Chapter 186, Girls’ Gathering (Including Guys)_1 (: Lavender)

Translator: Nonon

Proofreader: Silavin

 

POV: Violet

 

“Lady Violet, we have guests.”

“Guests?”

 

As I was silently carrying out my duties as the Territory Lord, Gray reported to me that we had visitors.

We were not expecting any visitors, so maybe it’s Mrs. Vert, who was investigating matters, or Mary who is staying here.

I put down the pen I was holding and asked Gray who had come.

 

“Kriemhild is here, along with a silver-haired classmate… Lord Silva I believe. They were caught up in an explosion, got dirty and now they want to borrow our bath.“

“What in the world?“

 

It seems like the visitors were Kriemhild and her classmate Silva… Silva Seyfried. Anyway, it seems that the two of them had come to Shiki.

According to Gray, both of them ended up coming to Shiki together, but they did not have money for a carriage, so they rushed over from the neighboring town. On the way, they met a monster and after Kreimhild killed it with the bomb she had made with her Alchemy Magic, it so happened that the monster in question had just eaten a slime-like mucus monster, and the explosion caused both of them to be covered in mucus.

They also seemed to had gotten lost while fighting more monsters, and only just arrived to our mansion…

Gray mentioned how they got lost while fighting monsters, but I think they just got lost on the way here.

 

“If that’s the case, we can let them use our bath. If they don’t have any spare clothes, they can just borrow mine or yours. Can you help prepare some?”

 

Due to their sizes, Kriemhild would wear Gray’s clothes and Silva would wear mine. I can just give him a washed shirt.

Silva hates me a lot so he might be against, but… I guess if he still refuses, I’ll just buy something suitable for him then.

 

“I’m hated by Seyfried… the silver-haired one. So, can you deal with them first, Gray?

 

I don’t know why Silva came to Shiki with Kriemhild.

One possibility I can think of, is that he somehow caught wind that Mary was here and came chasing after her…

Maybe Kriemhild told him ‘there’s a place where we can borrow a bath!’ and he came here without even knowing that this is our mansion. For now, he seems to be covered in mucus after fighting monsters, so it would be better to let him soak in hot water and calm down before dealing with him.

 

“I understand. Then I’ll go have both of them undress and put them in bath together.”

“Wait.”

 

Gray just said something outrageous, so I stopped him as he was about to leave.

 

“They’re of age already. We can’t just put them in the same bath, together.”

 

Silva gives off a young impression even compared to his classmates, and is treated like a Younger Brother by everyone, but he’s a peer of proper age.

Kriemhild might also give a similarly childish impression, but it’s not a good idea to put classmates of the opposite gender together in a bath.

 

“But, there is only one bathroom in our mansion. Would it not be better for them to enter together so they could quickly wash up?”

“That’s true, but…”

 

What should I do?

Gray isn’t very conscious of gender differences, to the point that he enters the hot springs with Apricot and Emerald without any issues. It’s most likely because in his life as a slave, he saw other slaves get treated sexually, so somewhere along the line he had distanced himself from that line of thinking.

It’s something that will need to be corrected eventually, but… more importantly, what should I do now?

 

“Besides, it’s Kriemhild herself who said she would go in bath with him.”

“…What?”

 

Just as I was thinking that I could let Gray deal with Silva while I dealt with Kriemhild, take one of them to an inn or the church, and then explain it to Gray, he said something even more outrageous.

 

“Kriemhild said that she wanted to get into the bath with Seyfried?”

“Yes.”

 

I asked once more, but Gray answered me with eyes that showed complete honesty.

…Wait, were Kriemhild and Silva in that kind of a relationship? But Silva should be in love with Mary, and Kriemhild also seemed to be treating him as a Younger Brother… don’t tell me they somehow fell in love.

No, let’s calm down. It’s more likely that Gray has misunderstood something again. Maybe Kriemhild actually suggested bathing with Gray instead… I feel like that would be problematic in itself though.

Anyway, it might be for the best if I went once and checked things out.

 

“… Actually, I’ll deal with them myself. Gray, guide me—”

 

Just I was about to ask him for help, a loud voice came from beyond the open door, in other words, from the direction of the entrance door.

 

“You can enter first, Kriemhild! I’ll wait so can’t you just go first? Why are you trying to get in with me?!”

“I can’t have you waiting in the mansion while covered in mucus! Your underwear must be soggy wet too, so you’ll have no choice but to take it off!”

“I’ll borrow a towel, wipe myself down and wait outside!”

“You’ll catch a cold, and there’s no knowing what kind of a disease those monsters contain! Neither of us can use water magic, so we can’t wash it off!”

“You’re right, but…”

 

I heard voices arguing.

… I see, so that’s what’s happening. It’s true that neither of them could use water magic to wash off the mucus, and even if they could, they would be at risk of catching a cold if they do not dry themselves with fire magic. If they used magic in a weakened state, their mental strength could weaken, and it could cause some problems, so it would be best for them to use the bath and rinse it off quickly like Kriemhild said.

That being said, I don’t think it’s a good idea for them to go in together. I wonder what’s gotten into Kriemhild.

 

“Come on, stop moving! You just obediently take off your clothes, Silva! It’s fine, I’ll undress too!”

“Kriemhild, don’t you have any shame!? Any normal girl would be against showing their naked body to a guy!”

“I’m embarrassed about showing my dirty body, but I don’t have the kind of a body that would get others excited!”

“That’s not the problem; it’s the fact that we can’t bathe together as opposite sexes. That’s the issue here! Also, you know… girls should think a bit more before showing their naked bodies, I’ve heard that all guys want to see it!”

“Uh, well then… I get to see a boy naked so it’s a benefit for me too! It benefits both of us, so there’s no problem!”

“I-I see. If it’s mutually beneficial, then it’s fine— you thought I’d say this?! In fact, if you thought of this right now, then you must’ve really forgotten that I’m a guy!”

“…You’re wrong!”

“You could have answered way faster! I’m a guy too, you know!?”

“But you also usually act as if you think I’m ‘fine as a friend, but leave much to be desired as a woman’! You’re not conscious of me as a woman!”

“…You’re wrong!”

“You could have answered faster!”

 

… For now, I’ll go and stop the dispute between my friend and former classmate.