220 - - Episode 19 Evacuation Training

Conducting an evacuation drill?"

Miki stops eating her stew and tells me her question.

At night, we have successfully run the restaurant for another day and made it through the day without incident.

Silica and Miki are cooking and eating dinner together, and in the middle of it, Silica remembers and puts a piece of paper on the table.

'Yes. While Miki was making lunch, the fairy maid brought it. I forgot to show it to Miki because our guests arrived right after that."

Shirika remembers and shows the paper to Miki, who returns to the first floor store to retrieve it.

The paper contained a note that read, "Regarding the implementation of evacuation drills.

The paper reads, "We are going to conduct drills so that we can move smoothly in case a monster comes into Kyotogai from the forest, our house is damaged in a disaster, or some other problem occurs.

Silica explains what is written on the paper as she eats her stew.

She said, "It is not that everyone in the town gathers at the same time, but at specific places. We are going to do it on the next day when the stores are closed.

Yeah, what the ......"

But what's a little strange is that you've never done anything like this before, nor any sign of doing it, and now all of a sudden you're starting ....... Is something wrong?"

............"

Miki cannot answer Sirika's question and ponders.

(Never before has there been anything like this - not even a hint of an evacuation drill. ...... Is she putting on a show to secure Miki's intrusion when she is discovered?　Even if that's the case, the response is half-hearted. ...... If that's the case, we can just surround the store and come and get them without question. Most importantly, they haven't moved in earnest yet, so there's no way they'll be able to identify you. We need to get used to life first, and since we've already sent in the first round of reports, there's no need to go through the trouble of checking them out now.)

Before entering the interior of the "Giant Tower," I had a hard time fooling them into thinking that they were going to conduct a headacheingly tedious investigation, but once inside, they were less vigilant.

There was no sign of surveillance of Miki herself. Of course, we cannot discard the possibility that there was an intruder other than myself who screwed up and triggered this incident.

If you think about it normally, there is a high possibility that this "evacuation drill" was just a coincidence. ......

（I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. (It's not that my neck is on fire, it's more like I'm being watched by a large, ferocious animal lurking in the shadows. ......)

After the discussion of the "evacuation drill," Silica brings up a new topic of conversation.

Miki responded in a matter-of-fact way to that topic as well, and while chatting and laughing, she formulated her own course of action in her mind.

(It is highly unlikely that Miki's hiding out will be discovered, but it would be better to have an insurance policy just in case. Just in case...)

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The day of the evacuation drill.

The drill started in the morning.

In the area where Shirika, Miki and their friends live, fairy maids go around with magic items in their hands to make their voices louder.

A great disaster has occurred. A disaster has occurred that has shaken the land. Some houses have collapsed. Please move to the first floor of the huge tower as soon as possible as other houses may also collapse. I repeat.

The above was repeatedly announced.

Of course, "a major earth-shaking disaster" and "some houses collapsed" are both hypothetical. Assuming such an event had occurred, the residents would conduct an evacuation drill.

The residents, who had received verbal messages from leaflets and fairy maids in advance, left their houses as instructed and headed for the "giant tower" without complaining.

The number of people who left the house was several hundred, if not up to a thousand.

On the way, another fairy maid tells them with a magic item that makes their voices louder.

Don't push, don't run, don't disrupt the line. The first floor of the huge tower is fully prepared to receive you all, so please act calmly.

If anyone is not feeling well, please don't hesitate to tell us. We fairy maids will take care of it immediately.

The "fairy maids will take care of it right away" made some of the young men get excited, but they grew quiet when the other women stared at them.

It is an unwritten rule in Kyotogai not to do anything against the fairy maids. Even the men who were upset understood this and did not actually come forward with a feigned illness.

The residents, having been saved by the "Witch of the Gigantic Tower," followed the instructions of the fairy maids very quietly.

There were some minor problems, such as anemia among some of the residents, but basically there was no noticeable trouble, and everyone made it to the first floor of the "giant tower" without incident.

The residents were checked by the fairy maids who were waiting for them.

After receiving the check, they were guided to the eating and drinking area prepared on the first floor of the spacious "Giant Tower.

Thank you for your cooperation in the evacuation drill. As a token of our appreciation for your cooperation, the witch will serve you breakfast. Please feel free to eat.

The residents shout with delight at the sound of the fairy maid's voice.

Even though they owe a debt of gratitude, the morning evacuation drill was troublesome, but it was a different story when there was a breakfast prepared by the fairy maids.

When I was on rations, their cooking was very tasty, as if they were using the best ingredients, and I was sometimes able to eat sweet foods that I normally could not eat.

Now that we have set up our own living environment, we no longer have the opportunity to eat their rations.

However, this time they are going to serve breakfast in cooperation with evacuation drills and to practice rationing in case a disaster occurs and they have to evacuate.

The breakfast includes salad, corn soup, fluffy bread, scrambled eggs, and even fruits.

Drinks included water, tea, and a variety of juices.

The children lined up in line with their trays, received their meals, and moved to the eating area with long tables on the first floor of the "Giant Tower," where they began to eat happily with their parents.

They are allowed to leave after finishing breakfast.

Miki, I'm looking forward to seeing what the fairy maids have cooked for us."

Yes, you're right, Shirika."

Shirika was genuinely excited in front of the delicious-looking breakfast, and Miki was similarly pleased on the surface, but remained alert.

However, the only people who paid attention to Miki were some of the men.

The men were also looking at Miki's face, breasts, and buttocks.

The hot gazes of these men, who were not Miki's type, made her feel irritated inwardly.

If this were a demon country, Miki would have summoned killer bees and killed them all.

As she turns her slight awareness of irritation toward the men, the voice of the fairy maid pierces through the gap.

Ah!　Oh, gosh, I'm so sorry!"

A fairy maid with bangs and hidden eyes shouted an apology.

She had made a mistake and caught a cup of corn soup on the rim as she placed it on Miki's tray, causing the cup to topple over with such force that it spilled profusely.

The corn soup spilled from the cup and naturally splashed onto the clothes Miki was wearing.

The brown-haired, girly-looking fairy maid who was handing out the bread saw this and shouted a reprimand.

What are you doing?　What if it gets on the girl's body and burns her!"

I'm so sorry!"

What's the use of apologizing to aashi!　I'm sorry, I'll get you a change of clothes right now~!

No, no, I'm fine. Fortunately, I don't have any burns, and my clothes are only dirty.

I'm not sure if that's the right way to go about it, but it's not a good idea. We have to change our dirty clothes and wash them. After that, I will apologize again.

When the gal-like fairy maid answered Miki's response, she took over as bread distributor.

The tray she was carrying is also left with a nearby fairy maid, and she moves to a different location to change Miki's clothes.

The fairy maid then says, "You go ahead and eat, my friend. If you don't wash her clothes quickly first, they will become stained~.

...... Shirika-chan, you eat first as your fairy maid said. I'll be there when Miki finishes getting dressed.

"Uh, yeah, okay."

Miki thinks it would be disrespectful to refuse the fairy maid's offer any further, so she obeys meekly.

Shirika also nodded at Miki's words.

After the conversation was settled, the girly maid led the way.

Don't worry," she said. I won't tell you to change here. There is a place for you to change your clothes.

Hearing these words, Miki nodded.

With the fairy maid's guidance, Miki went up to the second floor of the "Giant Tower" by herself.

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