The high-spirited kids are playing together with Ramis and Shui. In the first place, they have an innocence to them so they are very compatible with kids, so it’s a given that they’d get along.
Right now the kids are running away from the shower made by me who’s become the <Pressure Washer>1. Of course the one operating it is Ramis, though.
The kids, exhausted from playing, go to enter the house while soaking wet, but they freeze in front of the Principal standing in the doorway with her arms crossed and a smile on her face.
“And just where does everyone think they’re going, dripping wet and covered in mud?”
“E, Principal.”
“Take your clothes off right there, put them in this basket, and go take a bath.”
“Y,yes ma’am!”
The children, shrinking away from her, take off their clothes in front of the door. Ramis and Shui also take off their clothes… hey, hey, hey! Even if there’s no one around to see, this is still outdoors. It’s improper for young ladies. That’s the warning I wanted to give, but it seems that I was jumping to conclusions, and they only took off their shoes and socks.
Then, let me provide some bath towels.
“Thanks Hakkon. Shui, you too.”
“Hakkon is considerate, ne-. If you were a human, you’d be super popular-ssu!”
“He’s popular now as is!”
As if to hid my embarrassment from the two who are praising me, I form change into the <Fully Automatic All-in-One Coin Washer and Dryer>. I’m happy they’re praising me, but when you’re hit with forward, honest sentiments, it gives you a weird, itchy feeling.
“A, this is the one that does laundry. Then I’m going to bring you inside.”
Ramis hugs and picks me up and puts me in a corner of the entryway. And then she put in the dirty clothes and underwear that were taken off and started the laundry.
“What on earth…”
“Hakkon’s a mysterious magic tool that can take on all kinds of different shapes -ssu. Amazing, right?”
Shui sticks out her chest and boasts like it’s about herself, and next to her, Ramis is nodding in an exaggerated manner.
“Oh my, although I don’t really understand, it’s amazing. The magic tools these days are convenient.”
It’s like the reaction of a tech-illiterate mother in front of the latest electronic product. Can’t make heads or tails of it, but she understands it’s supposed to be amazing. –tte, it’s not me who’s amazing, it’s just that Japan’s technological ability is excellent.
“The laundry will be done soon -ssu, so everyone get in the bath before then. Come on, if you don’t hurry up, I’ll catch and lick you-ssu!”
“Waaa-!”
With her tongue sticking out and wiggling it up and down, Shui chased the kids around. The kids are screaming and running around, but they seem to be able to have fun anywhere.
If Shui was a man then this would totally be a crime. No, even if it’s a girl, if the kids didn’t want it, this would be OUT, huh?
“Since you’re also washing their underwear, should I carry you closer to the bath, Hakkon?”
“Welcome.”
That’s true. The dryer will be done in another 10 minutes, so it will finish in the time they’re in the bath.
“A, but you’re heavy, so I wonder if the floor will cave in.”
“If so, then if you don’t mind circling to the back door, you can put him behind the bath. There’s a service door there as well.”
“Then, we’ll go around from outside, huh?”
As Ramis moved along the outer wall with me on her back, I could see the door. So that’s the service door.
Ramis placed me down with my back to the wall and softly opened the door. Within the door is the bath’s changing room, and the half-naked kids were crowding about.
But man, can this large crowd go in all together? If so, then it’s quite the large bathtub.
“Come on, don’t horse around. Then, everyone, let’s go to wash in the bath-ssu!”
The completely naked Shui held a small child’s hand and disappeared towards the bath. It’s the short-haired Shui who prefers appetite to eros, but she really is a woman, huh – I had that kind of weird appreciation.
“A-, there’s no hot water in the bath!”
“Oh my; and who was supposed to be on bath duty today, I wonder.”
The Principal, who had come to see what was going on in the dressing room, tapped her fingers on her cheek, tilting her head. Among the gazes exchanged, going who is it, who is it, two girls’ hands went up as they came forward.
“S, sorry. We were playing with Shui-neechan and forgot.”
The Principal reached her hand out to the heads of the girl, who was shrinking into herself. The girl was startled and raised her head, meeting the Principal’s eyes.
“It’s not good that you’ve forgotten your duties, but thank you for telling me honestly. Everyone makes mistakes. But rather than trying to hide it, it’s important to have admitted to them and reflected.”
These days there are lots of parents who yell without listening to the situation; it might be obvious, but isn’t scolding properly difficult? – I thought.
Even among my friends and relatives, there were people who yelled at their children until I pitied them, they were so mad they couldn’t stop themselves, and it wasn’t just once or twice. It’s better than parents who don’t get mad at all and just ignore them, but overdoing it is … –tte, I’m just a bachelor man who doesn’t know the first thing of child rearing, but aren’t I saying things like I’m all high and mighty?
“But this is troubling. It will take some time if we start filling the water and boiling it with firewood now. Should we give up on the bath for today?”
I’m a bit worried if they don’t have a bath after having their bodies chilled after playing with water. I wonder if I can do something. What is there in the Functions?
“A, the laundry’s done, right Hakkon? I’ll take it out.”
Looks like the dryer’s already done. During the time that Ramis took out the clean clothe, I looked over the Functions list.
There’s nothing to do with baths, na. Ummm, I can boil water, but it will take some time so the hot water… a, if it’s this, I can do it!
After checking to make sure all the laundry has been taken out of my body, I perform my third form change of today – to the <Onsen Vending Machine>.
Just like its name says, it’s an automated machine that sells onsens. In magnificent brush-strokes in Japanese, ‘Onsen Vending Machine’ is written on my rectangular body. On my side there’s a hose that comes out and it specifies that for 2 minutes’ time of onsen flowing out, it’s 100yen.
I’ve used the rarely seen vending onsen vending machine, but it cools down before you make it back home, so it’s a vigorously hot onsen.
“It’s another form I haven’t seen before, ne, Hakkon. Exactly how many bodies do you have, I wonder.”
I wonder. Even I haven’t counted them properly. Just the vending machines I’m currently able to change into are close to 20, I think.
“Umm, this long thing is, up until know all these long things had something come out of them. And in this situation… got it!”
Recently it’s mostly been Hyurumi who takes on the role to figure out how to use my function, but as expected, Ramis’ ability to understand is also great.
Hyurumi uses the situation and my shape to make a guess about my abilities, but in Ramis’ case I can’t help feeling that she reads my thoughts to understand. Although I think she can’t do the same with reading my character.
I can’t thank Ramis enough for seriously facing someone who’s just a vending machine.
Leaving the bathroom’s sliding door open, the hose was thrust into the bathtub. In this situation, looking back over at me and closing one eye in a wink is the signal, huh? Then, let’s release it all at once.
The onsen flowed forth with quite the force, and also thanks to Speed, the bathtub was filled in no time.
“Uwa-, amazing!”
“It’s a bath, a bath!”
“I’m going to jump in-“
“Hey, properly wash your body-ssu!”
The kids’ and Shui’s scolding voices echoed in the bathroom. My role to amass hot water was over, so I once again returned to the laundry and spun the leftover laundry around.
Ramis also stripped everything off and is going to wash up with everyone in the bathroom.
“Hakkon-san, was it? I thank you for this. You’ve helped us so much.”
I don’t know how she sees me, but the Principal bows her head deeply.
“Welcome.”
“Er, that means an affirmation, ne. Recently Shui has often been brooding over something so I’ve been worried, but seeing her today made me feel relieved. From now on as well, place take care of her.”
It’s splendid for her to thank and entrust someone to me, who is just a vending machine. Sorry, but just that would make me embarrassed.
But I wonder what Shui, who has such a warm place like this, would wish for. To maintain this orphanage it would take a lot of money, so is her goal money after all? U-n, this would be prying, and it’s rude.
Both the laundry and the bath is done, and I’m going to treat for dinner, so thinking things they haven’t eaten before would be good, I provided frozen set meals and cup ramen, but I was a little concerned about giving a balanced diet, so after the meal I also pulled out fruit and crepes.
As expected, I’m suspicious of the floor of the dining room and kitchen, so my place at the orphanage was determined to be to the side of the entrance.
I had thought that I’d take it easy by myself during the time the kids are eating, but the kids said, “Then Hakkon will be lonely by himself,” so they ended up putting out tables and chairs in the garden and taking their meal there.
There are mostly unoccupied houses in the area around the orphanage; even if they got rowdy there were rarely any complaints, so the children, with their mouths full of food, kept making merry, saying, “So tasty, so tasty!” in loud voices.
All of the children’s clothes are simple … no, I’m speaking too ambiguously. There isn’t even a single child with rough clothes and a round belly. That said, I also don’t see any child that’s too thin, so I think their diets are being managed somehow.
After that it’s providing underwear and towel-related things, huh?
I could also donate money, but I wonder if it’s okay for a vending machine like me to give out charity. At these times, I don’t know how far I can get involved, and for me, I don’t understand the subtleties with this. If I had the ability to have a conversation normally, it would be possible to assist without them hurting the other’s feelings, though.
I’ve thought about all sorts of things for earning myself points, but when looking at the poor yet happy children, I’ve come to think of myself as someone with very dirty existence.
“Your lights are flashing, but could you be thinking about something weird? Hakkon is Hakkon. Right now you’re able to provide a meal free for everyone and make them smile because you have the surplus to be able to so, right? That’s why it’s fine to have more confidence in yourself.”
Ramis, standing next to me before I knew it, said words that sounded like she had read my thoughts, smiling brightly.
She’s amazing, Ramis is. She realizes and understands what a simple vending machine that can’t speak is thinking.
That’s right, yeah, I’m me. I don’t have any intentions of stopping my point earnings, but I’ll start thinking a little more about the situations in my surroundings from now on.
And for right now it’s to simply enjoy this time, thinking only about how to make the kids happy.
It sounds like Ramis is spraying it upwards, and the kids are running through it, not being hosed down and sent flying.
<T/n: (1/3)
Waaaah! I’m so sorry, I’ve somehow skipped two chapters! It’s my mistake, so I’m making it all up in this post. >
The high-spirited kids are playing together with Ramis and Shui. In the first place, they have an innocence to them so they are very compatible with kids, so it’s a given that they’d get along.
Right now the kids are running away from the shower made by me who’s become the <Pressure Washer>1. Of course the one operating it is Ramis, though.
The kids, exhausted from playing, go to enter the house while soaking wet, but they freeze in front of the Principal standing in the doorway with her arms crossed and a smile on her face.
“And just where does everyone think they’re going, dripping wet and covered in mud?”
“E, Principal.”
“Take your clothes off right there, put them in this basket, and go take a bath.”
“Y,yes ma’am!”
The children, shrinking away from her, take off their clothes in front of the door. Ramis and Shui also take off their clothes… hey, hey, hey! Even if there’s no one around to see, this is still outdoors. It’s improper for young ladies. That’s the warning I wanted to give, but it seems that I was jumping to conclusions, and they only took off their shoes and socks.
Then, let me provide some bath towels.
“Thanks Hakkon. Shui, you too.”
“Hakkon is considerate, ne-. If you were a human, you’d be super popular-ssu!”
“He’s popular now as is!”
As if to hid my embarrassment from the two who are praising me, I form change into the <Fully Automatic All-in-One Coin Washer and Dryer>. I’m happy they’re praising me, but when you’re hit with forward, honest sentiments, it gives you a weird, itchy feeling.
“A, this is the one that does laundry. Then I’m going to bring you inside.”
Ramis hugs and picks me up and puts me in a corner of the entryway. And then she put in the dirty clothes and underwear that were taken off and started the laundry.
“What on earth…”
“Hakkon’s a mysterious magic tool that can take on all kinds of different shapes -ssu. Amazing, right?”
Shui sticks out her chest and boasts like it’s about herself, and next to her, Ramis is nodding in an exaggerated manner.
“Oh my, although I don’t really understand, it’s amazing. The magic tools these days are convenient.”
It’s like the reaction of a tech-illiterate mother in front of the latest electronic product. Can’t make heads or tails of it, but she understands it’s supposed to be amazing. –tte, it’s not me who’s amazing, it’s just that Japan’s technological ability is excellent.
“The laundry will be done soon -ssu, so everyone get in the bath before then. Come on, if you don’t hurry up, I’ll catch and lick you-ssu!”
“Waaa-!”
With her tongue sticking out and wiggling it up and down, Shui chased the kids around. The kids are screaming and running around, but they seem to be able to have fun anywhere.
If Shui was a man then this would totally be a crime. No, even if it’s a girl, if the kids didn’t want it, this would be OUT, huh?
“Since you’re also washing their underwear, should I carry you closer to the bath, Hakkon?”
“Welcome.”
That’s true. The dryer will be done in another 10 minutes, so it will finish in the time they’re in the bath.
“A, but you’re heavy, so I wonder if the floor will cave in.”
“If so, then if you don’t mind circling to the back door, you can put him behind the bath. There’s a service door there as well.”
“Then, we’ll go around from outside, huh?”
As Ramis moved along the outer wall with me on her back, I could see the door. So that’s the service door.
Ramis placed me down with my back to the wall and softly opened the door. Within the door is the bath’s changing room, and the half-naked kids were crowding about.
But man, can this large crowd go in all together? If so, then it’s quite the large bathtub.
“Come on, don’t horse around. Then, everyone, let’s go to wash in the bath-ssu!”
The completely naked Shui held a small child’s hand and disappeared towards the bath. It’s the short-haired Shui who prefers appetite to eros, but she really is a woman, huh – I had that kind of weird appreciation.
“A-, there’s no hot water in the bath!”
“Oh my; and who was supposed to be on bath duty today, I wonder.”
The Principal, who had come to see what was going on in the dressing room, tapped her fingers on her cheek, tilting her head. Among the gazes exchanged, going who is it, who is it, two girls’ hands went up as they came forward.
“S, sorry. We were playing with Shui-neechan and forgot.”
The Principal reached her hand out to the heads of the girl, who was shrinking into herself. The girl was startled and raised her head, meeting the Principal’s eyes.
“It’s not good that you’ve forgotten your duties, but thank you for telling me honestly. Everyone makes mistakes. But rather than trying to hide it, it’s important to have admitted to them and reflected.”
These days there are lots of parents who yell without listening to the situation; it might be obvious, but isn’t scolding properly difficult? – I thought.
Even among my friends and relatives, there were people who yelled at their children until I pitied them, they were so mad they couldn’t stop themselves, and it wasn’t just once or twice. It’s better than parents who don’t get mad at all and just ignore them, but overdoing it is … –tte, I’m just a bachelor man who doesn’t know the first thing of child rearing, but aren’t I saying things like I’m all high and mighty?
“But this is troubling. It will take some time if we start filling the water and boiling it with firewood now. Should we give up on the bath for today?”
I’m a bit worried if they don’t have a bath after having their bodies chilled after playing with water. I wonder if I can do something. What is there in the Functions?
“A, the laundry’s done, right Hakkon? I’ll take it out.”
Looks like the dryer’s already done. During the time that Ramis took out the clean clothe, I looked over the Functions list.
There’s nothing to do with baths, na. Ummm, I can boil water, but it will take some time so the hot water… a, if it’s this, I can do it!
After checking to make sure all the laundry has been taken out of my body, I perform my third form change of today – to the <Onsen Vending Machine>.
Just like its name says, it’s an automated machine that sells onsens. In magnificent brush-strokes in Japanese, ‘Onsen Vending Machine’ is written on my rectangular body. On my side there’s a hose that comes out and it specifies that for 2 minutes’ time of onsen flowing out, it’s 100yen.
I’ve used the rarely seen vending onsen vending machine, but it cools down before you make it back home, so it’s a vigorously hot onsen.
“It’s another form I haven’t seen before, ne, Hakkon. Exactly how many bodies do you have, I wonder.”
I wonder. Even I haven’t counted them properly. Just the vending machines I’m currently able to change into are close to 20, I think.
“Umm, this long thing is, up until know all these long things had something come out of them. And in this situation… got it!”
Recently it’s mostly been Hyurumi who takes on the role to figure out how to use my function, but as expected, Ramis’ ability to understand is also great.
Hyurumi uses the situation and my shape to make a guess about my abilities, but in Ramis’ case I can’t help feeling that she reads my thoughts to understand. Although I think she can’t do the same with reading my character.
I can’t thank Ramis enough for seriously facing someone who’s just a vending machine.
Leaving the bathroom’s sliding door open, the hose was thrust into the bathtub. In this situation, looking back over at me and closing one eye in a wink is the signal, huh? Then, let’s release it all at once.
The onsen flowed forth with quite the force, and also thanks to Speed, the bathtub was filled in no time.
“Uwa-, amazing!”
“It’s a bath, a bath!”
“I’m going to jump in-“
“Hey, properly wash your body-ssu!”
The kids’ and Shui’s scolding voices echoed in the bathroom. My role to amass hot water was over, so I once again returned to the laundry and spun the leftover laundry around.
Ramis also stripped everything off and is going to wash up with everyone in the bathroom.
“Hakkon-san, was it? I thank you for this. You’ve helped us so much.”
I don’t know how she sees me, but the Principal bows her head deeply.
“Welcome.”
“Er, that means an affirmation, ne. Recently Shui has often been brooding over something so I’ve been worried, but seeing her today made me feel relieved. From now on as well, place take care of her.”
It’s splendid for her to thank and entrust someone to me, who is just a vending machine. Sorry, but just that would make me embarrassed.
But I wonder what Shui, who has such a warm place like this, would wish for. To maintain this orphanage it would take a lot of money, so is her goal money after all? U-n, this would be prying, and it’s rude.
Both the laundry and the bath is done, and I’m going to treat for dinner, so thinking things they haven’t eaten before would be good, I provided frozen set meals and cup ramen, but I was a little concerned about giving a balanced diet, so after the meal I also pulled out fruit and crepes.
As expected, I’m suspicious of the floor of the dining room and kitchen, so my place at the orphanage was determined to be to the side of the entrance.
I had thought that I’d take it easy by myself during the time the kids are eating, but the kids said, “Then Hakkon will be lonely by himself,” so they ended up putting out tables and chairs in the garden and taking their meal there.
There are mostly unoccupied houses in the area around the orphanage; even if they got rowdy there were rarely any complaints, so the children, with their mouths full of food, kept making merry, saying, “So tasty, so tasty!” in loud voices.
All of the children’s clothes are simple … no, I’m speaking too ambiguously. There isn’t even a single child with rough clothes and a round belly. That said, I also don’t see any child that’s too thin, so I think their diets are being managed somehow.
After that it’s providing underwear and towel-related things, huh?
I could also donate money, but I wonder if it’s okay for a vending machine like me to give out charity. At these times, I don’t know how far I can get involved, and for me, I don’t understand the subtleties with this. If I had the ability to have a conversation normally, it would be possible to assist without them hurting the other’s feelings, though.
I’ve thought about all sorts of things for earning myself points, but when looking at the poor yet happy children, I’ve come to think of myself as someone with very dirty existence.
“Your lights are flashing, but could you be thinking about something weird? Hakkon is Hakkon. Right now you’re able to provide a meal free for everyone and make them smile because you have the surplus to be able to so, right? That’s why it’s fine to have more confidence in yourself.”
Ramis, standing next to me before I knew it, said words that sounded like she had read my thoughts, smiling brightly.
She’s amazing, Ramis is. She realizes and understands what a simple vending machine that can’t speak is thinking.
That’s right, yeah, I’m me. I don’t have any intentions of stopping my point earnings, but I’ll start thinking a little more about the situations in my surroundings from now on.
And for right now it’s to simply enjoy this time, thinking only about how to make the kids happy.
It sounds like Ramis is spraying it upwards, and the kids are running through it, not being hosed down and sent flying.
<T/n: (1/3)
Waaaah! I’m so sorry, I’ve somehow skipped two chapters! It’s my mistake, so I’m making it all up in this post. >
