After the Bath

"Thanks to His Excellency, we were able to enjoy a peaceful bath."

"Those guys have the same salary as us, so they have a perfect grasp of the financial situation..."

"Sometimes I get scared.

"In our army, the dull ones go to the graveyard of life."

　After the public execution in the women's bath, I escaped from the women's bath in tears and took refuge in the male soldiers' dormitory. It was a very long bath, so the male soldiers had already gotten out of the bath and the off-duty guys were resting in the quarters.

　By myself, I attracted the attention of the female soldiers, and as a result, I was treated as a hero among them for giving the male soldiers of the Magic Gun Corps a peaceful bath time.

"If possible, we'll be expelled tomorrow and the day after tomorrow -- gefungefun. I'd appreciate it if you could satisfy the interest of the women."

"Didn't you just say you'd dodge the bullets?"

"It's your fault, Your Excellency."

　You bastard... I'll secretly make a passage that connects the women's and men's baths later. I'll make the male side less conspicuous, and the female side more noticeable, so be prepared. I'd rather you all be eaten.

　I? See, even if I'm rotten, I'm still a prince. It didn't turn into a big orgy pole sisters kind of thing. I was publicly executed. I was publicly executed! Even if I say that, I'm afraid that I've somehow built up a tolerance.

"By the way, is it okay to sell oil in a place like this? Your Excellency.

"Yes.

"Are you guys trying to kick me out?"

"That's right"

"It's not that I'm afraid that the impatience of the Court Mage-dono or the Dragon-dono will attack if I just stay here."

"I don't think it would be a shame if other women rushed in as well."

"Do you really remember?"

　All right, I'll carry out the plan. As a result, there may be some people who will be discharged from the Magic Gun Corps, but I don't know because Warg, who is the boss of the Magic Gun Corps, will have a hard time.

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　When I go back to the room after working on the bathroom. I was greeted by Isla and the others who had settled down and apologized.

"I'm sorry Kosuke, I got carried away."

"It's fun... I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry, I provoked you too much."

　Aira, Dryada, Grande, and the beastman maids all apologized to me. It seems that he reflected on the situation in which I escaped to the male soldiers' quarters.

"Oh yeah. Let's go in slowly with just us tomorrow."

　If you give it up once and point out NO at the end, everyone will reflect properly and apologize like this. There's nothing good to be done if you get angry on this side, so if you accept the apology and tell him not to do it next time, everything will be fine.

　It's not like I don't feel like I'm being trained smoothly, but I don't think too deeply about it. I'm afraid it will open new doors.

"So, um, what is it? What are your plans for tomorrow?"

"I don't have any plans in particular.

"Arrangements have been made."

　Gerda said so and puffed out her chest. Well, I guess we talked about it during bath time earlier. Everyone was there except for the men.

"I see. Are you planning on having it for lunch?"

"Yes. There will be time after lunch until the dinner party."

"It's a dinner party. Are you going to do it tomorrow?"

"I think it will be like that every day until the day of the National Foundation Day. It also means showing off the wealth of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom."

"I see. Civil officials often have to study."

　There are few people in the current Melinard Kingdom who know about such royal behavior. Seraphita and Dryada have more than enough knowledge about the behavior of royalty, but they don't know everything about the practical side—or rather, the actual flow of work. I think that the observation of the commemorative ceremony of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom and the preparation of the dinner party that accompanies it will be a great reference.

"Putting aside the military side, we urgently need to develop human resources for domestic affairs and national management."

"Former domestic affairs officials and bureaucrats, former leaders of the adventurer's guild and commercial guild, former merchants of the collapsed firm, and even the nostalgic Adol priests are appointed, but it's not enough."

"The priests of the Adol religion are all excellent, but if they are too bureaucrats to welcome them, that would be a problem."

　The nostalgic sect of Adolism treats so-called demi-humans equally, and they should go along with them as neighbors and friends. After all, I've been tormented for over 20 years by the mainstream Adol sect who preached doctrines that oppress demi-humans. Even now, there is a deep-rooted distrust of Adol. There is a high possibility that the people will not be able to accept such people as important people, and it is not possible to openly use Adol priests.

"I'm not struggling with money, food, and military power, but human resources... even my abilities can't help with human resources."

　If it's just to make them stronger or raise their level--I don't know if there are level elements other than me in this world--I can do anything, but I want to encourage human resources who can do paperwork and work as bureaucrats. It is unreasonable to use my ability in such a direction.

"You just have to take time to grow"

"Well, isn't there an excellent human resource lying around somewhere?"

"mono?"

"The one-eyed tribe I met when I was running around farmland development before.

　Come to think of it, was he a man or a woman in the end?... His voice was androgynous, and because of his clothes, I couldn't really tell what kind of body he was, so I didn't know which one. Either way is fine.

"Let's go pick it up next time."

"It's not a nice wooden stick like a stone lying around..."

　Besides, things were trusted and relied on by the people of that cultivation village. We can't just force them to take us. But it's also true that we can't afford to let excellent human resources play in the remote frontier village.

"Well, either way, I'll do it after I return. I'm a resident of a pioneering village built on the territory of a local noble, so I can't just kidnap him."

"That's right.

　Dryada is also interested. I'm sorry I just blurted out your name.

　While apologizing to the thing in my heart, I simply watched the exchange between Aira and Dryada, who began consulting with Sylphy and Melty about how to pull the thing.