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Chapter 394 – After Bath
“Thanks to Your Excellency, we can all enjoy our baths in peace.”
“They’re on the same salary as us, so they know our wallets…”
“It’s scary sometimes. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found myself surrounded by a bunch of women and had to casually run away…”
“In our army, the dullest go to the graveyard of life.”
After the public execution in the women’s bath, I escaped from the women’s bath in tears and took refuge in the male soldiers’ quarters. It was a very long bath, so the male soldiers had already left the bath, and those who were off duty were resting in their quarters.
I was considered a hero among them because I had attracted the attention of the female soldiers by myself, thus allowing the male soldiers of the Magic Rifle Squad to have a peaceful bath.
“If possible, tomorrow and the day after, we’ll be able to dodge the bullets―Ahem, I’d appreciate it if you could satisfy the women’s interest.”
“Did you just say dodging bullets?”
“That’s just Your Excellency’s imagination.”
That bastard… Later, I will secretly build a passageway to connect the women’s and men’s baths. I’ll make the men’s side less conspicuous and the women’s side more obvious, so get ready. I hope you all get eaten.
As for me? You see, even if I’m rotten, I’m still a prince consort. It didn’t turn into a big orgy of pole sisters. I was publicly executed. I was publicly executed! But I’m afraid I’ve kind of developed a tolerance for it.
“By the way, is it okay to sell oil in a place like this? Your Excellency. Shouldn’t you go back to your room?”
“That’s right. You see, this is a castle of another country, a place where power and intrigue swirl. If you leave the women alone in your room, you might get involved in some strange conspiracy.”
“Are you trying to get rid of me?”
“No, of course not.”
“It’s not that I’m afraid that the Court Mage-dono and Dragon-dono will attack you out of desperation if you stay here.”
“It’s not that I’m afraid that the other girls will rush in by force or anything like that.”
“You really need to remember that, okay?”
Okay, I’ve made up my mind; I’m going to do the plan. I don’t know if some people will be fired, but that’s up to Worg, the head of the Magic Rifle Corps, and I don’t care.
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After working in the bathroom, I returned to my room. I was greeted by Isla and the others who had tidied up their living quarters, and they apologized to me.
“I’m sorry, Kosuke, I got carried away.”
“I was having fun and ended up like this… Sorry.”
“I’m sorry, I was too aggressive.”
Isla, Driada, Grande, and the beast maids all apologized to me. They were sorry that I had to flee to the male soldiers’ quarters.
“It’s okay. I’ll go in alone tomorrow.”
When I gave up and said no, they were sorry and apologized to me. No good will come from getting mad at them, so I just have to accept their apology and tell them not to do it again, and all will be well.
It’s not that I don’t feel well-trained, but I don’t think about it too much. I’m afraid that one day, I’ll open a new door.
“So, um, what is it? What are your plans for tomorrow?”
“I don’t have any special plans. I’m just going to teach them how to use the dried noodles and canned food we brought.”
“We’ve made all the arrangements.”
Gerda says, and then she gets it off her chest. Well, I guess we talked about it earlier during bath time. Everyone was there except the men.
“I see. Well, it’s boring to just sit in the room. Let’s just watch how to use dried noodles and canned food; what should we do with the rest of the time? As I recall, you plan to teach them how to use dried noodles and canned food in the morning and serve them for lunch, right?”
“Yes. That will free up some time between after lunch and the dinner party.”
“Dinner, huh? Are we doing that tomorrow?”
“I think it will be every day until the day of the National Day. It is meant to show the wealth of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom.”
“I see. I have a lot of studying to do with the civil officials.”
The current Merinard Kingdom doesn’t have many people who know how to act like royalty. Seraphita-san and Driada have more than enough knowledge about the behavior of royalty itself, but they do not know everything about the practical side or rather, the actual workflow. I think it would be very helpful to observe the commemoration ceremony of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom and the preparation of the accompanying dinner party.
“We have an urgent need to develop human resources for domestic affairs and state management, not to mention military affairs.”
“We’re trying to recruit former domestic administrators and bureaucrats, former leaders of the Adventurers’ and Merchants’ Guilds, former merchants of the collapsed merchant guilds, and even a priest of the Adol religion from the Nostalgic Faction, but there aren’t enough of them.”
“The Adol priests are excellent, but if we take too many of them as bureaucrats, it will be a problem.
The Nostalgic Adol faction is the opposite of the mainstream Adol religion, which believes that subhumans should be treated as equals and should live together as neighbors and friends. The people of Merinard have been tormented for over twenty years by those who preach the teachings of the Adol mainstream religion, which oppresses the subhuman race. Even now, there is a deep-rooted distrust of the Adol worshipers. It is most likely that it would be unacceptable from the standpoint of public opinion to place too much emphasis on them, and it is not possible to place too much emphasis on the priests of the Adol religion at this time.
“We don’t have problems with money, food, and military power, but with human resources… Even with my abilities, I can’t do anything about human resources.
If I just want to get stronger or raise my level―I don’t know if there are other levels in this world besides me―I can do that, but I can’t do anything in the area of promoting human resources who can do paperwork and bureaucratic work.
“It will take time to develop them.”
“I think so. I wonder if there are any talented people like Mono lying around somewhere.”
“Mono?”
“A One-Eyed Tribe guy I met when I was running around developing farmland. I thought he was a great talent because he was knowledgeable and had good judgment.”
Well, was he a man or a woman? I couldn’t tell which one it was because his voice was neutral, and I couldn’t really tell what his body looked like because of the way he was dressed. Well, it didn’t matter which one it was.
“Let’s go pick it up sometime.”
“It’s not some rocks lying around or a nice wooden stick, you know…”
Besides, Mono was trusted and relied upon by the people of this pioneer village. It would be hard to force him out of the village. But it’s also true that we can’t afford to let talented people play in a remote pioneer village.
“Well, we’ll have to wait until we get back anyway. He’s a resident of a pioneer village built on the territory of a local noble, and we can’t just kidnap him without his permission.”
“That’s true.”
Driada is also very enthusiastic. I’m sorry, Mono, I just said your name.
I apologized to Mono in my heart and just watched the exchange between Isla and Driada as they began to discuss how to get Mono to talk to Sylphie and Melty.