Kays Translations

Chapter 59: Completed, Shower Room

The next day, I received a letter from my sister Rosalia. On her bright green stationery, the words “thank you” and “I love you” were spelled out over and over in Rosalia’s handwriting. I carefully put it in my desk drawer and thanked Rosalia at the breakfast table.

“I got your letter. Thank you, Rosalia. You have improved your handwriting a lot.”

“Thank you very much. I have been practicing a lot. Because I need it to draw the magic circle.”

Rosalia answered cheerfully. I see, so you are practicing in order to draw the magic circle used in magic tools well? And it also improves my handwriting, so two birds with one stone, you might say.

‘’Today, we will practice magic together in the morning, and in the afternoon we will have time to do whatever we want to do.”

“What do you plan to do in the afternoon, brother?”

“In the afternoon I’m going to go see the training grounds. From the looks of it, the shower room and the soap may be finished.”

“Can I go with you?”

“Of course.”

A delighted Rosalia began to eat her breakfast in a good mood.

Yes, let’s try the magic to flatten the ground when we practice magic. If it works, we’ll be able to improve the roads in the capital. When fathers come back, he’ll surely be surprised.

I was gloating to myself, even though it still wasn’t going to work, when Rosalia gave me a look as if she were looking at a strange person. I hurriedly ate my breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, Rosalia and I were playing with stuffed animals when the news came that the magic teacher had arrived.

The two of us headed for the knight’s magic training hall together. We greeted our teacher, who was waiting for us there, and immediately began training in magic.

“Carnell-sensei, is there any magic that can flatten the ground?”

“Flatten the ground?　Hmmm, I have never heard of it.”

“Brother, do you want to level the ground?”

“Yes. I thought that if I could flatten the ground, I could level the road.”

“I see…leveling the road. ……”

Carnell-sensei crossed his arms and began to think. It seems that there is no magic to level the road. We have magic for digging holes and building mud walls, so I thought there would be.

Well, digging holes and building mud walls are more for military use, aren’t they?

The magic we learn is only magic suitable for battle. Perhaps magic is only considered for offensive purposes. Maybe that’s why there is no healing magic or auxiliary magic.

“Unfortunately, I don’t think such magic exists. At least, I don’t know of any.”

“I see. What a pity.”

Then I guess I’ll have to develop it myself. Let’s say I research the magic of “Gaia Control (provisional),” a magic that can change the terrain of the ground at will. I’ll figure it out eventually.

And so the time for magic training passed.

In the afternoon, as planned, I went to check on the training grounds. As before, we went first to the place where they were building the shower room, so as not to disturb anyone.

“Oh, I think it’s safe to say this is finished.”

“Is this the shower room you were talking about?”

“Yes, it is. Shall we go closer and take a look?”

As we approached, the craftsmen seemed to notice. They immediately called the master.

“Welcome, Julius-sama.”

“Thank you very much, master. It looks like it’s finished.”

“Yes, thanks to you. Now all that remains is to install the magic tool that Julius-sama made.”

“Right. I’ll help you with that. After all, it’s a magical tool I made.”

“I’ll help you, too!”

Thus, together with Rosalia, I set up the shower magic tool and the other attached magic tools. The masters helped with the plumbing. Finally, the shower room was completed.

In the room next to the shower room, A bathtub is installed, where one can take a bath.

“It would be best to have someone use it to try it out. …… Yes, I’ll go check on the soap for a bit first. If the soap is finished, they can try it out for themselves.”

I quickly made my way to the quarters where the soap was being made. There I found a knight on high alert. Was it really that important,  soap ……?

“Is the soap ready?”

“ Julius-sama. It’s probably finished,……”

“Well, it seems to have dried well …….yeah, It’s ready to use as a soap. Now that the shower room is finished, I would like to use some of the soap during the trial run. Would you mind sharing some with me?”

“Of course. Would you like me to cut it into pieces?”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

The soap we made here was bar-shaped. I I plan to cut it into pieces of any size and use it. From there, I asked him to cut it into pieces about three centimeters thick. When I returned to the shower room with it, I found that female knights had already gathered there, perhaps having heard the rumors. Of course, there were also male knights.

“Julius-sama, I heard that the shower room was completed?”

“Yes, it is finished. The soap was also completed, so you can use it if you like.”

I handed the soap to the female knight. The knight checks it carefully. Her eyes were wide open.

“This is the soap we made.”

“It would have been nice if I could have added undiluted perfume or something. I hope you’ll forgive me for that this time.”

“It’s outrageous to say I forgive you! We’ll put it to good use right away.”

The female knights went into the shower room while cackling, and came out with smooth skin not too long after. The men waiting outside were stunned.

“ Julius-sama, both the shower room and this soap are great. I had no idea it could remove so much dirt.”

“And with the shower room, I can wash my body in a short time. This is a wonderful facility.”

The women were raving about the shower room. The men, who had gone into the men’s shower room, also came out refreshed. It was as if the mud and sweat they had been covered in earlier in the day was a lie.

“I didn’t think much of it before, but I can’t go back to just covering my head with well water.”

“Yeah, I know. I can’t go back. I need soap.”

“Me, too.”

Apparently, the soap was quite popular among the men as well. When I asked the masters to use the soap as well, the good-looking men appeared refreshed. How absurd. And they liked it very much.

The masters and craftsmen gave their stamp of approval, saying, “ there would surely be aristocrats and merchants who would want this equipment.”

At this rate, they will be talking about it all over the place. While we’re at it, let’s sell off the blueprints for the magical tools I used to build the shower room. I’ll leave the rest to them.

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