The 13th Net Novel Grand Prize, Early Award Winner

Book available from Tsugikuru Books on December 10, 2025!

Now available for pre-order at bookstores and on Amazon!

~An isekai fantasy – no reincarnation, no skills, no magic, no heroes, and no demon lords.~

Dangerous monsters dominate the ecosystem.

Rampant fraud, banditry, and criminal organizations.

A brutal world where human lives are cheap.

Adventurers hunt monsters, while the Knight Order keeps crime in check.

People earn money through trade and live robustly.

In this harsh world, a middle-aged adventurer living in the countryside was content with his current life.

Thirty-three-year-old C-rank adventurer Mardin Lutreze.

Mardin was, in fact, an exceptionally skilled knight captain known as the 'Thread User,' but he was exiled from his homeland after a new monarchy was established.

Mardin's banishment was even deemed a national loss, yet he readily accepted it and departed the country.

Washing ashore in a foreign rural town, he concealed his identity and began life as an adventurer.

While young adventurers dreamed of heading to the city, Mardin, uninterested in advancement, lived a relaxed and pleasant daily life in a rural port town.

Unreasonable demands? Sorry, I'm not interested.

Embracing the motto 'Don't strive too hard, don't overdo it, live leisurely,' this is the carefree slow life of a single, middle-aged adventurer!

* Also serialized on Kakuyomu.

* This work shares the same world setting as the separate novel 'Miner with a Sword: I Gained Humanity's Strongest Body by Swinging a Pickaxe.' However, it is a completely standalone story, so you can enjoy it without having read the other work (though reading it might enhance your enjoyment).