“Hey, what are you doing, Strena-san?!”
The sparsely furnished room had only a bed, and lying there facing me was Strena, the Master Overseer of the Imperial Adventurer’s Guild!
(She’s still in her receptionist uniform, but why again?)
There didn’t seem to be any personal belongings, so this didn’t seem to be Strena’s own room.
“Actually, I have a message from Empress Zukki.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“‘If you don’t find an Eighth Wife by the time you’re appointed Count Palatine, I’ll stuff you in there.’ ”
Stuff me in there?!
“Are you going to go in?”
“Yes, with a full slide.”
“What’s that?”
“It’s a last-minute dash.”
*Clang*, the door behind me closed and was locked.
“Tina-san?!”
“Actually, Niina-sama instructed me to take care of Derus-sama.”
“Take care of me?”
“Of course, with your consent, but with that.”
No, no, no,
What is this pincer attack from two mature women!
This combination is really… is this the “mature woman swamp” I’ve heard about?!
“Derus-sama, don’t you want to try taking off the Adventurer’s Guild staff uniform?”
“Derus-sama, do you have any desire to try taking off the Head Maid’s maid outfit?”
“No, no, no, I have no such feelings at all!!”
The two of them were slowly, inching closer!
“Understood, then perhaps here…”
“As I heard from Niina-sama as a maid, Derus-sama, you prefer to be undressed rather than undressing someone, especially if you’re forced to be undressed.”
No, no, I don’t have that kind of information,
Don’t spread it around!
“Um, do I have the right to refuse?”
“The matter of the Count Palatine position is a condition from Empress Zukki.”
“The freedom to do as you please with any maid you like is from Niina-sama.”
In other words, if I don’t think about it, things could continue like this, but if I dislike it, I can refuse, but the door is locked…
(I could make an X with my arms in front of my face and break the window to escape.)
No, I don’t need to do anything so drastic.
“Excuse me, but I think I’m still too young for the ‘mature woman swamp’ like you all.”
I produced a Teleport Scroll in front of me!
“Th-, that’s!”
“Wait, Derus-sama!”
“Well then…”
I quickly teleported, including only myself in the area!
(…Yep, it’s instantaneous movement!)
And where I arrived was… outside.
“Ah, it’s evening already.”
I was on the rooftop of a building. Yes, it was in front of the S-rank Adventurer’s Guild reception in Shucco’s East District. Inside, the familiar “archer who surpassed elves” old woman was dozing off.
(I used it in a hurry, so I ended up here.)
I walked to Niina Castle and was greeted by Head Maid Seira and her daughter, Shikada.
“Welcome back, Derus-sama.”
“Master!”
“Yes, I’m back. Um, I think I’ll have dinner here.”
“Yes, then I’ll get yours, Derus-sama.”
“I’ll do my best to make it!”
…This mother and daughter are also maids, aren’t they?
Are they included in Niina-san’s “favorite maids”?
If it weren’t limited to the empire… but a widow and her daughter, that’s a deep karma, isn’t it!
(Speaking of which, Seira-san’s husband is missing, not that he hasn’t been found yet…)
And Shikada-chan is also a bit too young for her age.
But there’s the huge prerequisite of their own will.
However, I have no intention of asking. No, if I were to ask…
(Let’s at least try asking the other two examples, those two.)
And so, I waited for dinner in the living room on the eve of the decisive battle.
“I’m hoooome!”
“Welcome back, Anju. Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony.”
“After the interview.”
“Yes, I think I’ll go to that too.”
Ah, right. I need to report.
“Do you want to eat candy?”
“I’ll save it for tomorrow, as it’s before dinner.
More importantly, I went into Anju-chan’s room at the Imperial Count Palatine’s residence.”
For some reason, Anju was floating and rolling.
“Oh, you’ve seen it already?”
“Um, a portrait?”
“At the old man’s place, you can also take ‘photos’, so let’s all go.”
Is that subspace?
Speaking of which, I still haven’t been inside Succubus Castle.
“Anju-chan, what will you do if you’re chosen for tomorrow’s duel?”
“Bonk! Bonk! Bonk with a mace!”
“A mace?!”
“It’s a weapon with a bent tip!”
“There are such things.”
*Knock, knock*
“The meal is ready.”
“Ah, yes. Anju-chan, let’s go.”
“Us two, for dinner.”
“You look happy.”
Ah, right!
“Anju-chan, let’s go to Great Heavenly Tree Building 1 with the Teleportation Magic Circle for a bit.”
“To Amatatsu’s place?”
“Yes, just for a short while.”
“Just the tip.”
What tip is that. And in the lobby where we teleported, I…
“Amatatsu-san, could you come here?”
When I called, a woman with tanned skin, a maid outfit, arrived.
“Yes, how may I help you?”
“Actually, there are two people who want to leave a message…”
After relaying the message, Anju and I returned to Niina Castle.
“Let’s eat Seira-san’s cooking.”
“Yes, ah, what if they make it even in the Empire?”
“That would be nice, wouldn’t it? The countless maids here will eat it, surely.”
There were indeed countless maids.
(I escaped without Niina-san’s knowledge…)
Oh well,
Escaping in that way was, in a sense, a declaration of my intent.
Niina-san wouldn’t get angry with me, so it must be Strena-joshi and the Head Maid who would get angry.
“Whoa, this way.”
“Ah, Bauer-san! Please don’t hesitate to join us.”
“Of course, I feel more at ease here… even if I went, it would be to the house under the great tree.”
Towards Jumaji-san’s group. From Lurs Village…
Is Amari making the meals there?
I seem to recall it was a delivery from the Great Heavenly Tree.
“Mmm, it smells good.”
“Derus-kun, I’ll feed you.”
“Hahaha, then me too, I guess.”
And so, I had dinner with the Third Wife.
And after finishing our meal, at night, I took Anju-chan to Amatatsu-san’s place at Great Heavenly Tree Building 1 again. When I entered my SSS Room, I found…!!
“Welcome back, Master.”
“Yes, sorry to call you. Risal-san, Orca-san.”
The two hero slave maids.
They were obtained after a duel at Shucco’s Hero Dojo. Well, various complex circumstances aside, they are the result of my desire to use a female hero as a maid and adventurer.
(The wording is questionable, but I’ve done my best to respect the circumstances.)
“So, you heard from Amatatsu-san (the tanned one), right?”
“Yes, we are prepared.”
“In fact, we are fortunate.”
“No, no, it’s not because you’re slaves.”
“Even though we are slaves.”
“Even if we weren’t slaves.”
They’re fully committed.
Yes, I was worried when I nominated them.
(This is Niina-san’s fault for saying “any maid!”)
“To confirm again, I feel bad about the dojo’s acting master and so on…”
“At this point, I don’t care about that old man.”
“Thinking that such an irresponsible and rude person was my master, I want to forget it.”
Is that so? Yes.
“Then, um, you’ve already had dinner, right?”
“Yes, we haven’t bathed yet, so we’ll do it with Master now.”
“After that, as Master likes… we know what kind of acts you prefer.”
They’ve been thoroughly educated.
“Well then, um, tonight, please be good to me.”
And so, on the eve of the decisive battle with Ric nee-chan and the others, I had a good time with the two maid heroines.
(On that note, I still need to choose my Eighth Wife…)
