There are 26 slave girls who had dead eyes and are thin in front of the store.
Every time I see this, I feel my heart tightens.
「Hello everyone. His name is Sawatari Takeru, your new master. Please say hello.」
I can’t do this, Sharon.
They bow if they were ordered but they are not in condition to be able to speak directly first.
「Hey Sharon. Let’s talk about the employment of the new slave girls.」
「That, did you not receive the report?」
「I heard about it but what would you do about the place where they live?」
Sharon looks down to the short cut-silver haired Sherry at that instance.
「Ihh, ehh, onesama. I have reported it to Master properly! You see, it is described properly in this report.」
That said, Sherry brings me a bunch of parchment paper.
Oh, because I do not understand this before, I skipped reading.
「This is it, yes, you showed it to me! Sherry’s not at fault.」
Sharon momentarily swam her amber eyes and nods as if she’s been convinced.
「Really? Then, it is good. I think that master already knows, but we bought the neighboring haberdashery shop. We can secure the residence with that.」
「Eehh…. well, then I worry about nothing!」
Sorry, Sharon. I’m sorry I didn’t read the report.
Consideration not to disgrace the master, I’m greatly obliged…….
「Still, isn’t it hard to find and add 26 slave girls.」
「I think with the scale of the commercial firm now, that number can be bred sufficiently. There are a lot of girls in the capital that wants to become master’s slave.」
But the timing is not right.
At that point, Princess Silhouette and her escort Jill came out.
「Princess Silhouette, I’m sorry for the disturbance.」
「No. It is a famous story that hero-sama is employing slave girls.」
Such thing becomes famous.
That, isn’t that a bad reputation…?
「I’ll be busy with the arrival of the new slave girls. It will be better for you to return to the residence of Marquis Donovan.」
「Oh, can you not show it to this concubine?」
「If you want to then so be it.」
「Earlier, you told this concubine that she’s higher than a slave and Takeru-sama’s slaves are different. This concubine prefers to judge that on her own eyes.」
Oh, seriously.
Well, Princess-sama’s circumstances would make her look like a caged bird.
It might be possible to correct a negative character by seeing the process of recovering the human nature in the slave girls who held a similar mind set.
***TN:He’s basically saying that Silhouette has similar circumstances as the slave girls so it is possible to cure her personality with the same method he’s using on his slave girls***
There may be psychotherapy like that, but I don’t know.
「Well, I will wash slave girls in the bath from now, so please look.」
「The concubine will also help.」
No, isn’t a princess can’t wash herself by yourself.
***TN:Takeru thinks that servants wash the princess while taking a bath so she probably don’t know how to wash someone***
If you can, let me see your ability.
Then, let’s wash them together. Naturally, Jill will also help.
「I’m not good at dealing with children, but…」
「I’ll make you eat sweets later.」
「Hero-dono! Entrust it to me!」
Choro Jill.
I am glad that there is someone who is more choro than me.
However, washing 26 children is a big job.
Let’s leave the store to Sherry for the time being, and start the washing work.
I let slave girls line up in the dressing room in nude in a row. Me, Sharon, Princess Silhouette and Jill then washes them.
Also, even though they are also children, Suzanne and Claudia help us as a bonus.
Well, they are like older sister a little.
First step is to clean their body. Check the skin for wound and treat it with medical herbs if there is any.
「Takeru! You are here as expected!」
「Sister-sama! No!」
Sherry who is working alone at the store was not able to suppress Lia who jumps into the bathroom.
Haa, that’s enough.
「Oh Takeru. Are you busy?」
「You too. Help us wash the body of the slave girls.」
「I’m good at washing children! I’m better at washing Takeru though.」
「You don’t have to say unnecessary things!」
To be honest, I do not have time to pay attention at Lia.
However, Lia is a considerable war potential if I were to say.
Usually, a nun will not show her skin but this one quickly taken her robe off and roll a towel in her body.
There is a feeling that she has a skill of washing a child promptly.
After all, my hands still hesitate and can’t wash children as skillfully as Lia.
Regardless of Sharon, I somewhat don’t want to lose against Lia.
「I’ve been taking care of children before I became a sister. I feel nostalgic.」
「Yes, Lia was an orphan and was raised by a saint.」
Did her master gathered the orphans and creates an orphanage at a church?
Even though she’s supposed to be an alumna, how did she ends up with such a catastrophic personality?
***TN:Takeru thinks that Stelliana should have taken the character of her master***
I was wondering what happened to Lia in the process of being raised by her master.
Even if I’d like to say a word complaint about child’s education, he’s already dead so I don’t want to think about it.
「Takeru, I am good at raising children.」
「…Okay, let’s wash them all for the time being.」
At the same time I put on clothes, I also put a leather collar on the slave girls.
I do not feel so good, but this is for safety.
If they become my possession, children can live without being disturbed by anyone in this city.
They can get protection when something happens.
「Why is the princess queuing up?」
「I thought this concubine should rather become a slave.」
No, I don’t understand.
At the point where Princess Silhouette became a slave, the Silesie Kingdom will end.
It is a funny joke to think that a slave dynasty will be born at that moment.
Lia, don’t look at me like that.
In any case, the slave girls will regain their human nature, but not immediately.
It takes time and effort.
It is important to teach them first from one to ten properly.
From how to get meals with the use of the spoon, brush their teeth, change to their sleepwear, check the place where they sleep and instill it.
If they have the right way to learn, they will be able to do so.
「Fuu」
Taking care of 26 children, if you are a school teacher, you should be doing it every day. I got mentally fatigued after some time and become dizzy.
I’m dealing with humans so it feels very heavy but not physically. Really, raising children is a heavy burden for a high schooler.
「Master, thanks for your effort.」
Sharon bound my sweaty head with a big bath towel.
「No, you better … Next time, I will let you wash my hair properly without forgetting it.」
「Yes, thank you. Master. 」
「Hero-dono, the promised sweets.」
「Jill, Colette is probably baking, so please go to the dining room.」
I asked her to add a snack after preparing a meal.
Jill disappeared in the dining room when she finished the business.
Wait a second Jill, are you going to leave the princess?
What happened to the escort job?
The body that runs to the dining room will lose to Louise but she’s also an expert as can be seen.
***TN:She probably runs to the dining room in an assassins creed way***
Princess Silhouette, who was left behind by Jill, laugh as if she were amazed.
When the princess is neglected, she’ll become negative immediately so I use my mind to call out.
「How was it, Princess Silhouette?」
「I thought that it was very splendid. Takeru-sama’s slave girls are all treated as human beings. Even if they are connected by a collar, it is not connected to their heart.」
Although Princess Silhouette way of using her hand is awkward, it was useful to the extent of Suzanne and others.
I think she’s not a girl who can’t do anything.
「This concubine also: by all means, also thought that I would like to be a slave girl.」
What the hell is this kid?
It’s a joke.
「Now, could you wear the collar to the concubine……? Master.」
「No, princess, it’s wrong!」
Though I intend to rehabilitate her negative character, why did it turn worse?
If I put a collar on Princess Silhouette, I will really get killed by Jill.
「Then I want a ring, Takeru.」
「Shut up Lia.」
I wonder why they are in a combination.
They have the same white robe, blonde, both characters are overwhelming and both are too troublesome.
At least unless there is each one of them, I won’t maintain my position.
「Sharon, I’m at my limit… I will lay down on this place for a while.」
「Certainly, Suzanne! Claudia!」
The voice that barks like “collar” or “ring” goes away toward the distance.
I sleep for a while with Sharon’s lap pillow.
I can’t even tsukkomi due to intense senility.
I might have degenerated at a level to not mention the princess.
—Scene Change—
「Did you wake up…?」
「Oh, sorry Sharon.」
Did I used her as a lap pillow for a long time?
Her legs would have become numb.
What time is it now? The outside is completely dark.
Though it was noisy until just now, it’s awfully quiet.
When I peek at the room where the new slave girls are sleeping, everyone sleeps healthily in each bed.
Because the origin of the slaves might be from the capital which is overflowing with the refugees, they would be tired from a long journey.
「Master, do you want to have a meal? Or is it a bath?」
「Well, that’s right. I’ll take a bath to fulfill my promise.」
「Yes, let’s go. I’ve already asked the Rolu to replace the hot water.」
「Really clever.」
I think that it is an effort of the person in question that oneself can move, but.
It is talent to employ a person without moving.
***TN:He’s basically praising Sharon’s leadership skill***
「Ufufufu, yes.」
Sharon’s cheeks flushed and her ears straightens up to the heaven.
Even without looking at the loose cheeks, I know that she’s in good mood.
「Then, shall we go?」
I do not understand why it is a slave girl’s greatest honor is to wash my hair.
For Sharon, I’m a parent, so to speak, I might be a substitute existence.
「For Sharon and others, it is deplorable to be helped …」
「Master, did you say something?」
No, as someone with a lot of good daughters, I just thought I could do more.
「Undressing is good Sharon but you should consider wrapping a towel on your body.」
***TN:Having no clothes in taking bath is what Takeru meant to be good***
She’s already an adult so she should understand it without saying.
I also put a towel around my waist.
Should I wash my body first or soak in the bathtub?
I see that Sharon winds up a towel, and enter the bath quietly. First of all, I drew hot water from the bathtub to be able to wash my hair.
The body of Sharon has grown up is in a state where it is not fully hidden even with a big towel.
The towel gets wet with hot water when she soaked in the bathtub. It seems to become awkward.
「I have kept you waiting considerably.」
「No…」
A splash of hot water covered Sharon. She beat the soap with her hand and wash my hair.
***TN:How did that cover Sharon? We all know that japanese bathhouse/hot spring steam has some sort of sorcery wherein all of them are concentrated in certain body parts***
My hair is being carefully washed. I wonder if I can have the slave girls give me a haircut.
Then, I feel like cleaning my hair by myself, but that does not matter.
Because the person in question wants to do it, I will respond to it.
***TN:Takeru response is to let them wash his hair until the slave girls are satisfied***
「Sharon that’s nice. You have a beautiful hair.」
「Yes……」
I was embarrassed as she wash me silently. I said something strange.
Pale orange hair. When it gets wet with hot water, I have this feeling of being close to her amber colored eyes. It’s a bit brighter and more beautiful than brown.
She washed it neatly. Sharon washed her hair while being careful not to get hot water into her animal ears.
It will not be a big deal since it ends quickly.
「Ano, master.」
「Nnn.」
「Let me wash your body too.」
「Haa….」
「Ah, I’m sorry.」
「No, I’m sorry. Maybe I’m too much to worried about it.」
I know Sharon doesn’t have an ulterior motive.
However, it is expected that having my body washed by an adult female is beyond the line already.
「Then, I will scrub master’s back.」
「That’s okay.」
I did not hope for this. When I turn my back, Sharon beats and washes my back.
I don’t know why Sharon wants to wash it.
Other people wash by themselves but it feels pleasant so I don’t care.
Even if I don’t say anything, Sharon will wash my hair from behind.
It feels good. I felt refresh having my back washed.
「Sharon, do you want me to wash your back?」
「Yes! Please!」
Come on, are you Lia?
Because being a pervert is contagious, I stop talking about it.
I ordered her to properly get covered by the towel, and put my hand on Sharon who is turning her back.
I have no intention of being obscene to wash her by the hand without using a towel.
Sharon’s skin, which already grown, has a delicate feeling.
I was a little irresolute, but I thought it might be injured by a rough towel.
She grew up really big. It’s big, soft and warm …… no, let’s stop it.
I know Sharon when she was small and full of scratches so it is hard to look at her face straight.
「Master, please wash my front as well…」
「That won’t happen.」
「Then, I….」
「What’s the matter, Sharon? You are a well-behaved child.」
It is not usually ..so.., it twines awfully only at such time.
***TN:He means Sharon is generally a good child and only gives him trouble on bath topic***
You know I have resistance. It’s embarrassing to say that.
「What kind of slave does master like?」
「Eh….」
No, you, why, at such times.
It became somewhat unbearable so I turn my back on Sharon.
「If master prefers a good slave then I’ll be just like that.」
「That, you…… I. I want my slaves to be free. I always say that.」
Slavery is acknowledge by the present society. It cannot be helped to be oppressed.
But I don’t want to allow it to be within my reach.
「Do you mind if I go against master’s word?」
A slender hand is turned around my neck, and a soft feel hit my back.
「Sharon, that’s right, but this is different!」
「Which one is it, master? Do you like submissive slaves? Or do you like a wild slaves?」
I can’t move at all.
Because of various circumstances, it was impossible to stand up while being stoop-shouldered.
「Master. Which is it?」
One sunny afternoon, I was called to the volunteer corps base camp in Ona village.
Commander Louise called for me and not the others.
Though only I should have come, for some reason, the slave girls who claim to be my personal guard corps, came in great number. Lia and Princess Silhouette with her knight escort Jill also come.
「Oh.」
「Yes…..」
When Louise did a glance for an instant, Jill lowered her head.
No salute, no greeting after a long time, just a glimpse and something is transmitted.
The former knight and lady of a distinguished family, and the daughter of their retainer.
They’re curt, but this might be their manners.
「It is not the others that had have Takeru come….」
There is a phrase “it is not the other” but I do not understand a this unreasonable meaning.
***TN:Louise is probably saying that Takeru wouldn’t go to the camp if the “others” are not with him***
「….Actually, the number of thieves is increasing in Ambazak territory.」
「Again? Why?」
It is so unpleasant, Sharon also said that the caravan of Sawatari Commercial Firm was attacked.
Because the slave girls are armed with a arquebus, it doesn’t cause great damage, but this is a troubling situation.
「It is the influence of “rakuichi rakuza” that Takeru started. Thanks to that, the way to Ox, which was the back doorway to the capital, came to be crowded with a merchant’s carriage, but the number of thieves that aimed at it increased accordingly.」
***TN: らくいちらくざ(rakuichi rakuza) – free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)***
「I see, I did not think that far.」
Nobles in this world do not leak out to the example of middle age fantasy. There are tax upon entering and exiting highway or town.
I’ve got quite a lot of profit thanks to the monopoly of public works of the Kingdom’s Capital. Also, because I am a merchant who manages a commercial firm, the toll was abolished in my territory.
It is good that the merchant’s caravan enters and goes out, and the rebuilding of Ambazak territories villages and town is good, but it was not supposed to increase thieves as a side effect.
「Fortunately, soldiers who received training at the Volunteer Army participated quite a bit in the rebuilding of Ambazak villages.」
「Do you think it’s okay if the village is attacked?」
「A village has a minimum of self-defense. I think we’re going to have enough patrols on the road, but thieves are a nasty opponent.」
「Really?」
According to Louise, the thieves know everything about the mountain path and escape if the enemies are too many. They will repeat the pattern of attacking if the enemies are small enough to beat by themselves.
Regardless of the highway, thieves are the ones who knows the forest in which the development of Ambazak has still not advanced yet.
If you fight from the front, even if you’ll win at the initial battle, they will be a troublesome opponent since they will repeat guerilla tactics.
「Can Louise’s scouts not be able to complement the enemy’s position?」
「I’m doing my best, but Ambazac has a lot of mountains and deep forests. It’s not compatible with the Cavalry Scouts.」
「Indeed, the cavalry party is unsuitable for the bandits which are protected by mountainous terrain.」
「That’s why I thought that Takeru should make a business trip. The Ambazak barony is Takeru’s territory and exterminating thieves is a work of the feudal lord.」
Mmm, that’s true.
No, I know what she’s talking about, but Louise’s already dealing with it. What do I say to get out?
「Thief extermination……」
Looking at my complexion, Louise seems to want to say something.
「Takeru, are you reluctant in thief extermination?」
「No, there are no such things」
「Really? Because you’re one who’s fond of battling, I thought your blood boils and are happy about such a thing.」
「eh……」
She knows everything about me.
「All right everyone, we’re all done for today. Takeru will stay with me for a moment.」
「Er」
To be left behind is not a good thing.
—Scene Change—
I stayed with Louise. Just two people.
I wonder what we’re going to do.Suddenly, I got on the back of the horse and ended up going down the endless mountain path.
「Louise, where the hell are we going?」
「Fufu, Takeru. You are still hesitant to kill people.」
「That’s correct.」
It would be strange if I do not hesitate.
「Were you that choro? But I do not dislike that sweet part of you. I know you’re more sane than that. But for a knight, that sweetness can be fatal.」
「Choro is even learned by Louise. I’m shocked….」
You said you didn’t know the meaning of choro. Have you heard it?
***TN:For those who don’t remember, it was on chapter 19***
Well, I wonder if I should retort to Louise-ojousama. I will definitely be killed so I better don’t.
「Our destination is the hideout of the female cat thief group. It is the hiding place of the thieves with playful name.」
「Female cat is truly screwing around.」
***TN:He meant it as a name of the group***
But the sense of the thieves is unexpected, right?
There were thieves who had built a huge fort called the Golden Eagle Bandit Group.
「There is also a rumor that the Golden Eagle Bandit Group has come to the Ambazak barony because their original headquarters has been taken over by the third corps.」
「That’s troublesome.」
「The female cat thief group seems to be a small thief group that is under the umbrella of the golden eagle bandit group. Generally speaking, about 15 people are stuffing into the hideout. The number that I can keep company with at a stretch is to 13 people, you should understand it now.」
「I’m going to get rid of the rest.」
Is it possible to keep company a total of 13 people alone? Are you Miyamoto Musashi?
Somewhere in this world there are different people, I’m not going to spread the “Book of the Olympics” as it is translated.
By the way, Louise is said to be a million swords (Banken), but her sword technique is an extremely orthodox type.
***TN: 番犬 (Banken) – watchdog***It is an orthodox western fencing style that the Carlson House teaches to the kingdom’s knight.
However, since Louise uses knife throws and small bows, she seems to be learning from various places flexibly.
Knights should not use bow and crossbow. Knife throwing is the technique of thieves.
At the Miasma Hole of Doom event, it is an open secret that Louise is the only one that survived.
「We have arrived, it’s there.」
「Ua, it is really a thief group only for women.」
Although it can be said that the entrance of the hide is well camouflaged so that it can not be seen from the road along the highway, if you observe it well, you can see the smoke from cooking.
If you go around the back and look at the scenes from a hill, you will know that only women are hanging out.
「Takeru is generous with women in particular. In order not to destroy yourself, you have to tighten up here. Despite being a woman, a thief is a criminal. Don’t think that they are human beings when you kill them.」
「Indeed, it’s a good time to get used to killing in that sense.」
Louise thinks really carefully.
I am thankful but my ears hurt since I’m a little too kind.
But can I put out such outright good intentions?
I am a perverse person so I want to do it idly.
「I entrust the strategy to Takeru. I will move as you command.」
For some reason, Louise is really happy.
Does she hate being a commander?
I wonder if Louise, who is strong and powerful in all aspect, find it unusually interesting to be ordered.
「Then I will make contact with the thieves and have a discussion with them.」
「Eh?」
Louise looks surprised.
「What’s wrong? Are you not going to obey my order?」
「Fufu, you think so? All right. I can crush any kind of situation. It’s okay to be surrounded by that number.」
Okay, I got the permission of Louise. I’ll say “Hello”! I decided to set foot in the hideout of the female cat thief group.
—Scene Change—
「Kyahaha. You? The hero came to negotiate.」
Upon entering the thieves hideout in front, I was immediately surrounded in all direction by armed, dangerous onesama.
Dark purple curly hair hangs down up to her feet, an onesan with a strange hairstyle responded.
My “Who is the most important person in this place?” scouter says this person looks like the leader.
「Neneka-san. This guy is the hero. He is also the feudal lord here.」
「Even if this is swindling, he have a dauntless spirit. Did you ever think that we would be fooled by a boy just by wearing a little flashy outfit? Neneka-san of the female cat thief group already tasted this.」
Neneka with purple hair is amorous. Her breast almost burst in her leather armor. I can also smell a scent of perfume indignantly.
Were all of this can be considered as threatening action?
「It’s a strange greeting.」
「Ho. You’re surrounded by this number, right? False hero bozu. You may lick it if you like back.」
***TN:Bozu is some sort of endearment for addressing little boys***
Do you want to be licked back?
***TN:Not sure what do they mean by licking. The thieves are probably provoking Takeru so they will have a just cause to exterminate him?***
「I’m just here to negotiate. I’ll forgive you now if you just leave the territory.」
「What did you say!」
She is a woman, and barks at a pretty good voice.
As for me, I’m gradually becoming calm with such opponent.
Lethal weapon Louise is backing me.
I won’t say whom but rather than the other woman who suddenly rubs her breasts, this is very comfortable.
「My territory is not a place to commit your illegal act. I will use force if you ignore my warning. At that time, it will not be settled anymore only by leaving. 」
「Ha, let’s do it. Your equipment seems good but what can two people can do to this number of opponents? Hey guys, fold them up like clothes including their bodies!」
Should I leave quietly?
While thinking so, even I understood that it could never happen.
It is a group of people who work in the sense of smell as thieves. I notice the blood thirst that Louise releases on aside from me is dangerous even though I’m already at a distance.
In the end, they prioritized to attack.
When I take out the sword of light, Neneka is in front of me. I slashed her strange sword.
If I want to, I can cut an iron sword easily.
「Hii! Sword of light!」
「The female cat chose the wrong opponent!」
Behind me, Louise sent three people flying with a sweep.
I guess it’s a lie that she can only face thirteen people.
「He is really the hero! Please forgive us!」
「Oh.」
The female thieves in front of me all dropped their weapons and lay down on the ground.
Surrendering immediately is disappointing as if it was a trap.
It is the most predictable pattern that everyone is slaughtered by Louise if they tried to escape. The female cat thief corps may be unexpectedly smart at this last moment.
Let alone me who’s a choro, Louise is ready but it is hard to cut an opponent who threw their weapon and surrendered.
Louise had the face which seems somewhat bored.
Still, swinging a straight sword around buzzingly is so intimidating for them to not escape. Louise says to me.
「What are you doing Takeru? Kill them quickly.」
「Er, they already surrendered.」
「Sorry, please forgive me! Do not kill me, I will do anything!」
Look, the thieves are saying this.
And I heard that Neneka will do anything now, right? Don’t forget it.
「If you won’t kill them, how would Takeru bring them back with only a single horse?」
「However, you promised to move with my instructions, right?」
Louise who rebelliously glances.
It is not suitable as a plausible reason for this unreasonable onesan. It may be a weak point of disciplined Louise.
***TN: Basically, using Japanese values/logic to Louise will just frustrate her but since she’s a knight who follows her higher ups with absolute vigor, Takeru decided to use it against her***
「Takeru, then that means you’re overlooking a thief committing an illegal act as a feudal lord!」
「I’m not saying that I’ll overlook it. If they surrendered, I will just turn them into an army and have them work on this place. 」
「Are you insane?!! You’ll use thieves to hunt thieves? Then it wouldn’t be different from the thing Gale and the others were doing!」
So, did Gale do such a thing and succeed?
Apart from his behavior, his head is flexible and was excellent to some degree.
It is an effective theory to use former thieves to control thieves.
Better leave it to a specialist. To catch thieves and to prevent damage in advance, it is best to use thieves.
「Anyway, I can not agree with such a method. They are criminals who killed people, if you won’t kill them, I will.」
If Louise is unsheathing her sword and says she’ll kill them, this is no longer a joke.
There are already four or five heads rolling. I can already picture it.
For a start, the body of Neneka who lay down on the ground trembles.
That’s scary, I’m not confident that I can stop Louise who came earnest too.
「Wait a moment, Louise. You said that if you were more flexible in your thinking, you might not have failed.」
***TN:For those who don’t remember, she said it to Takeru after his speech to recruit his current volunteer army***
「It’s different from this!」
To get used to killing thieves, I was happy for Louise’s good intention.
However, if I think that you are wrong, I will refute properly.
「It is not different. It may be similar to Gale’s method, but by defeating thieves with thieves will result to decrease in damages on innocent people. It is my judgment as my lord to take over from a pretense of justice.」
It’s because I’m a merchant that I utilize.
Well, it is also to pull the neck of a woman who is already surrendering. There are some resistance.
「I do not understand, I can not accept it….」
Louise handed me her favorite straight sword.
「Appoint me as your knight here, right now. If Takeru becomes my lord, I will close my eyes even if I somewhat do not understand it.」
「Er … …., Louise. What on earth did you say?」
「Make it fast and don’t hear anymore than this! I think it’s shameful that oneself says to make her your knight.」
With red face, Louise knelt.
It’s bad to make her humiliate herself. I’ll really be killed.
「Then, I appoint Louise Carlson as my knight」
I held the ceremony that let the naked sword touch her shoulder.
Louise kissed to the blade of the straight sword which I held out quickly.
Oh, there are such manners, too.
Just a moment ago, is it not the sword that butchered the thieves? I will not say anything uncanny.
「I swear to my lord, Takeru Ambazak Sawatari! I’ll never forget to be the knight of my master, I will be a shield to protect the people, I will be a sword that shoots down the enemy of my lord, and I will continue to fight until the day this body collapses.」
「Oh…」
Returning the straight sword to Louise, she received it with an ecstatic expression. She said [then my master do as my master would like] in satisfactory nature.
The female cat thief corps who watched it while kneeling on the ground have dumbfounded faces.
I understand how they feel, I was surprised too.
Even if you hand over a hundred steps and becomes a knight, you should do it during the audience in the castle.
Instead, the bestowal ceremony was held in a thief’s hideout. That’s my changing knight.
This is already at a loss. It was then.
「Ah, Sharon-san. You can’t go with stealing a march silently. The punishment of A-sama will fall.」
Lia has barged in.
I thought that this was a save.
「Hey, Lia, put the towel on, idiot!」
I am not saved.
A nun shouldn’t show her skin to others right? And don’t shake those useless meat too much! You’ll be punished by A-sama!
「Ara, there is no towel size that can cover my breasts, so this is without any means.」
「To say something like that, you…..」
It’s a drag.
In what world there are clerics boasting big breasts.
I who was in the state which can stand up remained because I was pulled too much?
I immediately put hot water in me. When I run to Sharon, she’s sinking down and falling forward for some reason. I quickly evacuated to a bathtub.
If there is only Lia, I would have let go through the side and escape to the changing room.
Princess Silhouette and Jill came in from behind Lia for some reason. There is no choice but to go down to the back.
I can see two people entering the bath. Anyway, I wondered how Lia was able to instigate them to enter together.
That’s fine, but Princess Silhouette who has a small chest that don’t need to conceal it originally is wrapped in a towel neatly.
「Why aren’t you covering yourself Jill-san?」
「Oh, Hero-dono. I’m sorry for polluting your eyes.」
No, it isn’t eye pollution.
Her limbs are muscular without useless fat. I think that it is beautiful in its own right, and has a good style. I have gone out of the place where I go out accurately.
Also, the tan skin and raven black hair in ponytail has a high point. Beautiful desu yo.
But that’s not the problem!
「No, it’s an eye candy. Cover yourself with a towel!」
「Was such one preferred? Saint-dono is not covered at all so I thought that it is the proper bath etiquette.」
No, please notice. Lia is strange.
I cannot convince her. Why is she treated as a normal saint?
「Oh, that’s it, Jill. Soaking in the bath with a towel, please stop Takeru because of breach of etiquette.」
「Why do you know of Japanese bathing etiquette!」
Towels to wash your body may have soap and dirt, so putting it in a bathtub is a violation of etiquette.
But Lia shouldn’t have known. Kingdom of Silesie has no bathing culture.
Lia properly poured herself hot water and enter the bathtub.
Which country are you from, really? Are you a human from the same world? Are you a citizen of the same town?!
「Hey, Takeru. I’ll stop the tactless imitation by all means. It’s a naked relationship.」
「Ah, where did you learn that phrase?」
Lia did not hesitate for a moment. She came in front of me and took off the towel that hid my lower body.
With your behaviour , tsukkomi is not really enough!
「Kuhaa, I’m revived …. It is a pleasant hot water by all means.」
「I came to a hot spring a while ago and stop the sweet sigh like an OL.」
***TN:OL = Office Lady***
「Ha, please, Takeru. What is OL? Is it Ogre Lord?」
「Now, stop making things like you do not know that intriguing contemporary knowledge.」
She knows by all means… What is right or wrong or what resemblance other world person.
Lia is too detailed about modern Japan bath etiquette.
There is something absolutely there. I’ll criticizes her this time.
***TN:Takeru is probably unable to comprehend why Lia has knowledge from the world he came from. I personally think that it’s just that she’s reading his mind***
But it’s slightly bad now. I have narrowly escape Lia.
「More than that, there are more sacrament sacramento which raises the hero power of Takeru. You definitely want to know it.」
「I absolutely don’t want to know that.」
I’m telling you I don’t want to know.
It floats in the bathtub that looks like a balloon that is not attached.
「Sharon, do something!」
「Yes. Lia-san, let’s withdraw.」
「Eh, I am still」
「Ne!」
It was good, Sharon did something by force.
When she broke between between me and Lia, Sharon’s chest also performed magnificently. At this chance I deal with no objection.
***TN:He probably means her chest bounces like the balloons. I also won’t object at that spectacle***
It was said that it was good to have breasts and to take control of the breasts.
***TN:Complex wording of only boobs can beat another boobs***
If it comes to Lia, I should let Sharon guards everything.
It is not a case to choose the means.
Come on now, I have to get my towel back.
Ugh…….
「Why are you taking off your towel, Princess Silhouette?」
「Because Saint-sama says the towel cannot be soaked in hot water.」
It’s a very correct manner.
But it is a bathtub. Is it natural for me to hug her? I do not know what to do.
「Are, Hero-sama’s reaction for this concubine is too thin. I feel terrible.」
「If it’s the princess, I can somehow control myself. But I’m happy to be able to refrain from it.」
Princess Silhouette has a strawberry blonde hair, an unmatched beauty, even a half-elf.
But I’m sorry for her body and chest, they’re about the size of Sherry.
For me who is trained by the slave girls, there is not much damage.
Princess Silhouette is an adult (different world standards) women.
Though, for appreciation, I think that her polished white skin is very beautiful.
I’m a gentleman, so even I avert my eyes.
「Wait a minute, why are you clinging to me, Jill-san?」
Jill-san, you’re a little strange…..
「No, since everyone is doing such etiquette, is it incorrect Hero-dono?」
There is no such etiquette!
No, this is wrong from the mixed bathing stage. It is different from there.
Please, let me take the towel already.
I mean, let me rise already…….
Eventually, on this day, I couldn’t get out of the bath until everyone was out. It resulted in a long-running hot water.
With this momentum, I thought that if Lia comes to the bath, she’ll probably meddle and crawl to the bed.
Suzanne and Claudia guarded me all night. They keep vigil to attack mode, so my sleep was protected.
The fact that the flag is indeed set up. It was up to now I thought that it was a thing to be recovered firmly surprisingly.
There are 26 slave girls who had dead eyes and are thin in front of the store.
Every time I see this, I feel my heart tightens.
「Hello everyone. His name is Sawatari Takeru, your new master. Please say hello.」
I can’t do this, Sharon.
They bow if they were ordered but they are not in condition to be able to speak directly first.
「Hey Sharon. Let’s talk about the employment of the new slave girls.」
「That, did you not receive the report?」
「I heard about it but what would you do about the place where they live?」
Sharon looks down to the short cut-silver haired Sherry at that instance.
「Ihh, ehh, onesama. I have reported it to Master properly! You see, it is described properly in this report.」
That said, Sherry brings me a bunch of parchment paper.
Oh, because I do not understand this before, I skipped reading.
「This is it, yes, you showed it to me! Sherry’s not at fault.」
Sharon momentarily swam her amber eyes and nods as if she’s been convinced.
「Really? Then, it is good. I think that master already knows, but we bought the neighboring haberdashery shop. We can secure the residence with that.」
「Eehh…. well, then I worry about nothing!」
Sorry, Sharon. I’m sorry I didn’t read the report.
Consideration not to disgrace the master, I’m greatly obliged…….
「Still, isn’t it hard to find and add 26 slave girls.」
「I think with the scale of the commercial firm now, that number can be bred sufficiently. There are a lot of girls in the capital that wants to become master’s slave.」
But the timing is not right.
At that point, Princess Silhouette and her escort Jill came out.
「Princess Silhouette, I’m sorry for the disturbance.」
「No. It is a famous story that hero-sama is employing slave girls.」
Such thing becomes famous.
That, isn’t that a bad reputation…?
「I’ll be busy with the arrival of the new slave girls. It will be better for you to return to the residence of Marquis Donovan.」
「Oh, can you not show it to this concubine?」
「If you want to then so be it.」
「Earlier, you told this concubine that she’s higher than a slave and Takeru-sama’s slaves are different. This concubine prefers to judge that on her own eyes.」
Oh, seriously.
Well, Princess-sama’s circumstances would make her look like a caged bird.
It might be possible to correct a negative character by seeing the process of recovering the human nature in the slave girls who held a similar mind set.
***TN:He’s basically saying that Silhouette has similar circumstances as the slave girls so it is possible to cure her personality with the same method he’s using on his slave girls***
There may be psychotherapy like that, but I don’t know.
「Well, I will wash slave girls in the bath from now, so please look.」
「The concubine will also help.」
No, isn’t a princess can’t wash herself by yourself.
***TN:Takeru thinks that servants wash the princess while taking a bath so she probably don’t know how to wash someone***
If you can, let me see your ability.
Then, let’s wash them together. Naturally, Jill will also help.
「I’m not good at dealing with children, but…」
「I’ll make you eat sweets later.」
「Hero-dono! Entrust it to me!」
Choro Jill.
I am glad that there is someone who is more choro than me.
However, washing 26 children is a big job.
Let’s leave the store to Sherry for the time being, and start the washing work.
I let slave girls line up in the dressing room in nude in a row. Me, Sharon, Princess Silhouette and Jill then washes them.
Also, even though they are also children, Suzanne and Claudia help us as a bonus.
Well, they are like older sister a little.
First step is to clean their body. Check the skin for wound and treat it with medical herbs if there is any.
「Takeru! You are here as expected!」
「Sister-sama! No!」
Sherry who is working alone at the store was not able to suppress Lia who jumps into the bathroom.
Haa, that’s enough.
「Oh Takeru. Are you busy?」
「You too. Help us wash the body of the slave girls.」
「I’m good at washing children! I’m better at washing Takeru though.」
「You don’t have to say unnecessary things!」
To be honest, I do not have time to pay attention at Lia.
However, Lia is a considerable war potential if I were to say.
Usually, a nun will not show her skin but this one quickly taken her robe off and roll a towel in her body.
There is a feeling that she has a skill of washing a child promptly.
After all, my hands still hesitate and can’t wash children as skillfully as Lia.
Regardless of Sharon, I somewhat don’t want to lose against Lia.
「I’ve been taking care of children before I became a sister. I feel nostalgic.」
「Yes, Lia was an orphan and was raised by a saint.」
Did her master gathered the orphans and creates an orphanage at a church?
Even though she’s supposed to be an alumna, how did she ends up with such a catastrophic personality?
***TN:Takeru thinks that Stelliana should have taken the character of her master***
I was wondering what happened to Lia in the process of being raised by her master.
Even if I’d like to say a word complaint about child’s education, he’s already dead so I don’t want to think about it.
「Takeru, I am good at raising children.」
「…Okay, let’s wash them all for the time being.」
At the same time I put on clothes, I also put a leather collar on the slave girls.
I do not feel so good, but this is for safety.
If they become my possession, children can live without being disturbed by anyone in this city.
They can get protection when something happens.
「Why is the princess queuing up?」
「I thought this concubine should rather become a slave.」
No, I don’t understand.
At the point where Princess Silhouette became a slave, the Silesie Kingdom will end.
It is a funny joke to think that a slave dynasty will be born at that moment.
Lia, don’t look at me like that.
In any case, the slave girls will regain their human nature, but not immediately.
It takes time and effort.
It is important to teach them first from one to ten properly.
From how to get meals with the use of the spoon, brush their teeth, change to their sleepwear, check the place where they sleep and instill it.
If they have the right way to learn, they will be able to do so.
「Fuu」
Taking care of 26 children, if you are a school teacher, you should be doing it every day. I got mentally fatigued after some time and become dizzy.
I’m dealing with humans so it feels very heavy but not physically. Really, raising children is a heavy burden for a high schooler.
「Master, thanks for your effort.」
Sharon bound my sweaty head with a big bath towel.
「No, you better … Next time, I will let you wash my hair properly without forgetting it.」
「Yes, thank you. Master. 」
「Hero-dono, the promised sweets.」
「Jill, Colette is probably baking, so please go to the dining room.」
I asked her to add a snack after preparing a meal.
Jill disappeared in the dining room when she finished the business.
Wait a second Jill, are you going to leave the princess?
What happened to the escort job?
The body that runs to the dining room will lose to Louise but she’s also an expert as can be seen.
***TN:She probably runs to the dining room in an assassins creed way***
Princess Silhouette, who was left behind by Jill, laugh as if she were amazed.
When the princess is neglected, she’ll become negative immediately so I use my mind to call out.
「How was it, Princess Silhouette?」
「I thought that it was very splendid. Takeru-sama’s slave girls are all treated as human beings. Even if they are connected by a collar, it is not connected to their heart.」
Although Princess Silhouette way of using her hand is awkward, it was useful to the extent of Suzanne and others.
I think she’s not a girl who can’t do anything.
「This concubine also: by all means, also thought that I would like to be a slave girl.」
What the hell is this kid?
It’s a joke.
「Now, could you wear the collar to the concubine……? Master.」
「No, princess, it’s wrong!」
Though I intend to rehabilitate her negative character, why did it turn worse?
If I put a collar on Princess Silhouette, I will really get killed by Jill.
「Then I want a ring, Takeru.」
「Shut up Lia.」
I wonder why they are in a combination.
They have the same white robe, blonde, both characters are overwhelming and both are too troublesome.
At least unless there is each one of them, I won’t maintain my position.
「Sharon, I’m at my limit… I will lay down on this place for a while.」
「Certainly, Suzanne! Claudia!」
The voice that barks like “collar” or “ring” goes away toward the distance.
I sleep for a while with Sharon’s lap pillow.
I can’t even tsukkomi due to intense senility.
I might have degenerated at a level to not mention the princess.
—Scene Change—
「Did you wake up…?」
「Oh, sorry Sharon.」
Did I used her as a lap pillow for a long time?
Her legs would have become numb.
What time is it now? The outside is completely dark.
Though it was noisy until just now, it’s awfully quiet.
When I peek at the room where the new slave girls are sleeping, everyone sleeps healthily in each bed.
Because the origin of the slaves might be from the capital which is overflowing with the refugees, they would be tired from a long journey.
「Master, do you want to have a meal? Or is it a bath?」
「Well, that’s right. I’ll take a bath to fulfill my promise.」
「Yes, let’s go. I’ve already asked the Rolu to replace the hot water.」
「Really clever.」
I think that it is an effort of the person in question that oneself can move, but.
It is talent to employ a person without moving.
***TN:He’s basically praising Sharon’s leadership skill***
「Ufufufu, yes.」
Sharon’s cheeks flushed and her ears straightens up to the heaven.
Even without looking at the loose cheeks, I know that she’s in good mood.
「Then, shall we go?」
I do not understand why it is a slave girl’s greatest honor is to wash my hair.
For Sharon, I’m a parent, so to speak, I might be a substitute existence.
「For Sharon and others, it is deplorable to be helped …」
「Master, did you say something?」
No, as someone with a lot of good daughters, I just thought I could do more.
「Undressing is good Sharon but you should consider wrapping a towel on your body.」
***TN:Having no clothes in taking bath is what Takeru meant to be good***
She’s already an adult so she should understand it without saying.
I also put a towel around my waist.
Should I wash my body first or soak in the bathtub?
I see that Sharon winds up a towel, and enter the bath quietly. First of all, I drew hot water from the bathtub to be able to wash my hair.
The body of Sharon has grown up is in a state where it is not fully hidden even with a big towel.
The towel gets wet with hot water when she soaked in the bathtub. It seems to become awkward.
「I have kept you waiting considerably.」
「No…」
A splash of hot water covered Sharon. She beat the soap with her hand and wash my hair.
***TN:How did that cover Sharon? We all know that japanese bathhouse/hot spring steam has some sort of sorcery wherein all of them are concentrated in certain body parts***
My hair is being carefully washed. I wonder if I can have the slave girls give me a haircut.
Then, I feel like cleaning my hair by myself, but that does not matter.
Because the person in question wants to do it, I will respond to it.
***TN:Takeru response is to let them wash his hair until the slave girls are satisfied***
「Sharon that’s nice. You have a beautiful hair.」
「Yes……」
I was embarrassed as she wash me silently. I said something strange.
Pale orange hair. When it gets wet with hot water, I have this feeling of being close to her amber colored eyes. It’s a bit brighter and more beautiful than brown.
She washed it neatly. Sharon washed her hair while being careful not to get hot water into her animal ears.
It will not be a big deal since it ends quickly.
「Ano, master.」
「Nnn.」
「Let me wash your body too.」
「Haa….」
「Ah, I’m sorry.」
「No, I’m sorry. Maybe I’m too much to worried about it.」
I know Sharon doesn’t have an ulterior motive.
However, it is expected that having my body washed by an adult female is beyond the line already.
「Then, I will scrub master’s back.」
「That’s okay.」
I did not hope for this. When I turn my back, Sharon beats and washes my back.
I don’t know why Sharon wants to wash it.
Other people wash by themselves but it feels pleasant so I don’t care.
Even if I don’t say anything, Sharon will wash my hair from behind.
It feels good. I felt refresh having my back washed.
「Sharon, do you want me to wash your back?」
「Yes! Please!」
Come on, are you Lia?
Because being a pervert is contagious, I stop talking about it.
I ordered her to properly get covered by the towel, and put my hand on Sharon who is turning her back.
I have no intention of being obscene to wash her by the hand without using a towel.
Sharon’s skin, which already grown, has a delicate feeling.
I was a little irresolute, but I thought it might be injured by a rough towel.
She grew up really big. It’s big, soft and warm …… no, let’s stop it.
I know Sharon when she was small and full of scratches so it is hard to look at her face straight.
「Master, please wash my front as well…」
「That won’t happen.」
「Then, I….」
「What’s the matter, Sharon? You are a well-behaved child.」
It is not usually ..so.., it twines awfully only at such time.
***TN:He means Sharon is generally a good child and only gives him trouble on bath topic***
You know I have resistance. It’s embarrassing to say that.
「What kind of slave does master like?」
「Eh….」
No, you, why, at such times.
It became somewhat unbearable so I turn my back on Sharon.
「If master prefers a good slave then I’ll be just like that.」
「That, you…… I. I want my slaves to be free. I always say that.」
Slavery is acknowledge by the present society. It cannot be helped to be oppressed.
But I don’t want to allow it to be within my reach.
「Do you mind if I go against master’s word?」
A slender hand is turned around my neck, and a soft feel hit my back.
「Sharon, that’s right, but this is different!」
「Which one is it, master? Do you like submissive slaves? Or do you like a wild slaves?」
I can’t move at all.
Because of various circumstances, it was impossible to stand up while being stoop-shouldered.
「Master. Which is it?」
One sunny afternoon, I was called to the volunteer corps base camp in Ona village.
Commander Louise called for me and not the others.
Though only I should have come, for some reason, the slave girls who claim to be my personal guard corps, came in great number. Lia and Princess Silhouette with her knight escort Jill also come.
「Oh.」
「Yes…..」
When Louise did a glance for an instant, Jill lowered her head.
No salute, no greeting after a long time, just a glimpse and something is transmitted.
The former knight and lady of a distinguished family, and the daughter of their retainer.
They’re curt, but this might be their manners.
「It is not the others that had have Takeru come….」
There is a phrase “it is not the other” but I do not understand a this unreasonable meaning.
***TN:Louise is probably saying that Takeru wouldn’t go to the camp if the “others” are not with him***
「….Actually, the number of thieves is increasing in Ambazak territory.」
「Again? Why?」
It is so unpleasant, Sharon also said that the caravan of Sawatari Commercial Firm was attacked.
Because the slave girls are armed with a arquebus, it doesn’t cause great damage, but this is a troubling situation.
「It is the influence of “rakuichi rakuza” that Takeru started. Thanks to that, the way to Ox, which was the back doorway to the capital, came to be crowded with a merchant’s carriage, but the number of thieves that aimed at it increased accordingly.」
***TN: らくいちらくざ(rakuichi rakuza) – free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)***
「I see, I did not think that far.」
Nobles in this world do not leak out to the example of middle age fantasy. There are tax upon entering and exiting highway or town.
I’ve got quite a lot of profit thanks to the monopoly of public works of the Kingdom’s Capital. Also, because I am a merchant who manages a commercial firm, the toll was abolished in my territory.
It is good that the merchant’s caravan enters and goes out, and the rebuilding of Ambazak territories villages and town is good, but it was not supposed to increase thieves as a side effect.
「Fortunately, soldiers who received training at the Volunteer Army participated quite a bit in the rebuilding of Ambazak villages.」
「Do you think it’s okay if the village is attacked?」
「A village has a minimum of self-defense. I think we’re going to have enough patrols on the road, but thieves are a nasty opponent.」
「Really?」
According to Louise, the thieves know everything about the mountain path and escape if the enemies are too many. They will repeat the pattern of attacking if the enemies are small enough to beat by themselves.
Regardless of the highway, thieves are the ones who knows the forest in which the development of Ambazak has still not advanced yet.
If you fight from the front, even if you’ll win at the initial battle, they will be a troublesome opponent since they will repeat guerilla tactics.
「Can Louise’s scouts not be able to complement the enemy’s position?」
「I’m doing my best, but Ambazac has a lot of mountains and deep forests. It’s not compatible with the Cavalry Scouts.」
「Indeed, the cavalry party is unsuitable for the bandits which are protected by mountainous terrain.」
「That’s why I thought that Takeru should make a business trip. The Ambazak barony is Takeru’s territory and exterminating thieves is a work of the feudal lord.」
Mmm, that’s true.
No, I know what she’s talking about, but Louise’s already dealing with it. What do I say to get out?
「Thief extermination……」
Looking at my complexion, Louise seems to want to say something.
「Takeru, are you reluctant in thief extermination?」
「No, there are no such things」
「Really? Because you’re one who’s fond of battling, I thought your blood boils and are happy about such a thing.」
「eh……」
She knows everything about me.
「All right everyone, we’re all done for today. Takeru will stay with me for a moment.」
「Er」
To be left behind is not a good thing.
—Scene Change—
I stayed with Louise. Just two people.
I wonder what we’re going to do.Suddenly, I got on the back of the horse and ended up going down the endless mountain path.
「Louise, where the hell are we going?」
「Fufu, Takeru. You are still hesitant to kill people.」
「That’s correct.」
It would be strange if I do not hesitate.
「Were you that choro? But I do not dislike that sweet part of you. I know you’re more sane than that. But for a knight, that sweetness can be fatal.」
「Choro is even learned by Louise. I’m shocked….」
You said you didn’t know the meaning of choro. Have you heard it?
***TN:For those who don’t remember, it was on chapter 19***
Well, I wonder if I should retort to Louise-ojousama. I will definitely be killed so I better don’t.
「Our destination is the hideout of the female cat thief group. It is the hiding place of the thieves with playful name.」
「Female cat is truly screwing around.」
***TN:He meant it as a name of the group***
But the sense of the thieves is unexpected, right?
There were thieves who had built a huge fort called the Golden Eagle Bandit Group.
「There is also a rumor that the Golden Eagle Bandit Group has come to the Ambazak barony because their original headquarters has been taken over by the third corps.」
「That’s troublesome.」
「The female cat thief group seems to be a small thief group that is under the umbrella of the golden eagle bandit group. Generally speaking, about 15 people are stuffing into the hideout. The number that I can keep company with at a stretch is to 13 people, you should understand it now.」
「I’m going to get rid of the rest.」
Is it possible to keep company a total of 13 people alone? Are you Miyamoto Musashi?
Somewhere in this world there are different people, I’m not going to spread the “Book of the Olympics” as it is translated.
By the way, Louise is said to be a million swords (Banken), but her sword technique is an extremely orthodox type.
***TN: 番犬 (Banken) – watchdog***It is an orthodox western fencing style that the Carlson House teaches to the kingdom’s knight.
However, since Louise uses knife throws and small bows, she seems to be learning from various places flexibly.
Knights should not use bow and crossbow. Knife throwing is the technique of thieves.
At the Miasma Hole of Doom event, it is an open secret that Louise is the only one that survived.
「We have arrived, it’s there.」
「Ua, it is really a thief group only for women.」
Although it can be said that the entrance of the hide is well camouflaged so that it can not be seen from the road along the highway, if you observe it well, you can see the smoke from cooking.
If you go around the back and look at the scenes from a hill, you will know that only women are hanging out.
「Takeru is generous with women in particular. In order not to destroy yourself, you have to tighten up here. Despite being a woman, a thief is a criminal. Don’t think that they are human beings when you kill them.」
「Indeed, it’s a good time to get used to killing in that sense.」
Louise thinks really carefully.
I am thankful but my ears hurt since I’m a little too kind.
But can I put out such outright good intentions?
I am a perverse person so I want to do it idly.
「I entrust the strategy to Takeru. I will move as you command.」
For some reason, Louise is really happy.
Does she hate being a commander?
I wonder if Louise, who is strong and powerful in all aspect, find it unusually interesting to be ordered.
「Then I will make contact with the thieves and have a discussion with them.」
「Eh?」
Louise looks surprised.
「What’s wrong? Are you not going to obey my order?」
「Fufu, you think so? All right. I can crush any kind of situation. It’s okay to be surrounded by that number.」
Okay, I got the permission of Louise. I’ll say “Hello”! I decided to set foot in the hideout of the female cat thief group.
—Scene Change—
「Kyahaha. You? The hero came to negotiate.」
Upon entering the thieves hideout in front, I was immediately surrounded in all direction by armed, dangerous onesama.
Dark purple curly hair hangs down up to her feet, an onesan with a strange hairstyle responded.
My “Who is the most important person in this place?” scouter says this person looks like the leader.
「Neneka-san. This guy is the hero. He is also the feudal lord here.」
「Even if this is swindling, he have a dauntless spirit. Did you ever think that we would be fooled by a boy just by wearing a little flashy outfit? Neneka-san of the female cat thief group already tasted this.」
Neneka with purple hair is amorous. Her breast almost burst in her leather armor. I can also smell a scent of perfume indignantly.
Were all of this can be considered as threatening action?
「It’s a strange greeting.」
「Ho. You’re surrounded by this number, right? False hero bozu. You may lick it if you like back.」
***TN:Bozu is some sort of endearment for addressing little boys***
Do you want to be licked back?
***TN:Not sure what do they mean by licking. The thieves are probably provoking Takeru so they will have a just cause to exterminate him?***
「I’m just here to negotiate. I’ll forgive you now if you just leave the territory.」
「What did you say!」
She is a woman, and barks at a pretty good voice.
As for me, I’m gradually becoming calm with such opponent.
Lethal weapon Louise is backing me.
I won’t say whom but rather than the other woman who suddenly rubs her breasts, this is very comfortable.
「My territory is not a place to commit your illegal act. I will use force if you ignore my warning. At that time, it will not be settled anymore only by leaving. 」
「Ha, let’s do it. Your equipment seems good but what can two people can do to this number of opponents? Hey guys, fold them up like clothes including their bodies!」
Should I leave quietly?
While thinking so, even I understood that it could never happen.
It is a group of people who work in the sense of smell as thieves. I notice the blood thirst that Louise releases on aside from me is dangerous even though I’m already at a distance.
In the end, they prioritized to attack.
When I take out the sword of light, Neneka is in front of me. I slashed her strange sword.
If I want to, I can cut an iron sword easily.
「Hii! Sword of light!」
「The female cat chose the wrong opponent!」
Behind me, Louise sent three people flying with a sweep.
I guess it’s a lie that she can only face thirteen people.
「He is really the hero! Please forgive us!」
「Oh.」
The female thieves in front of me all dropped their weapons and lay down on the ground.
Surrendering immediately is disappointing as if it was a trap.
It is the most predictable pattern that everyone is slaughtered by Louise if they tried to escape. The female cat thief corps may be unexpectedly smart at this last moment.
Let alone me who’s a choro, Louise is ready but it is hard to cut an opponent who threw their weapon and surrendered.
Louise had the face which seems somewhat bored.
Still, swinging a straight sword around buzzingly is so intimidating for them to not escape. Louise says to me.
「What are you doing Takeru? Kill them quickly.」
「Er, they already surrendered.」
「Sorry, please forgive me! Do not kill me, I will do anything!」
Look, the thieves are saying this.
And I heard that Neneka will do anything now, right? Don’t forget it.
「If you won’t kill them, how would Takeru bring them back with only a single horse?」
「However, you promised to move with my instructions, right?」
Louise who rebelliously glances.
It is not suitable as a plausible reason for this unreasonable onesan. It may be a weak point of disciplined Louise.
***TN: Basically, using Japanese values/logic to Louise will just frustrate her but since she’s a knight who follows her higher ups with absolute vigor, Takeru decided to use it against her***
「Takeru, then that means you’re overlooking a thief committing an illegal act as a feudal lord!」
「I’m not saying that I’ll overlook it. If they surrendered, I will just turn them into an army and have them work on this place. 」
「Are you insane?!! You’ll use thieves to hunt thieves? Then it wouldn’t be different from the thing Gale and the others were doing!」
So, did Gale do such a thing and succeed?
Apart from his behavior, his head is flexible and was excellent to some degree.
It is an effective theory to use former thieves to control thieves.
Better leave it to a specialist. To catch thieves and to prevent damage in advance, it is best to use thieves.
「Anyway, I can not agree with such a method. They are criminals who killed people, if you won’t kill them, I will.」
If Louise is unsheathing her sword and says she’ll kill them, this is no longer a joke.
There are already four or five heads rolling. I can already picture it.
For a start, the body of Neneka who lay down on the ground trembles.
That’s scary, I’m not confident that I can stop Louise who came earnest too.
「Wait a moment, Louise. You said that if you were more flexible in your thinking, you might not have failed.」
***TN:For those who don’t remember, she said it to Takeru after his speech to recruit his current volunteer army***
「It’s different from this!」
To get used to killing thieves, I was happy for Louise’s good intention.
However, if I think that you are wrong, I will refute properly.
「It is not different. It may be similar to Gale’s method, but by defeating thieves with thieves will result to decrease in damages on innocent people. It is my judgment as my lord to take over from a pretense of justice.」
It’s because I’m a merchant that I utilize.
Well, it is also to pull the neck of a woman who is already surrendering. There are some resistance.
「I do not understand, I can not accept it….」
Louise handed me her favorite straight sword.
「Appoint me as your knight here, right now. If Takeru becomes my lord, I will close my eyes even if I somewhat do not understand it.」
「Er … …., Louise. What on earth did you say?」
「Make it fast and don’t hear anymore than this! I think it’s shameful that oneself says to make her your knight.」
With red face, Louise knelt.
It’s bad to make her humiliate herself. I’ll really be killed.
「Then, I appoint Louise Carlson as my knight」
I held the ceremony that let the naked sword touch her shoulder.
Louise kissed to the blade of the straight sword which I held out quickly.
Oh, there are such manners, too.
Just a moment ago, is it not the sword that butchered the thieves? I will not say anything uncanny.
「I swear to my lord, Takeru Ambazak Sawatari! I’ll never forget to be the knight of my master, I will be a shield to protect the people, I will be a sword that shoots down the enemy of my lord, and I will continue to fight until the day this body collapses.」
「Oh…」
Returning the straight sword to Louise, she received it with an ecstatic expression. She said [then my master do as my master would like] in satisfactory nature.
The female cat thief corps who watched it while kneeling on the ground have dumbfounded faces.
I understand how they feel, I was surprised too.
Even if you hand over a hundred steps and becomes a knight, you should do it during the audience in the castle.
Instead, the bestowal ceremony was held in a thief’s hideout. That’s my changing knight.
This is already at a loss. It was then.
「Ah, Sharon-san. You can’t go with stealing a march silently. The punishment of A-sama will fall.」
Lia has barged in.
I thought that this was a save.
「Hey, Lia, put the towel on, idiot!」
I am not saved.
A nun shouldn’t show her skin to others right? And don’t shake those useless meat too much! You’ll be punished by A-sama!
「Ara, there is no towel size that can cover my breasts, so this is without any means.」
「To say something like that, you…..」
It’s a drag.
In what world there are clerics boasting big breasts.
I who was in the state which can stand up remained because I was pulled too much?
I immediately put hot water in me. When I run to Sharon, she’s sinking down and falling forward for some reason. I quickly evacuated to a bathtub.
If there is only Lia, I would have let go through the side and escape to the changing room.
Princess Silhouette and Jill came in from behind Lia for some reason. There is no choice but to go down to the back.
I can see two people entering the bath. Anyway, I wondered how Lia was able to instigate them to enter together.
That’s fine, but Princess Silhouette who has a small chest that don’t need to conceal it originally is wrapped in a towel neatly.
「Why aren’t you covering yourself Jill-san?」
「Oh, Hero-dono. I’m sorry for polluting your eyes.」
No, it isn’t eye pollution.
Her limbs are muscular without useless fat. I think that it is beautiful in its own right, and has a good style. I have gone out of the place where I go out accurately.
Also, the tan skin and raven black hair in ponytail has a high point. Beautiful desu yo.
But that’s not the problem!
「No, it’s an eye candy. Cover yourself with a towel!」
「Was such one preferred? Saint-dono is not covered at all so I thought that it is the proper bath etiquette.」
No, please notice. Lia is strange.
I cannot convince her. Why is she treated as a normal saint?
「Oh, that’s it, Jill. Soaking in the bath with a towel, please stop Takeru because of breach of etiquette.」
「Why do you know of Japanese bathing etiquette!」
Towels to wash your body may have soap and dirt, so putting it in a bathtub is a violation of etiquette.
But Lia shouldn’t have known. Kingdom of Silesie has no bathing culture.
Lia properly poured herself hot water and enter the bathtub.
Which country are you from, really? Are you a human from the same world? Are you a citizen of the same town?!
「Hey, Takeru. I’ll stop the tactless imitation by all means. It’s a naked relationship.」
「Ah, where did you learn that phrase?」
Lia did not hesitate for a moment. She came in front of me and took off the towel that hid my lower body.
With your behaviour , tsukkomi is not really enough!
「Kuhaa, I’m revived …. It is a pleasant hot water by all means.」
「I came to a hot spring a while ago and stop the sweet sigh like an OL.」
***TN:OL = Office Lady***
「Ha, please, Takeru. What is OL? Is it Ogre Lord?」
「Now, stop making things like you do not know that intriguing contemporary knowledge.」
She knows by all means… What is right or wrong or what resemblance other world person.
Lia is too detailed about modern Japan bath etiquette.
There is something absolutely there. I’ll criticizes her this time.
***TN:Takeru is probably unable to comprehend why Lia has knowledge from the world he came from. I personally think that it’s just that she’s reading his mind***
But it’s slightly bad now. I have narrowly escape Lia.
「More than that, there are more sacrament sacramento which raises the hero power of Takeru. You definitely want to know it.」
「I absolutely don’t want to know that.」
I’m telling you I don’t want to know.
It floats in the bathtub that looks like a balloon that is not attached.
「Sharon, do something!」
「Yes. Lia-san, let’s withdraw.」
「Eh, I am still」
「Ne!」
It was good, Sharon did something by force.
When she broke between between me and Lia, Sharon’s chest also performed magnificently. At this chance I deal with no objection.
***TN:He probably means her chest bounces like the balloons. I also won’t object at that spectacle***
It was said that it was good to have breasts and to take control of the breasts.
***TN:Complex wording of only boobs can beat another boobs***
If it comes to Lia, I should let Sharon guards everything.
It is not a case to choose the means.
Come on now, I have to get my towel back.
Ugh…….
「Why are you taking off your towel, Princess Silhouette?」
「Because Saint-sama says the towel cannot be soaked in hot water.」
It’s a very correct manner.
But it is a bathtub. Is it natural for me to hug her? I do not know what to do.
「Are, Hero-sama’s reaction for this concubine is too thin. I feel terrible.」
「If it’s the princess, I can somehow control myself. But I’m happy to be able to refrain from it.」
Princess Silhouette has a strawberry blonde hair, an unmatched beauty, even a half-elf.
But I’m sorry for her body and chest, they’re about the size of Sherry.
For me who is trained by the slave girls, there is not much damage.
Princess Silhouette is an adult (different world standards) women.
Though, for appreciation, I think that her polished white skin is very beautiful.
I’m a gentleman, so even I avert my eyes.
「Wait a minute, why are you clinging to me, Jill-san?」
Jill-san, you’re a little strange…..
「No, since everyone is doing such etiquette, is it incorrect Hero-dono?」
There is no such etiquette!
No, this is wrong from the mixed bathing stage. It is different from there.
Please, let me take the towel already.
I mean, let me rise already…….
Eventually, on this day, I couldn’t get out of the bath until everyone was out. It resulted in a long-running hot water.
With this momentum, I thought that if Lia comes to the bath, she’ll probably meddle and crawl to the bed.
Suzanne and Claudia guarded me all night. They keep vigil to attack mode, so my sleep was protected.
The fact that the flag is indeed set up. It was up to now I thought that it was a thing to be recovered firmly surprisingly.
