Akatsuki no Majo Lacey wa Jiyuu ni Ikitai: Maou Toubatsu o Oeta node, Nonbiri Omise o Hirakimasu - Vol. 3 Ch. 12 - General Store, Now Open!

[MangaDex]

 

[Geurjakha]

"Please, help me do laundry!"

Dropped

 

[cryum]

"Please, help me do laundry!"

Dropped

Can't even do bro a solid?

 

[lesseffective]

Seems very in line for the kind of "quest" in a story set after the journey.

If I had to make my best narrative guess about the solution, it would be Lacey finding a type of "bridge" to the gap between ki and magic.

Also, general store doko?

 

[Grikath]

Now.... There's such a meme as the "Sweaty Gambeson", but even the ...ripest... of those couldn't Smell up a town...

I don't know whether or not to be intrigued or horrified....

 

[Kireato]

I wonder why it gets smelly like that. Looking it up, sweat is salty and rusts metal, but ever since we've used metal, we've known how to care for it; Romans waxed and oiled their armour to protect it. Definitely a strange premise that doesn't seem to be based on our world, so I guess it's related to ki or magic.

If I had to make my best narrative guess about the solution, it would be Lacey finding a type of "bridge" to the gap between ki and magic.

Not sure about a bridge, but since warriors use ki internally and mages externally, the warriors may be emitting ki (especially the ones lacking control as they are students) into the metal and then are unable to remove it from it, so maybe they require a mage to manipulate and clean the metal from their energy.

 

[cryum]

Now.... There's such a meme as the "Sweaty Gambeson", but even the ...ripest... of those couldn't Smell up a town...

I don't know whether or not to be intrigued or horrified....

Ki transforms the body, so the sweat that comes out could also be......evolved.

 

[riflow]

So some kind of reaction must be causing a.. artificial miasma to come from the gauntlets? Interesting.

 

[Newbii]

please at least tell me you tried washing them

 

[isoycrazy]

Lacy will need to summon a spirit of incredible strength to purify that putrid stench.

She shall summon this one:

 

[DirtEater21]

Thank you for the translation. They could try taking a shower

 

[AquilaSilvestris]

I wonder why it gets smelly like that. Looking it up, sweat is salty and rusts metal, but ever since we've used metal, we've known how to care for it; Romans waxed and oiled their armour to protect it. Definitely a strange premise that doesn't seem to be based on our world, so I guess it's related to ki or magic.

Try looking up kendo manga instead (the highschool kind, not the shinsengumi kind).
The author switched it with iron gauntlets to fit better with the setting, but trope-wise it's rather clear (to me) this "quest" is about sports club equipment getting stinky with sweat.

Alternatively : the problem isn't the iron, it's the underpadding.

 

[rayce]

Are we getting some hints of changing feelings already? Intriguing.

 

[SugarArirang]

I sped right through this 😭😭
Maybe I should've waited for this to pile up more chapters because it's so wholesome and good aaaaa