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Chapter 52: Making Soap

While we were having a good time at our newly completed simple shower stand, a group of female knights heard us and came over to our place. There are a few female knights in the Margrave Heine Knight Order.

“What in the world is this!?”

“Don’t tell me this is some kind of body-washing facility?”

“Yes! It looks a little different from the bath …….”

The gathered  women looked at us with an air of interest. The men who were refreshed looked good.

“Julius-sama, what is this?”

“ This is a shower to wash off the sweat from the training and to make all the members of the knight order clean.”

“Tell us more about it.”

The women came up to me. Apparently, the smell had been bothering them for some time. The men may have thought nothing of just damping their heads with well water, but the women did.

When I explained to them how to use it, they said, “We would love to use it ourselves. But, you know, we don’t have an enclosure.” What should I do? What can I do?

“All right. Wait a minute.”

I used earth magic to build a wall around the shower stand. This way, no one would be able to see in from the outside. I had them put an improvised wooden door at the entrance.

“That should do it.”

“How dexterous …… you are.”

“To be able to use earth magic with such precision, it’s as expected of Julius-sama.”

Despite the rustling of the knights, I handed the girls the soap and asked them to use it immediately.

The plan was to create two shower rooms, one for men and one for women. It would be nice to hear from the women here.

From within the earthen walls, I could hear the voices of the women overflowing with joy.

“Julius-sama, are you done already?”

Lionel, who had heard the commotion, came over. Lionel, who had heard the commotion, came in, looking slightly disappointed.

“It’s still in the prototype stage. I thought I’d have people try it out and see what improvements can be made.”

“This is a wonderful facility, Captain.”

“It’s a great facility, Captain. All we need now is soap. ……”

Soap? If it is not of high quality, it is easy to make. It’s just for use in the Order, so as long as it gets rid of dirt, will it be alright?

“I could teach you how to make soap?”

“Can you make it, by any chance?”

“Ummm, yes. It’s not that difficult, is it?”

What’s the matter? All you have to do is mix lye with oil and fat. I showed him how to make it, and he immediately started gathering materials. The ingredients came out of nowhere.

By the time the women came out of the shower with refreshed expressions on their faces, a suspicious group was already making something suspicious.

“‘Um, …… what are you making?”

“Soap. It seemed to be hard to find, so I decided to make some.”

“Make soap?”

She had a question mark in his mind, but she seemed to be curious about the process of making it and observed it intently. I mixed the ingredients, heated them, and poured them into a square mold.

“Once this hardens, the soap is ready.”

“It’s so easy to make?”

“That’s right. it will remove dirt, but it won’t smell as good as the soap I just gave you. If you want it to smell good, it’s going to cost you some money.”

“ It’s enough to get the dirt off. I’m looking forward to seeing it finished.”

The knights carried the soap they had poured into the molds back to their lodgings with great care. They were becoming more and more of a strange group.

“I wonder if you could tell me how the shower works?”

Based on the information thus gathered, it was decided that improvements would be made.

As a result, it was decided that a shower would be sufficient to quickly remove sweat and dirt after training, but that they would like to  soak in a bath at the end of the day.

So it was decided to set up a large public bath that anyone could use, separate from the shower rooms. Of course, the men and women are separated.  I was wondering what to do for the magic tool to heat the water, but decided on a type of magic tool that would be installed directly inside the bath.

This way, the temperature can be freely adjusted by the people in the bath, and there is no need to store the hot water in a separate tank somewhere.

Now that the general plan had been decided, it was time to redraw the plans. It was going to be quite a large construction project, but the morale of the knights was high. It seems that they will cooperate fully with me, so it will be completed sooner than expected.

Until it is completed, they will have to put up with a simple shower room. The one I set up for the test wasn’t enough, so I made three more just like it for the time being.

I was just going to let them try it out and see what they thought, but I had to drastically change my plans. It’s not enough to just think about it in my head. The best and quickest way is to go to the site and ask the people who will actually use it.

By the time we got back to the mansion, it was already almost dark. Moreover, my clothes were suitably soiled. The servants were naturally angry with me. I shuddered to think what would have happened if mother had been there.

As expected, I was told that it would be bad to have dinner while still dirty, so I decided to take a bath first. Just like yesterday, Rosalia is with me.

Rosalia was always saying, “I want to use the shower, too,” so I hastily built a shower that uses the hot water from the bathtub.

Thanks to that, Rosalia was very happy.

“Brother, this will make washing my hair so much easier.”

Rosalia laughed as she poured hot water on her hair. So far, she’s had to repeatedly pour hot water over Her head and put her hair on Her head, which seems like a lot of work.

“Sure, that’s true. Then should I modify it so that it can be installed in the bath as it is?”

“That would be good. I am sure mother will be pleased.”

Perhaps mother would be pleased, but would she be offended if I modified the bathtub without her permission? I think I’ll start with a portable type of shower stand.

I don’t have the courage to set it up all of a sudden, yet.

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