, or will they get caught up in factions, distractions, and more?

Now that he’s got some spare time, Zelos is using it to make something that’ll stick out like a sore thumb in this fantasy world: a full-fledged motorbike. And his tinkering might just put him in more peril than any monster could! Back at the Istol Academy of Magic, Celestina, Zweit, and Croesus are getting ready for a combat training camp in the Ramaf Woods. But with a conspiracy unfolding, the trip could end up being a bigger trial than the academy had bargained for—especially for Zweit, who’s right in the conspirators’ crosshairs. Zelos and his mercenary companions are hired to tag along as guards to keep the students safe from anything, or anyone, that threatens the safety of the camp. Who knows what could be lurking among the trees...

Despite monster attacks, backfiring experiments, and one very overzealous guard, the students of Istol Academy of Magic have made it most of the way through their training camp. But it’s not over yet—and a trio of assassins have emerged to kill Zweit, who’s been separated from the rest of his group.